Driving force: Ferrari keys St. Mary’s team

Thursday, March 4, 2010
By Journal Staff
Driving force: Ferrari keys St. Mary’s team

Kirsten Ferrari would be making headlines on almost any other team but the St. Mary’s High School junior has been content this season making everyone around her a better player and her team a contender for the state championship. Ferrari, the starting point guard on the St. Mary’s High School girls basketball team, had 12... »

Cowdell says wire relocation could begin May1

Thursday, March 4, 2010
By Journal Staff

James Cowdell, the city’s development man extraordinaire, said that a historic moment is set to strike for the city. “The crux of the matter – the power lines on the Lynnway development property – are about to be moved. We’re on the cusp of relocating those power lines,” he said. Cowdell, Executive Director of the Lynn... »

What is a nuisance eviction?

Thursday, March 4, 2010
By Journal Staff

I know a Lynn woman who owns her own home who became an inmate inside her home because of two degenerates who played the system, failed to pay their rent for longer than one year, and finally were evicted by court order – with the woman-homeowner having to pay a moving company to remove... »

Superintendent suspends Fila for one week

Thursday, March 4, 2010
By Journal Staff

Statement of Superintendent of Schools Dr. Catherine C. Latham I am deeply troubled by the penalties assessed to Lynn English High School by the MIAA with regards to the recruiting violations that were determined to have occurred. After meeting with all the parties involved and conducting an investigation, I have determined that, as principal, Mr.... »

Charter school scam vote

Thursday, March 4, 2010
By Journal Staff

Many, many schools in this city are underperforming or have students who cannot compare statistically to kids living in other towns less than two miles away. More kids here have lower reading and math scores than in most other cities and towns across the Commonwealth. Many, many students in the Lynn School system cannot read or... »

Obituaries 03-04-2010

Thursday, March 4, 2010
By Journal Staff

Bautista Gonzalez-Ayala, 94 Lynn resident Bautista Gonzalez-Ayala of Lynn died on February 27. Born in Utuado, Puerto Rico where he worked as a farmhand, he came to the United States in 1965, settling first in Newark, New Jersey and for the last 26 years in Lynn. He passed away at the North Shore Medical Center-Union Hospital in... »