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Updated: Apr 1, 2024
Lynn Retirement systems assets reaching all-time high of $517.2 million

The final Actuarial Report, issued for the Lynn Retirement system, indicated that the value of assets had reached an all-time high of $517.2 million, with 1,197 retirees and 1,717 active retirees currently in the Lynn Retirement system. The report was issued by the state actuary, John Boorack, and regulated by the Public Employee Retirement Administration […]

Updated: Apr 1, 2024
Swampscott zones in on zoning bylaws

The Swampscott Office of Community and Economic Development hosted an information session on its zoning bylaws ahead of Town Meeting on May 20. Assistant Town Administrator and Director of Planning and Use S. Peter Kane led the presentation that broke down the four warrant articles that pertain to the topic. The first article reviewed was […]

Updated: Mar 31, 2024
Marblehead sued by ousted Glover School official

Chair of Student Services at Glover School Ann Haskell has been fired by Interim Superintendent Theresa McGuinness, and is now suing Marblehead Public Schools and McGuinness. A complaint was filed by Haskell in Essex Superior Court on March 25 after McGuinness released a heavily redacted 54-page report from Comprehensive Investigations and Consulting, detailing the investigation […]

Updated: Mar 31, 2024
Lynnfield marks the arrival of spring with Holi festival

LYNNFIELD — Lynnfield residents and others across the North Shore recently came together at the Glen Meadow Playground to celebrate Holi, a Hindu festival marking the arrival of spring. “It’s a celebration of life,” Lynnfield resident Dhara Buch said. “Things are popping up in the spring.” “Last year it was too cold but this year […]

Updated: Mar 31, 2024
Board of Selectmen seeks improvements to acoustics at Saugus Town Hall

Members of the Saugus Board of Selectmen discussed their frustrations with the acoustics in the Town Hall’s auditorium at a recent meeting. Board Vice Chair Jeff Cicolini brought up the issue, saying that he often has trouble hearing what people are saying during the meeting, to the agreement of other members of the board and […]

Updated: Mar 31, 2024
BATTLE OF THE BADGES – Lynn Police and Fire hit the ice for good cause

Robert Liberge has been a patrol officer with the Lynn Police Department for about a year-and-a-half. Back in the fall, he and a few others had an idea. “Me and a couple of the younger guys from the department were talking,” said Liberge, who often spends Thursday nights playing pickup hockey at Connery Rink. “We […]

Updated: Mar 31, 2024
Athlete of the Week – Coco Clopton

You know what I’ve been thinking? Sometimes, an offseason slows you down, but don’t tell that to Coco Clopton. The Swampscott girls lacrosse star finished a phenomenal junior season last spring, one in which she scored 49 goals, dished out 28 assists, and registered 65 draw controls. Now, a senior in game number one of […]

Updated: Mar 31, 2024
ROUNDUP: St. John’s Prep laxmen start with a bang

After its Division 1 state championship victory against BC High last spring, you could say the St. John’s Prep lacrosse team still possesses its eye of the tiger. The visiting Eagles (1-0) defeated Acton-Boxborough, 11-9, to kick off the season in style on Saturday. According to coach John Pynchon, Grayson Ambrosh played a strong defensive […]

Updated: Mar 31, 2024
Multiple FDs respond to Saugus apartment building fire

SAUGUS – The Lynn and Saugus fire departments responded to a porch fire in the Ironwood North Apartments at 167 Fairmount Avenue on Sunday morning. According to Rich Adams, who lives in an apartment near where the flames started, from his window he saw flames coming up from the top as he was getting ready […]

Updated: Mar 31, 2024