Author name: Dan Tomasello

Published in the Lynnfield Villager on February 18, 2026

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Essex Tech School Committee member Gary Hathaway gave an overview of the new blind lottery system and its new enrollment changes during the Lynnfield School Committee’s Feb. 10 meeting.

The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved several new policies pertaining…

Published in the Lynnfield Villager on February 18, 2026

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Department will have budget cuts once again if the district does not receive a 4 percent spending plan increase for fiscal year 2027, Superintendent Tom Geary said during the School Committee’s Feb. 10 meeting.

After initially recommending a 4.9…

Published in the Lynnfield Villager on February 18, 2026

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — With only two meetings remaining in his tenure, School Committee member Jamie Hayman on Feb. 10 encouraged his four colleagues and Superintendent Tom Geary to examine why an increasing number of students are looking to leave the district.

After Geary informed Hayman…

Published in the Lynnfield Villager on February 18, 2026

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The question of who wants to serve a three-year term on the Board of Assessors remains a mystery.

With the Tuesday, Feb. 24 deadline for candidates to return nomination papers to the Town Clerk’s Office quickly approaching, Town Clerk Stephanie Jarosz…

Published in the Lynnfield Villager on February 18, 2026

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The sign for Lynnfield’s original Town Hall is now on display at the…