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Schools looking to ‘expand safe, effective use of AI tools’

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Department has slowly been introducing artificial intelligence (AI) to staff and students, Educational Technology Department Head Rochelle Cooper said during a recent School Committee meeting.

Cooper, who also serves as the district’s grades K-6 digital learning coach, said one of the Technology Department’s goals for the 2025-2026 academic…

 

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Five Pioneers named CAL field hockey All-Stars

By STEPHEN MARTELLUCCI

LYNNFIELD — Five members of the Lynnfield High field hockey team made the Cape Ann League All-Star teams this fall. Four Pioneers were named to the first team while one other made the second team.

The four CAL First-Team All-Stars were Lauren Mattia, Nola Maney, Grace Allen and Izzy Fiorentino.

Mattia, a junior

 

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Angiuoni ready to take over PLNR girls’ hockey team

By STEPHEN MARTELLUCCI

PEABODY — Guy Angiuoni is the new head coach of the Peabody-Lynnfield-North Reading girls’ co-op hockey team. Angiuoni takes over for longtime coach Michelle Roach who left to become the head coach at Arlington Catholic. 

Angiuoni, who graduated from Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, NH, was the St. Mary’s of Lynn junior varsity

 

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Bostik converts rail bed for public safety, passive recreation

A RESIDENT walks his dogs on the new emergency access corridor created by Bostik, Inc. (Courtesy Photo)

LYNNFIELD — Bostik, Inc. in Middleton completed a rail bed conversion project on the site of the former Salem-Lowell rail line last month that will be benefiting three communities including Lynnfield.

This project capped two years of collaborative…

 

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UPDATE: Girls’ hoop clipped in home opener vs. Newburyport 38-34

Post publication update:
Lynnfield falls in season opener to Newburyport 38-34 (Dec. 12)

 

 

Published December 10, 2025

Girls’ hoop tips off season on Friday night

By STEPHEN MARTELLUCCI

 

HAYDEN VALITON, a returning CAL First Team All-Star is one of two captains ready to lead the Pioneers this season. (File Photo)

 

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Update: Lynnfield falls to Newburyport — Boys’ hoop team looking to build on last year’s strong season

Post publication update:
Lynnfield falls in season opener to Newburyport, 81-77 (Dec. 12)

Originally published December 10, 2025

 

 

HARRIS HADZIHASANOVIC is one of three senior captains ready to lead the Pioneers in 2025-26. (File Photo)

 

By STEPHEN MARTELLUCCI

LYNNFIELD — Last season was a strong one for the Lynnfield High boys’ basketball team

 

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Schools looking to strengthen cybersecurity

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Cybersecurity has been a focus area for the school system’s Technology Department this year.

Technology Department Head Rochelle Cooper explained the initiative during a recent School Committee meeting.

“We are trying to improve cybersecurity through improved safeguards, updated policies and ongoing training for our staff and students,” said Cooper.

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Schools’ technology upgrades outlined

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The school system’s Technology Department has been diligently working to upgrade aging infrastructure and hardware this year, Educational Technology Department Head Rochelle Cooper said during a recent School Committee meeting.

Superintendent Tom Geary recalled that the $4.65 million Proposition 2 ½ override voters approved last June included $650,000 for school…

 

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Jean M. Goguen, 92

Worked in social services, dedicated to her family

READING — Jean M. Goguen, 92, of Reading, formerly of Lynnfield and Fitchburg, passed away peacefully on Nov. 27, 2025 while surrounded by her family at her death.

Born on Dec. 9, 1932, in Fitchburg, Jean was the daughter of the late Louise and Martin Lees MacCracken…

 

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Jack Moynihan praised for ‘making Lynnfield a better place’

FORMER FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBER Jack Moynihan (holding plaque) proudly accepts the 2025 Daniel Townsend Award for Excellence during the Select Board’s Nov. 24 meeting. From left, Select Board member Dick Dalton, Select Board Vice Chair Alexis Leahy, Jack Moynihan, Hilda Moynihan, Select Board Chair Phil Crawford and Town Administrator Rob Dolan. (Candy Orlando Photo)

 

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Crypto machine ban OK’d

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Select Board unanimously approved an emergency ban on cryptocurrency dispensing machines in town during a Nov. 24 meeting.

Select Board Chair Phil Crawford said Police Chief Nick Secatore recommended that the Select Board “work toward banning cryptocurrency dispensing machines in Lynnfield.”

“Communities such as Gloucester and Ipswich have enacted…

 

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First responders honored for heroism in separate incidents

THE SELECT BOARD honored on Nov. 24 four police officers and a dispatcher for the heroism they displayed following a violent home invasion in December 2024. From left, Police Chief Nick Secatore, Police Capt. Chris DeCarlo, Patrol Officer/Detective Anthony Hnath, Patrol Officer Daniel Ashwell and Patrol Officer Franco Pisano. Missing from photo is Dispatcher Kim

 

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