Author name: Dan Tomasello

STEVE WALSH

Appointed to Massachusetts Health Policy Commission

By DAN TOMASELLO

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey appointed Town Moderator Steve Walsh to the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) on July 25.

According to the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission’s website, the HPC is an independent state agency that works to “improve the affordability of health care…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — With no end in sight to the ongoing trash strike between Republic Services and Teamsters Local 25, the town is looking to receive “liquidated damages” and potentially terminate its contract with the company.

In the wake of contract negotiations breaking down between Republic Services and Teamsters Local 25, Teamsters Local…

By DAN TOMASELLO

NEW YORK— The journey continues.

Lynnfield High School Class of 2018…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Select Board voted to appoint two members to two different committees during a recent meeting.

Mayberry Lane resident Ann Walsh was appointed to the Recreation Commission.

“We moved to town 10 years ago with four little kids at the time,” said Walsh. “Rec was really our first interaction to…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — There is no end in sight to the ongoing strike between the town’s trash collection provider Republic Services and Teamsters Local 25.

Teamsters Local 25 voted to go on strike on June 30, and the strike officially began on July 1. The strike has been impacting municipalities across the North…

A GROUP of residents decorated a pontoon boat in red, white and blue for the annual Fourth of July Boat Parade on Pillings Pond on July 4. (James L. Macdonald Photo)

CONTRACTOR R.A.D. SPORTS was hard at work replacing the turf at Field 1 at Lynnfield High School’s fields complex last week. (Photo by The Priestley’s)

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Committee unanimously approved an advertising and sponsorship policy during a recent meeting.

School Committee member Jamie Hayman recently floated a proposal about implementing…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Committee approved a small change to the district’s cellphone and electronic device policy during a recent meeting.

A different incarnation of the School Committee approved the cellphones and electronic device policy last summer, which prohibits the use of devices in classrooms.

Superintendent Tom Geary said the only change…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Earmarks for municipal projects included in the fiscal year 2026 state budget will not be awarded to cities and towns including Lynnfield until later this year, Gov. Maura Healey announced on Friday, July 4.

Healey signed the $60.9 state budget for FY26 on the Fourth of July holiday after lawmakers…