Author name: Dan Tomasello

THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE and Superintendent Tom Geary (center) had a lengthy discussion on March 11 about the “massive layoffs” that would occur if a Proposition 2 ½ override does not pass later this spring.

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The school system will be forced to lay off a large number of teachers, paraprofessionals and…

THE SELECT BOARD, from left, Chair Dick Dalton, Vice Chair Phil Crawford and Select Board member Alexis Leahy aired concerns on March 13 about the lack of information the School Department has shared regarding the fiscal year 2026 operating and capital budgets.

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Select Board expressed concerns on March 13…

THE SELECT BOARD last week approved a proclamation declaring March 9-15 Girl Scout Week in Lynnfield. Holding the proclamation in the front row is Girl Scout Ambassador/Troop 82559 member Lorelei Eckhardt. Back row, from left, Girl Scout Troop 70345 leader Stephanie Riel, Lynnfield Girl Scouts Service Unit Coordinator/Troop 82559 leader Diane Courtney, Select Board member…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Department of Public Works (DPW) will be restructuring its 46 staff members as part of the proposed fiscal year 2026 operating budget, Director John Scenna said during the Select Board’s March 10 meeting.

Scenna is requesting a $9,534,767 operating budget for FY26, an 11.1 percent increase over the current…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Three warrant articles pertaining to Phase 1 of the Lynnfield Rail Trail project is headed to Spring Town Meeting on Monday, April 28.

The rail trail, which will be funded by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s (MassDOT) State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), will connect both Lynnfield and Wakefield via the abandoned…

A RENDERING OF the proposed Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse’s new enclosed four-season patio project (at left) and the new covered patio that would be located in front of the existing Bluemercury building that the restaurant will be taking over as part of an expansion project. (WS Development Photo)

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Three Planning…

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LYNNFIELD — The Select Board voted to appoint two new members to the Finance Committee during a recent meeting.

Lovell Road resident Bill Ketelhut and Bancroft Street resident Matt Curtis were two of the five candidates the Select Board interviewed for two vacant Finance Committee seats. Ketelhut and Curtis succeed current Finance…