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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…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Southern Essex Registry of Deeds is implementing a program that seeks to “clean” property deeds containing discriminatory restrictions.

Register Eileen Duff stated in a press release that the new program seeks to “ensure that new deeds no longer contain or references exclusionary language.”

“Discriminatory language, including racial covenants in land…