Lynnfield News

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Committee voted 4-1 to form the Assistant Superintendent Search Committee during a July 10 meeting.

The search committee was formed after the School Committee voted to appoint Interim Superintendent Tom Geary as permanent superintendent of Lynnfield Public Schools (see separate story). The next assistant superintendent will succeed former…

READING — Reading Municipal Light Department (RMLD) has hired Michael O’Neill as its new director of operations.

With a career spanning over two decades in the electric utility industry, O’Neill brings a wealth of experience after having held key roles at National Grid and Eversource.

O’Neill occupied various leadership…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Select Board unanimously approved an open space trails license agreement with the Lynnfield Center Water District (LCWD) during a recent meeting.

Town Counsel Tom Mullen said the license agreement with the LCWD pertains to open space that the district owns by the town-owned Willis Woods conservation land on upper…

Health officials urged Bay Staters last week to use bug spray outdoors this summer after mosquito samples tested positive for two viruses. Every bit of precaution will help against seasonal viruses like West Nile and Eastern Equine Encephalitis.

The Department of Public Health said EEE virus was detected in mosquito samples collected on June 30…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — A number of large capital projects are either progressing or have been completed, Department of Public Works (DPW) Director John Scenna said…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — A new dress code policy for the schools is headed back to the drawing board after the School Committee engaged in a spirited debate about it during a recent meeting. 

Policy JICA, which pertains to the school system’s dress code, was updated by a previous incarnation of the School…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Committee is looking to adopt a cellphone and electronic device policy for students before the start of the 2024-2025 academic year. 

While the proposed cellphone and electronic device policy is still a work in progress, the School Committee began discussing it during a recent meeting. School Committee member…

By SHAY WAINWRIGHT

LYNNFIELD — In the spring, Lynnfield High School and Lynnfield Middle School participate in the Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild’s (METG) Drama Fest. At the high school level, it’s a competition, at the middle school level, an exhibition, and in…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Seventy-five fourth graders recently bid farewell to Summer Street School during the annual moving on ceremony.

The moving on ceremony took place at…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Lynnfield Middle School celebrated the accomplishments of 192 eighth graders during the recent moving…

THE ‘OLD HOUSE’ in Quincy where John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the family seat for four generations. To the left is the Stone Library, built later to preserve all Adams papers including the Jefferson correspondence. (Photo from eventbrite.com)

By HELEN BREEN

The Declaration of Independence was framed by Thomas Jefferson and…