Lynnfield News

LYNNFIELD — Yard waste stickers for the 2024 season are now for sale at the Department of Public Works office, located at 590 Main St. in the old Village Pharmacy.

Prices for the stickers are the same: Seniors (65+) $10 and non-Seniors $20. Residents should bring their vehicle registration to the DPW office for proof of residency.

The Yard…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The $32 million Lynnfield Public Library project is dead.

During a March 1 meeting that occurred at 8:30 a.m. on Zoom teleconference, the Finance Committee voted 7-3 not to allow a debt exclusion article on the library project to be placed on the warrant of the previously scheduled March 18…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Committee unanimously voted to appoint Tom Geary as interim superintendent during a Feb. 27 meeting.

Geary, whose main responsibility is serving as the assistant superintendent of finance and operations, was appointed as acting superintendent last December after former Superintendent Kristen Vogel took a medical leave of absence. The…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Department is looking to receive a $31,302,455 operating budget for fiscal year 2025, Interim Superintendent Tom Geary said during the School Committee’s Feb. 27 meeting.

Geary said the recommended $31.3 million operating budget represents a 5.5 percent increase, totaling $1,645,907, over FY24’s $29,656,549 spending plan.

“This is a…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The divorce is final.

School Committee Chair Kate DePrizio announced during a Feb. 27 meeting that Kristen Vogel is no longer superintendent of schools. Vogel had been on a medical leave of absence since early December.

“The School Committee and Superintendent Vogel have mutually agreed that the best way to…

LYNNFIELD — The Lynnfield Art Guild (LAG) has announced that Lynnfield watercolor artist Louise Pellegrino is its featured artist for two months, beginning on March 1, on LAG’s website at lynnfieldarts.org.

“It all began with my dolls when I was a child,” said Pellegrino. “Unsatisfied…

LYNNFIELD — The Friends of the Lynnfield Library is holding a Pop Up Book Sale on Saturday, March 2 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lynnfield Public Library.

“The Friends are so grateful for all our book donations,” Friends of Lynnfield Library member Jenna Tecci stated in a press release. “As a result…