Lynnfield News

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Fire Department is continuing to deal with staffing challenges, Chief/Emergency Management Director Glenn Davis said during the Finance Committee’s recent budget summit.

Davis said his “biggest concern” for fiscal year 2025 is the “recruitment and retention of call firefighters.”

“We continue to be busy,” said Davis. “Like every other…

LYNNFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL eighth-graders, from left, Kathleen Brown, Claire Halsey and Sydney Moore show off presents they wrapped during the Holiday Gift Drive on Dec. 20. (Dan Tomasello Photo)

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Markey stepping down as Moderator

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Nomination papers for the Town Election will be available in the Town Clerk’s Office on Thursday, Jan. 4, beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Due to the $63.5 million public safety buildings and Town Hall project, the Town Clerk’s Office has been relocated to the Senior Center/Lynnfield…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The town is looking to receive a state grant that will be used to make pedestrian crossing improvements around the Town Common.

Town Engineer Lisa DeMeo recalled during the Select Board’s Dec. 18 meeting that the town has been receiving funds from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s Complete Streets Funding…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Select Board is looking for residents to serve on a new committee that will be tasked with planning a townwide celebration marking the United States’ 250th birthday on July 4, 2026.

The Historical Commission voted last summer to recommend that the town form a committee that would be tasked…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Select Board voted on Dec. 11 to request an extension from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) for the recently rejected $34 million Lynnfield Public Library project.

Fall Town Meeting narrowly rejected two warrant articles associated with the library project in October. While Article 10 received 293 votes…