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LHS, LMS music trips proposed

November 1, 2023

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The secondary schools’ music students are looking to go on an East Coast tour this spring.

Lynnfield Public Schools’ K-12 Fine and Performing Arts Coordinator Harry Wagg, who is also Lynnfield High’s band director, gave an overview of the two proposed music trips during a recent School Committee meeting. He…

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Stillman Road Halloween display turns heads once again

November 1, 2023

LYNNFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Class of 2010 graduate Carl Rugato shows off skull decorations that are among the close to 500 Halloween decorations that are on display at his parents’ 23 Stillman Rd. home. (Dan Tomasello Photo)

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Rugato family’s 23 Stillman Rd. home has been a destination for Halloween…

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Lynnfield tops list of communities with racial covenants

November 1, 2023

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Over 100 properties in town contain racial covenants in deeds.

The North Shore NAACP and Harborlight Homes, a Beverly-based affordable housing nonprofit organization, recently undertook the “Dirty Deeds Project.” The initiative revealed that hundreds of deeds across the North Shore contain racist covenants included as part of deeds that sought…

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Pioneer Singers ‘25th Anniversary Concert’ Nov. 4

October 27, 2023

LYNNFIELD — Lynnfield Middle School’s Pioneer Singers will be holding a 25th Anniversary Concert on Saturday, Nov. 4, beginning at 1 p.m. in the LMS auditorium.

The Pioneer Singers will be performing some of its old favorites along with the world premier of Andy Beck’s “There Will Be Stars,” a new commissioned work.

Former Pioneer…

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Scenic history

October 26, 2023

THE LITTLE RED BARN on Chestnut Street stands tall above rocks and foliage on Oct. 19. (Doug Coonrod Photo)

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Follow the leader

October 26, 2023

A GROUP OF Canada geese recently cruised around Pillings Pond in the fog. (Doug Coonrod Photo)

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October 25, 2023

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Youth mental health concerns aired

October 25, 2023

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — While students’ mental health challenges existed before COVID-19, the pandemic and social media have both exacerbated the problem.

That was the message a group of adjustment counselors and school psychologists sent during the School Committee’s Oct. 17 meeting.

Lynnfield High School adjustment counselor Kristen Dee said the adjustment counselors and…

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Fall in a small town

October 25, 2023

BEAUTIFUL red, yellow and green leaves on trees create a picturesque scene on Pillings Pond. (Doug Coonrod Photo)

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SC gets pushback on school rental fees

October 25, 2023

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Three people gave the School Committee an earful about the district’s new facility rental fees during an Oct. 17 meeting.

The School Committee approved Policy KF last spring, which seeks to raise additional revenue for the School Department. According to Policy KF, prospective renters are broken into three different classes…

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Willow Cemetery expansion nixed

October 25, 2023

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Fall Town Meeting rejected a proposal to expand Willow Cemetery last week.

Article 12 requested Fall Town Meeting to approve appropriating $800,000 from the Sale of Real Estate Account to purchase a property located at 1005 Summer St. in order to expand Willow Cemetery.

“The town currently has 10 years…

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Additional King Rail clubhouse funds OK’d

October 25, 2023

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Fall Town Meeting approved allocating more funds for the King Rail Reserve Golf Course clubhouse last week.

DPW Director John Tomasz recalled that the 2022 Fall Town Meeting approved the $900,000 clubhouse project. He said Article 8 was requesting an additional $300,000 from