Lynnfield News

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Two incumbents pulled nomination papers for the Town Election on Monday.

School Committee Vice Chairwoman Stacy Dahlstedt and Select Board Chairman Dick Dalton pulled papers and are running for their respective seats once again in the municipal election, which will take place on Tuesday, April 12.

Dahlstedt is running for…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Lynnfield Center Water District’s capital improvement projects are currently in the design phase, Superintendent John Scenna said at a recent Board of Water Commissioners meeting.

Ratepayers overwhelming approved the LCWD’s $9.8 million capital improvement projects during the Annual Meeting last May. Scenna recalled that the projects include constructing a…

BUDDIES Sebastian Langdon (left) and Luke Moschella show off a gift they wrapped during Lynnfield Middle School’s Holiday Gift Drive on Dec. 22. (Dan Tomasello Photo)

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The season of giving is alive and well at Lynnfield Middle School.

The middle school was able to hold an in-person Holiday Gift…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Kindness and inclusion were the two central themes outlined in the Equity Report, Superintendent Kristen Vogel said during the School Committee’s Dec. 21 meeting.

Vogel recalled that the school system hired The Equity Process last spring to conduct an equity audit for the district. The audit began in July and…

VILLAGE HOME AND GARDEN CLUB members Carol Schelzi and Ellen Crawford deliver over 40 teddy bears collected by the club to Melinda Harris of Children’s Hospital in Peabody. The club has been are donating to this cause for the past six years.

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Lynnfield Center Water District is developing an action plan in order to address potentially-harmful PFAS6 that has been detected in water samples, Superintendent John Scenna said during a Dec. 16 meeting.

Scenna said the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) implemented new drinking water regulations in October that regulate…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Fiscal year 2023 is going to be a tight financial one, Town Administrator Rob Dolan said during the recent Budget Summit.

Select Board Chairman Dick Dalton said creating the town’s operating and capital budgets is “never easy.”

“The town has limited resources and it is our job to allocate them…