Lynnfield News

Published January 27, 2021

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD —The School Department is looking to increase in-person learning next month.

With COVID-19 cases trending down in town, Superintendent Kristen Vogel told the School Committee during a Jan. 19 meeting that the long-discussed proposal of having the district’s Blue and Gold cohorts come into school on alternating…

Published January 27, 2021

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Economic Development bill recently signed into law by Gov. Charlie Baker includes several zoning reforms.

State Sen. Brendan Crighton (D-Lynn) was able include a provision in the new bill that will allow local boards in cities as well as town meetings across the state to…

Published January 27, 2021

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Published January 20, 2021

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Fiscal year 2022 is going to be an incredibly challenging year, Town Administrator Rob Dolan said during the annual budget summit on Jan. 11.

Select Board Chairman Chris Barrett recalled that the budget summit is usually held in either late November or early December, but said…

Published January 20, 2021

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — A group of residents weighed in on proposed changes to the Tree Protection Bylaw during the Planning Board’s Jan. 13 meeting.

Planning Board Chairman Brian Charville recalled that last October’s Town Meeting voted to indefinitely postpone the Tree Bylaw after the Planning and Conservation Department heard…

Published January 20, 2021

By HELEN BREEN

John Adams, our second president, and his eldest son, John Quincy Adams, our sixth president, both quietly departed Washington on the eve of their opponent’s inauguration.

Each did so in good conscience, leaving their successors, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson respectively, to enjoy two terms in office.

The…

Published January 20, 2021

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD —The Think of Michael Foundation is making a positive impact in the Lynnfield community and beyond.

Select Board member Dick Dalton and his family formed the foundation in honor of the late Michael Dalton, who passed away from an opiate overdose while in outpatient treatment in January…

Published January 13, 2021

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Local first responders will be receiving the first injection of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday.

Fire Chief/Emergency Management Director Glenn Davis informed the Villager that first responders are part of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Phase One vaccine distribution plan.

“A plan for Region 3B…

Published January 13, 2021

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — In a surprising turn of events, Select Board Chairman Chris Barrett announced on Friday, Jan. 8 that he will not be running for a third three-year term.

Barrett was elected to the Board of Selectmen in April 2015 after previously serving a term on the School…