Lynnfield News

By DAN TOMASELLO

Published October 16, 2019

LYNNFIELD — Are you ready for Round Two?

Three-and-a-half weeks after voters packed the Lynnfield Middle School auditorium and gymnasium for a Special Town Meeting, Town Moderator Joe Markey will drop the gavel for another time this year when Fall Town Meeting takes place on Monday, Oct. 21, beginning…

Published October 16, 2019

By HELEN BREEN

LYNNFIELD — With Halloween around the corner, thousands flock to Salem to celebrate.

The real witchcraft madness of 1692, however, was spread throughout a larger area of the North Shore. The hysteria began in Salem Village, the old Tapleyville section of Danvers near the Liberty Tree Mall, when a…

Published October 16, 2019

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — It’s back.

Haunted High School will be making its triumphant return to Lynnfield High School after a seven-year absence on Saturday, Oct. 26, taking place from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Lynnfield Community Schools and the Lynnfield High Class of 2021 are sponsoring the event, which…

Published October 9, 2019

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Two students gave the school system’s METCO program rave reviews during the School Committee’s Oct. 1 meeting.

Lynnfield High School senior Anthony Hunt said he has had “a good overall experience being in the METCO program.”

“I have really enjoyed being involved in sports and the…

Published October 9, 2019

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Local officials are hoping to have a recommendation on addressing elementary school space needs by March, DPW Director John Tomasz told the School Committee last week.

School Enrollment and Capacity Exploration Committee (SECEC) Chairman John Scenna recalled that the space committee was formed last year in…

Published October 9, 2019

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Fall Town Meeting will be asked to pump up Lynnfield High School’s dilapidated fitness center on Oct. 21.

Town Administrator Rob Dolan told the School Committee on Oct. 1 that one of Board of Selectmen Chairman Phil Crawford’s priorities this year is transforming the facility into…

Posted on: October 10, 2019

We are looking for a reporter to cover Lynnfield municipal government meetings and to handle other assignments.

Please contact Bob Burgess or Dan Tomasello at [email protected] or 781-245-0080.

Published October 9, 2019

Published October 2, 2019

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Make it three for three.

The Sept. 26 Special Town Meeting overwhelmingly approved allocating $348,000 for the Wakefield-Lynnfield Rail Trail’s final design by a 585-380 vote. The rail trail previously passed the 2017 April Town Meeting by a 342-341 vote. The rail trail passed 1,859 to…

Published October 2, 2019

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The results from the MCAS exam are in, and Lynnfield students continued their long-standing tradition of performing well on the high stakes state test.

Last spring marked the third year that students in grades 3-8 took the Next-Generation MCAS. Last spring was the first time high…