Lynnfield News

By DAN TOMASELLO

Published January 8, 2020

LYNNFIELD — The Bali Hai apartment building case is heading to trial later this month.

The Bali Hai Restaurant closed its doors on New Year’s Eve 2018 after previously serving Chinese and Polynesian cuisine and drinks since the 1950s. The Yee family sold the former North Shore landmark…

Published January 1, 2020

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Lynnfield Middle School seventh-grader Michael Murphy recently gave back to soldiers and veterans by undertaking a fundraiser in their honor.

The U.S. Army thanked Michael for the kindhearted initiative by honoring him at a recent grade-level assembly.

During Michael’s birthday party in October, he asked family…

Published January 1, 2020

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — With the holidays now in the rearview mirror, the School Committee plans on kicking the superintendent search process into high gear in the New Year.

In a Letter to the Editor appearing in this week’s Villager, School Committee Chairman Jamie Hayman recalled that the committee voted…

Published December 24, 2019

By DAN TOMASELLO

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

The middle school’s cafeteria was transformed into Santa’s Workshop during the annual Holiday Gift Drive on December 18. The popular town tradition spearheaded by LMS students, families and staff members led to over a…

Published December 24, 2019

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Department’s evacuation drills went smoothly this past fall, Fire Chief Glenn Davis and Police Chief David Breen told the Board of Selectmen last week.

The drills for all four schools were held in October. Breen said the drills were designed to build upon security…

Published December 18, 2019

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Committee hopes to hire the next superintendent by mid-April.

The committee kicked off the process for hiring Superintendent Jane Tremblay’s successor by unanimously voting to enter an agreement with the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) during a Dec. 10 meeting. Tremblay recently announced…

Published December 18, 2019

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Lynnfield Center Water District (LCWD) officials are hoping to have an update on the water supply study by this April, Water Superintendent John Scenna told 16 residents during a Dec. 12 workshop in the Meeting House.

The workshop took place just over a year after ratepayers…

Published December 18, 2019

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD —Wing Road resident Lauri Priestley and her family have been collecting holiday cards and donating them to veterans and soldiers serving overseas for the past five years.

That tradition continues this holiday season.

Priestley, along with the Centre Club and Lynnfield High School’s Interact Club, donated 300…

Published December 18, 2019

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Board of Selectmen chose two former local officials as the winners of the third annual Daniel Townsend Award for Excellence during Monday’s meeting.

The selectmen established the Townsend Award two years ago in order to recognize a local volunteer or volunteers who have worked diligently to…