Lynnfield News

Published April 24, 2019

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Developer Angus Bruce is planning to move ahead with the proposed Woods of Lynnfield elderly housing development at the April 29 Town Meeting even though the Planning Board voted not to recommend the project on April 16.

Attorney Jay Kimball submitted Article 16 on behalf of…

Published April 24, 2019

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Five Lynnfield students will be showcasing new products they created at the Northshore Mall on Saturday, April 27.

The five students are enrolled in the Peabody Area Chamber of Commerce’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!). The students in the program are Lynnfield Middle School seventh grader Cam…

Published April 24, 2019

Published April 17, 2019

By JILLIAN STRING

LYNNFIELD — The School Committee voted to approve the updated fiscal year 2020 budget presented by Superintendent Jane Tremblay on April 9.

Tremblay stated that after her presentation to the Board of Selectmen, the original recommended budget of $26,182,916, representing a 5.24 percent increase over FY19, had to…

Published April 17, 2019

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously approved a contract extension for Town Administrator Rob Dolan on April 9.

Dolan served as Melrose’s mayor for 16 years prior to becoming town administrator in February 2018. Selectmen Chairman Dick Dalton said the contract extension would be in effect to…

Lynnfield youth armed with handgun

Published April 17, 2019

NORTH READING — Police are calling attention to the startling rise in youth marijuana use and the dangerous rise of a black market for marijuana. Both trends were evident on April 9, when a Lynnfield juvenile was arrested with a loaded handgun, after he offered to…

Published April 17, 2019

Published April 10, 2019

Published April 10, 2019

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Tuesday will go down as one of the most memorable days in town politics in quite some time.

Voters narrowly approved the non-binding rail trail ballot question by 181 votes. National Development also announced it has scrapped plans to move forward with a proposal to build…

Published April 10, 2019

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — A Lynnfield fire captain has been placed on paid administrative leave after he was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge in Middletown, Rhode Island on April 3.

Fire Captain John Walsh, 60, was arrested after he allegedly entered the 7-Eleven on Aquidneck Avenue in Middletown completely…