Lynnfield News

Published December 26, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Wow.

Lynnfield Middle School’s cafeteria was transformed into Santa’s Workshop during the annual Holiday Gift Drive on Dec. 19. The popular town tradition spearheaded by LMS students, families and staff members led to over a thousand gifts being donated to families in need.

The middle school…

Published December 26, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Retiring Lynnfield Center Water District (LCWD) Superintendent Ken Burnham announced last week he is resigning from the Board of Water Commissioners.

Burnham will be resigning as a water commissioner on Jan. 2, 2019, which is the same day he will be retiring as the LCWD’s superintendent.…

Published December 26, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — There is no end in sight for the ongoing 74 Crescent Ave. saga.

The Zoning Board of Appeals heard two cases pertaining to the home on Dec. 18. The first case was an appeal by abutters Barbara Dunn and Peter Recka of 78 Crescent Ave., who…

Published December 19, 2018

By GAIL LOWE

LYNNFIELD — When something is brewing behind the scenes, Elena Gillon can usually detect it on her inner radar. But the Reading resident had no inkling of what was about to happen in the auditorium of Lynnfield High School on Tuesday, Dec. 11.

The 99-year-old Gillon family matriarch…

Published December 19, 2018

By JILLIAN STRING

LYNNFIELD — School Committee member Dorothy Presser presented a resolution in support of full funding for Massachusetts public schools at the Dec. 11 School Committee meeting.

“In 1993, we passed (Education) Reform (that) changed the funding formula to (have) less reliance on the property taxes to fund education…

Published December 19, 2018

By JILLIAN STRING

LYNNFIELD — Lynnfield High School Guidance Department Head Kathryn Moody, along with School Counselors Scott MacKenzie, Samantha Pindara, and Adjustment Counselor Kristen Dee, attended the Dec. 11 School Committee meeting to provide an overview of guidance services.

“Our role is to work with students and families in order…

Published December 12, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — In the wake of mounting pressure from angry ratepayers and local officials, the Lynnfield Center Water District (LCWD) Board of Water Commissioners withdrew its multi-million dollar treatment plant proposal at the standing-room only special district meeting at the Lynnfield Middle School cafeteria on Monday.

The water…

Published December 12, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Board of Library Trustees is looking to appoint the next director of the Lynnfield Public Library later this month, Interim Library Director Nancy Ryan said in an interview with the Villager.

The library is searching for a new library director in the wake of former Director…

Published December 12, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Seventh and eighth grade students were given a crash course in the dangers of substance abuse while watching a performance by the Improbable Players on Dec. 7.

The Improbable Players use theater performances and workshops in order to raise awareness about the negative affect of substance…