Lynnfield News

Published December 5, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The holiday spirit was on full display at the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 1, as 1,000 people gathered on the Town Common to celebrate the most wonderful time of year.

The town’s holiday festivities kicked off in the morning when the Lynnfield Historical Society transformed…

Published December 5, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Expressing no confidence in the commissioners of the Lynnfield Center Water District (LCWD), the Board of Selectmen authorized Town Counsel Tom Mullen to craft proposed legislation that would amend the district’s enabling act during Monday’s meeting.

The selectmen discussed the LCWD one week before ratepayers head…

Published December 5, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Lynnfield Center Water District will be holding a special district meeting on Monday, Dec. 10, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Lynnfield Middle School cafeteria.

The LCWD Board of Water Commissioners scheduled the special meeting in order to ask ratepayers to approve the $5.25 million greensand…

Posted on: Wednesday, December 5, 2018

The following letter to the editor was sent after the Villager went to press.

Dear Editor:

I am writing to urge Lynnfield Center Water District (LCWD) members to vote “No” on Article 2 to construct a new water treatment plant and to vote “Yes” on the alternative article to not…

Posted on: Thursday, November 29, 2018

LYNNFIELD — The annual Lynnfield Middle School Holiday Concert will be held Wednesday, December 5 at 7 p.m. in the LMS Auditorium.

The concert will feature performances by the bands and choruses of Lynnfield Middle School as well as the Jazz Band, Pioneer Singers and Offbeat Beats and Techno Tunes…

Published November 28, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Ten minutes.

That’s all it took for the Board of Selectmen to unanimously approve a shift in the town’s tax classification on Monday. The unanimous vote will raise the average single-family homeowner’s property tax bill around $160.

The shift approved by the selectmen means the tax…

Published November 28, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — It’s the most wonderful time of year.

The town will ring in the holiday season in style on Saturday, Dec. 1, when the Country Store, Tree Lighting Ceremony and Gingerbread House Contest return to town and the first annual Lynnfield Recreation-sponsored Light Up Lynnfield contest makes…

Published November 28, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Bali Hai Restaurant is staying put.

The Zoning Board of Appeals rejected Lynnfield-based developers Matt and David Palumbo’s proposal to construct a two-story, 23-unit apartment building at the 160 Moulton Dr. property on Nov. 20. While ZBA members Anthony Moccia and Anders Youngren voted in…

Published November 28, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Scarlett Lewis brought a powerful message to the large crowd at St. Maria Goretti Parish on Nov. 18.

That message was “choose love.”

Lewis was the mother of 6-year-old Jesse, who was one of 20 first graders and six educators who were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary…

Published November 28, 2018