Lynnfield News

Rotary Clubs host Thanksgiving rivals at luncheon

Published November 21, 2018

By DAN PAWLOWSKI

WAKEFIELD — The annual pre-Thanksgiving luncheon, hosted by the North Reading and Lynnfield rotary clubs, doesn’t feel as much like an awkward family reunion as you might think.

How would you expect the conversations of lunch tables broken up by roles rather…

Published November 21, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — November 16 was a special day for Erik Bell.

Erik, a sixth grader at Lynnfield Middle School, and his family were presented with a $5,000 check from the nonprofit organization Cops for Kids with Cancer during a moving ceremony in the Joe Maney Meeting Room at…

Published November 21, 2018

By JILLIAN STRING

LYNNFIELD — Lynnfield High School Principal Bob Cleary presented the 2018 SAT scores to the School Committee on Nov. 13.

Cleary’s presentation included a four-year comparison of SAT evidence-based reading and writing and SAT math mean scores.

“When you look at our four-year comparison scores there, we’re pretty…

Published November 14, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Two hundred residents gathered on the Town Common to honor America’s veterans and commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I during the annual Veterans Day ceremony on Sunday, Nov. 11.

Veterans’ Services Officer Bruce Siegel welcomed residents to the ceremony.

“We are…

Published November 14, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Lynnfield Center Water District Board of Water Commissioners was given an earful on Nov. 7 about a proposal designed to address discolored water and supplement the district’s water supply.

The water commissioners have scheduled a special district meeting for Monday, Dec. 10, which will ask…

Published November 14, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will tentatively hold a public hearing on the proposed rail trail’s 25 percent design this winter, Recreational Path Committee (RPC) Chairman Gerard Noumi told the Board of Selectmen last week.

Noumi appeared before the selectmen to give a status update…

Published November 7, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted to appoint Deputy Fire Chief Glenn Davis as the next leader of the Fire Department during Monday’s meeting.

The Fire Chief Screening Committee recently recommended that the selectmen interview Davis and Lynnfield Fire Lt. James Alexander for the fire chief…

Published November 7, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The state election results are in, and a purple wave swept over Lynnfield on Tuesday.

According to the unofficial results released by Town Clerk Trudy Reid, Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Geoff Diehl easily carried their respective races here. Lynnfieldians also backed…

Published November 7, 2018

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — If Town Meeting approves the Summer Street road improvement project, construction will most likely begin in 10 years, Town Administrator Rob Dolan said during a community forum in the high school auditorium on Nov. 1.

The town has hired Bayside Engineering in order to begin the…