Lynnfield News

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — With the town’s estimated revenue for FY’16 potentially increasing by over $3 million to $50.2 million, preliminary budgets under development by the various town departments reflect a desire to offset the Band-Aid approach of post-recession budgets to correct some deficiencies.

The Police Department is one such budget that Police Chief…

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — The school district’s K-12 Science Department was the focus of last week’s presentation to the School Committee called “A Glimpse into the Classroom…

Due to the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, there will be early deadlines for the Dec. 23 and Dec. 30 editions of the Lynnfield Villager.

We will therefore need all editorial and advertising copy by noon on Friday, Dec. 19 and Friday, Dec. 26, respectively. The most efficient way to submit copy to the newspaper…

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — A preliminary overview of the town’s FY16 budget projections reveals that total revenues could increase by over $3 million from the current FY15 budget, topping $50,271,000.

This potential increase of 6.86 percent was attributed to many factors currently trending in the town’s favor, Town Administrator Bill Gustus explained during the…

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — It’s hard to believe that the 2015 election season is just around the corner. Town Clerk Trudy Reid has announced the various deadlines associated with the filing of nomination papers for candidates for elective town office and voter registration for participation in the annual town election and annual Town Meeting…

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — The community is invited to a special Chanukah celebration sponsored by Chabad of the North Shore on Thursday, Dec. 18 at the MarketStreet Green.

The celebration begins at 5:30 p.m. with the lighting of the third candle on the large menorah Chabad has displayed on the Green, symbolic of the…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Undaunted by…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators’ Association named High School Assistant Principal Kevin Cyr Assistant Principal of the Year last week.

Cyr found out he was named Assistant Principal of the Year on Tuesday, Dec. 2 and the award was announced publicly on Thursday, Dec. 4. Lynnfield High School Principal Bob…

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — The town will maintain its classified tax rate for fiscal year 2015 following a 2-1 vote of the Board of Selectmen Nov. 24.

The tax rate will decrease slightly for residential property owners by 28 cents to $14.49 per thousand. This represents a decrease of 1.9 percent over the current…

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — The town’s department heads will not have to comply with an advisory citizens’ petition passed by Town Meeting last April that sought to have each department prepare two budgets for the voters to consider.

The citizens’ petition sought to advise the selectmen that the town’s omnibus and capital budgets…