Lynnfield Villager

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The $32 million Lynnfield Public Library project is dead.

During a March 1 meeting that occurred at 8:30 a.m. on Zoom teleconference, the Finance Committee voted 7-3 not to allow a debt exclusion article on the library project to be placed on the warrant of the previously scheduled March 18…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Committee unanimously voted to appoint Tom Geary as interim superintendent during a Feb. 27 meeting.

Geary, whose main responsibility is serving as the assistant superintendent of finance and operations, was appointed as acting superintendent last December after former Superintendent Kristen Vogel took a medical leave of absence. The…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Department is looking to receive a $31,302,455 operating budget for fiscal year 2025, Interim Superintendent Tom Geary said during the School Committee’s Feb. 27 meeting.

Geary said the recommended $31.3 million operating budget represents a 5.5 percent increase, totaling $1,645,907, over FY24’s $29,656,549 spending plan.

“This is a…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The divorce is final.

School Committee Chair Kate DePrizio announced during a Feb. 27 meeting that Kristen Vogel is no longer superintendent of schools. Vogel had been on a medical leave of absence since early December.

“The School Committee and Superintendent Vogel have mutually agreed that the best way to…