Lynnfield News

By ALISON KUZNITZ
State House News Service

BOSTON — State health plan overseers under pressure to tame spiraling health care costs delayed a vote on controversial benefit changes — particularly eliminating coverage for GLP-1 drugs for weight loss — in response to pushback from lawmakers and state workers.

As it seeks to rescue the commission…

Published in the February 18, 2026 edition of the Lynnfield Villager

READING — Chabad of Wakefield will host a rare and historic evening on Monday, March 9 at 7 p.m. as Holocaust survivor Tibor Spitz shares his testimony in person at Reading Memorial High School’s William Endslow Auditorium, together with community and corporate sponsors.

Spitz…

Photo published in the Lynnfield Villager on February 18, 2026

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Published in the Lynnfield Villager on February 18, 2026

Volume 51 – Report No. 7 February 9-13, 2026

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of Feb. 9-13.

During the week of Feb. 9-13, the House met for a total…

Published in the February 18, 2026 edition of the Lynnfield Villager

FEBRUARY 18, 1976

Tax hikes loom: The Long-Range Budget Study Committee outlined a report during a Tuesday meeting that featured 30 residents in attendance, including representatives from the Finance Committee, School Committee, Fire Department and Police Department.

The report, which outlined the town’s fiscal…

Published in the February 18, 2026 edition of the Lynnfield Villager

READING — Learning history does not always happen behind a desk at Austin Prep. Sometimes, it takes…

Published in the February 18, 2026 edition of the Lynnfield Villager

Sunday, February 8

2:07 a.m., 758 Salem St., malfunctioning alarm; 3:08 a.m., 758 Salem St., malfunctioning alarm; 5:19 a.m., 17 Wildewood Dr., medical; 5:19 a.m., 16 Partridge Ln., medical; 7:17 a.m., 758 Salem St., false alarm; 11:56 a.m., 510 Ross Dr., citizen arrest; 10:24…

Published in the February 18, 2026 edition of the Lynnfield Villager

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Terrific Tuesdays with North Suburban Child and Family Resource Network, 4-4:45 p.m., Lynnfield Library.

Deadline to submit nomination papers, 5 p.m., Town Clerk’s Office.

The Last Tuesday Book Club, 6-7:30 p.m., Lynnfield Library.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

Story Time, 10-10:30 a.m., Lynnfield…

Published in the February 18, 2026 edition of the Lynnfield Villager

LYNNFIELD — “History of the Enslaved in Massachusetts” will be the subject of the Lynnfield Historical Society’s next meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 24, taking place at 7 p.m. in the Centre Congregational Church.

Vijay Joyce will be the guest speaker. He is the founder…

Published in the February 18, 2026 edition of the Lynnfield Villager

LYNNFIELD — The Lynnfield Democratic Town Committee (LDTC) will be holding a caucus on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at the Al Merritt Center, 600 Market St., second floor, beginning at 7 p.m.

The Democratic Town Committee will be holding the caucus to elect delegates to…

Published in the February 18, 2026 edition of the Lynnfield Villager

LYNNFIELD — Two Milwaukee residents will appear in court, charged recently with shoplifting items at a popular MarketStreet retailer.

The pair, both women in their 20s, were charged around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, February 11 with shoplifting by concealing merchandise at ALO, a seller…