Lynnfield News

Published in the December 30, 2015 edition

 By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — Local opponents to the Wakefield-Lynnfield Rail Trail proposal came en masse to the Dec. 21 Lynnfield Board of Selectmen’s meeting.

The standing room only crowd filled the Al Merritt Cultural and Media Center at MarketStreet during an update on the progress of the…

Published in the December 30, 2015 edition

Published in the December 30, 2015 edition

LYNNFIELD — The Library Building Committee and William Rawn Associates will be holding its second community focus meeting on Thursday, Jan. 7.

The forum will feature presentations from architects Sam Lasky and Kevin Bergeron on the upcoming building program. The program will begin on Thursday, Jan. 7 at…

Published in the December 30, 2015 edition

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — With 2015 soon to be in the rearview mirror, the Lynnfield Villager is looking ahead in anticipation of the first baby to be born to a Lynnfield family in 2016.

Yes, it is time once again for the newspaper’s First Baby contest, now…

Published in the December 23, 2015 edition

By DAN TOMASELLO…

Published in the December 23, 2015 edition

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — A critical phase in the pending closure of Lynn Union Hospital begins in January.

The start of a new year will bring with it a series of public hearings by the state Department of Public Health (DPH) on the matter. Therefore, advocates say…

Published in the December 23, 2015 edition

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Local students have taken on a leadership role in the area of technology, the schools’ Technology Department representatives told the School Committee Dec. 15.

Technology Integration Specialist Jennifer Judkins said technology has “changed the ways kids are learning in the district.” She said…

Published in the December 23, 2015 edition

Published in the December 23, 2015 edition

LYNNFIELD — The LHS swim and dive team will pick up residents’ Christmas trees as part of its annual fund-raising drive on Saturday, January 2 or Saturday, January 9.

The cost is $10 for trees 8 feet and under or $15 for trees taller than 8 feet.

Please…

Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2015.

LYNNFIELD — The town has been informed that over the next several weeks a crew of surveyors associated with Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company LLC will be conducting a survey, from the public ways, of classifications of dwellings and buildings in the areas of the proposed NED pipeline route.

The…

Published in the December 16, 2015 edition

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — It’s an annual rite of passage – the town’s budget summit – falling on the first Wednesday night of each December.

Last Wednesday, the town’s department heads came together in a round-table format at the Senior Center to get a sense of the…

Published in the December 16, 2015 edition

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