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TM resumes Thursday night

April 30, 2015

Quorum of 175 needed; challenge ends Monday’s session

VOTER CARDS were used to facilitate a hand count on whether the town should adopt the Scenic Road Bylaw at April Town Meeting. It passed by a small margin, 70-56. A subsequent quorum challenge resulted in the meeting being adjourned around 10:50 p.m. because only 151 voters were present, 14 shy of the quorum. (Maureen Doherty Photo) — VOTER CARDS were used to facilitate a hand count on whether the town should adopt the Scenic Road Bylaw at April Town Meeting. It passed by a small margin, 70-56. A subsequent quorum challenge resulted in the meeting being adjourned around 10:50 p.m. because only 151 voters

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Voters approve $49.2M spending plan

April 30, 2015

Additional $250K OK’d for road projects

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — In just over three hours of spirited debate, Town Meeting disposed of 20 of the 24 warrant articles Monday night before being forced to adjourn due to a lack of a quorum.

The town’s proposed omnibus operating budget of $47,668,389 under Article 7 was…

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Selectman election recount Sat.; legal action looms

April 30, 2015

By DAN TOMASELLO and MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — The Board of Registrars set the town election recount for Saturday, May 2. The recount will be held at the Al Merritt Media and Cultural Center at MarketStreet beginning at 8 a.m.

Town Clerk Trudy Reid informed the Villager Tuesday morning the recount requested by Katy Shea will…

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PHOTO: Burst of color

April 30, 2015

BRIGHT YELLOW forsythia in full bloom is a welcome sign of spring's arrival following a very tedious, snowy winter. (Maureen Doherty Photo) — BRIGHT YELLOW forsythia in full bloom is a welcome sign of spring’s arrival following a very tedious, snowy winter. (Maureen Doherty Photo)

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LYNNFIELD — Due to the need to reconvene Town Meeting on Thursday, April 30 at the Lynnfield Middle School auditorium, the public performance of the Middle School Drama Fest previously scheduled for Thursday night will now be held on Friday, May 1 at 7 p.m. in the LMS auditorium.

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Youth program troubles brew on social media

April 23, 2015

By MARK SARDELLA

LYNNFIELD — In many ways, Lynnfield Youth Football and Cheerleading is a successful program. Over the years, it has provided hundreds of local boys and girls in grades three through eight with an opportunity for healthy physical activity and competition.

But in recent years, there has been a growing undercurrent of discontent…

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Quorum of 175 needed for Monday’s Town Meeting

April 23, 2015

VOTERS at Monday's Town Meeting will be asked to transfer control of the Centre Farm property at 567 Main St. to the Board of Selectmen "for the purpose of sale…including the structures and fixtures" under Article 17 on the warrant. (Maureen Doherty Photo) — VOTERS at Monday’s Town Meeting will be asked to transfer control of the Centre Farm property at 567 Main St. to the Board of Selectmen “for the purpose of sale…including the structures and fixtures” under Article 17 on the warrant. (Maureen Doherty Photo)

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — The long-awaited Annual Town Meeting is slated…

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School leaders propose funding LHS adjustment counselor

April 23, 2015

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — At the April 14 School Committee meeting, Superintendent of Schools Jane Tremblay proposed hiring a full-time adjustment counselor for Lynnfield High School as part of the school department’s fiscal year 2016 budget.

Tremblay said the school department is currently using a part-time adjustment counselor contracted through the SEEM Collaborative. As…

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PHOTO: LMS raises autism awareness

April 23, 2015

autism-awareness-web — GUEST SPEAKER Christopher Damon Cronmiller (second from right) visited Lynnfield Middle School on April 15, where he discussed understanding disabilities and conquering autism with a group of seventh and eighth graders who are members of LMS’ One Club. Cronmiller discussed how he overcame a form of autism called PDD-NOS, also known as Pervasive Developmental Disorder

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PHOTO: Sporty wheels

April 23, 2015

PRESCHOOLER Lucas Wilkinson, 4 1/2, had a blast riding his red BMX-style Rocket bicycle on the hilly pathways around the new softball and baseball fields at the high school last week. (Maureen Doherty Photo)

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Frank Costantino demonstrates watercolor painting with LAG April 23

April 23, 2015

LYNNFIELD — The Lynnfield Art Guild (LAG) proudly completes its monthly demo-meetings this 51st season with a watercolor painting demonstration by famed Winthrop artist Frank Costantino on Thursday, April 23 at 7 p.m. at Lynnfield’s 1714 Meeting House on the Common, Main and Summer streets.