Lynnfield News

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The ballot for the town election on Monday, April 13 was finalized on Monday, Feb. 23.

According to Town Clerk Trudy Reid, office staff verified the signatures of registered voters who signed the nomination papers for the 10 candidates running for office.

The town election is headlined by a race…

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — Police Chief Dave Breen has proposed a budget totaling $2,856,608 for FY’16, an overall increase of 9.1 percent over the current fiscal year budget of $2.62 million.

The majority of the increase comes from salaries due to changes in the make up of the force resulting from a retirement and…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Local government board meetings are now available online for townspeople to watch for the first time.

Town Administrator Jim Boudreau and Lynnfield Media Studios Director Eric Hamlin have posted Board of Selectmen, School Committee, Town Meetings and Lynnfield Historical Society meetings on the video-sharing website Vimeo.

Vimeo, which is similar…

LYNNFIELD —Library Building Consultant Mary Braney and Library Director Nancy Ryan will be holding two open and public forums on Thursday, March 5 at the Lynnfield Public Library to update interested residents and library patrons on the library building program and provide an opportunity for residents to voice their questions and ideas about this project…

LYNNFIELD —Three men suspected of casing The Savings Bank branch at 1105 Summer St. were questioned by local police on Monday.

As the newspaper was going to press today, Police Chief David Breen informed the Villager that officers dispatched to the bank observed three males sitting in a white Cadillac Deville parked near the bank…

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — She may have missed being a New Year’s Day baby, a…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — On Feb. 11, Superintendent of Schools Jane Tremblay unveiled the school department’s preliminary fiscal year 2016 school budget, totaling $21,880,786.

The proposed school budget represents a 4.5 percent increase from FY’15’s $20,989,552 budget figure. Tremblay said the proposed budget is designed to meet student needs in a fiscally…

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — A proposal to replace the corporate offices of Bridgewell at 471 and 495 Broadway with a free-standing CVS Pharmacy is currently in the preliminary stages.

Bridgewell and CVS held a two-hour informational meeting with about two dozen neighbors and abutters to their property, which is located at the intersection of…

LYNNFIELD — The Lynnfield Police and Fire Departments are renewing their request for local residents to take a few minutes and shovel out fire hydrants near their homes.

If you have a fire hydrant in front of or near your house, the public safety departments ask you to ensure that it is cleared out. It…

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

LYNNFIELD — Viable proposals on the future use of the historic seven-acre Centre Farm are currently being solicited by the Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) and the town from all interested parties.

Proposals must be submitted to the town by Monday, March 16, one week in advance of a public forum for…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Thirty-three public employees earned six-figure salaries last year according to town documents released to the Villager last week.

According to data supplied by town treasurer Christine O’Sullivan and based on employees’ W-2 forms, Fire Captain Michael Feinberg topped the highest paid public employees list with $204,579.52. Town documents revealed Feinberg…