Lynnfield News

CONTRACTOR R.A.D. SPORTS was hard at work replacing the turf at Field 1 at Lynnfield High School’s fields complex last week. (Photo by The Priestley’s)

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Committee unanimously approved an advertising and sponsorship policy during a recent meeting.

School Committee member Jamie Hayman recently floated a proposal about implementing…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Committee approved a small change to the district’s cellphone and electronic device policy during a recent meeting.

A different incarnation of the School Committee approved the cellphones and electronic device policy last summer, which prohibits the use of devices in classrooms.

Superintendent Tom Geary said the only change…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Earmarks for municipal projects included in the fiscal year 2026 state budget will not be awarded to cities and towns including Lynnfield until later this year, Gov. Maura Healey announced on Friday, July 4.

Healey signed the $60.9 state budget for FY26 on the Fourth of July holiday after lawmakers…

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LYNNFIELD — The Southern Essex Registry of Deeds is implementing a program that seeks to “clean” property deeds containing discriminatory restrictions.

Register Eileen Duff stated in a press release that the new program seeks to “ensure that new deeds no longer contain or references exclusionary language.”

“Discriminatory language, including racial covenants in land…

READING – Michael O’Neill has been appointed as Reading Municipal Light Department’s interim general manager. 

O’Neill’s career spans more than two decades in the electric utility industry. O’Neill previously held key positions at National Grid and Eversource, and has served as the RMLD director of operations since Jan. 2024. 

“As we begin the search…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Select Board unanimously voted on June 23 to form two different search committees to evaluate prospective applicants for two vacant department head positions. 

Select Board Chair Phil Crawford said Town Clerk Amanda Haggstrom recently submitted her resignation. Haggstrom, who has worked for the town for the past two…

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KINGSTON, R.I. – A Lynnfield resident is among two Ph.D. students in the University of Rhode Island’s College of the Environment and Life Sciences’ interdisciplinary biological and environmental sciences graduate program who have been awarded graduate research fellowships from the NASA Rhode Island Space Grant Consortium. 

Lynnfield resident Michelle Marder and Brockton resident Kate…

LYNNFIELD — Lynnfield Rotary’s annual Concerts on the Common series is returning to town this July. 

The Memorylaners will be performing at the first concert on Wednesday, July 9. 

Funbucket will be playing at the second concert on Wednesday, July 16. 

The Soft Touch Band will be performing at the third concert…