To the editor: I am writing today to express my sentiments about what transpired at last week’s joint Select Board/School Committee meeting in which two interim School Committee members were appointed. To say I am disappointed is understatement. In a true testament to our town’s commitment to volunteerism and supporting our public school system, 10 […]

Gov. Maura Healey has appointed Lynn Mayor Jared Nicholson to serve on the Commonwealth’s newly formed Housing Advisory Council. Nicholson was sworn in alongside 19 fellow council members, including Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, who will serve as the council’s chair, on Monday. Members of the council will advise the Healey administration on strategies to address […]

Select Board member Peter Spellios proposed a Town Meeting Warrant Article that would change voting regulations in an effort to increase voter participation. The article proposes lowering the minimum voting age from 18 to 16, along with changing the town’s annual June election date from a Tuesday to a consecutive Saturday and Sunday. Spellios presented […]

Nahant announced that nomination papers are now available at the Town Clerk’s office for those planning to run for the office ahead of the town’s annual election on April 27. The nomination papers are the forms on which potential candidates obtain valid signatures of registered voters in town for the office that is being sought. […]

The Greater Lynn Chamber of Commerce recently announced four nominees for its Nonprofit of the Year Award at the 2024 GLCC Annual Business Excellence Awards in March. The nominees for the Nonprofit of the Year Award are Lynn Community Television, Lynn Museum/LynnArts, My Brother’s Table, and the Haven Project.  The Haven Project’s mission is to […]

Eileen Catherine Fider, age 78, of East Marion, passed away Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, surrounded by loving family. Eileen grew up in Bird Island, Minn., and attended the College of Saint Benedict in Saint Joseph, Minn., where she received a bachelor’s degree in English. She married Thomas Fider in 1967, and they raised their three […]

The Lynnfield Art Guild will be hosting an exhibit featuring fine art and photography pieces by 13 Guild members at the North Shore Unitarian Universalist Church in February and March. According to LAG’s website, the pieces will represent a “variety of styles, mediums and themes.” The LAG, which is in its 60th anniversary year, is […]

Raymond Paul Corwin died Jan. 2, 2024 in Port Charlotte, Fla surrounded by family and friends. He was 72. Born in Greenport, Feb. 7, 1951, he was the son of Paul and Susan (Knight) Corwin. He graduated Greenport High School in 1969 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1970, served for four years and […]

Scott Russell (Nicholas Grasso photo) While Southold Town Hall was closed for a four-and-a-half-day Thanksgiving break, Supervisor Scott Russell labored not with pen and paper, but with spackle and spade.  As a practical joke, Mr. Russell constructed a pseudo wall, sealing and disguising the doorway to his office. When his secretaries, Lauren Standish and Michelle […]

Kathleen “Kathy” Miggins, passed peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, in Fairfax, Va. with all her loving family by her side. Formerly of Annandale and Fairfax Station for 41 years, she was a resident of East Marion, N.Y. and Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Kathy was born on Aug. 25, 1944, in White Plains, N.Y. to Francis […]