LYNN — Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy said Wednesday she wants to make it clear that she had nothing to do with the appointment of Stephen Spencer as comptroller and is at odds with how he was chosen.
“This process is indicative of the culture that is prevalent in Lynn, a culture I wanted to change,” she said. [more]
PEABODY — “I’ve been crying all day,” Kimberly Flynn, the mother of a mental health worker violently murdered just over a year ago, told a crowd, shivering in the frigid February night. “Twenty-seven years ago, Stephanie was born. It was the coldest day of the year.” [more]
LYNN — A Swampscott man who police say allegedly dropped a child on his head “to teach him a lesson” was released on personal recognizance Monday despite the prosecutor’s request that the suspect be held without bail. [more]
SALEM — A witness testifying in the Fernando Aristy murder trial in Superior Court Wednesday described how a night of drinking followed by marijuana smoking escalated into a fight that ended with five men leaving Chad R. McDonald alone in a Bennett Street parking lot. [more]
LYNN — Don't believe it when they say it's lonely at the top. [more]
LYNN — Since losing 5-1 to Malden Catholic in its season opener, the St. Mary's boys hockey team has been on a tear and on Wednesday at Connery Rink, the Spartans paid off that play with a title. [more]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — With Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff nursing three broken ribs and watching from the press box, goalie Ryan Miller made 36 saves to earn his second shutout in three games in a 6-0 win over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night. [more]
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