Beyond Walls lights up downtown Lynn ‘like Times Square on New Year’s Eve’
LYNN — Wednesday night, as darkness set in, about 500 people, including the mayor of Lynn, stood under a railroad underpass on Washington Street and looked... Read more.
Hunger Series: The average household discards 20 pounds of food a month
“Take what you want, but eat what you take,” my dad would say every night as our family sat down to dinner. He told my sisters and me that’s what... Read more.
Hunger Series: LSA shelters families from food insecurities
Last year, the Lynn Shelter Association placed 67 families — comprised of some 300 individuals — in permanent housing. There are 64 units in the association’s... Read more.
Brotherton: The vinyl frontier
Last Thursday night, the sweet sound of Marvin Gaye singing the Beatles’ “Yesterday” wafted through Central Square in Lynn. What’s going... Read more.
Both sides, now, of Stills-Collins
LYNN – Stephen Stills and Judy Collins met 50 years ago, and embarked on a fiery two-year romance that eventually fizzled out. Stills, already reeling... Read more.
Pakistani immigrant makes her mark at Salem State University
Aasma Aziz dreamed of leaving Pakistan to attend college in the United States. Her parents didn’t think that was such a great idea. After all, life in America... Read more.
Future looks RAWsome, even with change at the top
LYNN — In 1987, Kit Jenkins and Mary Flannery worked as art therapists at the former Danvers State psychiatric hospital. “We loved the people, and art... Read more.
The Happy Together tour makes a pit stop in Lynn
LYNN — The flower power ’60s came alive Saturday night, as a near-capacity crowd packed Lynn Auditorium to journey back to the young and innocent days... Read more.
John Prine in prime form
BOSTON – It’s been a long time since a performer hit me in both the heart and the funny bone. But then, John Prine has few peers in the songwriting game.... Read more.
Lynn Library hosts free ‘Shirley Valentine’ concert
LYNN — Lynne Moulton figures she’s portrayed Shirley Valentine at least 100 times in the past 24 years. And she’ll never get tired of the girl.... Read more.