State environmental officials push for more lax commercial fishing regulations
BOSTON – Massachusetts was once known for its plentiful cod, flounder and other so-called groundfish that inhabit the sea bottom, but those days are gone.In... Read more.
State Lottery head targets young adults
LYNN – Lynn native Mark Cavanagh, executive director of the Massachusetts Lottery, says business is booming but keeping the emerging generation of young adults... Read more.
Lynn post office to host passport day
LYNN – Unlike years gone by, Americans can no longer travel to Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Bermuda without a passport.The... Read more.
Army Corps of Engineers declares project completed
REVERE – The Roughans Point project, 10 years in the making at a cost of $11.9 million, is officially done.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the construction... Read more.
Saugus comedian plans 30-mile walk to help fellow comic
SAUGUS – Comedian Johnny Pizzi of Saugus plans to walk the approximately 30 miles from the Town Hall steps to downtown Tyngsboro in order to help his longtime... Read more.
Proposal lets elderly homeowners avoid tax overrides
LYNN – Elderly residents on fixed incomes tend to vote against property-tax overrides, which are often proposed to build new schools, libraries or for other... Read more.
House passes life sciences bill
House members overwhelmingly voted Thursday to invest $1 billion in the state’s burgeoning life sciences industry.Among those supporting the ambitious economic... Read more.
Essex County gets $461,000 in federal food, shelter funds
LYNN – Essex County will receive $461,636 in federal assistance to provide emergency food and shelter for the region’s homeless.The funds were part of... Read more.
New state auto insurance system gets mixed review
LYNN – For more than 30 years, auto insurance companies doing business in Massachusetts have been told by the state Division of Insurance what rates to charge,... Read more.
Unlike Springfield, Lynn municipal funds invested with low risk
LYNN – The loss of nearly $13 million in municipal funds in Springfield, blamed on poor decision making by city officials and a pair of Merrill Lynch agents,... Read more.