End is near for iconic Anthony’s Hawthorne in downtown Lynn
LYNN — Barrier fences erected around its perimeter and a demolition permit issued by the city Monday spell the end for Anthony’s Hawthorne, the long-shuttered... Read more.
Lynnfield to honor first responders on Sept. 11
LYNNFIELD — Residents gathering on the Common Wednesday can memorialize lives lost on Sept. 11 as well as honor first responders and discuss ways to salute locals... Read more.
Health Center’s new top doctor starts work today
LYNN — Lynn Community Health Center’s sustained effort to expand behavioral care takes another step forward today when Dr. Carlos Cappas goes to work.... Read more.
Jourgensen: Speaking out on suicide
I turned to the second page of this newspaper a week ago and stared in shock at a sight I have never seen in 36 years as a newsman. The obituary published next to... Read more.
Crane operator gets a bird’s eye view of Lynn
LYNN — Towering 162 feet above the ground and painted red, the place where Scott Callahan goes to work every day has dominated the city’s skyline since mid... Read more.
Lynnfield Meeting House gets a face-lift
LYNNFIELD — A new roof and fresh paint are making an old building in the town center new again. Painters will spend this week finishing up exterior and interior... Read more.
Boy, 2, stars in Peabody grandmother’s children’s book
PEABODY — Joey DiOrio can’t read yet but the 2-year-old stars in a children’s book written by his grandmother and mother about a boy teaming up with... Read more.
Sixty years behind the scissors for Sam’s barber shop in Lynn
LYNN — In Sam’s Barber Shop, the jokes and insults fly freely and hair, cut with more and more frequency from aged heads, drifts to the floor. Paul... Read more.
Is there a silver bullet for gun control? We can end mass shootings
In the days after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, we didn’t call for a moratorium on airplane or box cutter manufacturing or skyscraper construction. We... Read more.
Jourgensen: Back for another bite
There’s nothing like strolling down Memory Lane — especially if the walk spurs hunger pangs and savory memories of meals past. Last week’s column... Read more.