Jourgensen: We’ll always remember Lynn
That’s the name of a song that Patty Flaherty, who is not only family, but a former Union Hospital nurse of noted stature, provided me this week, along with... Read more.
Lynn flagmaker continues his patriotic tradition
LYNN — He once sewed a 34-star Fort Sumter commemorative flag. He has outfitted yachts with little flags called burgees and private signals, and he didn’t... Read more.
Bob Matthias set to leave the Grand Army of the Republic building after 37 years
LYNN — Bob Matthias knows who Charles R. Mudge and John Stackhouse were, and he knows which Union Army regiment claimed the eagle as its mascot. All and all, that’s... Read more.
Hunger Series: All of us can help the hungry
This is the last in a six-part series. Hunger is a neighborhood, community, regional, national, and global problem. But the ways the average person can help the... Read more.
Prosecutor: Shooter lay in wait for murder victim
LYNN — Before prosecutors said he shot and killed Romel Danis, Victor Figueroa-Flores, in a text message, said he was “going to an enemy party”... Read more.
Jourgensen: Shout it out, school’s out
School’s out and the looks on kids’ faces this week betray happy knowledge that summer stretches seemingly endlessly ahead of them and schedules, homework,... Read more.
Lynn Public School teacher: “Lynn has just been so good to me”
LYNN — Cobbet Elementary School doesn’t have air conditioning, but Florida native Jaclyn Lewinsohn said her experiences as a first-year Lynn teacher... Read more.
Hunger Series: Prices vary widely in the pursuit of food
There are stores offering some of the lowest prices for select basic foodstuffs out of any grocery in Lynn, and surrounding communities, but taking advantage of... Read more.
House in Nahant is damaged by lightning
NAHANT — A single-family home is uninhabitable after the town’s fire chief said lightning struck it during Monday morning’s storm. The male occupant... Read more.
Hunger Series: ‘These are the things that make you human’
MARBLEHEAD — Her name is not really Joyce, but the 54-year-old mother of a teenager who lives in a town public housing apartment said attaching her name publicly... Read more.