John O’Brien decides this will be his last campaign
SALEM — When it comes to politics, odds have never bothered John L. O’Brien Jr. Elected to the Lynn City Council as a teenager, he broke a political... Read more.
Jourgensen: Rolling out the good times
I like the way summer brings old cars, especially Detroit steel from the early 1960s and 1970s, back onto the roads. I spotted a vintage black pickup downtown the... Read more.
Postal Service opens new retail office at Market Basket
LYNN — Aleida Torres can’t wait for the new United States Postal Service retail office to open Monday on Market Basket’s Spencer Street side. “I... Read more.
Jourgensen: Songs from the corner
I miss my friend Arthur Smith, aka Smitty, and his stories about learning the shoe trade in the big building on High Street. It’s amazing the former shoe school... Read more.
A lifetime of service is ending for Lynn deacon John Bresnahan Jr.
LYNN — John M. Bresnahan Jr.’s lifelong love of politics, faith, and writing began at his parents’ dining room table. Speaking your mind and agreeing... Read more.
Jourgensen: If it’s Saturday night, it must be …
I love chestnuts like this one about baked bean Saturday nights. It’s the perfect marriage of history and a glimpse into how people used to live their lives.... Read more.
Rail service to and from Lynn is crucial to economy
LYNN — Electric trains and ferry service to Boston are the transportation engines that can accelerate Lynn’s economy and put its waterfront into overdrive,... Read more.
A Lynn lawyer remembers working for Bobby Kennedy, 50 years after his death
LYNN — By the time he turned 27, James J. Carrigan had dipped a toe into politics but it would take Robert Francis Kennedy’s magical campaign of 1968... Read more.
Jourgensen: Like it or not, change is here
Change. We talk about it. We try to anticipate it, but somehow it always rattles us for good or ill when it finally arrives. And now it’s arriving on the Lynnway... Read more.
Ocean Street detour
LYNN — Drivers should expect traffic delays and detours Tuesday on Ocean Street and side streets while paving work is underway. Work crews shut down Ocean from... Read more.