Jourgensen: Meandering down Memory Lane
I always enjoy walking into the city Public Works office on Commercial Street extension and reading a sample of former Mayor Pasquale Caggiano’s campaign literature... Read more.
Jourgensen: Don’t ask, but please tell
I always love hearing people talk about Lynn’s old theaters. Every name of a bygone moviehouse conjures up mental pictures of grand places blazing with lights... Read more.
Saugus driver dies after head-on collision with a bus
SAUGUS — The driver of an SUV that struck a bus on Essex Street Sunday afternoon died from her injuries, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)... Read more.
A little about heroes, history and hucksters
I always feel instantly peaceful walking through the Lynn Museum courtyard with its iron gates on both ends. You come in off Spring Street and walk past the shoemaker’s... Read more.
Highlands fire leaves 8 homeless
An 89-year-old woman, her daughter and granddaughter safely fled their two-family home after fire broke out in 15 Dorinda Circle shortly before 9 a.m. Friday. The... Read more.
Jourgensen: Can anyone remember … ?
Here’s to Police Sgt. Ned Shinnick and Officer John McKenna for walking the beat on Thursday in their kilts. It would have been great to follow them around... Read more.
Jourgensen: On the tip of my tongue
It was great to see a cleanup crew raking leaves and removing debris last Friday from the old graveyard off Silsbee Street behind Bethel AME Church and Central Congregational... Read more.
Jourgensen: Don’t ask me, but…
My wife’s father loved to jump in the car with me and make a beeline for Boston Street where he swore there was a store that sold the best chicken pot pie... Read more.
Jourgensen: While we’re on the subject…
Mary Ishkanian, an elegant retired Lynn English High School teacher, called to praise Jerry Ladue, one of her former students who created what she described as the... Read more.
Jourgensen: I was just wondering …
Anyone know if the trolley house is still standing in Lynn? Don’t ask me but the story I heard was that the owners bought an old streetcar and turned it into... Read more.