Insight and inspiration for GED seekers
(BPT) – More than 39 million Americans 16 and older lack a high school diploma, according to the 2010 U.S. Census. And while a new survey indicates their reasons... Read more.
Shop fire closes regional voke school
WAKEFIELD — A vocational school is closed Wednesday after a two-alarm fire in the school’s carpentry shop severely damaged the roof above the shop and... Read more.
Family Caregivers Facing Pain Challenges
(NewsUSA) – Every day, many Americans find themselves in an unexpected new role. They become a family caregiver for a loved one suffering from chronic pain.... Read more.
Girls Inc. volunteer brings joy of reading to K-3 students
LYNN — Marrit Hastings is in Girls Inc. of Lynn’s Volunteer Spotlight for the new year although she would much prefer to be in the shadows. “I don’t... Read more.
Catholic Charities site owner: I’ll fix it up, live there
LYNN — Formerly a convent before its conversion into a social service agency, 55 Lynn Shore Drive has a new owner who plans to move his family into the big beachfront... Read more.
English senior to sing in music festival
From left, Superintendent of Schools Catherine Latham, Lynn English High School senior Jazzul Holguin, LEHS teacher Jorge Ibanez, Fine Arts Director Joseph Picano... Read more.
Revere swears in new president, vice president of city council
REVERE — Ward 2 City Councilor Ira Novoselsky was sworn in Monday after an 11-1 vote put him in the City Council president’s seat during the council’s... Read more.
Some Beacon Hill staffers get double-digit raises
BOSTON (AP) — Dozens of staffers for key legislative leaders have received pay raises of 10 percent or more at a time of tight budgets. Democratic House Speaker... Read more.
Nahant native revisits town in fictional account of Catholic church scandal
NAHANT — Nahant has been reinvented in a new novel about the Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandal, and it has been re-named Egg Rock. Author Terrance Murphy,... Read more.