Mayor: Schools swallow city’s budget
LYNN — Before the School Committee’s approval of a $142.9 million FY18 budget Wednesday night, Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy compared the continued increase... Read more.
Swampscott project gets the go ahead
SWAMPSCOTT — Plans to redevelop the shuttered Machon Elementary School into affordable senior housing have been given the green light from the Zoning Board... Read more.
Swampscott nonprofit lends an ear to seniors
SWAMPSCOTT — Joan McCormack, doctor of audiology and owner of Swampscott-based Atlantic Hearing Care, has started a new nonprofit aimed at increasing access... Read more.
Market Basket opening to cap off transformation
LYNN — Market Basket, the city’s newest supermarket, will officially open on Saturday. A grand opening will be at 8 a.m. at the new 84,000 square foot store,... Read more.
Swampscott swimmers cross the English Channel
SWAMPSCOTT — Two Swampscott residents recently conquered the Mount Everest of swimming by crossing the English Channel, while navigating through darkness and... Read more.
One’s trash is another’s treasure in Marblehead
MARBLEHEAD — After nearly three years, the Marblehead Swap Shop is open for business at the transfer station site on Woodfin Terrace. Andrew Petty, director... Read more.
Seaside mansion facing wrecking ball
SWAMPSCOTT — The owner of a Puritan Road property has proposed demolition of the site’s existing structures to make room for the construction of 16 condominiums... Read more.
Swampscott project facing final Appeal
SWAMPSCOTT — Plans for the affordable senior housing redevelopment of the shuttered Machon Elementary School continue to move forward. The Planning Board held... Read more.
Teens charged with witness intimidation in baby-in-fridge case
LYNN — Five female teens were arraigned on witness intimidation charges on Tuesday, a week after two Swampscott teenage girls were arrested after posting themselves... Read more.
Police: Man pulled a gun on 2 women sitting in a car
LYNN — Two women were robbed at gunpoint on Sunday night. Police responded to a robbery shortly before 11 p.m. and learned that two Lynn women — 21 and... Read more.