State Senate mulls move to help NSCC expansion

LYNN — The Massachusetts Senate will consider approving $100,000 today for North Shore Community College to set up a private board in Lynn that will work on acquiring space for the crowded Lynn campus to expand in, said NSCC’s president, Wayne Burton.
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Published: Thu, 24 May 2012 00:27:56 -0700

Mattapan man is charged in Lynn shooting

A Mattapan man is to be arraigned today in Lynn District Court on charges of shooting a 19-year-old in Lynn Wednesday evening, said police. Terrence Johnson, 29, will face charges of assault with intent to murder. Police said that at about 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, a Lynn man was shot in the torso on South Common Street near Shepard Street. He was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital with ...
http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2012/05/mattapan-man-charged-lynn-shooting/Q5umbzkfOwUauOFCQpgHnN/story.html

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 12:20:53 -0700

Citizens urged to take care of veterans in need at annual ceremony in Lynn

LYNN — More than 100 North Shore veterans and their families and friends gathered in Lynn Tuesday night to honor the women and men who, as Abraham Lincoln once said, “gave the last full measure of their devotion to our nation.”
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Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 00:13:00 -0700

McGee, Cowdell downplay fact ports pact does not include Lynn

LYNN — Gov. Deval Patrick and Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray signed on to a Ports of Massachusetts Compact Monday that includes Salem, Gloucester, Boston, Fall River and New Bedford, but not Lynn.
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Published: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:30:21 -0700

Lynn to commemorate Civil War

LYNN — Civil War history comes alive beginning May 29 when six days-worth of activities highlighting the 150-year-old conflict’s connection to Lynn get under way, including a “living history” encampment on the Common.
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Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 00:14:41 -0700

Lynnfield company owners, employee arraigned on illegal asbestos removal and disposal charges

The owners and an employee of a Lynnfield asbestos removal company have been arraigned for the improper removal and disposal of asbestos for work performed on numerous public and private buildings in the city of Lynn, Beverly and Marblehead, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced.  
http://www.wickedlocal.com/beverly/news/x624598582/Lynnfield-company-owners-employee-arraigned-on-illegal-asbestos-removal-and-disposal-charges

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 06:36:17 -0700

Joseph Wright of Lynn allegedly admits to killing mother, grandmother, dumping bodies at Saugus school

Joseph Wright, the Lynn man accused of murdering his mother and grandmother, was brought back from Maine Wednesday night by Massachusetts State Police detectives. As the 23-year-old Wright was escorted into the State Police barracks in Danvers for booking, he bent his head in an apparent attempt to hide his face with his bushy hair. “No, I don’t want pictures,’’ Wright said in a quiet voice.
http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2012/05/elderly-woman-whose-body-was-found-saugus-expected-identified-today-arrests-reported-double-murder/IOGdPPdcN0WRZAKoG1zhSP/story.html

Published: Wed, 09 May 2012 01:16:04 -0700

Murder suspect agrees to return to Lynn

LYNN — Joseph Wright will return to Massachusetts to face murder charges for allegedly killing two women believed to be his mother and grandmother and dumping their bodies near a Saugus school, according to a press release from the Essex County District Attorney's office.
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Published: Wed, 02 May 2012 12:52:42 -0700

St. Mary's student taken to Mass General Hospital

LYNN — Emergency personnel took a St. Mary's High School student to Massachusetts General Hospital Monday night after he was hit by a lacrosse ball during a game, according to St. Mary's spokesperson Paul Halloran.
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Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 21:27:25 -0700

Dental society presents $35,000 grant to Lynn Community Health Center

The Massachusetts Dental Society Foundation has awarded a $35,000 grant to the Lynn Community Health Center. It was one of six grants awarded to organizations throughout Massachusetts to improve the oral health of residents of the commonwealth. The North Shore District of the MDS presented the check to the Lynn Community Health Center at its March monthly meeting at the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/northofboston/news/x2138754246/Dental-society-presents-35-000-grant-to-Lynn-Community-Health-Center

Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 16:11:11 -0700