In honor of Flag Day, members of American Legion Post 131 conducted a flag-disposal ceremony recently. After collecting discarded and unserviceable flags at various drop boxes in town over the past year, Lynnfield Post Commander Tom Bogart and Post 131 Adjutant Chuck Leach traveled to the WIN Waste Innovations Inc’s. waste-to-energy facility in North Andover to have the flags … [Read more...] about Post 131 conducts dignified flag-disposal ceremony in honor of Flag Day
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Lynnfield salutes retiring school staff
The School Committee honored seven employees across the district who will retire by the end of the school year. Interim Superintendent Tom Geary said that Summer Street Elementary School and Lynnfield Preschool paraprofessional Cynthia Fagan, who has worked at the school since 2013, has been loving, caring, and very dedicated to the district’s youngest learners. “She’s … [Read more...] about Lynnfield salutes retiring school staff
School Committee hears principal objectives
The principals of the district’s schools looked back on the school year and discussed their plans for the next year at a School Committee meeting. Summer Street Elementary Principal Karen Cronin said that she was very appreciative of the schools’ staff because “they don’t do what is easy, they do what is best for the kids.” Cronin added that while the year was … [Read more...] about School Committee hears principal objectives
Summer Street Elementary School feeds a need for Open Door food pantries
Second grade students at Summer Street Elementary School recently hosted a food drive and collected 116 pounds worth of food for The Open Door and its food pantries across the region. The Open Door food pantries serve 10 cities and towns in the northeast corner of Essex County and the Danvers and Lynn campuses of the North Shore Community College. The Summer Street food … [Read more...] about Summer Street Elementary School feeds a need for Open Door food pantries
Town driving toward roadway improvements
Residents of Edward Avenue, Tophet Road, and Cortland Lane expressed their frustrations regarding the roads’ conditions to members of the Select Board and town officials at the board’s meeting on Monday night. Fred Boling called Cortland Lane, a road that he and his neighbors take to get to their street, “awful” and “embarrassing,” and said that Tophet Road is in “terrible … [Read more...] about Town driving toward roadway improvements