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It’s no accident that recycling is last. It’s the least desirable option of the three. Adam Minter’s Junkyard Plant: Truths in the Billion Dollar Trash Trade sets out to explain why. Adam Minter grew up the son of a junkyard owner specializing in scrap metal, worked for his father while growing up and parlayed that […]
October 13, 2012
As I watched Thursday’s installment of Channel 5’s Chronicle on the city of Lynn, I couldn’t help but think about the rat my dog just killed. Sheena the greyhound, 11 years old, you still got it in you. You saw it, you chased it, you clamped your formidable canines on it, shook it and dropped […]
August 14, 2012
The acoustics of Room 402 leave much to be desired. Subtract the presence of carpeting due to renovations and add the open windows due to the lack of air conditioning in City Hall and what you get is a frustrating exercise in listening to the City Council Ordinance subcommittee meeting where solutions to Lynn’s trash problem […]
July 18, 2012
In case you didn’t hear, a car slammed into my house Sunday night. No one inside the house got hurt, but the drivers of the 2 cars involved were injured. Fortunately, there was no blood to clean up; only oil. I was mainly thinking about the damage to my house. What does that say […]
August 6, 2011
When so many people are barely subsisting, banks foreclosing on homes and the economy in shambles, I have a difficult time understanding that there are those who would profit from the misery. The official-looking letter that came in the mail today dangled an interest reduction option “based on city and county records…estimated to decrease my […]
October 24, 2010
This event has been postponed to Tuesday, Nov. 9 due to expected bad weather tomorrow. The East Lynn Community Association invites its members and other interested residents to open office hours with Lynn Office of Economic and Community Development director Jamie Marsh on Tuesday, October 26. Hours begin at 6:30 PM in Room 311 at […]
August 19, 2010
From the TechSoup Blog: Running Free: Seattle Free School at Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp. This is interesting: how to run a nonprofit organization with a $0 budget. Not for everyone, but I’m surprised it can be done.
August 2, 2010
Rats have been an ongoing problem in my neighborhood. I am now in the midst of rodent-proofing my back yard because it is a rat thru-way between 2 abutting properties. On one side is the back lot of a commercial property, home to a hair cutting establishment and a pizza place. I could go into […]
April 7, 2010
My friend Jesse told me about this website where you can track your area’s census participation rate, that is, what percentage of census forms have been filled out and returned. Lynn neighborhoods are low compared to surrounding towns. I had to take this screenshot above because WordPress won’t let me publish certain kinds code, or […]
February 13, 2010
What better way to show that special someone you care than to buy a vase of long-stemmed roses? Here in Lynn, one of the best places to do just that is Welch Florist at 121 Essex St. What a well maintained, colorful storefront in the midst of a tired looking stretch of businesses on this […]
November 2, 2009
Where do I vote? [picapp src=”4/a/f/e/South_Korean_Students_60ef.jpg?adImageId=7092835&imageId=2147910″ width=”500″ height=”326″ /]
June 14, 2009
Saturday, a group of us tossed around some ideas for a new slogan for Lynn. The first one thrown out was Lynn, Lynn, come on in. The water’s fine… Then we were at a loss. “…Ignore the din …have some gin …let the good times begin?” Later on I came up with this little gem: […]
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