Should it really matter whether or not the city conducts a primary for the at-large council seat in the upcoming election? It is, after all, required by the city charter but the council is advocating against the primary because it…
Necco Conundrum: Company Has Emerged as a Major Issue Between Mayoral Hopefuls
The Necco candy company is the city’s largest taxpayer and one of its larger employers. The company got a special tax dispensation from the city almost a decade ago, a TIF, with numerous stipulations regarding employment numbers, tax payments, et…
Police Briefs 08-03-2011
MONDAY, JULY 25 Ricardo Lopez, 50, of Lynn, was arrested on a charge of operating a motor vehicle after his right to operate had been revoked. Stanley Secreast-Velasquez, 31, of 16 Shurtleff St., was arrested on charges of illegal possession…
Obituaries 08-03-2011
Maura Bang Winthrop resident Maura A. (Carney) Bang of Winthrop, formerly of Croton, NY, died suddenly on July 24. She was the beloved wife of Peter V. Bang; mother of Christopher V. and Melissa Bang, both of Winthrop. Funeral arrangements…
Council Votes to Maintain Candy Company’s Tax Break
City Councillors voted 10-1 to allow Necco to keep its tax-break agreement despite being decertified from the state economic development program that administers the agreement and despite violating most parts of the agreement. The local tax break amounts to a…
City Council will Attempt to Block Preliminary Election in 11-person at-large Race
It appears that the at-large race will be forced into a Preliminary Election this time around as 11 candidates were certified for the ballot on Tuesday afternoon – the exact number required for a September Preliminary. However, city councillors will…