A sticky-sweet legacy
Jon Durkee has been president of Durkee-Mower since the late 2010s, but he has been involved in the family business for much longer. Durkee’s grandfather H. Allen Durkee, along with …
Getting into action to help and heal
Say “Civics Action Project” to Lynnfield High School sophomores and they will start telling you about how they found ways to tackle mental-health needs; technology addiction, and deforestation this past …
Showing that they care
Teenage brothers Avi and Aditya Shrivastava are passionate about helping others. When the pandemic shut down schools and forced them to learn remotely, the duo decided to look into expanding …
An exceeder of expectations
Let’s just say that a decision made by the town’s Select Board a little more than three years ago has exceeded all expectations. When town Conservation Administrator Betty Adelson retired …
Rock and roll, a whale, and a dating show
Eric Hamlin worked in a 6-foot-by-6-foot room that felt like a throwback to the 1980s before moving to a studio space in MarketStreet in the Al Merritt Media and Cultural …
The art of simple but stunning
Practical, functional and, above all, stunningly beautiful in a simple sort of way is the best way to describe what Main Street Home, a full-service, interior-design firm owned by Nancy …
They can help
Lynnfield High School sophomore Gavin Fair and junior Colin McCormick, who started the robotics club, said they believe getting students involved in the club would make a difference in the …
Let there be light
And God said, “Let there be light: And there was light.” If only it were that simple. Turning on the lights in Lynnfield requires some help from Peabody and Reading, …
Going the extra mile
Some run in marathons for glory and bragging rights. Others run because it’s fun. For James Whelan, he is going the extra mile by not only running in the Boston …
A love for freedom guides her hands
Can you imagine starting a new life in a foreign country, on your own, not knowing the local language, not having friends, just having a dream? How long do you …