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STATE SEN. CRIGHTON GETS HIS COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
BOSTON — Senate President Harriette L. Chandler (D-Worcester) announced the appointment of Sen. Brendan P. Crighton (D-Lynn) as Chairman of the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government. Crighton was also named Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on Housing. Additionally, he will serve as a member of the Joint Committee on Economic Development and
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LYNN SAYS THANK YOU TO ITS VETERANS
LYNN — When Robert Quinn returned home from Vietnam in 1967, there was no ticker tape parade, welcome celebrations or thank yous for his service. Instead, he was met by a public who had grown weary of the conflict and wanted the U.S. to end its involvement in the Southeast Asia nation. “The day after
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CRIGHTON PRAISES CIVICS EDUCATION LEGISLATION
BOSTON — State Sen. Brendan Crighton (D-Lynn) praised civic engagement legislation passed Thursday by the Senate as a way to engage children “…in the stewardship of our democracy.” Senators worked 18 months to craft the measure An Act to Promote and Enhance Civic Engagement, Crighton said. The legislation enacts a hands-on approach to fostering civic
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CRIGHTON TAKES HIS SEAT IN THE STATE SENATE
BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker swore him in two weeks ago, but on Thursday the state senate made it official when they welcomed former state Rep. Brendan Crighton to the 40-member body. The Lynn Democrat, who sailed into office without opposition earlier this month, was escorted to seat No. 32 by Sen. Adam Hinds (D-Pittsfield)
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Swampscott walkout honors Parkland victims, urges gun reform
SWAMPSCOTT- Shortly after 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 20 hundreds of Swampscott High School students got up from their desks, exited their classrooms and walked out the front door. They gathered around the border of a pink-colored heart spraypainted on the Essex Street school’s snow-blanketed lower field. And as the mid-morning walkout played out, federal
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Brendan Crighton Wins State Senate Seat
LYNN- State Representative Brendan Crighton won his bid to become the next State Senator of the 3rd Essex District which, includes the City of Lynn, and the Towns of Lynnfield, Marblehead, Nahant, Saugus and Swampscott. Crighton succeeds Tom McGee who is the new Mayor of Lynn. Brendan Crighton and his wife, Andrea Crighton, and their
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Lynn state legislators back police over Baker
LYNN — State Sen. Thomas M. McGee and state reps Dan Cahill and Brendan Crighton are fighting Baker administration cuts to funding for the Lynn Police Department’s Behavioral Health Unit. This program, along with several other local programs, including youth dental services and algae removal, were part of Gov. Baker’s $98 million “9c” spending cuts
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Partnering to help homeless youth
LYNN — Local school superintendents are turning to homelessness prevention advocates to help high school-age students who need to stabilize their lives after they graduate. Lynn School Superintendent Dr. Catherine Latham and Saugus Superintendent David DeRuosi Jr. discussed the problems arising from the lack of realization among youth that they are actually homeless. “Students think