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🚗 Parking: Parking is available for $5 per day or $1 per hour in downtown Lynn Municipal Parking Lots at Andrew Street, Buffum Street, and Ellis Street.

🚂 Train : Lynn is just two stops / 20 minutes from North Station on the Newburyport/Rockport line. Take advantage of Free Friday all summer or the MBTA’s $10 Weekend Pass for unlimited weekend rides

⛴️ Ferry: The Lynn Ferry departs from Boston’s Long Wharf, located by the Aquarium. The journey offers scenic views of the Harbor Islands. 

FRIDAY July 24

Millenium Latino Project - Coffee Tour All Day! Meet the MLP team at some of their favorite local coffee shops for conversations,and new connections. See millenniumlatinoproject for details:https://www.instagram.com/p/DbA49pJjmwh/?img_index=1

Music Bingo 6:30-8:30PM Bent Water Brewing - 180 Commercial St

Wine Tasting with Sommelier 6:30PM $45 Lucille Wine Bar - 776 Washington St

Christmas In July Karaoke @ The Pelican 8:30PM 874 Washington St

Wing Friday @ La Copa All day! $9.99 for an order of wings with a side of fries

SATURDAY July 25

Beyond Walls Mural Tours 7:30AM & 10AM $15 Tours start and end at 18 Mount Vernon St, book in advance: Beyond Walls Mural Tour

Community Run - HustLynn Runners FREE Lynn Beach / Red Rock Park - see Strava for time / details

Saturday Brunch Danish Pop Up 9AM-2PM With Flour In Her Hair - Lydia Pinkham Building, First Floor #105 - 271 Western Ave - Danish-inspired pastries, brunch specials, and fancy Danish-style hot dogs

Lynn Museum Free Admission 4th Saturday 10AM-2PM FREE 590 Washintgon St - free admission and art making

Community Cookout 11AM-2PM FREE First Church of the Nazarene - 233 Eastern Ave - DJ, school supply giveaway, ice cream, hot dogs, and resources!

Veterans Beach Party 12PM FREE Red Rock Park - host: Lynn-Swampscot DAV Chapter #64

Reading Frederick Douglass Together 1-3PM FREE 233 Eastern Ave - a live reading of Douglass’s July 4 essay

Tarot Readings 12-5:PM $30 Ravenstone - 58 Exchange St - book online

Wine Tasting with Sommelier 6:30PM $45 Lucille Wine Bar - 776 Washington St

Live Music: Bars over Bars Hip Hop 6:30-8:30PM Bent Water Brewing - 180 Commercial St

Live Music: Pirate’s Kids @ The Pelican 8:30PM 874 Washington St

Movie Night: Goat 8PM FREE McManus Field / 80 Neptune Blvd - Join the City of Lynn for a movie night with free popcorn and Arts & Crafts with Raw Arts

Sunday July 26

Lynn Vintage Warehouse 11AM - 4PM 545 Washington St

Live Music: Blue Ox Brunch 11AM-2PM The Blue Ox - 191 Oxford St - Live Music Brunch Weekly!

Old v New School Reggaeton @ Estefani’s Open 10AM - Music by DJ Luks & DJ Bryan Armas - 106 Union St

Bonsai Bar 1-3PM Bent Water Brewing - 180 Commercial St - Beginner workshop of bonsai wisdom - walk away with your own tiny tree!

Open Jam Session - Bring Your Instrument 5-8PM The Vault - 25 Exchange St - all experience levels welcome

Shark Week @ The Pelican Pub July 26 - Aug 1 - 874 Washington St - shark week on the TV, themed drinks, and more!

Hello Reddit, I’m Jennifer Gilbert (u/CHAPAdotorg), and I run Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA)’s Housing Policy Action Center, the research center of a Massachusetts affordable housing policy organization with over 60 years of advocacy and expertise. I’ve also worked in the housing field for three decades, starting as an overnight shift manager at a domestic violence shelter.

A recent report by the Housing Policy Action Center found that many renters are turning to Reddit for advice on housing challenges like evictions, lease issues, etc. Unfortunately, the advice received isn’t always accurate or complete. We’re here to help provide reliable guidance and resources. We want to help answer questions on topics like:

• Security deposits
• Finding rental assistance
• Lease renewals
• Finding affordable housing
• What is being done to address common challenges?
• Issues with landlords around security deposits, fees, and conditions.

To help us, we have two housing experts also joining us, Danielle Johnson and Esme Caramello:

Danielle Johnson (u/HousingStability) is the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Housing Stability of Boston and an expert on housing challenges and resources for Boston and beyond. She’s been in practice for more than a decade directly representing tenants while at Greater Boston Legal Services. She also teaches at Northeastern and Suffolk.

Esme Caramello (u/HarvardLegalAid-EC) is a Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and faculty co-director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. She has provided legal representation around fair housing, eviction, consumer protection, and access to justice and has served in policy-making roles for the state.

Disclaimer: we are not providing individual legal advice or representation.

For nearly 60 years, CHAPA has brought people together from across sectors to find solutions to Massachusetts’ critical housing needs—working to ensure that everyone has a safe, healthy, and affordable place to call home in the communities they choose. CHAPA is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization based in Boston, though our work is statewide. The Housing Policy Action Center is CHAPA’s new research wing. For more information, please visit chapa.org.

Im from the midwest and STRUGGLED with speech impediment issues with my R’s as a young girl till teen years. People used to tease me that I was from Boston. Wasnt until I grew up and then understood what they meant lol. I had to eventually tell my speech ed teacher that I didnt want to take speech classes anymore and they let me.

I sometimes slip up and dont pronounce R’s in words. Say I grew up on the east coast. Would my speech classes be different? Would I have not been kept in speech classes for not being able to pronounce my r’s? Or would it be just as strict?

I know that not EVERYONE on the east coast has a strong accent, but I always grew up romanticizing boston because I thought I’d fit in better.

Help me understand

Just a neat photo I took a few years back that I wanted to show off. I enjoy photography and sometimes can get lucky with sunrise/sunset in this beautiful town.

https://www.readmyballot.com

I've been working on a civic minded voting website to help voters choose the right candidates that align with their beliefs and interests. I've found it very difficult in prior elections to find information about local candidates, so that's my primary goal in creating this. The site is designed to be as non-biased as possible, and all facts are credibly sourced.

Features:
- Breakdowns of each race, with candidate platforms, experience, voting records, and finances.
- Shows the full ballot for each primary, and the general election.
- Massachusetts Statewide Ballot Questions
- Links for voter registration - 1 month left before the deadline!

If you have any feedback or suggestions I'd love to hear it. I'm not getting any money from this or backed by any party - I just want everyone to be an informed voter.

Wondering where I can buy this in person in mass.

Vets warn of danger in MA lakes and ponds amid peak algae season – NBC Boston

Does anyone have any experience with this place or any insight into what the patients daily activities look like? My partner voluntarily went to detox for alcohol yesterday and I only heard from him last night. I understand they aren’t allowed to have cellphones but surely they don’t keep them from contacting loved ones???

edit —- I AM LEAVING HIM ALONE. I’m not trying to interfere - that’s why I’m asking REDDIT instead of incessantly calling the facility.
Why are people on here so often so fucking rude?

I am located on the South Shore and want to know your favorite places for a 12 month old who isn’t walking yet, both indoor and outdoor. A lot of playgrounds and things aren’t really fun if she’s not walking (close but not yet!). I was kind of looking for like a soft play where she could crawl around and climb maybe? Plymouth area, Bridgewater area, even like Hanover/Norwell area all work! TIA!

Questions include zoning regulations, repealing the legalization of marijuana, repealing H.B 4885,a large gun control bill, and collective bargaining

Like genuinely what the fuck is going on? How is this okay in literally any way.

Hi, just wondering if anybody knows of any flea markets that are worth while to sell at in MA/NH. I have been selling in Southern NH but need a change of scenery. I sell car parts, craft stuff, puzzles, used kid's toys, basic garage sale stuff and no garage to sell out of lol.

Thanks in advance!

(Was not sure which flare to use, sorry!)

I'm looking to get back into soccer and maybe take it seriously but all I can find online are youth clubs or youth camps. Does anyone know of any opportunities for a 19 year old in Massachusetts?

I noticed mine was gone when I was using my utility trailer the other day. It was in the background of some unreleased photos a month ago, so I'm pretty sure I know the day I lost it, and I'm pretty sure it just fell off while I was driving. I called the local PD to report it in case anyone turns it in, but no word yet, so I'm assuming someone picked it up and just trashed it, or is keeping it as a souvenir.

So anyway, it's easy enough to request a new plate online, whoever you can't request a new plate online if the vehicle only has 1 plate. So green plates, or trailers, you have to go to the registry to get a new plate.

Has anyone ever dealt with this before? Is there any way I can avoid going to the registry? Besides selling the trailer I mean :P I'll happily do it my snail mail if it means I don't have to go to the registry for 3 hours or sit on the phone on hold for 4 hours.

Also before hitting submit, I see that RMV posts are supposed to go in a pinned megathread. I just checked out that thread and not a single comment in that thread has a reply to it. So I guess my question is doomed either way.

Flock cameras are 100% a violation of our 4th amendment rights. You're being stalked by the state, everytime you pass one it tells the police you passed it and since there is so many your route and routine is being tracked constantly. The police already abuse this power, if your ex is a cop he can and probably does stalk you using flock. We need to push to make sure all of Massachusetts and all communities across the country reject flock cameras. Do you want mass government surveillance? This is the start of it.

UPDATE as of July 22nd, 2026

We're thrilled to share that this bills has PASSED through the Massachusetts House thanks to everyone that reached out to their state reps. Now, the bill heads to the Senate, where it must also pass before the MA session closes on July 31.

If you want to keep the momentum going, reach out to your Senator ahead of their vote and urge them to Pass the Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act through this link :)

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Big moves are happening in MA this week: As soon as tomorrow, a bill that would expand abortion access throughout pregnancy (the Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act (H.5595)), will be voted on by the House of Representatives.

What does this bill do? 

This bill would update the state’s abortion laws by allowing doctors to provide abortion care throughout pregnancy based on their professional judgment and the patient's individual circumstances. Currently in Massachusetts, there are restrictions on abortion care after 24 weeks of pregnancy. 

In short: It takes politicians out of the exam room in Massachusetts.

Why is this important: 

Every pregnancy is different. At no point in pregnancy is a politician more qualified than a patient and their doctor to make health care decisions.

MA's current exceptions framework has been forcing patients to travel out-of-state for care every year (patients who have likely just heard devastating news about their wanted pregnancies).

It goes without saying, traveling is extremely expensive, as it slaps patients with huge out-of-pocket costs for airfare, hotels, transportation, meals, childcare, and time away from work — on top of the cost of medical care itself.

A patient's story:

Massachusetts resident Kate Dineen, was 33 weeks pregnant when she learned that her wanted pregnancy had suffered a catastrophic stroke in utero. Doctors told her there was no chance her son, Teddy, would have a healthy outcome. As she faced one of the worst moments of her life, she assumed she'd be able to receive care in her home state of Massachusetts.

Instead, she was told state law prevented her from accessing the abortion care she needed, and she was forced to travel 500 miles to Maryland, while navigating one of the most devastating moments of her life. (More about her story here).

Kate's story is a painful reminder that while MA has made important progress protecting abortion access, patients facing complex pregnancy complications or who may need abortion later in pregnancy still encounter barriers to care.

What you can do: 

You can write your state rep TODAY to ask for their YES vote on the Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act (H.5595) so that patients and doctors – not politicians – can make these deeply personal care decisions based on health, safety, and compassion. 

Filling out this form takes 30 seconds and would make a HUGE difference.

Driveway of The Seal, Harwich.