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Melrose mayor, Curtin to battle for Town Admin. job By Christopher Roberson
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rom the original 38 applicants who stepped forward to be the next town administrator, Lynnfield Assistant to the Administration Robert Curtin and Melrose Mayor Robert Dolan will be vying for a favorable vote from the Board of Selectmen on Dec. 20. “We’ve made a tremendous amount of progress in a relatively short period of time,” said search consultant Bernard Lynch during the board’s Dec. 11 meeting. He said the Screening Committee had initially identified three applicants as finalists; however, the third candidate
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a Master’s Degree from Northeastern University. Chairman Christopher Barrett said he is looking forward to having one of the applicants become the new town administrator. “Lynnfield is moving in the right direction,” he said. Planning Board fills vacancy In other news, the Planning Board met with the selectmen to interview three candidates to fill the vacancy that was left by former Chairman John Faria when he resigned on Nov. 29. In a 3-1 vote, the Planning Board selected Attor-
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Local student performs in Boston Ballet’s celebrated production of Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker
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opted to withdraw. “That’s not unusual when it gets to this point,” said Lynch. “I think you have two excellent candidates to interview.” Curtin has been in his current position for the past eight years. Prior to working at Town Hall, he was a newspaper and magazine editor for 25 years. Curtin holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Harvard University. Dolan was elected as the mayor of Melrose 16 years ago. Before taking the corner office at City Hall, Dolan served on the Board of Aldermen from 1998 to 2002 and was on the School Committee from 1994 to 1998. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Fordham University and
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Annabelle Curley of Lynnfield will perform as The Baby Mouse in the Boston Ballet’s production of Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker.
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nnabelle Curley, of Lynnfield is performing in Boston Ballet’s production of Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker in the role of The Baby Mouse in the battle scene. Curley, age 8, has been a student at Boston Ballet School for four years. She is in 3rd grade at Shore Country Day School.The Nutcracker opens November 24 at the Boston Opera House with performances through New Year’s Eve, December 31.
Curley joins 250 other young Boston Ballet School students from around New England in Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker. Three different casts will take on various roles, such as toy soldiers, pages, reindeer, lambs, polichinelles, baby mice, and party children during Boston Ballet’s 44 performances of The Nutcracker. Since its world premiere in
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