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Lynnfield ‘a town in crisis’ over rail trail proposal

By | March 20, 2019
The 4.4-mile route of the proposed Wakefield/Lynnfield Rail Trail begins at the Galvin Middle School in Wakefield and extends to the Lynnfield/Peabody town line.
LYNNFIELD — One thing was clear at the start of the hearing Tuesday night on the proposed Wakefield-Lynnfield Rail Trail. Lynnfield is divided. “We are a town in crisis,” said Debbie LaConte as she choked back tears. “I love Lynnfield, but between the rail trail and the proposed cinema at MarketStreet, our town is so…
Thomas Grillo Thomas Grillo is an award-winning business reporter who has worked at Boston's major newspapers covering real estate trends including the emergence of Assembly Square in Somerville and chronicling the growth of Boston's Seaport District. Thomas covers Peabody and Lynnfield. Follow him on Twitter @BosBizThomas.

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