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“The future’s in the air\

I can feel it everywhere\

-The Scorpions, 1991\

It may seem trite to quote a heavy metal rock song from the 1990s, when opening a discussion about the future of Lynn, but the fact is that the ‘Winds of Change’ have started blowing pretty steadily here and it seems with the recent sale of the former Beacon Chevrolet site on the Lynnway those winds are now picking up as well.

A bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, in which Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) joined on April 22, seeks to install a national carbon tax. A Spring 2016 Yale poll concluded that 86% of Democratic voters and 47% of Republican voters would support this tax.

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WASHINGTON —While members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation are pleased that the House passed a package of 18 opioid bills last week, they say more funding is needed to make substantial progress in the fight against drug addiction.

The Veterans of Tewskbury will host the town’s Memorial Day ceremony at 1 p.m. May 30 at Tewksbury Cemetery, 172 East St.

The ceremony will feature speakers, a prayer, a 21-gun salute and a presentation of flowers to honor deceased service members. Other events include a reading of the poem “In Flanders Field” and the Tewskbury Memorial High School band performing the national anthem.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Seth Moulton will also be in attendance.

“Former West Lynn Creamery owner Arthur Pappathanasi hopes to break ground in early 2017 on the development next to the Lynn commuter ferry wharf, local economic development officials said. The pilot ferry service that started in 2014 has been on hold this year but the city recently received a $4.5 million federal grant to buy a new 149-passenger vessel, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton’s office recently announced, potentially restarting the service to downtown Boston.

LYNN — Today, it’s a 14-acre wasteland of concrete, grass and weeds with spectacular ocean views at the start of the Carroll Parkway on the Lynnway.

But soon, the desolate site will be filled with three, five-story wood-frame waterfront apartment buildings that the developers hope will attract young renters to Lynn.

“We are hoping Millennials and the younger generation between the ages of 22- and 40-years-old who are priced out of Boston will want to live in Lynn,” said Louis Minicucci Jr.