'Lynnfield Welcomes' Aims To Make Newcomers Feel At Home
Town resident Karen Harrington has created "Lynnfield Welcomes," and is reaching out to local businesses interested in getting involved.
It seems that in recent years, the Welcome Wagon is one American tradition that has fallen by the wayside in many towns. In Lynnfield though, one woman is working to revive the tradition of greeting new town residents with gifts and offers from local merchants. Karen Harrington, creator of Lynnfield Welcomes, has lived in town for 25 years. She has worked at Legal Seafoods for 14 years, and before that, worked at the former Colonial Hilton in Lynnfield for 12 years. In a recent interview, she said that like many people she's spoken with, she enjoyed the Welcome Wagon program years ago and was unsure whatever became of it. Earlier this month, Harrington was at a Lynnfield selectmen's meeting to discuss her vision with town officials. "It's …
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6:46 am on Monday, July 23, 2012
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