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WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 JANUARY 30, 2020
Andrew Kenneally is
new library trustee
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JM Electrical completes
clothing drive
Lynnfield-based JM
Electrical Company, Inc., leader
in advanced automated building
system installations, announced
completion this week of its holiday
winter clothing drive and
fundraising campaign.
The company raised almost
$2,000 and collected enough
winter apparel to help as many
as a dozen children for the entire
year.
“On behalf of our colleagues,
we hope these donations will
provide support, and warmth,
to those in need during the
cold months of the year,” said
Matthew Guarracino, principal at
JM Electrical. “We are proud to
contribute to an organization like
the Clothing Connection and support
their mission and programs.”
Based in Salem, The Clothing
Connection, a local nonprofit organization
which has served the
Salem community since 2016.
“We are so grateful for the
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crew at JM Electrical. We loved
meeting everyone before the
holidays, and appreciated all
the enthusiasm and good questions,”
said Susanna Baird,
co-founder and co-president of
Clothing Connection.
During the month of December,
JM coordinated donations from
colleagues and friends with an
emphasis on cold weather gear
including jackets, boots, hats,
gloves and outerwear.
Made up of community members,
including parents and public
school staff in Salem, the Clothing
Connection provides clothes and
other essentials to Salem children.
During the last school year, the
organization supported more than
60 children at five Salem schools.
“Not only are we entering our
spring purchasing season with
a generous donation, but also
we now have a store of winter
items heading into next year,”
Baird said.
By Anne Marie Tobin
Andrew Kenneally has been
appointed to the Lynnfield
Library Board of Trustees.
Kenneally was appointed in
a unanimous vote during a
joint session of the Board
of Selectmen and Board of
Trustees Jan. 14 at the Al Merritt
Media and Cultural Center.
Trustees chairman Robert
Calamari said Kenneally comes
to the job with extensive experience
in communications and the
political arena.
“He brings a really great skill
set that will be very complimentary
to the existing board,
particularly in the areas of corporate
communications and
political campaigns and digital
strategies and a lot of things that
will be tremendously helpful
for us,” Calamari said.
Calamari said Kenneally will
serve out the remaining term of
Janine Rodrigues-Saldanha and
will pull papers for the April
election.
A Lynnfield resident since
2016 and father of two young
daughters, Kenneally said he
is no stranger to the Lynnfield
Library.
“I grew up in West Roxbury,
but always heard about the library
as my father would stop
there to read investment periodicals
on his way home from his
job in Middleton,” Kenneally
said. “My kids are huge fans
of the library and my oldest
daughter says the library is a
‘magical place’, and I could
not agree more. Almost every
weekend we go to the library
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Kenneally has served as communications
director at the nonprofit
Workers Compensation
Research Institute in Cambridge
since April, 2011.
Prior to that, he was a principal
for Kenneally Communications
in Boston from November,
2009 through April, 2011.
Kenneally was an at-large
candidate for the Boston City
Council in November, 2009, finishing
fifth out of 15 candidates
in the primary and sixth out of
eight in the general election.
From December, 2004
through May, 2008, he served as
Boston city councilor Michael
Flaherty's director of policy
and communications. He was
chief of staff for Boston City
Councilor Maura Hennigan
from September, 2003 through
December, 2004.
From September, 2002
through August, 2003,
Kenneally was a political
consultant for the National
Democratic Institute in Belfast,
Northern Ireland.
Kenneally was the director
of internet communications
for U.S. Senator Harry Reid in
Washington, D.C. from April,
2001 through April, 2002.
Prior to that, he was a press
and legislative assistant for
U.S. Congressman Norman
Sisiky from September, 1998
through April, 2001 and also
served as an intern for U.S.
Congressman Joseph Moakley
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and also holds degrees from
Queen's University in Belfast
(comparative ethnic conflict)
and the University of
Massachusetts Amherst (B.A.
communications).
Kenneally said due to the fact
that he works in Cambridge, it
is difficult to find time for the
library during the week, but he
makes up for it on weekends,
noting a few value-added benefits
that only libraries can offer.
“Commuting back and forth
to Cambridge, we don't have
a lot of time during the week,
but we always carve out time
on weekends to read, which I
cherish,” he said. “The books
we read inform us and entertain
us and make us laugh and
expand our horizons. I love
Amazon, but cannot imagine
what it would cost to purchase
all these books we read every
week, month and year. Not only
does the library save us money,
but it helps us to be green.”
Kenneally noted that in today's
fast-paced world of technology,
cell phone calls and
texts, the library invites patrons
a chance to relax quietly
with a book or magazine and
our thoughts.
“The Lynnfield Library is
a treasure and I want to see it
thrive and grow,” he said.
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