Erick and Tania Buck-Ruffen of Lynn, work at their Munroe Street garden plot as mural artist FONKi works on his creation for the Beyond Walls Mural Festival in downtown Lynn. | Photo: Jim Wilson

By MEAGHAN CASEY

What brought Australian artist Georgia Hill to downtown Lynn last month? A mural, to put it simply.
But if you ask her or Beyond Walls founder Al Wilson, it’s much bigger than that. Wilson lured artists from across the globe to lend their talents to a creative movement that has the city buzzing with energy, enterprise, arts and culture and will for years to come.

Candida Rodriguez stirs strawberry glaze, as she prepares to frost donuts at Rantoul Distributors. The Peabody business makes all the doughnuts for Dunkin’ Donuts. | Photo: Mark Lorenz.

By STACEY MARCUS

For or Joe Tavares, it’s time to make the doughnuts.

Eighty-four-thousand doughnuts.

Lynn native Steve Chaggaris guides CBS News’ coverage

By MEAGHAN CASEY

As much insight as Steve Chaggaris may have had as CBS News’ senior political editor, even he couldn’t have written the end to the 2016 presidential election.

Memories flood back for Saugus’ Tom Sheehan

By TOM SHEEHAN

My father said it early and often to me: “We come into this life with two gifts, love and energy,” and it has never been truer as I have just stepped into my 90th year on the planet, still working at my first love, seeking the magic, the mystery, the mastery in words.

By CARLEY D. THORNELL 

Forget Wonder Woman — the real on-screen dynamo is Boston 25 News star Heather Hegedus.

The 1996 Lynnfield High graduate’s resume with an honors degree from Georgetown and master’s from Columbia speaks volumes, but her actions speak louder. The mom to 1-year-old Brooks gets up at 3 a.m. not to pull diaper duty but to leave for what is often a 12-hour workday as a weekend anchor and general assignment reporter for the Fox news station.

While the classic lyrics may claim “there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues,” we at One magazine are singing a different tune: Embrace the indigos, cobalts and denims, and snap up some cool-hued fashions to stylishly get through the late-summer months. Cool down your summer style with some of our favorite picks, available at local retailers in Lynn, Lynnfield, Peabody and Saugus.

50 years ago, beanball cut short Tony Conigliaro’s career

By STEVE KRAUSE

He had been in a slump. Tony Conigliaro, the 22-year-old kid who, earlier in 1967, had become the youngest player in American League history to reach the 100-homer mark, was in a rut and hadn’t hit one out in 10 days.

Hot dogs are a summer menu staple. Whether you dress your dog up with a simple stripe of yellow mustard and some relish, go formal with heaping piles of fancy gourmet toppings, or prefer to go naked, quite frankly – they’re delicious. If you have a hankering for a hot dog but don’t feel like firing up the grill, try one (or a few) of these tasty local takes on the summer classic.

WHAT: Bacon Cheese Dog American cheese melted by the heat of a caramelized hot dog and topped with crispy smoked bacon.
WHERE: Five Guys, 227 Andover St., Peabody
PRICE: $5.99

WHAT: Big Chili Cheese Dog Black Angus hot dog topped with chili and shredded cheddar cheese.
WHERE: Fuddruckers, 900 Broadway, Saugus
PRICE: $5.99

WHAT: All Beef Hot Dog X-large dog smothered with melted cheddar and served with fries.
WHERE: R.F. O’Sullivan & Son, 151 Central Ave., Lynn
PRICE: $6.99

By MEAGHAN CASEY

As we all know, great hair doesn’t happen by chance; it happens by appointment. Just ask Sylvia Caruso’s customers.

“She transforms you,” said Mildred Belmonte of Revere. “You leave feeling sensational.”