BOSTON – Daily Item reporters Robin Kaminski and David Liscio shared a first place award for Local Election Coverage at the annual New England Newspaper Press Association’s Better Newspaper Awards dinner Saturday night at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston.Kaminski and Liscio earned the honor for separate stories printed Oct. 26, 2009 about the campaign for Lynn mayor.In addition, Kaminski earned a third-place Community Right To Know award for a story printed July 29, 2010 about a surveillance video obtained exclusively by the Item related to the Sept. 29, 2007 shooting death of an off-duty Revere police officer.”We congratulate Robin and Dave and the Item’s newsroom for these awards that demonstrate the Item’s strong commitment to local news coverage,” said Item General Manager Phil Ouellette.