Letter to the Editor: Please … stay home By The Editors | March 31, 2020 9:01 PM For physicians and others from the medical community, the outpouring of support from our patients and our communities has been
Letter to the Editor: Congress must prioritize health system By The Editors | March 31, 2020 9:00 PM The risks we all face right now are only further magnified for people in poverty or people cut off from
Letter to the Editor: Debbie, you will be missed By The Editors | March 30, 2020 8:01 PM Editor’s note: Salvy Migliaccio is a former Lynn City Council president who served as councilor at-large. I had the honor
FR. Brian Flynn: Keeping the faith in time of crisis By The Editors | March 27, 2020 10:29 PM (Editor’s note: The Item feels that in times such as these, a spiritual perspective, such as that of Fr. Brian
Letter to the Editor: Let’s keep the faith By The Editors | March 20, 2020 10:49 PM As a retired and concerned person as we all are, I just wanted to take a moment to say thank
Let the sun shine in By The Editors | March 18, 2020 11:01 PM Government affects everyone’s life through police and fire service, roads and highways, public health aid and public schools. So it
Letter to the Editor: A parent’s protest By The Editors | March 17, 2020 11:00 PM I am a parent of a sixth grader. I don’t understand how teachers get out of work paid and expect
Letter to the Editor: Questioning caution’s abundance By The Editors | March 13, 2020 9:32 PM In an effort to exercise, “an abundance of caution,” the schools in Lynn closed Thursday. “In an abundance of caution,”
Letter to the Editor: Thank you, Dr. Dunn By The Editors | March 10, 2020 11:01 PM All of us in Lynn and surrounding communities should be very grateful that we have such a great organization as
Letter to the Editor: Time to think about regional primaries By The Editors | March 10, 2020 11:00 PM A political primary is a preliminary election in which the registered voters of a political party nominate candidates for office. The
Getting things done the DeLeo way By The Editors | March 6, 2020 11:23 PM Less than a month after becoming the longest-serving House speaker in Massachusetts history, Robert DeLeo successfully shouldered the titanic task
Embracing Lynn’s residential renaissance By The Editors | March 3, 2020 11:02 PM New code-compliant housing. More property tax revenue. Housing shifting to favor renters away from landlords. These are but three positive
Letter to the Editor: Swampscott’s transformational opportunity By The Editors | March 3, 2020 11:01 PM Swampscott has an opportunity to make a huge difference for our students. Our elementary school buildings are an average age
Letter to the Editor: Stop the Social Security scare By The Editors | February 26, 2020 11:00 PM There is absolutely no good reason for politicians (mostly conservative-Republicans) to scare our senior citizens by threatening to cut their
Verdict on Judge-Quinn roads proposal: No By The Editors | February 25, 2020 11:04 PM Quinn Road and Judge Road residents have had their say at public hearings and the time has come to consign
Letter to the Editor: Support election day registration By The Editors | February 25, 2020 11:01 PM Here we are in another presidential election year full of ads, debates, primaries, and yard signs for the various politicians
Letter to the Editor: Time to do our primary job By The Editors | February 25, 2020 11:00 PM You go to a restaurant. It may be fast food or casual dining. You don’t scan the offerings posted on
Letter to the Editor: Highland Avenue headache By The Editors | February 24, 2020 11:00 PM Once again, the citizens of Salem and Lynn have to work together on a problem that affects all of us:
Letter to the Editor: An urgent need for more urgent care By The Editors | February 17, 2020 11:00 PM If you ask anyone who has used the North Shore Medical Center (NSMC) Emergency Department for non life-threatening services, they
Commentary: Community colleges need innovative funding By The Editors | February 11, 2020 11:01 PM The Commonwealth’s community colleges are local economic and workforce engines that provide accessible, affordable and excellent educational opportunities for all
