Editorial: We (are not the enemy of) the people By The Editors | August 15, 2018 6:34 PM With his condemnation of “fake” news and penchant for labeling journalists as “dangerous and sick,” President Trump is at war
Letter to the editor: Abolish property taxes By The Editors | August 10, 2018 5:29 PM Everybody, except unprincipled and dumb politicians, knows that when expenses exceed income, the correct solution is to cut spending. This
Letter to the editor: ‘Fake’ News is Real By The Editors | August 9, 2018 6:03 PM Friends in Lynn have asked me why I don’t write any more letters to the Item and I tell them
Editorial: Latham leaves a shining legacy By The Editors | August 3, 2018 4:44 PM Lynn has great news to celebrate in its schools even before another academic year begins. New Superintendent of Schools Dr.
Our opinion: Lynn should be T’d off By The Editors | August 1, 2018 6:25 PM The city of Lynn needs the Blue Line extension. Why can’t anybody at the state level understand that? The simple
Editorial: Angels in a hot spot By The Editors | July 31, 2018 5:57 PM Last Wednesday and Sunday saw Saugus firefighters turn tragedy into survival and, ultimately, hope for a man and a dog
Editorial: Managing the managers By The Editors | July 27, 2018 4:54 PM The latest city government crisis to engulf Revere is exposing structural problems not unique to that city. Revere has a
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Two random taxing thoughts By The Editors | July 27, 2018 4:18 PM A tax by any other name, i.e., the city trash fee, is still a tax. It seems innately wrong to
Schneider: Taking a stand on ICE By The Editors | July 24, 2018 4:39 PM Earlier this week, the House of Representatives took up a measure to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — the
The good, the bad, and the ugly By The Editors | July 23, 2018 11:32 PM The newly-crafted state budget includes $12.5 million in “economically disadvantaged fund” money and Lynn is slated to receive some of
Letter to the editor: Walking to fight cancer By The Editors | July 23, 2018 6:06 PM On Sunday, June 24, the 28th annual North Shore Cancer WALK was held at Salem Willows Park. Thousands of walkers
Editorial: Saugus is all in By The Editors | July 18, 2018 5:12 PM Saugus broke ground on a new middle-high school on Tuesday and demonstrated there is no turning back for the town
Darren P. Cyr: Lynn on the verge of transformation By The Editors | July 17, 2018 5:28 PM Lynn is on the verge of a transformation — a transformation of its image, its perception and its skyline. This
Editorial: The 6th should welcome the debate By The Editors | July 16, 2018 6:25 PM He’s a political newcomer, but Joseph S. Schneider has a compelling and very American story to tell as he campaigns
Editorial: Simple math By The Editors | July 11, 2018 6:55 PM Seems like simple math: Give a developer a property tax incentive worth $2.5 million so that he will build a
Editorial : Linking hands in Saugus By The Editors | July 9, 2018 7:10 PM What better way for people to show their appreciation for veterans than to ask them to buy a personalized paver
Letter to the editor: We all can help end hunger By The Editors | July 6, 2018 5:00 PM Every day last week the Daily Item highlighted an issue that many people are unaware is so prevalent in our
Editorial: Taking aim at tragedy By The Editors | July 5, 2018 6:49 PM Once again it has happened: Authorities said a 20-year-old man drowned Wednesday in Silver Lake inside Breakheart Reservation as a
Letter to the editor: No more fireworks! By The Editors | July 5, 2018 5:11 PM I am writing in response to the letter saying fireworks should be legal in Massachusetts. Each year in my neighborhood
Editorial: Distress between two fires By The Editors | July 2, 2018 6:25 PM Those were the words John Adams used in a July 3, 1776 letter to his wife, Abigail, to sum up
