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Lynnfield assessing Pillings Pond funding
Richelle Melad | April 10
TRC Companies, which has been hired by the Town of Lynnfield to evaluate options for Pillings Pond’s…
Peabody’s Anne Manning-Martin announces campaign for Governor’s Council
For the Item | April 9
PEABODY – Peabody City Councilor-at-Large Anne Manning-Martin announced Tuesday she is running for the…
Swampscott’s seawall entering final phases of repairs
Benjamin Pierce | April 9
Swampscott Department of Public Works Director Gino Cresta said that the town’s multi-year seawall repair…
LCHC goes mobile
Sidnee Short | April 8
LYNN — Lynn Community Health Center (LCHC) recently announced the expansion of their Medical Outreach…
Nahant revises Housing Production Plan
Benjamin Pierce | April 8
Nahant Housing Production Plan Advisory Subcommittee Chair Michelle Capano announced an update to the…
Peabody hosts Student Government Day
Richelle Melad | April 8
More than 30 years later, the annual tradition of Student Government Day is still going strong in…
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Sports
Prep’s home opener a success with win over CM
Steve Krause | April 9
DANVERS — St. John’s Prep boys lacrosse coach John Pynchon has no problem with people reminding him that…
Marblehead plays for Norman, tops Saugus
Mark Aboyoun | April 9
SAUGUS — The Marblehead softball team (2-0) got the job done on Tuesday, beating Saugus (0-1) on the road,…
ROUNDUP: Classical responds, picks up first win
Joey Barrett | April 9
Fresh off its season-opening defeat against Lynnfield on Saturday, first-year coach Leon Elwell and his young…
UConn repeats as National Champions
For the Item | April 8
UConn delivered the latest of its suffocating basketball beatdowns Monday night, smothering Purdue for a…
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Government
Lynnfield assessing Pillings Pond funding
Richelle Melad | April 10
TRC Companies, which has been hired by the Town of Lynnfield to evaluate options for Pillings Pond’s…
Saugus announces one-day trash collection delay for Patriots’ Day
For the Item | April 10
The Town of Saugus announces that trash and recycling collection will run on a one-day delay for the…
Lynnfield releases annual town election results
Richelle Melad | April 9
LYNNFIELD — Voters elected Alexis Leahy to the Select Board seat, defeating incumbent Joe Connell….
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Education
Students in charge at City Hall
Sidnee Short | April 9
LYNN — City Hall was filled to the brim with High School students Tuesday, as six schools in Lynn came…
Swampscott and Lynn students head to the State House
Sidnee Short and Benjamin Pierce | April 8
325 students from many local school districts took over the State House this past weekend for Student…
Saugus school’s “Afrochella” brings together community
Kelan Flynn | April 7
Leila Elhaissouni, Caitlin Calvelo, and Sofia Marmoucha hold up the Morroccan flag. SAUGUS — Pioneer…
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Entertainment
Stand Up Stick up celebrates one-year anniversary
Sidnee Short | March 29
LYNN — The Vault Theater was filled with laughter Thursday night, as the monthly show Stand Up Stick Up…
Easter Bunny hops around Lynn City Hall
Sidnee Short | March 26
LYNN — Here comes Peter Cottontail, hoppin’ down the Lynn City Hall trail, hippity hoppin’ Easter’s…
Frances Martinez joins Carrigan on ‘American Dream’
Stuart Foster | March 14
Frances Martinez, the president, founder, and CEO of the North Shore Latino Business Association, joined…
LEHS presents self-written production, “The Show Must Go On”
Sidnee Short | February 26
LYNN – The Lynn English High School (LEHS) Theater Collective presented a matinee production Monday of its…
1860 shoemakers’ strike comes to life
Joel Barnes | February 23
LYNN — The 1860 shoemakers’ strike came to life through a reenactment and symbolic walk that began at…
Lynn rap group practices patience on new album
Joel Barnes | February 19
EMH, from left to right, Lil East, C4, and Melly Kash. Lynn-based Hip-Hop trio Eastside Most Hated (EMH)…
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Business
Saugus staple partners with NH casino
Kelan Flynn | April 9
Famed Saugus restaurant, Kowloon Restaurant, has entered into a collaborative new project with The Brook, a…
Peabody Municipal Light Plant announces rate increase in electric bills
For the Item | March 29
Effective April 1, 2024, Peabody Municipal Light Plant (PMLP) electric customers will see their monthly…
Complete Labor and Staffing reopens on Mt. Vernon Street
Sidnee Short | March 22
LYNN — Complete Labor and Staffing got back to work Friday, cutting the bright red ribbon in front of the…
BrightView hosts open house, sheds light on addiction recovery
Sidnee Short | March 15
LYNN — Dan Buhay, a community outreach manager for BrightView — an addiction treatment center in Lynn –…
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Opinion
LTE: Danielle Leonard deserves our support in the Swampscott Select Board race
To The Editor | April 10
To the editor: As a Swampscott resident and a long-time Town Meeting member, I had the occasion to watch…
President Joe Biden is at it again with student loan forgiveness
Guest Commentary | April 10
LZ Granderson Last summer, the Supreme Court ruled that he couldn’t use the HEROES Act — passed after…
Two aspects of our nation’s original self-contradiction
Guest Commentary | April 10
Dave Anderson America struggles to this day with the reality that there is a striking contradiction at the…
Congress needs fixing, but it got some advice from an unexpected source
Guest Commentary | April 8
Bradford Fitch After watching President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, it would be easy to…
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Lifestyle
Around here, total fascination
Sidnee Short, Benjamin Pierce and Richelle Melad | April 8
Locals put their eyes to the sky Monday afternoon to observe the total solar eclipse. Lynn, Lynnfield,…
Commentary: Four what it’s worth
Ryan Vermette and Sidnee Short | April 5
My family’s brackets from this year’s March Madness. (Photo by Ryan Vermette) Ryan Vermette He says…
New Lynn Coalition and Lynn Public Schools team up
For the Item | April 5
Registration is open for the Lynn Community Enrichment Program’s (LCEP) spring session. LCEP offers classes…
Beyond Walls hosts Street Art Tour
Sidnee Short | April 4
LYNN — In conjunction with Boston Design Week, Beyond Walls is hosting its Lynn Street Art Tour on April…