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ARPA grants Swampscott a new climate role
Brianna McCadden | May 7
SWAMPSCOTT — The Climate Action Plan Committee discussed the town’s new climate action resilience manager…
Lynn City Hall gets a wellness check
Brianna McCadden | May 7
LYNN — The City Hall Wellness Fair hosted several organizations that work to improve the health and…
Celebrate mom by decorating a vase in Nahant
Sidnee Short | May 7
NAHANT — The Nahant Public Library will be celebrating moms early this year with its Make a Mother’s Day…
Nothing surprising at Saugus Town Meeting
Kelan Flynn | May 7
SAUGUS — All articles heard at the first night of Town Meeting passed with unanimous support, although a…
Teens crack the code in Peabody
Richelle Melad | May 7
PEABODY — The Peabody Institute Library is providing a weekly opportunity for kids to come in and practice…
Lynn Special Games draw record number of participants
Paul Halloran | May 7
The 54th Lynn Special Games were held on May 2 at Manning Field, sponsored by the Lynn Rotary Club and…
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Sports
ROUNDUP: Team effort takes Tech past Minuteman
Joey Barrett | May 7
With Minuteman’s baseball team making its way to the City of Lynn on Tuesday, it was sent home with only…
Young Saugus laxmen show maturity against Malden
Mark Aboyoun | May 7
SAUGUS — Saugus’ boys lacrosse team may be young on paper, but you could say it plays well above its…
Fenwick’s Aupont warming up for Division 1 softball
Mark Aboyoun | May 7
You could say Jaleila Aupont, better known as “GiGi” to her Bishop Fenwick peers, is one of the top…
ROUNDUP: Peabody girls lax get the better of Swampscott
Mark Aboyoun | May 6
Peabody (9-2) showed out on Monday with a big 10-5 win over Northeastern Conference rival Swampscott (8-2)….
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Government
Nothing surprising at Saugus Town Meeting
Kelan Flynn | May 7
SAUGUS — All articles heard at the first night of Town Meeting passed with unanimous support, although a…
Marblehead unions gather to support ‘fair contracts’
Ryan Vermette | May 6
MARBLEHEAD — While Town Meeting began at 7 p.m. inside of Veterans Middle School on Monday, community…
Swampscott Commission on Disability eyeing grants
Kelan Flynn | May 6
SWAMPSCOTT — Commission on Disability members discussed the possibility of applying for grants to create…
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Education
Light shed on low Voke enrollment
Kelan Flynn | May 5
SAUGUS — During a recent Finance Committee meeting, light was shed on the decline in enrollment at…
Belmonte School STEAMs ahead in Saugus
Kelan Flynn | April 30
SAUGUS — A six-week enrichment pilot program at Belmonte STEAM Academy has concluded, and district…
Swampscott school board deals with $47K deficit
Benjamin Pierce | April 29
SWAMPSCOTT — Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations Cheryl Herrick-Stella provided an update to…
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Entertainment
The Road to Oz runs through Exchange Street
For the Item | May 7
Dorothy and Toto may not be in Kansas anymore, but they will be in downtown Lynn this week. The Boys &…
Tonal Chaos stuns Saugus with Spring Showcase
Kelan Flynn | April 26
SAUGUS — The high school’s a cappella group, Tonal Chaos, held its inaugural Spring Showcase event, at…
Third-grade history detectives take on Lynn Museum
Kelan Flynn | April 25
LYNN — At the Lynn Museum, for the first time, the History Detectives program served all of the third…
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Business
Bank chases Saugus for next location
Kelan Flynn | May 6
SAUGUS — The Planning Board reviewed a site plan for the construction of a Chase Bank at 156-180 Main St….
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…
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
Keep Johnson as speaker: Marjorie Taylor Greene must not succeed in knocking him out
Guest Commentary | May 7
Editorial written by the New York Daily News Editorial Board There will be a vote to remove Republican…
Are US companies living up to their commitments to democracy?
Guest Commentary | May 7
Rachel Funk Fordham and Jacob M. Brumbach “As a company, we have a responsibility to engage. For this…
LTE: Most students don’t know what they are protesting about
To The Editor | May 7
To the editor: Regarding the recent encampments on many college campuses, since when do they demand that…
LTE: Traffic safety a real concern on Marblehead’s Beach Street
To The Editor | May 7
To the editor: I applaud Tom Peach for removing the two speed bumps from Peach Highlands in Marblehead….
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Lifestyle
Short: Bursted seams and broken dreams
Sidnee Short | May 3
Do you ever demolish a plate of nachos, only to wish there were at least five more chips and a little bit of…
Deeb: Living with the two-wheeled menace
Sam Deeb | May 2
I might just be a graphic designer, but topics like this, particularly when I have to deal with them…
Photo essay: A picture perfect commute
Spenser Hasak | May 1
The Lynn Ferry is back up and running for spring and summer. Item Creative Director Spenser Hasak hopped…
Charting Our Course and Connecting Our Communities Exhibit on display
Sidnee Short | April 26
LYNN — Lynn Arts will be displaying the exhibit Charting Our Course and Connecting Our Communities by North…