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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…
Lynnfield Select Board forms MBTA Communities Law Committee
Richelle Melad | May 6
LYNNFIELD — The Select Board passed a motion forming the MBTA Communities Law Committee on Monday, a step…
Swampscott Commission on Disability eyeing grants
Kelan Flynn | May 6
SWAMPSCOTT — Commission on Disability members discussed the possibility of applying for grants to create…
Lynn community raises more than $1,000 at 16-year-old’s yard sale
Sidnee Short | May 6
LYNN — At 16-year-old Fiona Hyland’s yard sale to raise funds for the Walk for Boston Children’s…
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….
Lynnfield Moms promote bike safety
Richelle Melad | May 5
LYNNFIELD – With summer coming and May being National Bicycle Safety Month, the Lynnfield Moms Group…
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Sports
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)….
Jim Foley steps down as St. Mary’s girls soccer coach
Paul Halloran | May 6
The way Jim Foley looks at it, there is never an ideal time to step away from something you are as passionate…
City bragging rights to Peabody after Fenwick rout
Anne Marie Tobin | May 6
PEABODY — Nobody saw this one coming. In what was expected to be a much-anticipated rematch of an early…
Spartans take second Dick Maag Tournament
Joey Barrett | May 5
The weekend kicked off with the second annual Dick Maag JV Baseball Tournament, ending with the St. Mary’s…
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Government
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…
HOUSING: THE ALL-ENCOMPASSING ISSUE
Sidnee Short | May 6
LYNN — As part of a weeklong statewide campaign of the Healey-Driscoll administration, Gov. Maura Healey,…
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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
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…
Flynn: In Saugus, it’s Chick N More and more and more
Kelan Flynn | April 19
Item Graphic | Sam Deeb SAUGUS — After the approval of Chick N More during a Board of Selectmen…
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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
AI is moving fast; AI regulation needs to catch up
Guest Commentary | May 6
Kislaya Prasad Artificial intelligence is already affecting our lives in many positive ways, automating…
LTE: Cars are far more of a menace to bikes than vice versa
To The Editor | May 6
To the editor: I’m a daily reader of The Item and a cyclist, so you can imagine my shock at the article…
LTE: Trump does not actually subscribe to Christian principles
To The Editor | May 6
To the editor: In religious tradition, all religious tradition, concern for the poor and the weak has been…
LTE: Bicycles are out of control in Nahant
To The Editor | May 6
To the editor: Bicycles are out of control in Nahant. On Aug. 10, I hit a girl, she was on a bike and ran…
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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…