A photo of the retirement party taken by a local resident in 2020. (courtesy file photo.) Here are the headlines for March 26, 2024. SUFFOLK TIMES Southold police sergeant files suit over delayed disciplinary action following 2020 retirement party Greenport hospital combats food insecurity with new partnership RIVERHEAD NEWS-REVIEW Riverhead BID announces new president Local […]

The Swampscott Contributory Retirement Board held a public information session Monday night to educate residents on its budget development process. “The retirement contribution budget line item is the second biggest in the town budget,” Board Chair Tom Driscoll said. “And oftentimes at Town Meeting, we don;t really have any discussion about it. I think a […]

John Scenna, Director of Capital Projects for Lynnfield, and architects from Tappe Associates presented three options, and their respective estimated costs, to the Select Board Monday for renovation of the existing Lynnfield library. After a proposed new Lynnfield library building was voted down by residents, the Planning Board, and Finance Committee, the town committed to […]

LYNN — The regular season is almost here and Marblehead and St. Mary’s met on a cold Monday evening at Fraser Field to get a scrimmage in to get both teams ready for Opening Day.  Both head coaches Mike Giardi (Marblehead) and Derek Dana (St. Mary’s) believed the scrimmage was good to get a look […]

LYNN — Officials for both the City of Lynn and Lynn Public Schools (LPS) gathered together Tuesday, as they gave a warm welcome to the school district’s new Welcome Center. Now on State Street, Mayor Jared Nicholson said that the center is more accessible to families relying on public transportation, and is just more conveniently […]

Ferry service is returning to Lynn in 2024, with a longer season and, for the first time ever, a weekend schedule. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority announced Monday that the ferry that runs from the Economic Development and Industrial Corporation Pier on Blossom Street Extension to Long Wharf in Boston will start on Monday, April […]

PEABODY — Despite being in just his first week as the new head coach of the Tanners’ softball team, Steve Lomasney already likes what he’s seeing this preseason. “We are fortunate to have a really strong group of returners. This team hit almost 40 home runs last year and watching them at BP this week […]

Residents at a recent Saugus Planning Board meeting described their frustration with infestations of Japanese knotweed on their property that they said is a result of nearby construction on Berthold Street. Representatives of American Residential Construction were at the meeting seeking approval for the continuance of the subdivision, whose permit had expired. Marc Chapdelaine, an […]

SALEM — Half of the people living in the South River homeless encampment are expected to vacate this Wednesday after National Grid, which owns the property they are living on, demanded they do so. The utility company posted “No trespassing” signs on March 13, giving the people living along its fence until March 27 to […]

F.D. Flam During the third week of March 2020, with little public debate and less warning, Americans were told to stay in their homes indefinitely as COVID cases climbed. There were only a few days between bland reassurances and lockdown orders — just enough time to go panic shopping for toilet paper. The first pandemic […]