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Another season in the books for Black and Blue wrestling

That’s a wrap for Marblehead-Swampscott Black and Blue wrestlers, who finished the season with a team record of 6-16-1. Although it’s a team sport, there were many individuals who shined throughout the season under the guidance of coach Michael Stamison.  Stamison stated that he wished his team accumulated more dual meet wins, but acknowledged its […]

Updated: Mar 19, 2024
Swampscott ushers in spring with spiritual ceremony

SWAMPSCOTT — A crowd of community members gathered at Preston Beach’s Sacred Sun Circle early Tuesday morning to celebrate the spring equinox. The spring equinox signifies when the sun’s rays move from the Southern Hemisphere to the Northern Hemisphere, indicating the beginning of the season.. Ceremonial leader Kampa Vashi Deva cleanses the Sacred Sun Circle […]

Updated: Mar 19, 2024
KRAUSE: An ending that made nobody happy

I’d imagine it was difficult waking up Monday morning and going to school if you were a Winchester High School hockey player.  The Red & Black may have come out on the wrong side of a major end-of-game injustice in Sunday’s Division 1 state championship game. St. John’s Prep scored the game-winning goal with no […]

Updated: Mar 19, 2024
Vision Lynn earns award for planning and design

LYNN — The city’s comprehensive plan is the city’s award-winning comprehensive plan – again.  Vision Lynn, a comprehensive plan completed last year after 18 months of community engagement, research, and analysis, received the Unbuilt Planning & Design Honor Award from the Boston Society of Architects, the highest award in the category. This is the second […]

Updated: Mar 19, 2024
Residents voice outcry over proposal to cut two school staff positions

Members of the public voiced their opposition to a recent proposal by the Lynnfield School Committee to eliminate the nurse coordinator position at the central office, currently held by Toni-ann Rebelo, and the Lynnfield High School library media center specialist position, currently held by Janice Alpert, at a recent committee meeting.  At a recent school […]

Updated: Mar 19, 2024
Nature in the Neighborhood: Vibrant vernal pools

The Swampscott Conservancy “It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade,” ― Charles Dickens, “Great Expectations” Spring comes marching in this month (pun intended) but, as Mr. Dickens observed, the third month of the […]

Updated: Mar 19, 2024
‘Unsubstantiated threats’ made by student at Marblehead school

In an email sent to Village Elementary School staff and families, Principal Mandy Murphy said that a student “accessed a walkie-talkie and made unsubstantiated threats over the walkie” at around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday. According to Murphy, a “shelter in place” was implemented and the Marblehead Police Department was notified of the incident. “Our student […]

Updated: Mar 19, 2024
Ours is the most wasteful civilization in history. Here’s how to stop that.

Edward Humes What if the looming calamities of climate change, plastic pollution, the energy crisis, and our whole environmental doom-scroll are symptoms of just one malady and it’s something we actually can fix? That’s right, the planet is fighting a single archvillain: Waste. Americans live in the most wasteful civilization in history. This goes way […]

Updated: Mar 19, 2024
Robert E. Shaw – The Suffolk Times

Robert E. Shaw of Laurel died Sunday, March 17, 2024. He was 69. The family will receive visitors Friday, March 22, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck, where Mattituck Fire Department and Hauppauge Fire Department services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Source link

Updated: Mar 19, 2024
Elvis F. Abad – The Suffolk Times

Elvis F. Abad of Mattituck died March 14, 2024. He was 39. The family will receive visitors Thursday, March 21, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. The funeral service will be held graveside at 11 a.m. Friday, March 22, at Sterling Cemetery in Greenport. Source link

Updated: Mar 19, 2024