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Swampscott Select Board gives Fitzgerald performance review

SWAMPSCOTT — The Select Board strongly praised Town Administrator Sean Fitzgerald during his performance review for fiscal year 2023 at its meeting Wednesday night. Select Board Chair David Grishman read a report that consolidated feedback from all five of the board’s members. “Sean loves the Town of Swampscott and loves his role as town administrator,” […]

Updated: Jan 11, 2024
KIPP girls basketball finding its identity

KIPP’s girls basketball team is under new direction this year with Mike McCarthy in charge, and he’s already started to make an impact. It’s his first varsity coaching job, too.  “Last year, I was the boys JV coach at Manchester-Essex,” he said. “I was just trying to move up. I’m always trying to seek other […]

Updated: Jan 11, 2024
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Updated: Jan 11, 2024
ROUNDUP: Peabody-Saugus meets its match against Beverly

Tyson Higgins scored early for the Peabody-Saugus boys hockey squad, but the team met its match against the Beverly Panthers at Endicott College. The final score favored host Beverly, 7-3. Talk about responding quickly. After Higgins’ goal, Beverly opened things up with a 5-2 lead by the end of the second period. Ethan Haight tucked […]

Updated: Jan 11, 2024
Lynn Jets fly past East Boston at home

LYNN — In boys hockey action at Connery Rink, the Lynn Jets flew high with an 8-1 victory against East Boston on Wednesday. Lynn coach Brian Boisson refused to comment after the game.  To say the Jets got off to a fast start would be an understatement. Freshman Riley Driscoll opened the scoring 29 seconds […]

Updated: Jan 11, 2024
Lynn third-graders become ‘word detectives’

LYNN — Deputy Superintendent Kimberlee Powers wanted to offer a second lesson along with the lesson she came to Lynn Woods and Shoemaker elementary schools to impart. She wanted to teach the students how to use a dictionary, but she also wanted to remind them that inclusivity is essential. Wednesday was Dictionary Day at the […]

Updated: Jan 11, 2024
Police Log 01/11/24 – Itemlive

All address information, particularly arrests, reflects police records. In the event of a perceived inaccuracy, it is the sole responsibility of the concerned party to contact the relevant police department and have the department issue a notice of correction to The Daily Item. LYNN Gunshot A report of a gunshot being fired at 3:43 a.m. […]

Updated: Jan 10, 2024
Saugus school-budget increases have not mirrored state-aid hikes

For the second year in a row, state officials pumped millions of additional dollars into Saugus Public Schools in fiscal year 2024, increasing the Town’s allocation of Chapter 70 money to nearly $12 million. The money is supposed to be a lifeline for a district that was recently one of the worst-performing public school systems […]

Updated: Jan 10, 2024
Marblehead Transfer Station to go out for bid Jan. 17

At Tuesday’s Marblehead Board of Health meeting, Health Director Andrew Petty announced that the Transfer Station project will be going out for bidding on Jan. 17, pending a DEP permit. Petty said that bids will be due on Feb. 21. Contractors will have an opportunity to visit the site and ask questions. The total budget […]

Updated: Jan 10, 2024
LTE: We should be able to disagree with each other

To the editor: Americans are taught the idea of rebellion. The idea that when confronted with oppression, there is the right to counter the oppressor. It is not only a right but a duty. It seems the freedom of confrontation has put us, American citizens, in each others’ crosshairs, the battle of ideologies. What if […]

Updated: Jan 10, 2024