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State Senate passes bill aimed at improving traffic stops for drivers with autism

The Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed legislation filed by Sen. Jo Comerford, of Northampton, and later supported by Sen. Brendan Crighton, of Lynn, that aims to facilitate better interactions between police and individuals with autism this week. If passed by the state House of Representatives and signed into law by Gov. Maura Healey, the measure, known […]

Updated: Jan 6, 2024
Police Log 1/6/24 – 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. LYNNFIELD Larceny A report of larceny at 7:14 p.m. Thursday at the […]

Updated: Jan 6, 2024
Lynn Woods gets permanent protection from development

A decades-long endeavor to preserve and protect more than 2,000 acres of Lynn Woods has finally come to fruition. The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) announced its partnership with Greenbelt, Essex County’s Land Trust to “permanently preserve the park and ensure it remains an important recreational resource for the region and a supplier of […]

Updated: Jan 6, 2024
International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration will be held on Jan. 25

Lappin Foundation invites the community to our International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. ET on Zoom. Holocaust survivor Werner Salinger will give his testimony of escaping Nazi Germany as a child, his early recollections of the time he spent with Albert Einstein, and a decision that […]

Updated: Jan 6, 2024
Saugus Superintendent Hashem lands similar contract to predecessor

After firing former Superintendent Erin McMahon, the Saugus School Committee moved quickly to fill her post. It hired Michael Hashem the very same day it fired McMahon, Nov. 2, and finalized a contract agreement that runs through June 2027 with Hashem just days later, on Nov. 6. Hashem, who had been serving as acting superintendent […]

Updated: Jan 5, 2024
Marbleheader charged with threatening Michigan official

A Marblehead man has been arrested after allegedly harassing a Bloomfield Township, Mich. official, along with others.  Marc Aisen According to a report from CBS.com. Marc Aisen, 47, was arraigned Wednesday, Dec. 20 after being extradited to Michigan on two counts of using a computer to commit a crime.  According to police, Aisen sent emails […]

Updated: Jan 5, 2024
Winter storms expected throughout region

While the current winter has been relatively mild for most Massachusetts residents, the National Weather Service is warning of an abrupt end to the snowless winter this weekend. 2024’s first winter storm is expected to dump as much as a foot of snow in portions of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut from 4 p.m. Saturday […]

Updated: Jan 5, 2024
Jennie Miloski – The Suffolk Times

Jennie Miloski of Calverton, New York, passed away at home on December 25, 2023. She was 77 years old. Jennie was born June 8, 1946 to Janina (nee Mazuro) and Kazimierz “Charles” Czujko in a German worker camp after the end of WWII. She was one of four children. She and her family were sponsored […]

Updated: Jan 5, 2024
Ronald (Ronnie) E. Carroza – The Suffolk Times

Beloved father, brother, grandfather and uncle died peacefully at his home in Bradenton, Fla. on Dec. 22, 2023. He was 84 years old. Ronnie was born March 5, 1939 in Greenport, N.Y. to Gabriel and Sarah (Warner) Carroza. He was one of ten children. He grew up in Peconic, N.Y. and went to Peconic and […]

Updated: Jan 5, 2024
Village imposes six-month moratorium on new sewer hookups

The Greenport Village sewage treatment plant. (Jen Nuzzo file photo) Greenport officials unanimously passed a resolution Thursday night that places a six-month moratorium on new hookups to the village’s nearly 200-year-old sewer system. The move was prompted by a Dec. 5 sewer pipe leak on the main line between the primary pump station and the […]

Updated: Jan 5, 2024