Greenport Village’s new town clerk, Candace Hall, will assume her new role on Aug. 28. (Credit: Chris Francescani) Here are the headlines for January 5, 2024. THE SUFFOLK TIMES 2023 Public Servant of the Year: Candace Hall RIVERHEAD NEWS-REVIEW 2023 Public Servant of the Year: Diane Wilhelm SHELTER ISLAND REPORTER Shelter Island Reporter real estate transfers: […]
MARBLEHEAD — You can’t teach size. Wednesday night, size prevailed as the Marblehead boys basketball team (3-0) defeated Saugus (2-4), 68-44, in a highly-anticipated Northeastern Conference matchup. The game started like a ping-pong match with both teams answering each other’s runs. Marblehead used its size and length to work the ball inside the paint, while […]
Marblehead High School students, parents, and community members came out to protest the School Committee’s drafted flag policy Wednesday afternoon at the Jacobi Community Center. Organized by the Marblehead High School Democrats, students protested against the committee’s decision not to allow any flags other than the American, Commonwealth, and Town flags to fly on school […]
The Salem Philharmonic Orchestra is kicking off its 2024 concert series by honoring the life of one of its late members. Cheryl Campbell, a lifelong resident of Marblehead, died last February at the age of 79 after a brief battle with ovarian cancer. In her memory, the orchestra’s first concert on Sunday, Jan. 7 will […]
Swampscott Police are seeking the public’s help to find the person or persons responsible for a series of home and car break-ins Monday and Tuesday night. According to Det. Sgt. Candace Doyle of the Swampscott Police Department, a home and car were both broken into early Tuesday morning in the Pinehill and Sargent Road area. […]
Northeast Arc has elected Nate Gravel to its board of directors. Gravel is president at GraVoc, a family-owned, technology-consulting company, located in Peabody. Gravel joined GraVoc in 2008 as the company’s director of information security. He served as vice president of information security and IT before being named president. In his role, Nate is responsible […]
PEABODY — For the first time in more than a decade, a woman will lead the City Council as its president, with Ward 3 Councilor Stephanie Peach assuming the post in the first year of her second term on the council. Peach took over the post from Ward 1 Councilor Craig Welton and is the […]
Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz There is a lot to be angry about. Our political systems are dysfunctional and rife with hateful rhetoric. Headlines about multiple wars abroad are competing for our attention, while at home, we are fighting ideological wars for our basic rights or to protect our communities. A devastating pandemic is grinding through […]
Will Freeman Peru’s last dictator, Alberto Fujimori, has pulled off a jailbreak years in the making — not by tunneling his way out of prison but by the graces of the country’s highest court. His early release in December is part of a broader problem in Latin America, where the line between governments and […]
LYNN — Lynn Classical High School has seen an increased police presence this week to provide additional security in response to the fatal shooting of two teenagers on Camden Avenue last week. The victims, both of whom attended Lynn Classical, were 16-year-old Isaiah Acevedo and 19-year-old Kyle Mel. “We have for a long time and […]
