LYNN — For decades, Beden Hardware and the Ciccone family were fixtures on Munroe Street. As the street changed and Lynn evolved, Beden remained a constant — outlasting other hardware stores on Munroe and weathering the COVID-19 pandemic. But now, Beden has been left behind in 2023. The iconic hardware store officially shut its doors […]

A new era will be ushered into the City of Lynn with the inauguration of the latest iteration of the City Council. Three new council members will be inaugurated at a ceremony at Lynn Memorial Auditorium at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The City Council will be the most diverse in history, as five of 11 councilors […]

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 Arrests Roger Jones, 35, of Millet Street was arrested and charged […]

Lynn Wednesday, Jan. 3 Municipal Messy Mornings, Lynn Public Library, 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 4 Municipal Teen Tech Space, Lynn Public Library, 10 a.m.   Lynnfield Tuesday, Jan. 2 Municipal Lynnfield School Committee, Lynnfield Public Schools Central Office, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3 Municipal Recreation Commission, Lynnfield Meeting House, 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 4 Municipal […]

No, Gayla Peevey, I don’t want a hippopotamus. No, Kenny Chesney, I don’t want a real good tan. And, no, Mariah Carey, I don’t even want you. This time around, I want a less heartbreaking year of Boston sports. Sorry, apparently I enjoy songs in which artists sing what they want for Christmas. OK. Back […]

DANVERS —  It was a mixed bag for the Lynnfield/North Reading wrestling team Saturday at a quad meet hosted by Danvers High School.  LNR romped over the Falcons, 48-18, tied a tough North Middlesex team, 42-42, and lost to perennial Division 1 powerhouse St. John’s Prep, 63-15. Nathan Barstow (106 pounds) won a close decision, […]

Maria Cardona and Matt Barreto   A widespread and misleading story about the Latino vote has taken hold in the media. It goes something like this: Latinos used to be monolithic base voters for Democrats, but now they are fracturing and increasingly fleeing to Republicans. As longtime practitioners of Latino voter outreach, we’re skeptical of […]

Noah Feldman   The lawsuit filed by the New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement pits one of the great establishment media institutions against the purveyor of a transformative new technology. Symbolically, the case promises a clash of the titans: labor-intensive human newsgathering against pushbutton information produced by artificial intelligence. But legally, […]

2023 was a big year for Long Island Wine Country, marking 50 years since the first wine-centric vines were planted — on a plot of fallow potato farmland. Today, Long Island’s 3,000 acres of vineyards produce more than a half-million cases of wine a year, with a reach that has conquered more than 26 states […]

The best of the news, events, sports, and features of the year captured through the lenses of Essex Media Group photographers Emma Fringuelli and Spenser Hasak. Marblehead Fire Chief Jason Gilliland, left, oversees the burning of the town’s Christmas tree with his son, Lt. Liam Gilliland, by his side. Two people block the sun from […]