LYNN — Thursday night at the Lynn Museum, it all paid off. The extra hours, film study, behind-the-scenes workouts – all of it. For their athletic achievements during the fall sports season, The Item honored 79 student-athletes and eight coaches across eight sports. Lynn Mayor Jared Nicholson greeted the crowd, applauding those in the room […]

Carl P. Leubsdorf   If Donald Trump regains the presidency next year, there won’t be any secret about his agenda. That’s because the former president has outlined in his speeches what he would do and how he would do it. He’s also made it quite clear that the kinds of rulers he admires are authoritarians […]

LYNN — As student-athletes, coaches, families, and friends celebrated fall sports Item All-Stars Thursday night at the Lynn Museum, another star was honored. The first Buzzy Barton Award – named for Lynn’s Gordon “Buzzy” Barton, who died in April – was awarded to Swampscott’s Victoria Quagrello, a three-sport captain in basketball, soccer, and tennis. “I […]

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 Christopher Merejo Mena, 22, of Alison Way, was arrested on […]

SWAMPSCOTT — On the last night of Hanukkah, Chabad of the North Shore Founder and Director Rabbi Yossi Lipsker lit nine Menorah candles on the Snitkovsky family’s front lawn Thursday night, spreading warmth and light in a spot which, just last week, was defaced with an act of hatred. Less than 10 days after the […]

Marc Goldwein and Chris Towner   In just 10 years, Social Security will be insolvent. Some politicians think we can ignore the problem or grow our way out of it — but that’s a recipe for disaster. Without action, the law calls for an immediate 23% across-the-board benefit cut upon insolvency. That’s a $17,400 cut […]

Employees from Sentinel Group in Wakefield and students from St. Mary’s High School in Lynn hosted a holiday party for individuals in Northeast Arc’s Journeys and Endeavor programs on Friday, Dec. 8. Journeys is a community-based day support program that helps individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities build and maintain employment and life skills. Endeavor […]

As a quarterback and defensive back for Lynn English, the 2011 graduate racked up more than 5,000 yards and 60 touchdowns in just two years. Now, he’s ready to be head coach. With previous coach Anthony LaFratta moving on to school administration, Tyllor McDonald has been brought on to coach the Bulldogs. Athletic Director Dick […]

The Marblehead Educators Association has made a declaration of no confidence in Director of Student Services Dr. Paula Donnelly and Associate Director Emily Dean, calling for their removal from their positions. The letter was sent to Interim Superintendent Dr. Theresa McGuinness and the School Committee on Thursday morning, citing Donnelly and Dean’s inability “to secure […]

One of the seminal moments in American history, the Boston Tea Party, will mark its 250th anniversary on Saturday. One of those celebrations will take place at Pine Grove Cemetery, where one of the 100 known participants in the Boston Tea Party, Francis Moore, is buried. “He was a baker in Cambridge and somehow ended […]