Press Releases
Harold Culver – The Suffolk Times

Harold Culver of Peconic died Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. He was 90. The family will receive visitors Sunday, Dec. 17, from 2 to 5 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 18, at First Presbyterian Church of Southold, officiated by the Rev. Dr. Peter Kelley. […]

Updated: Dec 12, 2023
Peabody lights up for Hanukkah

PEABODY — The message from Rabbi Nechemia Schusterman, of Chabad of Peabody, could not have been clearer at the city’s annual Menorah Lighting on Tuesday afternoon — light will always defeat darkness — rhetoric particularly resonant given growing antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war. Schusterman joined Mayor Ted Bettencourt, state Rep. Tom Walsh, and other elected […]

Updated: Dec 12, 2023
Police Log 12/13/23 – 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 Arrests Diego Henriquez, 22, of North Common Street, was arrested on […]

Updated: Dec 12, 2023
Man reported missing in Peabody

Peabody Police are asking the public to contact them if they see a man who was reported missing Tuesday. Sebastiano Lubecki walked away from The Holiday Inn at 1 Newbury St. around 2 p.m. wearing red wearing Adidas pants and a grey puffy coat, police said. Anyone who sees Lubecki should call Peabody Police at […]

Updated: Dec 12, 2023
The TSA is ramping up its use of biometrics for flyers. Here’s why that’s important

Sheldon H. Jacobson   The Transportation Security Administration screened more than 2.9 million people on Nov. 26, the highest number on record. As the volume of passengers continues to rise, what will airport-security checkpoints look like in 2035, when such high daily volumes are the norm? To understand this future, one need only look at […]

Updated: Dec 12, 2023
Local agent scores during Monday Night Football

NEW YORK — Giants’ quarterback Tommy DeVito – who went 17-for-21 with 158 yards and a touchdown in a win against Green Bay – wasn’t the only one going viral during ESPN’s Monday Night Football broadcast. DeVito’s agent, Sean Stellato of Marblehead, stole the show. The former Salem High football standout – in his black […]

Updated: Dec 12, 2023
Why did Israel miss so many warnings of the Hamas attack? Here’s one answer

Brent Giannotta   More than a year before Hamas killed some 1,200 residents of Israel and kidnapped more than 200, Israeli intelligence officers reportedly learned about plans for the attack in extraordinary detail but couldn’t convince their leaders to take preventative action. How could a world-class security apparatus so badly underestimate one of its most […]

Updated: Dec 12, 2023
Lynn’s Nicholson joins Carrigan to talk state of city

Lynn Mayor Jared Nicholson appeared on the most recent episode of “The American Dream,” a Lynn Community TV show hosted by Attorney James J. Carrigan, to discuss the state of the city. The show, which airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., and Saturdays at 7 a.m. on Comcast Channel 3 and Verizon […]

Updated: Dec 12, 2023
Lynn gets creative with downtown cleanup

The City of Lynn is taking a creative route to help clean up downtown by partnering with Creative Outdoor Advertising to add more than 4,300 gallons of capacity for waste disposal in the downtown and other commercial districts, including Market Square and Boston Street. “Keeping the City clean is a priority for residents and all […]

Updated: Dec 12, 2023
Single mom of three on fixed income needs Santa’s help

Providing for a family while on a fixed income is a challenge any time of year. That challenge is exacerbated during the holiday season, especially for a single parent. “I am a single mom of three kids,” one parent wrote to Item Santa. “My only income is SSI, and unfortunately, it’s not enough to get […]

Updated: Dec 12, 2023