Hilda Parrish of Southold died Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. She was 63. The family will receive friends Thursday, Nov. 30, from 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. Homegoing services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 1, at Galilee Church of God in Christ, 87 Old Quogue Road, Riverhead. Viewing […]
Gemma Bulos After years of traveling abroad for work, I found myself grounded last year, brought home to Southern California not out of nostalgia but out of necessity. My sister and I made the life-altering decision to purchase a single-story house for our ailing, octogenarian parents after recognizing that they could no longer care […]
PEABODY — The students of West Memorial Elementary School gathered in anticipation for the unveiling of their school’s brand-new playground on Monday morning. The state-of-the-art playground was dedicated to Peabody Police officer Henry Breckenridge and former student Olivia Bormann. Breckenridge served his hometown as a patrolman for the Police Department until his death in July. […]
LYNNFIELD — The Lynnfield 2040 project team will host a Community Open House at the AI Merritt Center on Wednesday, Nov. 29 to discuss the Planning Board’s goals and findings from community-engagement activities. The event will begin at 6 p.m. and it will be open to all residents and members of the town’s community. Those […]
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 Rodrigo Arismendi Alzate, 45, of Lincoln Street, was arrested on […]
SWAMPSCOTT — The Historical Commission was given an extra five months to save Revolutionary War Gen. John Glover’s home from the wrecking ball. The Glover House, which is located on a roughly 4-acre lot near the borders of Marblehead and Salem, was initially slated for demolition in January. A developer, Leggat McCall Properties, plans to […]
SAUGUS — For now, the Board of Selectmen appears to be taking a “wait-and-see” approach to any potential action in response to the brawl that broke out at Kowloon last week. Board Chairman Debra Panetta said members would wait to hear a report from the Police Department, acting as liquor agents, on the details of […]
LYNN — The city is seeking public input for a proposed affordable-housing project. The city has been working with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to put together affordable-housing development options for a publicly owned site on School and Ellis streets, and will host a community forum at the Lynn Senior Center at 6 p.m. on […]
Shoppers kicked off the holiday season on Black Friday by spending a record $9.8 billion, according to CNBC.com. Those shoppers no doubt embrace the weeks leading up to Christmas as a joyful time for gift-giving and an opportunity to celebrate the season together with friends and family. However, the truth is that many families struggling […]
LZ Granderson Between 2018 and 2022, many of the states with high rates of poverty — Oklahoma, New York — were also the states that suffered the most damage from extreme weather. A new climate study indicates things are going to get worse for those places and for poor people. The federal government’s Fifth […]
