Freshman Kyan Olsen is part of a promising squad returning next year. (Robert O’Rourk photo) The game did not go the way that Southold head basketball coach Lucas Grigonis had intended. Nowhere near it. The Settlers dropped a 73-39 decision to Haldane in the Class C Southeast Regional in Yorktown on Saturday, quashing their hopes […]
Moments after she was named the Boys & Girls Club of Lynn Youth of the Year, Ruby Contreras was asked if her stepbrother, Jadiel Baez, the 2023 honoree, helped her prepare for the interview with the panel of judges who made the selection. Boys & Girls Club of Lynn Youth of the Year Ruby Contreras, […]
SWAMPSCOTT— The Select Board has voted unanimously to renew the liquor licenses of the Swampscott Club, Italian Club, and Swampscott Yacht Club for a year. Monday’s decision comes on the heels of the board voting to renew the licenses through this month at its Feb. 28 meeting. Board member MaryEllen Fletcher expressed her disagreement with […]
Katelynn Lemieux, who was selected to serve as the Saugus Housing Authority’s new executive director last month, said that she discussed her arrest in December for operating under the influence with the authority’s Board of Commissioners after she was offered the job. The Item received an anonymous email from a resident of Saugus who provided […]
More than 75 relatives and friends celebrated Don Smith’s 90th birthday party at the Community Brotherhood of Lynn Saturday. Smith, a former assistant director of the Lynn Planning Department and the first African American employee at City Hall, retired in 2003 after 32 years working for the city. “It was one of the best things […]
PEABODY — The Peter A. Torigian Senior Center was all decked out in green and shamrocks as seniors from the city and surrounding communities celebrated St. Patrick’s Day. Around 200 people registered for the center’s party. The event was mostly run by volunteers who worked the registration desks, walked around the venue ready to assist, […]
John B. Wilson, a former Staples Inc. executive who recently lived in Lynnfield, and his son John B. Wilson Jr. have filed a complaint at Barnstable County Superior Court against Netflix alleging that the company defamed the Wilsons by selectively and misleadingly portraying their family in the documentary “Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal.” […]
Ready, set, baseball. With high school baseball coach Eddie Lewis leading the effort, the first Lynn Tech Alumni Baseball Game will be held Saturday, March 30 with first pitch slated for 1 p.m. at Fraser Field. Coached by Lynn Tech great Javi Marichal, the 2019 Commonwealth Athletic Conference championship team will face off against the […]
Daniel DePetris Incessant, round-the-clock violence. An impending famine. Mass displacement. A near total absence of state authority. Hundreds of thousands of civilians stranded with nowhere to go. You might think I’m describing Gaza. But no, I’m referring to Haiti, the troubled republic roughly 600 miles to the south of Miami. It’s difficult to put into […]
To the editor: I am writing this letter in support of Joseph Connell for Lynnfield Select Board. Election Day is April 9 and I urge all Lynnfield veterans, as well as all Lynnfield residents, to vote for Joe Connell. I believe in this man, you should, too. Here’s why: Joe is a 30-year Army veteran, […]
