LYNN — The countdown is on until Lynn Classical faces off against Lynn English in its annual powderpuff football match on Sunday at noon. Last year it was the Rams getting the best of their rivals beating the Bulldogs 12-0.  In his second season as head coach (ninth year on the sidelines), Rod Valrie Jr. […]

SWAMPSCOTT — After being hired as Swampscott’s girls soccer varsity coach Jaymie Caponigro came back to her old stomping grounds (Class of 2017) and had a season to remember. Caponigro led the Big Blue to a regular-season record of 8-5-5 and a second-round appearance in the postseason.  Caponigro inherited a young team with seven freshmen […]

SAUGUS — On Thursday, the School Committee met for the first time since it gained two new members during the town’s elections earlier this month and elected its leaders for the coming term. Incumbent Chair Vincent Serino, the top vote-getter during the Nov. 7 elections, was unanimously elected the board’s chair, a post Serino inherited […]

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 Arrest Raymundo Lopez Juarez, 40, of Western Avenue, was arrested on […]

There are two things that you probably know about André 3000.  The first is that he’s one of the greatest rappers of all time. He and Big Boi, the other half of Atlanta hip-hop duo Outkast, went on an incredible 10-year tear starting in 1994, releasing five excellent albums back to back. They played a […]

Since I started working at this paper in February, I have noticed something peculiar about our building at 85 Exchange St. in Lynn. It is something that I experience throughout the day. It is something extremely distracting that I find myself unconsciously taking measures to avoid. In this office, more than any other building I […]

Jonathan Bernstein   West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s announcement that he won’t seek re-election means the end of years of liberal Democrats blaming him for nearly everything that goes wrong. It will also end years of careful hand-holding and management by Senate Democratic leaders and Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. They’re going to miss […]

LYNN — It’s been smooth sailing so far for the massive project eyed for the South Harbor site, with most members of the City Council seeming supportive of the proposed $450 million, 850-unit mixed-use development. Mayor Jared Nicholson unveiled the project earlier this week and presented it to the council for the first time Tuesday. […]

LZ Granderson   Dawn Staley has never been shy about talking stats. As a Hall of Fame WNBA player and coach, her numbers are a point of pride. But the figures she is bringing up these days are not — and she thinks we all need to hear them. Among Black women, 40% have annual […]

PEABODY— Residents and city officials gathered at Higgins Middle School Wednesday night for a Visioning Workshop of the city’s new updated master plan. Mayor Ted Bettencourt and his administration announced the comprehensive update known as Vision 2035 earlier this month. The Visioning Workshop was advertised as the first of multiple opportunities for the community to […]