Marblehead’s boys lacrosse team is coming off a historic season, which included 21 consecutive wins and a trip to the Final 4. Despite losing key members from the 2023 squad, head coach John Wilkens is looking forward to this spring. “We’re going to have a good mix of some guys who played a lot last […]

The final week of the winter sports season is here, concluding this Sunday with three state championship hockey games (St. John’s Prep, Marblehead boys, St. Mary’s girls).  Truth be told, in February and March, it’s about going up a level, and some local players have done just that. Let’s start over at St. Mary’s, which […]

David Kapell stands in front of a photograph of his father William Kapell and Leonard Bernstein that hangs in Kapell’s Greenport office. (Steve Wick photo) The photograph on the wall in a Front Street office in Greenport is so striking it seems to cancel out everything around it. It has a haunted quality to it, […]

Lucharitos’ fourth annual LuchaRumble, a raucous wrestling event, will sham-”rock” Greenport’s American Legion’s Burton Potter Post 185 this Sunday, St. Patrick’s Day. To host this year’s spectacle, Marc LaMaina, the restaurateur behind the Lucharitos brand, which will offer food and adult and nonalcoholic beverages at the event, partnered with Joe Ocasio and his Championship Entertainment […]

Voting will take place at schools across the North Fork later this spring. (Credit: Melissa Azofeifa) Here are the headlines for March 13, 2024. SUFFOLK TIMES North Fork schools prepare preliminary budgets LuchaRumble wrestling mania slams Greenport RIVERHEAD NEWS-REVIEW Peconic resident testifies on behalf of Plum Island preservation Leveling up: Local lacrosse alums shining on […]

LYNN — After 30 years without any contact with each other, the Serrano brothers have reunited with the man who they save saved them from a much more difficult life: Lynn native and Merchant Marine Capt. John Nicoll. The saga begins In1992. After the death of their mother and hospitalization of their father, American born brothers […]

BOSTON — The No. 5 St. Mary’s girls basketball team – riding three consecutive state championships – hadn’t lost a state tournament game since 2019. But unfortunately for the Spartans, all good things must come to an end.  Tuesday evening against top-seeded Foxborough, the streak ended with a 65-34 defeat at the neutral site of […]

LYNN — There are improvements coming to Barkland Avenue Dog Park, thanks to a gift of labor from Obtek Services LLC. Barkland, located on Parkland Avenue, continues to stand as the sole dog park in Lynn. The City Council’s Ways and Means Committee Tuesday accepted the gift of labor from Obtek for park improvements. “I’d like to […]

SAUGUS — The Aggregate Post Closure Committee saw four conceptual options at its last meeting for developments that could eventually be built at the site of the quarry in town owned by Holcim, formerly known as Aggregate Industries. David Boise, a principal from the Boston-based architecture and design firm Arrowstreet, said that the designs he […]

Nahant released a public health announcement after receiving reports of dead birds found in the vicinity of Short Beach. The release advises residents not to touch the birds as well as to keep pets leashed and away from them. Town Administrator Tony Barletta said a central cause of the deaths has yet to be confirmed. […]