WATERTOWN — St. Mary’s girls hockey team didn’t need a reminder of how last season ended at the hands of Shrewsbury at TD Garden. This time, in an epic title rematch, the No. 2 Spartans knocked off the Colonials, 2-1, to get back to the Division 1 Final Four.  And this one was beyond entertaining, […]

DURHAM, N.C. — In basketball, you can never underrate the importance of the sixth man – the one who comes in off the pine and provides an instant spark that can totally change the flow of a game. In the NBA, you can’t talk about sixth men without mentioning guys like Bill Walton, Kevin McHale […]

Area firefighters responded to a 3-alarm fire Thursday night at a large 2.5-story brick and wood house at 5 Stafford Road in Lynnfield. The first reports came in at 8:25 p.m., saying that the heavy fire started in the attic and spread to the garage and upper floors of the home. Witnesses saw dozens of […]

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 Raul Barahona, 50, of Chatham Street, was arrested and charged […]

With traditional rival Xaverian waiting for a dance partner in the Division 1 boys hockey semifinals, top-seeded St. John’s Prep faced a tough task in No. 8 Hingham, which sported a 15-7-2 record heading into Thursday night. But three periods later, zero goals just won’t suffice. The Prep won the game, 3-0, and lives to […]

The Lynn Tech Chapter of SkillsUSA, in collaboration with Lynn Tech’s Radio and Television Broadcasting program, will host a multi-media expo on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.  The objective is to promote media and its impact on the community. Several media personalities will be on hand to share their success stories.  “Our students […]

LYNN — As Reading Across America week nears its end, Sisson Elementary School invited officials, including Lynn Mayor Jared Nicholson, to read to students in their classrooms on Thursday. “(Reading) just unlocks a whole different world,” said Chantel Ryan, program specialist. “You can go anywhere, like they say, you can just sit down in your own […]

NAHANT— Artwork replaced books on the shelves of the Public Library Thursday night for the Johnson School’s student art exhibit. March is nationally recognized as Youth Art Month, and the exhibit is the school’s way of celebrating its students. Art teacher Laura Petrovich-Cheney was a driving force behind making the second annual year of the […]

Whether it was writing personal checks to cover college application fees, taking student athletes on college tours, co-signing a student loan, or driving students to college interviews — just to name a few — coach David Dempsey went above and beyond for hundreds of youths that he coached and mentored in Lynn. And his legacy […]

SALEM — As part of a statewide rally across Massachusetts, four organizations from the North Shore held a silent protest against the Israel-Hamas war on Thursday, with speakers asking for U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton to call for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. “We want hands off Rafah, and we are disgusted by the inaction […]