Visitors to Breakheart Reservation in Saugus will get a firsthand look at how to produce maple syrup Saturday. Breakheart’s Maple Sugarin’ program has been held each year since 1988, according to the Department of Conservation and Recreation. “Our annual Maple Sugarin’ program is a fun and memorable experience for visitors of all ages,” DCR Commissioner […]

LYNN — Councilor-at-Large Hong Net has joined School Committeeman Sean Reid in the race for the state’s 11th Essex District’s state representative seat. Net, who announced his decision to run for the seat last Friday, joins Reid, who threw his hat into the ring cays after Rep. Peter Capano said that he would not be seeking […]

Complete Staffing and Labor, an employment agency that has been in Lynn for the last 13 years, is moving to a new location. The firm, previously located on Munroe Street, will moves its headquarters to 74 Mount Vernon St.  District Manager Steve Williams said the 12-year lease at Munroe Street ran out, and that faced […]

Msgr. Paul V. Garrity, a former pastor of St. Mary’s Parish and School, appeared on this week’s episode of “The American Dream,” a show hosted by Attorney James J. Carrigan, to discuss his career at St. Mary’s and the fight against antisemitism. The show, which airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., and […]

As a photographer for The Daily Item, I spend a lot of time driving around the North Shore, going from assignment to assignment. I’ve come to look at my windshield as a camera’s viewfinder, framing the world around me. It offers the perfect frame as the sunset lights up Lynn Shore Drive and the waves […]

The City of Lynn is offering a discount for curbside collection of bulk waste items, which will run from March 18-29. Residents are allowed to schedule pickup of one bulk waste item at a cost of $15. No mattresses, white goods (appliances), or construction materials will be collected.  To schedule a pickup, call Waste Management […]

THE SUFFOLK TIMES Cutchogue Fire Fighter accused of tampering with public and personal records New Suffolk School adopts non-instructional status RIVERHEAD NEWS-REVIEW Jamesport man killed: police Riverhead school board warned of ‘fiscal cliff’ as funding dries up SHELTER ISLAND REPORTER Outlining limits of fertilizer use on Shelter Island: Committee seeks education, legislation NORTHFORKER North Fork […]

Robert Pearl During my residency at Stanford, I traveled to Mexico with a group of surgeons to operate on children with cleft lips and palates. On the first day, I watched in awe as the team leader meticulously realigned the tissues of the lip, mouth and nose of a 3-month-old boy, leaving behind nothing but […]

U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton will bring Salem resident Oleksandra Kovalchuk, a Ukrainian national who works to protect heritage sites and museums in her home country, as his guest to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday. Kovalchuk had to cross several countries with her husband and son after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, […]

The effort to build a new building for the Lynnfield Public Library has come to an end after the Finance Committee voted against moving the project forward to Special Town Meeting. Instead, the town is committing to renovating the existing building. A citizen petition had called for a Special Town Meeting to be held, allowing […]