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Blotter: 100 mph motorcycle ride, unlawful fleeing the police

Police car lights. (Credit: aaron_anderer/flickr) A 70-year-old Cutchogue woman reported to police that she received documents from Capital One showing that a credit card had been opened under her name and charges amounting to $13,484.05 occurred between Jan. 24 and Jan. 29, 2024. She told police she did not open this credit card and has […]

Updated: Mar 23, 2024
Today’s page 1 3-23-2024 – Itemlive

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Updated: Mar 23, 2024
Suspect in Lynn Pizza Hut shooting arrested in Florida

LYNN — A suspect in the Dec. 26 shooting that wounded three people at the Pizza Hut on State Street has been arrested in Lauderhill, Fla., the Lynn Police Department said in a statement Friday. Lynn Police Lt. Rick Connick said that 19-year-old William Baez was arrested earlier this week. Connick added that Baez is […]

Updated: Mar 23, 2024
Complete Labor and Staffing reopens on Mt. Vernon Street

LYNN — Complete Labor and Staffing got back to work Friday, cutting the bright red ribbon in front of the company’s new building on Mt. Vernon Street. The business hires temporary employees and searches for long-term employment for them. “We’ve had over 13 great years in Lynn with Complete Labor. This was our second branch […]

Updated: Mar 23, 2024
Everyone wants to rein in Facebook, TikTok and other social media. This is one obvious solution.

Anika Collier Navaroli and Ellen K. Pao Powerful technology has perhaps never presented a bigger set of regulatory challenges for the U.S. government. Before the state primary in January, Democrats in New Hampshire received robocalls playing AI-generated deepfake audio recordings of President Joe Biden encouraging them not to vote. Imagine political deepfakes that, say, incite […]

Updated: Mar 23, 2024
Shribman: How much is enough?

Donald Trump is raising money like crazy. Joe Biden just got a pledge of more than $1 billion from progressive groups. Almost every day, news outlets report more money flowing to the two candidates.  Here’s some advice: Don’t panic about an autumn ad barrage that might prompt you to smash your television or rip your […]

Updated: Mar 22, 2024
A random act of bagelness

Last Thursday, the Marblehead Rotary selected Grab the Bagel to give back to the town’s community in the way its owner, Dave Aldrich, knows best — with a random act of bagelness. There ended up being 600 bagels, flagels (flat bagels), and gluten-free flagels in total, carefully made and passed out to all the teachers, […]

Updated: Mar 22, 2024
Swampscott Contributory Retirement Board to hold public forum

The Swampscott Contributory Retirement Board will be holding a hybrid live and virtual educational forum to allow employees, retirees, Town Meeting members, and the public to gain a better understanding of the process the retirement board undertakes to calculate the town’s contribution to the Retirement System. In addition, the board will explain the legal requirements […]

Updated: Mar 22, 2024
Police Log 3/23/24 – Itemlive

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 Carlos Vieira, 46, of Walnut Street, Peabody, was arrested on […]

Updated: Mar 22, 2024
Saugus faces grave dilemma – Itemlive

SAUGUS — The town’s effort to expand its cemetery space has hit a snag, as the Cemetery Commission discussed a procedural problem that might have invalidated the bid approved for the process at its latest meeting. Massachusetts requires that municipalities provide space for residents to be buried if they choose so, and Saugus has been […]

Updated: Mar 22, 2024