Press Releases
ROUNDUP: Classical’s Rouse swims for success

Lynn Classical’s swimming and diving team competed in the Greater Boston League Meet this week, returning with a conference winner in junior Kaydee Rouse. She competed in the 100 freestyle. “We had many terrific swims,” said Classical coach Denise Silva. “Standouts include Andrew Moore, David Gamero, Gianah Cowan, Aliany Ramirez, and Amanda Hughes.” The Rams […]

Updated: Jan 27, 2024
Northshoremen Barbershop quartets offer singing valentines 

Those looking to sweeten up their Valentine’s Day while contributing to a good cause will be able to hire the Northshoremen Chorus to deliver a serenade to a loved one on Feb. 14 in Lynn. Barbershop quartets from the Northshoremen Chorus will make Valentine’s Day very special for sweethearts throughout the region when they arrive […]

Updated: Jan 27, 2024
Saugus school music program makes return with winter concert

SAUGUS — The Belmonte STEAM Academy welcomed families to its auditorium on Friday to watch fourth and fifth graders lend their voices at the Winter Wonderland concert. The concert marks the first of its kind for the upper-level grades since before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The nearly 400 students were separated into three […]

Updated: Jan 27, 2024
Swampscott’s Shribman reflects on covering the ‘deadliest attack on Jewish community’

Almost five years after the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s coverage of the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooting earned the publication a Pulitzer Prize in 2019, retired Post-Gazette Executive Editor David M. Shribman, who was raised in Swampscott, reflected on covering the tragedy, the city’s union over shared grief, and the ongoing fight against antisemitism in the […]

Updated: Jan 27, 2024
High school seniors vie for Lique scholarship

Greater Lynn Senior Services has announced it is accepting applications from high school seniors for the Lique Human Services Scholarship. Two students who attend one of the eight schools within the GLSS service area will be selected as recipients of the $5,000 scholarship. The eight schools are Lynn English High School, Lynn Classical High School, […]

Updated: Jan 27, 2024
Police Log 1/27/24 – 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. MARBLEHEAD Breaking and Entering A report of a burglary breaking and entering […]

Updated: Jan 27, 2024
Fire controlled on Ocean Street 

LYNN — The Fire Department responded to a fire at 206 Ocean St. after the owner and occupant of the multi-family home, Ted Karonis, smelled smoke and heard fire alarms going off.  On the second floor of the home, a room facing the street was on fire. By the time Item reporters arrived on the […]

Updated: Jan 26, 2024
Guatemalan man arrested in Lynn for illegal entry faces additional charges

Marcelino De Leon Yoc, also known as Eric Pineda Hernandez, 32, was sentenced in federal court in Boston on Jan. 24 for illegally reentering the United States after being deported and is facing additional charges in Suffolk County Superior Court.  Yoc, who is originally from Guatemala, was deported from the U.S. on May 12, 2018 […]

Updated: Jan 26, 2024
Jewish Journal editor and publisher Steven Rosenberg returns from Israel to discuss war with Hamas on Feb. 8.

Steven A. Rosenberg, editor and publisher of The Jewish Journal, is the first journalist from New England to report from Israel since the beginning of the war with Hamas. He will share his reflections and experiences from the frontlines in Israel on Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. at a community briefing at Congregation Shirat Hayam, 55 […]

Updated: Jan 26, 2024
Saugus teacher arraigned on fentanyl possession charge

LYNN — Saugus Middle School Science Teacher Roxanne Plaskon was arraigned on a misdemeanor charge of possession of a Class A drug at Lynn District Court on Friday morning. The Saugus Police Department responded to a report of a substance found in both the teachers’ bathroom and a classroom on Thursday. The classroom was later […]

Updated: Jan 26, 2024