KIPP’s girls basketball team is under new direction this year with Mike McCarthy in charge, and he’s already started to make an impact. It’s his first varsity coaching job, too. “Last year, I was the boys JV coach at Manchester-Essex,” he said. “I was just trying to move up. I’m always trying to seek other […]
LYNN — In boys hockey action at Connery Rink, the Lynn Jets flew high with an 8-1 victory against East Boston on Wednesday. Lynn coach Brian Boisson refused to comment after the game. To say the Jets got off to a fast start would be an understatement. Freshman Riley Driscoll opened the scoring 29 seconds […]
LYNN — Deputy Superintendent Kimberlee Powers wanted to offer a second lesson along with the lesson she came to Lynn Woods and Shoemaker elementary schools to impart. She wanted to teach the students how to use a dictionary, but she also wanted to remind them that inclusivity is essential. Wednesday was Dictionary Day at the […]
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 Gunshot A report of a gunshot being fired at 3:43 a.m. […]
Greenport grad Christopher Worrell’s sentencing comes after a long, radicalized journey that began on January 6, 2001 and included a six-week manhunt. (photo credit: FBI courtesy photos) Christopher John Worrell, a 1990 Greenport High School graduate and self-described member of the Proud Boys extremist group, was sentenced in federal court in Washington, D.C., last week […]
At Tuesday’s Marblehead Board of Health meeting, Health Director Andrew Petty announced that the Transfer Station project will be going out for bidding on Jan. 17, pending a DEP permit. Petty said that bids will be due on Feb. 21. Contractors will have an opportunity to visit the site and ask questions. The total budget […]
LYNN — Police Chief Christopher Reddy and Deputy Police Chief Mike Vail unveiled the department’s goal to install 50 security cameras in public areas throughout the city Wednesday morning at the Lynn Chamber of Commerce’s Government Affairs Committee meeting. Speaking before both a group of virtual attendees on Zoom and an audience of roughly 10 […]
Doyle McManus This year’s presidential election campaign is likely to be remembered as a year in which voters pondered a rematch no one really wanted. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are likely to win their parties’ nominations. Yet a recent Associated Press-NORC poll found that 58% of Americans dislike the idea […]
To the editor: Americans are taught the idea of rebellion. The idea that when confronted with oppression, there is the right to counter the oppressor. It is not only a right but a duty. It seems the freedom of confrontation has put us, American citizens, in each others’ crosshairs, the battle of ideologies. What if […]
Mark Gongloff If you’re like me and look forward to snow about as much as you look forward to outpatient surgery, then recent winters have been almost blissful in the U.S. Some of us on the East Coast haven’t seen any serious snowfall in nearly two years. This is, contrary to my personal feelings, […]
