LYNN — School spelling-bee champions will battle at the 38th annual Daily Item Regional Spelling Bee this Tuesday for a chance to compete at the national level in Washington, D.C., in May.  Co-sponsored by The Daily Item and Joel and Mary Abramson, Tuesday night’s competition will take place at the Lynn Auditorium at 5 p.m. […]

The College Board has awarded Saugus High School with an Advanced Placement Computer Science Female Diversity Award. The certificate says that Saugus High achieved the award “for expanding access to AP computer science and improving gender representation in computer science.”  Superintendent Michael Hashem announced the award at a recent Saugus School Committee meeting. “They also […]

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, of Chatham Street, was arrested on warrant charges […]

Peabody Mayor Ted Bettencourt recently submitted a $69.2 million bond order to finance a public-safety headquarters, which would include a new police station, next to the Higgins Middle School.  In a letter to the Peabody City Council, Bettencourt wrote that the current police station on Allens Lane is nearly 50 years old. “It no longer […]

SWAMPSCOTT — The School Committee voted unanimously to approve a 15-article contract for the district’s tutors through the 2024-25 school year at its latest meeting. Superintendent of Schools Pamela Angelakis deferred to Committee Vice Chair John Giantis and Committee member Amy O’Connor as they gave an overview of the negotiations with the tutors’ unit of […]

Hollywood and television have always shown great interest in things Catholic. From Bing Crosby and the Bells of St Mary’s, through Father Mulcahy in “M.A.S.H.” and Mark Wahllberg in “Father Stu,” audiences have shown great interest in the Catholic priesthood and, by extension, the Catholic Church. The so-called Catholic vote is courted every four years […]

BOSTON — There have been plenty of best-of-seven series at TD Garden. Sunday morning, it was time for a best-of-three. For all of the Division 1 marbles – with fans covered in top hats and shamrocks – top-seeded Notre Dame (Hingham) took on No. 2 St. Mary’s in the state championship after a 1-1 split […]

Andreas Kluth There’s no question that artificial intelligence will transform warfare, along with pretty much everything else. But will the change be apocalyptic or evolutionary? For the sake of humanity, let’s hope it’s the latter. Technological innovation has always changed warcraft. It’s been that way since the arrival of chariots, stirrups, gunpowder, nukes, and nowadays […]

To the editor: In Swampscott’s pivotal election for the next Select Board member, my steadfast choice is Danielle Leonard, and I implore you to join me in supporting her candidacy.  The role is undeniably daunting — I am confident she is ready to take on the demanding time commitment, willing to do the research to […]

A new entrance and parking area have been installed at Dave Allison Park in Cutchogue. (Steve Wick photo) CUTCHOGUE Mr. Vail has got it all wrong A response is warranted to Carl Vail’s assertions in his resignation letter as parks commissioner. The current parks commissioners were not involved in the decision to close off the […]