DANVERS — It was a mixed bag for the Lynnfield/North Reading wrestling team Saturday at a quad meet hosted by Danvers High School. LNR romped over the Falcons, 48-18, tied a tough North Middlesex team, 42-42, and lost to perennial Division 1 powerhouse St. John’s Prep, 63-15. Nathan Barstow (106 pounds) won a close decision, […]
No, Gayla Peevey, I don’t want a hippopotamus. No, Kenny Chesney, I don’t want a real good tan. And, no, Mariah Carey, I don’t even want you. This time around, I want a less heartbreaking year of Boston sports. Sorry, apparently I enjoy songs in which artists sing what they want for Christmas. OK. Back […]
Maria Cardona and Matt Barreto A widespread and misleading story about the Latino vote has taken hold in the media. It goes something like this: Latinos used to be monolithic base voters for Democrats, but now they are fracturing and increasingly fleeing to Republicans. As longtime practitioners of Latino voter outreach, we’re skeptical of […]
Noah Feldman The lawsuit filed by the New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement pits one of the great establishment media institutions against the purveyor of a transformative new technology. Symbolically, the case promises a clash of the titans: labor-intensive human newsgathering against pushbutton information produced by artificial intelligence. But legally, […]
2023 was a big year for Long Island Wine Country, marking 50 years since the first wine-centric vines were planted — on a plot of fallow potato farmland. Today, Long Island’s 3,000 acres of vineyards produce more than a half-million cases of wine a year, with a reach that has conquered more than 26 states […]
The best of the news, events, sports, and features of the year captured through the lenses of Essex Media Group photographers Emma Fringuelli and Spenser Hasak. Marblehead Fire Chief Jason Gilliland, left, oversees the burning of the town’s Christmas tree with his son, Lt. Liam Gilliland, by his side. Two people block the sun from […]
The Lynn My Brother’s Table soup kitchen will soon undergo major renovations. Dianne Kuzia Hills, executive director of My Brother’s Table, said that the renovations will help them better serve the community because the soup kitchen has shifted to more take-out meals in recent years. “Before the pandemic, it was like a cafeteria,” Hills said. […]
A man convicted of killing a store clerk in Saugus more than 60 years ago died last week while out on parole. Norman Porter, 83, was paroled in 2022 after serving 42 years for the Saugus slaying and the killing of a Middlesex County Jail Master, a crime he committed while being detained for the […]
Sometimes, you need a goaltender to bail you out. In just his sophomore season, Swampscott boys hockey goalie Dom Pappalardo made 50 saves against Essex Tech – helmed by Peabody’s Mark Leonard – to salvage a 3-3 tie in Saturday’s game at Essex Sports Center in Middleton. The Big Blue moved to 3-0-2 on the […]
You know what I’ve been thinking? It’s been quite the tailend of the month for Cecilia Kay, who is climbing double-double rankings like a mountaineer. The Bishop Fenwick girls basketball star – yes, without a doubt, one of the top players in the state – said goodbye to 2023 like no one’s business. Dominant. Like, […]
