SAUGUS — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday voted unanimously to issue a special permit to Sanctuary Medicinals to open a recreational cannabis dispensary in town at the site of the former 99 restaurant – drawing to a close a saga, at least for the time being that has stretched throughout the entire calendar year. […]
In her Lynn English girls basketball debut, coach Sydney Brennan (Bishop Fenwick graduate) and her team lost an overtime heartbreaker. Medford escaped the Bulldogs’ raucous house in a 62-56 final, but not without English heart. Amara Flores – who nailed a 3-pointer to tie the game in the final seconds of the fourth quarter – […]
LYNNFIELD — The Lynnfield Teachers Association’s message was loud and clear as hundreds of members entered the Lynnfield Middle School’s auditorium, engulfed by thunderous applause by parents: “The town’s school district is in crisis, and they have no confidence in the current leadership to address it.” Members of the Lynnfield Teachers Association presented a resolution […]
Harold Culver of Peconic died Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. He was 90. The family will receive visitors Sunday, Dec. 17, from 2 to 5 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 18, at First Presbyterian Church of Southold, officiated by the Rev. Dr. Peter Kelley. […]
PEABODY — The message from Rabbi Nechemia Schusterman, of Chabad of Peabody, could not have been clearer at the city’s annual Menorah Lighting on Tuesday afternoon — light will always defeat darkness — rhetoric particularly resonant given growing antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war. Schusterman joined Mayor Ted Bettencourt, state Rep. Tom Walsh, and other elected […]
You know what I’ve been thinking? This hockey player shoots as hard as anyone on the North Shore – boys or girls. St. Mary’s girls hockey team traveled to take on Bishop Fenwick Saturday at a packed Essex Sports Center in Middleton. The final score favored the Spartans, 8-0, but it’s a tad deceiving. Fenwick […]
NEW YORK — Giants’ quarterback Tommy DeVito – who went 17-for-21 with 158 yards and a touchdown in a win against Green Bay – wasn’t the only one going viral during ESPN’s Monday Night Football broadcast. DeVito’s agent, Sean Stellato of Marblehead, stole the show. The former Salem High football standout – in his black […]
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 Diego Henriquez, 22, of North Common Street, was arrested on […]
Peabody Police are asking the public to contact them if they see a man who was reported missing Tuesday. Sebastiano Lubecki walked away from The Holiday Inn at 1 Newbury St. around 2 p.m. wearing red wearing Adidas pants and a grey puffy coat, police said. Anyone who sees Lubecki should call Peabody Police at […]
SWAMPSCOTT — Town Meeting members voted against authorizing the town to use state grant funding to build four pickleball courts at Phillips Park Monday night at the Special Town Meeting. Those in opposition to Article 4, a motion allowing the town to use roughly $56,000 in Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations grant funds for the estimated […]
