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Development at former Victor’s site in Saugus on brink of approval

A proposal to construct 74 one-bedroom apartments across two buildings, one of which would feature a restaurant and a rooftop bar, at the former Victor’s Italian Cuisine site appears poised to receive site-plan and master-plan approval from the Saugus Planning Board next month. Maddy’s Place LLC owns 1631-1639 Broadway, which was also once home to […]

Updated: Dec 12, 2023
St. Mary’s hoops ready to silence the doubters

LYNN — Over the last four years, the St. Mary’s boys basketball team brought a lot of success to 35 Tremont Street including a state championship. After losing in the state final last season, all five seniors from that game have graduated, and coach David Brown Sr. has a new team to compete with. Heading […]

Updated: Dec 11, 2023
Veterans Gazebo gets new life

MARBLEHEAD — After years of decay and neglect, the Veterans Gazebo at Waterside Cemetery has gotten new life, just in time to honor veterans buried there before the holidays. Dozens gathered at the cemetery Saturday morning for the unveiling of the newly restored gazebo, days before roughly 2,300 wreaths are scheduled to be placed on […]

Updated: Dec 11, 2023
Voters fear current methods of regulating AI are insufficient

Paolo Mastrangelo   Artificial intelligence is developing faster than many of us can imagine and is now becoming an integral part of everyday life. So far, businesses are the primary catalysts for this deployment. Studies show that in one year of introducing a new type of AI, one-third of respondents reported their organizations were using […]

Updated: Dec 11, 2023
Lynn family publishes book telling story of their journey to America

LYNN — A local family has found a unique way to tell the story of their journey to live in the United States. The Vasquez Trochez family published a book “Más Que Un Sueño Americano: La Fortaleza de una Familia” (More Than an American Dream: The Strength of a Family), which tells the story of […]

Updated: Dec 11, 2023
Republicans’ blocking aid to Ukraine is next-level cynicism

Jackie Calmes   Only five months ago, President Joe Biden promised at a NATO summit that the United States and its allies would help defend Ukraine against Russia’s wanton aggression for “as long as it takes.” Just after Vladimir Putin’s invasion, and amid his soldiers’ ongoing war crimes, former Vice President Mike Pence promised a […]

Updated: Dec 11, 2023
Anti-abortion zealot Ken Paxton makes mom of two into an example

Editorial written by the New York Daily News Editorial Board Kate Cox, a 31-year-old Dallas-Fort Worth married mother of two, might die. She’s not recovering from some tragic accident, nor does she have some kind of untreatable ailment. The best path to her health is eminently clear and medically proven: an abortion to terminate an […]

Updated: Dec 11, 2023
William (BJ) Volinski Jr. – The Suffolk Times

William (BJ) Volinski Jr. William (BJ) Volinski Jr. was born on Oct. 26, 1963. He passed away peacefully on Dec. 1, 2023, surrounded by his family. BJ was an avid outdoorsman, always accompanied by one of his beloved black Labs. He was a long-time employee and part of the Terrace Cottage Colony Family. BJ had […]

Updated: Dec 11, 2023
Daily Update: More than 100 phone scams were reported to Southold Police Department this year

Here are the headlines for December 11, 2023. THE SUFFOLK TIMES More than 100 phone scams were reported to Southold Police Department this year RIVERHEAD NEWS-REVIEW Shoreham-Wading River High School opens school store with student staff SHELTER ISLAND REPORTER 40 years of Christmas lights in Chase Creek NORTHFORKER Q&A: Meet the new Long Island Sustainable […]

Updated: Dec 11, 2023
More than 100 phone scams were reported to Southold Police Department this year

(Courtesy Adobe Stock photo) In the age of artificial intelligence and other technological advances, it is becoming increasingly common to hear about the victims of scam phone calls, texts or emails.  Southold Police Captain Steven Grattan told The Suffolk Times last week that the department had received more than 100 reports of illicit scams over […]

Updated: Dec 11, 2023