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Marblehead boys put on a show at Fort Devens

The Marblehead boys cross country team finished third in the Division 2 state championship at Fort Devens this past weekend. It was only the third boys team from Marblehead to finish top-three over the past 25 years. Isaac Gross finished second with a time of 16:04. He, also, made history as just the third boy […]

Updated: Nov 19, 2023
Moving forward, all politics must be local

(photo credit: Deborah Wetzel) In our bitterly divided country, where many politicians believe their role is to smear the other side or find some way of bringing opponents to their knees, and where political parties seem more like employment agencies, we hope our North Fork towns can always chart a separate course.  In so many […]

Updated: Nov 19, 2023
The wait is over; Lynnfield boys soccer team captures first state championship

SCITUATE — Some championships are a long time coming.  For the Lynnfield boys soccer team, theirs was years in the making but, boy oh boy, when it finally came, was it sweet. Before this year, the Pioneers had been to championship games just twice. In 2007, the team suffered the second of two heartbreaking back-to-back […]

Updated: Nov 19, 2023
Southold Blotter: Woman reports neighbor burning leaves in Southold

Current Southold police headquarters. (Melissa Azofeifa photo) A Southold man told police Nov. 6 that two financial accounts were opened in his name without permission, but that he has not experienced any financial loss. • A Southold woman reported to police Nov. 6 that a neighbor was burning leaves. Police advised the neighbor that burning […]

Updated: Nov 18, 2023
Free books, courtesy of Dolly Parton  

The Friends of the Cutchogue New Suffolk Free Library have partnered with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to gift free books each month to children in the community. (Credit Nicholas Grasso) Thanks to Dolly Parton, Cutchogue and New Suffolk parents no longer have to tumble out of bed and work nine to five to buy books […]

Updated: Nov 18, 2023
Pickering site plan adjusted to avoid FEMA appeal

LYNN — Planners have made site-plan adjustments for the new Pickering Middle School after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) threw them a bit of a curve ball. At Wednesday’s Pickering Middle School Building Committee meeting, LeftField Project Director Lynn Stapleton explained that FEMA’s new floodplain maps, which include the project site, forced planners back […]

Updated: Nov 18, 2023
All hands on deck as Prep returns to the Super Bowl

WOBURN — When you’re the No. 1 seed, sometimes, you have to prove you earned it. Friday night, top-seeded St. John’s Prep (11-0) showed everyone why it’s the team to beat in Division 1. The Eagles knocked off No. 4 Andover, 35-7. Prep is going back to Gillette Stadium for the fourth time in five […]

Updated: Nov 18, 2023
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Updated: Nov 18, 2023
Festival of Trees raises money, brings community together

LYNN — For many in the city, the Lynn Vocational Technical Alumni Association’s annual Festival of Trees marks the beginning of their holiday season. This past week, the school’s annex building played host to the festival. “A lot of people have told us that this is the start to their holiday season,” Association Vice President […]

Updated: Nov 18, 2023
King’s Beach ARPA spending stalled in Swampscott

SWAMPSCOTT — After the Select Board was unable to reach an agreement on how to spend the $2.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding earmarked for King’s Beach on Wednesday night, the board plans to revisit the topic on Monday. The town is currently sitting on roughly $4.6 million in ARPA funding, $2.5 million […]

Updated: Nov 18, 2023