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Police Log 02/02/24 – Itemlive

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 Gabriel Alcantara, 30, of Sheridan Street, was arrested for operation […]

Updated: Feb 1, 2024
Don’t let Trump and Biden abandon the debates

Matthew Yglesias One of the few bipartisan traditions left in American politics is hating on the presidential debates. They’re never substantive enough, the moderators always intervene too much or too little, and they have little effect on voters. Who needs ‘em? So reports that President Joe Biden and Donald Trump are contemplating skipping this year’s […]

Updated: Feb 1, 2024
Settlers keep cool, top North Fork rivals

Jack Sepenoski makes it past two Greenport defenders, Jeremiah Smith (l) and Fausto Compos (r). (photo credit: Robert O’Rourk) How appropriate that on one of the coldest nights of the month, they staged a barn-burner of a boys basketball game at Southold High School. The Suffolk County League VII contest between Greenport and Southold had […]

Updated: Feb 1, 2024
Bud Holman – The Suffolk Times

Bud Holman beginning in the 1980s served as the de facto Chairman, before there was such a title, of the second oldest law firm in the country, Kelley Drye and Warren where he continued to represent clients on behalf of the firm until his death at the age of 93 on Jan. 23, 2024. In […]

Updated: Feb 1, 2024
Marblehead Police seeking public assistance in vehicle v. dog hit-and-run

The Marblehead Police Department is asking for the public’s help in obtaining Ring footage or similar showing a black sedan/SUV that was involved in a hit-and-run that resulted in the car striking and killing a dog Wednesday evening. According to a social media post, police said that the car was driving down the one-way Beach […]

Updated: Feb 1, 2024
Francis J. Meyer – The Suffolk Times

Francis J. Meyer of Mattituck passed away Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. He was 88. The family will receive friends Monday, Feb. 5 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of […]

Updated: Feb 1, 2024
Robert W. Keith – The Suffolk Times

Robert W. Keith of Greenport passed away Jan. 28, 2024, at age 97. Raised in Trenton, Mo., he was a graduate of Wentworth Military Academy, the University of Missouri (BS), and Hofstra University (MBA). He was also a CLU, a Fellow of the Life Office Management Association, as well as a graduate (and later a […]

Updated: Feb 1, 2024
Lynnfield resident sentenced to six months in prison for misuse of COVID funds

A Lynnfield resident was sentenced to six months in prison followed by three years of supervised release in federal court in Boston for committing fraud to obtain Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act loans and accumulating unemployment benefits under the Payroll Protection Program, according to the U.S. District Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts. Daniel […]

Updated: Feb 1, 2024
Real Estate Transfers: February 1, 2024

Listings prepared for Times Review Media Group by Suffolk Vision Inc., dated Dec. 1, 2023.  AQUEBOGUE (11931) • William W Esseks & Dorothy Clark-Esseks to Katherine Esseks, 77 Leafy Way (600-113-4-7) (R) $1,200,000  CALVERTON (11933) • Christopher & Joseph Geraci to Rosa Garcia & Karin Garrido, 46 Sunny Line Drive (600-97-1-58) (R) $565,000  • Bartsie […]

Updated: Feb 1, 2024
Peabody high principal lays out budget needs

As the Peabody School Committee continues to prepare for fiscal year 2025 budget discussions to get underway in earnest next month, members have heard presentations from the principals of each of the city’s schools in recent weeks, including Peabody Veterans Memorial High School Principal Brooke Randall. Randall was the last principal to appear before the […]

Updated: Feb 1, 2024