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Police Log 1/27/24 – 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. MARBLEHEAD Breaking and Entering A report of a burglary breaking and entering […]

Updated: Jan 27, 2024
Saugus school music program makes return with winter concert

SAUGUS — The Belmonte STEAM Academy welcomed families to its auditorium on Friday to watch fourth and fifth graders lend their voices at the Winter Wonderland concert. The concert marks the first of its kind for the upper-level grades since before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The nearly 400 students were separated into three […]

Updated: Jan 26, 2024
G.E.A.A. Field redesign project will address climate change 

The historic General Electric Athletic Association Field, which has been in use for more than 100 years, will be redesigned to improve its recreational facilities and upgraded to respond to the effects of climate change. Additional improvements in the plan will reduce flooding and increase shading and green space. The plan is part of the […]

Updated: Jan 26, 2024
Guatemalan man arrested in Lynn for illegal entry faces additional charges

Marcelino De Leon Yoc, also known as Eric Pineda Hernandez, 32, was sentenced in federal court in Boston on Jan. 24 for illegally reentering the United States after being deported and is facing additional charges in Suffolk County Superior Court.  Yoc, who is originally from Guatemala, was deported from the U.S. on May 12, 2018 […]

Updated: Jan 26, 2024
Saugus teacher arraigned on fentanyl possession charge

LYNN — Saugus Middle School Science Teacher Roxanne Plaskon was arraigned on a misdemeanor charge of possession of a Class A drug at Lynn District Court on Friday morning. The Saugus Police Department responded to a report of a substance found in both the teachers’ bathroom and a classroom on Thursday. The classroom was later […]

Updated: Jan 26, 2024
Shribman: America’s questions weren’t answered in New Hampshire

TAMWORTH, N.H. — The circus has left town. No more walks down Main Street, no more visits to veterans’ halls, no more fables about lessons candidates learned while talking to people in community centers in small towns. But for all the divisiveness and all the invective, New Hampshire’s primary gave clarity to two things that […]

Updated: Jan 26, 2024
North Shore Juneteenth Association to honor Local Black Excellence

North Shore Juneteenth Association invites the general public to its Local Black Excellence Display Opening Night event at Lynn City Hall on Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. Part of the mission of North Shore Juneteenth Association is to highlight positive images of Black American culture and the diaspora. The goal of this association is to […]

Updated: Jan 26, 2024
Panicking over polls showing Donald Trump ahead of President Biden? Please stop

Cornell Belcher A little less than a year out from the election, and the headlines are preoccupied with the latest bad poll for the president. The New York Times even wonders whether the president is “toast” as hand-wringing spreads across the progressive community. While this might sound familiar to anyone reading about President Joe Biden […]

Updated: Jan 26, 2024
Lynn Rotary Club recognizes eighth-grade students

LYNN — The Rotary Club of Lynn continued its tradition of recognizing eighth-grade students from Lynn middle schools for their academic achievements and school citizenship at Old Tyme Italian Cuisine on Thursday. The eight students who were recognized through the Eighth-Grade Recognition Program have struggled with adversity during the school year or shown empathy toward […]

Updated: Jan 26, 2024
For St. Mary’s, every game is for Kory

LYNN — “Don’t forget Kory’s jersey.” That’s what players on St. Mary’s hockey team say before every game – home or away – to remember Kory Ouellette, a former player who was killed in a single-vehicle crash at age 20 last August. The team hangs Kory’s No. 3 jersey over its bench. “I enjoy going […]

Updated: Jan 26, 2024