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  • Marblehead school construction slated for January completion

    The Daily Item – 2 hrs 49 mins ago  

    MARBLEHEAD - The Marblehead Village School should reopen Jan. 5 as scheduled - but Mike Rockett, chairman of the school's Building Oversight Committee, is asking teachers and administrators for patience when that occurs. Full Story »

  • Man pleads guilty to role in Lynn armed robbery

    The Daily Item – 2 hrs 49 mins ago  

    SALEM - A man who participated in the holdup of a Lynn man, stealing his jewelry and keys and attempting to rob his companion in July 2008 has confessed and may spend the next 10 years behind bars. Full Story »

  • Gonzalez case continued to mid-December

    The Daily Item – 2 hrs 49 mins ago  

    SALEM - The case against the Lynn father charged with parental kidnapping and willfully misleading law enforcement officers in the disappearance of his 5-year-old son more than a year ago has been continued until mid-December. Full Story »

  • Local Veterans Day events

    The Daily Item – 2 hrs 49 mins ago  

    The city will hold its Veterans Day ceremony on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Lynn Veterans Memorial Auditorium at City Hall. The event will include performances by local tenor Brian Landry, the Lynn Public Schools Band and a drill presentation from the LEHS Marine Corps JROTC. Light refreshments served after the program. Full Story »

  • New eatery to take over site of former Naked Fish

    The Daily Item – 2 hrs 49 mins ago  

    LYNNFIELD - After less than one year in business, Lucille's Fine Chicken at 215 Broadway has left the building and The Fat Cactus is planning to move in. Full Story »

  • Saugus cemetery adds veterans columbarium

    The Daily Item – 2 hrs 50 mins ago  

    SAUGUS - Veterans gathered at Riverside Cemetery Sunday not for an early holiday ceremony but to dedicate a structure that will now allow many more of them to rest in peace in Saugus. Full Story »

  • Fate of Swampscott police station to be decided at meeting

    The Daily Item – 2 hrs 50 mins ago  

    The special Town Meeting has been called for 7 p.m. in the High School Auditorium, 200 Essex St. Police Chief Ronald Madigan, who is a member of the Police Station Building Committee, said he believes the town needs to bite the bullet and move forward with the project. Full Story »

  • Saugus photographer snaps images of recovering children

    The Daily Item – 2 hrs 50 mins ago  

    SAUGUS - Nancy D'Anna of D'Anna Imaging has snapped a lot of portraits over the years but few have been as rewarding as her latest project, photographing children after their stay in the neonatal intensive care unit in the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center. Full Story »

  • Lynn council members on the move

    The Daily Item – 2 hrs 50 mins ago  

    LYNN - Constituents looking for their city councilors won't find them in the old fourth-floor office at City Hall after next week. By late November, the council will be ensconced in a new office suite farther down the hall, a sprawling space which once accommodated the Personnel Department. Full Story »

  • Month-long sweep nets guns, drugs, 156 arrests

    The Daily Item – 2 hrs 50 mins ago  

    LYNN - When Lynn police arrested Handy Iraola on a probation violation on Oct. 21, he was carrying a loaded .45-cal. handgun. In addition to the weapons violation, the suspect was charged with receiving stolen property and possession of marijuana. Full Story »

  • What's open, closed on Veterans Day

    The Daily Item – 2 hrs 50 mins ago  

    Do not issue threats of any kind. Do not use profanity or attempt to disguise profanity. Do not post messages using profane or crude names and identities. Full Story »

  • Latham: Lynn early child excellence initiative underway

    The Daily Item – 2 hrs 51 mins ago  

    LYNN - Local educators are busy selecting teachers to carry out a $3.7 million early childhood education program and taking other steps to make the federal grant award to Lynn's public schools a reality. Full Story »

  • Saugus' Jin back in booze biz

    The Daily Item – 2 hrs 51 mins ago  

    SAUGUS - Patrons of Jin Asian Restaurant and Caterers can belly up to the bar once again after a judge overruled a liquor license suspension handed down by the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission. Full Story »

  • Swampscott dad in hot water

    The Daily Item – 2 hrs 51 mins ago  

    SWAMPSCOTT - A Swampscott father was arraigned in Salem District Court on Monday on charges of kidnapping and endangering a minor by a relative, intimidation of a witness and threats to commit a crime. Full Story »

  • Trio just axing for trouble with plot

    The Daily Item – 2 hrs 52 mins ago  

    LYNN - A District Court judge set low bail Monday for three men charged with kidnapping an East Boston man after defense attorneys said all four men are involved with the state mental health care system. Full Story »

  • The Daily Item: News

    The Daily Item – 2 hrs 52 mins ago  

    From left, alleged kidnappers Christopher Kravitz, Christopher MacPherson and Lance McDonald at their arraignment in Lynn District Court Monday. Item Photo / Reba M. Saldanha Full Story »

  • Marblehead Festival of Arts logo contest deadline Nov. 15

    The Daily Item – Mon Nov 9, 3:25 am ET  

    MARBLEHEAD-The deadline for entries for the logo contest for annual Festival of Arts is fast approaching. Individuals who reside in, work in, or belong to an arts association in Essex County may submit entries. Full Story »

  • HAWC seeks gift cards for meals

    The Daily Item – Mon Nov 9, 3:24 am ET  

    LYNN-A North Shore emergency shelter and counseling service for victims of domestic abuse is reaching out to the public for gift cards to help needy families enjoy a Thanksgiving meal. Full Story »

  • Swampscott drug task force to hold seminar for parents

    The Daily Item – Mon Nov 9, 3:24 am ET  

    SWAMPSCOTT-“Plan a future, not a funeral” is the message the Swampscott Drug and Alcohol Task Force is trying to get across to parents. Full Story »

  • DEP will allow Saugus to grant I-and-I fee waiver

    The Daily Item – Mon Nov 9, 3:24 am ET  

    SAUGUS-The Department of Environmental Protection won’t give Dale Street residents a break on paying a required inflow-and- infiltration fee, but it will allow the town to grant one. Full Story »

  • Saugus meeting short a member; Precinct 4 must now caucus to fill open seat

    The Daily Item – Mon Nov 9, 3:24 am ET  

    SAUGUS-When the dust settled on election night last week there had been some changes on the Town Meeting level but, most notably, Precinct 4 came up short one member. Full Story »

  • Peabody 2-car accident forces car into hair salon

    The Daily Item – Mon Nov 9, 3:24 am ET  

    PEABODY - A two-car accident on Andover Street Saturday morning caused one driver to veer into a business. The Fire Department responded to the scene around 7 a.m., where the driver struck the James Anthony Hair Salon at 243 Andover St. Full Story »

  • Lynn man indicted for motor vehicle break-ins

    The Daily Item – Sun Nov 8, 11:54 pm ET  

    SALEM - An Essex County grand jury sitting in Salem Superior Court Friday handed up indictments against a Lynn resident and a Salem man. Full Story »

  • Lynn man pleads innocent to armed assault charges

    The Daily Item – Sun Nov 8, 11:54 pm ET  

    SALEM - A Lynn man reportedly caught by police in the act as he allegedly tried to rob a 52-year-old man with a BB gun on Union Street in September will have to come up with $25,000 cash in order to get out of the Middleton Jail pending his trial. Full Story »

  • Fort Hood shooting suspect said methodical goodbyes

    The Daily Item – Sun Nov 8, 11:54 pm ET  

    FORT HOOD, Texas - As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship - common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Full Story »

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