The Greater Salem Ballet Company is gearing up for its 12th annual performance of “The Nutcracker” at the Lynn Auditorium, featuring dancers from across the North Shore. Lynn Classical High School ...

Every child and parent should be able to experience the feelings of excitement and wonder that fills everyone’s heart during the countdown to Christmas morning. A mother who wrote to Item Santa this ...

I am responding to the Dec. 6 edition of The Daily Item, “Where have all the good men gone?” I am much older than the writer, but I have a few observations. The writer wants services (change my tire) ...

Abigail Rosenthal One of the most beloved holiday specials ever made doesn’t start with costumed pageants, joyful carols or snowmen come to life but with a self-aware declaration of seasonal ...

We’re not a year into the Trump administration and much of the good we have come to know is disappearing. Last week Donald Trump revealed his new “National Security Strategy.” It is unquestionably ...

An entrenched senator distrusted by both parties. A governor born just 18 months after 79-year-old Donald Trump. An oyster farmer who for years walked around with a Nazi symbol tattoo. Anti-gay ...

I’ve worked at General Electric’s Lynn plant for six years. I’m proud of the work I do, performing some of the highest-skill welding in the facility — the kind that demands precision, focus, and pride ...

I recently read a news story in The Item concerning a new lawsuit aimed at the City of Cambridge’s inclusionary zoning ordinance with developers arguing that this ordinance is unlawful for developers ...

The Marblehead boys basketball team captured the Zach Markowitz Memorial championship on Saturday, defeating Salem Academy 72 ...

The Marblehead Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2005 turned its hall into a hub of military pride and community camaraderie Saturday night by hosting a watch party for the annual Army-Navy Game that drew ...

Based on the number of presents lining the hallways of the Boys & Girls Club of Lynn, club members have been very good this year. Thanks to the generosity of area businesses and individuals, 467 BGCL ...

LYNN — City Council unanimously voted to approve several amendments to the City’s inclusionary zoning ordinance. The inclusionary zoning ordinance was originally adopted in 2022, and the City has ...