Healing garden to honor late Peabody school super, two others, on track
PEABODY — November 2019 was one of the more tragic months in Peabody’s recent history. It started on Nov. 20 when 13-year-old Jackson Frechette, a... Read more.
Krause: Life sentence not even close to being long enough
Editor’s note: Item Senior Writer Steve Krause won a New England Newspaper & Press Association second-place award for a column published in The Item... Read more.
Beyond Walls recognized for its urban designs
Beyond Walls, the nonprofit arts organization responsible for the murals that have beautified many buildings and bridges in Lynn, has been recognized by the American... Read more.
Eastern Bank buys Century for $642M
BOSTON — Eastern Bank has agreed to purchase Century Bank in an all-cash merger with an aggregate transaction value of $642 million. The announcement was made... Read more.
Newspapers strive to be more trustworthy
Transparency is the word that ran through the presentation the New England Newspaper Association gave Thursday at its two-day virtual convention. The convention... Read more.
Krause: Lovable rogues make life interesting
Have you ever met someone you really want to dislike but can’t? You know the type. They have almost every bad quality you can imagine, but there’s something... Read more.
A year later, a more traditional Easter on the North Shore
Parishioners had just left St. Pius V Church in Lynn after last Sunday’s 11:30 a.m. Mass, and palms had been distributed. But there was a buzzing sound coming... Read more.
Keeping the Faith: Songkran big splash for Buddhists
Buddhism, like most of the prominent religions in the world, is divided into different traditions. However, as most traditions share a common set of fundamental... Read more.
Keeping the Faith: Hindus are the earliest believers
Hinduism is the world’s oldest religion, according to many scholars, with roots and customs dating back more than 4,000 years. Today, with about 900 million... Read more.
Keeping the Faith: Latter Day Saints began in the U.S.
Unlike many of the other belief systems, the Church of the Latter Day Saints is new by comparison, having been established in upstate New York in the 1820s by Joseph... Read more.