OPINION: Look up from your phone — it may save your life
Walking has become more hazardous to your health. Pedestrian deaths nationwide appear to have hit their highest point in almost 30 years, a troubling spike even... Read more.
Letter to the editor: No means no on cinema plan
National Development has once again submitted an article for the spring Town Meeting Warrant to amend the zoning by-laws to approve a movie theater at Market Street.... Read more.
Letter to the editor: First things first for MarketStreet traffic
After listening to National Development’s presentation last Wednesday (Feb. 27), my first reaction is why are traffic improvements being held hostage to National... Read more.
AmeriCorps members are strengthening Lynn
In his inaugural address, President John F. Kennedy asked Americans what they could do for their country. Nearly 60 years later, thousands are answering that question... Read more.
Help, don’t jail, foster runaways
Washington must find a better way to help runaway foster kids than putting them in jail. Juvenile-detention facilities throughout the state jailed 123 foster kids... Read more.
Letter to the editor: Make clergy mandated reporters
“Priests are human beings … Go anywhere and you will find the very same types of things happening … I never felt it was my place to judge.” (The... Read more.
Commentary: Families need solid emergency planning
By Angela Clary Caregivers lead busy lives. It’s often a challenge just to keep up with day-to-day obligations. But family caregiver emergency planning is important,... Read more.
Letter to the editor: Congratulations to The Item’s photographers
A note to congratulate you and the local photographers whose work you publish in The Daily Item. Spenser Hasak and Owen O’Rourke add a special dimension to... Read more.
Lynn tackling climate change
Climate change is real and the potential extreme weather events it could trigger are worrisome enough to assemble 30 Lynn and state officials in a room this week... Read more.
Editorial: Talking override in Nahant
If there is one word elected officials in Nahant should be leery about letting slip past their lips, it is override. But override appears to be the chief remedy... Read more.