Editorial: Saugus is all in
Saugus broke ground on a new middle-high school on Tuesday and demonstrated there is no turning back for the town when it comes to realizing one of its boldest visions... Read more.
Darren P. Cyr: Lynn on the verge of transformation
Lynn is on the verge of a transformation — a transformation of its image, its perception and its skyline. This transformation has been decades in the making... Read more.
Editorial: The 6th should welcome the debate
He’s a political newcomer, but Joseph S. Schneider has a compelling and very American story to tell as he campaigns across the 6th Congressional District this... Read more.
Editorial: Simple math
Seems like simple math: Give a developer a property tax incentive worth $2.5 million so that he will build a $90 million project on Munroe Street that will generate... Read more.
Editorial : Linking hands in Saugus
What better way for people to show their appreciation for veterans than to ask them to buy a personalized paver brick like the ones volunteers in Saugus are selling... Read more.
Letter to the editor: We all can help end hunger
Every day last week the Daily Item highlighted an issue that many people are unaware is so prevalent in our communities: hunger. We read stories of retired or elderly... Read more.
Editorial: Taking aim at tragedy
Once again it has happened: Authorities said a 20-year-old man drowned Wednesday in Silver Lake inside Breakheart Reservation as a holiday break from routine and... Read more.
Letter to the editor: No more fireworks!
I am writing in response to the letter saying fireworks should be legal in Massachusetts. Each year in my neighborhood fireworks go off from Memorial Day to Labor... Read more.
Editorial: Distress between two fires
Those were the words John Adams used in a July 3, 1776 letter to his wife, Abigail, to sum up challenges facing a nation in the making. In the letter Adams talked... Read more.
Editorial: Revere tests the brakes
It’s easy to glance at the numbers and conclude Revere’s proposed four-month residential construction moratorium makes sense. Since 2015, new developments... Read more.