Save the Harbor/Save the Bay grants $11,000 to Lynn beaches
LYNN — Three organizations will use $11,000 to improve the experience for beachgoers at King’s Beach and Lynn Beach, thanks to grants from Save the Harb... Read more.
Lynn DACA recipients can exhale — for now
LYNN — For a long time now, Lynn recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) have been worried they will soon be forced to go back to their bi... Read more.
Swampscott officials stress racial tolerance
SWAMPSCOTT — There were no motions made, and neither board took any votes, but for almost 45 minutes, both the Select Board and Board of Health decried the id... Read more.
Lynn Community Health Center is now testing all
LYNN — In response to nervousness about the COVID-19 virus spreading, Lynn Community Health Center has expanded its testing. All people, regardless of whether... Read more.
Cops of color also experience racial biases
LYNN — Amid global conversations and protests over racial violence, inequity, and the role of policing, The Item invited four law enforcement officers — thr... Read more.
Swampscott postpones Civil Service article
SWAMPSCOTT — A controversial Town Meeting article asking Swampscott to remove its police and fire chiefs from the state’s “Civil Service” sy... Read more.
Swampscott kicks off unorthodox virtual Town Meeting
SWAMPSCOTT — This year’s Town Meeting — in which members logged in online, and hit a green button to vote “Yes” and a red button for ̶... Read more.
Marblehead’s Devereux Beach will remain without picnic tables for now
MARBLEHEAD — The shady area of Devereux Beach is currently without picnic tables, and it will stay that way for the time being. There were more than a half ... Read more.
Swampscott will hold virtual Town Meeting Monday
SWAMPSCOTT — The Swampscott Town Meeting members will vote on 12 articles Monday night at this year’s Annual Town Meeting. However, the Town Meeting m... Read more.
Restaurants reopening with indoor dining Monday
After two weeks of only offering outdoor dining — and a couple months before that of no on-site dining at all — restaurants are ready for people to come in,... Read more.