Happy ninth birthday, EMG
Today marks Essex Media Group’s ninth anniversary. What began with the purchase of The Item and itemlive.com has grown into a family of 11 that now includes the... Read more.
Editor’s note
Editor’s note: Voters will cast their ballots in the Lynn preliminary election from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5. The Item will not be publishing letters... Read more.
Letter: Spare me your moral absolutism and mind your own business
To the editor: This letter is in response to the letter in the Daily Item (May 5) from John J. Kwiatek, who is against abortion and professes to know what is moral... Read more.
Letter: Each life ended by abortion diminishes us all
To the editor: Making abortion such a thorny issue has much more to do with dealing with emotional issues than with using human reason. Sex education that is age... Read more.
Letter: Thank you, Lynn police, Officer Dupuis
To the editor: Thank you to all the first responders, Lynn Police, emergency-medical technicians, Behavioral Health Unit workers, and paramedics regarding a recent... Read more.
Letter: Worried about coyotes in Nahant
To the editor: Despite what some local people here in Nahant think about coyotes being safe to be around — it’s just the opposite. Coyotes are opportunistic... Read more.
Letter: State budget needs to continue C3 grants
To the editor: I am hopeful in learning that legislative leaders are making our state’s early childhood care system a priority in this year’s state budget. They... Read more.
Letter: Please keep the focus on climate crisis
To the editor: As a local reader, I’m writing to ask you to begin publishing regular features on the state of the climate change emergency. The climate crisis... Read more.
Letter: Here is why I am voting for MaryEllen Fletcher
To the editor: I have proudly called Swampscott home for 57 years. In all those years there have been few candidates for the Select Board who have MaryEllen Fletcher’s... Read more.