LTE: Sean Reid is the best choice for our community
To the editor: As a Pine Hill resident and a friend of Sean Reid for more than 10 years, I strongly support his candidacy for state representative for West Lynn... Read more.
LTE: Deficits and climate change
To the editor: I want to challenge some assertions made by Walter Haug in his Aug. 8 letter to the editor, “Project 2025 and climate change.” JD Vance d... Read more.
LTE: On conventional and unconventional thinking
To the editor: One of the many great joys of a subscription to The Item is the weekly column by Swampscott native David M. Shribman every Saturday on the Op/Ed ... Read more.
LTE: The Item is an equal-opportunity critic of political parties
To the editor: I am writing this letter in response to Mr. Robert Blum, who asserts that The Item does not criticize Democrats. He must not read the paper on ... Read more.
LTE: The purpose of the Island Gold composting program in Nahant
To the editor: The front-page article on Aug. 9 about Nahant’s composting program (“Nahant allocates $15,000 of ARPA funds for composting”) omitted an... Read more.
LTE: Vote for Jonathan Ring in the election for register of deeds
To the editor: As the Lynn Republican city chair, I proudly endorse Jonathan Ring for Southern Essex register of deeds. Jonathan’s extensive career in mun... Read more.
LTE: Fair elections require news that is not one-sided
To the editor: The Item is doing a disservice to its readers. I’ve been reading The Daily Item for years and every election year, there are always negative st... Read more.
LTE: Be part of the solution and vote this year
To the editor: Looking back over 65 years of voting (the voting age was 21 back then), I realize that it never occurred to me not to vote. It was kind of like b... Read more.
LTE: Why the Temple was destroyed, according to the Talmud
To the editor: This is a retelling based on Talmud Gittin Chapter Five and Talmud Yoma Page Nine to commemorate the annual Jewish fast of the ninth day of the H... Read more.
LTE: An example of the kindness of strangers in Lynn
To the editor: My son, Stephen Whiddon, and I recently visited Lynn, where I was born and raised. This visit took place on the hottest and most humid days of Ju... Read more.