This is a retirement column. Today is my last day working for Essex Media Group (EMG). The time has come
Mike Vlacich During Women’s History Month, we have the opportunity to recognize the profound impact women make in every facet
Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse sent me and millions of other people rushing to send anxious emails inquiring about our banks’
For full disclosure’s sake, let me state that I rented for 17 years. I was a tenant in Allston, Brighton,
As someone who almost flunked out of college and struggled for two years before hitting a consistent stride, I am
A colleague of mine who I thought had no interest in politics made the most interesting comment about American government
We are all poised to pounce into 2023. But with 2022 with us for another couple of days, let’s drop
The guy with the hard-to-spell name and penchant for green commando pullovers flew to Washington D.C. on Wednesday to deliver
The Lynn Business Partnership, with its mission to “improve the economic vitality and overall quality of life in Lynn,” sprung
The late Joe Coppinger is a Greatest Generation member who helped fight and win World War II. Navy veteran Coppinger,
I have a crisp $20 bill in my wallet and I’m prepared to remit the price of this newspaper to
The broach a woman wore over her heart caught my eye as I clattered along in a crowded London subway
Sunday is the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that killed 2,977 people in four coordinated terror attacks on a
Like a summer downpour suddenly ended, campaign season 2022 has come and gone. Oh sure, Republican gubernatorial nominee Geoff Diehl
If you thought a four-on-one attack in a heavily-contested political fight’s final round would deliver a knock-out punch, you would
Let me offer some opinions about the state of our national affairs. I can guarantee you my viewpoint won’t sit
BIll Gates bought 2,100 acres of farmland in North Dakota on June 30, leading me to idly speculate over a
National media organizations intent on pillorying Donald Trump are painting my home state as a one-dimensional political landscape inhabited by
The day will come when I am conveyed from point to point by an electric car and maybe even have
If the Daily Item and its fellow Essex Media Group publications end up in the newspaper graveyard where thousands of