[ad_1] SAUGUS — As the nation reflects on Veterans Day, the Parson Roby Chapter of the Daughters of the American Republic is urging residents to sponsor a wreath to be placed on a veteran’s grave during its annual Wreaths Across America ceremony. The ceremony is set for Dec. 16 at Riverside Cemetery and will begin […]

[ad_1] LYNNFIELD — As the world gets ready to celebrate Diwali this weekend, festivities in Lynnfield kicked off early as the town gathered to celebrate the Festival of Lights at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. According to Sanjay Aurora, who helped manage the event, about 150 people from the area were in […]

[ad_1] LYNN — Todd Flannery has new services to offer with the opening of his latest business at 111 Locust Street Flannery’s Handymen, his moving company, has been serving the community for more than 20 years, and Flannery has now added his brand-new storage facility, Boston Street Self Storage, to his portfolio. The property where […]

[ad_1] In Wednesday’s edition of The Daily Item, we ran the unofficial, preliminary results of Tuesday’s elections in Lynn, Peabody, and Saugus. Readers will have noticed that we ran the results again in Thursday’s paper — and they were not the same. While the newer numbers did not impact which candidates won or lost their […]

[ad_1] To the editor: A wonderful Veterans Day celebration was held at the Peter Torigian Senior Center in Peabody Friday, Nov. 9. Children from the Peabody schools wrote special cards of thanksgiving to all attending veterans, thanking them for their service to our country. Music was World War II vintage, provided by the volunteer Golden […]

[ad_1] By their words the world knows them. One word: Nuts! (Gen. Anthony McAuliffe’s written response to the German ultimatum that he surrender American troops during the Battle of the Bulge, 1944) Two words: Not guilty. (Former President Donald Trump’s repeated pleas in response to legal charges against him, 2023) Three words: Date of infamy […]

[ad_1] Andreas Kluth   Not since Henry Kissinger in 1974 has a U.S. secretary of state shuttled as frenetically around the Middle East as Antony Blinken does these days.  Here, in no particular order, is a partial list of Blinken’s stops in the region since Hamas went on its sadistic rampage on Oct. 7: Tel […]

[ad_1] REGION — Nov. 11 marks the date in 1918 when Germany and the Allied nations signed an armistice ending World War I. Since 1954, it has been recognized in the United States as Veterans Day — a federal holiday to honor American veterans for their patriotism, sacrifice, and service. This Veterans Day, communities throughout […]

[ad_1] All address information, particularly arrests, reflects police records. In the event of a perceived inaccuracy, it is the sole responsibility of the concerned party to contact the relevant police department and have the department issue a notice of correction to The Daily Item. LYNN Arrests Katherina Alves, 29, of Willow Street, was arrested for […]

[ad_1] MARBLEHEAD — Roughly 100 people attended Congressman and Marine Corps veteran Seth Moulton’s ninth annual Veterans Town Hall at Abbot Hall Friday afternoon. Those in the audience had the opportunity to hear five veterans share their stories of sacrifice. 16-year Army veteran Leanna Lynch took the podium after Moulton’s opening remarks to discuss the challenges […]