No holes barred: It’s National Donut Day
ITEM PHOTO BY SPENSER HASAK A half-dozen donuts from Kane’s Donuts are packaged and ready for a customer. By MATT DEMIRS SAUGUS — When Maria Delios was younger, the future Kane’s Donuts owner didn’t...
View ArticleA Memorial Day low point for veteran
COURTESY PHOTO This 2016 Suzuki DRZ-400SM was stolen. By GAYLA CAWLEY LYNN — A U.S. Navy veteran’s motorcycle was stolen right out of his driveway on Memorial Day, the holiday that honors fallen armed...
View ArticlePolice log: 6-3-2017
All address information, particularly arrests, reflect police records. In the event of a perceived inaccuracy, it is the person’s responsibility to contact the police department and have them issue a...
View ArticleDo you recognize this break-in suspect?
PHOTO FROM THE LYNN POLICE DEPARTMENT This man broke into a Light Street home and stole property, police say. LYNN — The Lynn Police Department wants to know if you recognize the man in this photo. The...
View ArticleLots of honks for anti-Trump protesters
ITEM PHOTOS BY DAVID WILSON Protesters proudly display their signs at a protest. LYNN — You could say every day, something new happens under a President Donald Trump. “— Something awful,” one protester...
View ArticlePlane route protest takes off in Nahant
By BRIDGET TURCOTTE NAHANT — Nahant residents are worried flights to Logan International Airport are getting closer, and louder, to the one-mile stretch of land they call home. Robert Damico, a Nahant...
View ArticleEnglish grads embark on new journey
ITEM PHOTO BY SPENSER HASAK Soon-to-be Lynn English graduates cram into a selfie with state Rep. Daniel Cahill. By ADAM SWIFT LYNN — It was the end of one journey and the beginning of another for the...
View ArticleClassical grads chart new course
PHOTO BY PAULA MULLER The family of graduate Ruben Ruiz lend their very enthusiastic support. By THOMAS GRILLO LYNN — In his commencement address to Lynn Classical High School graduates Friday, Boston...
View ArticleSchool committee veterans bowing out
By THOMAS GRILLO LYNN — Two longstanding School Committee members are calling it quits. Patricia Capano, the 55-year-old vice chairwoman who was first elected in 1997, and Maria Carrasco, a native of...
View ArticleOne killed by commuter rail train
ITEM PHOTO BY DAVID WILSON Investigators are seen on the inbound tracks at the Lynn station. By DAVID WILSON David Wilson | Item LiveA commuter rail train, seen from the parking garage, is stalled...
View ArticleThomas A. Walsh, 80
HAVERHILL — Thomas A. Walsh, formerly of Haverhill, Spring Hill, Fla., Peabody, and Lynn, passed away peacefully with his family by his side at the Kirkwood Corners in Lee, N.H., after a lengthy...
View ArticleEleanor M. White, 79
BEVERLY — Eleanor M. (Dow) White, 79, formerly of Lynn, died Friday, May 26, 2017 at the Ledgewood Health Care Center in Beverly. Born and raised in Lynn, she was the daughter of the late Albert and...
View ArticlePolice log: 6-6-2017
All address information, particularly arrests, reflect police records. In the event of a perceived inaccuracy, it is the person’s responsibility to contact the police department and have them issue a...
View ArticleWoman killed by train identified
ITEM FILE PHOTO A commuter rail train, seen from the parking garage, was stalled after the incident. LYNN — The woman who died after being struck by an inbound MBTA commuter rail train at the Lynn...
View ArticleWoman says purse stolen by two men
By GAYLA CAWLEY LYNN — A 25-year-old woman was robbed Sunday on Parrott Street. Police responded to an unarmed robbery at 12:05 a.m. The Lynn woman told police she was walking on Parrott Street when...
View ArticleAn election year exodus
Lynn Ward 2 City Councilor William Trahant Jr. appears to have set in motion an exodus of veteran elected officials from the City Council and School Committee. His decision not to run for reelection is...
View ArticleNot your ‘Normal’ theater experience
PHOTO COURTESY OF SETH ALBAUM, UPSIDE MEDIA “Next to Normal” is at LynnArts Black Box Theatre through June 17. LYNN — Arts After Hours kicks off its seventh season with “Next to Normal,” a powerful...
View ArticleSwampscott insurance man calls it a career
ITEM PHOTO BY SPENSER HASAK Jim Hughes sits among mounds of papers and boxes at his insurance agency in Swampscott. SWAMPSCOTT — It wasn’t that long ago that Jim Hughes, in a profile in 01907 magazine,...
View ArticlePlotting their own path in Lynn
ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE The 67-foot sidewalk in the city’s Diamond District. By THOMAS GRILLO LYNN — The owners of a 12-room Victorian in the city’s Diamond District are getting a new sidewalk....
View ArticleD-Day memories storm back to Lynn veteran
ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE Nicholas Francullo, 95, talks about landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day. By BRIDGET TURCOTTE LYNN — As U.S. Army SSgt. Nicholas Francullo got ready to feast on shrimp scampi in...
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