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The mission of The Item is “to inform, educate, provoke thought, and prompt a smile in reflecting the communities we cover.” In an attempt to address the “provoke thought” portion of our mission...
View ArticlePeabody man found with hatchet in backpack
By GAYLA CAWLEY LYNN — A Peabody man was arrested early Sunday morning after police saw him standing on the corner of Boston Street wearing a black backpack and holding a flashlight shortly after they...
View ArticleChase Street stabbing victim identified
LYNN — The Boston man fatally stabbed around midnight Thursday in the area of 14 Chase St. has been identified as 20-year-old Jason Arias-Amador, according to the Essex County District Attorney’s...
View ArticlePolice: Lynn man shot; not telling ‘whole story’
By GAYLA CAWLEY LYNN — A 22-year-old man from Lynn told police he was shot while stopped at the intersection of Glenwood Street and Eastern Avenue Friday night. Police, responding to a report of a...
View ArticleWomen share stories of health care success
COURTESY PHOTO Pictured is Lori Abrams Berry. By LEAH DEARBORN The Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce kicked off their annual networking series Monday night with a seminar about women in health care....
View ArticleI think I can make a difference, McGee says
PHOTO BY MARK LORENZ Election coordinator Mary Jules greets state Sen. Thomas McGee and his wife, Maria, prior to McGee pulling his nomination papers. By THOMAS GRILLO and THOR JOURGENSEN LYNN — The...
View ArticleWeighing in on possible Kennedy v. McGee race
PHOTO BY MARK LORENZ Basil Manias speaks about the mayoral race; “McGee will win,” he predict. By THOMAS GRILLO LYNN — For now, most of the city’s elected officials are not ready to take sides on what...
View ArticleDriver of car linked to fatal shooting arraigned
ITEM PHOTO BY DAVID WILSON A crowd begins to form behind the police tape at the intersection of Bowler and Pond streets. LYNN — A man arrested by Massachusetts State Police while driving a car sought...
View Article20-year-old charged with Lynn stabbing death
By BRIDGET TURCOTTE LYNN — Tomas Barillas, 20, of Lynn, will be arraigned Wednesday at Union Hospital on murder charges in connection with the stabbing death of a 20-year-old Boston man, according to...
View ArticleOff and running in Lynn
PHOTO BY MARK LORENZ State Sen. Thomas McGee, with his wife, signs his nomination papers as election coordinator Mary Jules watches. State Sen. Thomas M. McGee’s decision to take out nomination papers...
View ArticlePhyllis A. Dunion, 89
LYNN — Phyllis Ann Dunion (Randazzo), 89, passed peacefully on March 27, after a brief stay at the Kaplan Family Hospice House. Phyllis was the youngest of 11 children born to Angelina (Fulco) and...
View ArticleMayor: All departments should be level funded
By THOMAS GRILLO LYNN — Chief financial officer Peter Caron appeared before the City Council’s Budget Committee Tuesday night to explain how the city found itself $8 million in the hole. “The fiscal...
View ArticleJulia Hoey, 94
LYNN — Mrs. Julia (Wing Jung) Hoey, 94, died Sunday, March 19, surrounded by her loving family at her home in Lynn. Born in Chatham, N.J., and raised in New York, Julia was the daughter of Kwok and Yuk...
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Shooting victim ‘quiet, yet always had a smile’
ITEM PHOTO BY DAVID WILSON An officer returns to the scene of a fatal shooting on Bowler Street. By GAYLA CAWLEY LYNN — A quiet residential neighborhood became a crime scene after Sina Zangiband, a...
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The Irish know about ‘receiving end of bigotry’
By EDWARD T. CALNAN Edward T. Calnan When I consider the notion of bigotry I am reminded of what my parents, who were immigrants from Ireland, experienced and what we, their children, experienced as...
View ArticleN.H man charged with Lynn shooting death
SCREENSHOT PROVIDED BY WBZ-TV Murder suspect Brian Brito is taken to Peabody District Court. LYNN — A Manchester, NH man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a pizza delivery man on...
View ArticlePolice log: 3-30-2017
All address information, particularly arrests, reflect police records. In the event of a perceived inaccuracy, it is the sole responsibility of the concerned party to contact the relevant police...
View ArticleNicholson seeks second school committee term
ITEM FILE PHOTO Jared Nicholson is pictured in a file photo. By BRIDGET TURCOTTE LYNN — Jared Nicholson has announced his run for a second term on the Lynn School Committee. “I ran for school Committee...
View ArticleSMART girls bring STEM to the forefront
ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE Akya Hill works on a squid during a workshop with Allison Matzelle of the Northeastern University Marine Science Center. By GAYLA CAWLEY LYNN — Girls Inc. of Lynn hosted its...
View ArticlePlanning board OKs land transfer for YMCA
By LEAH DEARBORN LYNN — The Planning Board voted on Tuesday to transfer a parcel of land for use by the YMCA. The 35,000-square-foot property is a public way at Wheeler Street and Neptune Boulevard....
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