Every child and parent should be able to experience the feelings of excitement and wonder that fills everyone’s heart during the countdown to Christmas morning. A mother who wrote to Item Santa this ...

The Greater Salem Ballet Company is gearing up for its 12th annual performance of “The Nutcracker” at the Lynn Auditorium, featuring dancers from across the North Shore. Lynn Classical High School ...

We’re not a year into the Trump administration and much of the good we have come to know is disappearing. Last week Donald Trump revealed his new “National Security Strategy.” It is unquestionably ...

An entrenched senator distrusted by both parties. A governor born just 18 months after 79-year-old Donald Trump. An oyster farmer who for years walked around with a Nazi symbol tattoo. Anti-gay ...

I am responding to the Dec. 6 edition of The Daily Item, “Where have all the good men gone?” I am much older than the writer, but I have a few observations. The writer wants services (change my tire) ...

Abigail Rosenthal One of the most beloved holiday specials ever made doesn’t start with costumed pageants, joyful carols or snowmen come to life but with a self-aware declaration of seasonal ...

Hard-nosed. Hard-working. Hard to replace. Former Saugus High football coach, physical education teacher, and Athletic Director Mike Ginolfi died Dec. 11 in his Rockport home surrounded by family. He ...

While the Lynnfield boys basketball team dropped its season opener against host Newburyport, 81-77, coach John Bakopolus said it was an “incredibly hard-fought game with a ton of guys stepping into ...

Ahmed Bouzid The prevailing narrative about the conspicuous absence of Gen Z from the No Kings protests is a classic case of facile pop psychology masquerading as political insight. According to this ...

President and CEO of Community Credit Union, Nick Sarantopoulos, and Attorney Thomas C. Demakis are urging members to vote in favor of the merger between Community Credit Union and Rockland Federal ...

Diane Goldstein Over the past few months, a troubling pattern has emerged across America’s major cities. As President Donald Trump’s administration dispatches federal agents and National Guard troops ...

Town Administrator Alison Nieto said the winter parking ban will begin on Dec. 21 and end on March 20, 2026, which will eliminate street parking on a case-by-case basis from the hours of midnight to 6 ...