There’s a new sheriff in town
PHOTO BY PAULA MULLER Kevin Coppinger reacts as he enters the Porthole Restaurant following his victory in the race for Essex County Sheriff Tuesday. By THOMAS GRILLO LYNN — Kevin Coppinger has a new...
View Article9th Essex likes its representation
PHOTO BY NICOLE GOODHUE BOYD Donald Wong holds onto his granddaughter, Ava Myers, 5, before entering the room to celebrate his re-election Tuesday at Kowloon. By GAYLA CAWLEY SAUGUS — Coming off a...
View ArticleThe ballot questions are answered: no, no, yes, yes
PHOTO BY MARK LORENZ Rachel Atcheson, a supporter of Question 3, works the polls outside of the Old Town House in Marblehead on Tuesday. By LEAH DEARBORN AND THOR JOURGENSEN LYNN—Local voters helped...
View ArticleNo contest: Moulton, McGee, Cahill, Crighton, and Ehrlich
ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE A forest of campaign signs dwarfs Beth Contino, left, Jimmy Dailey, and Riley Kreamer Tuesday morning at PondView at Briarcliff Lodge in Lynn. By THOR JOURGENSEN LYNN —...
View ArticleElection Day 2016: Coppinger wins sheriff’s race
PHOTO BY PAULA MULLER Kevin Coppinger declared victory in the Essex County Sheriff’s race at the Porthole Pub Tuesday night. By THOMAS GRILLO LYNN–Kevin Coppinger has a new badge to honor: sheriff. The...
View ArticleElection Day 2016: Lynn win for Coppinger
By THOMAS GRILLO LYNN–Democratic candidate for Essex County Sheriff Kevin Coppinger easily outdistanced Republican candidate Anne Manning-Martin in his hometown. Coppinger received 23,542 votes, or 78...
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Election Day 2016: Wong declares victory
PHOTO BY NICOLE GOODHUE BOYD Donald Wong walks into the hall at Kowloon Restaurant as he celebrates his re-election Tuesday night. By GAYLA CAWLEY SAUGUS — Incumbent state Rep. Donald Wong (R-Saugus)...
View ArticleElection Day 2016: Early results in from Saugus
SAUGUS–Unofficial results from Saugus precinct 5 has Donald Trump winning 897 to 614 votes for Hillary Clinton. Voters who cast ballots at the Lynnhurst School Tuesday gave Democratic candidate for...
View ArticleElection Day 2016: Voters react at Marshall Middle School
PHOTO BY PAULA MULLER Ramon Perez leaves the Thurgood Marshall Middle School after voting early Tuesday evening. By THOMAS GRILLO LYNN–There was a steady stream of voters at the Thurgood Marshall...
View ArticleElection Day 2016: Polls busy in Swampscott
PHOTO BY PAULA MULLER Denis Pilotte and Joanne Reynolds, check in voters at the First Church polling location in Swampscott. By THOMAS GRILLO SWAMPSCOTT– The polls at First Church in Swampscott saw...
View ArticleSwampscott selectmen candidates forum April 12
The Daily Item will be hosting a Candidates Forum on Tuesday, April 12, at 7 p.m. in the Swampscott High School auditorium. The event will provide an opportunity for residents to hear from the...
View ArticleCity Council to give raise request an inspection
Michael Donovan By THOR JOURGENSEN LYNN — City Inspectional Services Director Michael Donovan said he wants to continue doing his job even if city councilors decide not to increase his $153,000 a year...
View ArticleNew Lynn City Council voices are heard
By GAYLA CAWLEY LYNN — City Council members said long-term plans are coming to fruition in the upcoming year and cited collaboration among each other as a component for their success, among them a new...
View ArticlePoles apart, but there is power in the center
A recently released survey from the Pew Research Center received extensive coverage from prominent media outlets, which were nearly uniform in casting the information in an ominous light: New York...
View ArticleFall of the House of Cantor? Hardly
From all the hand-wringing over soon-to-be-former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s astonishing defeat in a GOP primary last Tuesday in Virginia, you might think he had been a conciliatory figure...
View ArticleHillary’s book tour start of campaign?
Get ready for a new round of Clintonmania. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s memoir of her four years as secretary of state is scheduled for release on Tuesday, and the tightly orchestrated hoopla has already...
View ArticleMoney flowing into local rep race
BOSTON — Money is pouring into the hotly contested 6th Congressional District race as Republicans see a chance to peel a seat away from Democrats by ousting Rep. John Tierney, who is also facing...
View ArticleConservative activism on the Supreme Court
Sometimes being a U.S. Supreme Court justice is very hard work. After all, justices are required to divine just what the founders really meant back when they wrote the United States Constitution in an...
View ArticleSay goodbye to privacy
2014 must be the year when we finally do something to protect our privacy, now that seven months of serial scoops about government spying and snooping have gotten our attention. We are all on the case,...
View ArticleResolutions for all of us
No, sir. This is not going to be a column about New Year’s resolutions for Congress. We all know that the paper they would be written on, or the digital energy, would be wasted. This is about...
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