Congregation Ahavas Sholom is inviting the community to attend a Menorah Lighting Ceremony to celebrate Hanukkah on Thursday, Dec. 26, at 3 p.m. in front of Saugus Town Hall, 298 Central St., ...

Editorial written by The Seattle Times Board. Jolayne Houtz and Hector Martinez lost their 19-year-old son in 2019. And like many parents who have had that experience, they vowed to keep his memory ...

Marianne Schnall “Why has there never been a woman president?” my 8-year-old daughter, Lotus, asked me in 2008 when Barack Obama became our first Black president. It was such a thought-provoking ...

Shadi Bartsch Remember the story about the elephant seen from different perspectives? Here’s a twist. A biologist with a telescope peered at the animal and said, I see a hairy grayness horizon to ...

Spenser Hasak Spenser Hasak is the creative director and lead staff photographer for the Daily Item. Prior to joining the photo staff in April of 2017 he was the newspaper’s editorial art director.

Changing Futures, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing cystic fibrosis (CF) research, will hold a polar plunge at noon New Year ...

The Marblehead boys hockey team moved to 4-0 after a 3-2 victory over Danvers at Endicott’s Raymond J. Bourque Arena.  The Headers took an early lead at 7:27 of the first period when Avin Rodovsky ...

The Tigers (0-3) couldn’t pick up their first win of the season against Lowell Catholic on Monday evening. Lowell Catholic earned a tough road win 54-46.  “We came out flat tonight. I’m not sure if ...

I wonder how many times this will happen before people get what’s going on. First, Trump scuttles a bipartisan bill on the ...

Editorial written by Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board. Working outdoors in Florida is dangerous, but laborers who do back-breaking work to maintain our homes, businesses and lifestyles deserve basic ...

South Korea’s Congress passed an impeachment bill for President Yoon Suk Yeol. While the constitutional court of Korea is expected to deliver a final verdict within 180 days, the odds are not in the ...

I was leaving the newsroom and walking to my car in the back of the huge gravel lot behind the building, thinking over some solid angles for my Christmas column — hoping to hammer down all the happy ...