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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Saugus School Superintendent Michael Hasham has told the School Committee he’s developing a plan to fill the gap left by the ...

During the Board of Selectman meeting on Dec. 18, the board voted to approve a new Fire Department donation fund. Fire ...

The Swampscott Yacht Club is busily preparing to coax intrepid residents into taking part in the upcoming New Year’s Day ...

The New England Junior Roller Derby (NEJRD) showed its holiday spirit Sunday with a Winter WonderSLAM scrimmage between the ...

Most Sundays are for relaxing. For Bishop Fenwick’s girls basketball team, it was time to go to work in matinee action. The ...

The condition of the high school roof is a going concern for the Marblehead Facilities Committee. There have been numerous ...