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 ...