Illegal Jumping 'Out of Control' in Nahant
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DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2020 DEALS OF THE By Gayla Cawley operation that involves the recov- U.S. Coast Guard. $ $ ITEM STAFF ery of a 92-foot work barge, known Dredge 200 was oneDA of veY barges THE COAST as the Dredge 200, which sank being towed by a tugboat,PG. Big 3 Jake, LYNN — Some people walking about two miles southeast of Nah- at the time of the incident. Of the or driving along Lynn Shore Drive ant two years ago. four barges that broke free and this week may have been confused The vessel was carrying con- went adrift, Dredge 200 was the IS CLEAR by the sight of a giant crane oat- struction equipment that held a only one that was not located be- ing in the ocean. maximum of 500 gallons of diesel fore it sank. ThereDEALS were no injuries (Well, except for It turns out the U.S. Coast Guard fuel and 400 gallons of hydraulic and no one was onboard the barge, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers oil when it capsized and sank in OF THE that giant crane) have been coordinating a salvage December 2018, according to the $CRANE,DAY$ A3 PG. 3 DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO The view of a crane recovering a barge can be seen from Lynn Shore Drive. DEALS Saugus approves combination TopsOF THE eld $DAY$ plan for return to school FairPG. is3 By Elyse Carmosino “Nothing at this moment in time makes by the Department of Elementary and Sec- ITEM STAFF me believe that coming back full-tilt is do- ondary Education (DESE) in June. canceled able by my standpoint,” DeRuosi said. “The Under Saugus’ hybrid model, students SAUGUS — Saugus schools will follow a hybrid model works for us. I think it would would be divided by surname into two co- hybrid model of both in-person and remote By Steve Krause learning when students head back to class ease some parents’ minds, it would de - horts (Cohort A and Cohort B) to attend and David McLellan this fall. nitely be more palatable to teachers, and I in-person classes for part of the school ITEM STAFF don’t think much is going to change (until week, while learning remotely for the re- The School Board unanimously voted TOPSFIELD — For only the then).” in favor of the combination plan — which mainder of the week. third time in its two-century his- was created using feedback from staff and An 18-page document detailing the plan Mondays would be devoted entirely to tory, the Tops eld Fair will be can- families — after it was unveiled by Su- includes three instructional models — remote learning for both cohorts, during celed this year. perintendent David DeRuosi at Tuesday’s in-person, hybrid, and remote learning SAUGUS, A2 The Essex Agricultural Society, School Committee meeting. — that follow guidelines initially laid out the organization that runs the fair, announced Wednesday that for the safety of fair-goers, staff, vol- unteers, vendors, exhibitors, and sponsors, it has made the dif cult decision to cancel this year’s event. James O’Brien, the fair’s general manager, said the organization had a conference call with the state’s Department of Public Health on Friday, and, ultimately, it was de- cided proper safety guidelines would be impossible to implement, especially in only two months. “We’d have to start setting up now,” O’Brien said. “We just couldn’t nd a way we could op- erate.” O’Brien said the Essex Agricul- tural Society has been monitoring local, state, and federal guidelines and recommendations on the COVID-19 pandemic for months. “We understand the impact of this decision for small businesses, family farms, competitors, and ex- hibitors and the disappointment of hundreds of thousands of peo- ple who look forward to the Tops- eld Fair each year,” O’Brien said. “However, the safety and health of our community has to be our top priority and due to the current Illegal jumping ‘out restrictions, hosting the Tops eld Fair this year is impossible.” As America’s oldest fair, found- ed in 1818, the Tops eld Fair of control’ in Nahant has only been canceled two other times. In 1918, all agricultural Nahant Police By Elyse Carmosino droves. fairs in the state were canceled removed 60 ITEM STAFF “It’s a battle we deal with every summer,” due to a worldwide in uenza youths over the said Police Chief Robert Dwyer. “It’s a work- pandemic, known as the Spanish NAHANT — More than 60 thrill-seekers weekend from ille- ing wharf. We have shermen coming in and Flu, and again from 1943-1945 for were removed from Nahant Wharf for illegal gally jumping off World War II. jumping earlier this week, Nahant Police re- out of it constantly with their boats, and ob- of docks on Wharf When the fair returned in 1946, ported. viously our concern is people getting injured. Street. it opened to record-breaking at- In particular, media logs from Sunday and We’re trying to prevent an injury.” tendance. O’Brien said the Essex Although a common issue for the small ITEM PHOTO | Monday show of cers were dispatched to the Agricultural Society has already oceanside town, the problem has become espe- OLIVIA FALCIGNO docks six times in the span of 24 hours to re- started planning the 2021 Tops- move jumpers — described as mainly young cially pervasive in recent weeks, with of cers eld Fair, with hopes that a sim- people in their teens and twenties — who ilar rebound can happen. continue to congregate at the popular spot in NAHANT, A3 FAIR, A3 Lynn OUR OPINION The highs (and now, the Former Lynnway ea market property lows) of higher education up for sale. A2 COVID-19 A tragedy averted By Alex Ross Some schools, such as Harvard New virus cases reported; If you don’t think police of - other law enforcement workers. FOR THE ITEM University, have opted to go ful- no new deaths. A3 ly remote for the fall in the wake cers wear many different hats It’s hard to imagine a more LYNNFIELD — With few- of the coronavirus, allowing only Lynn eld — sometimes at the same time harrowing experience than the er than ve weeks to go before 40 percent of undergraduates Recreation department — then you missed the story one police encountered last most colleges and universities (their rst-year students) to live summers on. A3 about the Lynn standoff that Wednesday evening when they are set to begin fall semester, on campus. Other schools, in- spanned two days last week. converged on Forest Hill Av- ve Lynn eld High alumni rep- Opinion The incident ended without cluding Virginia Commonwealth Charles: Inconvenience enue, a steep street off North resent a nation of undergradu- University in Richmond, Va., are is not oppression. A4 injury thanks to police of cers Franklin Street, after receiving ate students struggling to con- working with mental health tinue with higher education. EDUCATION, A2 professionals, re ghters and OPINION, A2 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 90° VOL. 141, ISSUE 194 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-2 CLASSIFIED ...............................B6 LOW 69° POLICE/FIRE .............................A5 COMICS ....................................B4 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2020 OBITUARIES Former Lynnway ea market Pauline M. Chernoff, 68 1952-2020 LYNN — Pauline M. “Polly” property is up for sale (Dineen) Chernoff, age 68 and lifelong resident of Lynn, By Gayla Cawley Lynnway,” said NKF man- died on Tuesday, July 28, ITEM STAFF aging director Thomas 2020, surrounded by her lov- Greeley. “We expect tre- ing family, following a lengthy LYNN — Plans to build mendous interest in the illness. 550 market rate apart- fully entitled site, which Born in 1952, she was the ments at the former Lyn- allows developers to take daughter of the late Albert W. nway ea market property a phased approach to the and Patricia D. (Donoghue) are moving forward. delivery of more than 500 Dineen, who predeceased her Patrick McGrath, the waterfront units.” on June 25. She was raised owner of the former Lyn- On the other side of the and educated in Lynn, at- nway Mart Indoor Mall & Lynnway, work continues tended St. Patrick’s Grammar Flea Market, has put the on the redevelopment of School, graduated from St. 800-810 Lynnway site on the North Harbor site, Mary’s High School in 1969 the market. The ea mar- which will result in two and attended Marion Court ket of cially closed in June The permitted site is envisioned to accommo- buildings with 331 mar- College. Pauline worked as and vendors have until ear- date four buildings that would offer a total of ket-rate apartments and an assistant town clerk for the ly September to move out. 550 market-rate apartments and about 10,000 commercial space. Sub- Town of Dracut for 10 years her brother Charles V. Dineen, McGrath, of South Har- square feet of retail space. stantial completion on and later as a manager in her sister Patricia C. Vaughan, bor Associates LLC, plans the HR Department at Sears her nephew Albert W. Dineen to sell the 8.46-acre proper- vacant. It’s a perfect site. is expected to be complet- that development is ex- in Peabody for more than 20 and her former husband Wil- ty, located directly off of the It’s 8½ acres and it’s all ed in 2023, he said. pected by next April. years, until her retirement. She liam Chernoff. General Edwards Bridge approved, ready to go.” “I have owned the prop- “The North Harbor is enjoyed bowling, quilting and Service information: A and along Lynn Harbor, to a The permitted site is en- erty for 13 years and have currently in the midst of a playing cribbage.