“Grow Old with Me! the Best Is Yet to Be.”
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2020 — English poet Robert Browning “Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.” ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO From left, Nancy and Dean Brothers of Lynn, John and Velma Gambale of Swampscott, and Johnny and Barbara Walker of Lynn have all been married for 50 years or more. By Steve Krause Some couples do everything together, while go to the theaters. I think it’s important to leave ITEM STAFF some can handle it, and some might even prefer room for the other’s likes and interests.” it, if they’re allowed to go off on their own, or go On the other hand, there are couples like There are all kinds of things married couples out with friends. Johnny and Barbara Walker, who decided, from do to keep the sparks alive in a relationship, but “I want him to have his sports,” said Nancy Day One in their marriage, to display a fierce the most important element, according to those Brothers about her husband, Dean. The Broth- independence streak. who should know, is simple. You do what works. ers will be celebrating their 60th wedding anni- “We were married by a justice of the peace,” That was the collective conclusion reached versary in June, and one of the keys, she said, is said Barbara, 77, who has been married to her by three couples in the Lynn area who have they give each other space to pursue their own husband for 55 years. “There was so much going all been married more than 50 years, and who interests. on that we just decided ‘to heck with it.’ agreed to offer insights into their relationships “He loved to go out and play golf, and have his Friday on Valentine’s Day. sports,” she said. “And I like to go shopping, and VALENTINES, A5 Swampscott residents make noise about noise By David McLellan ITEM STAFF SWAMPSCOTT — At the end of Ar- cher Street, the concrete ends, houses give way to trees, and a golden retriev- er looks out a nearby window, watching a squirrel with eagerness. It’s quiet. A proposal to develop the wooded land between Archer Street, Eureka Avenue and Foster Road into senior housing ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK has been in the works for several years. Lynn re ghters salute during a wreath-laying ceremony on Munroe Street in Lynn Thursday. DiGiorgio and Messina Construction and P & K Funding Trust, the legal ti- By Gayla Cawley tle holder, plan to build a 55-and-older ITEM STAFF residential area with up to 15 condo- Lynn re ghters salute miniums and two-story, single-family LYNN — It’s been 125 years since residences. a deadly re and building collapse on On March 9, the Planning Board is 19th century comrades Munroe Street killed four re ght- expected to reconvene to deliberate ers, but their sacri ce has not been and vote on the subdivision plan, after forgotten. the topic was continued at last week’s The Lynn Fire Department marked meeting, according to Marzie Galazka, the anniversary of the Feb. 13, 1895, director of community and economic Hutchinson Hardware Store Fire development. Thursday, with a ceremony honoring With the public comment period hav- the four re ghters killed in the line ing ended, residents are concerned the of duty: Capt. Henry L. Skinner and development will go forward and ruin Fire ghters Thomas E. Murray, John the neighborhood’s quiet atmosphere. F. Donlan and Abraham C. Moody Jr. “To put that many units up there is Feb. 13 was established as Lynn terrible. It’s just not right for the area,” Fire ghters Day in 1997 to mark the said Laurie Pape, who has lived at 31 Eureka Ave. since 2005. FIREFIGHTERS, A3 “This area, it’s a dead end and it’s qui- et. That’s why half of us live here,” she said. “It’s going to be inundated with traf c.” Lynn committee Saugus shows Pape and her husband, Kevin, said they hope the Planning Board accepts its love for the proposal to modify the development states its interest plan and put the entrance to the hous- ing facility off Foster Road, rather than in new school Board of Health elsewhere. Kevin Pape said he is also concerned By Gayla Cawley By Elyse Carmosino about safety in the neighborhood, and ITEM STAFF ITEM STAFF doesn’t think there would be enough LYNN — The Lynn School Committee vot- SAUGUS — The Saugus Alliance for Health room for re trucks on Eureka Ave- nue or Archer Street in the event of an ed Thursday night to submit a statement of and Environment hosted a “Valentine Volun- interest to the state for replacement of the teer Information Night” Thursday to show emergency. ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO “It makes the most sense to go the 103-year-old Pickering Middle School. the Saugus Board of Health some “love” while St. Mary’s Pej’ae Par- other way,” he said. This is the city’s third attempt to replace encouraging the committee to take a stand Scott Grieves, a carpenter and re- Pickering with a new school. The rst was ent takes the ball down against incinerator plant Wheelabrator. ghter living at 24 Eureka Ave., agreed voted down in a 2017 special election, and the the court against Bish- The event came in the wake of a recent with his neighbors. second was a rejected statement of interest op Fenwick Thursday Board of Selectmen vote that reaf rmed an “The area here is not big enough. It’s in 2018. night in Lynn. For sto- existing policy on air emissions and solid a safety issue, a major safety issue,” The committee also voted to submit state- ry, see Sports, Page B1. waste. Grieves said. “I’m a reman and I can tell ments for “accelerated repair” projects at “We want to show the Saugus Board of you right now, there is not enough room.” three other schools: replacement of the main Opinion Health some ‘love’ — that we support them in Jourgensen: A life SWAMPSCOTT, A3 LYNN, A3 well lived. A4 SAUGUS, A3 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 THIS WEEK IN PHOTOS ..............A7 COMICS ....................................B4 HIGH 29° VOL. 142, ISSUE 55 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 LOW 10° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2020 OBITUARIES Edward C. Robinson, 83 Renee E. Mithen, 39 PEABODY — Edward C. “Rob- READING — formerly of Flor- bie” Robinson, 83, of Peabody, ida - Mrs. Renee E. (Beaudet) formerly of Manchester-by- Mithen, age 39, died sud- the-Sea, passed peacefully, denly from cardiac arrest at February 11th at Massachu- Lawrence General Hospital setts General Hospital in Bos- on Monday, February 10th. ton, following a brief illness. She was the loving wife of He was the devoted husband Daniel Mithen with whom she of Eileen J. (Wilczynski) Robin- shared 5 years of marriage. son with whom he shared over Born in Salem and a long- 50 years of marriage. time resident of Saugus, PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Renee was the daughter of Born in Beverly, he was the Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Eliza- Kathleen (Burns) Ravagno son of the late Clayton and beth Warren, D-Mass., believes that the race is and her husband James of Stella (Tomaszewski) Rob- still wide open. Saugus and Mark Beaudet inson. He was raised and and his wife Maureen of Ip- educated in Manchester-by- swich. She was a member the-Sea and was a graduate of the Saugus High Class of Warren raised $6M of Story High School, class of Robinson and his wife Chris- 1998 and a graduate of Re- in Renee’s memory can be 1954. tine of Lynn, his daughter, gis College of Nursing. She made to the American Heart since Iowa, has not Following his graduation worked at Fresenius Kid- Association at www.heart. from high school, he enlisted Kimberly Scimemi of Peabody, his beloved granddaughter ney Care Dialysis Center in org. discussed dropping out with the United States Army, Methuen as an RN. Service Information: Rela- served during the Korean Chantal Scimemi, grandson, Joseph Scimemi Jr., his girl- In addition to her husband tives and friends are invited By Will Weissert stay in this race.” War and was honorably dis- and parents, Renee is sur- friend Samantha Quigley of to attend visiting hours in and Alan Fram That pales in compar- charged in 1957. vived by her son, Cian Walter Danvers, and, his great grand- the Bisbee-Porcella Funer- ASSOCIATED PRESS ison to Sanders, who re- Upon his discharge from the Mithen of Reading; one sis- children, Nevaeh and Alan al Home, 549 Lincoln Ave., ported raising more than military, Robbie attended the ter, Meridith Doyle and her SAUGUS on Sunday from 2 WASHINGTON — Dem- $25 million in January University of Massachusetts Joseph. He is also survived husband Lenny of Saugus; ocratic presidential can- by many nieces and nephews. – 6 p.m. For directions and alone, but is still respect- Amherst and received his de- one brother, Craig Beaudet condolences www.Bisbee- didate Elizabeth Warren able. Klobuchar said she He was predeceased by his says she’s raised about $6 gree in Mathematics in 1962. and his wife Caitlin of Sau- Porcella.com. raised more than $6 mil- million from online donors He then embarked on a 30- brother, William Robinson. gus; her mother-in-law, Kath- lion in the days after last since last week's rst-in- year career as a Mathemati- Service Information: Vis- erine Ericsson of FL.