TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2016 Is there a Mass Cash millionaire in our midst? By Bridget Turcotte The prize has not been claimed but if cally the same person who has purchased But regulars and employees at Cal’s ITEM STAFF a single person purchased all 15 tick- all of them,” Teja said. “But until they News are hopeful that the winner is one ets, they will take home $1.5 million, come forward to claim the prize, we won’t of the store’s regulars. LYNN — A record-breaking lottery or $1.05 million after state and federal know with certainty. Right now, we can’t “All I can tell you is that it’s one person win may have come from Cal’s News taxes are deducted, said Christian Teja, say whether it’s one person or not.” who won,” said Barry Nardone, a Cal’s Store. a Mass. Lottery spokesman. The win The probability of choosing all ve News employee. In Sunday night’s Mass Cash game would break a record for the game that numbers is one in 324,632. The odds of The man who he believes is the winner drawing, the numbers 2, 5, 11, 18 and was set in 1993 when Robert Shilows- getting four out of ve is one in 2,164, but often purchases 15 tickets at a time, he 21 were pulled. Fifteen tickets with the ki of Sharon, Mass. bought 12 winning the award drops to $250. said. same ve-number combination were pur- tickets. The money will be awarded in 15 Bridget Turcotte can be reached at btur- chased from the Central Avenue shop “In most cases when numerous tickets checks, each for $70,000. The winner has [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter and won the game’s $100,000 top prize. like this are sold at one location, it’s typi- one year to claim the prize, Teja said. @BridgetTurcotte. Saugus Swampscott gets ready in middle for Santa of two By Bridget Turcotte ITEM STAFF proposals SAUGUS — Santa Claus will be the special guest at this By Gayla Cawley year’s annual Tree Decorating ITEM STAFF event at Breakheart Reserva- SWAMPSCOTT — The reuse of the tion. Families will trim the tree shuttered former Swampscott Middle at the park from noon to 2 p.m. School on Greenwood Avenue has gar- on Sunday. nered two disparate visions from two Participants can bring Christ- developers who submitted proposals. mas ornaments or other dec- Groom Construction, the Sa- orative items to add to the lem-based company that originally 9-foot tree inside the Christo- won approval for condominiums on the pher P. Dunne Visitor Center, site ve years ago, was one respondent said Peter Rossetti, chairman to the Request for Proposals (RFP) re- of the Friends of Breakheart. leased by town of cials in September, The group, which is hosting according to Naomi Dreeben, chair- the event, has strung lights in woman of the Board of Selectmen. preparation. The second proposal comes from “If parents want to bring their Charing Cross Realty Trust, based in children, the kids can either bring Peabody. Trustee Phil Singleton said an ornament or create one there,” the bid is for 11 single-family homes. He Rossetti said. said the proposal is similar to what the “We will have some craft proj- trust did with Atlantic Crossing, which ects for the kids to do. If they want has consisted of building 14 single-fam- to create an ornament, they can. ily homes on Humphrey Street at the They’ll also be able to make jingle former Temple Israel site. Construction bell bracelets.” has been completed on all but three of The event is free but the Friends those homes on the former temple site. welcome donations to support Town Meeting members had initial- similar events. Canned goods also ly approved a zoning change allowing will be collected and given to the a multi-family unit on the parcel, be- Saugus United Parish Food Pan- fore neighbors led suit in 2014. Mas- try, which serves more than 250 sachusetts Land Court reversed the local families. decision, reverting zoning back to sin- The spring and summer months gle-family housing. are the most popular for the 652- As a result, the town has been in acre state park, but activities the midst of pending litigation with continue throughout the colder PHOTO | PAULA MULLER Groom Construction, and of cials have months that attract a different said their hope was that the company crowd. Robert Nazzaro, under the supervision of an eastern coyote, decorates the Christmas tree at the visitors center at Breakheart Reservation in Saugus, would submit another bid as a means of potentially settling the lawsuit. The BREAKHEART, A7 inpreparing for Sunday’s Christmas party. litigation needs to be resolved before the town is able to proceed with the sale of the property. Mom works full time to make Christmas merry The litigation was disclosed in the RFP. Potential developers had By Gayla Cawley wrote a letter to the Item San- them up after school. to adhere to an affordable housing ITEM STAFF ta fund, asking for help with “I am trying to catch up with component with their design for the Christmas for her two sons, age bills and am nding it hard,” For many of us, Christmas SWAMPSCOTT, A3 4 and 7. She was laid off from brings to mind a hearty meal she wrote. “My sons deserve with family, a pile of gifts under work in September 2015, and it the world. I would appreciate a decorated tree, and a time of took her seven months to nd any help that you could give laughter and relaxation. employment. She was able to me for my boys.” INSIDE But for some, more help than land a part-time job, working You can provide the help she an extra pair of hands in the 20 hours a week. She juggles and the many others who wrote LOOK! In Sports kitchen is needed to make the that with bringing her 4-year- in for assistance, are asking for. Here’s a story A new regime day joyful. old to pre-K and 7-year-old to of a lovely for English girls For instance, one mother rst grade, and later picking ITEM SANTA, A7 lady. A8 basketball. B1 Market Basket BY BILL BROTHERTON rise could lower Ruby a gem food prices in fashion By Thomas Grillo ITEM STAFF design LYNN — When Market Basket opens next summer at Western Avenue and Federal Street, it will do more BOSTON — Meet Ruby Marti- than transform the vacant General Electric Factory of nez. She’s 26, lives with her mom the Future site. and sister in Lynn near Gold sh The grand opening will be the rst salvo in a ght for Pond and is obsessed with PBS your food dollar and your pocketbook could be a lot full- news programs. er when the dust settles. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts “There’s going to be a price war, no doubt about it,” degree from Montserrat College of said Michael Berger, senior editor at the Grif n Re- Art and admires Italian Renais- port of Food Marketing, a Duxbury-based trade pub- sance women, especially those cap- lication. tured by painter Lavinia Fontana. “This is not the rst time it’s happened when Market Her bookshelf at home contains Basket opens in a community with competitors,” Berger “Watchmen” comics, classic works said. “Market Basket is not afraid of anyone. They will by Shakespeare and Sir Arthur go up against all the major supermarkets.” Conan Doyle and “The Practice Market Basket will join Shaw’s, Stop & Shop and and Science of Drawing” by Har- PHOTO | ALENA KUZUB PriceRite in the city providing more competition and old Speed. She painted the boxing driving down the cost of food, he added. Ruby Martinez, of Lynn, takes classes at the School of Fashion FASHION, A7 Design in Boston while working full time. MARKET BASKET, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 52° VOL. 138, ISSUE 304 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 48° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS ....................................B4 BUSINESS ................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2016 OBITUARIES Federal nuclear John A. Blood, 95 Kenneth B. Whincup, 84 1921-2016 1932-2016 regulators return to QUINCY, Mass. — John A. worked at General Electric in PEABODY — Ken- retired. He was a long inspect Pilgrim plant Blood, formerly of Weymouth Lynn, until his retirement. Mr. neth B. Whincup, 84, time member of the and Saugus, passed away Blood was also a member of passed away on No- South Congregation- PLYMOUTH, Mass. scheduled for late winter Nov. 20, 2016, age 95. the Saugus Lions Club where vember 20, 2016 af- al Church in Peabody (AP) — Federal regula- or early spring. He is survived by his daugh- he was awarded a lifetime ter a brief illness. Son and for several years ter Joan E. Blood Cooper, of membership. Mr. Blood was of the late Frederick was a youth group tors have returned to the Louisiana-based Enter- Ellsworth, Maine, his grand- an avid gardener, camper and and Janet Whincup, advisor. state’s only nuclear power gy Corp., which operates daughter, Lori A. Kennedy and golfer. he was born in Bos- He is survived by plant for three weeks of Pilgrim, has already an- her husband Joseph of Orland In lieu of flowers donations ton and grew up in his children, Kenny, inspections. nounced it will close the Maine, and two great-grand- can be made to Compassion- Lynn.