MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2018 Good and bad news for Child struck and killed Peabody homeowners crossing street in Revere By Thomas Grillo to an analysis by Michael homeowners will see an in- By Gayla Cawley child, 27-year-old woman off the roadway for un- ITEM STAFF Gingras, the city’s finance crease of $150 or less. The ITEM STAFF and another woman. The known reasons onto the director. proposal increases the av- 5-year-old was declared grass median strip and PEABODY — Property Mayor Edward Betten- erage homeowner tax bill REVERE — A 5-year- dead at the scene and two struck the pedestrians taxes will rise in the city court Jr. proposed, and to $4,336 or 4.7 percent. old girl has been killed, other victims from the who were all walking to- next year, but multi-fami- the City Council approved The average commercial a 2-month-old infant has crash, the female infant gether, State Police said. ly homeowners will be hit a residential property tax property tax bill will in- life-threatening injuries, and one of the women, The driver, a 42-year-old especially hard. rate of $11.01 per $1,000 crease $858, or 2.5 per- three other pedestrians were taken to Massachu- Boston woman, has been Rising home values in of assessed value and a cent. were injured, and a wom- setts General Hospital, arrested after the fatal the city have fueled an commercial rate of $23.69 The value of single fam- an has been arrested af- according to State Police. crash, but her name and average tax hike of nearly per $1,000. The new rates ily homes in Peabody rose ter a crash on Route 145 State and Revere Police charges have not been $200 next year. But own- are lower than last year, by nearly 9 percent this at North Shore Road on responded to the scene released. A State Police ers of two- and three-fam- but the explosive rise in year, with an average of Sunday evening. shortly after 5 p.m., and drug recognition expert ily homes will see tax in- property values means a $393,000. Three of the pedestrians learned that the crash oc- performed an assessment creases from $250 to as tax increase for all. have non-life-threaten- curred after a 2015 Chev- much as $5,000, according About half of the city’s TAXES, A3 ing injuries, a 2-year-old rolet Equinox SUV veered CRASH, A6 City wants a mulligan on golf bid By Gayla Cawley which expires on Dec. ITEM STAFF 31. Michael Bertino, the LYNN — The Gannon city’s chief financial of- Municipal Golf Course ficer, has recommended could be left without that the Lynn Park Com- a management team mission, which meets and forced to close if on Tuesday night, re- the city can’t negotiate ject the $340,000 bid an agreement with the submitted by GFMI to incumbent team before manage the course, as the end of the month. it was nearly $100,000 The City of Lynn is less than the city re- TWO FOR THE SHOW seeking to lease the ceived last year from property to a firm the lease, according to Lynn and Saugus guys drive home the point with antiques that would provide James Lamanna, the professional manage- city’s attorney. ment and maintenance By Steve Krause est in them) probably kept ation as 25 years or older) Guy Moley of Lynn, The Office of the In- for the 190-acre golf spector General has ITEM STAFF me out of a lot of trouble, — in the large garage at his left, and Russell Tripp course, along with op- unless I was racing them. home on Adams Court. The of Saugus talk about ruled that the compa- SAUGUS — Russell Tripp erating and managing Then, it probably got me oldest is a 1928 Chevrolet. cars as they lean ny’s alternate high- bluntly describes his obses- the banquet/restaurant er bid of $470,000, into trouble.” And by far the most strik- against Tripp’s ‘55 facilities, bar conces- sion with antique cars — an ing is the cherry-red 1955 which was based on a These days, Tripp likes Buick Century. sion, function hall, pro interest he’s had since the Chevy Nomad that he ba- potential increase in nothing better than to im- shop and snack shop. earliest days of his childhood. sically took apart and put membership rates, is merse himself inside the ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Golf Facilities Man- “It’s a sickness,” he said, back together again — re- “considered a non-re- body of a classic car and put agement Inc. (GFMI), “just like any other kind of pairs that included a plush sponsive bid that can- it back together again. He co-owned by Chris Car- sickness. Some people like interior whose seat covers not be lawfully con- has no fewer than 12 cars — airplanes and some people he made himself. ter and Steve Murphy, sidered by the Park all of them that would eas- like boats. I like cars … and “This can be a very expen- has been overseeing Commission,” accord- airplanes, and boats. ily be classified as antique sive hobby if you don’t the property since be- ing to Lamanna. “I’ve loved cars ever since (defined by the American ing awarded a five-year I was a little kid. (My inter- Antique Automobile Associ- CARS, A3 contract in Dec. 2013, GOLF, A3 ’tis the season for Mom is ‘struggling.’ Scrooge Help Santa help her. By Steve Krause ITEM STAFF By Bill Brotherton would be great, so I can give BEVERLY — It’s safe to say that ITEM STAFF my daughter something, most people past a certain age which I can’t do at the mo- know, or at least know of, Ebenezer The Christmas season ment.” should be a time of celebra- Scrooge’s redemption. A second mother writes, They’ve seen “A Christmas Carol” tion, of happiness, for fam- “I am a single mom. I have by Charles Dickens, either in one of ilies and adults. Especially raised my two kids on my at least five film versions, or from children. Some, due to cir- own since their father the “Mr. Magoo” cartoon, or in one cumstances beyond their passed away four years ago. of hundreds of theatrical produc- control, have seen their I work to be able to provide tions. They know how the tyranni- lives turned upside down what I can for my kids … cal miser Scrooge, who scorns his and face a bleak holiday. but there’s not enough mon- One mother is worried her ey to buy even small things nephew, verbally abuses his clerk, little girl will miss out on this Christmas season. I and is oblivious to the struggles the Christmas this year. “I am hope you are able to help. timid Bob Cratchit faces, is visited struggling,” she writes. “I My family and I would be by the ghost of his late, equally care for my daughter and really grateful. Thank you.” stingy partner Jacob Marley. The take care of my mother and That’s where Item Santa frightening apparition leads to a younger sister.” Her older comes to the rescue. Now in visit from three more spectres rep- brother passed away in Oc- its 52nd year, the fund helps resenting the past, present and tober, and the financial bur- to make Christmas brighter future of Scrooge’s life. They both den has fallen on her shoul- draw out possible reasons for his ders. “Help from Item Santa ITEM SANTA, A3 penuriousness, and frighten him of what will happen to him in years to come if he doesn’t change his evil ways. Once again this season Bill Han- INSIDE ney’s North Shore Music Theatre presents its unique version of Lynn The youngest victims the tale, with both David Coffee Burned body found of the opioid crisis (Scrooge) and Cheryl McMahon deserve better. A4 in park was a (Mrs. Dilber the housekeeper) cel- • 29-year-old man. A3 ebrating their silver anniversaries Sports with the production. Opinion Peabody girls hockey It would be hard to imagine Cof- David Coffee (Ebenezer Scrooge) and Freddie Kimmel fee in anything else, at this point Tools to meet opens with win over (Jacob Marley) in A Christmas Carol at North Shore Music a challenge. A4 Marblehead. B1 Theatre, Friday. CAROL, A5 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 35° VOL. 141, ISSUE 2 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 20° COMMUNITY CALENDAR ............A5 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 HEALTH .....................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2018 OBITUARIES Georgia Markos, 94 Tefta E. Stevens, 98 Virginia May Girard, 90 1924-2018 JUPITER, Fla. — Mrs. to thousands of Lynn 1928-2018 Tefta E. “Tef e” (Toto- girls and boys who at- TOPSFIELD — Geor- Georgia was the ni) Stevens, age 98, tended the Little Red LYNN — Virginia ple life. Holidays, Red gia (Fi is) Markos, matriarch of the of Jupiter, Fla, for- Schoolhouse over the May (Sanford) “Gin- Sox, Patriots, family, age 94, passed away Markos family. She merly of Lynn, died 25 years she and her ny” Girard, 90, born friends and traveling peacefully surround- was predeceased by at 3:39 p.m. on Dec. husband “Jack”, who Feb. 11, 1928, pre- were her favorite past ed by her loved ones her loving son, Elias 6, 2018. Born and was the school bus viously residing in times. on Friday, Dec.7, in A.