SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2018 Salem State and NSCC forge an affordable path By Bella diGrazia between the two institutions. The agree- ITEM STAFF ment is designed to create a seamless transfer pathway from NSCC to SSU, LYNN — North Shore Community Col- which includes student housing and try- lege (NSCC) and Salem State Universi- ing to reduce the cost of a four-year de- ty (SSU) have been working together for gree, according to Gentile. years. They took their relationship to the “We have been collaborating for years next level Friday morning. and years, so obviously there is a rela- NSCC President Patricia Gentile and tionship between the two institutions,” ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK SSU President John Keenan were joined Gentile said. “The majority of our stu- From left, Salem State President John Keenan, Massachusetts Commis- by Massachusetts Commissioner of dents who transfer to a four-year school, sioner of Higher Education Carlos E. Santiago, and NSCC President Pa- Higher Education Carlos E. Santiago for transfer there. We have a lot in common, tricia Gentile sign a memorandum of agreement for an expanded part- the formal signing of a memorandum of nership between the two schools. agreement for an expanded partnership PARTNERSHIP, A3 St. John’s, St. Mary’s praying for a Super Saturday By Harold Rivera ITEM SPORTS EDITOR A pair of area high school football teams will compete for their respec- tive state championships Saturday at Gillette Stadium. St. Mary’s will clash against Blackstone Valley in the Division 7 Super Bowl (11) while St. John’s Prep has a rematch with Catholic Memorial in the Divi- sion 1 Super Bowl (8). The Spartans (8-4) hope to shake last Wednesday’s 60-0 loss to Fen- wick in the annual Thanksgiving game between the Catholic Central League rivals. St. Mary’s is making Casey Soward, a former Swampscott resident, is executive director of The Cabot theater. its rst Gillette appearance since losing the Division 3A Super Bowl to East Bridgewater in 2016. Offensively, the Spartans are a COMING ATTRACTIONS run- rst team. Jalen Echevarria, a basketball star in his rst season on the gridiron, leads the team in Birthday celebration planned for Cabot carries (138), rushing yards (1,194) and touchdowns (16), while aver- ing Arts Center. “These remarkable after the death of Cesareo Pelaez, aging 8.65 yards per carry. George By Bill Brotherton ITEM FEATURES EDITOR Freeman (721 yards, four touch- theaters hosted vaudeville shows who owned the building and led and silent movies. There are only the successful Le Grand David and downs) and Connor Donohue (374 BEVERLY — Back in the day, a about 250 of them left.” The Cabot yards, ve touchdowns) have also trip to the movie theater was as ex- His Own Spectacular Magic Com- contributed to the ground game. citing as the movie itself, said Casey is one, and it easily could have been pany. His family kept it open as a “We control time of possession Soward, chatting over coffee in the razed if not for a group of deter- second-run movie house for a while, and the line of scrimmage by run- front bar of The Cabot theater in the mined individuals who realized its eventually giving up the ghost. A lo- ning the ball,” Driscoll said. city’s bustling downtown. historical signi cance and impor- cal businessman bought it to keep it “We’ll throw the ball a little bit. “The movie palaces of the 1920s tance to the city’s future. out of developers’ hands. A board of were amazing,” said Soward, execu- The Cabot sat empty for some SUPER, A2 tive director of The Cabot Perform- two years, starting in 2012 shortly CABOT, A3 Marblehead students Two have sole(s) letters, By Bella diGrazia ITEM STAFF one Just in time for the giving spirit of the holidays, students and fac- ulty at Fairwind Learning Center theme: spent November collecting enough shoes to donate to kids all over the Help. world. The Marblehead center, which has programs for toddlers, pre- By Thor Jourgensen schoolers and those transitioning ITEM STAFF to kindergarten, collected 187 pair A health crisis is burden of shoes. The charity project was enough for most people part of the Soles4Souls initiative, but the weight presses which has distributed more than down even harder on fam- 30 million pair of shoes to 127 countries since its inception in ilies facing economic hard- 2006. ship, especially during the “We were trying to be thoughtful holidays. of choosing a charity for a young- Two letters to Item San- er group of children, so we picked ta convey the pain and something we thought they could panic faced by two parents connect to,” said Fairwind Director who hope helping hands Tiffany Uttam. “All children are and generous hearts can able to understand or empathize make the holidays a little A group of students from the transitional kindergarten program at Fairwind Learning brighter for their children. Center admire the 187 pair of shoes they collected to donate. MARBLEHEAD, A2 One of the letter writ- ers summed up the tough year she has faced in sev- en lines, describing how INSIDE she underwent surgery in Opinion Marblehead Revere Sports March and is about to lose Turcotte: How I was rejected Six boats catch on re Possible human bone Classical girls basketball aiming ITEM SANTA, A3 for a job as a mall elf. A4 in boatyard. A6 found on beach. A6 to compete in tough NEC. B1 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 ENTERTAINMENT .......................A7 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 43° VOL. 140, ISSUE 289 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ...............................B7 LOW 37° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 REAL ESTATE .............................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2018 OBITUARIES Robert P. Athanas, 71 Romney is starting over By Laurie Kellman the Republican nomina- and Steve Peoples tion to Sen. John McCain, SWAMPSCOTT — loudly expressed ASSOCIATED PRESS After a short illness, those opinions artic- who then lost the big prize to Democrat Barack Robert Athanas, 71, ulately and with great WASHINGTON — Mitt Obama. Four years later, of Swampscott, Bos- wit. His presence, hu- Romney is a man in-be- it was Romney and then- ton, Yarmouth Port mor and charm will tween. Rep. Paul Ryan challeng- and Boca Raton, be sorely missed. He made it to Washing- ing Obama and Vice Pres- died on Nov. 28 at Mr. Athanas is sur- ton after all — but not as ident Joe Biden. Romney home surrounded vived by his brothers, president of the United went down in defeat, derid- by his three brothers Anthony Athanas Jr. States, the of ce he sought ed by some in the GOP as and many cousins. and his wife Maureen twice and other men won. Mr. Athanas was the third (Kennedy) of Boston, Michael He’s not yet a senator from too moderate and discon- son of the late Anthony and Athanas of Marblehead and Utah, either, until he’s nected from the economic Esther Athanas (Mitchell). He Paul Athanas and his wife, sworn in Jan. 3. Romney, struggles of most Ameri- continued in his father’s tra- Jane (Cooper) of Swampscott. lifelong executive in pub- cans. Then Trump won the dition, managing Anthony’s Also by his aunts, Theodora lic and private life, doesn’t nation’s highest of ce over Pier 4 Restaurants with his Christo (Mitchell) of Lynn and have a permanent of ce, Democrat Hillary Clinton. brothers. Robert was also a Virginia Haywood (Mitchell) of a place to live or a solid All along, Romney’s re- voracious reader and brilliant Tops eld. He leaves behind sense of what it will be like lationship with Trump analyst of news and poli- his rst cousins Michael Zicko, to shift from being the top has veered between bitter PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS tics. He was passionate and Karen Ferris (Christo), Barbara leader to just one of 100 rivalry and potential — broadly versed in a variety of Rafuse (Christo), James Chris- ambitious personalities. Sen.-elect Mitt Romney, R-Utah, center, walks but unrealized — alliance. subjects. His deep interest in to, Loraine Peters, Richard For now, Romney, 71, is the hallway on Capitol Hill in Washington. That’s raised hopes on music ranged from his own Mahan, Kathy Randele (Mah- acclimating to the rari ed Capitol Hill that Romney piano playing to an encyclo- an), Mary Ann Athanas, Lewis Senate, where he’s shut- might serve as a truth-tell- pedic knowledge of R&B, soul, Athanas, Peter Athanas, Jay to sketch out. new, 116th Congress. He’s er to a president who rou- tling between his tempo- “It’s been a learning expe- from Michigan, where his Broadway music, jazz and pop, Rooney, Kate Rooney (Curran), rary basement of ce and tinely replaces fact with rience,” Romney said Tues- father, George W. Romney, particularly Motown. He had Jeanne Hennessey (Rooney), meetings, little-noticed in ction. Some are hoping day as he hurried from a was governor in the 1960s. traveled the world and seen Tim Rooney and Michael Wat- the brimming corridors of that the mild-mannered many of his favorite artists son and many other second power where seniority and meeting with Senate Major- But Romney earned his Romney bucks his party on multiple times, to the delight and next generation cousins. tradition rule. Behind him ity Leader Mitch McConnell, status as Utah’s adopted policy when he chooses. of those artists. Service information: The is real-world fame as the in a suite that overlooks the son when in 1999 he took “I think with John Mc- After graduating from Kim- funeral will be held on Tues- former standard-bearer of National Mall.