Lynn Budget Under the Knife a Look Back on a Rock Star
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FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2017 A look back on a rock star Lynn Lynn eld’s Hashian provided the beat for Boston budget By Bill Brotherton said in an email. ITEM FEATURES EDITOR John “Sib” Hashian, former drummer for the arena rock band Boston, died on board a cruise under Barry Goudreau yesterday remembered his ship Wednesday. He lived in Lynn eld and was friend, Boston bandmate and musical brother 67. Sib Hashian, who died on Wednesday. Hashian’s wife, Suzanne, said the drummer “Sib was my friend and musical partner for 50 the knife collapsed on stage Wednesday night while per- years. I joined a band with Sib and John Vassy of forming the band’s songs during the Legends of Lynn when I was 15. Our premiere gig was at a Rock Cruise. By Thomas Grillo club in the ‘combat zone’ in Boston. He and I and Goudreau said he was on stage with Hashian ITEM STAFF our families stayed friends through the ‘Boston’ when, after the third song, the musician slumped years to the present. He was one-in-a-million LYNN — On the heels of a bruis- never to be replaced,” a heartbroken Goudreau HASHIAN, A6 John “Sib” Hashian ing school election where voters overwhelmingly rejected a tax in- crease, the city faces the prospect of layoffs to erase a budget de cit. Mayor Judith Flanagan has (Ferris) instructed department heads to level fund their scal year 2018 budget which begins on July 1. In wheels addition, the email to senior man- agers asked them to “be creative” in absorbing a 5 percent retroac- in motion tive raise to city employees and another 2 percent increase set to take effect this summer. for Revere The city is short by $8 million — the combination of a $4 million de cit in the scal year 2017 bud- get and an additional $4 million carnival in raises for 2018. Some depart- ments face as much as 8.5 percent By Bridget Turcotte in cuts while others will have a ITEM STAFF much lower threshold. “In order to maintain the current REVERE — The Revere Spring level of operation, the city must Carnival opened Thursday night address the $4 million de cit from for the 30th straight year. last year and up to $4 million in The Fiesta Shows carnival is at new salaries due to contract set- the Showcase Cinemas parking tlements,” said Peter Caron, the lot at 565 Squire Road. Crowds city’s chief nancial of cer. “To in the thousands swarm the car- do so, the city needs to either nd nival grounds for the games, tra- new revenue or reduce spending.” ditional carnival food, petting zoo Despite the cash crunch, the and two dozen rides. mayor insists Lynn is not in the “During fair season you see midst of a nancial crisis. the more unique foods but in the “To level fund the budget, ac- springtime people want the typ- commodate the recent raises and ical fried dough, sausages, cara- increases in xed costs, such as mel apples, candy apples, cotton pensions and healthcare, we asked candy,” said EJ Dean, vice presi- everyone to submit an initial bud- dent of operations of Dean & Fly- get with an 8 percent spending nn, Inc., also called Fiesta Shows. cut,” she said. “But this is just an “We don’t allow calories to count initial step, we start at the bot- when you come to visit the carni- tom and build the budget up from val.” Dean & Flynn, Inc. was founded BUDGET, A6 by Eugene Dean and Jack Flynn in 1935 at Salisbury Beach. By 1950, the two showmen signed a contract to provide the carnival INSIDE midway at the Tops eld Fair, the nation’s oldest fair that draws In Marblehead crowds of more than 500,000 peo- Schools budget ple annually, according to their for the future. A2 website. The team purchased Fi- esta Shows in 1967 and has been In Swampscott the exclusive carnival partner of Town gets rst look the Tops eld Fair for more than at plans for Machon. A2 half a century. ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE With a roller coaster, kiddie In Peabody A Ferris wheel is among the rides at the Revere Spring Carnival, which opened on Pizza shop CARNIVAL, A6 Thursday night. owners arrested. A3 It’s all Greek in Lynn Lynn By Bridget Turcotte to celebrate the diversity of educator a ITEM STAFF the city. “I like to show that there are nalist in LYNN — The city raised a so many different cultures in ag to Greek Independence Lynn,” she said. “Everybody is Day Thursday afternoon. a part of the fabric.” Peabody In a small ceremony out- The ceremony was held to side Lynn City Hall, Mayor By Adam Swift Judith Flanagan Kennedy commemorate Greek Indepen- ITEM STAFF and Rev. George Tsoukalas of dence Day, which is observed on March 25, the day the War St. George Greek Orthodox PEABODY — Debra of Greek Independence began Church raised the Greek ag, Ruggiero, principal of the in 1821. The holiday coincides where it will y for the next Harrington Elementary with the Orthodox Church’s week. School in Lynn, is one of celebration of the annuncia- “I always said I would go to three nalists for super- tion to the Theotokos, when Greece and, during the Sum- intendent in Peabody. Mary was told she would bear mer of 2016, I did,” said Ken- Somerville High School the son of God by the Archan- nedy. “It was more beautiful ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE Headmaster John Oteri gel Gabriel. than I could have imagined.” and Gloucester Assistant For Kennedy, raising the ag Adam Varvounis, Giorgos Kopalidis and Paul Varvounis wait Superintendent Arthur of different countries is a way GREEK, A6 for the Greek ag to arrive at Lynn City Hall on Thursday. Unobskey are the other two nalists to replace interim Superintendent Herb Levine. Stability is principal concern in Swampscott “I’m certainly very excit- ed and honored that they By Gayla Cawley “Mr. Murphy and Mr. Calichman have “Through personal observation and over- see me as a candidate who ITEM STAFF done an outstanding job in their respec- whelmingly positive feedback from students, is viable to be superinten- tive buildings,” Angelakis said. “They have teachers and staff, it is clear to me that Mr. dent,” Ruggiero said. “I’ve SWAMPSCOTT — Superintendent Pame- demonstrated an extremely high level of stu- Murphy and Mr. Calichman are the right worked very hard in my la Angelakis appointed Jason Calichman dent-centered leadership, as well as the abili- leaders at their schools and for our district,” career, and I hope (the and Robert Murphy as the permanent prin- ty to make dif cult decisions. They are highly Angelakis continued. “They have exhibit- School Committee) sees cipals of Swampscott Middle School and engaged with their school communities and ed an understanding of the critical need to that in the site visits and High School, removing their interim labels have exhibited the ability and commitment balance academic achievement with the nal interview.” effective immediately and foregoing a formal necessary to implement the vision for their search process. schools. SWAMPSCOTT, A6 RUGGIERO, A6 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 HOME .......................................A5 COMICS ....................................B4 HIGH 42° VOL. 139, ISSUE 92 POLICE/FIRE .............................A3 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 LOW 39° OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2017 OBITUARIES JFK diary written in Timothy Holland, 91 Kelly Marie Ross-Archibald, 38 post-World War II LYNN — Timothy mer. Timmy was a LYNN — Kelly Ma- and the Lynn beach, Europe up for auction Holland, age 91, wonderful handyman rie Ross-Archibald, which she referred of Lynn, formerly around the house, age 38, of Lynn, to as “Ross Beach.” By Mark Pratt given by Kennedy to Deir- of Brooklyn, N.Y., and he enjoyed passed away Thurs- Most of all, she loved ASSOCIATED PRESS dre Henderson, a research passed away peace- watching sports day, March 16, 2017 the holidays. She assistant in his campaign BOSTON — A diary fully on March 21, games and garden- from complications was kind, creative office in the late 1950s. kept by a young John F. 2017. He was the ing at home. He en- of pancreatitis. She and witty. She was “What’s remarkable is cherished husband joyed freshwater fish- was the wife of Wil- happiest when she Kennedy during his brief what he foresaw about the of Mary (Cadogan) ing, always hoping to liam Archibald and was helping some- stint as a journalist after Holland. catch a big one! the mother of Meah body else. In addi- World War II in which he future of a world he would Born in County Cork, Ireland, He was the loving father of Archibald. tion to her husband, daughter reflected on Hitler, the lead 16 years later,” said he was the son of the late Jer- Agnes Leavey and her late Born in Lynn, Kelly was the and parents, Kelly is survived ambitions of the Soviet Henderson, who lives in emiah and Mary Holland. husband James, a former daughter of Susan (Slattery) by her brothers Robert Ross Union and the weakness the Boston area. Timmy was employed for Lynn firefighter. “Da” is also Ross and Robert Ross. She and Donald Blandini Jr., her of the United Nations is The experiences and re- more than 30 years as a survived by his grandchildren, graduated Lynn Tech, Class of grandfather Bill Slattery Sr., up for auction. flections in the diary un- mechanic for Trans World Mary Lawler of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1997, and studied gerentol- Many aunts and uncles; Many The diary was written in doubtedly influenced Ken- Airlines.