Nicholson Puts Focus on Lynn Infrastructure
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DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 SATURDAY JUNE 26, 2021 DEALS ‘Absolutely despicable’ word disturbs Lynn eld LynnOF THE $DAY$ By Anne Marie Tobin we all know this. If your child is using this Anderson said his sons, ages 7 and 10, had PG. 3 ITEM STAFF word, you need to know. And you need to put walked from their MarketStreet apartment driver an end to it. to IT’SUGAR to buy candy. They were play- LYNNFIELD — The end of the school year “It’s enough to be upset that my kids and ing catch with three other neighborhood kids took a sour note for a couple of young Lynn- their friends were harassed by a group of old- when a group of older boys, believed to be crashes eld brothers when a group of older boys ver- eighth graders, started harassing them. bally abused them, using the “N-word” and er kids, it’s another thing to have them sin- gled out for the color of their skin.” “They attempted to take the bag of candy DEALS trying to steal their candy, according to an from the boys and failed,” Anderson said. account from their father. Select Board Chair Dick Dalton said the in- into cident was “disturbing. “The older boys then began verbally abus- OF THE “The casual use of this word can do a lot of ing my sons and their friends. They told one “The Select Board will not and cannot toler- damage, to those who use it and to those who of the boys, who is Egyptian, that his older $DAY$ ate discrimination,” Dalton said Friday. “Rest Saugus have it used on them,” the victims’ father, brother “smells like s***” and called my boys, PG. 3 Dennis Anderson, wrote in a June 21 Face- assured that we are taking appropriate ac- book post. “As adults, I would like to think tion in this matter.” MARKETSTREET, A6 building By Sam Minton Schedule DEALSITEM STAFF SAUGUSOF THE— A 20-year- old Lynn man is facing changing charges$ DAafterY $allegedly crashing intoPG. 3a storefront while eeingPG. from3 an ear- for two lier crash. Alfredo Niz-Lopez was arrested Friday and Lynn high charged with two counts of leaving the scene of a property damage crash, schools operating under the in u- By Allysha Dunnigan ence of liquor, negligent ITEM STAFF operation of a motor ve- hicle and a marked lanes LYNN — The School Com- violation, Saugus Police mittee voted unanimously said. Thursday night in favor of On Friday morning at adjusting the daily sched- 4 a.m., Saugus Police re- ules at English and Classical sponded to a report of a high schools, an act that will hit-and-run crash at the extend class time and allow intersection of Lincoln Av- students more exibility enue and Ballard Street. to pursue enrichment pro- A woman informed po- grams. lice that she had been The two high schools pre- ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK rear-ended at a red light viously followed a “waterfall Mayoral candidate Jared Nicholson, left rear, discusses the city’s infrastructure during and the vehicle that schedule,” which consisted of a talk at Land of a Thousand Hills in Lynn on Friday. struck her from behind ve 50-minute classes and ed the scene, police said. one 90-minute “block class” The women chased per day. Niz-Lopez for a short As of next year, the schools Nicholson puts focus while before he ended up will follow a schedule more crashing into the store- commonly seen in colleges front at 529 Lincoln Ave. and universities. on Lynn infrastructure The suspect then attempt- Classes A, B, C and D ed to ee the scene of the will be taught on Mondays, crash on foot but was tak- Wednesdays and Fridays By Tréa Lavery en into custody by Saugus in a 90-minute time slot, ITEM STAFF Police, authorities said. Niz-Lopez was trans- while classes E, F and G LYNN — Mayoral candidate and School ported to an area hospital will take place on Tuesdays Committee member Jared Nicholson and Thursdays at two hours due to injuries sustained spoke with constituents Friday about the each. in the crash. The injuries city’s infrastructure and what needs to be On Wednesdays, students were determined to be done to improve it. will be dismissed early, al- non life-threatening, po- In a listening session held at Land of a lowing teachers time to lice said. Thousand Hills Coffee Company, Nichol- meet and work on improving Chief of Police Michael son invited residents to share which in- structure in the district. Ricciardelli said he was frastructure issues they would like to see This early release also al- happy that no one was se- addressed. lows for students to have riously injured during the more free time to engage in “You can drive around and see the needs incident but wants to re- schoolwork and enrichment and conditions of roads and sidewalks,” he mind drivers that if they programs, or to commute said. “In cities like Lynn, there has been are in a crash and the oth- to Salem State University over the years … an inability of the city er driver leaves the scene, or North Shore Community to keep pace with the use of our physical they shouldn’t try to pur- College for early college pro- capital.” sue the vehicle. ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK grams. Nicholson said that one of his goals is “They should call 911 Classical Principal Amy to improve walkability in the city, both to Coco Alinsug speaks to supporters at Christo- and provide as much in- Dunn and former inter- help with accessibility issues and to drive pher’s Cafe in Lynn on Friday as he kicks off his formation as they can, im English Principal Tess more traf c to local businesses. campaign for Ward 3 city councilor. and allow of cers to inves- Mower — who will return He also noted that a big part of infra- tigate and work to locate to Classical as a vice prin- structure development and maintenance them,” Ricciardelli said. cipal in the fall — worked is affected by climate change, which has Sam Minton can be with Assistant Director of caused increased ooding in the coastal Historic candidacy reached at sminton@ Curriculum and Instruction area in recent years, and added that Lynn itemlive.com. Shannon Gardner to present needs to address climate resiliency in or- this adjusted schedule to the der to prepare for that change. launched in Lynn “We want to see infrastructure invest- School Committee, saying By Allysha Dunnigan the changes made will force ments as a way to set the table for growth,” students to think more about he said. “To unlock the long-term potential ITEM STAFF INSIDE of the city by making sure the city does its small-group instruction and LYNN — Coco Alinsug, the rst Filipino-American and rst part to meet the basic needs of the com- will also do more to blend openly-gay candidate in Lynn history, kicked off his campaign Opinion students into the lessons. munity.” for City Council Friday night at Christopher’s Cafe. Shribman: Celebrating Superintendent of Schools Nicholson also addressed digital infra- Alinsug — who is seeking to ll the Ward 3 seat that was with the neighbors. A4 Dr. Patrick Tutwiler said this structure, praising the school district for new schedule incorporated supplying devices to all students during left vacant when City Council President Darren Cyr opted LOOK! feedback from teachers and the pandemic to help with remote learn- to run for mayor — said he is committed to bringing all of Li is the people’s choice on students in an effort to de- ing. However, he said that Lynn needs to the lessons he’s learned in his life, and the love he has for Artists Row. A8 sign a schedule allowing stu- make sure that these resources last be- the people of Lynn, to improve the ward. dents to have more exibili- yond the pandemic. Alinsug has a long history of working in the communities he Sports ty and more options around In addition, he discussed the city’s web- lives in, starting when he was 14 and growing up in the Phil- Cabral, St. Mary’s move early college participation, the site, which he said needs major changes to ippines — he recalled a time when he rallied his neighbors on to Division 2 North Final. B1 SCHEDULE, A6 NICHOLSON, A6 ALINSUG, A7 SOPHIE YARIN ON STYLE Tattoo you and you and you. And me. So. In my last column, while However, in the ancient practice speci cally about tattoos and pierc- singing the praises of the humble of body modi cation, we’ve been ings, you’d be right. But the practice safety pin, I may have outed my- able to witness a glaringly visible is so old, and so ubiquitous across self as a punk. journey from center to fringe — cultures, that its largely-forgotten But that doesn’t mean what and back again. in uence must be acknowledged. it used to, as everything on the Now, there’s body modi cation, COURTESY PHOTO | CHRIS HUES As V.Vale points out in his an- fringes tends to move to the center and then there’s what we talk about thology “Modern Primitives,” every In 2019, Chris Hues, a good friend of the author and a eventually. Sometimes that pro- when we talk about body modi ca- Revere native was inspired to get a pickle jar tattoo. cess is obvious, sometimes it isn’t.