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DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2019 DEALS Moulton CommuterOF THE $DAY$ vows to rail operatorPG. 3 stay out has plans for DEALS of Lynn the futureOF THE By Thor Jourgensen ITEM$ STAFFDAY$ election PG. 3 By Thomas Grillo LYNN — Labeled “old” by state Trans- ITEM STAFF portation Secretary Stephanie Pollack in 2014 and criticized by riders for shut- LYNN — An employee in ting down in the face of 2015’s megaw- U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton’s inter, the commuter rail, with its stops Salem office is getting help from the district director in Central SquareDEALS and Swampscott, is and seven other staffers to on the mend. OF THE unseat an incumbent Lynn “We are as well prepared for winter as city councilor. But the Sa- we’ve ever been. We$ DAwill communicateY$ lem Democrat insists he’s clearly and we will keepPG. 3people safe,” neutral in the race. said David Scorey, CEO and general Marven Hyppolite, a manager for Keolis, the company that Moulton caseworker, is runs the commuter rail. challenging Ward 5 City Locomotives dating back to the days Councilor Dianna Chak- of disco have been taken off the tracks outis, a three-term incum- and newer enginesDEALS or refurbished ones bent, the only woman on the 11-member panel. This are in service. SignalOF THE de-icing ma- is Hyppolite’s third run to chines are in place and, once winter ar- unseat her. In 2017, he lost rives, crews will be$ positionedDAY$ through- by 106 votes. Of the 1,468 out the nation’s fifth-largestPG. 3 commuter ballots cast, she won by a rail system ready to remove downed 53 to 46 percent margin. tree limbs. Richard Jakious, district (Kite)surfer dude Kite-surfers take to the water off of Long Beach Scorey, Keolis public affairs director director for Moulton’s Sa- in Nahant to take advantage of Friday’s strong Tory Mazzola and MBTA commuter rail winds. lem office, sent the email in Nahant executive director Rob DiAdamo met to the Swampscott Demo- Friday morning with The Item’s editori- cratic Town Committee on ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Thursday, asking them to al board to discuss short- and long-term attend the $25-$100 event commuter rail planning. at April’s Restaurant Pub Newer equipment means more reli- & Grill in Lynn next week. Swampscott able service on commuter lines, even The invitation was signed as the rail system’s operator and the by more than a dozen cur- MBTA review proposals for more fre- rent and former staff. hot on grant quent stops and reduced fares. “I am writing to invite you Commuter rail ridership increased, to a fundraiser … for my according to the Transportation De- friend Marven Hyppolite … for cooling partment, from 105,000 to 127,000 Marven was born, raised, trips per day between 2012 and 2018. and lives in the ward that he is running to represent. system Commuter lines running through He is a passionate, young Lynn to North Station shared that in- leader, who will bring an crease. important voice to Lynn, By Bella diGrazia Scorey said Keolis has logged a 90 one that represents popu- ITEM STAFF percent on-time performance year to lations that do not always SWAMPSCOTT — The town’s ef- date with 94 percent of trains coming have a voice in halls of gov- fort of being more environmentally within 10 minutes of scheduled arriv- ernment. I hope you’ll come friendly has made its way into the als. learn more about Marven schools. “One of the leading causes of de- and, even if you cannot at- Swampscott was awarded a lays is locomotive reliability,” said tend, consider contributing $145,406 grant from The Depart- Mazzola. to his campaign,” Jakious ment of Energy Resources (DOER) wrote in the email. Lynn’s state legislative delegation Green Communities Division three Moulton told The Item called on the MBTA Fiscal and Man- weeks ago. The funds will be used he is staying neutral in the New sidewalks at Evans Park were recent- agement Control Board on Sept. 23 to to upgrade the current HVAC sys- race. ly completed, as Saugus upgrades the town review “near-rapid transit service” for tems in the high school and middle While the solicitation was park with improvements that include bas- the commuter rail lines and consider school with computer programming legal, and sent from Jaki- ketball courts, parking, and security camer- supplanting the current $14 round-trip that will allow the systems to oper- ous’ private Gmail account, as and lighting. ate more efficiently, said Swampscott commuter rail fare with the $4.80 sub- a Suffolk University uni- way round-trip fare. versity professor said the Building Inspector Max Kasper. “We are shooting to have them in Long-term alternative service pro- invitation must have been posals set for review again this month approved by Moulton. Saugus place by the end of the year, and include plans for higher frequency “I don’t see this as an they’ll be done at the same time,” ethics problem, but it’s a Kasper said. “Usually, these up- service with proposals evaluating die- left-handed way of support- improves walk grades and modifications take a few sel-powered versus electric-powered ing his employee, so he’s weeks to implement. A lot of the en- service. not really staying out of the gineering gets done prior to imple- Higher frequency service could boost race,” said Lawrence Over- mentation.” commuter rail daily boardings on lines lan, a senior lecturer at the in the park The school buildings are not get- serving the North Shore by 19 percent, school’s Political Science & ting new HVAC systems, he said. according to a draft proposal outlining Modifications to the current mechan- Legal Studies Department. By Thor Jourgensen the alternatives. ical systems will include changes in Moulton, through a spokes- ITEM STAFF “Most ridership benefits come from man, declined to comment how the system is running and the frequency of service,” said Mazzola. further. Tim Biba said Jaki- SAUGUS — It’s a smoother walk in the town’s addition of sensors that will modu- The alternatives carry big price tags, ous did not give Moulton a center with 400 feet of new sidewalk skirting Evans late fresh air and carbon monoxide. heads-up. Park, completed as part of a $637,000 renovation “It will be like a smarter, more with the higher frequency commuter “Our team is full of peo- project. computerized operation of the me- rail plan costing $1.7 billion broken ple who are committed to The latest town park to get a makeover, the Evans chanical systems that are already in down into $130 million annual incre- serving their community work includes, according to a description provided by place,” said Kasper. ments. personally and profession- the town, granite curbing, two new regulation-sized Not only will cash from the grant But planning for the future is an un- ally,” Biba said in a state- basketball courts, improved parking and drainage cover the system updates, Town Ad- avoidable task, said Scorey. ment. “Seth is not weighing and installing security cameras and lighting. ministrator Sean Fitzgerald said “I’ve never been in an environment in on the personal political The sidewalks are parallel to Central Street and some of it will cover hiring staff to where so much debate is about where decisions of individual staff Winter Street and, in Town Manager Scott Crab- regularly manage the HVAC sys- we go with transportation. We’ve got to members.” tree’s words, are “the safest and most reliable space tems. There are a lot of “bells and be more explicit about the long term,” Jakious said he sees no to walk through the center of town.” whistles” in making sure the town he said. discord in Moulton saying But Evans’ restoration hasn’t come without con- has someone who understands how he is neutral and his email. troversy. Winter Street resident Stephen McKinney to configure the control systems, he Thor Jourgensen can be reached at MOULTON, A3 EVANS PARK, A3 GRANT, A3 [email protected]. Lawyer questions marathon trial INSIDE Entertainment BOSTON (AP) — Attor- that Tsarnaev’s lawyers naev was guilty. Arts After Hours gets neys trying to overturn the say his rights to a fair trial Tsarnaev was convicted of ‘Carrie’d away with blood. death sentence of convicted were violated because the carrying out the April 15, Dzhokhar A8 Boston Marathon bomber jury that voted to sentence 2013, attack with his older Tsarnaev was Dzhokhar Tsarnaev say in Tsarnaev to death was from Opinion brother, who was killed by convicted in a new court filing that the drawn from a pool of people, Are we prepared for authorities. He is appeal- the Boston 2013 explosions so trauma- nearly all of whom were fa- the next recession? A4 ing the death sentence. Marathon tized the region that it was miliar with the broad details bombing. Sports impossible to get an impar- of the attack. Prosecutors maintain an Marblehead football impartial jury was carefully tial jury. They also say 69 percent of FILE PHOTO | remains undefeated. B1 The Boston Globe reports the jury pool believed Tsar- selected. 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