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MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 Scholarship gift STEMs Swampscott from a love of West Lynn races nearing By Steve Krause vide $5,000 per year for four years. ITEM SPORTS EDITOR “This is incredibly generous gift,” said Attorney Thomas C. Demakis, chair- LYNN — Jim Baldini remains tied man of the Agganis Foundation. “It will the nish line to his West Lynn roots, having spent be instrumental in furthering Harry William Sullivan is a can- his childhood in the storied Brickyard By Gayla Cawley Agganis’ legacy. I think it is awesome.” ITEM STAFF didate for re-election, but section, and later moving to Harmon The gift will be the most substantial did not return nomination Street, across from the old Aldworth award the foundation would present. SWAMPSCOTT — School. papers, so he would have Baldini is a 1966 St. Mary’s High Three contested races had to run a write-in cam- He enjoyed the melting pot that was highlight Tuesday’s Town School graduate and member of the ath- paign, along with anyone West Lynn and the Brickyard. And now, Election. letic Hall of Fame. He got his business else vying for the position. he wants to give back to it. Polls are open from 7 degree at University of New Hampshire For School Committee, Unprompted, Baldini is funding a.m. to 8 p.m. at three lo- in 1972. A significant contributor to the there are two open seats $20,000 Agganis Foundation scholar- ITEM PHOTO | JIM WILSON cations: Precincts 1 & 2 at Paul School of Business and Economics, and three candidates. In- ships to two graduating West Lynn high Baldini has had a successful career in Jim Baldini, who grew Swampscott Senior Cen- cumbents Suzanne Wright school scholar-athletes in the class of the financial services industry. up in the Brickyard, ter, 200 Rear Essex St.; and Gargi Cooper will face 2017 who will major in STEM subjects He says his reasons for endowing a Precincts 3 & 4 at First has established an off against newcomer, Me- in college (science, technology, engineer- scholarship of this magnitude are many. Agganis scholarship Church Congregational, ing or math). lissa Camire. Wright and for West Lynn schol- 40 Monument Ave.; and The four-year scholarships will pro- Cooper are each running SCHOLARSHIP, A7 ar-athletes. Precincts 5 & 6 at Swamp- scott Middle School, 207 for a second, three-year Forest Ave. term. Voters will see three Wright and Cooper have contested races on their stressed the importance ballots, School Commit- of continuity and consis- tee, Board of Health and tency on the board, citing Trustee of the Public Li- past leadership turnover. brary. Other uncontested Camire has said there races are for Board of Se- needs to be more trans- lectmen, Planning Board parency and communica- and Moderator. tion from the committee. There is an empty slot for Board of Assessors. ELECTION, A7 Lynn eld Town Meeting will air it out By Adam Swift tion of the rail trail. ITEM STAFF But opponents question if the cost of the project LYNNFIELD — There’s will rise above state and a decidedly outdoor feel federal funds set aside to tonight’s Annual Town for it and have raised con- Meeting, as voters will cerns about safety, proper- decide on the future of a ty values, and privacy for proposed rail trail and those who live along the improvements to school route. PHOTO | PAULA MULLER fields and facilities. Selectmen voted 2-0 to Guitarist Barry Goudreau, with Brian Maes on the keyboard, in concert at Lynn City Of the 29 articles on the not support the article, Hall auditorium. meeting warrant, the re- with Chairman Chris- quest to give selectmen topher Barrett recusing authority to enter a lease himself because his sister agreement with the MBTA lives along the railbed. Goudreau revs Engine in Lynn for use of the railbed could There are $7.1 million in be the most controversial. state and federal funds al- torium was a celebratory affair. who died last month, and the Town Meeting kicks off located for the project, but Not only was the music sensa- late Brad Delp, that band’s sing- at the Lynnfield Middle Selectman Richard Dalton tional, but the region’s rock and er, were omnipresent. Their lives School auditorium at 7:30 said there are too many roll community — fans and mu- were celebrated as well by their p.m. questions about the proj- sicians alike — came together to friends on stage and in the au- Proponents of the rail ect and the process for a BY BILL BROTHERTON support the former Boston gui- dience. Engine Room bassist trail article state there is vote to be before the town tarist’s excellent new band. Tim Archibald wore a T-shirt em- no downside to passing the at this time. LYNN — The “Full Steam But there was also a touch of blazoned with the afro-sporting article, since it does not “This is not about being Ahead” record release party for melancholy in the house. The likeness of Lynn-born Hashian. request any funding, nor pro-rail trail or anti-rail Barry Goudreau’s Engine Room spirits of Sib Hashian, former does it tie the town down Saturday night at Lynn Audi- drummer for the band Boston, GOUDREAU, A7 to committing to construc- MEETING, A7 Oh, baby, home invasion leads to father’s arrest By Gayla Cawley say the child’s diaper bag ITEM STAFF he was carrying contained McDonald’s large quantities of heroin franchisee LYNN — One man won’t and cocaine, along with Steve Rima, be winning any father of ammunition. left foreground, the year awards. Police responded to an discusses Christian Matos, 22, is apartment at 84 Franklin changes he’s facing drug trafficking, St. around 2 a.m., on a re- bringing to firearm, and home inva- port of a disturbance call. his Lynnway sion charges after alleged- Police learned that Matos restaurant with ly barging into a Franklin had kicked in the apart- Item reporter Street apartment ear- ment door and brandished Thomas Grillo. ly Sunday morning and a revolver handgun to the brandishing a gun, while three women inside, all in PHOTO | NICOLE GOODHUE BOYD looking for his 1-year-old their 30s, Lynn Police Lt. son. After picking up his Glenn Dunnigan said. By Thomas Grillo this year, they will offer mobile or- baby at another location ITEM STAFF dering and delivery. in Marian Gardens, police CRIME, A6 Now, when you walk in the Something LYNN — In the wake of losing Lynnway McDonald’s you are 500 million customers since 2012 greeted by a concierge who will INSIDE to competitors such as Five Guys, take your order and deliver the new under Shake Shack, and In-N-Out Burg- meal to your table. It does away In Lynn In Malden er, McDonald’s is changing its with the need to approach the ways to attract Millennials and Juneteenth festival Police investigate child left counter. the Lynnway keep old timers. “We used to have a glut of cus- planning underway. A3 behind on eld trip. A6 The fast food king on the Lyn- tomers standing around the front In Sports Golden Arches nway is one of three in New En- counter, that’s a thing of the past,” Lynn Woods’ 17th annual Two area pitchers gland that has launched major Earth Day cleanup. A3 throw no hitters. B1 changes like table service. Later MCDONALD’S, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 63° VOL. 139, ISSUE 117 LYNN .........................................A3 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 43° OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 HEALTH .....................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 OBITUARIES Cynthia D. White Esther Agganis, 92 LYNN — Esther his wife Giselle, Cynthia Devlin She is survived by (Skopeletes) Aggan- of Danvers, and White passed away her husband Law- is, 92, of Lynn, died Charles Agganis and on April 18, 2017, in rence J. White of peacefully on Thurs- his wife Laurene, of Vermont, surrounded Shelburne, Vt., her day April 20, 2017, Connecticut, three by her close family. mother Margaret at the Stuart F. Myer grandchildren; Brian Cyndy lived most of Stickel Devlin and Hospice House, Palm Agganis, Stacey De- her life on the North brother Mark Devlin, Coast, Florida, sur- Palma, and Chelsea Shore of Boston, first both of Lebanon, rounded by her fam- Bioren, two great in Swampscott and N.H., as well as many ily. She was the wife grandchildren; Luca later in North Andover cousins of the Con- of the late Louis T. Agganis, and Mila DePalma, and many and Danvers. naughton, Rigby, Johnson, and with whom she had shared 60 nieces and nephews. She She spent the last several Casey families of the North years of marriage. was also the sister of the late years in Shelburne, Vt. She Shore. Cyndy was a kind and Esther was a lifetime resi- Delma Mamos, Rick, Jimmy, graduated from Swampscott generous person who showed dent of Lynn and a graduate and Arthur Kefalas. High School in 1974, and lat- exceptional courage and dig- of Lynn Classical High School. Service information: Her er graduated from the Butera nity in the face of adversity. She had worked for over 21 Funeral will be held on School of Art in Boston. She She will be greatly missed by years as a tool crib attendant Wednesday at 9 a.m. from used her artistic and creative all who knew her. at the GE Riverworks Plant, the SOLIMINE Funeral Home ability while working as a Service information: Her Lynn.