Women's Fight for Equal Rights Continues
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DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2021 DEALS OFBLM THE $DAY$ muralPG. 3 Women’s ght for equal rights continues OK’d By Steve Krause proposed amendment was held. DEALS ITEM STAFF Its purpose is simple: “Equality of toOF moveTHE rights under the law shall not be denied The Equal Rights Amendment, or or abridged by the United States or by at least the proposed ERA, has been $DAY$ any state on account of sex.” forwardPG. 3 around for almost 100 years. But at this However, the push for the ERA stalled juncture, the question of where it goes until the 1960s, when a revived wom- By Allysha Dunnigan from here is very much alive. en’s movement thrust it again into the The ERA got its start in 1923, when ITEM STAFF the rst Congressional hearing on the WOMEN’S, A3 LYNN — The Lynn PublicDEALS Arts Council PHOTOS | ASSOCIATED PRESS (LPAC)OF THvotedE unani- The late Phyllis Schla y, left, was an ardent opponent of the Equal mously to support and Rights Amendment while Gloria Steinem, right, was an advocate for it. provide assistance to youth$DA pushingY$ for a Black PGLives. 3 Matter mu- ral in the city. Carlos Prudencio Promoting and Damianny Garri- do, both Lynn English seniors,DEALS spearheaded diversity in theDEALS project and have beenOF trying TH Eto receive approval from the city government$ for$ a Black Swampscott LivesDA MatterY Mural on Essex PGStreet. 3 since last June. and beyond The duo sought sup- port from members of the community, the By Tréa Lavery Lynn Police Depart- ITEM STAFF ment, and now the SWAMPSCOTT — Tamy-Feé Menei- LPAC to form a plan for de hasn’t been in town for very long, but the mural to eventually she has already seen the town deal with be presented to Mayor months of racially-charged controversy Thomas M. McGee. and protests, and she is trying to help the Prudencio said that he hopes the mayor, community do who has expressed better. support for the mural “We’ve had a in the past, will enact lot of harm done the government speech in Swampscott, ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK, clause, which will re- and that has The Demakes Family YMCA in Lynn is set to of cially open in May. strict government regu- come to light lation of private speech particularly and allow the project to during the pan- Lynn Y has a new name: Demakes occur without another demic,” Meneide entity challenging it. said. “But I don’t By Steve Krause “It’s been a long road to opening this new LPAC committee want to think members agreed that that this has ITEM STAFF building,” Walsh said. “We’ve had delays in construction, site environmental restorations, the mural would high- just started. It’s light the diversity in LYNN — It’s been a long haul, with twists and a host of other challenges, but believe me, been happening and turns and a pandemic that stood in the Lynn and represent much longer the wait was worth it. way last year. But the YMCA of Metro North unity, but some be- than my tenure “When you see what we’ve done with this ITEM PHOTO | JULIA HOPKINS will open its new Lynn facility May 7. lieve that Lynn is late here.” place, it will amaze you,” Walsh said. “It’s one Tamy-Feé Meneide In preparation for the opening, tours of the to the game, as many Meneide was of the most advanced YMCAs in the Common- new facility will begin next week, said Metro other cities across the born in Jacmel, wealth and the facility and its features are country have already North CEO Kathleen Walsh. Haiti, and came to the United States with simply just beautiful.” installed a Black Lives The new 70,000 square-foot facility, which her family as a child before starting rst The Demakes Family YMCA’s amenities in- Matter mural. grade. She attended school in New Jersey stands next to the current building on Nep- clude an aquatics center with two pools and The BLM mural and received a full academic scholarship to tune Boulevard, announced in January that it an indoor splash pad; gymnasium; a regula- would begin in front of Boston College, where she completed her is being named for Tom Demakes, CEO of Old tion-sized basketball court; tness, strength, the Lynn courthouse Neighborhood Foods. Demakes has been one DIVERSITY, A3 of the YMCA’s main benefactors. DEMAKES, A2 BLM, A5 What’s in a name? INSIDE A debate in Saugus Opinion Congress is broken. By Elyse Carmosino Earmarks might x it. A4 ITEM STAFF • SAUGUS — The Lemoine-Mitchell Performing Arts Two votes for Charville Group will make a pitch to the Saugus School Commit- and DePrizio. A4 tee requesting to transfer the name of the old Saugus High School auditorium to the new Middle-High School LOOK! auditorium. Royal family says However, committee Chair Thomas Whittredge said Harry, Meghan racism Tuesday that the current naming process is unclear, charges ‘concerning’. adding he was unsure if the committee still holds power A8 to grant such requests. Sports “Now that we’re at the new school, they want to trans- St. Mary’s track fer the name (Lemoine-Mitchell Performing Arts Cen- excited to compete ter) over,” Whittredge said. “But what it comes down to again. B1 is: I don’t think we have the purview to name parts of the building. I want to give them the courtesy of hearing NAME, A3 ITEM PHOTO | JULIA HOPKINS Of cer Timothy Furlong, left, will be taking over as Nahant’s next po- lice chief after current Chief Robert Dwyer retires in July. Nahant rings out the old, brings in the new chief By Elyse Carmosino ed to sergeant in 2000 before he was ITEM STAFF eventually named chief in April 2010. “I just felt it was the right time to NAHANT — Chief Robert Dwyer will retire,” Dwyer said Tuesday. “(There’s) retire in July after 30 years with the mixed emotions. I’m going to miss this Nahant Police Department, the town’s place because I’ve worked very hard Board of Selectmen announced last over here, and I’m going to miss the week. day-to-day with the of cers I’ve worked Dwyer, 58, began his career with the with throughout the years. I’m going to Nahant Police in 1991. He was promot- CHIEF, A2 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 47° VOL. 142, ISSUE 78 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-2 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 39° POLICE/FIRE .............................A5 COMICS ....................................B4 FOOD ........................................B8 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2021 OBITUARIES Robert T. Freeman, 77 Nancy Lee (Leonard) (Stefare) Seneben 1943 - 2021 1940 - 2021 LYNN - Robert T. Freeman, on Friday from 4-8PM in the AMESBURY, MA - Nancy age 77, of Lynn passed away SOLIMINE FUNERAL HOME, Lee (née Leonard) (Stefare) suddenly on Monday from 426 Broadway (Rt 129), Seneben, formerly of Lynn complications of non- Lynn. Relatives and and Haverhill passed away COVID pneumonia. He friends are respect- peacefully on March 6, 2021 was the husband of fully invited and are at the Vero Health and Rehab Edith C. Freeman and expected to adhere in Amesbury, MA. son of the late Claude to the guidelines of Born in Newton, MA, she was ITEM PHOTO | JULIA HOPKINS and Arlene Freeman. the Commonwealth the daughter of the late James J. Leonard, Sr. and the late Nor- Ofcer Timothy Furlong is a 13-year veteran of Robert served as of MA and the CDC, the Nahant Police Department. a medic in the United States which limits the visitation ma E. (Clark) Capozzi. Army. He worked as a biomed- to 50 people in the funeral Nancy was the loving wife of ical technician for TIM (Tech- home at a time. In lieu of Robert P. Seneben, and was nology in Medicine) until his owers, donations may be the wife of the late Thomas J. Nahant rings retirement in 2005. He loved made to the Shriners Hospi- Stefare, Sr. life, sailing and spending time tal for Children, 51 Blossom Nancy leaves behind her with his family. St, Boston, MA 02114 (www. two children whom she deeply In addition to his wife, he is shrinershospitalsforchildren. loved, son, Thomas J. Stefare, out the old, survived by his children, James org/boston). Directions and Jr. & his wife Nancy; daughter, and Sarah, his sister, Claudia, guestbook at www.solimine. Lee-Ann (Stefare) Psehoyas a loving mother, a beloved aunt as well as many other loved com & boyfriend Charles Kneath; and cherished grandmother. family members, friends and son-in-law John A. Psehoyas; The love she gave her family brings in the neighbors. daughter-in-law Judy Sene- was seless and uncondition- Service Information: A me- ben and stepson Neil Sene- al. Later in life, Nancy enjoyed morial visitation will be held ben. traveling, particularly on cruis- Nancy is also survived by es with her husband, family her adored grandchildren, and close friends. new chief Ruth L. (Coleman) Eamma, 90 Stephanie Lee & John Thomas Nancy was gifted at cook- CHIEF uals I’ve ever met. He’s a Psehoyas and Kiley & Austin ing, crocheting, knitting and From A1 family-oriented guy who 1931 - 2021 Seneben, as well as her many needlepoint. She adorned never forgot where he cherished nieces and neph- many family members and miss the town itself, the DANVERS, MASSACHUSETTS came from.” ews. close friends with handmade residents. It’s bitter- Dwyer’s last day will be - Mrs.