MONDAY, JULY 10, 2017 By Gayla Cawley The bullet went through both of his ITEM STAFF legs and he was taken to Massachusetts Racism LYNN — It was a terrible night for one General Hospital with non-life-threaten- 71-year-old 71-year-old man, who was shot while ing injuries. The man has since been re- he was in bed sleeping at his Chestnut leased, Holey said. Street home on Saturday. No arrests have been made and the in- charged in awakened by Police responded to 35 Chestnut St. at cident is under investigation. 12:15 a.m. Saturday after the man was hit by a stray round red from some- Gayla Cawley can be reached at gcaw- Ward 4 shooting pain where outside his home, Lynn Police Lt. [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @ Peter Holey said. GaylaCawley. election By Thomas Grillo ITEM STAFF LYNN — The campaign manag- er for a candidate seeking to oust City Councilor Richard Colucci is charging the incumbent’s camp with racism. Paul Coombs, who is behind Eliud Alcala’s bid to unseat the longtime Ward 4 councilor, made the charge Friday against Robert Tucker, a Co- lucci supporter. The allegation comes as the Alca- la campaign is being investigated by the city’s Election Commission. Tucker alleges the 41-year-old chal- lenger or someone in the campaign may have forged signatures on his nomination papers. “Racism is clearly an underlying issue,” Coombs told The Item. “This is about suppressing voters and can- didates of color.” But Tucker dismissed the allega- tion. “This is not about race,” he said. “That’s completely ridiculous. This is about fraud and an attempt to deceive voters by whoever got the signatures for the Alcala campaign. They want to talk about anything but what they did.” Of the 180 signatures led by Al- cala last month, 61 were rejected by the city’s Election Of ce because there was no such person at the ad- dress listed, the signatures or ad- You say you want a revolution? dresses were illegible, the signer did not live in the ward, or the person signed papers more than once. That Eoghan Daly of General Glover’s regiment returns to Marblehead leaves him with 119 signatures. Marblehead and Ward council candidates need 100 members of Glov- By Matt Demirs living history. signatures to be on the ballot. er’s Regiment re Coombs argues such errors are FOR THE ITEM Guided tours ran throughout the day and provid- a volley toward ed families a chance to experience the Revolution. routine in gathering nominations MARBLEHEAD — General John Glover’s Regi- Marblehead Har- signatures and do not indicate fraud. During the excursions, children became part of ment of the American Revolution raised their mus- bor during a re- “We are con dent the Commission kets to celebrate independence from England on the militia with Denise Beck and learned military enactment at Fort will see through these awful tactics Saturday. training drills from her husband, Private Paul Sewal in Marble- and Eliud will be vindicated,” he Reenactors armed with muskets and dressed in Beck. head on Saturday. said. attire from the historic 1742 Fort Sewall gathered Martin Ryan, of Tyngsborough, learned how to But Tucker has asked the for the annual 18th Century Encampment. Their hold a musket and march in a brigade. ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK ve-member panel to compare the mission was not only to honor the bravery of the Colonials’ ght for freedom, but to teach through REVOLUTION, A7 WARD 4, A3 Swampscott Malden bids farewell walks to 205 years the of experience walk By Gayla Cawley By Steve Freker ITEM STAFF FOR THE ITEM SWAMPSCOTT — Nine members of MALDEN — Call it the the Swampscott Public Schools, includ- “ nishing touch” for a ing seven teachers, a school nurse and project that started more a school psychologist, retired at the end than three years ago at a of the 2016-17 school year, after collec- city park that has grown tively amassing 205 years in the school in leaps and bounds in system. the past decade. Anita Balliro, Glenn Kane, Sami Law- That came on Inde- ler, Ann McFarlane, Laurie O’Brien, pendence Day when city Karen Quinlan-Bach, Robert Trant, Jo of cials gathered to com- Uminski, and Barbara Waitt were hon- memorate the of cial ored at a School Committee meeting opening of a newly-in- last month and Superintendent Pame- stalled, fully-accessible la Angelakis, who wrote about it in her Destination: Halifax walkway at Coytemore blog. Lea Park on Mountain “Their dedication and passion for our Avenue. students is unsurpassed,” Angelakis 74 boats race out of Marblehead Harbor For many years, until wrote. “We wish them all the best on the late 2000s, Coyte- day. “It’s a perfect day for this. Children hang out on their future endeavors.” By Steve Krause more Lea Park in Ward 4 ITEM SPORTS EDITOR We’ve been praying for a day Balliro spent 24 years in the schools, rocks at Chandler Hov- was not much more than starting her career in Swampscott at like this.” ey Park as sailboats MARBLEHEAD — On a pic- an open eld with some the former Machon Elementary School, The event, which has been make their way out of benches for residents to “teaching with a passion for free ex- ture-perfect morning overlook- running for 112 years (with a Marblehead Harbor ing the harbor, Jennie Aspinall relax and pass some time. pression and a belief that all students hiatus or two, according to the toward the start line But as of Independence of the Boston Yacht Club was have the capacity to make beautiful im- race guide), runs approximate- of the Marblehead-Hal- Day 2017, Coytemore Lea portant things,” according to Angelakis. thanking her lucky stars. ly 360 nautical miles northeast ifax Race in Marble- is perhaps the most in- The superintendent called Balliro an “Isn’t this just beautiful?” across the Gulf of Maine and head on Sunday. novative, state-of-the-art advocate for the arts and every facet of asked Aspinall, the race chair, through the strong tidal cur- park in the city of Mal- community life. At the high school lev- of the 37th biennial Marble- rents at the entrance to the Bay PHOTO | SCOTT EISEN den. el, Angelakis said Balliro worked dili- head to Halifax Ocean Race, gently to mentor students through the which set sail at 1 p.m. Sun- HALIFAX, A7 WALKWAY, A7 portfolio process and acceptance into art schools and art programs in higher education. “Her belief is that the arts should be INSIDE at the center of learning and school In Lynn In Danvers In LOOK! In Sports culture,” Angelakis wrote. “At times, Medial marijuana heads up North Shore RMV site Guitarist bring more than a Peabody baseball and soft- City Council agenda. A3 in limbo. A5 feeling to Boston. A8 ball advance in FAREWELL, A7 Little League. B1 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 86° VOL. 139, ISSUE 181 LYNN .........................................A3 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 69° OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 HEALTH .....................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, JULY 10, 2017 OBITUARIES Anita L. (Cloutier) Carey, 94 Eugene LeBlanc, 92 Swampscott 1923-2017 Mrs. Anita Louise (Cloutier) Newell Carey of Marblehead, NAHANT — Eugene a former club cham- plans for land Carey passed away on June WWII First Lieutenant, U.S. “E.J”, “Spike”, LeB- pion in Nahant and 25, 2017, in Sarasota Memo- Armed Forces, and by her son, lanc, age 92 of Na- runner-up twice. He rial Hospital, Sarasota, Fla. Scott Paul Carey. She is sur- hant, died peacefully played the game for use summit Mrs. Carey, nicknamed vived by her daughter, Janice after a brief illness over 80 years, teach- “Tootsie”, was born in Salem Anita Carey of Stoneham, six on Wednesday July ing many people the time spent looking at Vin- on January 29, 1923. She By Gayla Cawley grandchildren, Colleen Brown, 5, 2017, at Union sport, regretfully nev- ITEM STAFF nin Square, and talking honed her thespian talents Scott Carey, Chris Carey, Lahn- hospital with his er capturing the elu- about a vision that sees a at St. James School in Salem, children by his side. sive “hole in one.” He na Epolito, Melanie Pebley SWAMPSCOTT — Town revitalized focus on how then at nightclubs where she He was the husband is survived by three officials are planning a commercial development regularly sang to big band ac- and Brendan Epolito, three of the late Mary T (Prior) LeB- children Robert LeBlanc and land use summit that will is coordinated. companiment and also com- great-grandchildren, and her lanc with whom he shared his wife Lisa, and their chil- focus on economic devel- Fitzgerald said there are peted in the Miss Massachu- devoted daughter-in-law, Mar- 64 years of marriage. Born dren Amy, Peter, and Julie, of opment, investing in the some properties that can setts Beauty Pageant in 1940. ilyn Gotimer, of North Port, Fla. in Lynn, he was the son of Albany, N.Y. Thomas “Chuck” waterfront, and improving be looked at for develop- She was one of four finalists. She is laid to rest with her Leondre and Zella (Saulni- Leblanc of Nahant, Janet schools. ment options. She was predeceased by husband, Donald, at Bay Pines er) LeBlanc. He had lived in LeBlanc and her son Bran- Town Administrator Recently, town officials her loving husband, Donald Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Fla. Nahant for the past 87 years. den Pereira of Nahant, two Sean Fitzgerald said the have been focused on re- He was a proud World War II brothers Francis LeBlanc of land use summit, or rath- veteran serving his country Redwood City, Calif., and Ar- developing or reusing er a large meeting of the vacant buildings.