Second Straight Day: New Lynn COVID Record 191 Cases; Health Director ‘Discouraged’ Medical Centers Are Planning for Vaccine
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2020 Second straight day: new Lynn COVID record 191 cases; health director ‘discouraged’ Medical centers are planning for vaccine By Gayla Cawley the past two days, which appear to be By Gayla Cawley Each vaccine requires two doses, which ITEM STAFF connected to social gatherings held last ITEM STAFF means that each shot will have to be ra- week for Thanksgiving. tioned in the early stages. Local medical centers are preparing LYNN — For the second straight day, Ahead of the holiday, Desmarais, Locally, representatives from North for how they will be distributing the Lynn has set a record for coronavirus Mayor Thomas M. McGee, and medi- Shore Medical Center (NSMC) and Lynn two potential COVID-19 vaccines that cases reported in a 24-hour period. cal professionals had advised people Community Health Center (LCHC) say are up for Food and Drug Administra- Lynn reported 191 new cases on Thurs- against gathering with friends and they are planning to administer the vac- tion approval this month. day, which easily broke the high the city family outside of their households. cine to high-risk groups rst, essential Two major drug companies, P zer reported a day earlier, when 169 cases “People had Thanksgiving dinner workers and high-risk patients. and Moderna, have submitted their were reported, according to city data. together — no masks, no social dis- “Initially those healthcare workers that vaccines for emergency authorization, Before this week, the previous one-day tancing and they went outside of their are directly caring for COVID-19 positive which if approved, could begin to be ad- high had occurred on Nov. 18, when 117 household,” said Desmarais. “The con- or COVID-19 suspected patients (will re- ministered by the end of December. new cases were reported. tact tracing is showing that it’s all re- ceive the vaccine), and then we will phase Current estimates project that no Public Health Director Michele Des- lated to social gatherings. the distribution from there as the vaccine marais said she is “so discouraged” by more than 20 million doses of each vac- the skyrocketing case numbers over COVID, A3 cine will be available by the end of 2020. VACCINE, A3 Saugus OKs ’21 No home for the sewer holidays rates By Elyse Carmosino By Daniel Kane ITEM STAFF ITEM STAFF SAUGUS — The What makes the hol- Board of Selectmen has iday season so special? given the go-ahead for For many, this season’s a 7 percent sewer rate greatest moments will increase for scal year take place at home, 2021, which will raise with presents wrapped residents’ sewer bills under a brightly lit by a yearly total of $22. Christmas tree and STEVE KRAUSE During a numbers maybe some Christmas COMMENTARY overview presented music playing, while at Wednesday’s board the whole family enjoys meeting, town con- being around each oth- sultant Matt Abraha- er in the living room. Our cookie monster celebrates today ms said the rate hike But often we can take would raise the aver- for granted the great- Frank Oz, who may be rivaled as I’d give her a Cookie Monster yell. one of them is delicious. And every age bi-yearly residen- est comforts and tradi- a cartoon/puppet voice only by the “Coookkkkieeeee.” one of them is sinful. tial sewer bill by $11 tions that other fami- great Mel Blanc, helped create the She didn’t like it. Or me. I don’t want this to sound like a to $175, and raise com- lies aren’t so lucky to Cookie Monster on Sesame Street. Her loss. I bring all this up because recovery group address, but my his- mercial sewer bills by have this year, like one Anyone alive today has undoubtedly today is National Cookie Day in the tory with cookies is long and some- $107 to $1,632. mother and her three heard the cookie song: “C is for cook- United States, and — to channel my times painful. Bring a package of Initially recommend- children — one 22-year- ie.. That’s good enough for me …” and inner Bo Jackson — “I know cookies.” Oreo cookies in the house and they’ll ing the board approve be gone in an hour. The whole pack- old young adult and a so on. It’s the ultimate ear worm. Chocolate chip. Oreo. Marshmal- a 10 to 12 percent pair of young girls aged age. All three rows. Ditto just about increase, Abrahams I used to know a girl, Cookie Mi- low. Hydrox. Vanilla Wafers. Choco- nine and 10 — who saw any other kind of cookie. explained that the chaelson, in college. Anywhere I saw late frosted. Keebler (especially the town’s sewer enter- HOLIDAYS, A2 her, regardless of where she was, ones with fudge toppings). Every COOKIE, A2 prise fund ran into a nearly $700,000 de cit in FY20, impacted by lower billings that were Swampscott Dunkin’ runs into the result of less water consumption follow- ing wetter-than-nor- is seeking trouble in Lynn mal weather patterns and residents’ inabil- ity to pay due to the volume of traf c that is volunteers By Gayla Cawley COVID-19 pandemic. ITEM STAFF already seen between He added that sewer the morning coffee rush fund expenses are ex- LYNN — Plans to add and school drop-off, for Hadley pected to rise 12 per- a drive-through to a which occur at the same cent in the coming year, Dunkin’ Donuts on Lew- time. By Guthrie Scrimgeour noting that increasing is Street are proceed- “This is a recipe for ITEM STAFF sewer rates would help ing, but not everyone is a huge tragedy in the avoid budgetary short- SWAMPSCOTT — The Select pleased. making,” said LaPierre. falls. Board wants to ensure that res- Citing the traf c con- “I would plead to the “The rates just hav- ident voices are accounted for gestion that already owners of this Dunkin’ en’t kept up with ex- in determining the future of the occurs in the establish- Donuts to really reas- penditures and they Hadley School. ment’s small parking sess the idea of a drive- haven’t for a few years The town put out a call for vol- lot, those opposed to the through at this location now,” Abrahams said. unteers Tuesday to serve on a proposal say adding a at this time. Selectwoman Corinne new committee which will study drive-through to that “It’s already a danger Riley was the sole op- the possibility of reusing the ex- particular Dunkin’ is in my opinion because of ponent of the increase isting Hadley School building for not appropriate. that congested parking and argued that rais- public, civic, commercial and af- “I just don’t think it’s lot, but when you com- ing costs during a time fordable housing. conducive,” said City pound it with a drive- when so many people Select Board Chairman Peter Councilor-at-Large Bri- through, you’re just ask- are out of work due to an LaPierre. “There’s ing for a tragedy.” Spellios expressed hope that a global public health not enough space on However, Sam Vitali, this process of redeveloping the crisis wouldn’t be fair that lot.” the attorney represent- Hadley School would go more to residents. smoothly than the handling of With the proximity ing Dunkin’ Donuts, of the 216-216A Lewis “To try to address it other town properties. said much of the oppo- Street Dunkin Donuts’ now is not the right “The town of Swampscott has a sition to the proposal, ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK to Brickett Elementary time,” she said. “Re- very poor track record on the re- which includes at least School, LaPierre said cord numbers of people use of vacant school buildings,” A proposal to add a drive-through to a three city councilors adding a drive-through have lost their jobs and said Spellios, citing an instance small Dunkin’ Donuts on Lewis Street in will exacerbate the high in which the former middle Lynn has garnered early opposition. DUNKIN’, A3 SAUGUS, A3 school on Greenwood Avenue re- mained vacant for years before being turned into residential Opinion housing amidst community ob- Jourgensen: jections. A mystery STOP THE SPREAD. FOLLOW THE RULES. “The goal is really to have robbery. A4 citizens get together in public forums to begin the process of LOOK! STAY WEAR A MASK NO MORE THAN WASH YOUR HANDS discussing how we can envision Milestone for the future of the Hadley School. St. Mary’s. A8 To make sure that, in the event that the school department does Sports deem that property surplus, we Peabody’s would have broader buy-in to McCarthy to FEET APART IN AN INDOOR10 GATHERING play Syracuse SWAMPSCOTT, A5 lacrosse. B1 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 55° VOL. 141, ISSUE 302 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ 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