SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2017 A WONDERFUL LIFE Lynn’s Mary Cash of Lynn celebrates 99 years Vault is By Bridget Turcotte Home health aide manager ITEM STAFF Sandy MacMillen said Cash’s team is with her each day, en- LYNN — On the day of her abling her to stay in her own locking up 99th birthday, Mary Cash said home, and couldn’t let the day she felt blessed with a lifetime of pass by without a celebration. wonderful memories. The lifelong Lynner resided “I’ve had a great life. It has on Union Place and Sagamore tenants been a fun life,” she said to the Street before moving to her cur- crowd in her Catalina Road rent home, which was built by By Thomas Grillo home. Cash was surrounded by her beloved late husband, Har- ITEM STAFF family and her friends from All old. Her son, Harold Cash Jr., LYNN — It didn’t take long to lease Care, a home care service. The drove to Lynn from his home in the luxury apartments at one of the partiers lavished her with bou- Chicago for the celebration. He most iconic buildings in the city. quets of red and pink roses and said he has been trying to get his The developer of The Vault, a 47-unit colorful gerbera daisies, and her mom to move to Chicago for more apartment building at Central Avenue favorite dessert — baklava. than two decades. and Willow Street, better known as All Care provides personal care, “I have a 23-year-old apart- the Flatiron Building, said he’s leased bathing, dressing, and grooming ment in my basement with a re- ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK nearly 90 percent of the eight-story for patients in their home. Nurs- place that has never had a re in brick building. On Friday, there were ing, rehabilitation, and hospice Mary Cash of Lynn sits with owers she was BIRTHDAY, A3 just six units left on the MLS Proper- care are also offered. given on her 99th birthday. ty Information Network, the Shrews- bury-based listing service. Joseph Donovan, vice president of the MG2 Group, the Quincy company Furry which bought the 103-year-old proper- ty in 2014 for $2 million, said he’s not surprised. “We were always projecting to be fully friends occupied by the rst of September,” he said. “We were con dent that the rela- tive value of those units would do very nd fans well in the downtown location.” Marketing began a few months ago with ads for a mix of studios, and one- in Saugus and two-bedrooms priced from $1,300 to $2,200. By Matt Demirs “People are looking at the relative val- FOR THE ITEM ue,” Donovan said. “If you go one com- muter stop closer to Boston the rents SAUGUS — Stop me if you’ve are that much higher.” heard this before: a baby kan- Four miles away on Ocean Avenue in garoo hops into a library … Revere, one-bedroom apartments at the “Nature” Nick Jacinto turned one of the city’s newest buildings near the Saugus Public Library into the beach start at $2,115. a safari Friday afternoon, giv- Beth Connor Doran, an agent at Con- ing more than 70 children and nor Real Estate in Lynn, said skyrock- adults an opportunity to inter- eting rents in cities closer to Boston in- act with exotic animals. cluding Everett, Somerville and Revere For an hour, it wasn’t a li- are driving tenants to Lynn. brary anymore. Families led As a result, she said, rents in the city into the children’s section to are on the rise. rainforest sounds reverber- “The average one-bedroom unit in ating off white walls. Along Lynn was $1,000 and now it’s $1,200 the way, they met critters like while two-bedrooms went from $1,400 Bubbles the falcon and Pogo to $1,600,” she said. the eight-month-old joey. The former bank building underwent “I think kids are so busy now a $12 million facelift last year. The that parents don’t have time apartments feature steel appliances, to get them to the zoo,” Jacin- in-unit washer and dryer, individual to said. “An important thing HVAC controls, and some have ocean for my program is the conve- views. The rst tenants, who are ex- nience and getting kids with- pected to move in Labor Day weekend, in a few inches of some of the will have access to a tness center and animals that they can’t get to soon a coffee shop and a pizza bar will in a zoo.” open on the rst oor. He hopes that bringing an- The Vault is the latest downtown res- imals to places that are more idential project. Last year, the former easily accessible, like libraries, Arnold Stationery building at 33 Cen- will get children interested in tral Square was transformed into eight conservation, nature, or a ca- condominiums for artists. The units reer with animals or science. sold in the $150,000 to $170,000 range. Saugus resident Skylar Opening of The Vault comes as the ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Ross, 8, was among the young downtown is in the midst of a renaissance. Jalyn dos Santos, 10, of Saugus, holds a fennec fox during Nature Nick’s Animal SAUGUS, A7 Adventure’s show at Saugus Public Library on Friday. VAULT, A7 Lynn eld Ship sails into oblivion By Bridget Turcotte Ship Mall LLC, a division of All- ITEM STAFF ston-based Micozzi Management Inc. It was last purchased in 2007 LYNNFIELD — Plank by plank, for $16.5 million. the Ship Restaurant oating along Plans include a 2,500-square- the horizon of Route 1 is expected foot freestanding branch building to be torn apart in the next two for East Boston Savings Bank, weeks. 7,500-square-feet of retail space, Ted Regnante, a local attorney and a 2,500-square-foot drive-up representing developers who plan restaurant and coffee shop. to construct retail space in its Once the demolition commenc- place, said asbestos remediation es, Regnante estimates the entire and the crafting of a rodent con- project will take about four to ve trol plan has delayed the demoli- months. tion of the iconic building. A bit further down Route 1, the “But the plan is going forward,” construction of a 68-unit condo- said Regnante. “They have been minium project at 2 Broadway is working with a contractor and slated to begin at the start of Sep- within the next week to two tember, said Regnante. The build- Dredging up a new park in Peabody weeks, they will start demolition ing will be comprised of mostly of the ship.” decades in the making, that’s a The property is owned by SHIP, A7 By Adam Swift Town of cials and a ITEM STAFF different story. few select residents Friday morning, Mayor Ed- take a tour of the PEABODY — It’s not often ward A. Bettencourt Jr. led a dredged Crystal INSIDE that politicians get down in the quick tour of the lake, which has Lake in Peabody. muck and the mire and come had over 45,000 cubic yards of In Lynn In Opinion In Sports out smiling. sediment removed over the past ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Drinking goes Shribman: Lynn wins in But when it’s to take a clos- six months. Within the coming to a good cause this All the presidents’ Gallant Tournament er look at Crystal Lake at the weekend. A3 biographies. A4 debut. B1 tail end of a dredging project PEABODY, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 72° VOL. 139, ISSUE 209 LYNN .........................................A3 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ...............................B7 LOW 66° OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 REAL ESTATE .............................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2017 OBITUARIES Peabody PD Brendon P. Landry, 42 Ruth J. McDonough, 89 1928-2017 reports West LYNN — Brendon of all kinds, loved LYNN — Mrs. Ruth and her late hus- Patrick Landry, age history and had an J. (Hardman) Mc- band John of Lynn; 42, of Lynn, died un- instinctive knack for Donough, age 89, of her stepson, Johnie expectedly Saturday, languages, having Lynn, died suddenly McDonough Sr.; her Nile Virus Aug. 5. learned Japanese, on Thursday, Aug. grandchildren, Leanne Born in Lynn to Farsi and Bengal 10, 2017 at a local Malo, Karen Grome, PEABODY — A mosqui- discovered across Massa- Edward and Bette amongst others after nursing home. She Johnie McDonough to in town tested positive chusetts. There’s a moder- Landry (Nee Stack- only short exposure. was the wife of the Jr. and Jasmine Mc- for West Nile Virus. ate risk for the virus in 59 house), he is sur- In addition, he was late Thomas J. Mc- Donough, and her Peabody Police report- communities, according to vived by his wife July self-taught fluent Donough, who prede- great-grandchildren, ed the positive test in a the state’s Executive Of- Landry (DaSilva) and daugh- in Brazilian, Portuguese and ceased her in 2014. Leah, Olivia and Matthew. Facebook post on Friday fice of Health and Human ter Elza Jane, whom he loved Spanish. He was very unique, Born in Lynn in 1928, Ruth Service information: A afternoon. It was not im- Services. dearly. He is also survived by extremely intelligent and was the daughter of the late funeral service will be held two brothers and a sister, Bri- fiercely loyal. He will always Fred and Ruth (Voperian) on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017 mediately clear when the You can wear long an and his wife Ana Landry of be remembered as a kind Hardman.