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DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2018 DEALS Happy Together in Lynn OF THE Lynn budgets$DA Y$ $147.2M for schoolsPG. 3 By Gayla Cawley of the school committee, said the budget ITEM STAFF fully funds net school spending, and is ac- tually $2 million aboveDEALS the district’s net LYNN — The Lynn School Committee school spending requirement. is expected to vote next week on a pro- Chapter 70 of the generalOF THE laws estab- posed $147.2 million fiscal year 2019 lishes a net school spending requirement school budget. for each Massachusetts$DA schoolY$ district. There are no layoffs in the proposed Failure to comply with thisPG. requirement3 school budget, School Business Admin- may result in non-approval of a munic- istrator Kevin McHugh told the School ipality’s tax rate, enforcement action by Committee last Thursday, with adminis- the Attorney General, or loss of state aid, trative officials opting to trim $1.8 mil- according to the state Department of Ele- lion from the budget since it was last mentary and Secondary Education. presented to the board, by not filling va- In recent years, theDEALS city has struggled cant positions and reducing some other to meet its net school spending require- department expenses. ment. In FY16, the cityOF was THEshort by about “Rather than lay off anyone or have it $800,000, and was penalized.$ The$ struggle affect the schools right now, we’re trying dates back to FY13, whenDA officialsY were er- to hold on jobs that have yet to be filled,” roneously counting teacherPG. retiree 3 health said Superintendent Dr. Catherine C. insurance as an allowable cost toward net Latham. school spending and were playing catch- McHugh said the initial plan was to up until last year, city officials said. bring on an extra school psychologist, but “We’re in good standing,” McGee said. to save funds, the decision was made to “The commitment obviouslyDEALS is to fund the reduce the budget to the existing staff of net school spending. We complied with six, saving $103,391. the $2 million over theOF years THE with every- He said there’s an opening for a nurse, thing that was done last year.” but officials have opted not to fill that po- To offset some of the$ DAschoolY budget$ re- ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK sition, saving $67,774. The school securi- ductions, McHugh said he’s expecting ty budget has been cut by $50,000. PG. 3 Mark Volman dons a tambourine as he sings with The Turtles during Mayor Thomas M. McGee, chairman SCHOOLS, A5 the Happy Together Tour. Story, page A7. INSIDE Alleged drunk driver strikes cyclist in Revere Boston By Gayla Cawley Route 16 westbound, state police said. John Prine in prime form. ITEM STAFF Shortly after police responded, Chelsea Po- A7 lice found and stopped the suspect’s vehicle REVERE — A 56-year-old bicyclist was on Washington Avenue in Chelsea — the bi- struck on Revere Beach Parkway by an al- Lynn cycle was still attached to the vehicle, state leged drunk driver who fled the scene early Judy Collins coming police said. up to Lynn. A7 Sunday morning. The driver, Josue Flores-Ochoa, 27, of Ev- Flores-Ochoa was charged with OUI liquor, LOOK erett, was arrested following a brief investi- leaving the scene of a personal injury crash, Rep. Moulton, wife use gation. unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and Father’s Day to say The bicyclist, a Winthrop man, was tak- negligent operation of a motor vehicle. they’re expecting. A8 en to Massachusetts General Hospital with The incident remains under investigation non-life-threatening injuries, state police said. by state police. Sports Shortly before 2:30 a.m., police responded to Lynn eld baseball loses in the area of 943 Revere Beach Parkway after Gayla Cawley can be reached at gcaw- Division 1 North nal. B1 receiving calls about a bicyclist struck by a ve- [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @ hicle, which rather than staying on scene, fled GaylaCawley. COURTESY OF STATE POLICE Revere looks to close door on construction By Thomas Grillo ITEM STAFF REVERE — If City Councilor-at-Large George Rotondo gets his way, apartment construction will come to a halt, temporar- ily. On Monday night, the council will con- sider his measure that would implement a four-month building moratorium on pro- posals of six units or more. If passed, the 120 days would be used to study the impact of more homes on schools, traffic, emergency response time, water and sewer, and the quality of life in Revere. The proposal also calls for a series of hearings and a community survey on development. Since 2015, more than 650 apartment units have been constructed, 500 are being built, and another 500 are in the permit- ting stages, according to Robert O’Brien, the city’s Economic Development director. Last year, Rotondo proposed to put a hold on large scale residential construc- tion of 40 units or more. But the measure went nowhere. PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Rotondo declined to comment. Children hold signs during a demonstration in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforce- The plan has the support of City Coun- ment of ces in Miramar, Fla. cilor-at-Large Daniel Rizzo. “People are tired of this proliferation of apartment buildings,” he said. “The first step towards digging yourself out of a hole Adviser separates herself from is to stop digging.” Rizzo expects the plan to win the support of the council, he said. “Unless all the councilors are tone-deaf, Trump on his family policy I expect it to be approved,” he said. “This rampant construction citywide has led to By Jill Colvin President Donald Trump has tried Nearly 2,000 children were sep- overcrowding and rat problems. In 2015, I ASSOCIATED PRESS to blame Democrats, who hold no arated from their families over a proposed a two-year moratorium on any levers of power in the government, six-week period in April and May large-scale development until we’ve studied WASHINGTON — A top White for a situation that has sparked fury after Attorney General Jeff Sessions the issue and rezoned portions of the city.” House adviser on Sunday distanced announced a new “zero-tolerance” Rizzo criticized Mayor Brian Arrigo say- the Trump administration from re- and a national debate over the mor- al implications of his hard-line ap- policy that refers all cases of ille- ing the mayor has allowed widespread sponsibility for separating migrant gal entry for criminal prosecution. construction city wide. children from their parents at the proach to immigration enforcement. “Nobody likes” breaking up fami- U.S. protocol prohibits detaining “He’s already built on every square foot U.S.-Mexico border, even though children with their parents because and he’s advocating for 3,000 more units lies and “seeing babies ripped from the administration put in place and the children are not charged with a on the Revere side of Suffolk Downs,” Riz- their mothers’ arms,” said Kelly- could easily end a policy that has led crime and the parents are. zo said. to a spike in cases of split and dis- anne Conway, a counselor to the traught families. president. IMMIGRATION, A5 CONSTRUCTION, A5 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 ENTERTAINMENT .......................A7 COMICS ....................................B4 HIGH 92° VOL. 140, ISSUE 161 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 LOW 72° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2018 OBITUARIES William J. Nicosia, 81 Carmano A. D’Alessandro, 92 Joseph S. Jedrey, 90 1925 - 2018 LYNN — William ing honorably, he was BEVERLY — Carma- Eric Savard, of Pea- BEVERLY FARMS his house their sec- Joseph “Bill” Nicosia, employed by and no A. D’Alessandro body, his siblings — Mr. Joseph Sher- ond home. 81, life-long resident retired from the US (Carmen Alexander), Frank and Alfred Al- man Jedrey, 90, af- In addition to his of Lynn, passed away Postal Service. He 92, of Beverly, passed exander and Esther fectionately known wife Ruth, he is sur- peacefully on Satur- retired again, serving away on June 13. He Boccuzzi, his brother- as ‘Dampa”, devot- vived by a son, Bill day, June 16, 2018, the members of Cot- was born in Chel- in-law, Chester Blue, ed husband of Ruth Jedrey of Beverly and after a lengthy ill- tage Park Yacht Club, sea on October 6, of Rochester, N.Y., (Sullivan) Jedrey, with his partner, Debbie ness, surrounded by in Winthrop, Mass. 1925, to Esther and and his son-in-law, whom he shared 64 Fatello; four daugh- his family. He leaves from 1981 to 2003. Francesco Alexander Robert Reid, of Med- years of marriage, ters, Leslie Jedrey behind his devoted Sel ess in so many and was raised in ford. died Monday morn- and her husband, wife of 46 years, Sally, and ways, this nostalgic, kind soul Revere. Carmen is now reunit- Affectionately known as “Al” to ing, June 4, 2018. Larry Johnson of Wilmington, N.C. Kathy Hayden and her their children, Sharon Nicosia and gentle man left his mark ed with his wife of more than most who knew him, Carmen Born and raised in Lynn, he became a friend to everyone husband, Tom, of Salem, Su- of Warner, N.H.; John Nicosia on many and will be greatly 70 years, Elaine, who passed was the son of the late George and wife Sharon of Peabody; away in February 2017. he met because of his quick and Vinetta (Hill-Devine) san Jedrey and her husband, missed.