WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 GOOD WORKS, GOOD DEEDS RCN making Con rmation candidates walking the talk in Lynn eld waves in By Steve Krause receive Con rmation this fall in the Other projects include collecting sup- ITEM STAFF two parishes. Yannone split them up plies for the Plummer Youth Promise Peabody into groups of ve, and told them all to in Salem, which offers residential pro- LYNNFIELD — Con rmation stu- choose a community service project that grams, including one to house young dents at the Our Lady of the Assump- focused on the corporal works of mercy men and women referred by juvenile By Anne Marie Tobin tion/St. Maria Goretti collaborative are (of which there are seven, according to court, and a foster care program. ITEM STAFF doing more than learning about their church teaching). Others are collecting for the North- PEABODY — RCN, the city’s new cable faith. They’re living it. One of the projects involves Catholic east Animal Shelter, Girls Inc. of Lynn TV/high-speed internet and telephone ser- That was the challenge presented to Charities Child Care Center of Lynn. (where candidates served a Thanksgiv- vice provider, may have only started its them by Robyn Yannone, adolescent co- “The majority of children served (at ing dinner last November) as well as build-out in late 2019, but the cable com- ordinator of the Catholic collaborative. Catholic Charities) are foster children,” continuing to tutor members. Some are pany is already making huge gains in lur- “I wanted 10th graders (Con rma- said Christine Feeney Breslow, whose collecting  eece blanket for patients at ing customers away from Comcast. tion-age students) to have their class daughter Sarah’s group came up with Children’s Hospital in Boston. Also in- Peabody Mayor Edward Bettencourt an- time to learn about particular aspects the idea. “The center is in constant need volved is a project to collect socks and nounced during his inauguration address of Catholicism, but I also wanted them of supplies, mainly diapers, Pull-Ups, diapers for state child services. Some of on Monday night that, to date, approxi- to live their faith as well.” wipes, toothbrushes, underwear, socks, LYNNFIELD, A3 mately 10 percent of Peabody subscribers There are 100 candidates slated to crib sheets and hats and mittens.” are now customers of RCN. He also said he expects to reach full capacity by Janu- ary of 2021. He said the decision to grant a franchise license to RCN “ushers in a new era of competition intended to bene t res- Washington S.T.E.M. steps idents and businesses alike. “RCN’s infrastructure build-out started back in the fall as early as September or into 21st Century program October, but we agree that 10 percent is impressive,” said Mayor’s Chief of Staff Christopher Ryder. “In terms of door to door, the RCN representatives started back in November / December having an- nounced their presence with the Police Department and obtaining relevant per- mits.” Bettencourt last year announced RCN has established an exclusive web presence for Peabody residents and businesses at rcn.com/Peabody. The web page provides prospective cus- tomers with an opportunity to sign up for the company’s priority list and features a link to existing RCN bundled service pack- ages. The city previously set up a dedicat- ed email address and telephone line for RCN inquiries which will remain in opera- tion during the RCN buildout. Residents or business owners are en- couraged to email their questions or con- cerns to [email protected] or call 978-538-5910. In either case, dedi- cated personnel will respond to inquiries promptly. Last June, the mayor granted a franchise license to RCN to offer its cable TV and high-speed Internet services in Peabody. The agreement ended Comcast’s 40-year monopoly of cable TV service in the city. In 2018, Comcast served 17,461 custom- ers of the city’s more than 20,000 house- holds, according to the Department of Telecommunication and Cable. RCN services major metropolitan re- gions around the country including Bos- ton, Washington, D.C., New York and Chi- By Gayla Cawley “This was a school, and we have From left, Kaysha cago. Peabody is the 20th community in ITEM STAFF many schools with high needs, and Rivera, 10, and Ashley Massachusetts to be served by RCN. this seemed like a site that was ready Lemus, 9, play with LYNN — Students at Washington “There is a lot of excitement about RCN and had the high needs pro le,” said Legos at Washington coming here to compete head to head with S.T.E.M. Elementary School will be Superintendent Dr. Patrick Tutwiler, S.T.E.M. Elementary able to attend the city’s rst 21st Cen- Comcast,” Bettencourt said. “My of ce is who toured the center late Tuesday School during a visit getting a lot of calls with speci c ques- tury Community Learning Center. afternoon. from Dr. Patrick Tut- tions about the build-out and timeframes Camp Fire North Shore, in partner- “I think it just follows the theme of wiler, superintendent for service and we want to respond to each ship with Lynn Public Schools and building partnerships, aligning think- of schools, on Tuesday one of them. This new RCN/Peabody web Washington S.T.E.M. Principal Antho- ing and effort and values and service afternoon in Lynn. page means that we are getting close to ny Frye, received a three-year federal- of kids. This was actually something the rst residential service rollout and ly funded grant from the state Depart- that Camp Fire brought to our atten- ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO that it’s full speed ahead.” ment of Elementary and Secondary tion, the funding opportunity, and for Education to establish the afterschool Anne Marie Tobin can be reached at ato- and summer program. S.T.E.M., A3 [email protected].

Lynn eld Iran strikes back at U.S. with missile attack Town mourns loss of retired re TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran struck back ings were still being searched. con ict erupting between the two enemies, lieutenant. A6 at the United States for the killing of a top ‘All is well!’ President Donald Trump tweet- which have been at odds since Iran’s 1979 Is- Sports Iranian general early Wednesday, ring a ed shortly after the missile attacks, adding, lamic Revolution. Prep basketball falls series of ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases ‘So far, so good’ regarding casualties. But in a tweet shortly after the missile short against Malden housing U.S. troops in a major escalation that Soleimani’s killing and the strikes by Iran launches, Iran’s foreign minister called a Catholic. B1 brought the two longtime foes closer to war. came as tensions have been rising steadily ballistic missile attack a “proportionate mea-  Iranian state TV said it was in revenge for across the Mideast after Trump’s decision sures in self-defense” and said it was not Peabody boys basketball the U.S. killing of Revolutionary Guard Gen. to unilaterally withdraw America from Teh- seeking to escalate the situation but would wins in defensive Qassem Soleimani, whose death last week ran’s nuclear deal with world powers. They defend itself against any aggression. struggle. B1 in an American drone strike near Baghdad also marked the rst time in recent years Iran initially announced only one strike,  prompted angry calls to avenge his slaying. that Washington and Tehran have attacked but U.S. of cials con rmed both. U.S. defense Marblehead hockey A U.S. of cial said there were no immediate each other directly rather than through prox- takes down Lynn. B1 reports of American casualties, though build- ies in the region. It raised the chances of open IRAN, A3 6.4 quake shakes Puerto Rico

A Puerto Rican ag amid heavy seismic activity hangs within the rub- ble where store own- GUAYANILLA, Puerto Rico (AP) — en by smaller quakes late into Tuesday ers and family helped Thousands of people  ed their homes on afternoon. Seismologists said there was remove supplies from Puerto Rico’s southwest coast on Tues- no way of knowing when the series of Ely Mer Mar hard- day after a 10-day string of earthquakes quakes would ease, prompting Puerto ware store, which crescendoed in a powerful magnitude 6.4 Ricans to stay with friends or family or partially collapsed temblor that crushed an elderly man, in- even sleep outdoors far from the coast, after an earthquake jured at least eight other people and sent fearful of collapsing buildings or a tsu- struck Guanica, Puer- buildings tumbling to the ground. nami. to Rico, Tuesday. Hours after the predawn quake cut “I’m stringing up my hammock,” said power to the entire U.S. territory, a large PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS swath of southern Puerto Rico was shak- PUERTO RICO, A3

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Margaret M. Doucette, 86 Robert G. Morse, 47 Should biz owners put 1933-2020 spouses on payroll for LYNN — Margaret “Margie” NAHANT — Robert G. “Bob” Mary (Callahan) Doucette, Morse, age 47 of Nahant, died Social Security purposes? age 86, of Lynn, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his surrounded by her loving fam- family on Monday January 6, A common question less than what they would ily on January 5, 2020. She 2020 at the Kaplan Family asked by business own- receive if Jamie just re- was born on June 5, 1933 to Hospice House after a brief ers is whether or not they ceived a spousal bene t her beloved mother the late and heroic battle with cancer. should put a spouse on the without taking any salary: Mary Callahan in Somerville. He was the husband and best payroll $4,223 vs. to make During the Korean War friend of Christin (Spillane) $4,236. them el- DOLLARS Yet they Margaret served proudly as Morse, with whom he shared igible for would a Womens Army Core Nurse 21 years of marriage. AND SENSE their own have paid in Panama. After the war, Born in Lynn and raised in Social Mark Singer, CFP about she would go on to work Peabody, Bob was the son of Security $170,000 Gerard and Ellen (Carlson) for Norelco Phillips Lighting benefits. in addi- for over 30 years while also Morse of Peabody. The wives tional working at Shaw’s Supermar- He graduated from Bishop of working husbands al- self-employment taxes on ket in Peabody in the sea- Fenwick High School, class of ready qualify for spou- her salary. food department, where she 1990 and earned a Bache- sal bene ts, but these What if Jerry stops pay- would get her loving nick- lor’s Degree in Business from Kingston, New Hampshire, her husband Joseph of Dan- bene ts are only 50 per- ing himself while paying name the Troll that her co- Salem State College. He had cent of the working hus- Jamie the maximum So- workers lovingly gave to her. Dana Doucette and his wife lived in Lynn for 7 years where vers, his mother-in-law Shirley Denise of Peabody, and Mi- band’s primary insurance cial Security wage base Margaret was a free spirit he enjoyed the beauty and Spillane of Nahant and many chael Doucette and his wife amount. Is it worth it to for the next 10 years? This and was a huge Boston sports natural wonder of Lynn Woods, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, Lisa of Lynn the cherished pay Social Security taxes will cost them no addition- prior to moving to Nahant in nieces, nephews, aunts, un- fan; she would watch every grandmother of Scott Dou- on her so she can qualify al SE taxes because they Patriots and Red Sox game. 2007, spending his days and cles and cousins. cette, Heather Dowling, Les- Service information: His for her own bene t? are just assigning Jerry’s Margaret always loved ani- nights on his beloved Tudor Social Security’s pro- lie Dowling, Dana Doucette funeral will be held on Fri- salary to her. mals, having at least one or Beach with family and friends. gressive formula means Jr, Julia Doucette, and Ashley day at 9:00AM from the Now Jamie’s PIA will be two at a time regardless of Bob had worked as a Con- that the more you earn, Dossey. Margaret was also Solimine Funeral Home 67 the $1,399, but Jerry’s PIA species, she was even known struction Inspector for 24 the higher your bene t will drop to $2,443, for a the loving and doting great Ocean Street (RTE1A), Lynn for taking care and feeding the years with the MBTA. After will be. But will your ben- total bene t of $3,842. grandmother of ve. followed by a Funeral Mass stray animals. Later in life she Service information: Marga- his retirement from the “T” he e t be enough higher to Compared to the status at 10:00AM in St. Thomas found a love for bingo, cross- ret’s visiting hours will be held had continued working in the justify paying the higher quo, where Jerry receives words, and using a lucky dime in the Cuffe-McGinn Funeral industry for STV Incorporated, Aquinas Church, Nahant. SE taxes? Let’s do some maximum salary while for her scratch tickets, that Home, 157 Maple Street, Gannett Fleming, and current- Burial will be in Greenlawn calculations using the So- Jamie receives no sala- she would scratch almost ev- Lynn, from 4:00pm to 8:00pm ly Patrick Engineering. Cemetery. Relatives and cial Security Administra- ry, assigning the salary ery night, even falling asleep on January 10, 2020, services Bob was a great guitar friends are respectfully invit- tion’s Detailed Calculator to Jamie would net them while scratching a couple and burial will be private. In player, who loved his “muscle ed to attend. Visiting hours on the Social Security a lower monthly bene t: of times, dime still in hand. Lieu of Flowers, donations cars”. He enjoyed walking the Thursday 4:00PM-8:00PM. website. $3,842 vs. $4,236. It would Most of all she loved to spend may be made to the beach and spending time in Donations in his memory Our hypothetical couple, also reduce Jamie’s survi- time with her family. Northeast Animal the mountains of North Con- may be made to Kaplan Fam- Jerry and Jamie, are both vor bene t if Jerry dies Spending as much Shelter, 347 High- way. First and foremost was ily Hospice House 78 Liberty 55 years old. Jerry has rst: $2,443 vs. $2,824 (or quality time with land Ave, Salem, MA his family; he was a wonderful, Street, Danvers, MA 01923. paid himself the maxi- $3,016 vs. $3,502 if he de- them as she could. 01970 in memory of loving son, husband, father, Directions and guestbook at mum Social Security wage lays to age 70). All who had the plea- Margaret. and brother. www.solimine.com base since he was 30. Ja- So the clear conclusion sure of knowing her In addition to his wife and mie has drawn no salary in this hypothetical case will miss her dearly. parents, he is survived by his at all. is that it would not be She was the beloved children Abbey and Sam, his If Jerry continues to pay worth it for Jamie to start mother of Ann Doucette of LIFE WELL CELEBRATED® sister; Kerry Pitrowski and himself the Social Secu- drawing a salary. If they rity wage base until he is pay her a minimal salary, 66, his primary insurance they would pay additional amount (PIA), or the bene- SE taxes for a bene t she Ernest L. McCormick, 80 Judith A. Calnan, 74 t he will receive if he les can’t use. Even if they pay for it at full retirement her a high salary, it would 1945-2020 age, will be $2,824 in to- give her a bene t that’s day’s dollars, according LYNN — Ernest L. McCor- BEVERLY — Judith A. (Kel- just about on par with to the SSA Detailed Cal- the spousal bene t and mick, age 80, died Mon- ley) Calnan of Beverly died culator. If Jamie reaches costs them an addition- day in a local nursing home on Monday January 6, 2020 full retirement age (FRA) al $170,000 in SE taxes. from a brief illness. Born and at the Kaplan Family Hospice with no earnings record of If they stop paying Jer- raised in Lynn, he was the House in Danvers after a long her own, she will be enti- ry and assign his salary son of the late Victor and illness. She was the beloved tled to a spousal bene t to her, there would be no Alice (Mitchell) McCormick. wife of Donald J. Calnan for of 50 percent Jerry’s PIA, additional SE taxes, but He was a graduate of Lynn almost 48 years. They would or $1,412. Their combined it would lower their com- English High School, attend- have celebrated their wedding bene t at full retirement bined monthly bene t and ed Tufts and graduated from anniversary on January 15. age will be $4,236. signi cantly reduce her Judy was born in Lynn on Wentworth institute of Tech- If Jerry continues to pay survivor bene t. November 19, 1945 and was nology. He raised his family himself the maximum The conclusion here the daughter of the late Veron- in Lynn, then Swampscott wage base and adds Jamie is that the payment of ica “Bonnie” Kelley and Arthur and spent his later years be- to the payroll at $20,000 self-employment taxes for M. “Mel” Kelley of Lynn and tween Florida and Plymouth. a year for the next ten a spouse over a 10-year pe- the sister of the late Richard Ernest was the owner of a years, Jamie’s PIA on her riod of time does not result “Dickie” Kelley of Florida. HVAC contracting company own work record will be in a Social Security bene- Judy was a graduate of Lynn for over 20 years, and after re- just $428, which is well t that is enough higher English High School and Mer- tirement he continued working below the spousal bene- than the spousal bene t to Bellone of Lynn; as well as 12 rimac College. Judy kept the iant battle for the past year for Northstar Mechanical in t. This would cost them justify paying the SE tax- grandchildren, 2 great-grand- books for Don’s business, Je- against cancer. Many dear Plymouth as an estimator and more than $30,000 in self- es. It’s essentially money children, and several nieces rome Electric Co. for over 14 friends were there to help her consultant. An avid golfer, he employment taxes on Ja- down the drain. was a member of the Thomp- and nephews. He was the years. After, Judy put her skills wage her courageous war. Don mie’s salary with no bump son and White Cliffs Country brother of the late Merle and to work for non-pro ts in the would like to especially thank in Social Security bene- Mark Singer, CFP® Clubs. He once scored two Gordon McCormick. Salem/Beverly area that served Fran, Lindsey, Sue, Barbie, ts. It may not be worth it. lives in Swampscott and holes-in-one in one match at Service information: A the needy elderly. She was a Eddie and Sue and also Ju- If Jamie goes onto the has been in the nan- the White Cliffs Golf Course small service will be held strong advocate for elders who dy’s doctors for their love and payroll at maximum sal- cial industry for over in Plymouth, an accomplish- on Thursday, January 9, needed help in navigating the guidance through this dif cult ary, she could build her three decades. If you have ment he was very proud of. 2020 at 12:00PM in the sometimes- daunting obsta- time. Many kind people at Ka- PIA up to $1,399. If Jer- any questions contact Ernest is survived by his SOLIMINE FUNERAL HOME, cles in applying for assistance plan Hospice helped Don and ry is also receiving max- him at 781.599.2660 or wife, Paula Resevick McCor- 426 Broadway (Rt 129), for activities of daily living, in- Judy and their family and they imum salary, they would [email protected]. The mick and by his four children; Lynn. Burial will be in Pine cluding healthcare. She loved will not be forgotten. have a combined monthly content was developed in Patricia Potter and her hus- Grove Cemetery, Lynn. interfacing with her clients and Service information: Her bene t of $4,223 ($2,824 conjunction with Elaine band Glenn of Swampscott, Relatives and friends are many remained friends with her Graveside Service will be + $1,399). This is slightly Floyd, CFP®. David McCormick of Los respectfully invited. Di- through the years. held at Pine Grove Cemetery, rections and guestbook at Angeles, CA, James McCor- Judy was an artist who had 145 Boston Street, Lynn on MASSACHUSETTS BRIEF mick of Peabody, and Joanne www.solimine.com a deep appreciation of vibrant Friday, January 10, 2020 at Legere and her husband Paul color and many of her paint- 1 PM. Relatives and friends ceremonial, and community of Alton, NH; his brother, Phil- ings decorate the lovely home are invited to attend. Visit- Cambridge’s new mayor leadership functions, The lip McCormick of Portland, where she and Don lived. Their ing hours at the Campbell is Muslim woman, apparent Boston Globe reported. ME; his former wife, Elaine garden re ects Judy’s talent Funeral Home, 525 Cabot and love of nature. She also Street, Beverly on Thursday, rst in state “At the end of the day, loved the beach and the sun, January 9, 2020 from 4-7 I’m committed to equity, CAMBRIDGE (AP) — inclusivity. and putting reading for long periods with PM. In lieu of owers, do- Cambridge has selected a her feet in the sand. nations in Judith name may others rst. That is ex- Muslim woman who im- actly what I will strive to Don and Judy traveled be made to the Crohn’s and migrated to the U.S. from Gerald F. Colpitts, 85 to Italy where she was im- do for the next two years Colitis Foundation, Nation- Pakistan as a child to be pressed with the beautiful al Processing Center, P.O. as your mayor,” Siddiqui historic buildings and the mayor, in an apparent said after being sworn in. Box 1245, Albert Lea, MN rst for Massachusetts. PEABODY (formerly of Sau- dren, Halley and Madilyn; one landscapes. They also spent 56007. Information, direc- Shaun Kennedy, the Sumbul Siddiqui, who gus) — Mr. Gerald F. Colpitts, brother, Donald Colpitts of time in Ireland with the Cal- tions, condolences at www. campaigns director was in her second term age 85, died at the North Lynn; as well as many nieces nan Clan on memorable trips. campbellfuneral.com for Jetpac, a nonpro t Shore Medical Center in Sa- and nephews. He was also In more recent years Judy as a city councilor, was dedicated to increasing lem on Sunday, January 5th the former husband of Janet and Don had health issues selected by her peers. The Muslim engagement in after a brief illness. He was (Ostrowski) Colpitts. He was to face together. She was mayor serves as chair of the political process, says the husband of the late Bet- predeceased by three broth- his caretaker and later he both the City Council and Siddiqui appears to be ty (Dougherty) Colpitts with ers and three sisters. was hers. 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IRAN in the region. He did not From A1 meet with any Iraqi offi- cials at the time, and his officials were at the White visit inflamed sensitivi- House, likely to discuss ties about the continued options with Trump, who presence of U.S. forces in launched the strike on Iraq. Vice President Mike Soleimani while facing an Pence also has visited the upcoming impeachment base. trial in the Senate, Iranian state TV said Iran’s Revolutionary the Guard’s aerospace di- Guard warned the U.S. vision that controls Iran’s and its regional allies missile program launched against retaliating over the attack, which it said the missile attack against was part of an operation the Ain al-Asad air base dubbed “Martyr Solei- in Iraq’s western Anbar mani.” Iran said it would province. The Guard is- release more information sued the warning via later. a statement carried by The U.S. also acknowl- Iran’s state-run IRNA edged another missile at- news agency. tack on a base in Irbil in “We are warning all Iraq’s semiautonomous American allies, who gave Kurdish region. their bases to its terrorist “As we evaluate the sit- army, that any territory uation and our response, ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO that is the starting point we will take all necessary of aggressive acts against measures to protect and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Patrick Tutwiler tries some salsa made by students at Washington Iran will be targeted,” The defend U.S. personnel, S.T.E.M. Elementary School during his visit on Tuesday afternoon. Guard said. It also threat- partners and allies in the ened Israel. region,” said Jonathan Washington S.T.E.M. steps into 21st Century program After the strikes, a for- Hoffman, an assistant to mer Iranian nuclear nego- the U.S. defense secretary. tiator posted a picture of Wednesday’s revenge serves 39 students daily gap and helping students connected to their schools the Islamic Republic’s flag S.T.E.M. attack happened a mere and up to 78 students per meet state academic stan- after hours doing things. on Twitter, appearing to From A1 few hours after crowds in week at the K-5 school, dards — and providing mimic Trump who posted Those kinds of activities Iran mourned Soleima- us, it was a no-brainer,” he according to Camp Fire a safe place for students, an American flag follow- really add to the kids’ ni at his funeral. It also said. Frye said. ing the killing of Soleima- executive director Laurie ability to reach their full came the U.S. continued to Camp Fire North Shore, “We’re trying to create ni and others Friday in a Hamill. potential and grow and reinforce its own positions a Lynn-based afterschool that community model, a drone strike in Baghdad. Students’ activities in- feel good about their edu- in the region and warned organization, will receive Ain al-Asad air base was clude project-based learn- school that is providing cational progress,” he said. of an unspecified threat $125,000 annually over first used by American ing, arts, health and well- services and providing Hamill said it was im- to shipping from Iran in the grant period to run forces after the 2003 U.S.- ness education, STEM families with extended portant that the commu- the region’s waterways, the program, which start- led invasion that toppled (science, technology, engi- learning time,” said Frye. nity learning center is a crucial routes for global ed last month. The school dictator Saddam Hussein, neering and mathematics) “Here, kids are eating free program for Washing- energy supplies. U.S. em- can then reapply for funds and later saw American learning, and academic three meals a day (for ton S.T.E.M. students. The bassies and consulates for a fourth year. support activities, accord- free). We are guaranteeing troops stationed there cost of childcare and after- from Asia to Africa and The 21st Century Com- ing to Hamill. that. It’s great that this amid the fight against school programming can Europe issued security munity Learning Centers Social-emotional learn- program came along.” the Islamic State group in be a burden for families, alerts for Americans. The Program, established by ing practices will be pro- Mayor Thomas M. Iraq and Syria. It houses she said. about 1,500 U.S. and coali- FAA also warned of a “po- an act of U.S. Congress, moted through each pro- McGee said the 21st Cen- tential for miscalculation supports the creation of gram element, which are tury grant funding for the Integral to the program’s tion forces. success will be innovative Two Iraqi security of- or mis-identification” for those centers to provide aimed at creating and afterschool program in civilian aircraft in the academic enrichment op- sustaining a school envi- Lynn follows a move by family engagement strat- ficials said at least one egies that ensure parents of the missiles appeared Persian Gulf amid in an portunities during non- ronment that is inviting the state legislature to in- emergency flight restric- school hours for children, and welcoming in a way crease after school, out of and students have a voice to have struck a plane at in planning program of- the base, igniting a fire. It tion. particularly students who that supports academic school time funding in the A stampede broke out ferings. In addition, Camp was not immediately clear attend high poverty and achievement and emotion- state budget from $2 mil- Tuesday at Soleimani’s fu- Fire is in the midst of hir- whether it was an Iraqi low-performing schools. al health, Hamill said. lion to more than $8 mil- neral, and at least 56 peo- The program is meant to The free program is open lion this year. ing Lynn English JROTC or U.S. jet. There were no immediate reports of ca- ple were killed and more help students meet state to all Washington S.T.E.M. “I’m hoping that this be- students to tutor kids at than 200 were injured as and local academic stan- students but it’s specifical- gins to be a model for us the learning center, Ha- sualties from the attacks, according to the officials, thousands thronged the dards, according to the ly targeting the school’s for getting the kinds of mill said. who spoke on condition of procession, Iranian news U.S. Department of Edu- English language learn- dollars to help grow this “It’s really exciting,” said anonymity as they had no reports said. Shortly af- cation. ers (ELLs). That group program in the city,” said Hamill. “I can’t say enough permission to brief jour- ter Iran’s revenge missile The grant allows for has been identified as McGee, who toured the about the program. It’s nalists. launches early Wednes- three potential sites in the most at-risk and that center on Tuesday. “I feel very much needed across About 70 Norwegian day, Soleimani’s shroud- Lynn. The plan is to start needed the most support, strongly that (for) young the district.” troops also were on the air wrapped remains were people, after school and with one school, refine the based on the school’s test base but no injuries were lowered into the ground Gayla Cawley can be program and expand it to scores. out of school time for kids reported, Brynjar Stord- as mourners wailed at the reached at gcawley@item- other elementary schools, The focus is on academ- is so important. al, a spokesperson for the grave site. Tutwiler said. ics — work will be aimed “They get a chance to live.com. Follow her on Norwegian Armed Forces Tuesday’s deadly stam- The learning center at closing the achievement do something, feel more Twitter @GaylaCawley. told The Associated Press. pede took place in Solei- Trump visited the mani’s hometown of Ker- 6.4 quake hits Puerto Rico amid heavy seismic activity sprawling Ain al-Asad man as his coffin was being air base, about 100 miles borne through the city in or 60 kilometers west of southeastern Iran, said PUERTO RICO Baghdad, in December Pirhossein Koulivand, From A1 2018, making his first head of Iran’s emergency Miguel Santana, a presidential visit to troops medical services. 38-year-old resident of the southwest coastal town of Confirmation candidates are Guayanilla. Alexandra Colberg, 27, moved out of her deeply walking the talk in Lynnfield cracked home in the nearby town of Guánica with her LYNNFIELD age where they’re all into husband and four children, From A1 babysitting and working packing their mattresses, with kids. Sarah and I a refrigerator, a set of cur- the teens have chosen to came up with the agency, tains and their clothes into go into nursing homes to and pitched the idea to two pickup trucks. visit the elderly patients the rest of the girls in the “What do I do with this?” there, while others are col- group.” asked her 9-year-old son, lecting books to give to el- Sarah Breslow’s group holding a tiny pink bucket ementary school students worked on donations with a pet fish that sur- in Lynn. through December by, vived the earthquake. Others are extending among other things, ask- “We need to go, because their services closer. One ing friends and relatives if not we could end up fall- group has chosen to be in for donations and putting ing down there,” Colberg charge of the children’s Lit- out messages on social said as she gestured to the urgy of the Word on Sun- media. They are now wait- ground floor from the sec- days in the two parishes. ing for a date where they ond story of her home. She “I wanted these students can drop the donations off and her family soon left to see what it’s like to be to the facility in Lynn. kind,” Yannone said, “to for the mountain town of PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS “I couldn’t be prouder of Hormigueros, where Col- do unto others what you them,” Yannone said, “and berg’s grandmother lives. Maria Gonzalez, holding her dog Luna, fears aftershocks following an would want done to you. one of the reasons is that Most of the damage oc- earthquake in Guanica, Puerto Rico, Tuesday. “How does it make you they’re pretty proud of curred in Guánica, where feel when you’ve done themselves. a three-story school col- Puerto Rico’s main airport killing 116 people. The Caribbean islands something kind? Do you “Some of them have lapsed. Preparing to start was operating normally, Puerto Rico is in an area are prone to quakes because feel happy? Sad? helped their elderly neigh- a 12-hour shift to pro- using generator power. prone to earthquakes, but they’re at a spot where two “They really seem to bors who cannot get out of tect it from looters was Puerto Rico’s governor, Tuesday’s quake was un- tectonic plates meet in a have worked it out,” Yan- the house,” she said. “The María Mercedes Alcázar, Wanda Vásquez, declared usual because it struck just complex dance. The North none said. “They see how point of the project is to a 63-year-old private se- a state of emergency and off the southern coast, said American plate is being it all relates to our faith. teach them how to live curity guard who said she activated the territory’s John Bellini, a geophysi- driven below the Caribbe- As Catholics, we are sup- their faith.” didn’t fear earthquakes, National Guard. She said cist with the U.S. Geologi- an plate in some parts of posed to live the Ten Com- but her children, aged 37 some 300,000 households cal Survey in Golden, Colo. the area, and the two plates mandments.” Steve Krause can be and 42, were jittery. remained without run- Most large quakes in the are also rubbing each other Yannone said that all reached at skrause@item- A friend who dropped ning water late Tuesday, area happen some 60 to sideways, Bellini said. As the groups got to pick live.com. Alcázar off at the school, and several hundred peo- 80 miles off Puerto Rico’s the plates move, they build their own activities. There 49-year-old construction ple were in shelters. north coast, he said. Since up stress, eventually caus- were some suggestions worker Mario Cruz, said “We’re talking about an 1950, there have now been ing an earthquake. made, Breslow said, but LAW OFFICES OF he remains terrified. event that Puerto Rico five quakes of magnitude The unusual location of the candidates also got to JAMES J. CARRIGAN “I’m not right, emotion- hasn’t experienced in 102 6.0 or larger near Puerto Tuesday’s quake means come up with their own • Social Security Disability ally,” he said. “I don’t want years and we’re talking Rico, and all the others scientists don’t have a ideas. • Workers Compensation to feel another one.” about something that we have been far to the north, detailed historical record For example, Breslow • Accidents 25 years located across The morning quake cut can’t predict,” she said. he said. to draw upon in trying “in my former life, before from Lynn District Court electricity to the island as Tuesday’s quake was But since Dec. 31, more to assess future activity, I had children,” worked in 15 Johnson St. power plants shut down the strongest to hit Puerto than 950 quakes and af- Bellini said. Residents the field of charitable giv- to protect themselves. Au- Rico since October 1918, tershocks have been re- can expect aftershocks for ing in Boston. 781-596-0100 JAMES J. CARRIGAN thorities said two plants when a magnitude 7.3 corded in the area of Tues- some weeks, but they will “Catholic Charities was ANNE GUGINO CARRIGAN suffered light damage and quake struck near the is- day night’s event, most too peter out in both size and always on our radar,” she LISA A. CARRIGAN, OF COUNSEL they expected power to be land’s northwest coast, weak to be felt, according frequency and eventually said. “My daughter and www.jamescarriganlaw.com restored later Tuesday. unleashing a tsunami and to USGS. end, he said. her friends are at that [email protected] A4 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 OPINION JILL EBSTEIN HOW TO REACH US

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(Oh, no, may- — Browse through a ways break?” Pressure sur- Subscriptions John S. Moran, Executive Editor, 1975-1990 be the dog lover in me has newspaper (yes, an actu- rounding a deadline might [email protected] assumed a behavior that al newspaper) and find a lead to curiosity born of Circulation doesn’t apply to chickens quirky article to stir the stress, and on it goes. [email protected] — I need to check it out.) thinking. Today I found a Since a good story al- Ext. 3 In today’s hyper-effi- piece on jewel-box homes most counts as much as cient, results-oriented en- that are quite small, quite good data these days, I Newsroom vironment, we don’t suffi- elegant and a growing will finish making my [email protected] [email protected] ciently celebrate curiosity. trend. Why is this the case, case for curiosity with a EDITORIAL Curious George has been and what does it say about light-hearted parable. Ext. 4 replaced by Sponge Bob. our culture, I wonder? The new Jewish bride Sports Consider whether: — Consider the high is making her first big [email protected] — We ask our children and low moments of your dinner for her husband Ext. 5 Will there be health what makes them curious day and ask yourself what and tries her hand at her as often as we ask wheth- made them so. This is curi- mother’s brisket recipe, Retail and Online er they have completed osity with purpose (similar Advertising cutting off the ends of the [email protected] care reform in 2020? their homework. to Ford). My best moments roast the way her mother — We promote the per- often revolve around food, always did. Hubby thinks ADVERTISING son who turned a question coffee and reading. Low Editorial from the Los Angeles Times editorial the meat is delicious, but Ernie Carpenter Jr. on its head to consider all points might include be- board says, “Why do you cut off Director of Advertising the angles as frequently ing “dead right” — that the ends — that’s the and Business Development, ext. 1355 as the person who drove feeling of not being heard [email protected] The fights over health care policy this year — par- best part!” She answers, straight to an answer when you are certain your ticularly the continuing legal battles over the 2010 “That’s the way my moth- Ralph Mitchell that was deemed “good position is valid. The Curi- Sales Representative, ext. 1313 Affordable Care Act — might lead you to believe er always made it.” enough.” ous George in me always [email protected] that Republican and Democratic leaders were locked The next week, they go to — We hear ourselves wonders how I could have in a steel cage match over the future of American the old bubbie’s house, and Eric Rondeau say, “Can you just give me better made my case. Sales Representative, ext. 1280 medicine. But even as these conflicts dominated the she prepares the famous the net-net?” because the Before deciding to write [email protected] headlines, lawmakers and President Trump moved brisket recipe, again cut- outcome is of paramount a piece in defense of cu- quietly closer to agreement on important consumer ting off the ends. The young Patricia Whalen value. riosity, I asked Google a bride is sure she must be Sales Representative, ext. 1310 protections against surprise medical bills and exces- In considering the value question. No, it wasn’t [email protected] sive price hikes for prescription drugs. missing some vital infor- of curiosity, Henry Ford about its favorite book or mation, so she asks her BUSINESS OFFICE The only question is whether they have the will to comes to mind. Ford must poem or movie, but rath- grandma why she cut off Susan J. Conti overcome the non-trivial hurdles thrown up by in- have asked a series of er was there a generally dustry and their own parties. the ends. Grandma says, Controller, ext. 1288 questions that he hoped accepted way to measure “Dahlink, that’s the only [email protected] Bipartisan proposals to end surprise medical bills would make cars afford- and categorize curiosity. way it will fit in the pan!” Ted Grant emerged in the House and Senate in 2019, promising able for the masses. Could In a decade that values to protect consumers when out-of-network provid- (collected on the internet) Publisher, ext. 1234 we structure an assembly quant jocks, AI, and all As we enter 2020, may [email protected] ers perform emergency treatment or appear unex- line? Develop standard- things numerical, maybe we feel emboldened to feed Marian Kinney pectedly at their hospital bedsides. Everyone agrees ized parts? Bring down this could help build my that consumers should not have to pay more than our curiosity, and discover ext. 1212 the cost? Curiosity drove argument. the places it takes us. In [email protected] what their insurance plan requires them to pay for his thinking, and voila! Google answered back in-network emergency or hospital care. The problem the spirit of Ford and the Will Kraft We had an outcome that that there are various chicken, may we create Chief Financial Of cer, ext. 1296 has been coming up with a way to resolve disputes literally and figurative- ways of categorizing cu- between what an out-of-network anesthesiologist or new paths and cross many [email protected] ly opened new roads and riosity, and one in partic- roads. emergency room doctor charges for the services per- changed the landscape. ular drew my attention Paula Villacreses formed and what an insurer wants to pay. Maybe curiosity is in describing four motivators Jill Ebstein is the editor A/R Specialist, ext. 1205 [email protected] Top Republicans and Democrats on the House and short supply, but we can for curiosity: Joyous explo- of the “At My Pace” series Senate health committees hammered out a compro- always groove our “curi- ration, problem solving, of books and the founder Mike Shanahan mise early this month only to have it come under osity muscle” to help it empathy and stress man- of Sized Right Marketing, Chief Executive Of cer, ext. 1956 [email protected] attack from a slew of industry groups representing thrive. Here are three pos- agement. We might lead a Newton, Massachusetts, physicians, hospitals and air ambulance services, sible exercises to strength- with one motivator more consulting firm. She wrote Carolina Trujillo which argue that it would give insurers an unfair en one’s curiosity: than the others, but most this for InsideSources. Community Relations Director, ext. 1226 [email protected] advantage over them. Whatever Congress decides, — Use a favorite of us are a composite de- com. there will be winners and losers. But if it doesn’t act, Jim Wilson the losers will continue to be consumers, and far too Chief Operating Of cer, ext. 1200 many of them: According to White House estimates, ERIC ZORN [email protected] 20 percent of hospital patients admitted through the CIRCULATION ER are hit with surprise bills. Congress must fix this. Separately, House Democrats passed an ambitious Lisa Mahmoud Preserving serenity in Manager, ext. 1239 bill in 2019 to limit prescription drug prices by cap- [email protected] ping annual price hikes and empowering the Medi- care program to negotiate with drugmakers over the GRAPHICS cost of popular brand-name medicines. Although Re- a toxic election year Trevor Andreozzi publicans and Trump have supported versions of one Designer or both proposals, the White House denounced the Over the years, I’ve as above: respondence from them to [email protected] Democrats’ bill as a threat to lifesaving innovation. changed a number of Ignore. The rhetorical your spam folder. Use the Frederick Higgins The administration is right that there’s a potential minds arguing politics bomb throwers with their “mute” feature on Twitter Designer trade-off here, but it was an oddly harsh assessment with readers over email. pejoratives and profani- if you’d like the additional [email protected] coming from a president who’d supported a similar That number is zero. ties crave attention more satisfaction of imagining Mark Sutherland approach to controlling Medicare drug costs in the Not that I’m a lousy de- than anything else. Your them continuing to holler Creative Director past — that is, until his zeal for lower prices faded in bater or am usually wrong response — reasonable or at you into a void. One [email protected] the heat of industry opposition. — far from it! But that, in rash, it doesn’t matter — strike and they’re out. NEWSROOM A bipartisan Senate proposal to address escalating my experience, no one ever validates them. Deny them Ignore. Delete. Block. Mike Alongi drug prices would take a much more measured step, admits defeat at the con- that and ruin their day. Make these your watch- Sports Reporter ext. 1228 protecting Medicare (along with its enrollees and clusion of email squabbles. I had fun for a time last words of the year ahead. [email protected] taxpayers) against price increases greater than the Cultural psychologists year responding to pure But at the same time, Bill Brotherton rate of inflation for many of the medications it cov- could tell us why it’s so hate mail with a form letter don’t stop listening. Don’t Features Editor ext. 1338 ers. Other provisions would help seniors with their rare for anyone to back that began, “Well, it doesn’t mistake all expressions of [email protected] out-of-pocket costs for drugs, but those mainly chip down and confess ideolog- happen often, but I have disagreement with troll- Elyse Carmosino away at the edges of the affordability problem. There ical error. Altering your to admit that your letter ery and retreat into a Reporter, ext. 1264 are no dramatic wins for consumers in the Senate views can look and even changed my mind on this comforting silo where only [email protected] bill, but the measure would at least take some of the feel like weakness. The issue. I hadn’t given enough like-minded people cluster Gayla Cawley sting out of the current system. wrong sorts of people take weight to your argument in orgies of self-congratu- Reporter, ext. 1236 Nevertheless, even the Senate proposal is too much advantage of it. and, in thinking it through, lation. [email protected] for some Republicans, who object to any form of price But that’s beside the I can see where you make When those with other Cheryl Charles controls, and far too little for some Democrats. And point today. an excellent point.” views offer reasonable dis- News Editor, ext. 1278 more fundamentally, it’s stuck in a chamber whose The point today is that But sarcasm is wast- agreements, engage them [email protected] GOP leadership wants to do little beyond confirming it’s worse than a waste of ed on the dimwitted. Too on the field of ideas. It’s Olivia Falcigno Trump’s judicial nominees. time to argue with aggres- many recipients mistook a long shot, but maybe Photographer, ext.1224 The glimmer of hope for consumers is that everyone sive, angry people online. my jab for actual encour- you’re not absolutely right [email protected] in Washington is eager to be able to say they accom- Not only does it get you agement, so I stopped. about absolutely every- Spenser Hasak plished something on health care costs. The various nowhere, but it also risks Delete. It’s not strictly thing. Maybe there are ar- Photographer, ext. 1332 proposals on surprise bills and prescription drugs throwing more kerosene necessary to consign un- guments you haven’t fully [email protected] have laid out ample common ground. Lawmakers on the raging partisan fires pleasant messages to the considered, data you hav- Thor Jourgensen and Trump just have to be willing to go there. certain to burn hotter than trash folder — archiving en’t seen, lessons from his- Editorial Page Editor, ext. 1267 ever in 2020. It can make them serves the same prac- tory that somehow eluded [email protected] you part of the problem. tical purpose — but quick you. Presidential election deletion is a cleansing rit- Daniel Kane For your own sanity if Sports Reporter, ext. 1228 years understandably ual, a symbolic spitting out nothing else, think dis- [email protected] bring out the worst in us. of the poison that makes it cussion, not debate in the As the stakes increase, so difficult for you to give in to Steve Krause months ahead. Writer-at-Large, ext. 1229 does the vehemence of our the undeniable temptation Hope to understand, not [email protected] rhetoric. In the last few to counterpunch. to persuade. cycles, social media and When attacks appear in Harold Rivera Listen more and react Sports Editor, ext. 1238 email have made our ex- your social media feeds, less. [email protected] changes louder, more rap- delete them from the And when worse comes id and more toxic. thread and then... Anne Marie Tobin to worst, as you know it Sports Reporter, ext. 1307 So here’s my three-word Block. Build that wall. will, ignore, delete and [email protected] prescription, adapted from Unfriend, mute or oth- block. my own New Year’s reso- erwise erect an electron- Ryan York Repeat as necessary. Copy Editor, ext. 1220 lution to reduce the num- ic barrier against snide [email protected] ber of hours I spend on provocateurs who are try- Eric Zorn is an op-ed fruitless online wrangles ing to yank your chain. columnist for the Chicago TECHNOLOGY to zero, the same number Auto direct all further cor- Tribune. 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By Lisa Mascaro, Connell has resisted and “Whoever heard of a tri- Bolton and other witnesses, Mary Clare Jalonick prefers speedy acquittal. al without witnesses and but they are nevertheless and Alan Fram The GOP leader told sen- documents?” the New York standing with McConnell's ASSOCIATED PRESS ators at their closed-door Democrat said. He asked plan for starting the trial. lunch Tuesday that he Trump what he has to hide. Sen. Mitt Romney, WASHINGTON — Sen- has support for his plan, “Witnesses and documents: R-Utah, said Tuesday that ate Majority Leader Mitch outlined in an organizing fair trial. No witnesses and the Clinton process "pro- McConnell said Tuesday resolution that would be documents: cover- up.” vided a pathway” to start he has the votes to start modeled after President Republicans countered the trial and consider wit- President Donald Trump’s Bill Clinton's impeachment that Democrats rushed to nesses “down the road.” impeachment trial as trial 20 years ago. It would impeach and then delayed He said he supports it. soon as House Speaker start the trial first and the process. Pelosi has yet “I'm comfortable with that Nancy Pelosi releases the postpone votes on witness- to choose House impeach- process,” Romney said. "And documents, winning sup- es until later in the process. ment managers for the at this stage, I'd like to hear port from GOP senators "He has 51 (votes), for trial, a politically sensi- from John Bolton and other to postpone a decision on PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS sure,"' said Sen. Lindsey tive next step, with many witnesses with the right in- calling witnesses. Graham, R-S.C., a top ally lawmakers vying to be formation, but that process The announcement is sig- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, of the president, exiting candidates. The House im- will accommodate that.” nificant, enabling McCon- R-Ky., arrives for a closed meeting with fellow the meeting. Republicans peached the president last Sen. Susan Collins, nell to bypass for now Dem- Republicans as he strategizes about the loom- hold the majority in the month on the two charges. R-Maine, has also said she ocratic demands for new ing impeachment trial of President Donald Senate, 53-47. Just four GOP senators supports McConnell's ap- testimony as he launches Trump, at the Capitol in Washington. In withholding the arti- would be needed to deny proach. Others say they the third impeachment trial cles, Pelosi gave Democrats McConnell his majority, are not sure they even in the nation's history on his “We have the votes,” Mc- trial have been in dispute. an opportunity to ramp up but he appears to have need to hear from Bolton or preferred terms. It could be- Connell told reporters. He Pelosi is delaying transmis- pressure on Republicans not locked up the votes. GOP other witnesses, blaming gin this week if Pelosi sends said the question of new sion of the articles as Dem- to go along with McConnell's leaders were conducting the House for not forcing the articles of impeachment witnesses and documents ocrats press to hear from proposal. Senate Minori- a whip count Tuesday to them to testify. Trump had to the Senate. She is set to will be addressed later “and former national security ty Leader Chuck Schumer gauge support. Several instructed White House of- meet late Tuesday with her not before the trial begins.” adviser John Bolton and called McConnell's plan a GOP senators have indicat- ficials not to comply with leadership team. The contours of a Senate other new witnesses. Mc- “trap” and a “cover-up.” ed they want to hear from the House investigation. Police, Secret Service mum after new incident at Mar-a-Lago

By Terry Spencer Florida man who had been ASSOCIATED PRESS dishonorably discharged from the Marines for sex FORT LAUDERDALE, offenses was arrested af- Fla. — There was an un- ter authorities said he got specified incident involv- past two checkpoints by ing the Secret Service at falsely identifying himself President Donald Trump's as part of the president's PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Mar-a-Lago club in Flori- helicopter crew. Democratic presidential candidate former da, but authorities would Mar-a-Lago has had its Vice President Joe Biden makes a foreign poli- not say Tuesday what own security breaches, with cy statement in New York. happened — the latest in at least three trespassing a series of incidents at the events over the past 14 club since the president months, two of them involv- Biden blasts Trump took office three years ago. ing Chinese nationals. Palm Beach police records Last month, Jing Lu, show officers were called FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS 56, was confronted by the over Iran escalation to Mar-a-Lago on Monday private club's security of- night to assist the Secret The Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., is ficers and told to leave, owned by President Donald Trump. By Bill Barrow voting, with Biden at- Service but most of the re- but she returned to take ASSOCIATED PRESS tempting to highlight his port is redacted, including photos, police said. She international experience the name of the individual email. It did not immedi- Security at the club and then fled. NEW YORK — Demo- in contrast both to Trump who was contacted. ately respond to the email. other Trump properties Palm Beach officers were cratic presidential can- and his Democratic com- Police spokesman Mi- The White House press of- has been heightened since called and arrested her didate Joe Biden said petitors. chael Ogrodnick said fice declined comment. last week when the U.S. about a mile away in down- Tuesday that President But the moment presents the Secret Service is the The president and his military killed a top Ira- town Palm Beach's tony Donald Trump’s escala- challenges for the 77-year- lead investigative agen- family were not at Mar- nian general in a surprise shopping district. Lu was tion of tensions with Iran old candidate with nearly cy in the matter and his a-Lago on Monday. They attack in Iraq. charged with loitering and proves him to be “danger- five decades in Washing- department has no com- had left the club Sunday On Sunday night, an prowling. Her case is pend- ously incompetent” and ton. While his resume is ment. The Secret Service for Washington, D.C., af- hour before Trump de- ing. Neither the president puts the U.S. on the brink longer than any Democrat- asked that a request for ter spending the previous parted from Palm Beach nor his family was at the of war. ic presidential rival's, it comment be submitted by two weeks at the resort. International Airport, a club. Speaking in New York, comes with complications. Biden said Trump used Progressives hoping to a “haphazard” deci- make the world less mil- Space-baked cookies, 'mighty' sion-making process to or- itaristic point to Biden’s der the killing of Iranian 2002 vote authorizing the Gen. Qassem Soleimani U.S. invasion of Iraq, sug- mice back on Earth via SpaceX and has failed to commu- gesting that muddies his nicate the rationale to warnings about another By Marcia Dunn provided by DoubleTree. Congress or U.S. allies Middle Eastern war. Alter- ASSOCIATED PRESS A spokesman for the ho- around the world. Biden nately, Trump and Repub- tel chain said five cookies said Trump instead of- licans cast Biden as inde- CAPE CANAVERAL, were baked up there, one fered “tweets, threats and cisive or weak, seizing on Fla. — The first batch of at a time. The company tantrums” that prove the his opposition to the 1991 space-baked cookies is plans to share details of Republican president to U.S. mission that drove back on Earth, along with this first-of-its-kind experi- be “dangerously incom- Iraq out of Kuwait and his muscle-bound “mighty” ment in the coming weeks. petent and incapable of reluctance about the raid mice and other space sta- world leadership.” that killed Sept. 11 mas- tion experiments. “We made space cookies “Democracy runs on ac- termind Osama bin Laden SpaceX provided the and milk for Santa this countability,” Biden said, in 2011, when Biden was ride home Tuesday, a year,” NASA astronaut urging Trump to consult President Barack Obama's month after its Dragon Christina Koch tweeted with Congress on acts of No. 2. capsule arrived at the In- late last month from the war, as required by the Democratic presidential ternational Space Station. space station, posing with Constitution. “No one candidate Bernie Sand- The capsule parachuted one of the individually wants war. But it’s going ers, a Vermont senator into the Pacific, returning wrapped cookies. to take hard work to make who voted against Pres- 3,800 pounds of gear. Scientists also are get- sure we don’t end up there ident George W. Bush's Researchers want to in- ting back 40 mice that flew accidentally.” Iraq war powers request, spect the handful of choc- up in early December, in- The former vice presi- calls it “baggage.” Former olate chip cookies baked cluding eight genetically dent's remarks were part Bush and Obama Defense by astronauts in a special engineered to have twice of his second major for- Secretary Robert Gates Zero G oven just in time the normal muscle mass. eign policy address of the wrote in his memoir that for Christmas. The oven Some of the non-mighty PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS campaign. This one comes Biden has been “wrong on launched to the space mice bulked up in orbit for less than a month before nearly every major foreign station in November, so the muscle study; others U.S. astronaut Christina Koch and Italian as- the Feb. 3 Iowa caucuses policy and national securi- astronauts could pop in will pack it on once they're tronaut Luca Parmitano baked a cookie on the begin Democrats' 2020 ty issue" for 40 years. pre-made cookie dough back in the lab. International Space Station. Researchers: Some pet products touted as CBD don’t have any

By Mary Esch with 2 milligrams per mil- 2023, according to the can- “I didn’t see a change in ASSOCIATED PRESS liliter, when an effective nabis research firm Bright- his behavior,” said Thiele, concentration would be field Group. who nonetheless remains Companies have un- between 25 and 75 milli- Amy Carter of St. Fran- a believer. leashed hundreds of CBD grams per milliliter. There cis, Wisconsin, decided “The product is good, it pet health products accom- are plenty of folks looking to go against her veter- just didn’t work for my panied by glowing customer to make a dollar rather inarian's advice and try dog,” she said. testimonials claiming the than produce anything CBD oil recommended by Short for cannabidiol, cannabis derivative pro- that’s really beneficial.” a friend to treat Bentley, CBD is a non-intoxicating duced calmer, quieter and Such products can make her epileptic Yorkshire ter- molecule found in hemp pain-free dogs and cats. it to the shelves because rier-Chihuahua mix. The and marijuana. Both are But some of these prod- the federal government little dog's cluster seizures cannabis plants, but only ucts are all bark and no has yet to establish stan- had become more frequent marijuana has enough bite. dards for CBD that will and frightening despite ex- of the compound THC to PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS “You'd be astounded by help people know whether pensive medications. get users high. The vast the analysis we've seen of it works for their pets and “It’s amazing” Carter Laughing Grass in West Allis, Wis., is a CBD majority of CBD products products on the shelf with how much to give. said. “Bentley was having dispensary which happens to sell various CBD come from hemp, which virtually no CBD in them,” Still, there's lots of individ- multiple seizures a week. products for pets. has less than 0.3 percent said Cornell University ual success stories that help To have only six in the THC. CBD has garnered veterinary researcher Jo- fuel a $400 million market past seven months is ab- Dawn Thiele, an accoun- shop in hopes of calming a devoted following among seph Wakshlag, who stud- that grew more than tenfold solutely incredible.” tant in Oak Creek, Wis., her 2-year-old Yorkshire people who swear by it for ies therapeutic uses for the since last year and is expect- But some pet owners have said she bought a $53 bot- terrier during long car everything from stress re- compound. “Or products ed to reach $1.7 billion by found CBD didn’t work. tle of CBD oil from a local trips. duction to better sleep. A6 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 POLICE/FIRE All address information, particu- PEABODY Lynnfield mourns loss larly arrests, reflect police records. In the event of a perceived inac- Complaint curacy, it is the sole responsibility A caller asked for a well-be- of the concerned party to contact ing check on a male party of retired fire lieutenant the relevant police department and stumbling on the train tracks have the department issue a no- near Stop & Shop Tuesday at By Anne Marie Tobin band, Larry, of Tewksbury, tice of correction to the Daily Item. 1:27 p.m. Police could not lo- ITEM STAFF Scott A. Procurot and his cate the person. wife, Suzanne, of Biller- Corrections or clarifications will not LYNNFIELD — The be made without express notice of ica and Shawn A. Procu- town and its fire-fighting rot and his wife, Kelly, change from the arresting police Medical Aid community were left feel- of Groveland, as well as department. A caller from Felton’s Cross- ing a little emptier last grandchildren Lindsey, ing on Brooksby Village Drive week when retired Lieu- Erin, James and Aiden. LYNN reported a female was having tenant Jon A. Procurot He was the brother of Car- trouble breathing Tuesday at died unexpectedly on Sun- ol Varney and Linda Ford Arrests 1:18 p.m. day, Dec. 29 at the Mel- and her husband John, all rose-Wakefield Hospital. of Maine. Hector Chavez, 19, of 64 Animal Control Procurot, 76, was a well- Procurot served along- Murray St., was arrested and known lifelong resident of A Marion Road caller re- side his son Scott for a charged with unlicensed op- Lynnfield. short period of time, while eration of a motor vehicle ported her neighbor’s dog had Lynnfield Fire Chief been barking for more than son Shawn was a firefight- and on warrant charges of Glenn Davis posted a con- er in Groveland. unlicensed operation of a five hours Tuesday at 12:29 dolence message on the p.m. The owner was mailed a “They really kept it in motor vehicle, marked lanes department’s Facebook the family,” said Davis. violation and unsecured/ citation warning and copy of page. the dog barking ordinance. “Jon was such an active uncovered load at 8:17 p.m. He asked that residents member of the fire depart- Monday. A Crane Brook Way resident “Please keep Jon’s wife complained that her upstairs ment and his kids were Kirk Crowley, 51, was Jean as well as Jon’s chil- always around the station, arrested and charged with neighbor had allowed their dog dren and grandchildren in to use the bathroom on the at cookouts and outings, motor vehicle breaking and your thoughts and prayers and just kind of being entering with theft at 11:35 balcony and that waste was during this difficult time.” seeping onto her patio Tuesday there. I believe that Scott p.m. Monday. Davis said he was for- spent a couple of years on Toyuwa Davis, 20, of 119 at 10:52 a.m. Police advised tunate to have worked the caller to file a complaint the Lynnfield force and Weatherly Drive, Salem, was alongside Procurot for with the building manager and that Shawn put in about arrested and charged with nearly his entire 30-year to report the waste issue to the Former lieutenant Jon Procurot served the 15 years in Groveland. disorderly conduct at 12:45 time in the department. Health Department. Lynnfield Fire Department from 1964 until he They just grew up with it.” a.m. Monday. “He was definitely a retired in 2010. His funeral was Satur- Marcos Deleon, 37, of 300 Accident mentor and just a great day, Jan. 4. Donations in Chestnut St., was arrested role model to all of us, es- and member of a state Davis said Procurot will Procurot’s memory may and charged with unlicensed pecially the younger mem- A motor vehicle accident championship team. He be missed. be made to the Lynnfield operation of a motor vehicle bers of the department,” with possible injury was re- joined the Lynnfield Fire “His family was the most Firefighters Relief Asso- at 10:13 a.m. Tuesday. said Davis. “He was al- ported at the Kelly Volkswa- important thing in his life, ciation, 59 Summer St., Keron Franklin, 27, of 3 ways laughing and smil- Department in 1964 and gen storage lot on Andover served until 2010. He and then came the fire de- Lynnfield, MA 01940 or to George St., was arrested and Street. Officer will document. ing and teasing and his had also worked for many partment,” said Davis. “He the Shriners Hospitals for charged with operation of smile was just who he was, Children at the Boston, a motor vehicle with a sus- all the time.” years for the Frito-Lay was a wonderful person SAUGUS Company. He coached and a devoted father, hus- Development Office, 51 pended license and failure The son of the late Anto- Blossom St., Boston, MA in the Lynnfield Little band and grandfather.” to stop/yield at 10:21 a.m. Arrest nio and Evelyn E. (Curio) 02114. Tuesday. Procurot, he graduated League and was an avid Procurot leaves his wife, David Turner, 59, was ar- Michelle Bleau, 28, of from Lynnfield High in gardener, golfer and de- Jean M. (LeBlanc) Procu- Anne Marie Tobin can be rested and charged with OUI Leominster, was arrested on 1961 and was an accom- voted grandfather and fa- rot and children, Tammy reached at atobin@item- liquor third offense, improper charges of drunkenness. plished baseball player ther. L. Ministeri and her hus- live.com. operation of a motor vehicle, failure to wear a seat belt Accidents POLICE BRIEFS and negligent operation of a motor vehicle at 1:27 a.m. At 11:10 p.m. Monday, po- New England group that 50, according to a state- to meet the girl. He was Tuesday. lice received a call about a Firefighter who sexually two-car accident with entrap- abused girl sentenced includes Marines and ment from the office of arrested without incident. Accidents ment on Water Street. Police their spouses. The victims state Fire Marshal Peter responded to the scene. MIDDLETON (AP) — were from New Hamp- Ostroskey. Woman who wore mask A report of a motor vehicle Officers at 5:58 p.m. Mon- A firefighter convicted shire, Massachusetts and The fire started in a during robbery sent to prison crash at 5:11 p.m. Monday at day report speaking with a of sexually abusing a Rhode Island. first-floor bedroom of the 564 Boston St.; at 6:34 p.m. female party who claimed to teenage girl for nearly two-family home. PROVIDENCE, R.I. Monday at Chestnut and Es- have been involved in a hit three years was sentenced IRS agent gets prison for A space heater, a cell- (AP) — A woman who sex streets. and run at the Square One Tuesday to two to five 2017 rape of college intern phone, a lamp, a television, wore a monkey mask and Mall. Her vehicle had damage years in state prison. and a computer monitor brandished a gun when Assaults to one of its mirrors. She was Andrew LeColst, a BOSTON (AP) — An and processor were among she robbed a Rhode Is- given a number to call. 41-year-old former high Internal Revenue Ser- the items plugged into the land gas station last year A report of an assault at The station received multi- school physical education vice agent was sentenced power strip, according to has been sent to prison 10:08 a.m. Tuesday on Rock- ple calls at 2:29 p.m. Monday teacher, pleaded guilty Tuesday to up to eight investigators. for seven years, prosecu- mere Gardens. about a non-fatal accident to three counts of aggra- years in prison for the It cannot be determined tors say. where the vehicle had hit a vated child rape and one gunpoint rape of a which, if any, of the appli- Ashley Weaver, 28, of Breaking and Entering tree on Main Street. The vehi- count of indecent assault 21-year-old college intern ances caused the overload Boston, was sentenced Fri- cle was towed from the scene. and battery, the Eagle at the IRS. or if the use of all the day after pleading guilty A report of a breaking and Tribune reported. LeColst James Clarke, 46, of appliances together trig- to first-degree robbery, entering at 3:41 p.m. Monday Complaints was also sentenced to five Newton, was sentenced gered it. using a firearm during a at 116 Pine Grove Ave. years of supervised proba- after the now 23-year- “I would ask anyone else crime of violence, carrying Police received a call at tion following his release old victim in an impact in the city using a space a pistol without a license, MARBLEHEAD 9:23 p.m. Monday from a from prison. statement said “I am heater to make sure it is and simple assault, Rhode party who believed he heard The abuse took place extremely grateful that plugged directly into the Island Attorney General Complaints shots coming from the first during the mid-2000s I am alive,” according to wall outlet, not an exten- Peter Neronha announced floor of the Square One Mall when the victim was be- The Boston Globe. sion cord or power strip,” Tuesday. A report of road rage at parking garage. Officers spoke tween the ages of 13 and Clarke was convicted by Fitchburg fire Chief Kevin She was sentenced to 4:19 p.m. Monday on Mav- to people at the scene who 15, she told the judge in a a jury in December of six Roy. 20 years in prison, with erick Street. A man walked reported it was cars speeding victim-impact statement. charges including aggra- There were also no seven to serve and the re- into the police station to re- out of the lot. During his probation, vated rape. working smoke alarms in mainder suspended with port a black BMW with tinted Police received a report at LeColst will be required Clarke was assigned the house. probation. windows had followed him all 3:56 p.m. Monday from a to have no contact with to the IRS’s criminal Weaver entered the the way into Marblehead with caller saying he’d seen two the victim or her fami- investigation office in Man charged with Providence gas station in the driver beeping the horn white males enter the Walmart ly and register as a sex Boston when he invited traveling to Rhode Island the early morning hours the entire time. The other car on Broadway with firearms on offender. the woman for drinks at of May 19 holding a .40 then reportedly passed him their hips. Dispatched officers LeColst, who also owned a bar on the last day of for sex with teen caliber pistol and wear- at a high rate of speed. Police spoke with the two men, who ing the mask, authorities a youth hockey club at the her summer internship PROVIDENCE, R.I. reported the road rage hap- were Federal Officers. time of the allegations, in July 2017, according to said. She demanded mon- pened in Salem. (AP) — A New Jersey man ey from the store clerk, will also be barred from testimony. has been charged with Thefts working in any field in The woman took the who handed over about flying to Rhode Island to $800 in cash. She was NAHANT A caller at 8:41 p.m. Monday which he has contact with stand and said she as- have sex with someone children under 16. sumed co-workers would arrested in Providence reported a package was taken he thought was a 14-year- several weeks later. Complaints off her porch on Blanchard be joining them and was old girl but was really an November jury selection surprised it was just the An unknown caller at 4:16 Road. Officers advised her to undercover state police Woman sentenced for file a claim with Amazon. in crash that killed seven two of them. trooper, authorities say. p.m. Sunday called to report She said he bought her fatally stabbing cousin suspicious activity in the A caller at Carter’s on motorcyclists Amish Jayant Patel, 47, Broadway reported at 11:42 five or six drinks and then of Swedesboro, N.J., was Flash Road area. drove her to South Sta- LOWELL (AP) — A a.m. Monday that she’d seen LANCASTER, N.H. (AP) ordered detained by a Police received a call at tion to catch a bus home. woman who fatally a male in an orange hoodie, — Jury selection is sched- federal magistrate judge 1:49 a.m. Saturday about a In his car in a parking stabbed her cousin in the black pants and black sneak- uled by November in the on Monday on charges of car that had been parked in garage, he handcuffed heart during a drug and ers steal items from the store pending trial of a pickup enticement and interstate a lot on Nahant Road for a her, choked her, shoved alcohol-fueled argument and flee. Officers were dis- truck driver accused of travel to engage in illicit while. his gun in her mouth, and has been sentenced to up patched for a report. causing a collision that sexual conduct, according The station received a call sexually assaulted her, to 10 years in prison. killed seven motorcyclists to a statement Tuesday 1:01 p.m. Friday about a she testified. Laqwanda Villaronga, Well-being Check in New Hampshire, a from the office of U.S. At- motor vehicle stopping near Clarke testifying in his 27, of Ayer was sentenced judge ordered Tuesday. torney Aaron Weisman. driveways and acting suspi- The manager of Hooters on own defense called the on Monday after pleading Lawyers reached an A message was left with ciously. Police stopped the Broadway called the station encounter “playful” and guilty last week to charges agreement on deadlines for Patel’s federal public vehicle on Sunset Road. The at 6:33 p.m. Monday to re- consensual. including manslaughter the scheduling of motions, defender. operator reported they were port a female party who he Defense attorney Robert in the September 2018 trial witness lists, and the Patel communicated taking in the scenery. felt may have been possibly Sheketoff said Clarke led death of Jonathan Merritt, possibility of a plea in the online for nearly a month A caller at 12:16 p.m. impaired had come into his an exemplary life and 100 according to a statement case of Volodymyr Zhu- with a person he thought Wednesday called to report establishment more than two people wrote letters of from the Middlesex dis- kovskyy. He was indicted was a 14-year-old Rhode an elderly female banging on hours ago, stating she was support to the court. trict attorney. the window from the inside of waiting for a ride. Officers last year on multiple Island girl, authorities Merritt, 26, had stayed her house and not responding arrested the female party on counts of negligent homi- Fire that killed said. The communications at Villaronga’s apartment to the caller’s questions ask- charges of drunkenness. cide and driving under the included sending sexually to watch her children ing if she needed help. Offi- influence in the June 21 brothers blamed on explicit pictures, prosecu- overnight, prosecutors cers were dispatched to the SWAMPSCOTT crash in Randolph. overloaded power strip tors said. said during a previous home on Nahant Road where Zhukovskyy, 24, of West The person he was actu- court appearance. Springfield, has pleaded FITCHBURG (AP) — A ally communicating with While the children were the woman was no longer Accidents banging on the window and not guilty to the charges. house fire that took the was a Rhode Island State at school, the cousins did not respond to knocks on A report of a motor vehicle He has been jailed with- lives of two brothers last Police detective with the were doing drugs and the door. Officers spoke with crash at 4:20 p.m. Monday at out bail since the crash. weekend was caused Internet Crimes Against drinking when they began another party who said the Walgreens at 505 Paradise A hearing had been by an overloaded power Children Task Force. to argue, prosecutors said. behavior was not unusual. Road. scheduled in Lancaster on strip, investigators said According to court Villaronga told police Thursday on the pro- Tuesday. documents, Patel arrived that Merritt began “pok- posed case schedule, but The victims of the fire at T.F. Green Airport on ing” and “taunting” her attorneys worked out the in Fitchburg reported at Sunday and was followed during the argument. She Lynn Drug Task Force 781-477-4444 timeline beforehand. about 12:30 a.m. Sunday by police to a liquor store grabbed an 8- to 10-inch CALL 24 HOURS A DAY Hotline Spanish menu available The seven who died were publicly identified where he purchased alco- kitchen knife and stabbed or text the word tiplynn and your tip to “tip411” (847411) were members of the Jar- as Gregory Wilson, 61, hol, and then to a location Merritt in the heart, au- All reports of neighborhood activity will be investigated. heads Motorcycle Club, a and Franklin Wilson III, where he was expecting thorities said. Callers may remain anonymous. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM A7 ENTERTAINMENT Jury selection in Weinstein case could prove to be drawn-out By Michael R. Sisak case were promptly sent tel room in 2013 and forc- this age of #MeToo.” and Tom Hays home after the judge asked ibly performing a sex act The prospective jurors ASSOCIATED PRESS if there was anyone who on another in 2006, and were given questionnaires could not be impartial and could get life in prison if asking, among other NEW YORK — On Sun- about 40 hands went up. convicted. In the Los An- things, if they could ignore day, Harvey Weinstein Weinstein’s lawyers un- geles case, which will be media coverage and decide was a punchline at the successfully tried to delay tried later, he is accused the case based only on evi- Golden Globes. On Mon- jury selection in light of of sexually assaulting two dence heard in court. They day, he was hit with new the new case filed in Los women on back-to-back were also told the trial sex-crimes charges in Los Angeles, asking for a “cool- nights in 2013. will last six weeks, which Angeles. And on Tuesday, ing-off period” to allow the The former studio boss could weed out many par- he and his lawyers walked publicity to subside. behind such Oscar win- ents, college students and into court in New York “For a prosecutor, this is ners as “Pulp Fiction” and others with pressing day- to begin picking the jury Christmas morning — the “Shakespeare in Love” has to-day obligations. that will decide the fate morning of jury selection said any sexual activity They were introduced as of the man widely seen as to have him smeared ev- was consensual. a group to Weinstein, who the biggest monster of the erywhere,” Weinstein law- Jury selection is expect- ambled toward the gallery #MeToo movement. yer Arthur Aidala said. ed to stretch on for at least with his walker, and were Selecting the jury for the But Judge James Burke two weeks, far longer than PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS read a list of names that Hollywood mogul’s rape expressed confidence that for a non-celebrity tri- could come up at trial, in- and sexual assault trial is Harvey Weinstein arrives to court Tuesday for the jurors would know that al, with lawyers delving the start of jury selection in his sexual assault cluding actresses Salma likely to be a painstaking, defendants are presumed into each potential juror’s Hayek, Charlize Theron trial in New York. weekslong process, made innocent until proven knowledge and opinions and Rosie Perez. complicated by the high guilty, and he pressed on. about the case. Opening By the end of the day, stakes, heavy publicity The 67-year-old Wein- statements shouldn’t be media coverage of sexual Valerie Hans. On the oth- just 36 potential jurors and public revulsion to- stein, who shuffled into expected before the Martin assault and harassment er side of the case, “pros- remained. New pools of ward him. court on a walker after Luther King Jr. holiday on claims against Weinstein, ecutors are wary of pro- prospective jurors will be In fact, one-third of the recent back surgery, is Jan. 20, the judge said. and of jurors prejudging spective jurors who might summoned to court each first 120 prospective ju- charged in New York with “The defense team is con- the case,” said Cornell reveal a predisposition to morning in the coming rors summoned for the raping one woman in a ho- cerned about widespread University law professor blame the victims, even in days. Streaming TV programming for kids embraces iconic brands By Mark Kennedy ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — New technology. Same furry faces. When Apple was think- ing about what kind of children’s TV pro- gramming it wanted on FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS its new streaming ser- Elizabeth Wurtzel died on Tuesday at a Man- vice, it doubled down on hattan hospital after a long battle with cancer. two multi-generational crowd-pleasers — Snoopy and “Sesame Street.” Apple TV Plus has Elizabeth Wurtzel, carved out prominent roles for Charlie Brown’s floppy-eared beagle and ‘Prozac Nation’ for puppets from the famed Sesame Workshop in its slate of kid and fam- author, dies at 52 ily friendly programs. NEW YORK (AP) — Wurtzel became a ce- “Both Snoopy and Ses- Elizabeth Wurtzel, whose lebrity, a symbol and, for ame Workshop are crown blunt and painful confes- some, a punchline. News- jewels of the last decades sions of her struggles with week called her ‘’the fa- in what family entertain- addiction and depression mously depressed Eliza- ment looks like. There’s a in the best-selling “Prozac beth Wurtzel.’’ She was reason that we went pro- Nation” made her a voice widely ridiculed after a actively to those two en- and a target for an anx- 2002 interview with the tities,” said Zack Van Am- ious generation, died The Toronto Globe and burg, who is Apple’s head Tuesday at age 52. Mail in which she spoke of worldwide video along- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS side Jamie Erlicht. Wurtzel’s husband, Jim dismissively of the Sept. This image released by Apple shows the character Snoopy in a scene Freed, told The Associated 11 terrorist attacks from The decision to use exist- from an animated short “Snoopy in Space.” Press that she died at a the year before. ing children’s icons as the Manhattan hospital after ‘’I just felt, like, everyone bedrock for the fledgling “Cloudy With a Chance of think about a family au- sented.” a long battle with cancer. was overreacting. People platform is one shared by Meatballs” and the classic dience, one of the things Apple TV Plus subscrib- “Prozac Nation” was were going on about it. several other streaming ‘toon “Danger Mouse.” we think about is there’s published in 1994 when That part really annoyed services, often with one ers may not get as many Wurtzel was in her mid- me,” she said, remarks eye on looming Netflix, the Disney Plus is offering no two kids that are the shows as Netflix but execu- 20s and set off a debate that she later said were world’s largest streamer shorts starring Forky from same and there are no tives are building a careful- that lasted for much of misrepresented. with an arsenal of titles at- “Toy Story 4” and a reboot two families that are the ly curated list, including a her life. Critics praised But many readers em- tracting kids and families. of the Hilary Duff-led same,” said Melissa Cobb, dozen 8-minute “Snoopy in her for her candor and braced her story and The services are com- “Lizzie McGuire,” another Netflix’s vice president of Space” animated shorts, as accused her of self-pity would credit her with peting for kids’ eyeballs show built around Phin- kids and family. well as the brand new up- and self-indulgence, vices helping them face their not only from each other eas & Ferb, plus a new Brian Wright, vice pres- coming series “The Snoopy she fully acknowledged. own troubles. News of her but also from shows on series based on Marvel ident of original series at Show,” with each install- Wurtzel wrote of grow- death Tuesday was met YouTube and traditional Comics’ “The Falcon and Netflix, said its creators ment featuring three sev- ing up in a home torn by with expressions of grief broadcast channels. Often the Winter Soldier.” And, are hoping to craft content en-minute cartoons star- divorce, of cutting herself and gratitude. The writer the safest way forward is yes, it, too, has Muppets that allows a family to ring the Peanuts crew. when she was in her early Anne Theriault tweeted: piggybacking on estab- — the unscripted series have a shared experience They’ll also get two teens, and of spending her “It’s hard for me to even lished titles that parents “Muppets Now.” and a shared conversation series from Sesame: adolescence in a storm of articulate how important already know from their Netflix has embraced — wherever that family is. the live-action pre- tears, drugs, bad love af- Prozac Nation was to me childhood and leaning into shows built around Cap- “We really want to be in school-aimed “Helpsters,” fairs and family fights. at a certain point in my the nostalgia. tain Underpants, “Lost in the space of building real- which mixes human actors “I don’t mean to sound life.” Author Sady Doyle Amazon Prime Video has Space,” the book “Green ly appealing worlds that and puppets, including like a spoiled brat,” she lamented that Wurtzel rebooted “ Clifford the Big Eggs and Ham,” the comic have something for every- Cody, a new puppet that wrote. “I know that into was regarded as a “Sad Red Dog ” and has original book “Raising Dion” and body,” he said. “One thing loves computer coding. every sunny life a lit- Example Of Something shows featuring Kung-Fu even a youth-orientated that we talk a lot about is And there’s “Ghostwriter,” tle rain must fall and all — female memoir-writers, Panda, Pete the Cat, and “Fast and Furious” series. reflecting the world back a live-action fantasy se- that, but in my case the women who got famous for Rocky and Bullwinkle. “Our intention is to of- at itself. We want to break ries that re-imagines the crisis-level hysteria is an being themselves, young CBS All Access has series fer a lot of choice. When down the barriers of who Sesame Workshop’s 1992 all-too-recurring theme.” women generally.” built on the classic book we think about kids or we gets to be seen and repre- series. Kesha ready to raise hell on new ‘High Road’ tour

By George Varga sensation Big Freedia, who assault and battery, gender pears to be looking forward, THE SAN DIEGO shares vocal duties with Kes- violence, unfair business, civ- not back. UNION-TRIBUNE ha on “Raising Hell.” il harassment and intention- Or, as she put it in a state- The tour and album come al and negligent infliction of Pop vocal star Kesha, who ment released Tuesday morn- after a tumultuous decade for emotional distress. Luke re- in October released a gos- ing: “While shaking my a— at pel-tinged single called Kesha, who for the first part sponded by filing a defamation the stroke of midnight, ringing “Raising Hell,” will perform of her career billed herself suit against Kesha. in the new year, new decade, across the U.S. and Canada as Ke$ha and whose break- Kesha and Luke spent the with my new album coming on her 2020 “The High Road through hit, “Tik Tok,” was re- next three years embroiled this month, I thought to my- Tour.” The 26-city concert leased in 2009. in litigation. None of the law- self, ‘Damn. I think the best trek takes its name from her In 2010 she was sued for $14 suits resulted in rulings in her medicine for happiness and million by her former manag- favor. upcoming new album, “High having a beautiful life is to cel- ers, who also filed a $12 mil- In 2017 Kesha released her Road,” which will be released ebrate it while I have it, with lion lawsuit against Kesha’s first new single in four years. Jan. 31 by Kemosabe/RCA the people I love most. And Records. producer and new manager, Titled “Praying,” it has since Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald. been embraced by the #Me- ummm…shake my a—. As of- The tour opens Aug. 26 in ten as possible … ’” Texas at Smart Financial Cen- In subsequent litigation, Kes- Too movement. Kesha per- Tickets for all of her tour tre in Sugar Land and wraps ha alleged that Luke “induced, formed “Praying” at the 2018 up June 5 in Ontario, Canada, intimidated and convinced” Grammy Awards, where she dates go on sale to the gener- at The Colosseum at Caesars her to leave her previous man- was joined on stage by fellow al public at 10 a.m. Friday at Windsor. agers. singers Cyndi Lauper, Camila ticketmaster.com and livena- Kesha entered rehab in Cabello, Bebe Rexha, Julia Mi- tion.com. A fan club presale All tour dates are listed be- FILE PHOTO | TNS low, along with ticket informa- 2014, then filed a lawsuit lat- chaels and San Diego’s Andra will begin on Wednesday. The tion. The opening act for most er that year in which she al- Day. price for each ticket includes a Pop star Kesha will take her “The of the tour will be New Orle- leged Luke had subjected her Now, with her upcoming copy of her new album, “High High Road Tour” to 26 cities be- ans rapper and bounce music to sexual harassment, sexual “High Road” tour, Kesha ap- Road.” ginning in August in Texas. A8 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 LOOK! Earth’s Rotation Day, Bubble Bath Day, National English Toffee Day, War on Poverty Day

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Shadow walker Timothee Chalamet will play Bob Dylan in authorized biopic

By Jon Bream STAR TRIBUNE (MINNEAPOLIS) If Elton John can do it, why not Bob Dylan? The Minnesota bard will be executive producer of his own biopic, starring Timothee Chalamet, ac- cording to the Hollywood Reporter. James Mangold, who just did “Ford vs. Ferrari,” will direct, and Jeff Ros- en, Dylan’s manager, will be one of the producers. Fox Searchlight has reportedly acquired the rights to use Dylan’s FILE PHOTO | TNS music. Bob Dylan will be executive producer of his The screenplay was own biopic, starring Timothee Chalamet. penned by Jay Cocks, the former Time and her work in that picture. actor Golden Globe for the Newsweek film critic who Two recent music biop- latter. wrote the screenplay for ics, Queen’s “Bohemian There is no projected “Gangs of New York.” The Rhapsody” and Elton’s title or release date for script is based on Elijah Wald’s 2015 book, “Dylan “Rocketman,” have been the Dylan movie. Goes Electric.” big winners at the box Meanwhile, a Dylan Mangold directed the office and awards ceremo- musical, “Girl from the 2005 Johnny Cash biopic, nies, with Rami Malek North Country,” will open “Walk the Line.” Reese capturing the best actor on Broadway on March 5, Witherspoon won the Oscar for the former and after successful runs in Oscar for best actress for Taron Egerton the best London and Toronto. Rascal Flatts will end 20-year career with ‘Life is a Highway’ farewell tour

By George Varga There is no word yet love dearly. I don’t know THE SAN DIEGO on when tickets will go what God has in store UNION-TRIBUNE on sale or what the price for the future, but I am range will be. Nor, as yet, excited to see what he It’s “adios!” for top country-pop trio Rascal have Rascal Flatts’ three has planned!” Flatts, which on Tues- co-founders — Gary Added DeMarcus, in the day morning announced LeVox, Jay DeMarcus same statement: “There is that its 2020 “Life is a and Joe Don Rooney no sadness here, just new ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Highway Tour” will mark — explained exactly why chapters, new journeys, A commuter walks through Central Square Station to catch a bus on the 20-year-old group’s they have decided to dis- and new beginnings.” Tuesday morning. farewell. band after 20 years. Whatever the reason The tour will kick off In a statement released for the trio’s split, their June 11 at Ruoff Music Tuesday morning on the farewell trek should be Center in Indianapolis group’s website, LeVox a lucrative one. Between and conclude Oct. 17 in said: “We can’t wait to 2005 and 2007 alone, Ras- Florida at West Palm celebrate this incredible cal Flatts grossed $106.5 Beach’s Coral Sky Amphi- 20-year journey all year, million in concert tour theatre. with our fans who we income. Kate McKinnon wrote her emotional Golden Globes speech for Ellen DeGeneres on a plane

By Christi Carras LOS ANGELES TIMES How does one begin to write a Golden Globes speech for a living comedy legend that will bring an audience to tears? On the plane ride over, apparently, if you’re Kate McKinnon. During Sunday’s star-studded ceremony in Los Angeles, the New York-based “Saturday Night Live” star delivered some of the most memo- rable words of the night, opening up about her struggle to accept her own PHOTO | TNS sexuality while presenting the Carol Burnett Award Kate McKinnon arrives at the 77th Golden to Ellen DeGeneres. Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly The next day, however, Hills, Calif., on Sunday. McKinnon revealed on “The Ellen DeGeneres Barack Obama. “And even know I had.” Show” just how much then it was like a month “So when did you write she procrastinated before leading up to it, and I was the speech?” DeGeneres drafting the touching tribute. like, ‘Ah, gosh, I gotta write prodded. “I was putting a lot of that speech. I gotta write “On the plane,” McKin- pressure on myself,” she that speech.’ And instead non admitted to laughs told the host, noting that I cleaned my closets. You from the audience. “I DeGeneres has received have no idea what you did thought, well, now I’ve honors in the past from the for me and my closet. … I really got to. I’m down to likes of former President found space that I didn’t the wire here.” WEATHER LOTTERY National weather SUN, MOON, TIDES Forecast for Wednesday, January 8, 2020 TODAY’S FORECAST MARINE FORECAST MASS. EVENING: MASS. MID-DAY: Bands separate high temperature zones for the day. Tuesday...... 3038 Tuesday...... 7938 Monday...... 5805 Monday...... 5052 Sunrise today 7:11 a.m. L Sunshine and clouds mixed. W winds 10 to 15 kt, increas- H High 43F. Winds W at 15 to ing to 15 to 20 kt in the af- Sunday...... 3182 Sunday...... 4606 Sunset today 4:29 p.m. 25 mph. Higher wind gusts ternoon. Gusts up to 25 kt. Yesterday’s payoff: Yesterday’s payoff: possible. Waves around 2 ft. Sunrise tomorrow 7:11 a.m. Tonight: Partly cloudy skies Tonight: NW winds 15 to 20 EXACT ORDER EXACT ORDER High tide today 9:08 a.m. with gusty winds. Low 21F. kt with gusts up to 40 kt. All 4...... $4,220 All 4...... $5,412 Low tide today 3:32 p.m. Winds WNW at 20 to 30 mph. Waves around 2 ft. First or last 3...... $591 First or last 3...... $758 Higher wind gusts possible. Any 2...... $51 Any 2...... $65 High tide tomorrow 9:54 a.m. H Any 1...... $5 Any 1...... $6 ANY ORDER ANY ORDER All 4...... $352 All 4...... $225 Fronts First 3...... $197 First 3...... $126 Cold Warm Stationary Last 3...... $98 Last 3...... $126 Pressure H L High Low Showers Rain T-storms Flurries Snow Ice Mass Cash: 14-15-23-26-28 JAN. 10 JAN. 17 TODAY THURSDAY FRIDAY <-10 -0s0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110+ P’ cloudy | High 43, Low 21 Sunny | High 32, Low 27 M’ cloudy | High 50, Low 46 Mega Millions: 25-40-41-52-56-(21) NATIONAL SUMMARY: A burst of cold air will be accompanied by gusty winds, lake-effect snow and snow squalls in the Northeast today. Areas from the Southeast to the Plains and Southwest can expect a dry day. Locally heavy snow will spread from the interior Northwest to the central Rockies as showers dampen the coast from Washington to Northern California.

©2020 AccuWeather, Inc. SPORTS B WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 Prep basketball falls short vs. Malden Catholic By Daniel Kane man Rolando Castiney- turnovers and took full Catholic got its lead up ITEM STAFF ra did everything he advantage to take a 20- to as many as nine and could to keep the game 16 lead into the second. continued to build its DANVERS — The tight in the fourth quar- But things started to edge the rest of the way same problems that ter. Castineyra scored fall off the rails for St. until late in the fourth have cost the St. John’s 10 of his 13 points in John’s midway through quarter. basketball team from the frame, helping cut the second. The Lancers With the Eagles trail- turning competitive Malden Catholic’s lead went on a 13-2 run ing 71-63 with just a performances into wins to just two points in the highlighted by several few minutes left, this season limited the nal seconds before the steals of their own and Castineyra started to Eagles Tuesday night. Lancers closed things took a 36-27 lead before get hot and capped off They trailed for the out. an Eagles timeout. an Eagles run with a entire second half de- “He’s going to be a “We play with three or 3-pointer to cut the lead spite inching close a great player,” Dullea four guards so the turn- to 74-72 in the nal sec- handful of times and said of Castineyra. overs should not be an onds. couldn’t mount a come- “Right now he’s our sec- issue but (Tuesday) it Castineyra had a back in a 76-72 loss to ond leading scorer. We was,” Dullea said. “(Mal- chance with the ball in Malden Catholic at Pat rely on him for scoring. den Catholic) has good his hands to tie the Connaughton Court. He can hit shots with on ball defenders and game a few seconds lat- “Malden Catholic the best of them. He they kind of had their er but Jahmari Hamil- plays some pretty good showed it (Tuesday). As way with us taking it ton-Brown came up defense,” Eagles coach a freshman in this from us defensively.” with a huge block to John Dullea said. “This league it’s not easy to Callahan willed St. keep the Lancers ahead. has been an issue for us, step right in and play. John’s back into things, From there Malden we go on a little bit of a Nothing really fazes scoring seven straight Catholic knocked down run then we can never him and we’re excited points out of the time- its free throws to seal nish it off. It happened for him.” out, but Malden Catho- the 76-72 win. in the BC High game Poirier started the lic carried a 38-34 lead “Malden Catholic is a (73-52 loss) and it hap- night off hot for the Ea- into the half. good team,” Dullea said. pened again (Tuesday). gles with a pair of early Castineyra started “They play hard. They We can never get that 3-pointers, but the the second half with a play tough. It’s a good one or two baskets we Lancers balanced at- 3-pointer to cut the conference game but need in a row.” tack kept pace. Lancers lead to 38-37 we’re on the short end Despite the loss, Luke The rst quarter saw but that was as close as of the stick again.” Poirier (21 points) and ve lead changes before St. John’s got for the The Eagles (4-3) will ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO Aidan Callahan (14 St. John’s defense stiff- rest of the night. hope to bounce back St. John’s Prep guard Aidan Callahan scored 14 points in points) each played well ened up. The Eagles Led by Cristian Rios when they host Boston a loss to Malden Catholic Tuesday night. for St. John’s. Fresh- forced three straight (21 points), Malden English Friday (7). Peabody wins in defensive struggle By Mike Alongi four key free throws down ITEM STAFF the stretch in addition to making a number of plays on MARBLEHEAD — defense. Offense was hard to come by “Tyler’s a senior and he’s a for both the Peabody and guy we rely on,” said Brough- Marblehead boys basketball ton. “Hopefully this was a teams Tuesday night, but in little bit of a breakout game the end the Tanners made for him at this point in the enough plays to walk away season. He hit some big free with a 44-31 win on the road throws for us down the at Marblehead High. The stretch.” name of the game for Pea- Steve Bua had a big game body was defense, as the Tan- off the bench with 10 points ners forced a number of turn- and four rebounds. Joangel overs and capitalized during Lugo added four points and key moments. two rebounds, while Gabe “It was an ugly game out Claro had three points and there, there’s no other way to three rebounds. say it,” said Peabody coach Adam Zamansky led the Thad Broughton. “It was a way for Marblehead in the real slow start and neither loss, recording a double-dou- team could nd any rhythm, ble with 11 points and 12 re- but we were able to get some bounds. Devin Romain added shots to fall in the second six points and four rebounds, half and that was the differ- while Cole Kronberg had ve ence in the game.” points and three rebounds ITEM FILE PHOTO Tyler Joyce had a big game and Sean Grady had three for Peabody, notching 19 Peabody’s Tyler Joyce had 19 points and points and two rebounds. points and four rebounds. He four rebounds in a win over Marblehead hit ve 3-pointers and made PEABODY, B2 Tuesday night. ITEM FILE PHOTO English’s Jessica Ruiz scored 11 points in a win over Winthrop Tuesday night. Big second half lifts English to rst home victory By Harold Rivera us,” Charles said. “Matty ITEM SPORTS EDITOR Laurino came in and gave us some valuable minutes LYNN — Perhaps it was because we got in some the early jitters that came foul trouble. Rosie Chhe- with playing on its home ang came in toward the  oor for the rst time this end of the game and really season that hampered the gave us some good min- English girls basketball utes. It was really good for team during Tuesday’s those girls to gain some Northeastern Conference varsity experience.” battle against Winthrop. Jessica Ruiz was En- Despite those struggles, glish’s lone scorer in dou- the Bulldogs, behind a ble- gures at 11 points. 29-point second half, did Julianna Perry, Kylia enough to walk away with Reynoso and Mashayla a 45-34 win at Paul F. Ca- Johnson each nished vanagh Field House. with nine points. Maylin “A win’s a win and we’ll Echevarria controlled the take it,” English coach ITEM FILE PHOTO post with 11 rebounds. Mackenzie Charles said. Carolyn Kinsella paced Marblehead’s Zach Piersol (center) scored two goals in a win over the Lynn Jets Tuesday night “(Winthrop coach Joe Winthrop with 11 points. at Rockett Arena. Lowe) has those girls play- Maura Dorr scored nine ing hard. He’s doing a and Maddie Stiglets add- good job at Winthrop and ed seven. they’re going to be better Marblehead hockey takes down Lynn The Vikings, limited by when we see them again.” injuries, struggled to score the Jets, with both assists noon (1) at Rockett Arena. varsity goal), Julia Holmes Winthrop hung tough SCHOOL ROUNDUP consistently. from Matt Devin. The Jets (0-8) travel to and Emma Holmes each with English through the “We lost Grace Galoris By Harold Rivera Carter Laramie’s hat Somerville Saturday (5). netted one goal. Netmind- rst three quarters and and Lily Pulsifer, who’s ITEM SPORTS EDITOR trick powered Marble- GIRLS HOCKEY trailed by just two bas- er Summer Tallent made averaging a double-dou- head’s attack. Laramie Winthrop 3, kets, 31-27, heading into 45 saves. ble,” Lowe said. “For us to The Marblehead boys netted one goal in each Longmeadow 3 the fourth. That’s when “Summer stood on her come into a tough environ- hockey team skated to a period. The Vikings (4-2-1) the Bulldogs mounted a head,” coach Butch Mar- ment and just battle is re- 9-2 win over Lynn Tues- Zach Piersol scored two snapped a 2-game los- double-digit lead to seal tucci said. “She made a ton ally what I care about. It day at Salem State’s Rock- goals. Eli Feingold, Chris ing streak. They trailed the deal. Getting there, of unreal saves. She kept says a lot about the girls ett Arena. Shots on goal Locke, Hayden Leveroni 2-0 midway through the said Charles, was a total us in it.” that are in there just ght- favored Marblehead, 35- and Connor Sheridan each second period before scor- team effort. The Vikings host Wake- ing when they’re short- 15. scored one goal. ing three of the next four “I was happy to see some eld Saturday (1:30). handed.” Matt Patrie and Luke Marblehead (7-1-1) hosts goals. of the younger girls get in Rao scored a goal each for Gloucester Saturday after- Antea Schlichting ( rst ROUNDUP, B2 the game and really help ENGLISH, B2 B2 SPORTS THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020

ITEM FILE PHOTO Tech’s Alondra Sanchez (center) scored 12 points to lead the Tigers in a win over Fellowship Tuesday night. Tech grabs big win over Fellowship ROUNDUP bounds) led the Magicians. scored 10 points. in the pool Thursday (7) From B1 Leila Walton (eight points, Fenwick (5-1) travels to against Salem. three rebounds) and Mad- Archbishop Williams Fri- Danvers 98, BOYS BASKETBALL dy Lowy (six points) also day (6:30). Classical 85 ITEM FILE PHOTO Swampscott 54, played well. SWIMMING Winners on the night for Danvers 52 (OT) Amber Kiricoples led Marblehead 96, the Rams were Jacob Lang English’s Maylin Echevarria had 11 rebounds Justin Ratner netted the Tanners with 12 points and Peabody 79 in the 200 freestyle, Syd- in a win over Winthrop Tuesday night. game-winner in overtime 13 rebounds. Emma Bloom For Marblehead, Theo ney Finnigan in the 500 and finished with eight played solid defense. Chemel won the 200 free- freestyle, Max Gonzalez in points. Cam O’Brien pro- “We’re playing a little style (1:59.50) and the 500 the 100 backstroke and the pelled Swampscott with 16 better,” Peabody Stan McK- (5:17.58), Cole Brooks won team of Lang, Finnigan, English girls earn points and six steals. Os- een said. “It’s just a lack of the 200 IM (2:17.98) and Cristian Flores and Zach car Hale (11 points, seven offense.” the 100 butterfly (1:01.87), Westin in the 200 freestyle rebounds) and Liam Ham- The Tanners hope to Nate Pulido won the 50 relay. win over Winthrop ilton (eight points, seven bounce back Thursday (6) freestyle (25.29), Morgan Classical swims against rebounds) also played well. when they visit Fenway at Taylor won the 100 breast- Beverly Thursday (4). Swampscott (3-4) hopes stroke (1:05.58) and Jack Emmanuel College. BOYS TRACK to get back to .500 with a Marblehead hosts Classi- Grady won the 100 back- in first home game St. John’s Prep 75, win at Saugus Friday (7). cal Friday (7). stroke (59.56). Malden Catholic 19 English defeats Tech 59, Fellowship 9 Marblehead (2-0) travels ENGLISH to 40-27. Chheang effec- The Eagles got wins from Winthrop Alondra Sanchez led the to Danvers Wednesday (5). From B1 tively sealed the win with The Bulldogs featured Tigers with 12 points. Adri- Swampscott 101, Mike Fionda in the shot put a corner 3 that extended five scorers in double-fig- anna Torres (nine) and English 68 (43-2), Tyee Ambrosh in Dorr and Kinsella hit a English’s advantage to 43- ures: Jarnel Guzman, Iranis Julio (eight) also The Bulldogs had two the long jump (20-3), Max basket each to give Win- 29 halfway through the Joaquin Crespo, Aaron played well. first-place finishers, with Gaffney in the high jump throp a swift 4-1 edge in quarter. Vizcaino, Mason Jean-Bap- Tech (2-5) hosts Greater Hannah Trahant placing (5-8), Griffin Tache in the the first quarter. Echevar- “That was good for Ros- tiste and Lou Rivera. Lawrence Thursday (5:30). first in diving and Mary 600 (1:31.24), Matt Quinn ria found Perry for a ie’s confidence because English (8-1) hosts Dan- Fenwick 42, Lawlor winning the 100 in the 1000 (2:47.89), Noah 3-pointer, knotting the she’s been working on vers Friday (7) . Austin Prep 35 (OT) backstroke (1:06.62). Car- Mooney in the one-mile score at 4-4. Reynoso gave that shot,” Charles said. GIRLS BASKETBALL The Crusaders held Aus- oline Zuffante finished(4:37.0) and the team of English the lead back at “Mashayla hitting a cou- Marblehead 33, tin Prep scoreless in the second in the 100 butterfly Tache, Jarrett Young, Grey 6-4 on an easy lay-up in ple three’s helped us and Peabody 27 overtime period to earn the (1:15.35) and the team of Pykett and Geddes Donlon transition but Stiglets’ then Kylia getting a cou- Marblehead remains un- victory. Trahant, Ryan Curley, Car- in the 400 relay. floater brought the Vi- ple steals and fastbreaks, defeated at 8-0, while the Liz Gonzalez led the lie Harris and Cole Story St. John’s (4-0) will run at kings even again. Nia that’s really what we want Tanners drop to 1-5. way with 11 points, eight finished second in the 400 the Northeast Invitation- Sams’ hoop ended the first to do more. We didn’t do Emily Clough’s dou- rebounds and four steals, freestyle relay (5:32.35). al Friday (4) at the Reggie quarter with English up enough transition basket- 8-6. ble-double (13 points, 11 re- while Veronica Tache English (0-4) is back Lewis Center. ball.” The Vikings matched The Bulldogs (5-1, 5-0 in English basket for basket NEC games) host Revere in the second quarter and Wednesday (7). Peabody boys survive at Marblehead ended the half trailing 16- 15. “We’re getting better,” PEABODY body’s lone basket in the into the final frame. Giardi. “I think some of Johnson’s 3-pointer mid- Charles said. “We have to manage the season be- From B1 quarter came on a 3-point- One of the more crucial our guys let that get them way through the third er from Joyce. moments of the game down in that moment, and quarter brought English’s cause it’s a marathon, not “This was the kind of But the Tanners started came late in the fourth that hurt us in the final lead up to 23-17 and a sprint. We’re starting off well but we have to keep game we wanted to play to wake up in the second quarter. With Peabody minutes of the game.” Reynoso added a lay-up to that momentum.” — a grind-it-out kind of quarter. Peabody rallied leading 36-29, Bua was Marblehead (3-5) is back put Winthrop in an 8-point Winthrop (2-3) travels to game,” said Marblehead back to tie the score at 11- called for a personal foul in action Friday (7) at hole. Winthrop proceeded Charlestown Thursday coach Mike Giardi. “But in 11, then jumped ahead 15- and a technical foul after Classical. to piece together a 9-2 those last three or four (3:45). 14 after a big 3-pointer blocking a shot on defense. Peabody (4-2) is right run, cutting English’s lead minutes we got a little out “We haven’t played a full from Claro. The Tanners The Magicians earned back on the court Wednes- to 27-26. But the next two of control and we couldn’t buckets belonged to the game healthy this year,” took a 19-17 lead into the four free throws, but day night (7) when it visits come back from it.” Bulldogs, who carried a Lowe said. “We’re still halftime break. missed all four. From Revere. It was a slow start to the 31-27 edge after three fighting and in every- Things continued to heat game offensively for both there, Peabody took a “Hopefully we can just quarters. thing. I’d love to see how teams. Marblehead forced up as the third quarter 10-point lead and cruised take the momentum from English distanced itself we actually play when we a number of turnovers in wore on, with the two to the victory. this win and keep it go- over the next few minutes. get a full team back. Until the opening minutes, teams exchanging the lead “That was a chance to ing,” said Broughton. “We Reynoso drilled a 3 to put then, we’re just going to eventually leading to an four different times. Pea- get four points and the were coming off of a tough English ahead 36-27. keep working. This group early 7-0 lead. At the end body was eventually able ball, to get right back in loss to Swampscott, so this Johnson and Perry each of girls brings it every day of the first quarter, the to break the back-and- the game, and we came win was big for us. We swished a pair of free and I’m proud to coach Magicians led 7-3. Pea- forth, taking a 30-26 lead out with nothing,” said want to continue that.” throws, bumping the lead them.” MLB to investigate reports 2018 champion Red Sox stole signs BOSTON (AP) — Ma- propriate use of the video ager Brian Cashman filed jor League Baseball says replay room. Given these a complaint with the com- it will investigate allega- allegations, MLB will missioner’s office regarding tions the Boston Red Sox commence an investiga- that incident which includ- illegally used their video tion into this matter,” the ed video. The newspaper replay room to steal signs league said in a statement. said it showed a member between opposing pitchers The Red Sox said they of Boston’s training staff and catchers during their will cooperate as MLB looking at his Apple Watch 2018 World Series champi- looks into the allegations. in the dugout and relaying onship season. “We were recently made a message to players. The claims were made aware of allegations sug- Manfred said at the Tuesday in a report by The gesting the inappropriate time that future violations Athletic. The website cited use of our video replay would be subject to more three anonymous sources room,” the team said in a serious sanctions, includ- it said were with the Red statement. “We take these ing possible loss of draft Sox during the 2018 season allegations seriously and picks. He said last month who said some players vis- will fully cooperate with that he has the authority to ited the replay room during MLB as they investigate levy even stiffer penalties. games to get information the matter.” The latest allegations on sign sequences. The incident that against the Red Sox come Those sources told The prompted MLB’s 2017 after The Athletic reported Athletic that the Red Sox warning from Commission- last month that the Hous- weren’t able to do it during er Rob Manfred to teams ton Astros allegedly stole the postseason because of came after the Red Sox signs during home games in-person monitors used by were fined an undisclosed of their 2017 World Series MLB in those games. sum for “sending electron- championship season by “The Commissioner ic communications from using a camera positioned made clear in a Septem- their video replay room to in center field. ber 15, 2017 memorandum an athletic trainer in the Boston Red Sox manager to clubs how seriously he dugout” during an August Alex Cora was the bench FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS would take any future vi- 2017 series against the ri- coach for that team and Red Sox manager Alex Cora is facing questions following a report that olation of the regulations val New York Yankees. has spoken with MLB. He states the Red Sox stole signs during their run to their 2018 World Series regarding use of electronic The New York Times re- has declined further com- championship. equipment or the inap- ported that general man- ment on the matter. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM SPORTS B3

HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY Peabody at Beverly (5:30) Bruins get back on track with a win in the Music City Boys Basketball St. John’s at BC High (6) Masconomet at Lynnfield (6:15) Peabody at Revere (7) Cathedral at Classical (7) Track Girls Basketball Salem at Marblehead (7) Revere at English (7) THURSDAY Classical at Malden (7) Girls Basketball Boys Hockey Winthrop at Charlestown (3:45) Saugus at Beverly (4) Peabody at Fenway (at Emmanuel, 6) St. John’s at Framingham (4) Peabody at Danvers (6) Boys Hockey Swampscott at Gloucester (6) Lynnfield at Amesbury (8:10) Cambridge at Winthrop (6:10) Swimming St. Mary’s at Newburyport (7) St. Mary’s at East Boston (4) Girls Hockey Peabody at Danvers (5) Fenwick at Peabody (5:15) Salem at English (6:30) Marblehead at Hanover (6) Swampscott at Marblehead (6:30) Swimming Track Andover at St. John’s (4) Multiple Schools at Danvers (4) Marblehead at Danvers (5) Multiple Schools at Peabody (7) Wrestling Wrestling Salem at Marblehead (4) Gloucester at Peabody/Saugus (5:30)

TV/RADIO TV NBA 7 p.m...... San Antonio at Boston...... NBCSB 7:30 p.m...... Denver at Dallas...... ESPN 10 p.m...... Milwaukee at Golden State...... ESPN Men’s College Basketball 6:30 p.m...... St. John’s at Georgetown...... FS1 7 p.m...... Davidson at Rhode Island...... CBSSN 7 p.m...... La Salle at UMass...... NESN 7 p.m...... Mississippi St. at Alabama...... SEC Network 7 p.m...... Northwestern at Indiana...... Big Ten Network 7 p.m...... Notre Dame at N.C. State...... ESPN2 7 p.m...... Tulsa at Cincinnati...... ESPNU 7:30 p.m...... Florida State at Wake Forest...... NESN Plus 8:30 p.m...... Seton Hall at Xavier...... FS1 9 p.m...... Arkansas at LSU...... ESPNU 9 p.m...... Illinois at Wisconsin...... Big Ten Network 9 p.m...... Oklahoma at Texas...... ESPN2 9 p.m...... Tulane at UConn...... CBSSN 9 p.m...... Vanderbilt at Auburn...... SEC Network Women’s College Basketball 11 a.m...... Lafayette at Holy Cross...... NESN NHL 7:30 p.m...... Washington at Philadelphia...... NBCSN 10 p.m...... Dallas at Los Angeles...... NBCSN Tennis 6 p.m...... ATP Cup...... Tennis Radio NBA 7 p.m...... San Antonio at Boston...... WBZ-FM 98.5

SPORTS BRIEFS PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Classical youth Smith and Shardaye Berry along with the current Patrice Bergeron (right) congratulates David Pastrnak after Pastrnak’s goal in the first basketball clinics Classical girls basketball period of a 6-2 win over the Nashville Predators Tuesday night. team. The purpose is to The Lynn Classical girls help players at all levels basketball coaches and players are excited to offer improve their basketball four free basketball clinics skills (ball-handling, shoot- for Lynn girls in grades ing, passing, rebounding, four through eight. The defense, etc.) in a fun envi- clinics will take place at ronment. Some gameplay Classical High School on will be included to give the the following dates and players an opportunity to times: January 11 (8:30 use their basketball skills a.m.- 9:30 a.m.), January in in-game situations. 18 (1:30 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.), Those who wish to attend January 25 (8:30 a.m.- 9:30 are not obligated to attend a.m.) and February 1 (1:30 all four clinics. To reserve a p.m.- 2:30 p.m.). spot please reach out to Instruction will be pro- Helen Ridley via email at vided by Classical girls ridleytopflightbasketball@ basketball coaches Tom gmail.com or phone, 781- Sawyer, Helen Ridley, Rob 775-0778.

NFL PLAYOFFS DIVISIONAL ROUND (CBS) Saturday, Jan. 11 Seattle at Green Bay, 6:40 p.m. Minnesota at San Francisco, 4:35 (FOX) p.m. (NBC) CONFERENCE Tennessee at Baltimore, 8:15 p.m CHAMPIONSHIPS (CBS) Sunday, Jan. 19 Sunday, Jan. 12 AFC, 3:05 p.m. (CBS) Houston at Kansas City, 3:05 p.m. NFC, 6:40 p.m. (FOX) NHL FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Patriots special teams coach Joe Judge (center) is expected to become the next head coach of the EASTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Central Division New York Giants. GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 44 25 8 11 61 146 113 St. Louis 43 26 10 7 59 135 119 Tampa Bay 42 25 13 4 54 156 127 Colorado 44 25 15 4 54 159 130 Toronto 44 24 15 5 53 159 141 Dallas 42 24 14 4 52 115 104 Giants nearing deal with Judge to be coach Florida 43 22 16 5 49 153 146 Winnipeg 43 23 16 4 50 133 131 Buffalo 43 19 17 7 45 127 135 Minnesota 43 20 17 6 46 133 144 Montreal 44 18 19 7 43 139 143 Nashville 42 19 16 7 45 144 143 EAST RUTHERFORD, lina Panthers, according to them to Super Bowls titles larly receivers.” Ottawa 43 16 22 5 37 118 149 Chicago 43 19 18 6 44 127 141 N.J. (AP) — The New York people familiar with those in the 2014, ’16 and ’18 sea- Judge met with Giants Detroit 44 11 30 3 25 96 168 Pacific Division Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Giants and New England situations. sons. co-owner John Mara, gen- GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 45 24 15 6 54 144 133 Patriots assistant Joe The third new coach Before joining New En- eral manager Dave Gettle- Washington 44 30 9 5 65 161 130 Arizona 45 25 16 4 54 133 114 N.Y. Islanders 42 27 12 3 57 120 108 Edmonton 45 23 17 5 51 137 142 Judge are working on a tabbed for the NFC East in gland, he spent three years man and vice president of Pittsburgh 42 25 12 5 55 142 113 Vancouver 43 23 16 4 50 143 134 deal for him to become the a week — Ron Rivera was in the same role under Sa- football operations Kevin Carolina 43 25 16 2 52 145 123 Calgary 44 22 17 5 49 123 134 team’s head coach, a sur- hired by the Washington ban at Alabama. He won Abrams at the team’s New Philadelphia 43 22 15 6 50 137 134 San Jose 44 19 21 4 42 119 148 Columbus 43 20 15 8 48 113 118 Anaheim 42 17 20 5 39 110 132 prising move for the four- Redskins on Wednesday titles with the Crimson Jersey headquarters on N.Y. Rangers 42 20 18 4 44 138 141 Los Angeles 44 17 23 4 38 112 140 time Super Bowl-winning — Judge would take over Tide in 2009 and ‘11. He Monday. New Jersey 42 15 20 7 37 109 148 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for OT loss. franchise that tumbled a team that went 4-12 and also coached at Missis- The Giants had been Tuesday’s Games Columbus at Anaheim, 10 p.m. to the bottom of the NFL 5-11 in Shurmur’s two sea- sippi State and Birming- expected to interview Pa- Carolina 5, Philadelphia 4, OT Pittsburgh at Vegas, 10 p.m. Arizona 5, Florida 2 Wednesday’s Games in recent years, a person sons and has been to the ham-Southern. triots offensive coordina- N.Y. Islanders 4, New Jersey 3, OT Washington at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. familiar with the negotia- playoffs just once since win- With Judge as special tor Josh McDaniels this Tampa Bay 9, Vancouver 2 Winnipeg at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Washington 6, Ottawa 1 Dallas at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. tions told The Associated ning the Super Bowl after teams coordinator since week along with Baylor’s Detroit 4, Montreal 3 Thursday’s Games Press. the 2011 season. He would 2015, New England consis- Rhule. But Rhule did not N.Y. Rangers 5, Colorado 3 Winnipeg at Boston, 7 p.m. Boston 6, Nashville 2 Vancouver at Florida, 7 p.m. The person spoke to the be the Giants’ fourth head tently ranked as one of the interview with them, the San Jose at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Montreal, 7 p.m. AP on condition of anonym- coach since Tom Coughlin NFL’s top units. He added person said. Calgary at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. ity Tuesday because the was let go after the 2015 receivers to his responsi- New York also had been deal is not done. season. Ben McAdoo, hired bilities in 2019. He coached given permission by Dal- NBA Mentored by Bill Beli- in 2016, didn’t last two sea- kicker Stephen Gostkowski las to speak with former EASTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE chick and Nick Saban in a sons. Steve Spagnuolo, cur- to the All-Pro team in 2015 Cowboys coach Jason Gar- Atlantic Division Southwest Division 15-year career, Judge would rently Kansas City’s defen- and special teams captain rett about the head coach- W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Boston 25 9 .735 — Houston 24 11 .686 — become a head coach for the sive coordinator, served as Matt Slater to the same ing job. An interview was Toronto 24 13 .649 2½ Dallas 23 13 .639 1½ first time. At 38, he would interim coach after McAdoo honors in 2016 and this planned later this week, Philadelphia 24 14 .632 3 San Antonio 15 20 .429 9 be one of the youngest NFL was fired in ‘17. season. the person said. Brooklyn 16 20 .444 10 Memphis 16 22 .421 9½ New York 10 26 .278 16 New Orleans 12 25 .324 13 coaches. Sean McVay of the Judge, the Patriots’ spe- Belichick called Judge Garrett’s contract with Southeast Division Northwest Division Los Angeles Rams current- cial teams coordinator and “an excellent coach” and the Cowboys does not ex- W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Miami 26 10 .722 — Denver 25 11 .694 — ly is the youngest at 33. wide receivers coach, would said he excelled in his pire until next week. Orlando 17 20 .459 9½ Utah 24 12 .667 1 Judge has won three inherit a team with a tal- added duties this season. There have been reports Charlotte 15 24 .385 12½ Oklahoma City 21 16 .568 4½ Super Bowls with New ented young quarterback “Joe’s done a great job. the Giants are considering Washington 12 24 .333 14 Portland 16 22 .421 10 Atlanta 8 29 .216 18½ Minnesota 14 22 .389 11 England in eight years in Daniel Jones and former He’s done a great job with Garrett for a job as a co- Central Division Pacific Division as an assistant on Beli- rookie of the year running the kicking game,” Beli- ordinator or quarterbacks W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Milwaukee 32 6 .842 — L.A. Lakers 29 7 .806 — chick’s staff. He was the back Saquon Barkley. The chick said. “He’s expand- coach, but the person said Indiana 23 14 .622 8½ L.A. Clippers 26 12 .684 4 fifth candidate the Giants Giants have the fourth pick ed the role a little bit and the new coach will deter- Detroit 14 24 .368 18 Phoenix 14 22 .389 15 interviewed since firing in this year’s draft and ap- that’s kind of had a little mine his staff. Chicago 13 24 .351 18½ Sacramento 14 23 .378 15½ Cleveland 10 27 .270 21½ Golden State 9 29 .237 21 Pat Shurmur on Dec. 30. proximately $85 million in bit of a ripple effect in the Others interviewed were Tuesday’s Games Washington at Orlando, 7 p.m. Among those, Mike McCa- salary-cap money to spend. way we’ve organized the Kris Richard, the Dallas Detroit 115, Cleveland 113 Denver at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. rthy agreed Monday to be- The Patriots lost to the kicking game, but that’s defensive assistant coach Portland 101, Toronto 99 Houston at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma City 111, Brooklyn 103, OT Chicago at New Orleans, 8 p.m. come the Dallas Cowboys’ Tennessee Titans on Satur- all worked out pretty ef- and former Seattle defen- Memphis 119, Minnesota 112 New York at Utah, 9 p.m. new coach. Another candi- day night in the wild-card ficiently. Joe’s done a good sive coordinator; Chiefs Sacramento at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Milwaukee at Golden State, 10 p.m. New York at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games date, Matt Rhule, who was round. job of organizing that, offensive coordinator Eric Wednesday’s Games Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. supposed to interview with Judge joined the Patriots as well as taking care on Bieniemy; and Ravens de- Miami at Indiana, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Boston, 7 p.m. Portland at Minnesota, 8 p.m. New York on Tuesday, is as a special teams assistant some other things with fensive coordinator Don Toronto at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Houston at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. instead headed to the Caro- in 2012 and helped guide the offense and particu- Martindale. B4 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020 COMICS

OFF THE MARK / MARK PARISI MODERATELY CONFUSED / JEFF STAHLER DILBERT / SCOTT ADAMS

ROSE IS ROSE / PAT BRADY

GARFIELD / JIM DAVIS BIG NATE / LINCOLN PEIRCE

ARLO AND JANIS / JIMMY JOHNSON

HERMAN / JIM UNGER ZIGGY / TOM WILSON

THE BORN LOSER / ART AND CHIP SANSOM

CROSSWORD DEAR ABBY Sister gets more of man’s time than his wife and kids DEAR ABBY: I don’t have to say is, “I think know how to handle this. Dear Abby is written by Abigail we’ll stay at a nearby ho- My husband of 29 years Van Buren, also known as Jeanne tel, thank you.” spends more time with his sister and her family Phillips, and was founded by her DEAR ABBY: I recent- than he does with me and mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact ly attended a wedding our children. If I say any- Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. and was videotaped while thing about it, he jumps I was dancing. I was all over me, defending Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. shown the tape later at a her. He says she doesn’t family gathering. I’m not have anyone to help her. a great dancer, and I But Abby, she has two time with her brother to a second home very close looked silly, so I asked grown sons and a hus- help her detoxify. to our son. The problem that the video be deleted. band she recently decid- That said, that he is, the home is located Instead, it was passed ed to divorce. spends more time with within a nudist colony around and everyone I think his relationship his sister than with you and, therefore, we as- laughed and made fun of with his sister is weird, and the children is un- sume they are in fact me. It was embarrassing and other people have usual. It makes me won- nudists. Should this be a and hurtful. said they think so, too. der about the state of your problem for us (we are My husband says I’m One person even called it own marriage. If there is both 70), or should we not overreacting. Am I? I said creepy. When I told my stress and tension the two be concerned? nothing and don’t intend husband I thought it was of you can’t resolve to- to, but I can’t get it out of a weird relationship, he gether, you may need to WONDERING IN my mind. yelled at me. I can no consult a licensed mar- THE SOUTH longer talk about his sis- riage and family thera- DANCING FOOL IN ter with him; it’s off lim- pist. DEAR WONDERING: OHIO its. Please help. I don’t think there is any- DEAR ABBY: Our thing to be worried about. DEAR DANCING FOOL: ONLY THE WIFE 47-year-old son remar- If you are concerned that Your feelings are your ried two years ago. We your grandson will “see” feelings. Nobody wants to DEAR ONLY THE have a 15-year-old grand- something shocking, be made fun of. But you WIFE: Has your husband son from his previous please know that he can have two choices: The first always been close to this marriage who lives with find whatever he is curi- is to continue to stew sister? It may be the rea- his mom and who visits ous about on his comput- about it. The second is to son he is spending time his dad every other week- er or cellphone. However, join in the laughter, ad- with her. I’m sure she end. We are not close if you are worried that mit you don’t dance like a wouldn’t be divorcing her with our new in-laws, either of you will be forced gazelle — few people do husband if the marriage who live out of state. to view or participate in — and let it go. If you had been a bed of roses, We recently found out nude activities when you downplay it, it will go and she may need private that they have purchased visit your son, all you away. BRIDGE

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The Real Housewives of New Jersey: “Abs & Jabs” Bravo, 8 p.m. As Melissa prepares for her Envy fashion show, Tere- Everything’s gonna be okay on Freeform sa continues siding with Danielle over Margaret. Joe Gorga becomes increasingly concerned about Tere- sa’s mental state, while Jackie honestly discusses her eating issues with her kids. Undercover Boss CBS, 8 p.m. Season Premiere! The Emmy-winning reality series that follows high-level executives as they slip anonymously into the rank and file of their own organizations returns for Season 9 tonight. Chicago Med NBC, 8 p.m. New Episodes! NBC’s Chicago block of hit series is back from its winter hiatus tonight, with Med kicking things off as it continues its fifth season. When the show en- tered its break, April (Yaya DaCosta) had received unfortunate news that made her question her future with Ethan (Brian Tee), Dr. Charles (Oliver Platt) and Maggie (Marlyne Barrett) saw tough times on the horizon, and Natalie’s (Torrey DeVitto) memory start- ed to return. Nature: “The Whale Detective” PBS, 8 p.m. A filmmaker investigates his traumatic encounter with a 30-ton humpback whale that breached and almost landed on him while he was kayaking. What he discovers raises far bigger questions about hu- mans’ relationship with whales and their future. America’s Top Dog A&E, 9 p.m. New Series! Four police K9 teams — including fan favorites from the hit series Live PD — and one civilian team will face off for the title of “Top Dog” in three rounds of high-velocity, furry competition. The skilled teams will be tested on their speed, agility, scenting abil- ity and teamwork by completing a series of expert tasks on one of the biggest and toughest K9 obsta- A scene from ‘Everything’s Gonna Be Okay.’ cle courses ever assembled. Modern Family: “The Prescott” By Rick Gables with back-to-back episodes cent death of his own son, to ous news break across the ABC, 9 p.m. on Sunday, January 12 start- bring in unorthodox private country. The inaccurate and Freeform will premiere its investigator Holly Gibney Alex’s (Ariel Winter) new company is putting her up new comedy series, Every- ing at 9 p.m. Based on Ste- dramatized reporting result- at a new luxury apartment with full amenities and a thing’s Gonna Be Okay, on phen King’s bestselling novel (Tony Award winner and ed in an American public list of high-profile residents that the family is eager Thursday, January 16 with of the same name, the series Golden Globe nominee Cyn- both outraged and captivat- to take advantage of — without her knowing. Phil (Ty back-to-back episodes start- explores the investigation thia Erivo), whose uncanny ed; and, with no white sur- Burrell) is on a mission to review the restaurant’s ing at 8:30 p.m Josh Thomas into the gruesome murder of abilities he hopes will help vivors left to tell the tale, a famous sliders for his food blog, while Mitch (Jesse (Please Like Me) returns to a local boy and the mysteri- explain the unexplainable. decisive 19th-century con- Tyler Ferguson) and Cam (Eric Stonestreet) sneak in television as Nicholas, a neu- ous force surrounding the Yul Vázquez plays Georgia spiracy theory was born. On separately to meet its most famous resident, David rotic twenty-something-year- case. The ten-episode series Bureau of Investigation de- June 25, 1876, Chief Sitting follows police detective Ralph tective Yunis Sablo.Smith- Bull and thousands of Ameri- Beckham. old visiting his dad and teen- Anderson (Emmy® and sonian Channel revisits the can Indians were attacked by The Real Housewives of Dallas: “Reunion Part 2” age half-sisters. With their Golden Globe nominee Ben legendary event that trig- General George Custer’s 7th Bravo, 9 p.m. father’s untimely death from cancer, the siblings are left to Mendelsohn), as he sets out gered the birth of tabloid Cavalry. Vastly outnumbered, In the supersized second part of the reunion, the cope with the realization that to investigate the mutilated headlines with its premiere Custer’s entire regiment was women discuss the highs and lows of their trip to Nicholas is the one who will body of 11-year-old Frankie of Battle of Little Big Horn on wiped out. What was to fol- Thailand, including LeeAnne’s L’Infinity dress deba- have to rise to the occasion. Peterson found in the Geor- Monday, January 13 at 8 p.m. low was a nationwide media cle and the controversial visit to the red-light district. The series also stars Maeve gia woods. The mysterious This special explores how the storm – but what led to this Emotions run high when questions about LeeAnne’s Press and Kayla Cromer. circumstances surrounding proliferation of the telegraph deadly encounter, and how shocking remarks toward Kary turn into a heated HBO will premiere its new this horrifying crime leads and burgeoning newspaper did history books get it so argument between LeeAnne and the whole group. drama series, The Outsider, Ralph, still grieving the re- industry led to a simultane- wrong?

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NAHANT Nahant Conservation Commission BOARD OF SELECTMEN LOCUS: 26 PHILLIPS AVENUE, PARCEL NO. 094-542-007 PETITIONER: MARCO NOTICE OF PEREZ BY HIS AGENT, ROD RIVERA (ZBA #9924) NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING PUBLIC HEARING TO PERMIT THE USE OF A BASEMENT AS HABITABLE SPACE IN A PRE-EXISTING, A Public Meeting will be held at the Nahant Town Hall, 334 Nahant Road (lower The Nahant Board of Selectmen will be holding a public hearing on Thursday, NON-CONFORMING MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING IN AN R4 DISTRICT. level), January 23, 2020 at 7:00pm at the Nahant Town Hall, 334 Nahant Rd Nahant, MA on a request to remove a Town oak tree near 22 Forty Steps Lane Nahant, MA LOCUS: 243-245 PARKLAND AVENUE, PARCEL NO. 057-186-006 PETITIONER: Nahant, MA at 7:30 PM on January 15, 2020 to consider an after-the-fact Notice PHILIP BRIENZE BY HIS ATTORNEY, LISA MCGLOIN (ZBA #9925) of Intent filed by the Town of Nahant for emergency seawall repairs to Crystal BOARD OF SELECTMEN Beach (Marjoram Park). Richard J. Lombard, Chair TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF A FOUR UNIT ATTACHED STRUCTURE ON A Joshua A. Antrim, Recording Secretary PRE-EXISTING NON-CONFORMING LOT IN THE R2 DISTRICT WITH LESS THAN THE The Notice of Intent is available for review in the Inspectional Services Office at REQUIRED FRONTAGE. Nahant Town Hall, 334 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA. For information, call ** This public hearing is not mandatory. This notification is simply to inform you, 781-581-5263. as an abutter, of this public hearing. LOCUS: 77 BROAD STREET, PARCEL NO. 082-598-012 PETITIONER: DR. HUBERT Item: January 8, 2020 J. PARK BY HIS ATTORNEY, SAMUEL A. 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Notice of Intent filed by the Town of Nahant for emergency seawall repairs at the A Public Meeting will be held at the Nahant Town Hall, 334 Nahant Road (lower end of Fallon Way and Parrot Road. level), Daniel Gisonno: Chairman Norman Cole: Vice Chairman The Notice of Intent is available for review in the Inspectional Services Office at Richard Wood: Clerk Nahant Town Hall, 334 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA. For information, call Nahant, MA at 7:30 PM on January 15, 2020 to consider an after-the-fact Notice 781-581-5263. of Intent filed by the Town of Nahant for emergency roadway stabilization on Item: January 8, 15, 2020 Marginal Road. Item: January 8, 2020

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By Albert Aji and some 600 American troops rity. “The situation didn’t office. Photos released by Daria Litvinova deployed in Syria, the just change — in fact, SANA showed the two ASSOCIATED PRESS country is a potential site we’re witnessing the res- leaders visiting an ortho- of conflict with Iran. toration of Syria’s state- dox cathedral in Damas- DAMASCUS, Syria — Putin’s visit is the sec- hood, Syria as a state, the cus. Russian President Vlad- ond to the country during country’s territorial integ- Russia joined the war imir Putin traveled to the war, where his troops rity,” Putin said in video of in 2015, when the Syrian Damascus on Tuesday for have been fighting along- the meeting released by military appeared close to a meeting with President Bashar Assad, a rare visit side Syrian government Syria’s state news agency collapse. Since then, and that comes amid soaring forces since 2015. It SANA. largely because of Rus- tensions between Iran and comes amid a crushing At the same time, Putin sia’s blanket air support, the United States follow- Russian-backed offensive noted that the situation in the Syrian government ing the U.S. drone strike by Syrian forces on the the Middle East “is, unfor- has largely won the nearly that killed a top Iranian northwestern province of tunately, escalating.” 9-year civil war militarily, general. Idlib, the last rebel strong- During his time in Da- and has retaken control of hold in Syria. mascus, Putin visited the most of the country from While the official state- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS ments made during the Putin and Assad met at Syrian capital’s landmark rebel fighters. previously unannounced Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, and Rus- a Russian command post Umayyad Mosque in the In recent weeks, Syrian visit made no mention of sian President Vladimir Putin, center, listen to in Damascus, and were walled Old City together, troops supported by Rus- the killing last week of Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All presented with military where he viewed the tomb sian warplanes have been Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the East Tuesday while visiting an orthodox ca- reports on the situation in of John the Baptist who is pushing into the country’s the timing was conspicu- thedral for Christmas, in Damascus, Syria. different regions of Syria, sacred to both Christians last rebel stronghold, lo- ous. said Kremlin spokesman and Muslims. cated in northwestern The U.S. strike that and Beirut. It has also led country. Dmitry Peskov. Putin’s visit coincided Idlib province. killed Soleimani minutes the U.S. to re-position its Soleimani led Iran- In his conversation with with Russian Orthodox The last time Putin came after he landed in Iraq troops in Iraq following backed forces supporting Assad, Putin said that a Christmas, and Putin con- to Syria was in 2017 when has drawn vows of retali- calls by the Iraqi Parlia- Assad in Syria’s civil war lot has been done toward gratulated his troops on he announced a scale-back ation from Tehran and its ment and prime minister and played a key role in restoring Syria’s state- the holiday, according to of the Russian military proxy militias in Baghdad for U.S. forces to leave the shoring up his army. With hood and territorial integ- a statement from Assad’s presence there. Australian crews race to contain blazes as damage bill soars By Nick Perry and Kristen Gelineau ASSOCIATED PRESS BALMORAL, Austra- lia — Bolstered by cooler weather and desperately needed rain, exhausted firefighters in Australia raced to shore up defenses against deadly wildfires before the blazes flare PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS again within days when Mourners attend a funeral ceremony Tuesday scorching temperatures for Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his com- are expected to return. rades, who were killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone The first hints of the strike on Friday, in the city of Kerman, Iran. financial toll from the di- saster began to emerge on Tuesday. The Insurance Council of Australia said Stampede kills 56 at the estimated damage bill had doubled in two days, funeral for Iranian with insurance claims reaching 700 million Aus- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS tralian dollars ($485 mil- general slain by U.S. lion). Plant operators Cpl. Duncan Keith and Sapper Ian Larner of the 22nd That estimate comes one Engineer Regiment use a 434 backhoe to assist staff from Forestry Man- day after Prime Minister agement Victoria to clear fire-damaged trees Monday in Bairnsdale, Vic- By Nasseer Karimi, in Utah, just days after toria, Australia. Amir Vahdat and President Donald Trump Scott Morrison said the Jon Gambrell threatened to hit 52 sites government was commit- ting an extra 2 billion Aus- later found, police said. fires — around 20 times last month, were frustrat- ASSOCIATED PRESS in Iran. tralian dollars ($1.4 billion) Across New South Wales, what has fallen across ed with what they say has Tuesday’s deadly stam- TEHRAN, Iran — A toward the recovery effort 130 fires were still burning the region in the past day. been a slow, uncoordinat- pede took place in Solei- stampede broke out Tues- in addition to the tens of on Tuesday, around 50 of And officials warned that ed response to the fires mani’s hometown of Ker- day at the funeral for a millions of dollars that which were uncontrolled. Australia’s wildfire season and a lack of preparedness man as his coffin was being top Iranian general slain have already been prom- The day’s cooler, rainier — which generally lasts by the government. in a U.S. airstrike, and borne through the city in ised. Morrison’s funding weather was providing through March — was no- “Disaster plans should at least 56 people were southeastern Iran, said announcement came amid thousands of weary fire- where near its end. have been put in place killed and more than 200 Pirhossein Koulivand, fierce criticism from many fighters a “psychological The rain was also com- ahead of time, not after the were injured as thousands head of Iran’s emergency Australians who say he has and emotional” reprieve plicating firefighters’ at- fact when everybody’s in thronged the procession, medical services. been too slow to respond to as they scrambled to tempts to strategically a state of emergency and Iranian news reports said. There was no informa- the crisis. He has also faced strengthen containment backburn certain areas, everybody’s scrambling,” As the crowds mourned tion about what set off backlash for downplaying lines around the blazes and was making the ground Wong said. “Communica- Revolutionary Guard Gen. the crush in the packed the need for his government before temperatures rise slippery for fire trucks. tion could be better. We Qassem Soleimani, more streets, and online vid- to address climate change, again, said Shane Fitzsim- Anxious, weary and frus- are told different things angry calls rose from Iran eos showed only its after- which experts say helps su- mons, commissioner of the trated after living through by different people. ... We to avenge his death, dras- math: people lying appar- percharge the blazes. New South Wales Rural months of fires already, are a fire-prone country. tically raising tensions in ently lifeless, their faces The fires, fueled by Fire Service. many Australians have Things should have been the Middle East. covered by clothing, emer- drought and the country’s “It really is about shor- focused their fury on the put in place.” The U.S. continued to gency crews performing hottest and driest year on ing up protection to limit prime minister, whose re- Thousands of army, navy reinforce its own positions CPR on the fallen, and on- record, have been raging the damage potential and sponse to the crisis has and air force reservists in the region and warned lookers wailing and crying since September, months the outbreak of these fires been roundly criticized were being dispatched to of an unspecified threat out to God. earlier than is typical for over the coming days,” he as lax, and at times, dis- battle the fires. On Tues- to shipping from Iran in “Unfortunately as a re- Australia’s annual wildfire told the Australian Broad- missive. Morrison faced day, rescue crews were the region’s waterways, sult of the stampede, some season. So far, the blazes casting Corp. particularly fierce back- still trying to reach some crucial routes for global of our compatriots have have killed 25 people, de- The rain was not heavy lash for taking a family affected communities. A energy supplies. U.S. em- been injured and some stroyed 2,000 homes and enough to extinguish vacation to Hawaii in the navy ship was sent to res- bassies and consulates have been killed during scorched an area twice the blazes. Victoria state midst of the disaster. cue stranded residents of from Asia to Africa and the funeral processions,” the size of the U.S. state Emergency Services Min- Helena Wong and her Mallacoota, a coastal town Europe issued security Koulivand said, and state of Maryland. Three people ister Lisa Neville said on partner Justin Kam, who in Victoria cut off for days alerts for Americans. The TV quoted him as saying in New South Wales state Monday at least 8 inches of lost their home when fires by fires that forced around U.S. Air Force launched a that 56 had died and 213 who were reported miss- rain would need to fall in a swept through the town of 4,000 people to shelter on drill with 52 fighter jets had been injured. ing earlier Tuesday were short time to snuff out the Balmoral south of Sydney beaches over the weekend.

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Impossible After a big year for its Impossible Pork has 220 Foods started working on plant-based burger, Im- calories in a four-ounce the new products about 18 possible Foods has some- serving. That’s not much months ago and accelerat- thing new on its plate. less than a serving of ed development in the sec- The California-based Smithfield 80 percent lean ond half of 2019. company unveiled Impos- ground pork, which has 260 Brown said ground pork sible Pork and Impossible calories. Smithfield’s ani- is also critical to meeting Sausage on Monday eve- mal-derived pork has more the company’s internation- ning at the CES gadget total fat, at 20 grams, than al expansion goals. While show in Las Vegas. Impossible Pork, which has Americans eat more beef It’s Impossible Food’s first 13 grams. But Impossible and chicken, pork is the foray beyond fake beef. The Pork has far more sodium, most widely consumed Impossible Burger, which at 420 milligrams. Smith- meat worldwide, accord- went on sale in 2016, has field has 70 milligrams. ing to the National Pork been a key player in the But health concerns Board. Chinese consumers growing category of veg- are only part of the rea- eat more than 88 pounds of an meats. Like the burger, son consumers are eating pork per year, compared to Impossible Food’s pork and more plant-based meats. 65 pounds for Americans. sausage are made from soy Animal welfare and envi- Brown said he believes but mimic the taste and ronmental concerns are a product like Impossible texture of ground meat. also a factor. Nearly 1.5 Pork is critical in China, Impossible Pork will be billion pigs are killed for which has limited arable rolled out to restaurants PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS food each year, a number land and relies heavily on first. The company isn’t J. Michael Melton, head of culinary for Impossible Foods, the Califor- that has tripled in the last imported meat. Last year, yet saying when it will nia plant-based meat company, prepares some Impossible Pork dishes 50 years, according to the Chinese pork prices surged come to groceries. Impos- as the company unveils Impossible Pork and Impossible Sausage before World Economic Forum. after African swine fever sible Foods only recently the CES tech show Monday in Las Vegas. Raising those pigs de- wiped out millions of pigs. began selling its burgers pletes natural resources Brown said Impossible in grocery stores, although and increases greenhouse Foods is talking to Chinese they’re available at more rants in five U.S. cities sales nationwide. of soy plants. To make gas emissions. regulators and potential than 17,000 restaurants will offer the Impossible The pork products and heme in high volume, it “Everything that we’re partners that could make in the U.S., Singapore, Croissan’wich, made with the Impossible Burger are inserts the DNA from soy doing is trying to avert Impossible Pork — as well Hong Kong and Macau. plant-based sausage cou- made in a similar way. Im- into yeast and ferments it. the biggest threat that the as plant-based burgers — Burger King will give pled with the traditional possible Foods gets heme That mixture is then com- world is facing,” Impossi- in China. consumers their firstegg and cheese. Burger — the protein that gives bined with other ingredi- ble Foods CEO Pat Brown “This is a huge opportu- taste of Impossible Sau- King did a similar test of meat its flavor and texture ents, like coconut oil. told The Associated Press. nity for China in terms of sage. Later this month, the Impossible Whopper — from soy leghemoglobin, The company tweaked Brown said the company its food security,” Brown 139 Burger King restau- last year before expanding which is found in the roots the ingredients to mimic decided pork should be its said. Start your day with sweet and savory muffins

By Gretchen McKay toes or yams, peeled and cut PITTSBURGH into ¼-inch chunks POST-GAZETTE ½ teaspoon dried thyme, plus more for sprinkling Thinking of changing up Salt and freshly ground black the way you do breakfast pepper in 2020? These mini casse- 6 eggs, lightly beaten roles — made in cupcake ¾ cup milk or half-and-half tins — are almost as easy 1 cup shredded low-fat ched- to pull together as a bowl dar of oatmeal. Hot sauce for serving, optional Studded with crispy ba- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. con bits and topped with Coat a 6-cup cupcake pan with shredded cheddar, they cooking spray or lightly grease pair vitamin-rich sweet with butter. potatoes with the natu- Fry bacon slices until crispy in PHOTO | TNS ral sweetness of apples. large skillet over medium heat. The steamed eggs are simple to prepare. The recipes call for just broth and sesame oil, and a gar- They’re equally delicious Drain bacon on paper towels, nish of green onions. warm or at room tem- then crumble into large pieces. perature, and can be eas- Discard drippings from pan. ily packed up to take for Return skillet to heat and add lunch. I like them with apples and onions. Cook, toss- What to eat to recover from a little Frank’s Red Hot ing occasionally, until apples are sauce and sprinkled with softened, about 5 minutes. salt. Add potatoes to pan and cook This recipe makes 6 cup- until tender, about 10-15 min- your holiday overindulgence cake-sized casseroles, but utes, stirring occasionally. Stir in you also could bake them bacon and season with thyme, By Robin Mather in a mini cupcake pan for salt and pepper. Divide potato CHICAGO TRIBUNE Savory Steamed Eggs 24 small bites. mixture among muffin cups. Stir together eggs, milk and We have navigated Prep: 15 minutes cooked eggs from the steaming vessel. MINI SWEET POTATO AND cream in a medium bowl. Pour through the season of ex- Cook: 15-20 minutes 3. To cook in a stovetop steamer, place a APPLE CASSEROLES egg mixture over potatoes, and cess — those weeks be- Makes: 1 serving trivet or steaming rack into the bottom of the PG tested top with cheese. Sprinkle a little tween Thanksgiving and Popular in both China and Japan, these easy steamer; add water to a depth of 1 to 2 inches. Nonstick cooking spray or but- more thyme on top. New Year’s Eve. Now we steamed eggs are soothing for a tricky tummy It should not touch the bottom of the bowl. Add ter for pan Bake casseroles for 25 min- have arrived at the season and restorative on a wintry night. The ratio of the foil sling, then center the bowl on the trivet 8 slices thick-cut bacon utes, or until puffed and a tooth- of long nights and short broth to egg is 1:2. Whisk the eggs in a glass with the sling beneath it. 2 Granny Smith apples, cored pick comes out clean. Cool pan days, as well as the season measuring cup and then add twice their vol- Bring the water to a boil over high heat; re- and chopped for 5 minutes, then remove cas- of the winter crud. This is ume of broth. If you’d like to double or triple duce the temperature to a slow boil. Cover the ½ red onion, diced seroles from cups. Serve warm. the time of year when a the recipe, it’s best to divide the mixture among pot and steam the eggs, 15 to 20 minutes. Re- 2 medium-sized sweet pota- Makes 6 mini casseroles. stranger’s sneeze on the two or three smaller bowls to cook, rather than move steamer from the heat; uncover and use bus can make us misera- trying to cook a larger quantity in one bigger the foil sling to lift the bowl out of the steamer. ble within the week. vessel. Dress with sesame oil and green onion; serve What we need at this 2 large eggs while still hot. time of year is a miracle 3/4 cup (6 ounces) chicken broth 4. To cook in an Instant Pot or other elec- dish. 1 tablespoon sesame oil tric pressure cooker: Place a trivet inside the We need something 1 green onion, thinly sliced cooking pot, lay in the aluminum sling, then that can soothe the body 1. Beat the eggs in a glass measuring cup; set the cooking bowl on the trivet. (If your trivet when its calibration is off, whisk in twice their volume in broth. Pour mix- has handles that aid removal from the pot, you whether from overindul- ture through a fine strainer into the bowl you’ll won’t need the sling.) Pour 1 cup water into the gence or sickness. Some- cook in, deflating any bubbles on the surface. cooking pot, cover the cooker and seal; set to thing that is both nourish- Let the mixture stand for 4 to 5 minutes to al- low pressure. Cook, 6 minutes. Allow pressure ing and easy to prepare. low any remaining bubbles to rise to the sur- to release naturally; remove the eggs, dress Something inexpensive, face; deflate any that do. with sesame oil and green onion and serve hot. yet immensely satisfying. 2. Wrap the bowl tightly in foil, so no moisture Nutrition information per serving: 275 calo- That thing, my friends, can drip onto the egg mixture as it steams. Fold ries, 24 g fat, 6 g saturated fat, 376 mg cho- is the savory steamed egg. another large sheet of foil to create a long strip lesterol, 2 g carbohydrates, 1 g sugar, 13 g This is a recipe you’re go- — this will create a sling to help remove the protein, 863 mg sodium, 0.5 g fiber ing to want to clip out and set in a convenient place for future use. It’s so sim- This recipe specifies2 ounces per egg, or 24 you’d need 9 ounces broth ple that after you prepare large eggs, and there’s a ounces per dozen. — just over a cup, in other it a few times, you’ll no reason for that. But if you Extra large eggs weight doubt have it memorized. words. But until then? It’s the don’t usually have large about 2 ¼ ounces per egg, It’s important to strain only thing that decorates eggs on hand, other sizes or 27 ounces per dozen. the egg-broth mixture my refrigerator, held there can substitute with a mi- Jumbo eggs weight before cooking, as that’s by a souvenir magnet from nor adjustment. To clarify about 2 ½ ounces per egg, what gives this easy cus- some long-ago trip. this, it helps to know what or 30 ounces per dozen. tard its silky consistency. those egg size labels mean, To substitute anoth- Popular as a snack in I make this most often according to the U.S. De- er size for the large eggs both China and Japan, sa- in my Instant Pot, because vory steamed eggs scratch partment of Agriculture: specified, beat the eggs Small eggs weigh about in a large glass measur- it’s so quick and easy, and an itch that their cousin, its even pressure cooks the scrambled eggs, just can’t 1 ½ ounces per egg, or ing cup, then use twice as eggs to a consistently per- reach. There’s something about 18 ounces per dozen. much broth as eggs. Two about that delicate texture, Medium eggs weigh large eggs would measure fect texture. You can cook this on the stovetop, too, PHOTO | TNS and the lightly smoky fla- about 1 ¾ ounces per egg, about 3 ounces, so you’ll vor of its garnish of toasted or about 21 ounces per need 6 ounces broth. But and we’ve given instruc- Mini sweet potato and apple casseroles are just sesame oil, that can’t be dozen. two extra large eggs will tions for both methods in as good for lunch as breakfast. beat. Large eggs weigh about be closer to 4 ½ ounces, so the recipe below.