MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2018 City looking to reimagine the waterfront By Thomas Grillo ITEM STAFF LYNN — More than a decade after a consul- tant imagined a redeveloped waterfront with apartments, boutique retail, offices, and hotels, the city is seeking to update the plan. The Economic Development Industrial Corp., (EDIC) the city’s development bank, has invited proposals from design firms to provide a blue- print for the 300-acre site. Today, most of the site contains giant retailers, and almost a quarter of it remains undeveloped, or contains parking lots. “There has been lots of changes since the origi- nal plan was done in 2007,” said James Cowdell, EDIC’s executive director. “Back then, the pow- er lines were a big obstacle to development and they’re gone now, and the North Harbor site is in the final stages of permitting and a shovel will be in the ground this year for a $90 million res- By Gayla Cawley Debra idential project.” ITEM STAFF Shalachman The bids are due on May 1, and a decision is At 59, McQuade is LYNN — Debra Shalachman McQuade, a 59-year- expected by May 30. The study, which will take graduating old Revere woman, has been able to overcome a nine months to complete will be ready next year from North Revere learning disability and her struggle with bipolar and cost more than $75,000. disorder to graduate next month from North Shore Shore The consultant will be asked to revisit the zon- Community College. Comminity ing and the land use on both sides of the Lyn- woman McQuade, who will walk across the graduation College this nway; consider industrial, commercial, residen- stage two months before her 60th birthday, attri- spring. tial, public, and retail uses. Infrastructure will butes much of her success to help she received from also be analyzed including roads, rail, pedestri- the college’s Accessibility Services department, ITEM PHOTO | an and bicycle lanes, boat facilities, lighting, and nds NSCC OWEN O’ROURKE which works with students with disabilities. stormwater facilities. McQuade works as a hairdresser for Raffaele’s in While a crossover exists between a parking lot for North Shore Community College and Lynn accessible McQUADE, A7 EDIC, A7 INSIDE In Boston Tributes mark 5th year since Marathon attack. A2 • Children’s March will urge legislators to amend ICE policies. A7 In Lynn Lynn receives $40,000 MassDEP grant. A3 In Opinion In praise of patriots. A4 In Sports ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Bishop Fenwick baseball team beats St. Mary’s. B1 The Harmony-Nation youth con dence-building program host- ed by internationally recognized artistic director Jimmy Locust Locust descends on Lynn at Breed Middle School on Saturday centered around dance. See LOOK!, A8. Dick Lynch, Swampscott coach, dies By Steve Krause ITEM SPORTS EDITOR Dick Lynch, one of the most important architects of Swampscott High’s two-plus decades of football dominance, died Sun- day at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Lynch joined head coach Stan Bonde- levitch in 1954 as an assistant coach and offensive coordinator, and stayed there un- til 1973, when he became Danvers High’s athletic director. Lynch, who was 91, also coached the Big Blue boys basketball team to a victory in the old Tech Tourney at the Boston Garden in 1968. “When he spoke, people listened,” said his son, Mike, who is WCVB-TV, Channel 5’s principal sports anchor. “He was very much respected as a coach. When he told you By Thomas Grillo Beach Sisters something, he didn’t have to tell you twice.” ITEM STAFF from Girls “I was so fortunate to have coached with Inc. hope to LYNN — Paper or plastic? him,” said longtime friend and colleague eliminate If a group of high school girls get their way, it might Frank DeFelice. “We shared the same of- Girls Inc. plastic bags not be a choice in Lynn much longer. fice, and he was a mentor. I worked along- from Lynn. side of him, and I learned a lot from him. The teens, armed with a PowerPoint presentation on the evils of plastic, are lobbying the City Council to From left, Jenny He guided me along pretty well.” and NU Ly, Lisaury De According to Bob Jauron, whose book join more than five dozen Bay State communities, in- Jesus, Indy “Big Blue Days” was recently published, cluding Salem, who have banned plastic bags. Rodriguez, Lynch was a tough taskmaster who provid- look to “The idea came about because we see lots of plastic ed the principal direction for Swampscott’s bags scattered around the city among the litter and Louise Silva, historic football run, which saw five unde- wanted to make a difference,” said Jarivel Castro, a and Lia feated seasons and, at one point, a 32-game bag plastic 15-year-old sophomore at KIPP Academy Charter Funicella. unbeaten streak. PLASTIC, A7 ITEM PHOTO | OWEN DICK LYNCH, B2 O’ROURKE OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS ....................................B4 HIGH 49° VOL. 140, ISSUE 108 LYNN .........................................A3 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 LOW 42° OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2018 OBITUARIES Bernard John McGovern 1962 - 2018 LYNN — Bernard Wichita, Don (De- John “Jay” McGovern, nise) Mulvane, Daniel age 55, of Deerfield (Kim) Benton, Mark Beach, Fla., formerly (Kristin), of Andover, of Lynn, passed away and his companion on April 2. He worked Indidie, of Deerfield as a landscaper and Beach, Fla., and many loved the outdoors nieces, nephews, aunts and beaches. He and uncles. Jay was was predeceased in loved by all for his death by his father Bernard witty sense of humor and he McGovern, sister Monique will be greatly missed. McGovern and nephew Nich- Service Information: A olas McGovern. He is survived grave-side memorial ser- by his mother Marie “Lee” vice will be held at a later McGovern, of Andover, Kans., date. his brothers William (Jean) PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Avis A. Beaulieu The father of Lingzi Lu, Jun Lu, second from right, and her aunt Helen Zhao, right, place a wreath 1962 - 2018 as the family of Martin Richard, from left, Henry, Bill, Jane, and Denise look on during a ceremo- ny at the site where Martin Richard and Lingzi Lu were killed in the second explosion at the 2013 DANVERS — Avis A. Christopher (“CJ”) Boston Marathon, Sunday. (Surette) Beaulieu, and Jodi Beaulieu of 55, passed away Oakdale, Conn., and peacefully on April Ethan and Allison 13, 2018 surround- Beaulieu of Danvers; Boston marks fifth year since ed by her family in her sister and broth- the Kaplan Family er-in-law, Jeannine Hospice House. She and Barry Acheson of marathon attack with tributes was the beloved wife Danvers; her brother, of Johnny E. Beaulieu, Matthew Surette of By Vaishnavee Sharma bombs killed three spec- more.” The family’s foun- bell, of Arlington. Massa- with whom she shared 32 Bedford, N.H.; and many niec- and Sarah Betancourt tators and maimed more dation was founded in chusetts Institute of Tech- years of marriage. es and nephews. She was ASSOCIATED PRESS than 260 others April 15, 2014 to connect young nology police officer Sean Born in Saugus on Septem- 2013. people with opportunities Collier was killed in the predeceased by her brother, BOSTON — The bells ber 23, 1962, Avis was the Vincent Surette. Both addressed families for volunteerism and com- line of duty during a con- daughter of Barbara (Dulong) of Old South Church in and survivors at a private munity engagement. frontation with bomber Service Information: Boston rang at 2:49 p.m. Surette of Beverly, and the late Avis’s funeral service will ceremony inside the Bos- Victim Lu Lingzi’s un- Tamerlan Tzarneav. Joseph H. Surette. She was to commemorate a city- ton Public Library. be celebrated on Friday, cle, Sherman Yee, was Roxanne Simmonds was raised and educated in Lynn, wide moment of silence in “On April 15, 2013, our present at the ceremony at commemorative cere- April 20, 2018 at 11:30 MA; she graduated from Lynn honor of Boston Marathon city changed forever but and private gathering. He monies to honor her son, a.m. at C.R. Lyons & Sons, Classical High School, and bombing survivors and over the last five years, said, “The family has been fallen Boston police officer went on to earn an associates Funeral Directors, 28 Elm victims we have reclaimed hope. overwhelmed by love and Dennis Simmonds. Sim- degree from Mount Ida Col- St., Danvers. Burial will It was an emotional mo- We have reclaimed the support from all over the monds suffered a head lege and a bachelor’s degree follow in Walnut Grove ment in a day filled with finish line and Boston world.’” He called Ling- injury on April 19, 2013, from Endicott College. Avis Cemetery, Sylvan St., Dan- service projects and cere- has emerged with a new zi an “extraordinary girl” during a shootout with worked in banking for many vers. Visitation will be held monies to remember those strength, a resilience root- who represented the youth Dzhokhar and Tamerlan years as the director of human on Thursday, April 19, 2018 impacted by the deadly ed in love,” Walsh said. that come to the U.S. from Tsarnaev as law enforce- resources and as executive from 4 to 8 p.m., in the fu- bombings five years ago. Jane and Henry Rich- China to study. ment closed in on them. assistant to the president; she neral home. Boston began the an- ard, siblings of the young- “While she didn’t realize He suffered a fatal brain was employed by Beverly Na- Relatives and friends are niversary of the attacks est victim Martin Richard, her dreams, as her family aneurysm a year later as- tional and more recently, Bank invited.