WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2020 Marblehead and Swampscott Police rescue child at sea ITEM STAFF REPORT the child until police from Marblehead and Swampscott and Harbormaster patrol boats A 5-year-old girl MARBLEHEAD — A 5-year-old girl who from both communities responded, police said. who was strand- was stranded on a raft in the water off Preston “With an of cer on the beach vectoring the ed on a raft in Beach was rescued by authorities from Mar- rescue boats into the area, the child was res- the water off blehead and Swampscott Tuesday afternoon. cued unharmed and the father who was in Preston Beach Shortly before 3 p.m., police began receiving a separate raft trying to reach her, was also was rescued by numerous emergency calls for a young child picked up,” Marblehead Police said in a Face- authorities from who was alone on an orange raft. The callers book post. Marblehead and relayed that the child was being blown off by Following the rescue, father and child were Swampscott Tues- high winds, according to Marblehead Police. taken to the pier at the Swampscott Fish day afternoon. Adults on shore and the child’s father, who was in a separate raft, tried in vain to reach RESCUE, A5 PHOTO | SWAMPSCOTT POLICE Marathon US bombing VERSUS wounds VIRUS City of Lynn reopened taking steps By Steve Krause ITEM STAFF to address LYNN — Beth Bourgault wasn’t in favor of sentencing Dzhokhar Tsar- COVID naev to death for the 2013 bombing at the Boston Marathon that killed three By Gayla Cawley people and seriously wounded and ITEM STAFF maimed hundreds of others, including LYNN — With numbers herself and her husband. continuing to indicate Lynn “I wanted him to receive life in pris- has the worst coronavirus on, maximum security, and solitary outbreak in the state, Mayor con nement for a good, long time,” Thomas M. McGee said the she said. “I wanted him to have a city will start to take a more long life so he could live it that way. proactive approach to con- To me, that was better than a death trolling the surge this week. sentence.” In addition to measures So when she heard two weeks ago that will start to be imple- that a U.S. Appeals Court judge mented this week, McGee overturned that death sentence, she said the city is considering wasn’t surprised. reimplementing an over- “It was disappointing,” she said. night curfew and enforcing “But I wasn’t surprised.” a universal mask mandate, Five years ago, when the sentence which would require resi- was announced, Bourgault, 65, said ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO dents to wear a face covering authorities prepared her and other Beth and Michael Bourgault sit with their dog, Lucy, in the backyard of their Lynn outside at all times. victims about an appeal. “Brockton instituted a cur- “It’s been a fast ve years,” she said. home, Monday afternoon. According to Beth, Lucy has become her “unof cial ther- apy dog” after being injured during the Boston Marathon in 2013. The dog was few the other day,” said Mc- BOMBING, A3 adopted a few months after the attack. Gee. “We just want to make LYNN, A2 Nahant Women’s Club Saugus tries to put the celebrates in ‘style’ brakes on By Elyse Carmosino rights, she said. coronavirus ITEM STAFF “This was a decades-long ght to win the right to vote for wom- NAHANT — Lynn Shore Drive By Steve Krause en in the United States that ITEM STAFF was awash in white Sunday as (took) nearly 100 years (and the Nahant Women’s Club took was) marked with viciousness SAUGUS — The Town of to the streets to celebrate the and violence by the opposition Saugus has joined the effort 19th Amendment’s centennial so that women could not have to “Stop the Spread.” year in suffragette style. the same rights as men,” Fisch- Town Manager Scott Crab- Dressed primarily in early 20th er said. “Today, it’s apparent tree announced Tuesday century-era white dresses, straw that we take the right to vote for that the Board of Health and sun hats, and cross-body sashes granted. Many people have not the Health Department has bearing the words “VOTES FOR even registered to vote, and oth- opened two free COVID-19 WOMEN,” the group of roughly ers who are registered voters do testing sites in the commu- 30 women and girls — some of not vote.” nity as part of a partnership whom were there representing She stressed the importance with the state’s “Stop the Lynn leadership organization, of casting a vote in elections as Spread” initiative. Girls, Inc. — made their way a way to honor those who have The effort has been under- from the Nahant traf c circle previously fought for the oppor- taken to help mitigate the to Red Rock Park, where guest tunity to have their voice heard spread of the virus in high speaker Dr. Eleanor Fischer in the political process. risk-communities, of which spoke to the crowd about the “We are born with free will. Saugus is one, and make the ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO history and importance of voting We will make choices,” she said. safety of their residents a rights. “I hope you will make a choice high priority. Members of the Nahant Women’s Club of the North Shore When Congress finally to vote so as to carry out your Last week, Saugus joined march down Lynn Shore Drive on Sunday afternoon to passed the 19th Amendment rights and responsibilities of other North Shore cities and celebrate the passage of the 19th Amendment 100 years on June 4, 1919, it was a mon- ago, which gave women the right to vote. umental moment for women’s VOTE, A3 SAUGUS, A3 EARLY VOTING Ribbon cut on new CONTINUES Early voting is underway Lynn healthcare center through Friday, Aug. 28. Hours By Gayla Cawley COVID-19 fashion: by telling and locations are available ITEM STAFF the small crowd of medical by quick search by going to: professionals, elected of - https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ LYNN — Standing outside earlyvotingweb/earlyvoting- cials and stakeholders that the brand new Mass General he had received permission search.aspx Brigham Healthcare Center The deadline to request an to take his mask off to deliv- late Tuesday morning, Dr. absentee ballot is no later er his remarks. David J. Roberts acknowl- than noon on Monday, Aug. 31. ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO “It gives me great pleasure edged it was a different kind to welcome you to our re- Lynn Sports David Roberts, M.D., cuts the ribbon at the Mass General of ribbon-cutting ceremony imagined ribbon-cutting cer- Brigham Healthcare Center on Tuesday morning. From left, than he envisioned. emony,” said Roberts. “This Man held in NEC delays Smita Kolli, M.D., Jason North, Mary Jo Gagnon, Steve Kap- Roberts, president of the is what it is in the COVID Roxbury clerk fall sports fhammer, Irene Danic, Wayne Lozzi, Marla Velasquez and North Shore Medical Center, killing. A5 season. B1 Mayor Thomas M. McGee watch from a social distance. kicked things off in typical HEALTHCARE, A3 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 76° VOL. 141, ISSUE 217 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 56° POLICE/FIRE .............................A5 COMICS ....................................B4 FOOD ........................................B8 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2020 OBITUARIES City of Lynn Claire L. Colantuno, 95 Doris A. Fraser, 82 1924-2020 1938-2020 taking steps to Claire L. (Champigny) Col- DANVERS—Doris A. Fraser, antuno, age 95, passed away 82, died Monday, August 24, peacefully at Twin Oaks Re- 2020 at Beverly Hospital. She habilitation Center after a was the wife of the late Clar- address COVID lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s ence M. Fraser. disease. Claire was born Claire Born in Lynn on July 22, LYNN ings, McGee attributes Loretta Champigny on October 1938, she was one of the f- From A1 the spike to people living 2, 1924 in Lynn, MA to Alfred teen children of the late John in close quarters in more and Maria (Bourgeois) Cham- and Dorothy (Muse) Robi- sure we’re taking the densely populated areas pigny. She graduated from St. chaud. She was raised and right action. We’re tak- of the city and playing Jean Baptiste School. educated in Lynn and was a ing these steps now and high contact sports like She worked at Goldberg’s graduate of Lynn English High we’re trying to get our basketball. Furniture Store in Lynn before School. hands around where The city will be mailing she married her husband, Joe Doris had been a resident of these cases are happen- out information in multi- Colantuno, in 1945. Claire Danvers since 1963. She en- ing.” ple languages to certain and Joe raised their two chil- joyed music, dancing, playing Those steps being tak- densely populated zip dren in Marblehead and re- the piano, and painting. en now, he said, includes codes where spikes have tired to Valrico, Fla., where She leaves two daughters, removing basketball been identi ed, which they continued to lead a very Michelle Passalaqua of Fram- hoops at public parks will encourage residents active social life. Claire en- press their sincere thanks for ingham and Deborah Fraser will be held Tuesday, Sept. 1, and prohibiting baseball the loving care Claire received 2020 at 11AM in Saint Mary to wear masks, practice joyed traveling, hosting family of Merrimac, two sons, Mark and events from taking social distancing, avoid at Twin Oaks.