Restaurant Workers to the Rescue in Peabody
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DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 DEALS OF THE Saugus Lynn’s$DAY$ precincts economyPG. 3 may givenDEALS move OF THE $2M$DAY$ to new PG. 3 school boost By Gayla Cawley ITEMDEALS STAFF By Elyse Carmosino DEALS ITEM STAFF LYNN —OF The THECity of Lynn has been awarded $2 million SAUGUS — More than in federal funding$ through$ the 7,000 Saugus voters may be DAY Coronavirus Aid,PG. 3Relief and casting their ballots in a dif- Economic Security (CARES) ferent location come Septem- Act, approved by Congress and ber. signed into law by President According to town clerk Donald Trump in late March. Ellen Schena, Saugus is in Distributed by the U.S. De- the process of relocating four Restaurant workers to partment DEALSof Housing and Ur- of the district’s 10 voting ban Development (HUD), the precincts to the town’s new COVID-19 OFrelief THEfunding will be middle-high school for the aimed at providing aid to resi- upcoming September 1 and the rescue in Peabody dents with$ lowDA andY $moderate November 3 elections. income levels andPG. city3 business- There are multiple reasons By Thor Jourgensen Bar bartender Kim Mello were Kim Mello, for- es that consist of low-paying to for the proposed change, ITEM STAFF furloughed after social distanc- mally a server at moderate-income level jobs. Schena said. ing restrictions were imposed, Burtons Grill & The funds will be managed by As of now, two precincts PEABODY — Call it serendip- shutting down restaurant dining Bar in Peabody, the city’s Department of Com- — four and eight — are cur- ity: Restaurant workers who lost rooms. works at Citizens munity Development through rently located in the Bel- jobs when coronavirus shuttered Burtons maintained its takeout Inn on Tuesday its Community Development monte Middle School, which their workplaces found new em- business until the Northshore afternoon. Block Grant (CDBG) and Emer- will be closed for construc- ployment with a local food pantry Mall closed. Mello credited her gency Service Grant programs, tion throughout the fall, and desperate for help. general manager at Burtons and ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO according to Mayor Thomas M. precinct three is currently Citizens Inn Haven from Hun- Citizens Inn Executive Director McGee’s of ce. located in Chestnut Woods ger has seen visits to its Wallis Corey Jackson with communicat- The funds will be adminis- Nursing and Rehabilitation Street location from people seek- ing by Facebook to get the restau- tered in partnership with the center — one of the Saugus ing food quadruple since coronavi- rant workers hired. Economic Development & In- nursing homes hardest-hit rus hit in mid-March. Citizens Inn relies on volunteers dustrial Corporation of Lynn by the COVID-19 pandemic. That was when restaurant “Due to the current situa- workers like Burtons Grill and PEABODY, A3 LYNN, A3 tion (regarding the corona- virus pandemic), I don’t feel comfortable having people going into a nursing home for September and Novem- Carrigans have rm ber’s elections,” Schena said. “I de nitely do not want to put anyone in that situation, approach to practicing and I don’t think any of the voters would want to go in there either.” In addition, precinct one, law in tough times located at the American Le- his wife, Anne Gugino Carrigan, with gion on Taylor Street, was By Anne Marie Tobin ITEM STAFF his daughter, Lisa Carrigan, serving found to be too small, fol- as Of Counsel. All three agree that lowing a recent audit by the With state courthouses shut down to these are trying times for anyone in state. the public until at least June 1, and the legal business, rst and foremost, “It was brought to my at- bench and jury trials suspended until for their clients. tention that they felt that the at least July 1, Massachusetts lawyers Jim said the COVID-19 pandemic American Legion post is too are facing unprecedented challenges has hit many of his clients with pend- small to accommodate the in meeting the needs of their clients. ing workers’ compensation and Social amount of people in that pre- Jim Carrigan has been practicing ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO Security disability cases the hardest, cinct to vote,” Schena said. law in downtown Lynn since 1977. not just in terms of economics, but in “When I started in 2014, we From left, Anne Gugino Carrigan, Jim Carrigan His rm, The Law Of ces of James J. terms of mental health. had just under 14,000 Sau- and Lisa Carrigan sit in their family law of ce Carrigan, is located at 15 Johnson St. gus voters. As of May 1st, I in Lynn. where Carrigan practices alongside CARRIGANS, A5 believe it’s 19,252, so we’ve grown by over 5,000 people in the six-plus years that I’ve been here.” Lynn reports three Saugus School Commit- more deaths, A3 Lynn students will be graded tee formally voted last week to allow the precincts to State reports 33 more be moved to the new mid- on pre-coronavirus curve dle-high school. deaths; Baker cautious Their approval means the on reopening, A6 By Gayla Cawley from Gov. Charlie Baker. year essentially stop when we town’s next step will be to ITEM STAFF Lynn students will be graded stopped attending physically,” bring the temporary proposal up until the last day the city’s said Tutwiler. “The idea with before the Board of Select- Pelosi unveils $3T LYNN — Final grades for schools were in session, which our approach to the grading pro- men. Once it’s approved by virus bill, warns Lynn Public Schools students was March 12. By that date, cedure was to be responsive and the board, the state will be in- inaction costs more, B3 will be determined by work that formed, giving the town per- had been completed before the the second trimester was nearly considerate at the same time. mission to notify residents. coronavirus-induced class can- complete for elementary schools “We know that this is in the “Everyone has to sign off on Fauci warns of cellations, according to Superin- and there were three weeks re- context of an event that has it before it can happen,” said “suffering and death” if tendent Dr. Patrick Tutwiler. maining in the third quarter never happened before. We real- school committee vice chair All Massachusetts schools for secondary schools, Tutwiler ly wanted to angle toward being Ryan Fisher. U.S. reopens too soon, have closed for the remainder of said. Registered Saugus voters, B3 the school year due to an order “The of cial grades for the GRADES, A3 7,329 in total, will receive mailed notices about their new polling stations should the proposed changes be- Revere re ghter: Ride share come nalized. Schena emphasized that the middle-high school will passengers on downturn have more than enough space to accommodate all By Gayla Cawley now it’s not there. I feel bad for the four precincts at once. ITEM STAFF people who do it full-time because “The gymnasium is incredi- that’s their bread and butter.” The number of people using the bly big, and (we) usually have Before the virus, the Saugus res- ride-sharing app, Lyft, has declined two (precincts) at the Bel- ident would put in about 10 hours monte and two at the Vets’ signi cantly during the coronavirus pandemic. a week as a Lyft driver. Now, he’s gymnasium,” she said. “The down to about two to six hours a middle-high school complex At least, that’s the experience of Revere re ghter Tim Cadogan, week, because there are not many gymnasium is unbelievably riders. bigger than these, so having who works part-time as a Lyft driv- Since he used to live in Allston, Ca- four shouldn’t be an issue.” er. ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO “Essentially it’s my second job,” dogan usually starts his loop there Elyse Carmosino can be said Cadogan, 31, who joined Lyft before heading to Harvard Square Saugus resident and Revere Fire ghter Tim Cado- reached at ecarmosino@item- four years ago. “It ended up being gan says the virus has cut down on the number of live.com. an additional grand a month and LYFT, A5 riders he sees during his second job as a Lyft driver. OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 59° VOL. 141, ISSUE 129 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-2 CLASSIFIED ...............................B6 LOW 40° POLICE/FIRE .............................A5 COMICS ....................................B4 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 OBITUARIES Frances A. Taggart, 85 Virginia Gilchrist, 92 Lynn reports 1927-2020 LYNN — Frances A Taggart, LYNN — Virginia Josephine 3 more deaths a lifelong resident of Lynn, Doris (Bourque) Gilchrist, 92, passed away after a brief ill- of Lynn, passed away peace- By Gayla Cawley Per the order, boat ramps ness at the age of 85. fully on Sunday, May 10, 2020 ITEM STAFF in Lynn will only be open She was a graduate of Clas- at Care One in Peabody. to Massachusetts resi- Three more Lynn resi- dents, with certain provi- sical High School. She was She was born on May 14, dents have died from the sions that will be enforced employed at Lynn Economic 1927 to her beloved parents coronavirus since Monday, Opportunity (LEO). During her by the city’s Harbormas- the late Desire A. Bourque and but the city continues to ter, Lynn Police and the employment of 43 years, she Virginia (Charette) Bourque. report a low number of held various positions within Coast Guard.