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SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021 Salem WHEN MR. BIDEN CAME TO LYNN awaits That was Amazon then . . . Editor’s note: The Item’s Thor Jourgensen covered then-Vice delivery President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s Oct. 29, 2014 speech in Lynn. By Guthrie Scrimgeour This is a reprint of the story. ITEM STAFF By Thor Jourgensen ITEM STAFF SALEM — The hiring process has begun at the new Ama- LYNN — Vice President zon delivery station in Salem, Joseph Biden rolled up his which company representa- sleeves and revved up more tives say will create more than than 200 people at the Lynn 100 full-time and part-time po- YMCA Wednesday to pump sitions. momentum into the nal days According to Amazon repre- of Democrat Seth Moulton’s sentative Emily Hawkins, the congressional campaign. delivery station, located on 20 Colonial Road off of Jefferson THEN, A3 Avenue, is scheduled to open in February. “I want to welcome Amazon . . . this Logistics to the Salem business community and am encouraged about the addition of hundreds of new jobs to our local econo- is now my,” said Salem Mayor Kim By Elyse Carmosino Driscoll. ITEM STAFF Job postings describe imme- diate openings for “warehouse LYNN — His charisma and team members” who would ability to connect with a crowd work “inside an Amazon ware- is what former Lynn YMCA house, selecting, packing and Branch Director Audrey shipping customer orders.” Jiménez remembers most While these job listings say about President Joseph R. that these positions start at Biden Jr.’s visit to Lynn nearly $15 an hour, a press release seven years ago. from Amazon stated that new “The minute you saw him employees at the Salem deliv- from far away, it was like he ery station would actually start lit up the space,” Jiménez said. at $15.45 an hour. “He turned on that smile and was so seemingly authentic SALEM, A2 that I think it really moved all of us. No one really expected it.” ITEM FILE PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE Then serving as vice presi- dent under President Barack Then-Vice President Joe Biden turned up at the Lynn YMCA for Seth Moulton’s cam- Obama, Biden’s appearance paign in October of 2014, touting the candidate’s attributes during his bid for the House of Representatives. NOW, A3 Marblehead Democratic Swampscott Committee driving food drive of cials take By Mike Alongi day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with drop-off do- ITEM STAFF nations accepted at the Marblehead Com- a shot at munity Center, located at 10 Humphrey St. MARBLEHEAD — As the North Shore This weekend’s food drive follows a num- continues to push through the winter ber of other food drives that took place in anti-vaxxers PHOTO | AMAZON months while dealing with COVID-19, local the lead-up to Dr. Martin Luther King Day, community organizations are stepping up when community organization, Swing Left Fire Fighters Union res back Amazon is hiring workers to help in any way they can. For the Mar- for the new Salem delivery North Shore/Cape Ann, dropped off bags of blehead Democratic Town Committee, that By Gayla Cawley station at 20 Colonial Road. food for local food pantries in Lynn, Swamp- means sponsoring a food drive to help people scott, Salem, Beverly and Gloucester. ITEM STAFF The station is set to open deal with the challenges of living through “Responding to the urgent needs of our next month and will employ the coronavirus pandemic. SWAMPSCOTT — The Swampscott more than 100 workers. The food drive will be Saturday and Sun- MARBLEHEAD, A2 Fire Fighters Union has taken issue with comments made during Wednes- day’s Select Board meeting, where several town of cials were critical of rst responders who chose not to get LATTES WITH vaccinated last week. Swampscott rst responders were among the rst in the area to receive LEGISLATORS COVID-19 vaccinations in neighbor- By Anne Marie Tobin cal business conditions and ing Marblehead last week. Police and ITEM STAFF share their outlooks for the re ghters from both towns were Peabody 2021 year. vaccinated as part of a regional effort PEABODY — The Pea- “The event is our answer that included three other communi- Chamber of body Chamber of Commerce to the Legislative Breakfast, ties: Beverly, Danvers, and Salem. (PACC) is giving residents our state of the region event State Sen. Peabody Mayor More than 700 rst responders Commerce a chance to hear from their of past years, which was a Joan B. Lovely Ted Bettencourt were vaccinated through that region- preparing elected of cials on Wednes- grand in-person event, but al effort, as part of the state’s phased day, Jan. 27 at a virtual state obviously we had to nd a vaccination program. However, Town to serve of the region address. different way of delivering Administrator Sean Fitzgerald said a virtual Espresso premier sponsor, the message to our mem- there were some individuals from the North Shore Bank, in con- bers,” said PACC Executive town’s police and re departments breakfast junction with the chamber, Director Beth Amico. “This is who chose not to get vaccinated. will be holding “Lattes with an opportunity for people to “There were some that I have ques- Legislators,” a virtual Zoom hear about the up-and-com- tioned why they didn’t get vaccinat- event in which Peabody ing things that pertain to ed,” said Fitzgerald. “We can’t force Mayor Ted Bettencourt, their business interests. In folks to get vaccinated. We’re going to State Sen. Joan B. Lovely, this new world, it is an honor ensure that they have access to vacci- State Rep. Thomas Walsh, to have the same legislators’ nations.” and State Rep. Sally Kerans State Rep. State Rep. will discuss the current lo- PEABODY, A5 Sally Kerans Thomas Walsh SWAMPSCOTT, A3 INSIDE Sports STOP THE SPREAD. FOLLOW THE RULES. Hank Aaron, baseball’s one-time home run king, STAY WEAR A MASK NO MORE THAN WASH YOUR HANDS dies at 86. B1 Opinion Shribman: Gorman, summoned to participate, is celebrated. A4 LOOK! FEET APART IN AN INDOOR10 GATHERING Tom Brokaw retiring from NBC News after 55 years. A8

OBITUARIES ...... A2 LOOK! ...... A8 DIVERSIONS ...... B5 LOW 18° VOL. 142, ISSUE 39 OPINION ...... A4 SPORTS ...... B1-2 CLASSIFIED ...... B6-7 PAGE A8 $1.50 POLICE/FIRE ...... A5 COMICS ...... B4 HIGH 27° VOL. 142, ISSUE A2 THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021 OBITUARIES Marblehead out, but eight local Brian Antonellis, 46 LYNN - Brian Antonellis, of Lynn, age 46, died Tuesday communities remain in the red January 19th at Lahey Medical Center Burlington after a sud- By Gayla Cawley just barely. Its positive residents, according to the weeks, Salem’s positive den illness. Born in Waltham, ITEM STAFF rate of 12.87 percent is DPH. test rate is 7.63 percent 11th highest in the state, In Revere, 60 new cases and its daily incidence he was the son of Cynthia J. Marblehead is out of the according to the DPH. were reported on Friday to rate is 93.1, according to (Lang) Hawkins of Lynn and red this week, but eight the late Robert A. Antonellis. Lynn’s average daily in- bring the city’s total num- DPH and city data. other local North Shore cidence rate also declined bers to 8,516 cases and Brian attended Lynn schools communities are still Lynnfield (861 cases, 24 and graduated from Lynn Voca- this week, but still re- 135 deaths. Numbers were deaths) reported 47 new designated as having a mains high at 127.2 new not updated in Saugus, tional Technical Institute, Class cases on Friday, Mar- high risk for coronavirus cases per 100,000 resi- which had 3,060 cases and of 1992. He was employed as spread. blehead (919 cases, 31 a Plumber and worked for E. dents over the past two 58 deaths as of Thursday, Lynn, Lynnfield, Nah- weeks, the DPH reported. according to their commu- deaths) has reported 56 Amanti and Sons Mechanical ant, Peabody, Revere, Sa- new cases since last Fri- Contractors and JJRG Williams Ninety-one new cases nity websites. lem, Saugus, and Swamp- were reported in Lynn on Peabody, which has re- day, and Nahant (200 cas- Plumbing and Heating in Lynn. scott are in the red again Brian was a true Boston sports Friday to bring the city’s ported 101 new cases and es, six deaths) reported 10 this week, based on their caseload 13,872. Of that two additional deaths new cases. fan always cheering on the Pa- high daily incidence and triots, Red Sox and Bruins. A total, 1,914 cases are ac- since Wednesday, also has Numbers were not up- positive test rates, accord- dog lover, Brian belonged to cles. He also leaves behind his tive, 171 people have died, a triple-digit daily inci- dated in Swampscott, ing to the state Depart- dog training groups in Boston, beloved German Shepherds and 1,787 have recovered dence rate of 107.3 new which had 811 cases as of ment of Public Health Florida and New Hampshire Kyro and Mya. from the virus, according cases per 100,000 resi- Thursday. Town Admin- doing the sport of Schutzhund. Service Information: Bri- (DPH). to city data. dents. The city’s positive istrator Sean Fitzgerald Marblehead, which was In Brian’s spare time, he volun- an’s visiting hours will be Positive test rates are test rate is 9.29 percent said during Wednesday’s red last week, has been also high in Revere and this week and it has re- teered for Jimmy Fund at Da- held at the Parker Funeral Select Board meeting that na-Farber Cancer Institute or Home 35 Franklin St. Lynn deemed a moderate risk, Saugus, at 11.31 percent ported a total of 5,413 cas- or yellow, community on and 10.14 percent respec- es and 262 deaths, accord- another resident has died, you would find him cooking up on Monday from 3:00 – 6:00 which brings the town’s a masterpiece in the kitchen. PM, following the guidelines the state’s COVID-19 map. tively over the past 14 ing to DPH and city data. With Lynn reporting days. Both communities In Salem, 60 new cases death toll to 14. In addition to his mother recommended by the CDC Gayla Cawley can be he is survived by his maternal and the City of Lynn. Funeral fewer new daily cases over also have a triple-digit av- were reported to bring the reached at gcawley@item- grandmother Lorraine Lang of service will be private. Please the past 14 days, the city erage daily incidence rate, city’s caseload to 3,529. Lynn, his fiancé Raquel Mo- make memorial donations in is finally out of the top 10 at 135.7 and 124.9 respec- Sixty-four people have live.com. Follow her on rales of Woburn, a brother Chris Brian’s name to the Jimmy for positive test rate, but tive new cases per 100,000 died. Over the past two Twitter @GaylaCawley. and his wife Sarah Antonellis of Fund/Dana-Farber Can- Denver, CO, a daughter Brittany cer Institute, 10 Brookline and her husband Dustin Lo- Place, 6th Floor, Brookline, Salem awaits Amazon delivery patic of Florida, 2 nieces Lean MA 02445 or the Northeast Rose and Alexandra Grace An- Animal Shelter 347 Highland tonellis both of Denver, CO, and Ave. Salem, MA 01970. SALEM many cousins, aunts, and un- Guestbook at parkerme- From A1 morialfuneralhome.com Amazon has also posted listings for Picker/Packers who will operate a gar- Marilyn B. Tansey, 86 ment press and a T-shirt folding machine, in addi- 1935 - 2021 tion to the normal fulfill- ment center tasks. LYNN - Marilyn Beatrice In addition to the posi- (Castle) Tansey, age 86 of Lynn, tions directly employed by entered into rest on Thursday, the company, Amazon rep- January 21, 2021 at home resentatives say that the surrounded by her loving fam- service center will create ily. She is the beloved wife of hundreds more gig jobs for Joseph F. Tansey, with whom Amazon’s Delivery Ser- she shared almost 47 years of vice Partners and Amazon marriage. Flex drivers, who would be Born on January 2, 1935 employed by third-party in Lynn to the late Wilber and delivery service providers. Louise (Hart) Castle. Marilyn Amazon will be leasing was educated in the Lynn Pub- the 148,000-square-foot lic School system. In her young- er years she worked in the Lynn space for its Salem sta- Shoe factory. She then raised tion, the company’s ninth her children until getting a job delivery station in Massa- with the Lynn Public School chusetts and one of more system where she retired from. than 150 across the coun- Marilyn enjoyed all family Jr., Elias Diaz, and Brooke Diaz; try. gatherings, especially the holi- and her precious great grand- Packages are transport- day celebrations, shopping, va- son Nicholas Coocen III; many ed to these delivery sta- cations, cookouts and spend- nieces, nephews, sister-in-laws, tions from larger nearby ing time with all of the family. brother-in-laws and friends that Amazon fulfillment cen- In addition to her parents, also have been there for her. ters, sorted and then load- ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Marilyn is predeceased by her Service Information: ed into vehicles for final delivery to customers. A UPS truck pulls into the site of the new Amazon delivery station at 20 son Michael J. Louf, and her Friends and family are invit- Colonial Road in Salem. The station is set to open next month and will ed to call at the Cuffe-Mc- The massive corporation, siblings Shirley O’Donnell Un- employ more than 100 workers. derwood, Helen Farris, Earline Ginn Funeral Home, 157 valued at more than $1.7 Jensen, Carolyn Barry, Lester Maple St., Lynn, on Monday, trillion this August, has of their U.S.-based (work- about high injury rates, billion to help keep em- Castle, William Castle, and January 25, 2021 from 3:00 made headlines recently, ers) successfully orga- strictly-regimented pro- ployees safe and deliver with 6,000 workers in a Frances Farris. PM to 6:00 PM, followed by nized with the union, then ductivity quotas, and fre- products to customers Bessemer, Ala., warehouse She is survived by her devot- a funeral service at 6:00 PM. that could lead to other quent layoffs, according to throughout 2020,” said set to vote next month to ed children, Kenneth Louf and In lieu of flowers donations cities also doing that.” a Guardian report. Amazon in a press release his wife Penny, Dianne Louf and may be made to a founda- join Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union The organizing workers’ More than 600 workers on the Salem station. her husband Stephen Driscoll, tion close to Marilyn’s heart, website, backed by the at this warehouse signed Amazon would not com- and Teresa Tansey and her Breast Cancer Research at (RWDSU), which would be the first union in the RWDSU, calls for safer a petition last year call- ment as to whether work- husband Manny Diaz; her cher- Dana-Farber Cancer Insti- working conditions, just- ing for Amazon to improve ers at the Salem delivery ished grandchildren Jacqueline tute, www.dana-farber.org. company’s United States history. cause instead of at-will work conditions, asking station would be subject Louf, Jonathan Louf and fian- employment (meaning for a consolidated break, to productivity quotas, cée Kimberly, Jason Louf, Mari- “Amazon is one of the biggest employers in the that an employee can be more reliable transport to whether they would be sa Titus and significant other fired at any time for any the facility and called at- employed at-will, and Nicholas Coocen, Michael Titus United States, and they’re heavily, heavily an- reason with some excep- tention to safety concerns, whether the management ti-union,” Arthur Wheaton tions) and standardized according to the article. would be amenable to a of the Worker Institute at grievance procedures. “We prioritize the safe- union. Cornell University told In a New York City Am- ty and health of employ- Guthrie Scrimgeour National Public Radio. “So azon warehouse, workers ees above all else, and we can be reached at gscrim- ITEM CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS! if you can start to get some have expressed concerns invested more than $10 [email protected]. 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Box 5 Lynn, MA 01903 SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021 THE DAILY ITEM A3 Biden boosts Swampscott officials take Moulton in Lynn a shot at anti-vaxxers THEN reform and senior assis- tance programs aimed at SWAMPSCOTT cerned about, but at the members of the town of ters for Disease Control From A1 same time, I think Chief saving the nation’s middle From A1 Swampscott and the way and Prevention (CDC), Archer said it well, that they view the first re- Biden admitted during his class. Biden said the reas- which states that the Mod- Fitzgerald said he spoke the tables have turned. sponders.” speech that “I don’t know surances he received from erna vaccine is 51 percent with both the town’s police “It used to be public safe- In its letter, the union anything about Seth’s op- his father, even during effective two weeks follow- chief, Ronald Madigan, ty was concerned going noted that the federal law ponent,” Richard Tisei, difficult economic times ing the first dose, and does and its fire chief, Graham into people’s houses, about known as HIPAA, which is but Biden bashed Republi- during his childhood, are not reach its promised 94 cans in Congress for being Archer, about the matter exposure, and now, as we an acronym for the Health percent effective rate until not echoed by American this week, and asked them move forward, there’s a le- Insurance Portability and afraid to speak up against parents today. two weeks after the sec- the party’s leadership. to look into why some of gitimate concern that peo- Accountability Act, would ond dose is administered. ”Today, a lot of parents their employees had cho- ple shouldn’t assume that be violated if a town board ”We don’t need someone aren’t so sure. The econ- At this time, the union who is going to go down to sen not to receive the shot. just because vaccinations were to disclose that sen- said there has not been omy, in a broad sense, is “I have concerns about Washington, hide in a cor- were made available that sitive medical informa- a schedule for when, or a back, but for middle-class making sure that every- ner, and vote ‘no’ and hope everybody was vaccinat- tion “without the patients’ guarantee that, the second people, it’s not so hot,” he body gets vaccinated,” said ed,” he said. knowledge or consent.” they don’t notice him. You said. dose will be offered to the need someone who stands Fitzgerald. “I’m concerned On Thursday, the “Comments were made Biden said Congress town’s first responders. up and says, ‘Enough is about their safety, but Swampscott Fire Fighters that suggested members should be giving tax The union also empha- enough,’” Biden said. also the safety of everyone Union responded to the of Swampscott’s first re- breaks to middle-class sized the work that the Biden climbed the stairs else.” criticism expressed during sponder community have Americans and said he town’s firefighters do on to a temporary stage in Because the coronavirus the Select Board meet- not received a vaccination shares Moulton’s belief a daily basis to keep the the YMCA’s gymnasium vaccines have only been ing, particularly Spellios’ according to administra- that investing federal community safe, which with Moulton at 3:44 p.m. authorized for emergen- “false sense of security” tive ‘records,’ and that this dollars into major infra- includes adhering to — an hour after most of cy use, the town’s first comment, with a letter ad- may somehow be a viola- structure projects, includ- COVID-19 precautions, the crowd streamed into responders cannot be re- dressed to the “citizens of tion of the standards our ing a high-speed rail plan quired to get the vaccina- the town of Swampscott.” first responder community such as wearing personal the gym after clearing Se- protective equipment and cret Service metal-detec- unsuccessfully advocat- tion, added Select Board “During said discussion, tries to uphold,” the union ed by Biden, will create Chairman Peter Spellios, questions were raised on wrote. practicing social distanc- tor screenings. ing at each emergency in- Moulton, Tisei and Inde- good-paying jobs. who cautioned residents how many first respond- “Only time will tell ”This new Republican against having a “false er employees chose to be whether the Moderna cident response. pendent Chris Stockwell “Do not forget that we face off in Tuesday’s final party votes against all in- sense of security” follow- vaccinated vs. how many vaccination can have last- frastructure – they’re an- ing the regional first re- chose not to be vacci- ing effects in defense of have families and loved election. Prior to introduc- ones as well, which we are ing Biden, Moulton said ti-everything,” Biden said. sponder vaccination effort nated,” the union wrote. COVID-19 transmission. Before Biden took the last week. “These comments bring No member of the public, trying to protect from our- he “can feel momentum selves,” the union said. out there” as the final days stage, local elected offi- “People shouldn’t as- scrutiny and condemna- whether resident or visitor The Item reached out of the campaign tick away. cials, including City Coun- sume that just because tion to the members of our of the town of Swampscott to the Swampscott Police Moulton told the Y audi- cilor-at-Large and state first responders had the emergency services pro- should feel disheartened Union, but had not re- ence he will work to bring Rep.-elect Brendan Crigh- chance to get vaccinated viders. by a first responder’s deci- ceived a response by the Blue Line rapid transit to ton, Council President that they got vaccinated, “The opinions of our Se- sion to not take the Mod- publication’s deadline. Lynn, reform small-busi- Daniel Cahill, state Rep. because that would not be lect Board, town admin- erna vaccination. Every ness taxes and end the Robert Fennell and state accurate,” said Spellios. “I istration and department individual has the right to Gayla Cawley can be “national embarrassment” Sen. Thomas M. McGee, don’t want people to have administration are being choose.” reached at gcawley@item- of veterans care in Amer- chairman of the Mass. a false sense of security. allowed to create tension In its letter, the union live.com. Follow her on ica. Democratic Party, pushed There’s nothing to be con- amongst the community cited data from the Cen- Twitter @GaylaCawley. Biden praised Moulton, audience members to get a Marine who did four out the vote next Tuesday. tours in Iraq, as one of the Biden said a Moulton win Florida governor walks “9/11 generation of war- will help “break the back riors – the finest in the of the tea party” in the Re- history of mankind.” publican party to usher in ”We sent them to the an era of consensus poli- back claim over 1 millionth shot gates of hell once, twice, tics in Washington, D.C. three and four times. Seth ”The majority of Re- By Bobby Caina is the kind of guy you look publicans will vote on ra- Calvan for to send into public life: tional action. They know ASSOCIATED PRESS He’s excelled at every- better, but they don’t have TALLAHASSEE, Fla. thing he’s done,” Biden the courage to stand up. — Florida Gov. Ron De- said. Seth and I know you need Santis had a made-for-TV He said Moulton can consensus to run govern- moment: A 100-year-old champion job creation, tax ment,” Biden said. World War II veteran get- ting a vaccine against the coronavirus. “An American A day they’ll never forget hero,” the governor pro- claimed Friday, would be NOW “I got a little pushback the 1 millionth senior in From A1 from (YMCA of the USA). his state to get a lifesaving They didn’t want us to do at the Lynn YMCA on Oct. shot in the arm. it because they felt the Y As it turned out, the as- 29, 2014 was part of an shouldn’t be backing po- effort to turn public opin- sertion was premature, litical candidates,” Mac- and the Republican gover- ion in favor of Democratic donald said. “I said, ‘this congressional candidate nor later walked back the is the vice president of the claim, saying instead that FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS and Salem native Seth United States coming to the injection was symbolic Moulton. our Y. I don’t care if he’s Resident Sabeth Ramirez, 80, center, waits in line with others for the of the state being on track At the time, Moulton a Democrat or Republi- Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the The Palace assisted living fa- to hit 1 million doses soon. faced off against Repub- can or whatever. It’s an cility in Coral Gables, Fla. lican Richard Tisei and State officials acknowl- opportunity for the kids to of Florida,” said state Independent candidate edged that it could take a telephone appointment yet to make it official that experience something like Sen. Gary Farmer, the top Chris Stickwell in the few more days to reach the system meant to help he will seek reelection this.’” Democrat in his chamber. upcoming general elec- milestone. DeSantis’ own counties better handle the in 2022, has tried to cast And what an experience “He’s running around the tion. health department report- demand for vaccines, but himself in an aggressive it was. state officials pleaded with state giving false hope to Lynn was considered ed that, as of Thursday, posture against the coro- “It really was very the public to be patient. seniors and other people.” a major battleground fewer than 840,000 seniors navirus, touting that his unique to have someone at The program was DeSantis said later at as the race’s outcome had received the shot. state has vaccinated more that level of government rolled out in Miami-Dade a news conference that which hinged largely on The governor’s misstep seniors than any other come here because we got County last week and there’s a lag time in re- voter turnout in the pre- came as Florida’s con- state. to witness firsthand how then expanded to some of That messaging may porting the number of dominantly Democratic gressional Democrats, in they prepare beforehand, the state’s largest counties have taken a hit when he shots administered. city. Moulton ultimately a letter to DeSantis, ex- which was really fasci- — Broward, Duval, Hills- appeared Friday on Fox “We’re 800-some thou- emerged victorious, going pressed “serious concerns nating,” said Jiménez. “It borough and Lee. News with World War II sand that’s been reported on to represent the Sixth with the state’s rollout of really made an impact on Some hospitals, county veteran Henry Sayler, who as of midnight last night,” Congressional District in the COVID-19 vaccine,” me. health departments and got a shot in the arm on DeSantis said. “We really the U.S. House of Repre- even as DeSantis has “The position I was in at vaccination centers were national cable news. believe that in a few more sentatives. barnstormed the state in the time was a communi- plunged into chaos after “He’s a hundred years days as the reports come Of those who were recent days to announce ty-based position, and I DeSantis announced last old, and he’s got the op- in, we will actually cross 1 there that day to witness the expansion of vaccina- met a lot of people who do month that he would open portunity now to get the million 65 and up that will Biden’s rousing speech — tion sites. the work on the front lines the vaccines to seniors vaccine, so we’re excited,” have gotten shots.” during which he endorsed The Democrats said and try to make a differ- 65 and older, prompting the governor said during Florida has recorded Moulton’s plan for job cre- more than 1 million un- ence … but Joe Biden’s long lines, crashed web- the live broadcast. “And more than 1.6 million ation, tax reform, and se- used vaccines were “on impact was above and be- sites and disappointment we do believe this is the COVID-19 infections and nior assistance programs hold” in Florida, suggest- yond. among thousands of Flo- 1 millionth senior, which over 25,400 deaths. On — many still say the ing the state was not ex- “I always kind of liked ridians. the reporting will bear Friday, health officials re- moment isn’t something peditiously administering him, but when I saw him During a legislative out over the next couple of ported 277 new deaths, they’ll soon forget. them. in person, even just his hearing earlier this days.” matching the Aug. 11 re- “He talked a lot about The letter chided the presence was like a mag- month, the state’s direc- Reporters soon began cord for the highest sin- what he talks about now, governor for confusing net. It was really some- tor of emergency manage- asking about that figure gle-day toll since the pan- about family and about and misleading the pub- thing extraordinary.” ment, Jared Moskowitz, because it did not appear demic began. how important integrity lic on vaccine distribution State Sen. Brendan acknowledged the “chaot- to line up with reported But hospitalization fig- and all that stuff is,” said and availability, citing “a Crighton (D-Lynn), a state ic” environment spawned vaccinations so far. De- ures have begun ticking former Lynn YMCA presi- perception of unfairness representative for 11th by the release of two vac- Santis’ office sent out a downward. There were dent and CEO Bruce Mac- and political motivation.” Essex District at the time, cines approved by the fed- news release clarifying 6,911 people being treat- donald. “He’s almost over Democrats also faulted was one of several local eral government. that the shot was symbol- ed for the disease in the the top emotional about him and his administra- officials to open for Biden DeSantis himself has ic of nearing the goal of 1 state’s hospitals, accord- that topic.” tion for the delay in estab- that day. urged Floridians to re- million. ing to an online census Macdonald recalled “I had just won my first lishing a statewide system to schedule vaccination main patient as the state “It’s all about his PR of hospitals — the first receiving a phone call race for state rep and awaits more vaccine sup- and promotion of himself time that figure was below weeks prior to Biden’s was invited to help kick appointments. State officials had no im- plies. in stark contrast to what 7,000 for more than two arrival letting him know off the event,” Crighton The governor, who has is happening in the state weeks. a high-up official would said. “Just going down mediate comment on any be holding a rally at the there, I didn’t fully ap- of those assertions. facility, although he said preciate the gravity of Earlier this week, the #1 Lottery Agent on the North Shore the YMCA was not im- having the vice president Florida Health Depart- mediately informed of come to us, and I wasn’t ment expanded a new CAL’S NEWS STORE which official would be as prepared as I should making an appearance, have been … but it was LAW OFFICES OF only adding to specula- one of those moments JAMES J. CARRIGAN tion among staff in the you’ll never forget. • Social Security Disability Stay safe, take advantage of our large days leading up to the “Granted I was one of • Workers Compensation big event. many speakers, but to • Accidents selection of crossword puzzles, He noted that the cen- say you opened up for 25 years located across from Lynn District Court ter’s national headquar- the now-president of the and browse our vast variety of magazines! ters actually expressed United States — it’s pret- 15 Johnson St. hesitation initially at the ty cool.” 781-596-0100 JAMES J. CARRIGAN idea of the YMCA host- Elyse Carmosino can be ANNE GUGINO CARRIGAN ing a political rally of any reached at ecarmosino@ LISA A. CARRIGAN, OF COUNSEL kind. itemlive.com. www.jamescarriganlaw.com 53 Central Avenue • (781) 595-9277 [email protected] A4 SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021 OPINION

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E¤¥¤ M. G DIRECTORS President and Publisher Edward L. Cahill Gorman, summoned to M¦Ÿ H. SŸŸ Chief Executive O cer John M. Gilberg Edward M. Grant E C J. SŸ E. K¡ Advertising Director News Director Gordon R. Hall 110 Munroe St. W J. K TŸ  J ¡¢ Monica Connell Healey P.O. Box 5 Chief Financial O cer Editorial Page Editor J. Patrick Norton participate, is celebrated Lynn, MA 01903 J N. W  C  T¡£ Michael H. Shanahan Chief Operating O cer Chairman Community Relations Director Customer Service It began with an old poet then ‘let me get writing!’” that “diverged in a wood.” Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. PUBLISHERS saluting a young presi- This tale of two poets Those schoolchildren of Horace N. Hastings, 1877-1904 dent. Sixty years later, it has a poetry all its own. the future will understand Connecting Charles H. Hastings and Wilmot R. Hastings, 1904-1922 All Departments: Charles H. Hastings, 1922-1940 was a young poet saluting She, like Biden, has a that the title “The Hill We Ernest W. Lawson, 1940-1960 an old president. speech impediment. Frost 781-593-7700 Charles H. Gamage and Peter Gamage, 1960-1982 Climb” is both a metaphor Peter Gamage, 1982-1991 Robert Frost, 86 years was consumed with stage and a reference -- “We’ve Ext. 2 Peter H. Gamage, 1991-1996 old in 1961, spoke at the fright. As the 1892 vale- seen a force that would Classified/Legal Advertising Brian C. šayer, 1996-1999 inauguration of John F. dictorian at Lawrence Bernard W. Frazier Jr., 1999-2005 shatter our nation rath- [email protected] Peter H. Gamage, 2005-2014 Kennedy, 43 years old. (Massachusetts) High er than share it” -- to the Amanda Gorman, 22 School, he ran down the Subscriptions John S. Moran, Executive Editor, 1975-1990 rioters who besieged the [email protected] years old, sparkled at the stairs and drenched his Capitol two weeks before inauguration of Joseph R. face with cold water to for- Circulation the inauguration in which [email protected] Biden Jr., 78 years old. The tify himself for speaking. Gorman had her star turn. two are bookends in a tra- Twice he asked a pastor “Seeing her up there -- Ext. 3 dition that includes Maya to read one of his poems so sophisticated, so capa- Angelou and Elizabeth Al- at the Congregational Newsroom ble -- reminded me that [email protected] exander, and together they Church in Derry, N.H., be- [email protected] speak to Kennedy’s notion cause he could not bear to in America we want to that “when power leads do it himself. show how bringing peo- Ext. 4 ple together doesn’t take EDITORIAL man toward arrogance, But not so Gorman, part Sports poetry reminds him of his of Wednesday’s transfer of away,” said Toi Derricotte, [email protected] co-founder of Cave Canem, limitations.” power and transfusion of Ext. 5 “When power narrows new blood. She stood with a home for Black poets. “It the areas of man’s con- a poise that was elegant, creates possibility.” Retail and Online And while Gorman now Advertising cern,” Kennedy continued, and eloquence itself. [email protected] The invisible man “poetry reminds him of the Frost opened his poem has global celebrity for richness and diversity of “The Gift Outright” with her invocation of “a new ADVERTISING Editorial from the Chicago Tribune edito- his existence.” an unforgettable line: dawn,” it was a passage Ernie Carpenter Jr. rial board This melding of poets “The land was ours before of prose that was her first Director of Advertising and presidents originated we were the land’s.” So lesson. Repeatedly, her and Business Development, ext. 1355 [email protected] Questions abound in the bizarre tale with Rep. Stewart Udall, poignant a notion was it mother read out loud her surrounding Aditya Singh, the man found later Kennedy’s Interi- that Gorman alluded to it, Miranda rights that grew Ralph Mitchell living at O’Hare International Airport for or secretary. Kennedy writing, “the dawn is ours out of a 1966 Supreme Sales Representative, ext. 1313 [email protected] nearly three months. The biggest is the was both intrigued and before we knew it.” Court ruling: “You have most obvious: How could security person- amused with the idea. He Frost’s poem looked at the right to remain silent. Eric Rondeau nel at O’Hare, one of the world’s busiest air- joked about the threat the nation before its cre- Anything you say can be Sales Representative, ext. 1280 ports, fail to notice someone living in a se- [email protected] that Frost -- he “always ation and ended by in- used against you in court.” cured area, turning it into his own Airbnb? steals any show he is part voking what “she would Gorman has not re- Patricia Whalen The Jan. 16 arrest of Singh, 36, evokes of,” Kennedy said -- might become.” Though with a mained silent, and the Sales Representative, ext. 1310 comparisons to “The Terminal,” the 2004 upstage the new presi- backward reference to the [email protected] movie in which Tom Hanks plays an inter- things she has said res- dent, who adopted a Frost musical “Hamilton,” Gor- onate far beyond the na- BUSINESS OFFICE national traveler with an invalid passport phrase from “Stopping by man focused on the pres- tion’s courtrooms. Susan J. Conti who lives at New York’s John F. Kennedy Woods on a Snowy Eve- ent and the possibility of a International Airport for nine months. “She did a terrific job, and Controller, ext. 1288 ning” to close his stump better future, speaking of with one of the more com- [email protected] Singh’s case is quite different. In the speech: a “nation that isn’t broken, plicated inaugural poems,” Ted Grant movie, authorities allowed Hanks’ charac- but simply unfinished.” said Dawn Lundy Martin, Publisher, ext. 1234 ter to live at the airport while they figured But I have promises to Both were classically a University of Pittsburgh [email protected] out what to do with him. Singh is charged keep, American in their infor- with felony criminal trespass to a restricted And miles to go before I mality. Frost sometimes poet and winner of the Marian Kinney area of an airport, along with misdemeanor Academy of American Arts ext. 1212 sleep. shortened “because” to [email protected] theft. “’cause” or said “gotta.” In and Science’s May Sarton In October, Singh was supposed to head The idea animated Frost, her poem, Gorman spoke Prize for Poetry. “It was Will Kraft from to India with a stopover frank about the context of Chief Financial Officer, ext. 1296 who in undelivered verse of “the norms and notions [email protected] at O’Hare. But he never made it to India said, of what just is,” arguing the past four years but it and instead began living in a secured part that it “isn’t always just- was also optimistic. It was Paula Villacreses of O’Hare, hanging out in gate areas and Summoning artists to ice.” wise beyond the years of A/R Specialist, ext. 1205 strolling through Terminals 1, 2 and 3, au- participate The two poets are prod- a 22-year-old, and I was [email protected] thorities say. Friends reached by the Tri- In the august occasions ucts of their time and very moved.” Mike Shanahan bune said Singh posed no danger but was of the state their background, to be Indeed, a nation was Chief Executive Officer, ext. 1956 afraid to travel due to COVID and viewed Seems something artists sure, but they share a moved by these words: [email protected] his time at the airport as a “karmic lesson.” ought to celebrate. manner that is conver- Carolina Trujillo For food, he relied on handouts from pas- sational. Frost called his We are striving to forge a Community Relations Director, ext. 1226 sengers. So was it Gold Coast Dogs or Bur- So in a telegram to Ken- literary peregrinations union with purpose [email protected] rito Beach? What did he do with all that nedy, he wrote: “If you can “barding around.” Gor- To compose a country Jim Wilson time on his hands? Did he take a stroll bear at your age the honor man, inspired by tweets committed to all cultures, Chief Operating Officer, ext. 1200 through O’Hare’s Aeroponic Garden? And of being made president of and Frederick Douglass, colors, characters and con- [email protected] about those passengers who helped him: the United States, I ought hasn’t had much time for ditions of man CIRCULATION Didn’t they find his circumstances a little to be able at my age to barding around, but she So we lift our gazes not Lisa Mahmoud off? Somewhat suspicious in the “see some- bear the honor of taking showed at the Biden inau- thing, say something” era of air travel? to what stands between us Manager, ext. 1239 some part in your inaugu- guration that she knows but what stands before us [email protected] He was O’Hare’s Invisible Man until Jan. ration. I may not be equal her way around the world: 16 when two United Airlines workers no- CUSTOMER SERVICE to it but I can accept it for In some notebook jot- ticed him and asked for his identification. my cause -- the arts, poet- We close the divide be- He showed them an airline worker ID tings published in the At- La’ Mosha Ball ry, now for the first time cause we know to put our lantic Monthly in 1951, Customer Service, ext. 1276 badge that had been reported missing Oct. taken into the affairs of [email protected] future first, Frost wrote that the “best 19, the day before Singh’s arrival, according statesmen.” we must first put our dif- educated person is one GRAPHICS to the Chicago Department of Aviation. Gorman accepted with ferences aside who has been matured at Security at airports is serious business. similar eagerness the invi- We lay down our arms Trevor Andreozzi In the post 9/11 era, there have been ter- just the proper rate. Sea- Designer tation from a 21st-century so we can reach out our [email protected] rorist attacks at airports in Moscow (2011), president-elect who often arms soned but not kiln dried.” Karachi (2014), Brussels (2016), Istanbul quotes Seamus Heaney on to one another Amanda Gorman, at 22, Sean Casey (2016) and Paris (2017), among others. Air- is seasoned but, as Ameri- Designer the “tidal wave” of justice We seek harm to none [email protected] ports are prime soft targets. The potential when “hope and history and harmony for all ca saw last week, not kiln for mass casualties is large, and a strike rhyme.” dried. NEWSROOM against an airport is a heavy blow to a vital “I said yes immediately These are words her A 1972 graduate of Mike Alongi component of a city or country’s infrastruc- then danced around and grandchildren’s gram- Swampscott High School, Sports Editor, ext. 1228 ture. screamed,” she told The mar-school classmates David M. Shribman is the [email protected] Though Singh’s lengthy stay was a glar- Washington Post. “But I will memorize, much the Pulitzer Prize-winning for- ing breach of security, there’s no evidence Elyse Carmosino can tell you with all that way today’s grandpar- mer executive editor of the Reporter, ext. 1264 he posed any threat, authorities say. “While joy there was still a huge ents memorized “The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. [email protected] we won’t speculate on Mr. Singh’s motiva- sensation of responsibility Road Not Taken” and its Follow him on Twitter @ tions at this point, he decided to remain in Gayla Cawley ... it was a ‘heck yes’ and meditation on two roads ShribmanPG. Reporter, ext. 1236 the secure area, and made every effort to [email protected] blend in as a passenger and airline employ- ee until his arrest.” Cheryl Charles News Editor, ext. 1278 How was it that O’Hare personnel didn’t [email protected] notice — and flag — the same face linger- ing around airport concourses and gates Olivia Falcigno for nearly three months? Now Singh’s in a Photographer, ext.1224 [email protected] heap of trouble. But so is O’Hare. Spenser Hasak Photographer, ext. 1332 [email protected] Thor Jourgensen Editorial Page Editor, ext. 1267 LETTER TO THE EDITOR [email protected] Daniel Kane Sports Reporter, ext. 1228 It’s time for [email protected] Steve Krause News Director, ext. 1229 everyone to pitch in [email protected]

To the editor: out the windows and see- Amanda Lunn Designer ing it. [email protected] Yes, we need cleaner People look at me funny streets! Kids not being when I’m outside picking Guthrie Scrimgeour Reporter, ext. 1222 in school helps: Every up their garbage. If I want [email protected] day they would walk by a cleaner Lynn I need to my house while eating do my part. It’s not just Anne Marie Tobin Assignment Editor, ext. 1307 their snacks and throw the city’s responsibility. [email protected] the garbage anywhere. I pick up garbage weekly Alex Romero TECHNOLOGY because I hate looking Lynn Tim Noyes Director ext. 1247 TO SUBMIT YOUR LETTERS, PLEASE MAIL TO THE DAILY ITEM, P.O. BOX 5, LYNN, MA 01903 OR EMAIL TO [email protected] [email protected] SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021 THE DAILY ITEM A5 POLICE/FIRE

All address information, particu- the U.S. Army and is serving Lattes With Legislators in Peabody larly arrests, reflect police records. his country. The man’s vehicle In the event of a perceived inac- was disabled, which he was PEABODY grants to business and there will also be a short Pay, Mills 58 and Sandra trying to fix. Nonetheless, the curacy, it is the sole responsibility From A1 in general just give an Q & A session. Network (Diamond). caller demanded that an offi- of the concerned party to contact overall view of what went Bettencourt said a sign Sponsorships are still cer stand by until the man left panel, but in a different well,” he said. “I look for- that there is light at the available. The Cappuccino the relevant police department and the property because he was way we hope will be just have the department issue a no- ward to taking part and end of the tunnel was the level is $500 and includes uncomfortable. Police told the as effective.” am grateful for the op- transition of power on In- five Zoom links, five Cups- tice of correction to the Daily Item. caller that an army insurrec- Amico said each legisla- portunity to hear directly auguration Day. to-Go gifts, your business Corrections or clarifications will not tion was not occuring at the tor will have the opportu- from business owners, as “We desperately needed question presented to the be made without express notice of location. nity to share their outlook well as from members of a peaceful transition with panel, a linked logo on the for the upcoming year change from the arresting police our state legislative dele- all of (the) events — the event page on the cham- as well as a look back on department. Theft gation. Small businesses riots, the pandemic — so I ber’s website, presence of 2020 with emphasis on in particular face unprec- believe that (Wednesday) your logo on Zoom and so- A report of a larceny at 4:18 small businesses. edented challenges amidst was such a positive sign cial media promotions and LYNN p.m. Monday at I Storage at “Hope is on the hori- 102 S Broadway. A caller re- zon is what I am hoping the pandemic and we need of things to come,” he said. two email blasts. Arrests ported a storage unit had will be the message,” said to work together to help “I am optimistic about The Cafe au Lait spon- been broken into. Amico, adding that other see them through it.” what’s ahead of us and do sorship includes three Davene Iandosca, 39, of A larceny was reported at issues pertaining to down- North Shore Bank Presi- feel that better days are Zoom links, three Cups- 28 Franklin St., was arrested 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at 38 town Peabody, including dent and CEO Kevin Tier- ahead.” to-Go links, linked logo and charged with violation Fairview Road. transportation, will also ney will also speak. The event runs from on the event page on the of the city knife ordinance at likely be discussed. “There “We are so grateful to 8-9 a.m. and costs $25 chamber’s website, web- 4:37 a.m. Friday. MARBLEHEAD are a lot of exciting things Kevin and the North per person.The chamber’s site, logo on Zoom and Emmett Leahy, of 39 Ocean happening in our city.” Shore Bank for allowing website list of sponsors social media promotions, Ave., Salem, was arrested on Accidents Bettencourt said he us to have this opportu- includes Peabody Wealth and one email blast. a warrant charge of receiving plans to focus on the mea- nity to share informa- Advisors and Citizens To register online, go to stolen property under $1,200 A report of a motor vehicle sures the city put into tion and appreciate their Inn (Cappuccino); GraV- the chamber’s website, at 8:31 a.m. Friday. crash at 3:15 p.m. Thursday place to help businesses continued support for all oc Associates and Reade www.peabodychamber. Steven Monaco, 61, of on Washington Street. during the pandemic. these years,” Amico said, Law Firm (Cafe au Lait); com, or email Maria Terris 101 Park St., was arrested on “I want to highlight the adding that PACC Chair- Perfecto’s Caffe, Breaking at maria@peabodycham- warrant charges of two counts Complaints positives of this past year, man of the Board Corey Grounds Cafe and Capito ber.com. of Class C drug distribution at the things we did like Jackson will speak about Coffee (Java), and Capital Anne Marie Tobin can be 10:29 a.m. Friday. A report of an attempted testing, the Community the chamber’s focus for One, Hemisphere Devel- reached at atobin@item- Carlos Severino Garcia, abduction at 4:50 p.m. Thurs- Development Commission 2021. Should time allow, opment Group LLC, Mass- live.com. 26, of 12 Chisholm Lane, was day on Dodge Road. A caller arrested and charged with reported a man tried to ab- forging or uttering a forged duct his son when he was at credit card and credit card Stramski’s Park. The boy was Marblehead Police seeking man who fraud under $1,200 at 10:52 reportedly at the park with a p.m. Thursday. couple of his friends when the suspect chased him and approached boy in Stramski Park Accidents tried to grab him. Police were A report of a motor vehicle unable to locate the suspect. By Elyse Carmosino Picariello reported the sta- black pickup truck. the area of Stramski Park hit and run crash at 11:22 ITEM STAFF tion received a call around Picariello emphasized around the time of the in- a.m. Thursday at 95 Park St.; 4:50 p.m. Thursday from a the individual is not want- cident is asked to contact NAHANT MARBLEHEAD — Mar- at 3:23 p.m. Thursday at Mar- man who stated another ed by police at this time, the Marblehead Police blehead Police are seek- man had approached his but that officers are look- ket and Tremont streets. Animal Control Department at 781-631- ing information about a 11-year-old son while he ing to identify him. A report of a motor vehicle 1212. crash at 1:05 p.m. Thursday A resident called at 1:33 driver who reportedly ap- was with friends in the The incident remains Elyse Carmosino can be 4 Lynnfield St.; at 1:54 p.m. p.m. Thursday to report a proached a young boy in park that afternoon. under investigation. Any- Thursday at Cross Street and loose dog on Spring Road. the area of Stramski Park. The man was reported to one with information or reached at ecarmosino@ Western Avenue; at 3:47 p.m. A dispatched officer was un- Police Chief Robert have been driving a large who may have been in itemlive.com. Thursday at Boston and Ham- able to locate the dog. ilton streets; at 5:35 p.m. Thursday at Locust and Ford Complaints Swampscott man charged with stealing streets; at 7 p.m. Thursday at Eastern Avenue and Superior Police received a report at Street; at 9:09 p.m. Thursday 3:04 p.m. Thursday about retirement funds from elderly woman at Bay View and Western ave- a suspicious vehicle parked nues; at 11:47 p.m. Thursday on the Nature Path on Ward ITEM STAFF REPORT volved the elderly woman months after the relation- loans. To legitimize the at Chestnut and Essex streets; Road. A dispatched officer re- and her bank, according to ship was terminated, Gor- transfer, Gorovodsky al- at 8:13 a.m. Friday at 333 ported detecting no unusual BOSTON — A 29-year- the U.S. Attorney’s office. ovodsky accessed and liq- legedly forged the victim’s Chatham St.; at 12:36 p.m. activity. old Swampscott man Gorovodsky had a prior uidated the victim’s bank signature on a purported Friday at Locust and Stetson was arrested Friday and relationship with the vic- account, and transferred “gift letter,” which he sent streets; at 12:49 p.m. Friday SAUGUS charged with allegedly de- tim, as he had served as more than $250,000 of her to the bank to legitimize at Bank of America at 1 State frauding an elderly wom- her financial advisor and retirement assets into his the fraudulent transfer, St.; at 1:03 p.m. Friday at Lo- Accidents an by stealing her retire- power of attorney, which own bank account, prose- prosecutors said. cust and Stetson streets; at ment assets. involved fiduciary respon- cutors said. If convicted, Gorovodsky 1:19 p.m. Friday at Blake and Police received a call at Felix Gorovodsky was sibilities, until the victim The defendant allegedly faces up to 30 years in Buffum streets 6:18 p.m. Thursday from a charged by criminal com- terminated that relation- used the stolen funds for prison, to be followed by A report of a motor vehicle party who reported an Ama- plaint with one count of ship in July 2019, prosecu- personal expenses, which five years of supervised re- crash with personal injury at zon delivery driver had driv- bank fraud in connection tors said. included paying off more lease, and a fine of up to $1 1:52 p.m. Friday at 80 Bos- en over their lawn on Bailey with a scheme that in- Approximately nine than $100,000 in student million, prosecutors said. ton St. Avenue damaging lights. A dispatched officer reported Assaults the property owner made ar- rangements with the driver Man pleads guilty to deaths A report of an assault and to pay for the damage to the battery with a dangerous lights. weapon at 4:13 a.m. Friday on Western Avenue. Complaints of 36 people in warehouse fire Breaking and Entering Police received a call at By Daisy Nguyen 3:21 a.m. Friday from a wom- ASSOCIATED PRESS A report of a motor vehicle an who reported management OAKLAND, Calif. — breaking and entering at 4:49 at the Red Roof Inn on Broad- The master tenant of a a.m. Friday at 28 Haviland way was refusing to let her San Francisco Bay Area Ave. stay at the hotel. Dispatched warehouse where 36 peo- officers reported requesting ple perished when a fire ig- Theft an ambulance for evaluation. nited during a 2016 dance A report of a larceny at 3:23 One party was transported to party pleaded guilty Fri- p.m. Thursday at 140 Munroe Melrose-Wakefield hospital. day to the deaths, avoid- St.; at 12:30 a.m. Friday at A 911 caller at 10:27 a.m. ing a second trial after the 170 S Common St.; at 1:14 Thursday reported loud yelling first ended in a hung jury. p.m. Friday at 285 Lynn Shore between two parties coming Derick Almena, 50, Drive. from the frozen food area at pleaded guilty to 36 counts Stop & Shop on Main Street. of involuntary manslaugh- Vandalism Dispatched officers reported ter in exchange for a 12- two parties were having an year sentence. Already A report of vandalism at argument that they agreed to free on bail, Almena like- 12:32 p.m. Thursday on Ex- move outside. ly won’t return to jail be- change Street. cause of the nearly three Shoplifting years he already spent LYNNFIELD behind bars and credit for An employee at Walmart on good behavior. Accidents Broadway called at 3:33 p.m. Alameda County Su- Thursday to request an officer perior Court Judge Tri- FILE PHOTOS | ASSOCIATED PRESS A report of a motor vehicle be present while an employee na Thompson read each was terminated. This undated file photo provided by the City of Oakland shows inside the crash with personal injury at count with the name of burned warehouse after the deadly fire that broke out on in Oakland, Calif. 5:39 p.m. Monday at Herb the victim. When she Chambers Cadillac at 395 N Theft asked Almena his plea navirus pandemic. Northern California and chance to escape down a Broadway. for each charge, he an- Thompson scheduled be subject to supervised narrow, ramshackle stair- A report of a motor vehicle A 911 caller at 8:52 p.m. sentencing for March 8, probation. Families of the case. Thursday reported his vehi- swered “guilty,” but his crash at 3:16 p.m. Thursday when she will determine victims will be allowed to The case has been emo- cle was broken into around quiet responses were at Whole Foods Market at whether he will pay res- give victim impact state- tionally wrenching for 7 p.m. while he was at LA sometimes inaudible 100 Market St. through an online stream titution, continue to be ments at that time. family and friends of the Fitness on Broadway. Officers Prosecutors say Alme- victims. Many of them were dispatched for a report. of the hearing held virtu- monitored electronical- Complaints ally because of the coro- ly at his home in rural na was criminally neg- packed a courtroom for ligent when he illegally months in 2019, only to A report of a suspicious per- SWAMPSCOTT converted the industrial see a jury split on wheth- son at 8:53 a.m. Tuesday at Oakland warehouse into a er to convict Almena, who Centre Congregational Church Breaking and Entering residence and event space leased the building. The at Summer and Main streets. for artists dubbed the jury also found co-defen- A report of a breaking and A caller reported a suspicious “Ghost Ship,” stuffing the dant Max Harris, who was entering at 12:15 a.m. Friday man dressed in a military uni- two-story building with the Ghost Ship’s “creative at 197 Essex St. The home- form was sitting in a vehicle in flammable materials and director” and rent collec- the parking lot. Police advised owner reported a front door extension cords. It had no tor, not guilty at the same the caller that the man is in break-in. smoke detectors or sprin- trial. klers. Zita Gregory, grand- The Dec. 2, 2016, fire mother of victim Michela broke out at the ware- Gregory, said Almena’s Lynn Drug Task Force 781-477-4444 house during an electron- punishment could nev- CALL 24 HOURS A DAY ic music and dance party, Hotline Spanish menu available er compare to the pain moving so quickly that and suffering her family or text the word tiplynn victims were trapped on has endured the last four Derick Ion Almena, right, and Micah Allison, the the illegally constructed years. She said her hus- and your tip to “tip411” (847411) couple who operated the Ghost Ship warehouse second floor. Prosecutors band, already in ill health said the victims received All reports of neighborhood activity will be investigated. Callers may remain anonymous. where dozens died in a fire, are seen at an Oak- from cancer, died a year land, Calif., courthouse. no warning and had little after Michela. A6 THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021 MASSACHUSETTS BRIEFS Superintendents, teachers’ unions Massachusetts Man shot in unemployment rate climbs to Dorchester dies of injuries 7.4 percent in December BOSTON (AP) — A man want Phase 1 eligibility status BOSTON (AP) — Mas- who was shot in Boston safely and securely.” position without the pro- perintendent Dr. Stephen sachusetts’ unemploy- earlier this month has By Anne Marie Tobin ITEM STAFF The letter cited the tection of an existing vac- Zrike and Ann Berman ment rate increased to died of his injuries, police guidance of the Centers cination (which) is unfair (union president); Saugus 7.4 percent in December said. The North Shore Su- for Disease Control and and is not in the best in- Public Schools, Superin- as the state lost 600 jobs, The man was taken to perintendents Round Prevention in “urging you terest of advancing public tendent Dr. David DeRuo- state of cials announced a hospital Jan. 6 after Table group, along with to prioritize the health education in the Common- si, Jr. and Richard Lavoie Friday. being found by of cers re- their respective teachers’ and well being of our ed- wealth.” (union president); Swamp- The December rate was sponding to a report of a unions, are urging Gov. ucators so that Massachu- The letter pointed out scott Public Schools, Su- up 0.7 percent over the shooting on Morton Street Charlie Baker to bump setts school districts can that nearby states, in- perintendent Pamela R. previous month, accord- in the city’s Dorchester educators up from Phase operate at the fullest pos- cluding New York, Con- H. Angelakis and Rebecca ing to the state’s Bureau neighborhood, Boston 2 into Phase 1 to make sible strength as our na- necticut and Maine, have Bucklin (union president), of Labor Statistics. It police said. He died of the them eligible immediate- tion begins to emerge from prioritized educators as and Winthrop Public was also 0.7 percent injuries on Thursday. ly for COVID-19 vaccina- this global pandemic.” eligible for rst-phase Schools, Superintendent more than the national The man’s name was tions. Among the reasons sup- vaccination. Lisa A. Howard and Kris- unemployment rate of not immediately released. A total of 28 school dis- porting the reclassi ca- Among the local districts ten Reynolds (union pres- 6.7 percent reported by Boston police are inves- tricts along with the Noth tion request was the belief who signed the letter ident). the U.S. Bureau of Labor tigating and have asked Shore Education Consor- that “the best place for are Lynn Public Schools, “We didn’t do this light- Statistics. for help from anyone with tium signed the letter, learning for our children Superintendent Dr. Pat- ly,” said Vadala. “As the The state’s largest job information about the which was sent electroni- is in the classroom,” and rick Tutwiler and Sheila leaders of public school losses were in the leisure shooting. cally and via certi ed mail that the American Acad- O’Neil (union president); districts, we feel it is in- and hospitality indus- Friday afternoon. emy of Pediatrics “advo- Lynn eld Public Schools, cumbent upon us to speak tries, which lost 9,200 4-year-old boy dies after “We believe it is inar- cates that students should Superintendent Kristen out on behalf of the edu- jobs over the previous crash on Cape Cod guable that educators are fully return to the class- S Vogel and Lorie Kelly cators who come to school month for a 3.8 percent front-line workers,” the room where and when (union president); Mar- every day despite the in- decrease. Over the past NORTH FALMOUTH letter stated. “Give the possible.” blehead Public Schools, herent risk amid a raging year, those industries (AP) — A 4-year-old boy societal need for public The letter also pointed Superintendent Dr. John pandemic. have lost 145,800 jobs, a has died of injuries he school — not just public out safety and transmis- J. Buckey and Joan Miller “We all agree — there is 38 percent drop. suffered in a Thursday school via Zoom — and the sion concerns, including (union president); Peabody no substitute for in-person The December job losses car crash on Cape Cod. expectations set by your potential exposure to ed- Public Schools, Superin- learning. Teachers are pri- come a month after the The Cape Cod Times of ce and DESE (Depart- ucators’ own families, an tendent Dr. Josh Vadala oritizing their students’ state added 12,600 jobs. reports that Okémos ment of Elementary and inability to be completely and Mary Henry (union wellbeing, and the state From December 2019 Brown, of Mashpee, was Secondary Education), socially distanced at all president); Revere Public should be prioritizing the to December 2020, the in a car that collided with educators should be vac- times and added stress Schools, Superintendent wellbeing of teachers.” state’s Bureau of Labor a  atbed truck around 9 cinated immediately and and anxiety “placed on ed- Dianne K. Kelly and Gina Anne Marie Tobin can be Statistics estimates Mas- a.m. Thursday on Route without delay so that they ucators as they continue Garro (union president); reached at atobin@item- sachusetts has lost a total 151 in North Falmouth. can perform their duties to put themselves in this Salem Public Schools, Su- live.com. of 335,400 jobs. Okémos was  own to a Boston-area hospital, Woman killed in Dorchester where he later died. shooting, police say A 28-year-old driver in JFK school, named for slaveholder, the car suffered injuries BOSTON (AP) — One that were not life-threat- person was killed in a ening, police said. The now honors Black activist Friday afternoon shooting driver of the truck de- in Boston, police said. clined medical treatment. BROOKLINE (AP) — the school as the Florida Ridley was a prominent of the Florida Ruf n Rid- Police were called to the A letter sent to par- An elementary school Ruf n Ridley School. Black activist and writ- ley School and honor such area of Bowdoin Avenue ents at the K.C. Coombs that was once attended The town agreed on the er who supported wom- an important person in by John F. Kennedy is name in 2019 after decid- en’s suffrage and the an- and Washington Street School in Mashpee said our community’s history,” being renamed to hon- ing to abandon its previ- ti-lynching movement. in the city’s Dorchester Okémos was a preschool- Interim Superintendent neighborhood around er there and a member of or a Black activist and ous one, the Edward Devo- She became one of the rst James Marini said in a 12:40 p.m. on a report of the Mashpee Wampanoag suffragist after research tion School. Black teachers in Massa- a shooting. Of cers found Tribe. The letter from revealed its previous Devotion, who died in chusetts, according to the statement. a woman who had been Mashpee School Superin- namesake enslaved peo- 1744, left money to the school district. She and The school had tem- shot multiple times, Bos- tendent Patricia DeBoer ple. town on the condition her family lived in Brook- porarily been renamed The public school district it was used for a school. line for decades starting ton police said. called him “a bright light as the Coolidge Corner in Brookline announced Town residents later pro- in the 1890s. She died in The woman was tak- in the lives of all who School, after its neigh- en to a nearby hospital, knew him.” Friday that it will hold posed a name change af- Ohio in 1943. borhood, while the town where she was pro- “We will all spend dif - an online ceremony next ter nding that Devotion “We are proud to cele- nounced dead. Police did cult moments grieving his week formally renaming owned at least one slave. brate the of cial renaming sought a new name. not immediately release loss,” DeBoer wrote. her name. Counselors were being Boston police are asking made available to stu- Nearly 2,000 vaccine doses anyone with information dents and staff at all about the shooting to call Mashpee schools. The the department’s homi- crash is being investigat- cide detectives. ed by Falmouth police. spoiled at Boston hospital

BOSTON (AP) — COVID-19 vaccine. itoring alarm system did consin, a pharmacist faces Loathed New York Nearly 2,000 doses of a The plug to the freezer not work. More doses are charges after authorities COVID-19 vaccine were was found to be loose after on the way, Toto said, and say he deliberately ruined spoiled at a Veterans Af- a contractor accidentally of cials “do not foresee city bus terminal is fairs hospital in Boston unplugged it while clean- disruption” of the system’s hundreds of doses by re- after a contractor acci- ing, according to a state- vaccination effort. moving them from refrig- dentally unplugged a ment from Kyle Toto, a Temperature issues eration for two nights. bound for an upgrade freezer, hospital of cials spokesman for VA Boston have caused problems for announced Thursday. Healthcare System. The vaccine rollouts in other The Moderna vaccine By David Porter outside its main en- Staff at the Jamaica freezer had been in a safe states. needs to be stored at reg- ASSOCIATED PRESS trance. It also provid- Plain VA Medical Center location and had an alarm Nearly 12,000 Moder- ular freezer temperatures, ed an apt backdrop for discovered on Tuesday system, he said. na doses that were being NEW YORK — New but not the ultra-cold re- “Midnight Cowboy,” the that a freezer had failed, The system is investi- shipped to Michigan on York City’s main bus ter- 1969 film that illumi- compromising 1,900 gating the cause of the in- Sunday were spoiled after quired for P zer-BioN- minal, long ridiculed for nated New York’s seedy doses of the Moderna cident and why the mon- getting too cold. In Wis- Tech’s shot. leaky ceilings, dirty bath- underworld. rooms and frequent de- Prior to the coronavi- lays, could be in for a ma- rus pandemic, the termi- jor overhaul. nal handled more than Report: Speed compliance to The Port Authority of 250,000 passenger trips New York and New Jer- on weekdays, many com- sey unveiled a proposal muting from New Jersey. Thursday to rebuild and A Port Authority-com- save rare whales could be better expand the embattled missioned study project- midtown Manhattan bus PORTLAND, Maine ed that number would terminal. (AP) — Compliance with increase to more than “Everyone knows the speed rules designed to 330,000 by 2040. bus terminal. Very few protect rare whales has Tom Wright, president have anything good to increased in recent years of the Regional Plan As- say about it,” Port Au- but could still be higher, sociation, an urban plan- thority Executive Di- according to a report from ning think tank, called rector Rick Cotton said. the federal government. the new plan “a creative “It is way past time The slow speed zones approach to a complicat- that this building be re- are implemented to pro- placed.” ed problem.” “Fixing the Port Author- tect North Atlantic right The new station would whales, which number be built on top of the exist- ity Bus Terminal for the 260,000 people who rely on about 360 and are vul- ing one, with sleek, glass- nerable to collisions with walled entrances and it every weekday is one of the highest infrastructure ships. The National Ma- added infrastructure to rine Fisheries Service im- accommodate more buses. priorities for our region,” he said. “The prosperity of our plemented seasonal, man- Ramps that stretch across datory vessel speed rules several blocks would be tri-state area will depend on our ability to provide ac- in some areas along the moved, and a storage East Coast in 2008 to try building would be built to cess across the region and connect people to jobs.” to help the whales. keep empty buses off the A report released by the streets. Of cials have debated replacing or overhaul- service this week states PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Construction could be- that the level of mariner gin in 2024, nish by 2031 ing the bus terminal, A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay compliance with the speed and cost as much as $10 the country’s busiest, for off the coast of Plymouth. rule increased to 81 per- billion, the Port Author- years. But political squab- cent in 2018-19. That was ance remains low in some cent for large commercial whales from speeding ity said. About $3 billion bling between lawmakers the highest level on re- portions of the seasonal vessels, it said. ships,” said Whitney Web- would come from selling and Port Authority of - cord. management areas. Four The report illustrates ber, campaign director of rights to build four com- cials from both states left mercial buildings in the the project stalled while The fisheries service ports in the Southeast that “we need stronger conservation group Ocea- area, including one atop other major infrastruc- also said mariner compli- have rates below 25 per- protections for these na. the terminal. It would also ture projects advanced, require local and federal including a new World funding. Trade Center transit hub The Port Authority and multibillion-dollar Catch up with your Bus Terminal opened makeovers of LaGuardia, in 1950 at Eighth Ave- JFK and Newark Liberty nue between 40th and airports. favorite team 42nd streets near Times The bus terminal wasn’t Square. included in the Port Au- A statue of Ralph thority’s 10-year capital in Item Sports! Kramden, the fiction- plan in 2014, raising the al bus driver from “The ire of commuters and New Honeymooners,” stands Jersey lawmakers. SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021 THE DAILY ITEM A7 Dry January is moist for some at the rocky start of 2021

By Leanne Italie pandemic and months of ASSOCIATED PRESS political and racial tur- moil. NEW YORK — A rag- “I’m a social creature ing pandemic, tumultu- and isolating has been dif- ous presidential election ficult. I found that I would and deadly Capitol insur- open a bottle of wine and rection have combined to watch TV, usually CNN, make the annual tradition and could knock back a of Dry January more moist bottle in less than two than air-tight for some. hours. Then I would move Not Sarah Arvizo. She on to the Grand Marnier,” considers it her easiest said Grafham, who lives PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS yet. with her husband. “I an- As much as the 32-year- nounced to my friends and Jesse Robinson shows the spot on his arm old Manhattanite would family that I was doing a where he received his COVID-19 vaccination, love to partake in a little Dry January, so my pride in Nashville, Tenn. “vinopeutics,” she said the is what’s keeping me so- abstinence period she’s ber.” participated in for sever- She hasn’t had a drop Lucky few hit al years has been made since Dec. 31. Her spouse smoother this time around didn’t join, but she said by her at-home pandemic he’s an efficient nurser of life and the closing of bars bourbon or vodka and has COVID-19 vaccine and restaurants. supported her effort. “Longing for those “I seemed incapable of days, for sure,” said the limiting myself to just one jackpot for rare social drinker who lives PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS glass,” Grafham said. alone. “But unless I want According to a recent to freeze outside, that’s A collection of empty beer cans, consumed during survey from the American largely off the table this the pandemic, at a home in North Andover, Mass. Psychological Association, extra doses This year’s Dry January came as many people year.” 78 percent of adults report where the 22-year-old was had seen an uptick in their alcohol intake. By Bernard Condon, Eight-year-old Dry Jan- the COVID-19 pandem- Candice Choi and picked from a 15,000-name uary, which comes at the Day, Dry January’s surre- she said. ic has been a significant Matt Sedensky list for a shot. “I’m not go- height of resolution sea- al New Year’s Eve. Others are holding source of stress, and 65 ASSOCIATED PRESS ing to question it too much. son after the holidays, has Sue Cornick, 52, in Los steadfast but said the hor- percent said the amount of Just glad it was me.” brought on the desired Fortune struck one man Angeles, wanted to expe- rid year that was and the uncertainty in the world is David MacMillan was benefits for many among in the bakery aisle at the rience Dry January after chaotic events of January causing strain. grabbing ingredients for the millions participating supermarket. Two others her consumption of alco- have made it far more dif- At 27, Emily Roethle a coconut chickpea dish around the world. They’re in Encinitas, California, were working the night hol rose from three or four ficult. The odds aren’t in at a Giant grocery store in losing quarantine weight, nearly broke on Jan. 6, shift at a Subway sand- days a week to five or six. their favor. Studies over Washington when a wom- experiencing more clarity when a riotous mob de- wich shop. Yet another But she knew pulling the the years have shown that was plucked from a list of an in a lab coat from the and sleeping easier. scended on the Capitol. in-store pharmacy came Others with lockdown plug wouldn’t work before a small percentage of New “This is my second Dry 15,000 hopefuls. a celebratory Inaugura- Year’s resolutions overall With millions of Ameri- up to him and his friend. time on their hands and January,” she said. “It’s “I got two doses of the round-the-clock access to tion Day, so it’s Dry Febru- are actually achieved. difficult this year. I’ve cans waiting for their chance ary for her. Peta Grafham, a 61-year- to get the coronavirus vac- Moderna vaccine. The TV news and the home looked to my glass of wine pharmacy is closing in “Full disclosure, my Dry old retired IT specialist in cine, a lucky few are getting liquor cabinet are strug- to separate work from 10 minutes. Do you want February will be more like Tryon, North Carolina, bumped to the front of the gling to meet the chal- home as I work remote, them?” MacMillan, 31, re- lenge. Some who have almost dry. I’ll definitely signed on to Dry January but in ways it’s easier as line as clinics scramble to get rid of extra, perishable doses called the woman saying. already cheated hoisted have a cheat day here and after watching her alcohol there’s no happy hour or “I thought, ‘Let’s go for it.’” a glass on Inauguration there. Just no daily habit,” intake creep up during the dinner invitations.” at the end of the day. It is often a matter of After MacMillan posted being in the right place at a video of his experience the right time. on TikTok, the supermar- Language barriers, wariness make Sometimes people who ket chain was inundated just happen to be near a clin- for days with calls and ic at closing time are offered people hanging around, leftover shots that would hoping to score a shot. vaccinating immigrants hard otherwise be thrown away. It has become one of the Sometimes health workers most unusual quirks in the By Eugene Garcia, er to get messages coun- go out looking for recipients. often uneven, monthlong Suman Naishadham tering misinformation to Some places keep waiting rollout of the COVID-19 and Anita Snow them. lists and draw names at vaccines. ASSOCIATED PRESS While these challeng- random. Such opportuni- Once a vial is thawed es may exist for many ties may be becoming more from the deep freeze and, MECCA, Calif. — Mi- vulnerable immigrant grant workers lined up prized as shortages around even more so, once its seal groups, they are particu- the U.S. lead some places to is punctured and the first by the hundreds during larly worrying for Latino a break from picking pro- cancel vaccinations. dose is drawn, those admin- immigrants, who make a “One of the nurses said istering the vaccine are in duce this week to receive large portion of the work- the coronavirus vaccine I should go buy a lottery a race to use it up before it force in industries where ticket right now,” said Jesse spoils, even if it means giv- on a Southern California they have a significant grape farm. Robinson, outside a Nash- ing shots to those who don’t risk of exposure. ville, Tenn., clinic this week fit into the priority list. The farmworkers who “There is anxiety and it’s got their shots are among real ... but so is the fear of vulnerable immigrants in dying of COVID-19,” said the United States — par- Pablo Alvarado, director of $1B Mega Millions ticularly the 11 million the National Day Laborer in the country illegally — Organizing Network. PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS who advocacy groups say prize a result of long To tackle these challeng- Hispanic farm workers wait in line to receive the may be some of the most es, groups that advocate Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Mecca, Calif. difficult people to reach for Latino immigrants are during the largest vacci- odds, slow sales heading into farm fields to Healthcare District and pandemic about the virus. nation campaign in Amer- bring vaccines and infor- Foundation. The organiza- Now, the show’s hosts, By Scott McFetridge lions and Powerball con- ican history. mation to migrant labor- tion also shares informa- many of them migrants ASSOCIATED PRESS tinued to decline after the Some immigrants in ers and trying to counter tion about the virus and and low-income workers virus hit along with other the country illegally fear misinformation in Span- how to get tested for it on themselves, plan to spend DES MOINES, Iowa — lottery games, but while that information taken ish and other languages. WhatsApp in Spanish and airtime debunking myths The jackpot for the Mega scratch tickets and other during vaccinations could In California’s sprawling Purépecha, an indigenous about the vaccine to their Millions lottery game has instant games rebounded be turned over to author- Riverside County, home to language from western 300,000 weekly listeners, grown to $1 billion ahead strongly later in the year, ities and so may not seek a $1.3 billion agriculture Mexico spoken by some Alvarado said. of Friday night’s draw- national game sales re- out vaccines, while those ing after more than four industry, the health care farm workers in Califor- He believes countering mained moribund. who speak little or no En- months without a winner nonprofit that brought nia. misinformation on social In response to falling glish may find it difficult thanks to bad luck, poor vaccines to the grape The National Day La- media is key to overcoming sales, officials updated the to access them. Like oth- odds and reduced play farm recently took tablets borer Organizing Network most hesitancy about the national games to reduce er groups, some are also partially blamed on the into the fields to register has used a Spanish-lan- vaccine — such as knock- starting jackpots from $40 hesitant about receiving coronavirus pandemic. workers for vaccine ap- guage radio show on so- ing down false claims that million to $20 million and a newly approved shot It’s only the third time a pointments, said Conrado cial media to share infor- the vaccine would insert a changed rules about guar- — and language barriers lottery jackpot has grown Bárzaga, CEO of Desert mation throughout the microchip into people. anteed minimum increas- may also make it hard- so large, but much has changed since the last es between drawings. The time such a big prize was moves made fiscal sense up for grabs in 2018. The but they caused jackpots It’s a secret: California keeps key to grow more slowly, fur- odds of winning a jackpot remain the same — in- ther tamping down sales, credibly small — but for as demonstrated by the virus data out of public sight a variety of reasons fewer record 37 draws without people are playing Mega a winner it took to reach the current Mega Millions start said his coronavirus But with the state start- he said in an email. Its re- Millions or Powerball, the By Don Thompson jackpot that’s still far less ASSOCIATED PRESS ing to emerge from its lease would allow outside two lottery games offered policy decisions would be than the all-time highs. worst surge, his adminis- experts to assess its value in most of the country. SACRAMENTO, Calif. driven by data shared “That’s why it takes tration won’t disclose key for projecting trends and And even as the huge — California Gov. Gavin with the public to provide Mega Millions prize and a so many rolls to get up information that will help the resulting decisions Newsom has from the maximum transparency. $731.1 million Powerball to a high jackpot level,” determine when his latest on lifting restrictions, he Medenica said. stay-at-home order is lift- jackpot won Wednesday wrote. by a single ticket sold in What hasn’t changed ed. Newsom, a Democrat, are the odds. State health officials Maryland have juiced sales imposed the nation’s first for the games, Maryland By design, Mega Mil- said they rely on a very statewide shutdown in lottery director Gordon lions and Powerball are complex set of measure- March. His administra- Medenica noted: “We’re not relatively generous in ments that would confuse tion developed reopen- out of the woods yet.” awarding small dollar and potentially mislead ing plans that included Medenica acknowledged prizes and lottery officials the public if they were benchmarks for virus sales were dramatically boast there is a roughly made public. data such as per capita lower before the pandem- one in 24 chance of win- Dr. Lee Riley, chairman ning something. But to infection rates that coun- ic, and they tanked even of the University of Cal- generate huge jackpots, ties needed to meet to re- further in the spring and ifornia, Berkeley School summer. officials must be absolute- lax restrictions. of Public Health infec- After a peak in October ly miserly about paying PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS tious disease division, dis- It released data mod- 2018, Medenica said sales jackpots. agreed. els state officials use to of the big lottery games It’s hard to fathom how Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of the California project whether infec- Health and Human Services, discusses the “There is more uncer- dropped about 50 percent, unlikely it is to beat odds tions, hospitalizations and coronavirus as Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, lis- tainty created by NOT re- prompting talk among lot- of one in 292.2 million for deaths are likely to rise or tens at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. leasing the data that only tery officials about jackpot Powerball or one in 302.5 the state has access to,” fall. fatigue. Sales of Mega Mil- million for Mega Millions. A8 SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021 LOOK! National Handwriting Day, Measure Your Feet Day, National Pie Day

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By David Bauder ist attacks, the disputed AP MEDIA WRITER 2000 election and the fall of the Berlin Wall. NEW YORK — Long- After giving way at time NBC News anchor “Nightly News” to Brian Tom Brokaw, once Williams in 2004, Bro- television news’ most kaw concentrated primar- popular broadcaster as ily on historical program- he told viewers about the ming and commentary biggest events of that late during big moments, like 20th Century, said Friday elections. that he’s retiring from For health reasons, his television. appearances have been Brokaw, who is 80, said he’ll continue writing more sporadic lately. In books and articles. He’s 2013, Brokaw was diag- the author of “The Great- nosed with multiple my- est Generation,” about eloma, an incurable blood those who fought World cancer that affects the War II. bone marrow. He did not return a message seeking PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS In a final essay that appeared on MSNBC’s comment on Friday. Rep. Deb Haaland, a Democrat from New Mexico “Morning Joe” on Dec. 30, During his final essay and nominee to be Secretary of the Interior for Brokaw hinted at his an- last month, Brokaw re- President Joe Biden, wears a mask while attending nouncement by reflecting viewed some of the events the 59th presidential inauguration in Washington. on a career that took him of 2020. He took a swipe from breaking into a local at former President newscast in Nebraska and Donald Trump and his announcing the death of “bizarre refusal” to accept ‘Your Land’? President John F. Ken- the election results. “Be- nedy, to coronavirus. fore too long, his princi- “For me, it’s been an pal audience will be his Some Native amazing journey — 57 caddies,” he said. years as a reporter,” Bro- Brokaw said the coro- kaw said. FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS navirus pandemic, which Americans question Fifty-five of those years has killed more than were at NBC News, NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Brokaw deliv- 400,000 Americans in the starting as a reporter in ers his final broadcast, in New York. past year, was the coun- inaugural song Los Angeles in the 1960s, years as “Nightly News” and CBS’ Dan Rather try’s greatest test since covering the White House the Civil War. anchor. were the nation’s most to monetizing land at a during the Nixon admin- “We still have miles to By Felicia Fonseca For two decades, the visible broadcasters, an- ASSOCIATED PRESS time of economic crisis, istration, hosting the go and no assurances of said Gustavus Stadler, “Today” show in the late triumvirate of Brokaw, choring major stories like just how it will all turn FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — an English professor and 1970s and more than 20 ABC’s Peter Jennings the Sept. 11, 2001 terror- out,” he said. On the first day of Joe author of “Woodie Guth- Biden’s presidency, rie: An Intimate Life.” Native Americans had Lopez put a twist on it, reason to celebrate. Biden 2 films offer 2 tales ahead throwing in part of the halted construction of the Pledge of Allegiance in border wall that threat- Spanish that translates to ened to physically sepa- “justice for all.” The Guthrie rate Indigenous people of Wuhan lockdown anniversary song has been a symbol of living on both sides. equality, inclusion and unity. He also revoked a han” features contributions they are a platform, they Party secrecy and weak Lady Gaga sang a ren- By Emily Wang permit for the Keystone Fujiyama and from 30 filmmakers portray- should present meaningful control measures allowed dition of it at the Super XL oil pipeline that tribes Huizhong Wu ing the suffering of the city’s films. That’s their duty. If the virus’ initial spread. Bowl months after Don- fought in court for years, ASSOCIATED PRESS 11 million residents, medical there’s a failure of this duty, It’s not clear if there are ald Trump took office. and he agreed to restore staff and front-line workers then I feel ashamed of them.” plans to show it overseas. It was part of Barack WUHAN, China — Two the boundaries of the as they battled the virus The lockdown in Wuhan, “We wanted to record the Obama’s inaugural pro- new films about Wuhan first national monument that began racing through imposed on Jan. 23, 2020, journey of battling against gramming, with a trio of were released Friday, the created specifically at the city in December 2019. was eventually extended the COVID-19 epidemic the request of tribes in singers, including Bruce eve of the anniversary of Springsteen, adding the start of a 76-day lock- Ai’s “Coronation” has to surrounding areas in via motion picture. Some southern Utah. Inaugural been rejected by festivals, Hubei province, confining of the details, including events showcased tribes back some of the original, down in the central Chinese more controversial verses. city where the coronavirus theaters and stream- some 56 million people to the intense care, anxious across the country in tra- ing services including their homes. waiting, heartbreaking ditional regalia, dancing But arriving amid an was first detected. How effort by some tribes to they were released and who Amazon and Netflix, he “Days and Nights in farewells and hopeful and in prayer. said. He attributes the Wuhan,” directed by rebirths, might strike a But amid the revelry, be recognized as stew- their audiences are stand in ards of ancestral land, stark contrast. censorship to fears over Cao Jinling, debuted chord with viewers,” Cao some Native Americans offending the ruling party, in Wuhan earlier and was quoted as saying by saw a glitch in Wednes- a movement known as The first, a state-backed Land Back, the lyrics hit film praising Wuhan’s sac- which controls what mov- was released nationwide state broadcaster CCTV. day’s swearing-in ceremo- ies can be shown in China Friday. The film echoes In the trailer, medical staff ny. The only mention of the wrong note for some rifices, is being screened tribal members. throughout China, target- and what Chinese films China’s official line that repeatedly express their Indigenous people came in can be displayed abroad. the measures it took, determination to prevail the benediction delivered “It’s a nice little senti- ing audiences that firmly “I don’t care about the film including the lockdown, over the outbreak. “I have a by the Rev. Silvester ment that America is this back the ruling Commu- festivals,” Ai said in a virtual bought precious time for burning love for my home- Beaman. And then there mixing pot,” said Benny nist Party’s response to news conference Friday host- the world to prepare for town and I will do whatever was the mishmash of songs Wayne Sully, who is the outbreak. The second, ed by the Foreign Correspon- the pandemic. Critics I can to save it,” says one sung by Jennifer Lopez Sicangu Lakota and lives a somber documentary that included lyrics from in Los Angeles. “But does about the pandemic from dents’ Club of Japan. “But say habitual Communist ambulance driver. “This Land is Your Land.” anybody believe this land artist and political activ- The folk tune is popular was made for you and ist Ai Weiwei, has been around campfires and in me? Or was it made for forced to seek viewers grade schools, but it also white folks? People forget online, a testimony to the called to mind the nation’s this land was made of party’s influence over the long history of land dis- brown people before it global film industry. putes involving tribes. was colonized.” The Chinese government “Oh, I love J.Lo,” said Rep. Deb Haaland, has sought to control the Kristen Herring, who who is from Laguna narrative and deflect blame is Lumbee and lives in Pueblo in New Mexi- about the pandemic’s ori- Austin, Texas. “It wasn’t co, acknowledged that gins. It has weaved a story super disappointing that perspective in a virtual of triumph against the she sang it. But I was welcoming to the inau- virus through TV shows, like, ‘Oh, why did that gural events over the social media campaigns have to be on the list of weekend. She’s been and books, lauding nurses things to sing?’” nominated to lead the In- and doctors and govern- Woody Guthrie, terior Department, which ment-backed vaccine PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS who wrote the song in oversees tribal affairs. If companies. Any criticism of the 1940s, meant it as confirmed, she would be early missteps is silenced. Residents wearing masks pass by a screen showing a trailer for the film a retort to “God Bless the first Native American The state-backed film “Days and Nights in Wuhan” outside a mall in Wuhan in central China’s America” and a rebuke in a Cabinet post. “Days and Nights in Wu- Hubei province. WEATHER LOTTERY

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By Mike Alongi some things we’re not FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS ITEM SPORTS EDITOR used to.” Senior Pe’jae Parent Atlanta Braves’ Hank PEABODY — Friday came off the bench to be Aaron holds aloft the night’s game between the Spartans’ leading ball he hit for his 715th the St. Mary’s and Bish- scorer with 10 points, career home in Atlan- op Fenwick girls basket- ta on April 8, 1974. ball teams was a true something she’s not ex- slugfest, and in the end actly known for. it was the Spartans who “She came right in for managed to score a cou- us in the first quarter Aaron ple of big baskets late in and really provided a the game to take home spark,” Newhall said of a 48-43 win over their Parent. “She’s an excel- handled Catholic Central League lent defender and she’s rivals on the road. not particularly known “You know you’re al- for her scoring, but she the crush ways going to get a tough came in and gave us our battle when you come to first five or six points. Fenwick, and that’s ex- She played great defense of fame actly what we got,” said for us all night long and St. Mary’s coach Jeff Ne- then hit two big free ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK whall. “Coming in here is throws at the end, so she with St. Mary’s Yirsy Queliz takes the ball up court while Bishop Fenwick’s always tough, it’s always was huge for us.” Veronica Tache defends during a Catholic Central League matchup a close game and (Fri- Friday. day) they forced us to do ST. MARY’S, B2 grace

Fenwick boys Steve basketball Krause COMMENTARY knocks off By Steve Krause ITEM STAFF And to think, at the exact moment Henry Aaron hit Al St. Mary’s Downing’s pitch over the left eld fence in Atlanta, I was taking the dog in the house. son-high 29 points in the I didn’t even see it. SCHOOL ROUNDUP victory for Lynnfield, Like most real baseball while Luke Martinho fans in 1974, I was pull- By Mike Alongi was right behind with 25 ing for Hammerin’ Hank ITEM SPORTS EDITOR points. to hit his 715th home run The Bishop Fenwick Lynnfield (2-3) plays on as quickly as possible. The boys basketball team re- the road at Triton Tues- modern celebrity era was fused to be swept in its day (5:45). well underway by 1974. Not season series against St. Swampscott 44, only that, phony, made-for- Mary’s, taking down its Saugus 43 TV celebrity was already Catholic Central League Evan Roth hit the well established. Later rival by a score of 60-54 game-winning 3-pointer that summer, Evel Knieval Friday night on the road with less than one min- would attempt to jump his at Conigliaro Gymnasi- ute to play as Swamp- motorcycle over the Snake um. scott edged out its North- River Canyon in Idaho (and Che Hanks led the eastern Conference foe fail). And as the years have way for Fenwick with Friday night. progressed, we’ve complete- 18 points and five re- Roth had 17 points to ly lost our ability to distin- bounds, while Mike Yen- pace the offense for the guish between real and fab- tin put up a double-dou- Big Blue, while Andrew ricated. ble with 16 points and Augustin had seven But in 1974, Henry Aar- 10 rebounds. points and Jason Aucone on, who died Friday, was as Fenwick (5-2) hosts had six points. genuine as it got. Among Cristo Rey Monday eve- Swampscott (2-0) hosts the rst wave of Black ath- ning (6:30). Salem Tuesday (7). letes who hit the Major St. Mary’s got 15 points Tyrone Manderson led Leagues after Jackie Rob- from Ali Barry, while the way for Saugus with inson’s groundbreaking de- Omri Merryman (12 17 points, while Ma- but, Aaron broke in with the points) and Sammy Ba- son Nickolas scored 10 Milwaukee Braves in 1954 tista (11 points) also fin- points. Myles Manalay- — two years after they left ished in double figures. say (seven points), Kyle Boston (much to my father’s St. Mary’s (4-2) is right McLaughlin (six points) everlasting chagrin). He back in action Saturday and Ryan Mabee (three was, however, the antithesis afternoon (3) against points) also played well of the hard-driving Robin- Bishop Stang. in the win. son. He was a smooth, line- Saugus (0-2) hosts Sau- drive type hitter who basi- BOYS BASKETBALL ITEM FILE PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Lynnfield 75, gus Thursday. cally showed up and played. Amesbury 67 Bishop Fenwick’s Che Hanks (left) had 18 points and ve rebounds in Jack Ford had a sea- ROUNDUP, B2 a win over rival St. Mary’s Friday night. KRAUSE, B2 Hank Aaron, baseball’s one-time home run king, dies at 86 By Paul Newberry never bitterly on the many “unassuming man” who set The Hammer set a wide ASSOCIATED PRESS hardships thrown his way a “towering example.” array of career hitting re- — from the poverty and Right up to his nal days, cords during a 23-year ca- ATLANTA — His name is segregation of his Alabama the Hammer was making a reer spent mostly with the all over the baseball record youth to the ugly, racist difference. Milwaukee and Atlanta book and, indeed, Hank Aar- threats he faced during his Just 2 1/2 weeks before his Braves, including RBIs, ex- on could do it all. pursuit of one of America’s death Friday at age 86, Aar- tra-base hits and total bas- Sure, he’s remembered most hallowed records. on joined civil rights icons to es. mostly for dethroning the He wasn’t hesitant about receive the COVID-19 vac- But the Hall of Famer Babe to become baseball’s speaking out on the issues of cine. He wanted to spread will be remembered for one home run king on the way the day, whether it was be- the word to the Black com- swing above all others, the to 755, but don’t forget moaning the lack of Blacks munity that the shots were one that made him base- about the .300 average, or in management positions, safe in the midst of a devas- ball’s home-run king on the graceful way he elded or lobbying against put- tating pandemic. April 8, 1974. his position, or the deceiv- ting Pete Rose in the Hall “I feel quite proud of my- It was a title he would ing speed he showed on the of Fame, or calling on those self for doing something hold for more than 33 years, basepaths. involved in the Houston As- like this,” Aaron said. “It’s a period in which Aaron Yet, when talking about tros sign-stealing scandal just a small thing that can slowly but surely claimed FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS the true measure of the to be tossed from the game help zillions of people in this his rightful place as one of man, there was far more to forever. country.” America’s most iconic sport- Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with “Hammerin’ Hank” than his “He never missed an op- The Atlanta Braves, Aar- ing gures, a true national stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth brilliance between the lines. portunity to lead,” former on’s longtime team, said he treasure worthy of mention but still went on to break the career home run Exuding grace and digni- President Barack Obama died in his sleep. No cause in the same breath with record in the pre-steroids era, died early Fri- ty, Aaron spoke bluntly but said, describing Aaron as an was given. Ruth or Ali or Jordan. day. B2 SPORTS THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021 HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE St. Mary’s girls basketball hangs SATURDAY Salem at Peabody (7:15) Boys Basketball SUNDAY Bishop Stang at St. Mary’s (3) Boys Hockey Girls Basketball Winthrop at Marblehead (2:40) on to beat rival Fenwick St. Mary’s at Bishop Stang (4) St. Mary’s at Bishop Feehan (7) Boys Hockey Girls Hockey St. Mary’s at Austin Prep (12:20) ST. MARY’S Arlington Catholic at Bishop Fenwick Marblehead at Winthrop (3) From B1 (9) Swampscott at Saugus (5:20) Archbishop Williams at St. Mary’s (3) Archbishop Williams at Bishop Fen- Also playing well in the wick (6) Swimming Lynnfield at Hamilton-Wenham (7:30) Austin Prep at Bishop Fenwick (2:45) win for St. Mary’s were Girls Hockey Bishop Feehan at St. Mary’s (5:30) Yirsy Queliz (nine points, Winthrop at Beverly/Danvers (12:40) MONDAY three rebounds), Van St. Mary’s at Bishop Stang (4) Nguyen (seven points), Medford/Malden at Peabody/Lynn- Boys Basketball field (4) St. Mary’s at Bishop Feehan (6) Maiya Bergdorf (six Swimming Cristo Rey at Bishop Fenwick (6:30) points, eight rebounds) Masconomet at Marblehead (12:15) Girls Basketball and Alyssa Grossi (six Bishop Fenwick at St. Mary’s (2) Archbishop Williams at Bishop Fen- points, six rebounds). Gymnastics wick (4:30) For Fenwick, Olivia Winthrop at Masconomet (7) Bishop Feehan at St. Mary’s (6) Found paced the offense with 18 points and four TV/RADIO rebounds. Nasha Arnold had a big game on the Pro basketball glass with eight points 8 p.m...... Miami at Brooklyn...... NBATV and 14 rebounds, while 9 p.m...... Golden State at Utah...... NBATV Veronica Tache had seven Men’s college basketball points. Liz Gonzalez fin- 12 p.m...... Auburn at South Carolina...... ESPN2 Cincinnati at Houston...... CBS ished with four points and Houston at Temple...... CBS three rebounds. James Madison at Northeastern...... NESN “We made a lot of good Kansas at Oklahoma...... ESPN plays out there, but we UConn at Creighton...... Fox Virginia Tech at Syracuse...... NESN Plus just couldn’t score,” said 12:30 p.m...... Geo. Mason at Saint Joseph’s...... NBCSN Fenwick coach Adam De- 1 p.m...... Arkansas at Vanderbilt...... SEC Network Baggis. “There was some 2 p.m...... Baylor at Oklahoma St...... CBS undisciplined defense and Florida at Georgia...... ESPN2 the end there, but I loved Maryland at Minnesota...... Big Ten Network North Carolina at North Carolina State...... ESPN the way that we contin- SMU at UCF...... ESPNU ued to fight the entire 2:30 p.m...... Army at Navy...... CBSSN game. The defense was re- La Salle at Richmond...... NBCSN ally good, especially early, Providence at Villanova...... Fox 3 p.m...... Clemson at Florida State...... ABC but we just couldn’t make 3:30 p.m...... Texas A&M at Mississippi...... SEC Network any shots.” 4 p.m...... Duke at Louisville...... ESPN Fenwick came out blaz- Ohio State at Wisconsin...... CBS ing hot on the defensive West Virginia at Kansas State...... ESPN2 end, forcing St. Mary’s 4:30 p.m...... Dayton at VCU...... CBSSN 5 p.m...... UCLA at Stanford...... Fox into a number of unchar- 6 p.m...... DePaul at Marquette...... FS1 acteristic mistakes in the LSU at Kentucky...... ESPN opening minutes of the Mississippi St. at Alabama...... SEC Network game. The Spartans didn’t Pittsburgh at Wake Forest...... ACC Network 7 p.m...... Northwestern at Penn State...... Big Ten Network score until more than four Saint Mary’s at San Francisco...... CBSSN minutes into the game, ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK 8 p.m...... Colorado at Washington State...... ESPN2 but once they did they Bishop Fenwick’s Nasha Arnold looks for a way past St. Mary’s Maiya Georgia Tech at Virginia...... ACC Network were able to scratch their Bergdorf. 8:30 p.m...... Missouri at Tennessee...... SEC Network way to a lead. By the end 10 p.m...... Pepperdine at BYU...... ESPN2 Women’s college basketball of the first quarter, St. put the Spartans back up Mary’s a 10-point lead in until the end, but eventu- 6 p.m...... Texas at Iowa State...... ESPNU Mary’s held an 8-5 lead. by six going into the final the blink of an eye. ally the buzzer sounded Boxing The Spartans were slow- frame. “Nicolette had a tough and St. Mary’s was able to 9 p.m...... Junior featherweights: Leo vs. Fulton...... Showtime ly able to extend their Fenwick once again bat- night, but if you’re only Golf take home the win. 1:30 p.m...... LPGA: Tournament of Champions...... Golf lead in the second quar- tled back in the fourth, going to make one shot in 2:30 p.m...... LPGA: Tournament of Champions...... NBC ter, eventually taking an making it a four-point the game, that’s the one Fenwick (4-2) hosts 3 p.m...... PGA: Desert Classic...... Golf eight-point lead into half- game with just over two to make,” Newhall said. Archbishop Williams 7 p.m...... Champions: Mitsubishi Electric Championship...... Golf time. But Fenwick never minutes to go. But just “Yirsy creates so much Monday afternoon (4:30). Pro hockey quit. then, St. Mary’s got two for us on both ends of the 2 p.m...... Tampa Bay at Columbus...... NHL Network St. Mary’s (7-1) is right The Crusaders cut the momentum-shifting floor, and she’s always ca- 7 p.m...... at Boston...... NESN; WBZ-FM 98.5 back in action Saturday 10 p.m...... Ottawa at Winnipeg...... NHL Network deficit to just three points 3-pointers — one each pable of making a big shot Men’s college hockey in the third quarter, but from Queliz and Nico- like that.” afternoon (4) on the road 7 p.m...... Providence at UMass...... NESN Plus a late run by St. Mary’s lette D’Itria — to give St. The Crusaders fought at Bishop Stang. NFL PLAYOFFS

Conference Championships Super Bowl Swampscott girls basketball tops Sunday Sunday, Feb. 7 AFC Buffalo at Kansas City, 6:30 p.m. At Tampa, Fla. Saugus in NEC matchup NFC Tampa Bay at Green Bay, 3 p.m. TBD, 6:30 p.m. ROUNDUP, Despite a 27-point perfor- Swampscott Tuesday (7). had a strong game defen- From B1 mance from Rollie Castiney- GIRLS sively. NBA ra, the Eagles came up just BASKETBALL Saugus (0-2) plays on the Marblehead 78, short. Aidan Callahan added Swampscott 36, road at Winthrop Thursday EASTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE Danvers 46 13 points in the loss. Saugus 23 (6). Atlantic Division Southwest Division St. John’s Prep (2-1) takes Niya Morgen hit five Winthrop 44, W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Marblehead used a late Philadelphia 10 5 .667 — Memphis 7 6 .538 — first half run combined with on St. John’s (Shrewsbury) 3-pointers and scored 16 Danvers 36 Boston 8 5 .615 1 San Antonio 8 7 .533 — Tuesday (6). points to lead the way for The Vikings were led by Brooklyn 9 7 .563 1½ Dallas 7 7 .500 ½ a 28-7 advantage in the third Salem 48, Swampscott. Junior Brooke Maura Dorr, who notched New York 8 8 .500 2½ New Orleans 5 9 .357 2½ quarter to take the game. Toronto 5 9 .357 4½ Houston 4 9 .308 3 Salem Academy 27 Matela also had a solid 17 points in the win. Grace Southeast Division Northwest Division Marblehead had 11 play- The Witches were led by game, notching four points, Glauris added a season-high W L Pct GB W L Pct GB ers in the scoring column, Atlanta 7 7 .500 — Utah 11 4 .733 — Bobby Jellison’s 16-point, six rebounds and four steals. nine points. Orlando 7 8 .467 ½ Portland 8 6 .571 2½ led by Hunter Fleming’s 22 Miami 6 7 .462 ½ Denver 7 7 .500 3½ five-rebound performance, Swampscott (1-1) travels to Winthrop (4-1) hosts Charlotte 6 8 .429 1 Oklahoma City 6 7 .462 4 points. Sophomore guard while Ethan Doyle chipped Salem Tuesday evening (6). Gloucester Tuesday (6). Washington 3 8 .273 2½ Minnesota 3 10 .231 7 Magnus McCarthy chipped in nine points and five re- Despite the loss, junior BOYS HOCKEY Central Division Pacific Division W L Pct GB W L Pct GB in 11 points. bounds. Jack Doyle had a April Aldred had a career Newburyport 1, Milwaukee 9 6 .600 — L.A. Lakers 12 4 .750 — Marblehead (2-1) hosts solid all-around game with night for the Sachems, scor- Lynnfield 0 Indiana 8 6 .571 ½ L.A. Clippers 11 4 .733 ½ Cleveland 7 7 .500 1½ Phoenix 8 5 .615 2½ Beverly Tuesday (5:30). eight points, five rebounds, ing nine points on a trio of Lynnfield (2-2) travels to Chicago 6 8 .429 2½ Golden State 8 7 .533 3½ Cath. Memorial 66, four assists and four steals. 3-pointers. Freshman Ash- Hamilton-Wenham Satur- Detroit 3 11 .214 5½ Sacramento 5 10 .333 6½ St. John’s Prep 63 Salem (2-0) takes on leen Escobar (four points) day night (7:30). Friday’s Games New Orleans at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Chicago at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Detroit, 8 p.m. Houston at Detroit, 7 p.m. Denver at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Orlando at Indiana, 7 p.m. Golden State at Utah, 9 p.m. Krause; Aaron handled the crush Boston at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Houston at Dallas, 9 p.m. Brooklyn at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Chicago, 9 p.m. Miami at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Atlanta at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Toronto at Indiana, 1 p.m. Washington at Milwaukee, ppd Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 4 Dallas at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. of fame with uncommon grace Denver at Phoenix, 10 p.m. p.m. Charlotte at Orlando, 7 p.m. Memphis at Portland, ppd came out of it intact, he player’s record while Black. Dodgers on April 8, 1974. New York at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Cleveland at Boston, 7 p.m. KRAUSE Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 10 Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. From B1 taught us all a few things Not that it really needs to And between innings, I went p.m. Sacramento at Memphis, ppd about humility and dignity. be pointed out, but I’ll point to the back door to let the dog Saturday’s Games Washington at San Antonio, 8 p.m. By the late 1950s, he was Understand this: Tom it out anyway. Ruth was in. When I got back to the Miami at Brooklyn, 8 p.m. New York at Portland, 10 p.m. in the middle of a Braves Brady is definitely among not a good person. He was a TV room, I could hear Curt lineup that included Joe Ad- the most sought-after super- carouser, a womanizer, went Gowdy scream “He did it! He NHL cock and Eddie Mathews, stars of this era. Wherever through large stretches of did it!” and saw Aaron cir- and who won two Nation- he goes, he’s followed by a being in terrible physical cling the bases. Thank heav- East Division West Division al League pennants and a national horde of media. His condition, and had legend- ens for replay. I’ve only seen GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA World Series. time is managed, his media ary feuds with managers. it about a thousand times Phila 5 3 1 1 7 19 16 Vegas 4 4 0 0 8 16 7 NYI 4 3 1 0 6 9 6 Minnesota 4 3 1 0 6 11 9 In a 23-year career, Aaron sessions organized about The Red Sox couldn’t wait since. And I even went to the Wash 4 2 0 2 6 15 14 St. Louis 4 2 1 1 5 10 15 hit 755 homers, and never — as well as any presidential to ship him out of town just Newseum in Washington NJ 4 2 1 1 5 9 11 Colorado 4 2 2 0 4 14 10 not even once — hit 50 in a news conference, and he is when he was approaching and did my own voiceover Boston 4 2 1 1 5 9 9 LA 4 1 1 2 4 12 13 Pittsburgh 4 2 2 0 4 14 18 San Jose 4 2 2 0 4 13 14 season. He finished with a cloistered far, far away from his peak years, and it wasn’t for posterity. NYR 3 1 2 0 2 8 8 Anaheim 4 1 2 1 3 6 10 lifetime batting average of the media madness at all because of “No, No, Nanette.” Years later, on Aug. 7, 2007, Buffalo 4 1 3 0 2 11 12 Arizona 4 1 2 1 3 12 16 Central Division .305, and if anyone doubts other times. Owner Harry Frazee just the arrogant Barry Bonds, North Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA his authenticity as one of Aaron did not have that didn’t want to babysit him who, by most accounts, Tampa Bay 3 3 0 0 6 13 5 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 2 2 0 0 4 10 6 Montreal 5 3 0 2 8 24 16 the game’s legends (and I’d luxury. He was a Black man anymore. cheated to get into the po- Nashville 3 2 1 0 4 10 7 Winnipeg 4 3 1 0 6 13 10 like to meet that person), challenging one of the most Contrast that with Aaron. sition, broke Henry Aaron’s Carolina 3 2 1 0 4 9 6 Toronto 5 3 2 0 6 15 15 just know that the great Bob sacred baseball records of all Never an incident. All he record of 755 home runs. If Detroit 4 2 2 0 4 9 10 Calgary 3 2 0 1 5 11 6 Columbus 5 1 2 2 4 10 16 Edmonton 5 2 3 0 4 13 16 Gibson, who wrote the book time, established by a white did was play, and play well. Aaron was the antithesis of Chicago 4 0 3 1 1 9 20 Vancouver 6 2 4 0 4 18 28 on being competitive, said icon. And he was on his own. And handle himself with Jackie Robinson, then Bonds Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ottawa 4 1 2 1 3 11 14 that Aaron was the toughest Back then, when you wrote class and dignity. Yet the un- was the antithesis of Hank Friday’s Games Los Angeles at St. Louis, 8 p.m. the book on baseball legends, just grief he had to take for Aaron. Controversy walked Buffalo at Washington, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Winnipeg, 10 p.m. hitter he ever faced. Edmonton at Toronto, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games But as good a player as Babe Ruth and his 714 home challenging that record of alongside Bonds at all times. N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 12:30 p.m. Aaron was, he was a bet- runs constituted the first 714 career home runs was He acted boorishly. And in Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m. Buffalo at Washington, 3 p.m. ter man. And this, really, is chapter. Even white players, unconscionable, the things my eyes, he besmirched ev- San Jose at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Toronto at Calgary, 4 p.m. such as Roger Maris, who he endured — the racial- erything Henry Aaron ever Nashville at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Vegas at Arizona, 4 p.m. the story about a man who Vegas at Arizona, 9 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 7 p.m. was thrust in front of the dared approach the Bambi- ly-charged hate mail, the stood for in the game. Colorado at Anaheim, 10 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. spotlight during the infancy no’s hallowed hitting records death threats. Make no mistake. Henry Saturday’s Games Colorado at Anaheim, 8 p.m. of overwhelming celebrity were subjected to enormous In the face of all that, Hen- Aaron was one of the all- Florida at Carolina, ppd Los Angeles at St. Louis, 8 p.m. ry Aaron endured. He broke Tampa Bay at Columbus, 2 p.m. Nashville at Dallas, 8 p.m. — without the protections — and unfair — scrutiny. time greats. But he was a Montreal at Vancouver, 7 p.m. San Jose at Minnesota, 8 p.m. afforded to modern-day su- Imagine what it must have Ruth’s record in a home better person. And that mat- Philadelphia at Boston, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Winnipeg, 9 p.m. perstars — and he not only been like chasing a white game with the Los Angeles ters more. SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021 THE DAILY ITEM B3 NATION Austin wins Senate confirmation as first Black Pentagon chief

By Robert Burns fense within seven years and Andrew Taylor of retirement. Austin re- ASSOCIATED PRESS tired in 2016 after serving as the first Black general WASHINGTON — to head U.S. Central Com- Lloyd J. Austin, a West mand. He was the first Point graduate who rose Black vice chief of staff of to the Army’s elite ranks the Army in 2012 and also and marched through ra- served as director of the PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS cial barriers in a 41-year Joint Staff, a behind-the- career, won Senate confir- President Joe Biden signs executive orders af- mation Friday to become scenes job that gave him ter speaking about the coronavirus, accompa- the nation’s first Black an intimate view of the nied by Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and secretary of defense. Pentagon’s inner work- Dr. Anthony Fauci. The 93-2 vote gave ings. President Joe Biden his The House and the Sen- second Cabinet member; PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS ate approved the waiver Thursday, clearing the Avril Haines was con- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, greets Biden ordering way for the Senate confir- firmed on Wednesday as Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist as the first woman to serve mation vote. he arrives at the Pentagon Friday. as director of national Austin, a large man intelligence. Biden is ex- with a booming voice and stopgap help pected to win approval Pentagon, Austin wrote The Pentagon said a tendency to shy from for others on his national on Twitter that he is es- that after being sworn publicity, describes him- security team in coming pecially proud to be the in and getting an intel- self as the son of a postal days, including Antony first Black secretary of de- ligence briefing, Austin worker and a homemaker as talks start Blinken as secretary of fense. “Let’s get to work,” would hold a meeting on from Thomasville, Ga. He state. he wrote. COVID-19 with senior has promised to speak his Biden is looking for And a short time later he civilian and military of- mind to Congress and to Austin to restore stabil- arrived at the Pentagon’s ficials. He also planned Biden. on big aid plan ity atop the Pentagon, River Entrance, where he to speak by phone with At his confirmation was greeted by holdover which went through two NATO Secretary Gener- hearing Tuesday, Austin By Josh Boak that the government could Deputy Defense Secre- al Jens Stoltenberg and Senate-confirmed secre- said he had not sought the ASSOCIATED PRESS be obligated to provide more taries of defense and four tary David Norquist, who to receive briefings about nomination but was ready money to the hungry. who held the post on an has been the acting sec- China and the Middle to lead the Pentagon BALTIMORE — Presi- Children who are unable interim basis during the retary since Wednesday, East. without clinging to his dent Joe Biden plans to take to get school meals because Trump administration. and Army Gen. Mark Mil- Austin’s confirmationmilitary status and with executive action Friday to of remote learning could The only senators who ley, chairman of the Joint was complicated by his full awareness that being provide a stopgap measure receive a 15 percent in- voted against Austin were Chiefs of Staff. He didn’t status as a recently re- a political appointee and of financial relief to mil- crease in food aid, accord- Republicans Mike Lee of stop to answer reporters’ tired general. He required Cabinet member requires lions of Americans while ing to a fact sheet provided Utah and Josh Hawley of questions but said he a waiver of a legal prohi- “a different perspective Congress begins to consider by the White House. The Missouri. looks forward to dealing bition on a military officer and unique duties from a his much larger $1.9 tril- lowest-income households Before heading to the with the press. serving as secretary of de- career in uniform.” lion package to help those could qualify for the emer- affected by the coronavirus gency benefits from the pandemic. Supplemental Nutrition The two executive orders Assistance Program. And Fauci unleashed: Doc takes that Biden is to sign would the formula for calculating increase food aid, protect job meal costs could become seekers on unemployment more generous. ‘liberating’ turn at center stage and clear a path for federal The order also tries to workers and contractors to make it easier for people to get a $15 hourly minimum claim direct payments from By Jonathan Lemire zerland, and stretched wage. prior aid packages and oth- ASSOCIATED PRESS past a 4 p.m. appear- “The American people er benefits. In addition, it ance at the lectern in cannot afford to wait,” said WASHINGTON — Dr. would create a guarantee the White House briefing Brian Deese, director of the Anthony Fauci is back. that workers could still col- room. White House National Eco- In truth, the nation’s lect unemployment benefits The breakneck pace nomic Council. “So many leading infectious-dis- if they refuse to take a job showcased the urgent are hanging by a thread. eases expert never real- that could jeopardize their need to combat a pan- They need help, and we’re ly went away. But after health. demic that has killed committed to doing every- enduring nearly a year Biden’s second executive more than 400,000 peo- thing we can to provide order would restore union of darts and undermin- ple in the United States that help as quickly as pos- ing comments from for- bargaining rights revoked and reached its deadliest sible.” by the Trump administra- mer President Donald phase just as the new Deese emphasized that Trump, Fauci now speaks tion, protect the civil ser- president comes to office. the orders are not substi- vice system and promote a with the authority of the Fauci made clear that tutes for the additional $15 hourly minimum wage White House again. he believed the new ad- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS stimulus that Biden says is for all federal workers. The He called it “liberating” ministration would not needed beyond the $4 tril- Democratic president also Thursday to be backed by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National In- trade in the mixed mes- lion in aid that has already plans to start a 100-day a science-friendly admin- sages that so often came stitute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, takes been approved, including process for the federal gov- istration that has em- from the Trump White questions as he speaks with reporters Thurs- $900 billion this past De- ernment to require its con- braced his recommenda- House, where scientific day. cember. Several Republi- tractors to pay at least $15 tions to battle COVID-19. fact was often obscured can lawmakers have voiced and often touted unprov- the coronavirus pandem- an hour and provide emer- “One of the new things by the president’s politi- opposition to provisions in gency paid leave to workers, en scientific remedies, ic over the last year un- in this administration is, cal agenda. Biden’s plan for direct pay- which could put pressure on including a malaria drug der Trump “very likely” if you don’t know the an- “The idea that you can ments to individuals, state other private employers to and even injecting disin- cost lives because it de- swer, don’t guess,” Fauci get up here and talk and local government aid boost their wages and ben- said in one pointed ob- about what you know and fectant. layed getting sound sci- and a $15 hourly minimum efits. servation during a White what the science is ... it “It was very clear that entific advice out to the wage nationwide. These orders arrive as the House briefing. “Just say is something of a liber- there were things that country. Most economists believe Biden White House has de- you don’t know the an- ating feeling,” Fauci told were said, be it regarding “You know, it very like- the United States can re- clined to provide a timeline swer.” reporters. White House things like hydroxychlo- ly did,” Fauci told CNN. bound with strength once for getting its proposed re- Fauci’s highly visible press secretary Jen Psaki roquine and other things, “When you start talking people are vaccinated from lief package through, saying schedule on Thursday, had invited Fauci to take that really was uncom- about things that make the coronavirus, but the sit- that officials are beginning the first full day of Pres- the podium first at her fortable because they no sense medically and no uation is still dire as the dis- to schedule meetings with ident Joe Biden’s term, daily briefing. were not based in scien- sense scientifically, that ease has closed businesses lawmakers to discuss the underscored the new ad- While choosing his tific fact,” Fauci said. He clearly is not helpful.” and schools. Nearly 10 mil- proposal. ministration’s confidence words carefully, Fauci ac- added that he took “no Biden, during his lion jobs have been lost since White House press sec- in the doctor but also the knowledged that it had pleasure” in having to presidential campaign, last February, and nearly 30 retary Jen Psaki said at a urgency of the moment. been difficult at times to contradict the president, pledged to make Fauci million households lack se- Thursday briefing that the His day began with a work for Trump, who re- a move that often drew his chief medical adviser cure access to food. proposal has support rang- 4 a.m. virtual meeting peatedly played down the Trump’s wrath. when he took office, and One of Biden’s orders asks ing from democratic social- with officials of the World severity of the pandemic, On Friday Fauci went the 80-year-old scientist the Agriculture Department ist Sen. Bernie Sanders to Health Organization, refused to consistently further, saying a lack of was immediately in mo- to consider adjusting the the U.S. Chamber of Com- which is based in Swit- promote mask-wearing candor and facts about tion. rules for food assistance, so merce. Guard in DC forced to sleep in garages, sparking outcry

By Nomaan with only a handful of minor the riot where police were Merchant, Lolita arrests. badly outnumbered, locking Baldor and Aamer Biden spoke Friday morn- down the nation’s capital Madhani ing to Gen. Daniel R. Hokan- with soldiers, police and bar- ASSOCIATED PRESS son, chief of the National ricades and lawmakers and WASHINGTON — Im- Guard, said White House Biden took pains to thank ages of National Guard press secretary Jen Psa- security forces for their ef- soldiers camped in a cold ki. She said the president fort. All 25,000 Guard mem- parking garage after being thanked Hokanson and the bers were vetted by the FBI sent to protect Washington Guard for their help the over concerns of an insider sparked new calls Friday last few weeks and offered attack, and a dozen were for investigations of the U.S. his assistance if Hokanson removed from their posts Capitol Police, now facing needed anything. She did including two who made allegations that the agency not say if they discussed extremist statements about evicted troops sent to help what happened at the Cap- the inauguration. after its failure to stop riot- itol on Thursday. The National Guard said ing mobs two weeks ago. First lady Jill Biden visit- it originally moved troops Members of both parties ed Guard troops outside the out of the Capitol Rotunda were irate about reports Capitol on Friday, bringing and other spaces to garages that Guardsmen were them cookies and thank- at the behest of the Capi- forced to take rest breaks ing them for protecting tol Police. The Guardsmen outside the Capitol building. her family. She noted that were allowed back inside About 25,000 Guard mem- the Bidens’ late son, Beau, late Thursday after reports bers from across the coun- served in the Delaware were widely shared of the PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS try deployed to help secure Army National Guard. conditions in the garages, First lady Jill Biden surprises National Guard members outside the President Joe Biden’s in- A jittery Washington re- with few bathrooms and lit- Capitol with chocolate chip cookies Friday. auguration, which went off quested the aid following tle covering from the cold. B4 THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021 COMICS

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

ROSE IS ROSE / PAT BRADY

GARFIELD / 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 Stressed hospital nurse fears consequences of speaking up DEAR ABBY: I have Normally, I sleep until been a nurse for 10 years Dear Abby is written by Abigail 8. I work from home, and and love taking care of Van Buren, also known as Jeanne I’m usually up until 1 my patients. I have a.m. or so. I’m a night worked at a midsize hos- Phillips, and was founded by her owl, and I simply can’t go pital for 2 1/2 years. mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact to sleep any earlier. Since I started working Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. It’s impossible to sleep here, we have been as- Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. through their alarm. It signed six or seven pa- has been weeks. I am tients at a time, although afraid if I complain they will call me a racist since I was told when I was ty, and I’m afraid if I say fired, because experienced I am white, and they are hired they were going to anything they will pun- nurses are in such high black. But it’s NOT a race hire enough nurses to ish her. Please offer me demand right now. How- thing; it’s a SLEEP thing. have a 4-to-1 ratio. It not your advice. ever, if you are let go and What should I do? only hasn’t happened, your daughter is ques- but the administration ANXIOUS R.N. IN tioned about it, all she SLEEPLSS IN keeps piling on paper- ALABAMA should say is that the BALTIMORE work for the nurses to workload and the stress complete. DEAR ANXIOUS R.N.: became too much for DEAR SLEEPLESS: I have anxiety, and this Because you feel the stress YOU. Speaking your Write a polite note to the is about to cause me to is becoming too much, I truth should be no reflec- new neighbors and intro- break. I love my job, and do think you should ad- tion on her. duce yourself. Explain the I don’t want to leave. I dress it with your charge problem you are experi- just wish they would be nurse. It’s the truth. Be- DEAR ABBY: New encing and ask if they can more considerate of their cause the pandemic has neighbors moved into my help you by either moving nurses instead of making increased the workload apartment building their alarm clock to a dif- them feel like I do right on all medical caregivers, about a month ago. I ferent part of their bed- now, which is wanting to you are far from alone in don’t mind that some- room or adjusting the find something else. feeling overwhelmed. times I hear their kids. I ring to make it softer. (It Should I say something When you speak up, do don’t mind that some- could be as simple as to my charge nurse about not couch it in terms of times I hear the adults. placing their clock on a how I’m feeling? I’m the fact that your employ- BUT! Their alarm clock soft surface like a towel.) afraid if I do, I’ll be ers haven’t followed wakes me up every morn- If they are unwilling to pushed out of this job. through on their promis- ing at 6 a.m. It’s loud, and cooperate, as a last resort Adding to my anxiety is es. Do it strictly in terms I’m guessing it’s up try earplugs and talk to that my daughter now of the effect it is having on against the adjoining the building manager works at the same facili- you. I doubt you will be wall. about the noise problem. BRIDGE

When very strong, go slowly or quickly? In “Pooh’s Little Instruction Book,” planning on rebidding four hearts which was inspired by A.A. Milne, over partner’s hypothetical three-dia- there is this observation: “When mond advance. West would probably late morning rolls around and you’re have doubled two notrump, but then feeling a bit out of sorts, don’t wor- passed over my four-heart rebid, and ry; you’re probably just a little 11 East would have had nowhere to go. o’clockish.” Against four hearts, West led the When you have 11 cards in two club jack. East overtook with his suits, you won’t feel out of sorts. But queen and continued with the club do you go softly, softly; or do you ace. South ruffed and played the drive rapidly to a high level? South heart king. Now West defended had that dilemma in today’s deal. What would you have done? poorly, winning with the ace and South’s actual approach permit- returning his remaining trump. This ted his opponents to describe their pickled East’s jack, and declarer hands. West, with two aces facing a claimed soon thereafter. West should partner who had opened, had no in- not have been worried about dia- clination to bid five clubs, especially mond ruffs on the board. True, de- at unfavorable vulnerability. clarer would probably have made I would have overcalled two no- his contract anyway, but a third club trump, the Unusual No-Trump, from West was indicated. Even better showing at least 5-5 in the two would have been a smooth duck of lowest-ranking unbid suits, and the heart ace. 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Una Noticias TYM Decisio- Latinx Programa ¨ TELE Dixon, Nigel Whitmey. agente del FBI intenta capturar a un narco. Telem Zona nes Now! stars as Deidra “DJ Spinderella” Roper. reluctant witch denying her heritage, acci- WABU Law & Order: Spe- Law & Order: Spe- Law & Order: Spe- Law & Order: Spe- Law & Order: Spe- Law & Order: Spe- Law & The soundtrack also features some of the dentally discovers a long-lost bewitched manuscript in Oxford’s ¥ ION cial Victims Unit cial Victims Unit cial Victims Unit cial Victims Unit cial Victims Unit cial Victims Unit Order group’s greatest hits. CABLE STATIONS Robert Mitchum Double Feature and is immediately thrown into the heart of a dangerous underworld. On her jour- (5:00) ››‡ “Jack ›› Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016, Action) ››‡ Jack Reacher (2012, Action) Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike. 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The Philadelphia Story two of his iconic performances — one Moonshiners: Mas- Moonshiners: Mas- Moonshiners: Mas- Moonshiners: Mas- Moonshiners Moonshiners “Mas- Moon- TCM, 1:30 p.m. DISC ter Distiller ter Distiller (N) ter Distiller ter Distiller ter Distiller” shiners from each category — are featured in to- Catch a Classic! Raven’s Jessie Jessie Jessie Big City Big City Big City Big City Secrets- Secrets- Jessie Jessie Raven’s night’s double feature on Turner Classic DISN Best Director Oscar nominee George Home Greens Greens Greens Greens Sulphur Sulphur Home Movies. First is Out of the Past(1947), Cukor’s sophisticated, Best Picture Os- College Basketball UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor - Prelims SportsCenter (N) SportsCenter (N) SportsCenter (N) SportsCen- director Jacques Tourneur’s famous film ESPN car-nominated 1940 screwball comedy LSU at Kentucky. From Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. ter noir. Mitchum plays scuffling P.I. 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WCVB America’s Funniest Who Wants to Be a Card Sharks “204” The Rookie “Sabo- News- SportsCen- Soledad Storm of Suspicion % ABC Home Videos Millionaire (N) (N) tage” (N) Center 5 ter 5 O’Brien (N) PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) WBTS Weakest Link The Wall “Brittany Chicago Med Dateline NBC News NBC 10 Access Hollywood Ninja * NBC and CJ” at 11 Sports Warrior Set your sights on your goals, then proceed. Don’t make promises you are going WFXT Great Bob’s Simpsons Great Bob’s Family Boston 25 News at Boston Hot Top- Joel Van Sus- Boston to have trouble honoring. A kind gesture you offer a friend or relative will make a 9 FOX North Burgers North Burgers Guy 10PM (N) News ics Osteen teren News difference. WUTF “Swelter” Fútbol Mexicano Primera División (N) ›› Taken 3 (2014, Acción) Liam Neeson, ››› Damage (2009, Acción) = UMA Forest Whitaker, Maggie Grace. Steve Austin, Walton Goggins. 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(N) CW56 (N) Stars If you rush into something prematurely, you’ll have second thoughts. Excess of WNUE ›› Stolen (2012, Acción) Nico- ›› Lethal Weapon 4 (1998, Acción) Mel Gibson, Noticias TYM Decisio- Decisiones Ex- any kind will set you back one way or another. Be sensitive to the needs of others. ¨ TELE las Cage, Danny Huston. Danny Glover, Joe Pesci. Telem Zona nes tremas WABU Hawaii Five-0 “Na Hawaii Five-0 “Hoa Hawaii Five-0 “Olelo Hawaii Five-0 “Imi Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 “He Hawaii GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ¥ ION Ki’i” Pili” Pa’a” loko ka ’uhane” “Ho’opio” welo ’oihana” Five-0 CABLE STATIONS Get involved in something that interests you. Do your best to improve your resume (5:30) ››‡ “The ››› The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) Steve ›› Bad Teacher (2011, Comedy) Cameron ››› The 40-Year-Old Virgin or lifestyle. A discussion you have with someone regarding work will give insight A&E Wolverine” (2013) Carell, Catherine Keener. Diaz, Justin Timberlake. 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By Jill Lawless analyses suggested that ASSOCIATED PRESS the strain, first identi- fied in September, did not LONDON — There is cause more severe disease, some evidence that a new several more recent ones coronavirus variant first suggest it might. However, identified in southeast En- the numbers of deaths are gland carries a higher risk relatively small, and case of death than the original fatality rates are affected strain, the British govern- by many things including FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS ment’s chief scientific ad- the care patients get and viser said Friday -- though their age and health be- A ground-based intercontinental ballistic mis- he stressed that the data is yond having COVID-19. sile is launched from the Plesetsk facility in uncertain. The British scientists northwestern Russia last month. Patrick Vallance told stress that the informa- a news conference that tion so far has major lim- “there is evidence that PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS itations, and that they do there is an increased risk Russia welcomes Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks not know how representa- for those who have the new tive the cases included in variant.” during a coronavirus press conference at 10 Downing Street in London Friday. the analyses are of what’s He said that for a man in happening throughout the U.S. proposal to his 60s with the original country or elsewhere. version of the virus, “the certainty, he said, there is She said so far “they ha- One analysis did not find average risk is that for growing confidence that ven’t seen an increase in an increased risk of death extend nuclear 1,000 people who got in- the variant is more easily severity” but that more among people admitted to fected, roughly 10 would be passed on than the original transmission could lead to a hospital with the new expected to unfortunately coronavirus strain. He said “an overburdened health strain. In another, the odds die.” it appears to be between care system” and thus of being admitted to a hos- treaty “With the new variant, 30 percent and 70 percent more deaths. pital with the new strain for 1,000 people infected, more transmissible. The evidence for the new compared to the previously By Vladimir The treaty, signed in roughly 13 or 14 people Maria Van Kerkhove, variant being more deadly dominant one were no dif- Isachenkov 2010 by President Barack might be expected to die,” the World Health Organi- is i n a paper prepared by ferent. ASSOCIATED PRESS Obama and Russian Presi- he said. zation’s technical lead on a group of scientists that There is a lag in report- dent Dmitry Medvedev, lim- But Vallance stressed COVID-19, said studies advises the government on ing hospitalizations after MOSCOW (AP) — The its each country to no more that “the evidence is not were underway to look at new respiratory viruses, infection, and a further Kremlin on Friday wel- than 1,550 deployed nuclear yet strong” and more re- the transmission and se- based on several studies. lag from infection to death, comed U.S. President Joe warheads and 700 deployed search is needed. verity of new virus vari- The British scientists so officials expect to learn Biden’s proposal to extend missiles and bombers, and In contrast to that un- ants. said that although initial more in several weeks. the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between envisages sweeping on-site the two countries, which is inspections to verify compli- set to expire in less than two ance. It expires on Feb. 5. In Russia, effort underway to curb weeks. Russia has long proposed Russian President Vlad- to prolong the pact without imir Putin’s spokesman, any conditions or changes, upcoming Navalny protests Dmitry Peskov, said that but former President Don- Russia stands for extend- ald Trump’s administration ing the pact and is waiting waited until last year to By Daria Litvinova to see the details of the U.S. start talks and made the ASSOCIATED PRESS extension contingent on a proposal. MOSCOW — Authori- The White House said set of demands. The talks ties in Russia have tak- Thursday that Biden has stalled, and months of bar- en elaborate measures proposed to Russia a five- gaining have failed to nar- to curb protests against year extension of the New row differences. the jailing of opposition START treaty. “Certain conditions for leader Alexei Navalny, “We can only welcome the extension have been put planned by his support- political will to extend the forward, and some of them ers for Saturday in more document,” Peskov said in a have been absolutely unac- than 60 Russian cities. conference call with report- ceptable for us, so let’s see Navalny’s associates in ers. “But all will depend on first what the U.S. is offer- Moscow and other regions the details of the proposal.” ing,” Peskov said. have been detained in the lead-up to the rallies. Op- position supporters and independent journalists have been approached by police officers with official warnings against protesting. Universities and col- leges in different Rus- FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS sian regions have urged Alexei Navalny (center), an anti-corruption campaigner and Kremlin’s students not to attend fiercest critic, was arrested Sunday when he returned to Russia from rallies, with some saying Germany, where he had spent nearly five months recovering from nerve- they may be subject to agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin. disciplinary action, in- cluding expulsion. sia from Germany, where ing in Germany. days in jail, and Georgy Kremlin spokesman he had spent nearly five Navalny’s supporters Alburov was jailed for PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Dmitry Peskov said Fri- months recovering from have called for nation- 10 days. Navalny’s close Demonstrators face police officers during day that “it is only natu- nerve-agent poisoning wide demonstrations on ally Lyubov Sobol was clashes in Ettadhamen City near Tunis. ral that there are warn- that he blames on the Saturday to pressure the released Thursday night, ings ... about the possible Kremlin. On Monday, a government into releas- but ordered by a court consequences related to judge ordered Navalny ing the politician, but on Friday to pay a fine noncompliance with the jailed for 30 days. have come under pres- equivalent to $3,300. All Poverty and law” since there are calls He faces a years-long sure themselves. three have been charged for “unauthorized, unlaw- prison term — author- On Thursday evening, with violating protest ful events.” ities accused him of vi- police in Moscow de- regulations. hopelessness Navalny, an anti-cor- olating the terms of a tained three top asso- More than a dozen ac- ruption campaigner and suspended sentence in a ciates of Navalny. On tivists and Navalny allies Kremlin’s fiercest crit- 2014 conviction for finan- Friday, his spokeswom- in several Russian re- ic, was arrested Sunday cial misdeeds, including an Kira Yarmysh was gions have been detained beget violence in when he returned to Rus- when he was convalesc- ordered to spend nine as well. Tunisia’s suburbs Twitter bans suspect Iran account By Francesca Ebel protests, lobbying for the ASSOCIATED PRESS release of their children. Other people are simply after post threatens Trump TUNIS, Tunisia — Pro- exploiting the chaos to loot tests have swept towns and supermarkets and smash cities throughout Tunisia DUBAI, United Arab company’s “abusive behav- main Farsi language ac- his speech, Khamenei did up local shops. for a week, often turning to Emirates (AP) — Twitter ior policy,” Twitter’s spokes- count, @Khamenei-fa, not call out Trump by name, The Tunis suburb of Hay violence as demonstrators said Friday it has perma- man added. which apparently deleted it but reiterated a vow for ven- Ettadhamen — among the denounce what they say nently banned an account In Iran, the suspect ac- after posting. geance against those who capital’s poorest districts are broken promises from that some in Iran believe count — @khamenei_site Earlier this month, Face- ordered and executed the — saw some of this week’s the government, which is linked to the office of the — is believed to be linked to book and Twitter cut off attack on Soleimani. hasn’t been able to turn most regular and violent country’s supreme leader af- the office of Supreme Lead- Trump from their platforms “Revenge will certainly around an economy on the demonstrations. One of the ter a posting that seemed to er Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for allegedly inciting the happen at the right time,” verge of bankruptcy. most densely populated ar- threaten former President because its behavior mir- assault on the U.S. Capitol, Khamenei had declared. Many protesters are dis- eas in North Africa, it has Donald Trump. rored that of other accounts an unprecedented step that Iran blocks social me- enfranchised young people, a population of more than In the image posted by identified in state-run me- underscored the immense dia websites like Facebook a third of whom are unem- 140,000. the suspect account late dia as tied to his office. It power of tech giants in reg- and Twitter, and censors ployed, taking their voices Tunisian media were Thursday, Trump is shown frequently posted excerpts ulating speech on their plat- others. While top officials to the street after being quick to label all the pro- playing golf in the shadow from his speeches and other forms. Activists soon urged have unfettered access to left behind by the country’s testers “vandals and crimi- of a giant drone, with the official content. the companies to apply their social media, Iran’s youth leadership. But Tunisian nals,” but the identity of the caption “Revenge is certain” In this case, the account policies equally to other po- and tech-savvy citizens use students, artists and left- demonstrators is complex written in Farsi. carried the link to Khame- litical figures worldwide, in proxy servers or other work- wing activists have also and many of the protest- In response to a request nei’s website. order to combat hate speech arounds to bypass the con- protested, only to be met ers were peaceful. In Hay for comment from The As- Other accounts tied to and content that encourag- trols. with tear gas and a muscu- Ettadhamen, The Associ- sociated Press, a Twitter Khamenei’s office that did es violence. Soon after Trump’s ban lar police response. ated Press spoke to young spokesman said the account not tweet the golf-drone The warning in the cap- from Twitter ignited calls Rights groups say the protesters desperate for a was fake and violated the photo, including his main tion referenced Khamenei’s to target tweets from other police have arrested some positive vision of the fu- company’s “manipulation English language account, remarks last month ahead political leaders, the com- 1,000 people — many of ture. None of them would and spam policy,” without remained active. The photo of the first anniversary of pany took down a post by a them minors — for alleged give their full name or have elaborating how it came to had also featured prom- the U.S. drone strike that different Khamenei-linked acts of vandalism and theft, their photo taken, for fear that conclusion. inently on the supreme killed Iranian Revolution- account that pushed a while parents and families of repercussions from law The tweet of the golf- leader’s website and was ary Guard general Qassem COVID-19 vaccine conspir- are now also joining the enforcement. er-drone photo violated the retweeted by Khamenei’s Soleimani in Baghdad. In acy theory. B8 THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021 What Democratic control in D.C means for homeowners and buyers

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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS THIS WEEK LYNN B: Hugo H Lemus NAHANT S: Michael B Collins 11 BARRETT ST No transactions this week SELLING YOUR HOME? $750,000 196 LOCUST ST U:2-605 B: Ali J Sheikh $306,000 PEABODY If you want an honest opinion of value, S: Christine N Dorvilier B: Nick Smith call MIKE CONNOR. S: Mimoza Hysenaj 8 BENNETT ST 12 BOWEN RD $200,000 $605,000 FREE SERVICE 917 LYNNFIELD ST B: Edison Shahini & Blerina B: Del Rio LLC $1,975,000 OR [email protected] S: Guy Cefalo Hajdari EMAIL B: 2 Polis LLC S: Marilyn A Deschenes 617-504-6159 S: Todd A Ruderman Tr, Tr for 100 53 BESSOM ST CONNOREALESTATE.COM $730,000 Lynnfield Street RT 14 BROADMOOR LN U:14 B: Alyssa Leonardo $523,000 S: Heather M Bloom 8 MEADOW BROOK RD B: Alfred V Barbagallo & Lisa J $420,000 Barbagallo 57 TREMONT ST 35 FORT AVE $695,000 B: Muhammad Attiyab & Yousra S: Robert M Carroll Tr, Tr for $495,000 $415,000 B: Arlene G Andaya 28 BROOKLINE ST B: William O Pujols-Brea & B: Debra J Dufault & David M S: Elizabeth E Rubin & James L $785,000 Naz Carroll Peabody IRT S: Mark A Stiles & Melissa Angela K Sierra Mcintire Rubin B: Lisa A Lavallee Tr, Tr for Joseph S: Arthur Charlton S: Szymanski Joseph J Est & R Modugno IRT Dawn-Stiles 8 CROWNINSHIELD ST U:410 $365,000 Maria G Yonika 10 KNOWLES AVE S: Mary B Modugno Tr, Tr for 23 UPHAM ST $500,000 Mary B Modugno T 105 NEWHALL ST B: Carol A Trottier $280,000 S: Gayle R Berry $510,000 19 GREEN ST U:3 B: Evanna Payen B: Andrew Mcdermott & Lauren $277,500 S: Lovey LLC 7 CANNON ROCK RD B: Zacarias Sarita Mcdermott B: Nancy A Hennessey $420,000 S: Cynthia S Babbin 1 CURWEN RD S: Barry Timothy M Est & Kevin S: Kristen J Boffo 28 NEWCOMB AVE B: Lee Cole & Patrick Cole 70 PINE GROVE AVE $505,000 $480,000 B: Scott R Jolly & Amanda L D Barry $418,000 S: Elaine L Connick Tr, Tr for 26 HANCOCK ST U:2R B: Laura C Garrity J&Yvonne Woodbury FT B: Rachel E Hanlon & Mark A Marchese Viray S: Donna Dewsnap Tr, Tr for 3305 WOODBRIDGE RD U:3305 $295,000 S: John Kordis S: Julie Santucci & Richard Najem NT $465,000 B: Elizabeth Kelly 43 CEDAR ST S: Bianca Carlson 38 PLEASANT ST $455,000 Santucci 19 HOWLEY ST B: Vanessa Molle & Anthony P $2,994,120 Pisani $575,000 B: Anibal Juarez-Niz & Mercedes 8 HARTFORD ST 8 SPRUCE ST B: Peabody RA LLC S: Vincent Dicesare B: Anthony Vinciarelli Lopez $390,000 S: John P Mccarthy & Tara K $385,000 S: LCP Supermarkets Remaindr S: Laura Azevedo & Leonardo M B: Christopher P Kirkorian & Mccarthy B: Maria J Deleon & Lesley J Azevedo SALEM Kathleen K Maney Garcia 26 KOSCIUSKO ST S: Elizabeth A Kirkorian Tr, Tr for 8 1 RADDIN TER S: Carol A Goodwin & Stephen $500,000 15 BERTUCCIO AVE 149 CHATHAM ST Hartford St Salem RT $501,000 Goodwin B: Ourdia Abada & Mahiddine $415,000 $640,000 B: Thomas Wolfe-Trovato B: Carmen E Felipe & Juan A Touzai B: Heather Gravel & Joshua M 245 LAFAYETTE ST U:1D S: Bay Flow LLC Reyes S: Rose M Pellicio Gravel 20 SWEETSER TER $291,200 S: 149 Chatham Street LLC $550,000 S: Michael J Giannopolo & R K 5 LEDGEWOOD WAY U:9 Knights-Giannopolo B: Catherine Baldwin & Philip 302 REYNOLDS DR U:302 B: Jinje Properties LLC Lausier $410,000 69 COOK ST $358,000 S: John O Desmond S: Glen P Niemy & Lesley A B: Nensi Salamurovic-Cirkic & $530,000 B: Dorene Mendes 1 BRADFORD ST Niemy Aleksansar Salamurovic B: Roy Mejia & Jenny M Melgar 56 WALNUT PARK S: Joshua A Goodman Tr, Tr for $539,500 S: Argueta Properties LLC Donna P Goodman RET B: Sean P Thompson & Vanessa S: Ryan J Emery $470,000 15 LEE ST B: Atim T Thomas R Thompson 63 DUNGEON AVE 45 LONGVIEW WAY S: Sonia Lepore & Vincent J $520,000 125 RUMNEY MARSH TER S: Adem Mujanovic & Hatidja B: Edward J Tierney & Kathryn A $625,000 $435,000 Mujanovic $405,990 Lepore B: Jurelis B Santos B: Ann M Gromko & David S Tierney B: Alexander C Nascimento & S: Patti J Fallon & William M Gromko 17 CARLTON ST S: Jane E Walsh Jessica L Nascimento Fallon LYNNFIELD S: Dana J Roby Tr, Tr for Roby FT $525,000 S: Carmelo Holdings LLC B: Sarah E Clermont 65 MOFFATT RD 26 LOCKWOOD RD 112 LOWELL ST U:16 S: Joanne Kennedy & Robert B $460,000 SAUGUS AVE L:76-82 458-460 EASTERN AVE U:11 $481,000 $210,000 $399,900 Kennedy B: Juan P Calderon & Juana M $215,000 B: Kathleen E Brennan & B: Nathalie Nzeba-Mukadi Calderon B: Aberdeen Avenue LLC B: Nora T Hynes Samuel L Cappuccio S: Juana Calderon & Euridiades S: Andre C Gallucio 10 CEDARVIEW ST S: Sullivan Edward V Est & Diane S: Eugene Difonte S: Penniston Barbara D Est & E Sullivan F Ortiz Michael F Penniston $520,000 240 LOWELL ST B: Matthew Gifford & Devyn 1004 SHERWOOD FOREST LN 14 SCHOOL ST U:1004 29 ELLSWORTH TER 932-A LYNNFIELD ST $570,000 Ryan B: Cintia Lopes & Fernando R $467,000 $470,000 $517,000 $1,975,000 S: MPM Companies LLC Lopes B: Grewin Pimentel B: Raymond Lau & Eleanor B: Gregory P Bedard B: 2 Polis LLC S: Stephen S Pelletrino & Sally S: Jon M Oneil & Lenore M Oneil Villanueva S: Leonard M Dercolo 3rd & S: Todd A Ruderman Tr, Tr for 100 5 CHANDLER RD Molly S Dercolo Pelletrino $490,000 S: Marla Angelakis-Martinez & Lynnfield Street RT 62 WHALERS LN U:62 Angel M Martinez 174 EUCLID AVE B: Lindsay Salis & Michael Salis $332,500 $525,000 280 LYNNFIELD ST S: Frank L Depasquale & Patrice 25 MUNROE ST B: Julia M Greene B: Iris C Lopez & Jacqueline C $330,000 M Depasquale SWAMPSCOTT $764,055 B: Lauren E Sanford & David A S: Andrew D Effron Lopez B: Ashish Patel & Sweta Patel S: Milos Bogavac Webster 3 CIRCLE HILL RD 25 GLEN RD U:1 S: Hoa Q Nguyen & Trung T S: Richard A Rossetti $519,900 Nguyen $500,000 SAUGUS 96 FORD ST B: Violeta E Venegas & Ximena B: Sean Corbett-Mcdonald 35-1/2 MASON ST S: MD Legacy Properties LLC $500,000 D Venegas 23 APPLETON ST 960 SUMMER ST $200,000 B: JPC Ford St LLC S: Lauren R Fitzgerald & Malcolm $427,000 $442,500 B: Elias A Dos-Santos 45 LEWIS RD S: Teamsters Local Union 42 F Fitzgerald 3rd B: Mervila Saint-Jour & B: Jason Scaduto S: Renaldo Araujo Stevenson Saint-Jour $632,900 S: Suzanne Pergal & Sophie S: Joseph E Bartoszewicz Jr B: Julie A Keane-Santucci & 14 GALLO RD 20 CLIFTON AVE $420,000 Braziunas 8 POND ST Richard R Santucci $526,000 $510,166 8 AUBURN CT S: Basil Samara & Rachel B: Aaron A Aveni & Michael A B: Hannah C Bumann & Mark J Aveni MARBLEHEAD B: Stephanie Macdonald & $740,000 Samara Bumann S: Cornacchia James P Est & Matthew Ozzonian B: Anthony H Pham S: Sarah J Calland Thomas R Cornacchia 39 ATLANTIC AVE S: John C Ogasian Tr, Tr for 8 S: Donna M Doherty Tr, Tr for ADD 72 MAGNOLIA RD $760,000 Pond Street RT 1256 IRT $737,500 77 GREENWOOD AVE B: 39 Atlantic Avenue LLC 14 DANIELS ST U:2 B: Deszarae Zohar & Simon $345,000 S: Lamer Realty LLC 56 PULASKI ST U:10 $375,000 9 FISKE RD Zohar B: Marie R Niz-Martinez & $1,450,000 B: Peter D Carnicelli $550,000 S: Steven W Garten Thomas R Gonzalez-Santos 13 BARNARD ST B: Rhubarb Realty LLC S: 12-14 Daniels St CBC LLC B: Joseph E Bartoszewicz Jr & S: MJP Properties Inc $760,000 S: Pulaski Realty LLC Meredith J Mason 95 PURITAN LN B: 39 Atlantic Avenue LLC 14 DANIELS ST U:4 S: Jane Jordan & Roy Jordan $2,000,000 44 HERMON RD S: Lamer Realty LLC 56 PULASKI ST U:11 $375,000 B: Chrisine P Mennino & $480,000 $1,450,000 B: Peter D Carnicelli 5 HIGH POINT TER Nicholas S Mennino B: Hadja Bah & Oury Bah 7 BLUEBERRY RD B: Rhubarb Realty LLC S: 12-14 Daniels St CBC LLC $729,000 S: Teresa Forlani Tr, Tr for Teresa S: Dolores Ferretti Tr, Tr for $1,255,000 S: Pulaski Realty LLC B: Yineska Hernandez Forlani RET Dolores Ferretti RET B: Michel Appellis & Rozanne 225 DERBY ST U:501 S: Kathi T Molloy & Robert S Fleszar 56 PULASKI ST U:9 $577,500 Molloy 5 SHACKLE WAY U:5 130 JACKSON ST S: Jennifer W Gibbs Tr, Tr for Lynn $1,450,000 B: Shannon E Burke $345,000 $320,000 E Hendricks FT B: Rhubarb Realty LLC S: Bruce J Mclaughlin Tr, Tr for 52 HURD AVE B: Michael J Giannopolo B: Yuderka Martinez S: Pulaski Realty LLC Bruce J Mclaughlin RET $372,000 S: Dorothy T Allen Tr, Tr for T E S: Bryant L Newson & Katie J 9 TREAT RD B: Ronald Masse Marchaj T Newson $550,000 12 RAINBOW RD 8 ELM AVE S: Mark J Botelho Tr, Tr for B: Skylar A Frisch & Joshua H $459,000 $560,000 Bothelho FT Source: Banker 51 LOCKWOOD RD Kline B: Kevin J Guzofski Sr B: Roberto Cruz-Lopez and Tradesman, $380,000 S: Michael A Cook S: Dorothy G Snow Tr, Tr for Snow FT S: Mabelyn Lopez 18-32 IRESON ST 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