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THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2017 Swampscott plugs school spending gap By Gayla Cawley School of cials struggled to achieve a free half-day program. ers’ union, which has rejected a proposed ITEM STAFF balanced budget, and initially faced a Superintendent Pamela Angelakis contract, and is potentially seeking high- $1.722 million spending gap. and other school of cials spent part of er raises. SWAMPSCOTT — After months of Of cials were able to reduce the gap to their public budget discussions lobby- Their lobbying was answered, as the scrambling to bridge a signi cant spend- $275,000, a gure they had been working ing town of cials for more than the pro- Board of Selectmen approved a $67.63 ing gap, and with the help of an 11th with for weeks, after $726,000 in salary jected $750,000 increase in town allo- million town budget last week, opting hour increase in town allocation, the reductions and $721,000 in expense re- cation, arguing that the gure wouldn’t to allocate an additional $200,000 to the School Committee approved a balanced ductions. Still faced with a substantial even cover their anticipated salary in- schools, or a $950,000 increase over last $30.41 million FY18 budget Wednesday gap to ll, the option of eliminating free creases. year. The selectmen approved allocating night. full-day kindergarten was oated, much The school committee is currently in $28,197,500 to the schools. The FY18 budget represents a 2.2 per- to the ire of many parents in town. A tu- contract negotiations with the Swamp- cent change over last year’s amount. ition full-day model was proposed with a scott Education Association, the teach- SWAMPSCOTT, A7 Saugus TV animated by Telly Award win ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE Dr. Alina Reznik, an optometrist at Lynn Community Health Center, talks about In- ternational Women’s Day. Women juggle ‘Day Without’ and job reality By Leah Dearborn ITEM STAFF LYNN — Solidarity for International Women’s Day took many different forms on Wednesday. Women were encouraged to take the day off from work, avoid shopping and wear red as part of A Day Without A Woman, an offshoot of the Women’s March that drew out thousands of protesters in January. By Bridget Turcotte which items are slowly moved in tiny in- John Prudent For many women across the North Shore, how- ITEM STAFF crements while being photographed contin- and Michelle ever, taking a break from the daily grind wasn’t uously. When the photographs are ipped Madar work on an option. SAUGUS — A miniature two-dimension- quickly, it creates the illusion the items are the set of their “I think if we weren’t here, women would suf- al version of Saugus and a technique that moving on their own. stop-motion ani- fer and that’s not contributing to the cause,” said dates back more than a century helped Sau- The style dates back to the late 1800s. In mation spot that gus TV score a bronze medal in a national Cindy Steger-Wilson, director of marketing and 1897, director and producer J. Stuart Black- won Saugus TV a competition. communications at Lynn Community Health Cen- ton and Albert E. Smith created “The Hump- bronze medal in Saugus TV, which is operated and over- ter. “We are celebrating by being here to serve the ty Dumpty Circus,” an animated short lm the 38th Annual seen by Saugus Community Television, Inc., women in our community.” using stop-motion animation. Telly Awards. took third place in the Public Interest and Saugus TV’s winning video follows a card- Lynn Community optometrist Dr. Alina Reznik Awareness category in the 38th Annual Tel- board gure as she travels home, turns on said she sees too many patients to even consider ly Awards for its two-minute, stop-motion the TV and watches actual footage of the ITEM PHOTO | taking a day off. animation “Saugus TV Stop-Motion Promo.” OWEN O’ROURKE Stop-motion animation is a technique in SAUGUS TV, A7 WOMEN, A7 Honoring Pickering principal states a legacy case for new school By Thomas Grillo do 21st century education,” he said. “Ev- in Lynn ITEM STAFF ery inch of space is used for something, former closets have been turned into of- LYNN — If you’re undecided or plan- By Gayla Cawley ces while counselors and music teach- ning to vote against construction of two ITEM STAFF ers are working in corridors. Come and middle schools in next week’s special LYNN — Margaret Connelly, 96, election, Kevin Rittershaus wants to see my school and compare it with what will be informally honored as the meet you. kids get at the new Marshall Middle oldest living City Hall retiree next The principal of the Pickering Mid- School.” week at the Porthole Restaurant, dle School has hundreds of reasons Rittershaus, who has worked at Pick- where her 48-year career with the why voters should vote yes. If ap- ering since the late 1990s and is now Department of Public Works will proved on Tuesday, the city would in his fourth year as principal, brought be celebrated. spend $188.5 million to build a The Item on a tour of the worn-out A celebration will be held for three-story middle school on Park- grade 6-8 school on Conomo Avenue Connelly, a lifelong Lynn resident land Avenue and a four-story one on Wednesday. and St. Mary’s High School grad- Commercial Street. uate, at the pub on March 16 at “This is an ancient building trying to PICKERING, A7 noon. Some of the attendees will include former City Hall employ- ees, with most of them from the ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE DPW department. In Sports In Travel Margaret Connelly is the oldest living INSIDE St. Mary’s boys hockey moves Inn at Diamond Cove CONNELLY, A7 retiree from Lynn City Hall at age 96. on to Division 1 North nal. B1 is a sparkling gem. B8 Getting the wrecking ball ready in Malden By Steve Freker lic safety has been fenced off and closed to pe- Jefferson plans to transform the site into FOR THE ITEM destrian traf c, and demolition is expected to a $30 million residential/commercial mixed- take about two weeks. use development that will eventually include MALDEN — The new owners of City Hall With an August 2019 completion date, Jef- a permanent home for City Hall operations. and the former police station will begin de- ferson’s transit-oriented development across Construction is scheduled to start in the molishing the buildings in mid-April with the the street from one of the busiest MBTA spring. former Pleasant Street station razed rst to stations on the North Shore will include 325 Malden’s temporary seat of government now make way for new development. apartments, retail space, more than 300 park- operates on Pleasant Street, four blocks from Friday, March 10, 2017 Jefferson Apartment Group deposited $10 ing spaces and more than 40,000 square feet City Hall. The renewal project will build on 6-9 p.m. million with the city toward the site purchase. of condominium-based of ce space for city hall Lynn City Hall Auditorium The former seat of city government and pub- operations. MALDEN, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 45° VOL. 139, ISSUE 79 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 29° ENTERTAINMENT .......................A5 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 TRAVEL......................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2017 OBITUARIES Annabelle M. Pedro, 93 Timothy E. Ring, 62 Ryland J. Hines, 89 Mrs. Annabelle M. watching and caring LYNN — Timothy programs and fund- SAUGUS — Mr. Ryland grandson Jonathan Hines (Whitehead) Pedro, for her grandchildren E. Ring, 62, of Lynn, raising events. He J. Hines, age 89, died on and his wife Sophia of 93, formerly of Lynn, and great-grandchil- passed away on Sat- was an integral part Wednesday, March 8, at the Reading. Also survived by died Thursday, March dren. urday, March 4, at of linking the muse- Kaplan Family Hospice House his daughter-in-law Joanne 1, 2017, in Peabody She is survived Salem Hospital. Born um to Lynn schools, in Danvers. He was the hus- Hines of Peabody. He is pre- at the Brudnick Cen- by her four children, in Lynn, Tim was the developed a Lynn band of the late Jean (Acker) deceased by his son John ter for Living. James Edward Pe- son of Robert A. Ring History curriculum, Hines. Hines, brothers and sisters Annabelle was the dro, Jody Francis of Concord, Calif., and instructed work- Born in Lynn and raised in Al Hines and his wife Mar- devoted and beloved Pedro and his wife and the late Eileen shops for teachers Saugus, he was the son of the garet, Donald Hines, Helen wife of the late An- Margaret, Jeanne A. Ring. about the museum late James and Hilda (Kear- Melillo and her husband thony F. Pedro Jr. She was born Miriam Smith, Joy G. Pedro; Tim graduated from Lynn and the city’s rich history. ney) Hines. He was a gradu- Carmine, Gwen Walters and and raised in East Boston, the her grandchildren, James English High School (LEHS), Tim is survived by his be- ate of Saugus High School her husband Kenneth, Flor- daughter of the late James A. Pedro, Tanya E. Falco, Mi- Class of 1972, and Salem loved children, David and Di- and was a U.S. Army Korean ence Paragona and her hus- E. and Rose (Pignato) White- chael J.