THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019 Friday delivery for Thomas P. Costin Jr. Post Of ce By Thor Jourgensen Seth W. Moulton. 1969. In 1962, he helped found Mount Pleas- ITEM STAFF Prompted by Lynn Business Partnership ant Hospital, a pioneering facility on Granite President Ted Grant’s suggestion that the Street in Lynn dedicated to alcohol and drug LYNN — The Willow Street post of ce be- building be named after Costin, Moulton ran addiction treatment, a model used by the post- comes the city’s center of attention Friday at with the idea and introduced legislation in the al service nationwide. 11 a.m. when the building will be dedicated in U.S. House of Representatives in 2018. Retirement failed to slow Costin’s pace: He honor of former Postmaster and Mayor Thom- A Nahant resident, Costin’s life has spanned has served as the Lynn Business Partnership’s as P. Costin Jr. public service, elected of ce and social service Transportation Committee chair as a tireless Willow Street will be closed between Oxford advocacy. Elected city councilor in 1947 at the advocate for extending Blue Line rapid transit and Liberty streets for the dedication begin- age of 21, Costin went on to become Lynn’s service to Lynn. ning at 9:30 a.m. and reopen at about 1 p.m. mayor at age 29, the youngest ever elected. To quote U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, “Tom Costin served as Lynn postmaster from 1961 He was a friend and advisor to President Costin is an exemplary public servant who to 1992, working in the corner of ce of the John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. and had dedicated his life to his country, the Com- Willow Street building, with responsibility for Edward M. Kennedy. monwealth and the City of Lynn.” postal service encompassing Lynn, Lynn eld, His postal service accomplishment extended Mayor Thomas M. McGee will deliver greet- Nahant, Saugus and Swampscott. well beyond running an ef cient mail delivery ings from the city during the dedication and The dedication ceremony will be headed by operation. Costin helped spearhead the U.S. Postmaster Dean Baker will serve as USPS U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey and U.S. Rep. Postal Service’s reorganization from 1967- host. Thomas P. Costin Jr. Circus Cats tale may have does not folded its change in tent for Swampscott good in Town Meeting completes Peabody marathon second session By Bella diGrazia By Thomas Grillo ITEM STAFF ITEM STAFF SWAMPSCOTT — In a 4½-hour session PEABODY — The Big Apple Tuesday night, Town Meeting members Circus folded its tent on the adopted a bylaw forcing non-residential Northshore Mall after its re- property owners of blighted or vacant cent extended stay, but it may buildings to maintain their property, ap- not return to the shopping cen- proved a ban on single-use plastic straws, ter next year. opted out of a bylaw that would keep town “We loved playing Peabody, cats indoors and inde nitely postponed and couldn’t have imagined a vote on the sale of town-owned C & L being treated with more love, Package Store. acceptance, support and en- “I looked at my cats and told them I had couragement,” said CEO Gregg to come to the meeting tonight to ght to Walker. keep them from a life of imprisonment,” While Walker con rmed said a Swampscott resident about the pro- Greater Boston will be on the posed cat regulation bylaw. schedule in 2020, he stopped But what dominated most of the debate short of saying the jugglers, on many of the warrant articles were trapeze artists, horses, dogs, questions over zoning and concerns about clowns and acrobats will return over-development. to Peabody. “I’ve risen to this microphone several He said the agreement to times over the years in regards to over-de- perform in the mall’s parking velopment,” said resident Gerry Perry af- lot for ve weeks in April and Smoke alarm safety ter stating his concern about selling C & L May was a one-time lease. The Package Store. circus has multi-year leases Perry used the Machon School as an ex- in Washington, D.C., and New res up students ample, reminding Town Meeting members York City. “Boston is our sec- that it has sat vacant on Burpee Road for ond home, and we can’t wait 12 years, even after the town went into a to return to the Boston area,” By Gayla Cawley high school. Favor Otaru, Land Development Agreement with a de- said Walker, an admitted Yan- ITEM STAFF Each winner receives an iPad one of nine veloper in 2016. kees fan. “We’d be grateful if we in a ceremony hosted by the winners, was Board of Selectmen Chair and Town had the opportunity to have as LYNN — Mirelys Feliciano Lynn Fire Department and awarded a Meeting member Peter Spellios said a vote Perez, a senior at Lynn English great an experience as we had attended by the mayor, super- new iPad from to sell the town-owned packie was not for High School, was shocked to in Peabody.” intendent and state re mar- Superinten- the purpose of future redevelopment. learn she was one of the rst He declined further comment. shal, but like the two other dent Dr. Pat- “Being a landlord is not a job for town place winners for the city’s The Big Apple Circus has per- rst place winners, Perez has rick Tutwiler government,” Spellios said. “The decision formed in Greater Boston since sixth annual re prevention her poster displayed promi- to be here tonight has nothing to do with poster to billboard contest. and Lynn Fire 1988. They began in Boston’s nently as a billboard in Wyoma Chief Stephen C & L as a tenant, the town shouldn’t be Seaport District when it was Perez, 17, entered a poster in Square. owning things that are not a part of its the contest last year. She re- Archer in the acres of parking lots and rail- Perez may have been sur- city’s sixth an- critical services.” ceived an honorable mention, prised to win, but it was hard road yards, then it was moved nual re pre- Spellios was asked why the original but didn’t place in that compe- to miss the eye-catching poster to Boston City Hall Plaza, and vention poster warrant article, which proposed the sale last year they performed at tition. of a masked re ghter carry- of both the town-owned packie and VFW to billboard Somerville’s Assembly Row. “I was surprised because I ing a woman out of a burning post, was amended to take out a vote on contest. Construction at the 66-acre didn’t expect to win,” Perez building that was displayed the VFW. neighborhood on the Mystic said. in the Lynn Fire Department “The VFW is a critical town function,” The city-wide contest honors headquarters on Wednesday ITEM PHOTO | River off Route I-93 brought the OWEN O’ROURKE said Spellios. “The same argument for a show to the North Shore. nine winners each year, three afternoon. liquor store can’t be made.” But sources told The Item the students who place rst, sec- The theme of this year’s contest Town Meeting member and local attor- New York circus may not return ond and third in three catego- ney William DiMento said a vote to sell ries: elementary, middle and SAFETY, A3 PEABODY, A3 SWAMPSCOTT, A3 Nahant student INSIDE Opinion Charles: Let’s gure out makes her mark how to lift all boats. A4 Peabody with MassDOT Police on hunt for suspect in attempted By Bridget Turcotte abduction. A6 ITEM STAFF LOOK! Johnson School NAHANT — A Johnson School fth-grader is LynnArts to debut a Principal Kevin making her mark on the world. Or at least the new body of work. A8 Andrews helps Ju- state. dith Crocker, out- Gaby Manadee designed a poster for the third Sports reach coordinator annual Massachusetts Department of Transpor- Winthrop boys lacrosse for MassDOT’s tation’s lawn sign contest. Her creation included outlasts Swampscott. B1 Safe Routes to a simple drawing of a car with emissions pouring Peabody baseball earns School program, from its exhaust pipe. Behind it stands a man and his bicycle. It has a simple message written crucial win at Saugus. B1 educate students about bike safety. on top: “we have a problem with pollution. Turn off your engine! Be part of the solution.” Peabody softball rallies to victory. B1 ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE NAHANT, A3 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 ENTERTAINMENT .......................A7 COMICS ....................................B4 HIGH 71° VOL. 141, ISSUE 141 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 LOW 61° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019 OBITUARIES Charlotte H. Morrison, 96 Edward Murray, 62 Priscilla M. Douglas, 91 1923-2019 1956-2019 CHELMSFORD — Charlotte LYNN — Edward “Dogman” PEABODY — Priscilla M. (Le- (Lottie) H. Morrison (Jezowski), Murray, 62, a lifelong resident Cain) Douglas, 91, of South 96, formerly of Lynn, passed of Lynn, passed away on May Peabody, died Tuesday eve- away peacefully on Sunday, 20. ning surrounded by her loving May 19, 2019 at Benchmark Edward was born on July family following a brief illness. Chelmsford Crossings assist- 10, 1956 to the late Edward She was the devoted wife of ed living. Monte and Mildred Murray, Robert E. Douglas, with whom Born in Denora, Pa., on April and was the beloved longtime she shared more than 69 29, 1923, she was the daugh- partner of Teresa Clements years of marriage.