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DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 FRIDAY JULY 30, 2021 DEALS OF THE Nahant ConCom calls out Northeastern Saugus$DAY$ By Sam Minton projects. The university was also added that one of the project’s the two sides agreed it was not PG. 3 ITEM STAFF looking for a certi cate of compli- “history points” was completely appropriate. Kent said that this awarded ance. left out. meeting never happened. NAHANT — The rst in-person The rst project was settled “I feel that it’s a little disin- Kent added that she was disap- meeting at Town Hall was quite by the town without any long genuous to say ‘yeah, that’s no pointed in the narrative because $261K the contentious occasion. debate, but the second element, big deal, we’re just going to step it was untrue and disingenuous. The Conservation Commission which involved the Shoreline away from this’ but you’ve left ac- Commission members also asked DEALS met on Wednesday night and the Protection project, is where cess to your site vulnerable,” she why they should close out proj- for dam nal items on the agenda all in- things got heated. said. ects that Northeastern never n- OF THE volved Northeastern University. Kristen Kent, chair of the Con- Northeastern also claimed ished. The reworks began with $ $ servation Commission, said that that it met with the Conserva- Currently, a “temporary trailer” rehabDAY Northeastern looking to close the narrative for the certi cate of tion Commission regarding the PG. 3 out a permit for two different compliance was “revisionist.” She “sacri cial dune approach,” and CONCOM, A7 By Sam Minton ITEM STAFF THOR JOURGENSEN SAUGUS — Spring Pond will be getting some COMMENTARY much-neededDEALS upgrades thanks to funding award- ed to theOF town THE this week He’d be by Gov. Charlie Baker. The Baker-Polito$DAY$ admin- istration announcedPG. 3 over happy $17.3 million in grants to address failing dams, coastal infrastructure and if you levees across Massachu- setts. As part of that grant funding,DEALS Saugus will be read this receiving $261,959 for its SpringOF Pond THE Dam Reha- When’s the last time you bilitation project. were happy? What makes Town$ DAManagerY$ Scott you happy? Who was the Crabtree PG.said 3 he was last person to ask if you grateful for the state funds are happy? that have been awarded to I asked and answered all the town. of these questions over the “There’s lots of require- last several days as I was ments and needs that lo- thinking about the best cal communities such as piece of advice I could give Saugus have,” said Crab- an extremely special per- tree. “(I’m grateful to be) son in my life who is half working with the state my age: my daughter. on bringing the dam and A tough, no-nonsense ITEM FILE PHOTO | JULIA HOPKINS ponds into compliance and character who does not (performing) preventative suffer fools gladly, my Kathy Cormier, co-owner of Couture Planet, shows off two Red Sox-themed handbags creat- ed from recycled newspapers. maintenance with them. daughter decided eight So, we’re really thrilled to years ago she was going to be able to identify this as live in New York City and a need and nd the source set about making it hap- A new take on paper bags of funding and be able to pen. save taxpayers (money) She saved money, she By Allysha Dunnigan at the Lydia Pinkham building has said. and be able to take advan- moved in with two guys tage of this money that is in Astoria, and when New ITEM STAFF been set for Nov. 21 and 22, and When COVID-19 drastically people in the building have been closed down the state, Kane said available.” York knocked her on her Crabtree also added LYNN — Hot off the presses: gradually returning to in-person they were very cautious, enforcing butt the way it often does, Couture Planet, a female-owned that there are some needs she got up, dusted her- events and visits over the past few masks and limiting who came into business in the Lydia Pinkham months. to be addressed and that self off, and refocused her the workshop to necessary work- the town has had those building, is starting to see a re- Business partners Michelle goals. ers only. needs inspected. He said turn to normalcy in its market for Kane and Kathy Cormier said Today, she is raising Kane, and occasionally Corm- the town is working with unique, eco-friendly, newspaper- that although they are excited an almost-5-month-old ier, their full-time sewer Maxi- the state in regards to the daughter with her hus- and magazine-made handbags. to bring their handbags to shows mo Ramirez and some part-time After the pandemic halted trade speci cs of the rehabilita- band, working remotely, again, they are proceeding with employees were the only people tion project of the dam. shows and steady orders, Couture earning twice as much as caution after seeing the increase working in their workshop for a In a statement, Baker Planet has scheduled its rst few I make and sounding ev- in COVID-19 cases and the severi- while. said “the Commonwealth’s shows in more than a year, includ- ery bit like a New Yorker ty of the new Delta variant. Since vaccinations have been made cities and towns are seeing (although she’s still a Pats ing in Texas and New Hampshire. “We’ll proceed along like every- fan). The annual Open Studios event thing is on until it’s not,” Kane COUTURE, A7 DAM, A6 If there is any advice the people who love her can of- fer, it is to ask for help and don’t be such-a-do-it-your- selfer. My musings over INSIDE Swampscott author, the last few days prompt Opinion me to offer another piece Airing it out in a.k.a. Her Excellence of advice: Make time to be Swampscott. A4 happy. By Tréa Lavery gory. Life gets crowded, espe- Saugus ITEM STAFF Svetchnikov, a licensed cially in your 30s, and ev- marriage and family thera- Gas leak forces SWAMPSCOTT — Local Anna ery task you aspire to in residents to pist, is the executive director Svetchnikov’s youth looms like the Mat- author Anna Svetchnikov has of Longwood Care, a com- evacuate homes. received two nalist awards book “I terhorn: Am I a good par- A5 munity-focused, nonpro t Deserve ent? Am I a good worker? at this year’s National Indie mental-health provider with Excellence Awards. More” was How do I make this person Sports locations in Lynn eld and a nalist in Svetchnikov’s book “I De- Danvers. happy? How am I going Lynn Classical this year’s serve More” was a nalist in She said that she likes to to afford this and pay for hires Chris National that? the Children’s Fiction cate- incorporate therapeutic tech- LeBlanc as new Indie Parenting turns into volleyball coach. gory, while her book “Always niques in her books to help Excellence grandparenting, jobs and B1 Together” was a nalist in the money come and go. Hap- Picture Books: All Ages cate- AUTHOR, A7 Awards. piness endures throughout our lives if we are willing to prioritize it and work for it. Mobile vaccinations “You are only as happy as you want to be,” I once heard someone say (or replace Tech clinic maybe I read it in Read- er’s Digest). But I let those By Allysha Dunnigan types of vaccines will be on words bounce around my ITEM STAFF offer. brain this week as I took Vaccines are also being LYNN — The COVID-19 in the debate over sports distributed through the mo- vaccine clinic at Lynn Vo- and mental health and the bile vaccination program, cational Technical Institute swirl of attention around which brings the vaccines distributed its nal dose U.S. Olympic gymnast to locations around the last week, after assisting Simone Biles. area — primarily in places the community with provid- Sitting at the top of her of worship — to distribute ing more than 79,000 doses sport, adored by fans, and them to members of the since it opened its doors on dominating social media, community. Feb. 1. Biles looked painfully un- Marita Gove, a nurse comfortable on Tuesday With the closure of this practitioner and the clinical night as television record- site, which was the largest lead for Lynn Community ed for global viewing her in the city, the mobile vacci- Health Center’s (LCHC) decision not to compete. nation effort is taking over. vaccine program, said they Viewed from afar, Biles Vaccines are still being are still consistently giving distributed at the Lynn seems like someone who ITEM PHOTO | JAKOB MENENDEZ around 300 vaccines per should be the happiest per- Community Health Center, week, between mobile ef- son on Earth. But watching Maryanne Sheckman of Lynn Community Health Center adminis- located at 269 Union St., forts and the smaller-scale tering a vaccine to Zimman’s seamstress Yocelin Figueroa on the during the week from 8:30 JOURGENSEN, A7 third oor of the furniture and fabric store. a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; all three VACCINES, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 80° VOL. 142, ISSUE 199 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-2 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 57° POLICE/FIRE .............................A5 COMICS ....................................B4 ENTERTAINMENT .......................B8 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY JULY 30, 2021 OBITUARIES Stephen P. Werglarz, M.D., 93 Kevin L.