MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2021 A dog, a squirrel, Swampscott and an ex-principal buildings By Allysha Dunnigan Former ITEM STAFF Lynn could house LYNN — The former principal of Washington Elemen- elementary tary School, Jeffrey Barile, published his rst children’s school town history book, titled “Dougie and Sammy: The Story of an Unlikely principal Friendship.” Jeffrey By Tréa Lavery The story discusses the friendship between a dog, Dou- Barile ITEM STAFF gie, and a squirrel, Sammy, and focuses on the bond made authored a between the two, despite their differences. children’s SWAMPSCOTT — An assessment Barile began writing the book a couple of years ago, in- book, “Dougie commissioned by the library, Historical spired by walks with his granddog Dougie. When he was and Sammy: Society and Historical Commission has walking the dog through the park one day, he said Dou- The Story of shown that the former police station gie kept barking at the squirrels running by. As a friendly An Unlikely building on Burrill Street would be the dog, Barile said he thought Dougie was just trying to talk Friendship.” best place for the town to store its his- toric documents and other materials. to and play with the squirrels. ITEM PHOTO | The assessment, which was paid for BARILE, A7 JAKOB MENENDEZ by a Library Services and Technolo- gy Act grant from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, eval- uated the 86 Burrill St. property, the Peabody library, Town Hall and the Humphrey House on Paradise Road. Those four buildings currently house the archives schools of the town, Historical Society and His- torical Commission. In a presentation Thursday, Donia unveil Conn, a conservator at Simmons Uni- versity who conducted the assessment, reopening said that with some renovations, the former police station could be an ideal location for the town to house one cen- plans tral archive. “I was so excited when I saw the for- By Anne Marie mer police station because it really had Tobin some fantastic space that the town ITEM STAFF could use to create a central location for its archival collections,” Conn said. “The PEABODY — With ex- library, Historical Commission and His- actly three weeks to go torical Society have such wonderful until the rst day of school materials, predominantly archival ma- on Aug. 30, it’s all systems terials, that showcase the history of the go for Peabody’s public town, and seeing the police department schools. opened up a lot of great ideas for acces- “Believe it or not, we are sibility.” in August and the start of She added that materials are current- the new school year is just ly packed into the other three locations, around the corner,” Super- and moving them to the police station intendent of Schools Dr. would allow more space. She also sug- Josh Vadalasaid. “We had gested that the jail cells in the build- an entry plan last year ing could be used as climate-controlled that focused on building vaults for fragile documents. relationships with the Currently, the second oor of the build- School Committee and in- ing is being used for archive storage, ternal and external stake- while the rst oor is home to Cataldo holders. It was all about Ambulance and Anchor Food Pantry. listening and learning. Earlier this year, the town began in- Our next step this year dexing the materials stored at the for- is to take everything we mer police station, a step which Conn learned last year and fo- said can easily be jumped off from in cus on continued improve- order to create a central database of ar- ment going forward into chived documents. The library’s materi- this year.” als are already cataloged. Vadala told the School Conn said that even if the police sta- Committee at its most tion building cannot be used for a cen- recent meeting that the tral archive because of the importance district will follow all De- of its current occupants, creating that partment of Elementary database would be a big step toward and Secondary Education opening up the town’s historic materi- (DESE) and Department ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK als for public use and research. of Public Health (DPH) Isael Perez throws Imanol Taveras, both of Providence, R.I., out of the circle during “One of the bene ts that you’re not go- guidance, which current- the Lynn Shore Showcase Beach Wrestling Tournament on Saturday. ing to see right away, but will come as ly “strongly recommends” central repository gets more formalized, masks for students from is people will feel more inclined to do- K-6 when indoors and for nate things knowing there’s something unvaccinated students Mayoral candidate again more formal going on with the collec- in grades 7-12. Students tions of the town,” Conn said. “They’ll who are fully vaccinated goes to the mat for wrestlers feel more comfortable turning it over are not required to wear and know that it’s going to get cata- masks. DESE “strongly loged and people can see it.” recommends” that stu- By Allysha Dunnigan college at Princeton Univer- with students from all three ITEM STAFF sity, started a wrestling club public high schools in Lynn. Tréa Lavery can be reached at tlav- dents who nonetheless [email protected]. choose to wear masks in Lynn about six years ago, Nicholson said he is hap- LYNN — Mayoral candidate deciding that a tournament py to see the wrestling club should be supported in all and school committee mem- cases. Masks are manda- on the beach would help spot- expand because Lynn has a ber Jared Nicholson hosted tory for students and staff light the sport and spread its proud athletic tradition and the sixth annual Lynn Shore INSIDE in school health of ces. awareness through the com- wrestling is a great sport to Showdown where 50 individ- Per federal public health munity. add to that. Opinion Sports guidelines, masks are uals participated in wrestling Wrestling in the Lynn Teams from all over New En- A fatal choice. A4 Vanessa Masucci mandatory to students and matches on Saturday morn- schools began at Marshall gland made their way to Lynn • Softball Tourna- ing. Middle School, and there is Protecting Alaska. ment returning SCHOOLS, A7 Nicholson, who wrestled in now a variety wrestling team WRESTLING, A7 A4 this weekend. B1 Sweet story Peabody West goes south Nahant plants seeds in Saugus for farmer’s market By Sam Minton By Sam Minton ITEM STAFF ITEM STAFF NAHANT — Residents might be getting a taste of SAUGUS — The Shops at Saugus the farm thanks to Town Hall. might get a new treat this fall. In a collaborative effort between the staff of Na- Crumbl Cookies is looking to open a hant Town Hall, the town is considering bringing a new location in the shopping plaza lo- “farmer’s festival” to town. cated on Route 1 north. The company Nahant currently has a survey for residents to claims to be the fastest growing brick- gauge their interest in bringing a farmer’s mar- and-mortar cookie store in the nation. ket-type event to the community. The survey can Crumbl’s co-founder and COO Saw- be accessed via the Town Hall’s Facebook page. The yer Hemsley created Crumbl with the town is also looking to see who would want to be in- goal of making the world’s best choco- volved in the event, as well as what type of program- late chip cookie, according to the com- ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK ming or events residents would like to have. pany’s website. Town Administrator Antonio Barletta said that the Jessica Gariano, who is the owner of The Peabody West Little League team sits on the bus as town is looking to create outdoor events that bring they get ready to head to Bristol, Conn., to compete in the CRUMBL, A7 New Englang Regional. Story in Sports, page B1. MARKET, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 74° VOL. 142, ISSUE 207 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 66° COMMUNITY CALENDAR ............A5 SPORTS ................................ B1-2 HEALTH .....................................B8 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY AUGUST 9, 2021 OBITUARIES Mary Colometo, 96 1925 - 2021 PEABODY AND FORMERLY OF REVERE AND EAST BOS- TON, MA - Mary (Quagliati) Colometo, age 96, of Peabody and formerly of Revere and East Boston, died peacefully on Thursday, August 5, 2021 at Sunrise at Gardner Park in Peabody, surrounded by her loving family. She was the de- voted wife of the late William A. Colometo. Born in Boston in 1925, she was the daughter of the late Nichola and Sophie (Pignataro) Quagliati. She was raised in East Boston and grad- uated from East Boston High School. Mary worked for many years as a clerk at Filene’s De- partment Store. She was a and Sonny Brugman and cher- very independent women, was ished sister of Tina DeMeo an excellent cook and loved of East Boston. Mary is also hosting holiday gatherings for survived by her many nieces, PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS her family. She thrived while nephews and cousins. She living at Sunrise and was a was predeceased by her sis- Motorcycles cruised through downtown Sturgis, S.D. very active participant at their ters Angelina Serra and Rose social events, bingo and out- Acquadro. ings. The family would like to Service Information: A acknowledge the staff at Sun- Funeral will be held on Sat- Official: Sturgis Motorcycle rise at Gardner Park Peabody. urday, August 14, 2021 at Mary loved them dearly and 9:30a.m.