TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 Lynn leaders want a more rapid connection to Boston By Gayla Cawley called “soul-crushing commutes and con- come to the North Shore and we really The proposed service would offer rates ITEM STAFF gested roadways” into Boston, which will believe we have to look outside the box comparable to the subway system — be further exacerbated by planned hous- … I think we can use the current infra- Lynn and North Shore riders would pay BOSTON — The MBTA was asked to ing developments. structure we have and create a system $2.40 for a one-way trip and $4.80 for a increase the frequency of commuter rail service from Lynn to Boston at more af- Crighton, McGee, and state Reps. Dan- that works.” round trip, according to a letter submit- fordable subway rates at Monday’s Fiscal iel Cahill and Peter Capano (D-Lynn) Many of Lynn’s residents are forced to ted to the MBTA from the Lynn delega- and Management Control Board attend- urged the MBTA to consider increasing drive into Boston on congested roadways tion. ed by Mayor Thomas M. McGee and the the number of train rides through Lynn because the $14 round trip from Central “It is time for the MBTA to commit to Lynn legislative delegation. on the existing Newburyport/Rockport Square prices them out of the commuter increased service for the economically State Sen. Brendan Crighton (D-Lynn) line. rail system. In Lynn, 20 percent of house- disadvantaged cities of Lynn, Revere, told the MBTA board that the proposed “We, as a region, have been short- holds live below the poverty line and the Chelsea and Everett through the use of “near-rapid transit service” pilot pro- changed for 50-plus years north of Re- average median income is $53,513, ac- gram would be aimed at easing what he vere,” McGee said. “Rapid transit has not cording to Lynn of cials. LYNN, A3 Saugus Anthony’s Hawthorne is no more voters approve cable TV upgrade By Bridget Turcotte ITEM STAFF SAUGUS — Lights. Camera. Town Meeting. Voters transferred more than $1 million into an enterprise fund for Sau- gus Cable Television, the town’s public, education and government access provider, to pay for the construction of a new stu- dio, equipment and six months of operating ex- penses at a Special Town Meeting Monday night. “The money we’re talking about is all rate- payer money,” said Al Di- Nardo, president of the SCTV Board of Directors. Money in the Saugus Community Television, Inc. Fund is generated by collecting a percentage of cash from residents’ cable ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO bills, he said. The walls came tumbling down on Monday for the former Anthony’s Hawthorne restaurant in Lynn. The organization has occupied space at the rear of Saugus High School for more than a decade, but the building is slated to be Peabody torn down once the new $160 million middle-high school is completed in defendant’s 2020. In an effort to relocate, the board looked into lawyer: It’s renting and buying var- ious commercial spaces, a matter but found it to be too ex- pensive, said DiNardo. Instead, a deal was made of degrees with the Saugus Histori- cal Society. Town Meeting By Thomas Grillo voted to transfer $550,000 ITEM STAFF from a Saugus Communi- ty Television Fund to the SALEM — The attorney for a man enterprise account to be accused of a gruesome double murder used to construct a new in a Peabody crack house two years studio in the Saugus His- ago admitted to jurors that his client torical Society building on is guilty. Main Street. “The Commonwealth will ask you to A single-story, 2,200 Democratic council, school return a verdict of rst-degree murder, square-foot wing with the defense will ask you to return a sound proo ng, special verdict of manslaughter,” John Apru- lighting and the required candidates make pitch at forum zzese told an Essex County Superior ceiling height to accom- By Gayla Cawley the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Tiffany Magnolia Court jury in opening arguments Mon- modate a lighting rack day. will be added to the back ITEM STAFF It didn’t feature any questions introduces herself and was open to Democratic can- during a forum held Wes Doughty, of Peabody, is accused of the structure, said Di- LYNN — Sixteen Democratic in the deaths of Mark Greenlaw, 37, Nardo. Groundbreaking didates only. The night featured by the Lynn City candidates for City Council and and his ancée, Jennifer O’Connor, 40, for the new studio is ex- a heavy showing from incum- Council and School pected to begin before School Committee were given bents — only three challengers Committee on PEABODY, A3 winter. 2½ minutes Monday night to made an appearance. Monday night at the About a third of the make their case for why they All but two of the seven candi- Ancient Order of building will be used as should be elected in November. dates vying for six seats on the Hibernians in Lynn. common space between The hour-long candidates’ fo- School Committee who spoke at rum was hosted by the Lynn ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO SAUGUS, A3 Democratic City Committee at DEMOCRATS, A3 INSIDE Burlington police protect, Opinion Krause: A reunion serve and ... deliver? to remember. A4 BURLINGTON (AP) — Of- found the packages Monday dents, so police took it upon LOOK! cers in a Massachusetts po- morning in a trash receptacle themselves to deliver them. “Meet Julia Child!” at lice department brie y turned and contacted police. They are also investigating Lynn Public Library. A8 into Amazon drivers after a Police did not say exactly to determine how the packag- stash of undelivered packages how many packages there es ended up at the cemetery Sports PHOTO | JAIME CAMPOS was found in a cemetery. were, but photos posted on so- and have contacted Amazon. English boys soccer Burlington police tweeted cial media showed about 20. They tweeted, “If you see an shuts out NEC foe The double-murder trial of Wes Danvers. B1 that a “diligent groundskeep- The packages were ad- of cer delivering your packag- Doughty began Monday at Sa- er” at a cemetery in the town dressed to Burlington resi- es say hello!” lem Superior Court. OBITUARIES ..............................A2 ENTERTAINMENT .......................A7 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 78° VOL. 141, ISSUE 244 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 59° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 BUSINESS ................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 OBITUARIES Dr. Edward T. Rafferty, 96 Mary H. Sullivan, 94 Barbara E. Vienneau, 87 Lynn physician for over 50 years 1932-2019 LYNN — Dr. Edward T. Raf- NAHANT — Mrs. Mary H. MARBLEHEAD — Barbara E. ferty, age 96, died on Sunday, (McDermott) Sullivan, age 94, Vienneau, 87, of Marblehead Sept. 22, 2019 after a brief ill- formerly of Marblehead and and a previous lifelong resi- ness. He was the husband of Lynn, died at the Jesmond dent of Lynn, passed away on the late Catherine F. (Nannery) Nursing Home in Nahant on Sept. 23, 2019. Rafferty, with whom he shared Monday, Sept. 23. She was Born in Lynn on Jan. 23, 1932 57 years of marriage. the wife of the late William W. to her beloved parents, the late A lifelong resident of Lynn, Sullivan. Hubert Huber and Helen (Car- he was the son of the late Born in West eld and raised roll) Huber. Barbara graduated Dr. Thomas B. and Catherine in Lynn, Mrs. Sullivan was the from Lynn Classical in 1950. T. (Curry) Rafferty. He attend- daughter of the late Richard She was a huge fan of any- ed Lynn schools and was a and Mary (Scanlon) Mc- thing related to history. Whether graduate of Lynn Classical Dermott, and raised by the she was watching a documen- High School, Class of 1939, late John and Nellie (Bryan) tary on the television or curled where he remained an active Scanlon. A graduate of Lynn up with a new book, you could member of the Alumni Asso- Classical, she had worked in always nd her expanding her ciation. After leaving Classi- the advertising department for knowledge on her favorite his- cal he attended Holy Cross the New England Telephone torical topics. She enjoyed be- College and then graduated Company Yellow Pages Divi- and Ellen Tansey and her hus- Service information: Rel- ing around the water, and loved survived by her many cousins Cum Laude in 1946 from Tufts sion and also had worked for band Philip of Danvers; and atives and friends are invit- to be able to go up and relax by and friends. Medical School. General Electric. the water by Lake Sunapee in nine grandchildren. He was ed to attend visiting hours Service information: Visiting Dr. Rafferty entered the U.S. Mary is survived by her New Hampshire. With a sharp Navy in 1942 and served for also the brother of the late Dr. four children, Kathleen Sulli- in the BISBEE-PORCELLA hours will be held on Wednes- Thomas Rafferty mind and abundance of en- seven years in Newport, R.I., van of Saugus, Patricia Sul- Funeral Home, 549 Lincoln thusiasm, Barbara could beat day, Sept. 25 from 5-8 p.m. Service information: His and then in the U.S. Navy livan of York, Maine, James Ave., Saugus, on Wednes- most people at trivia and loved at CUFFE-MCGINN Funeral funeral will be held on Fri- Reserve for 18 years. He be- Sullivan and his wife Karen day from 4-8 p.m.