TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019 Treasurer’s note: Search is on to replace Fortucci By Gayla Cawley ITEM STAFF LYNN — The city is searching for a new treasurer/collector following the retirement of Richard Fortucci, who worked stints as treasurer, collector and chief nancial of cer for nearly two decades at City Hall. The retirement comes as the city has opted to combine those two of c- es, which was a requirement of the home rule petition that was passed last year allowing the city to borrow $14 million to balance its budget for the past two years, according to Mi- chael Bertino, the city’s CFO. The legislation reads that the city can consolidate the positions of trea- surer and collector whenever a va- cancy occurs in one or both of those positions. The consolidation was of - cially approved by the City Council last month. “The vast majority of municipal- ities in the commonwealth have a combined treasurer/collector,” Berti- no said. “It’s very common that this practice was done.” Fortucci, the city’s treasurer for 18 years, had been working in the dual Tree warden role for a little less than a year after the retirement and subsequent pass- ing of Frederick Cronin Jr. last year, job grew on ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK FORTUCCI, A3 Lynn treasurer/collector Richard Fortucci has retired. Swampscott’s Gardiner Local BY BILL BROTHERTON By Thor Jourgensen Tree warden runners ITEM STAFF Gene Gardin- er examines a Swampscott SWAMPSCOTT — Gene Gar- beech tree in weather diner nudges rotted bark off a front of Swamp- beech tree behind Town Hall that volunteers scott Town Hall. has clearly seen better days in its course almost 200-year lifespan. ITEM PHOTO | Reach out “I’m sure it’s infected,” he an- OWEN O’ROURKE nounces before explaining how SWAMPSCOTT — Reach- in good his town duties as tree warden Arts, the non-pro t commu- have included periodically check- nity arts center on Burrill ing on the tree and cutting off Street, has grown by leaps times storm-damaged branches. and bounds in two short years. Tree warden for 20 years and Most days, the place is a bee- By Steve Krause ITEM STAFF the senior employee in Swamp- hive of activity, with residents scott’s Department of Public practicing yoga, enjoying art BOSTON — While Law- Works by virtue of his almost 35 exhibits, and taking dance rence Cheono and Wor- years on the job, Gardiner has classes. The kids take over a knesh Degefa were stag- sap, not blood, running through couple of mornings each week ing their dramatic nishes his veins. when Peabody-based CFCE in Monday’s 123rd run- His father, James, worked as of the North Shore hosts free ning of the Boston Mara- a tree surgeon with Dodge Tree parent-child playgroups. thon, the back-of-the-pack Service in Wenham before going It’s hard to believe ReachA- runners overcame their to work for the town of Swamp- rts is run entirely by volun- own obstacles to nish the scott and taught Gardiner every- teers. 26.2-mile course. thing about trees from stump to The group’s most ambitious Central among those ob- trunk to branch to leaf. program yet, the Community stacles was the weather, “I followed in his footsteps,” Connections Festival, will take which seemed to suffer ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Gardiner said. place April 26-28. A collabora- ugly mood swings as it He helped his father out on jobs tive effort between ReachArts, Jackie Kinney and Heidi Shear are or- bore down on the runners. ganizing the Community Connections “The weather was nuts,” GARDINER, A3 VOLUNTEERS, A3 Festival at ReachArts. said Ellen Goldberg of Na- hant, who may have taken ve-plus hours to nish the course, but counted it as an even bigger source Notre Dame of pride that she’s raised $82,074 for the Massachu- setts Association for the in Paris Blind in the 10 years she’s run the race. “That’s really the most is burning important thing,” she said. As for the race, she PARIS (AP) — A massive re struggled. swept across the top of Paris’ soar- “It was hot, it was cold, it ing Notre Dame Cathedral as it was rained, the sun came out undergoing renovations Monday, col- … this was a microcosm of lapsing its spire and threatening one the old saying that if you of the world’s greatest architectural don’t like the weather in treasures as tourists and Parisians New England, just wait a looked on aghast from the streets moment. It’ll change,” she below. said. The French president pledged to But afterward, when she rebuild a cathedral that he called “a sought treatment in the part of us,” and appealed for nation- medical tent, attendants al and international help to do so. there told her she wasn’t The 12th-century church is home to the only one affected by it. relics, stained glass and other incal- “It played havoc on a lot culable works of art and is a leading of bodies,” she said. global tourist attraction, immor- Saugus’ Glen Har- talized by Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel rington, running for the “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Pine Street Inn, said he The Paris prosecutor’s of ce said it heard that at least 30 run- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS ners suffered heat stroke Flames rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris Monday. NOTRE DAME, A3 as the sun came out during the afternoon and turned an already-muggy day into a scorcher — al- Opinion Entertainment Sports beit brie y. 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Sachar, of Lynn, en- lectman for the Town (Ryan) Raye, 85 was a loving moth- Gudaitis, 86, passed Barbara is survived tered into rest on of Swampscott in the years, of Marblehead, er, grandmother and away peacefully on by her three children, Monday, April 15, early ’80s and past died peacefully on great-grandmother. April 12 at the Ka- Michael and his wife 2019 at the age of president of Great- Sunday, April 14, Rose loved spending plan Family Hospice Elaine of Amesbury, 85. Beloved friend er Lynn and Essex 2019 after a cou- time with her fami- House, surrounded Jean Tarricone and and companion of County Bar Associ- rageous battle with ly at their vacation by family. She was her husband Louis of Ruth Ross. ations. He was the cancer, surrounded home in Ossipee, the loving wife of the Danvers, and John of Devoted father of 2007 recipient of by her four children, N.H. There her chil- late Robert G. Gudai- New Bern, N.C. She Matthew Sachar and the esteemed Ronan in the Kaplan Family Hospice dren and grandchildren would tis, with whom she shared 58 will be deeply missed by her his wife Colleen, Stephanie Family Jurisprudence Award House in Danvers. She was gather many weekends during years of marriage. grandchildren, Nathan, Zacha- Bartram and her husband and the 2004 recipient of the wife of the late Frederick the summer months. Rose will A resident of Beverly for 53 ry and Annie Tarricone of Dan- Paul and Michael Sachar. the John Jennings Advocacy E. Raye, with whom she was be terribly missed. years, she was born in Wake- vers, Ryan and Ella Gudaitis Cherished grandfather of Award, which is the most pres- married for more than 50 She is survived by her chil- eld and raised in Lynn eld of New Bern, N.C.; her special Colton and Cameron Sachar tigious and coveted award giv- years until his passing in De- dren, Frederick Raye Jr. and and Lynn. She was the daugh- step-grandchildren, Morgan and Jennifer and Jackson en, infrequently, by the Greater cember of 2007. his wife Karen of Lynn, Di- ter of late Joseph G. Robinson and Mia Kelly of Scarbor- Bartram. The loving brother Lynn Bar Association. She was born in West Lynn, ane Killion and her husband and E. Alice (Green) Rob- ough, Maine, and Savannah of Bernice Sommerstein, the Bruce was a devoted and the daughter of the late James Kenneth of Peabody, Ronald inson. She graduated from and Scarlet Kelly of Salisbury. late Abbott Sachar, the late loving father and grandfa- C. Ryan Sr. and Rosalie (De- Raye of Westford, and Nancy Lynn Classical High School in Barb was also the loving sister George Sachar and the late ther. He enjoyed his time at mers) Ryan. She was one of Ritchie and her husband Bri- 1952. of Ethel Schutt of Attleboro, June Salinsky. Dear son of the Gannon Golf Course with nine children. She was a grad- an of Sandwich. She leaves Barbara was a devoted wife, and the late Priscilla Beck of late Morris and Lena (Singer) his brothers, son and many uate of St. Mary’s High School. her seven grandchildren; and mother and friend. Known for Greenwood, Miss., and the Sachar.