SAFER Bet for Lynn $3.45 Million Grant Is Actually Worth $2 Million More
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INSIDE Real Estate Showcase SUMMER Supplement 2018 THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2018 WEEKLY WEEKLY LYNNFIELD NEWS PEABODY NEWS SAFER bet for Lynn $3.45 million grant is actually worth $2 million more By Gayla Cawley in their communities. ITEM STAFF The 20 new hires under the three-year grant need to be made by Jan. 31 and will bring the department’s staf ng lev- LYNN — The Lynn Fire Department has been granted a el to 183 re ghters, which is closer to the department’s opti- hardship waiver for its $3.45 million federal grant, which means that hiring 20 new re ghters won’t cost the city a mal staf ng goal of 190. dime for the next three years. SAFER is a matching grant, which meant that initially the The Lynn Fire Department was one of four departments city would have been on the hook for paying 25 percent of statewide to be awarded the Staf ng for Adequate & Fire the salaries for the 20 hires for the rst two years and then Emergency Response (SAFER) grant through the Federal 65 percent for the third year, according to Lynn Fire Capt. Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Joseph Zukas. The SAFER program helps organizations maintain or in- crease the number of trained front line re ghters available SAFER, A7 A time capsule buried on April 28, 1894 was discovered by crews tear- A primer in urban art ing down the former Swampscott Middle School. Swampscott nds time to look into the past By Gayla Cawley ITEM STAFF SWAMPSCOTT — Crews tearing down the former Swampscott Middle School on Greenwood Avenue to allow for the construction of a 28-condominium de- velopment were surprised to uncover a 124-year-old time capsule underneath the building. The time capsule was buried on April 28, 1894, the day the school was dedicated. “The existence of a time capsule was always assumed, although locating it in the midst of a complete demolition of a 105,000 square-foot building was like try- ing to nd the proverbial needle in a hay- stack,” wrote Angela Ippolito, chairwom- an of the Planning Board, in a prepared statement. “Needless to say, its discovery ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK was quite a thrill.” Polish artist Michal Maka, left, and his assistant, Ada Wange, discuss the next step in Maka’s mu- SWAMPSCOTT, A7 ral as they work on their mural on Sutton Street in Lynn during the Beyond Walls Mural Festival. Seven left INSIDE Nahant has a new homeless State town administrator Employees outline pay system woes in new suit By Bridget Turcotte Barletta, a Nahant resident, against MBTA. A2 by re in ITEM STAFF was formerly the director of Opinion governmental affairs at the NAHANT — With the raising Massachusetts Department Cawley: We’re the of his right hand and a pledge of Energy Resources. He pre- West Lynn enemy? Really? A4 to uphold the duties, Antonio viously worked as director of Barletta became town admin- LOOK! istrator Wednesday night. government affairs for the De- By Gayla Cawley Van used by Aerosmith in Barletta was described by partment of Conservation and ITEM STAFF 1970s found in woods. A8 longtime Selectman Richard Recreation for two years. LYNN — Seven people were Lombard as “very knowledge- The Board of Selectmen voted left homeless after an electri- Sports unanimously in favor of select- Lynn looking forward able, especially in state gov- cal re at a Western Avenue ernment.” ing Barletta over runners-up to this year’s Gallant Robert Curtin, assistant town three-family home on Wednes- Tournament. B1 “I’m very pleased he got the administrator of Lynn eld, day morning. job,” said Lombard. “He will ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE and Joseph Domelowicz Jr., as- Lynn re ghters responded to Driscoll ready to get be an asset to the town. We 799 Western Ave. at 7:12 a.m. made a couple of errors in sistant town administrator of Nahant Town Clerk Peggy started as new Spartans Barile swears in Antonio Bar- and had the working re under football coach. B1 the past, but I know (he) will Winthrop, in July. control about 20 minutes later, move the town in the right di- letta as the new town admin- said Lynn Fire Capt. Joseph Zu- rection.” NAHANT, A7 istrator on Wednesday. kas. There were no injuries to resi- dents, but a re ghter sustained a shoulder injury while battling the blaze, Zukas said. Vandal rocks Six adults and a child were dis- placed, with Red Cross respond- ing to assist them, Zukas said. Marblehead The cause of the re appears to be electrical, according to Zukas, and was predominantly once again contained to the upper oor and attic of the house. By Bella diGrazia The re appears to have been ITEM STAFF accidental. In this case, the cir- cuit breaker kept tripping, which MARBLEHEAD — The police depart- indicates an electrical problem, ment is asking for help in identifying a but a resident kept resetting it suspect who has vandalized the same rather than calling an electri- home twice in one week. cian to see what the issue was. The suspect threw large granite rocks This continued resetting caused through the same window located on it to malfunction, according to the second oor of a home in the area Zukas. of Green, Mugford, and Elm streets. If someone has an electrical The rst incident occurred shortly after problem in their house, they midnight on July 30 and the second at should call a licensed electrician A suspect was captured on surveillance video throwing a rock through a sec- 2:45 a.m. on Aug. 2, according to Det. Lt. ond- oor window of a home in the area of Green, Mugford, and Elm streets in FIRE, A7 Marblehead. MARBLEHEAD, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 88° VOL. 140, ISSUE 205 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 69° ENTERTAINMENT .......................A5 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 TRAVEL......................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2018 OBITUARIES Employees outline pay system Olin F. Heath Jr., 87 1930-2018 woes in new lawsuit against T PEABODY — Olin band, father, grand- Frank Heath Jr., 87, father, and friend, According to the union, cient;” and when work- The MBTA has consis- passed away unex- who always had a By Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE the T made a variety of er- ers do point out errors, tently worked with Local pectedly on Aug. 8, word of encourage- NEWS SERVICE rors since July 2017 when “corrections take weeks 2018, at his home in ment and humor to 589 and the Comptroller it switched from its own or months to complete, of- in an effort to quickly re- Peabody. He was the offer any situation. In BOSTON — Hundreds payroll system to a system ten are never paid and, on solve any potential payroll beloved husband of conversation, he was of MBTA employees have operated by the state that some occasions, are paid issues and will continue to Wilhelmina (Gilchrist) a listener and took not received their proper pays workers every two to workers then deducted do so.” Ogasian-Heath, with interest in the lives pay, according to a major weeks instead of every from later paychecks,” ac- whom he had shared of everyone he met. transit workers union that The suit was led by the week. cording to the suit. union and four streetcar 32 years of marriage. His genuine care and support led a class action lawsuit Filed in Suffolk Superi- The suit was led by Olin was born in Lynn in touched all he came in con- on Tuesday. motorpersons William or Court, the suit claims Douglas Taylor of the McLoed, of Plymouth; 1930 to his parents, Olin Sr. tact with. The workers were al- the T has repeatedly in- Virginia rm Grom ne, and Doris (Snell) Heath. He Olin is survived by his wife, Maryellen Shields, of Au- legedly underpaid during correctly calculated pay Taylor & Tyler and Paul was a member of Lynn English Wilhelmina (Gilchrist) Ogas- burndale; Joseph Urnek, a period when the T’s lead- rates; tabulated hours Hynes of Angoff, Golman, High School’s Class of 1948 ian-Heath; his children, Kei- of Wareham; and Ana Wid- ership has tried to make wrong, including “failure Manning, Hynes & Dun- and later served in the U.S. ra Caitlin Palm and Wayne man, of Milton. the system of trains, buses to pay the contractually lap, based in Norwood. Navy. Olin devoted himself to Heath; his stepdaughter, “They rely on their pay- and other transit options guaranteed minimum of “The MBTA values his country as an accountant, Johanna (Ogasian) and her run more ef ciently while 40 hours per workweek;” the hardworking men checks to help support serving during the Korean War. husband Robert Morse; his keeping costs down. erroneously computed and women who are the their families and their Upon being discharged from stepson, John and his wife “This is simply unac- pay for vacation, sick days backbone of our system,” livelihood. Morale at the T the military, he studied ac- Diane (O’Grady) Ogasian; and ceptable,” said James and holidays; omitted pay- MBTA spokesman Joe Pe- is the lowest it’s ever been, counting at Bryant and Strat- three grandchildren, Samuel O’Brien, president of the checks; and made inaccu- saturo told the News Ser- this is certainly not help- ton, where he graduated in and Sarah Morse and Jennifer Boston Carmen’s Union rate statements of paid vice in a statement. “Since ing to make it any better.