It's Official, Procopio Is Ready to Break Ground
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2018 It’s of cial, Procopio is ready to break ground By Gayla Cawley square-foot parcel from Munroe Partners is scheduled for November. The development would feature apart- ITEM STAFF LLC, operated by Gordon Hall, president What city of cials are calling a $90 ments priced in the mid-$2,000s, an un- of the Hall Co., and a Daily Item director. million investment into downtown Lynn derground garage, and a 6,000-square- LYNN — Procopio Enterprises Inc., a Munroe Partners purchased the lot, as- will include 259 market-rate apartments foot deck with ocean and Boston skyline development team that plans to trans- sessed at $216,700, in 2010 for $650,000. with 20,000 square feet of commercial views. form a community garden on Munroe Michael Procopio, co-owner of Procopio space on the ground oor, including a Over the summer, the City Council ap- Street into a 10-story luxury apartment Enterprises, said plans are to break restaurant and retail component. proved a $2.5 million tax break over a building, has of cially purchased the ground on the development this year. The “This is a 10-story new construction in seven-year period for the development property. next steps are to enable and fence the downtown Lynn, which is a very rst,” team through a tax incentive plan nego- Procopio, a family-owned construction site, and put in their construction man- said James Cowdell, Economic Develop- tiated between Procopio Enterprises and company in Saugus, closed on the $3 mil- agement plan by the end of the month. ment and Industrial Corporation of Lynn lion sale on Oct. 5, acquiring the 30,000 A groundbreaking on the development executive director. PROCOPIO, A3 First All the bells and whistles: pot shop Saugus welcomes new re truck close to approval in Lynn By Gayla Cawley ITEM STAFF LYNN — A recreational pot shop could be coming to down- town Lynn. Aidan O’Donovan, owner of Natural Selections, has pro- posed opening the facility at 193 Oxford St., which would be next door to The Blue Ox, an upscale restaurant. “They have the nancial resources and experience to do this,” said James Cowdell, EDIC/Lynn executive director. “There are six (of eight total) recreational licenses that are available right now, and this is on track to be the rst one approved.” The company’s proposal has By Bridget Turcotte and all of our guests and all of frastructure need. Funding for the already been vetted by the ITEM STAFF the visitors who come to town.” Town Manager Scott Crabtree $695,000 re truck Economic Development and Newbury and department me- thanked each of the committees was allocated at SAUGUS — Saugus re- Industrial Corporation of Lynn chanic Richard Ragucci began Town Meeting and ghters welcomed home a new, for their support in important (EDIC/Lynn) and recommend- supported by the $695,000 re engine to replace by sketching exactly what they community initiatives. ed to the newly formed Rec- believed re ghters needed in Board of Selectmen reational Cannabis Site Plan their 22-year-old truck this The Pierce 1250 G.P.M. a new truck, he said. Funding and Finance Commit- Review Committee of the City weekend. Pumper built on an Enforcer for the engine was allocated at tee last year. Council. “I know that the Saugus Fire chassis is fully furnished with Department will be the steward Town Meeting and supported all necessary tools and equip- The group is slated to ap- ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE pear before the committee Oct. of this vehicle, but it’s not just by the Board of Selectmen and ment, including hoses, nozzles, 23. The company would then for the Saugus re ghters,” said Finance Committee last year. breathing apparatus, a hydrant schedule a Ward 5 neighbor- Fire Chief Michael Newbury. Town Meeting members iden- wrench, a lock removal kit, a hood meeting and apply for a “That vehicle is essentially for ti ed the engine as part of the special permit with the City protecting all of our residents town’s priorities as a capital in- SAUGUS, A3 Council. If approved, Natural Selec- tions would sign a host agree- ment with the city, which APPRECIATION would require the company to provide the city with 6 per- cent of annual gross revenues, when factoring in the 3 percent ‘World lost local option tax Lynn of cials passed last year. a good man’ The company operates med- ical marijuana dispensaries in Dorchester and Watertown in Weber and recreational pot shops in Salem, Fitchburg, and Colora- By Steve Krause do. The group also operates its ITEM STAFF cultivation and processing site in Fitchburg. Bob Weber was a real nice guy to Natural Selections applied be around. for and was denied a medical That’s how colleague James D. marijuana license with the Moore regarded him. city three years ago for a pro- “He was a real gentleman,” said posed site on Western Avenue. Moore, part of Lynn’s Bradley, O’Donovan said the company Moore, Primason, Cuffe and Weber has a much better site now. law rm that Weber enriched for the In 2016, the City Council ap- last three years he practiced. proved a plan that would bring “We were looking to expand,” said two medical marijuana clinics Great pumpkins Moore, who rst met Weber when to the city, which were limited he was 12 years old. “And we looked to Ward 6. toward lawyers whose rms looked The two medical marijuana come to Saugus as if they might be starting to wrap licenses have been issued al- it up. ready, to the Newtown-based By Bridget Turcotte ing this. Many people say to us Rebecca Panico plac- “Bob was one of them,” he said. Massachusetts Patient Foun- ITEM STAFF that they wait for our pump- es pumpkins around “We were all so comfortable togeth- dation, which signed a host kins to come. We have a variety the patch Saturday, er. We had this long-term relation- SAUGUS — More than 1,200 agreement with the city to of sizes and colors. The children at First Congrega- ship. He spent his last years in the pumpkins were trucked in to operate on the Lynnway, and love the little ones because tional Church. legal business with us, and it was ll the First Congregational to Old World Remedies, a Mar- they t in their hands. It’s good very good. He was a real nice guy to Church’s pumpkin patch and blehead company, which plans for everyone.” PHOTO | NICOLE GOODHUE BOYD be around.” to open on Western Avenue. unloaded bucket brigade-style The pumpkins come from Robert J. (Bob) Weber, 90, died MPF also plans to have an Saturday afternoon. the Navajo Reservation in Oct. 6. Those who knew him best adult-use pot shop component “We call it the conga line,” Farmington, N.M. They are said he was the type of person who on its site and has had its said Carolyn Davis, who runs supplied by Pumpkins USA, encouraged you, no matter what you special permit for recreation- the pumpkin patch. “For 15 wanted to do. al sales approved as well. Old years we’ve been out there do- PUMPKINS, A3 “It’s easy for lawyers to encourage World Remedies plans to seek other people to be lawyers,” said a recreational license as well, Moore, “but seriously, if you went which is expected to be ap- Lynn Look! up to him and said ‘I want to be a proved. Photos: Englebert nuclear physicist and want to live in Missing 10-year-old boy O’Donovan said despite not INSIDE Humperdinck fan Antarctica, he’d tell you ‘yeah, you found by police. A6 meet up. A8 POT, A3 WEBER, A3 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 HIGH 63° VOL. 140, ISSUE 258 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 HEALTH .....................................B8 LOW 47° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2018 OBITUARIES #MeToo sparks wave William E. Boudrow Jr., 74 Theodore G. Laubner, 99 1944 - 2018 1919 - 2018 of old misconduct LYNN - William E. by organizing trips for Theodore G. Laub- Vincent de Paul So- “Bill” or “Mr. Bill” the troop. Bill had ner (Ted) age 99, ciety, the Knight of reports to colleges Boudrow Jr., age 74, a passion for fishing passed away on the Columbus council a lifelong resident of and would travel to 23rd of September. 6476, and a Fourth By Collin Binkley "We don't have subpoena Lynn, passed away various freshwater He was born June Degree Knight. For ASSOCIATED PRESS power. We don't have the on Friday, October ponds with his boat 11, 1919 in Lynn, many years Ted was same kind of reach or au- BOSTON — For 35 12, 2018. Bill was and loved sharing Massachusetts. The a member of the thority that courts would those times with fam- father of four chil- Holiday Lakes Civic years, Ruth D'Eredita have," said Rob Kent, in- the beloved husband tried to dismiss her for- of Lois D. Cuozzo of ily and friends. More dren, he resided in Association, VFW and terim chief of the Title IX than just a crossing Holiday, Fla. since the American Legion. mer professor's behavior office at Michigan State Lynn with whom he — the way he touched her, shared 23 years of marriage. guard, Bill was extremely pro- 1982. Ted is survived by chil- He was also a member of University. tective of the children under dren Ted Jr.