TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2018 Super passes Grieving family still Saugus test looking for answers By Bridget Turcotte By Gayla Cawley “He said something happened,” Silverio ITEM STAFF ITEM STAFF said. “‘Someone shot three guys, I think SAUGUS — The School Committee renewed your son is one of them.’ I said, ‘I cannot LYNN — Pastora Silverio woke up to Superintendent Dr. David DeRuosi’s contract believe it.’ No, no, this didn’t happen to for two years, but the board was divided on the a mother’s worst nightmare on Saturday me. He said, ‘I’m so sorry, I think some- decision. morning, when a neighbor knocked on one shot your son and someone told me “I think we all need to be on the same page, her Washington Street apartment door he died.’” put the past behind us, and get back to busi- and told her that her son had been shot Silverio said she rushed to the scene ness,” said committee member Liz Marchese, and killed nearby. and tried to get to her son, Romel Danis. ITEM PHOTO | JIM WILSON who voted against the contract extension along Silverio said the neighbor came to her When the blanket was partially taken off with Lisa Morgante. Pastora Silverio mourns door at 6 a.m., four hours after the shoot- of him, she recognized the clothes he had the loss of her son, Romel ing took place. The man was working SAUGUS, A2 Danis. that night and passed by the scene. FAMILY, A3 Starving for access to supermarkets ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Grocery gap exists Prices vary widely in Lynn and Revere hunHIDING IN PLAINger SIGHT in pursuit of food By Gayla Cawley Basket on Federal Street, By Gayla Cawley spaghetti, bread, a pound ITEM STAFF Stop & Shop on Washing- The words on the hastily-lettered piece of card- and Thor of hamburger and a can of ton Street, Stop & Com- board read, “I’m hungry,” but the people holding Jourgensen black beans. There are multiple su- pare on Adams Street, the sign span the spectrum of American society. ITEM STAFF Care was taken in each permarkets in Lynn and Shaw’s on State Street For young and old, someone living in a wealthy price comparison to nd Revere, but the problem is and PriceRite on the Lyn- community or a poor one, city dweller or small There are stores offering comparable-size items they may not be accessible nway. town resident, hunger is a reality and the Item some of the lowest prices and items with the lowest to many people in those Dianne Kuzia Hills, ex- dug into the problem to portray hunger’s faces for select basic foodstuffs price in each store. The communities. ecutive director of My and stories. out of any grocery in Lynn, price checks were conduct- The two cities rank in Brother’s Table, the Lynn- The six-part series that debuted Monday in and surrounding commu- ed on June 20 and 21. the top 10 communities based organization that the Item and on itemlive.com reveals how hun- nities, but taking advan- Shoppers can nd some in the state with the most serves free meals to those ger knows no bounds and requires painful and tage of some of those dis- of the best deals on these signi cant grocery gap, in need, said for the most gut-wrenching decisions on the part of people af- counts means relying on food basics at PriceRite on areas where residents are part, grocery stores seem icted by it. transportation options not the Lynnway in Lynn and underserved by available to be concentrated in the The Item will conclude its reporting on hunger available to everyone. Squire Road in Revere; groceries and markets, ac- southeastern part of the with an extensive look at proactive efforts to lim- In researching “the gro- Trader Joe’s off Route 1 cording to the Massachu- city, and therefore, some it or end hunger demonstrated by a diverse range cery gap” and the in u- North in Saugus, and Mar- setts Food Trust. Revere sections of the city are not of organizations. The series also pinpoints ways ence food prices have on ket Basket and Shaw’s in and Lynn rank fth and close or within walking individuals can contribute food, money and time hunger, The Item sampled Lynn. Shaw’s and Market eighth respectively. distance to supermarkets. to help hungry neighbors, classmates, friends prices for basic items — a Basket are within walking In Lynn, there are ve and fellow community members, including a list half-gallon of 1 percent supermarkets — Market GAP, A6 of organizations accepting donations. milk, a dozen eggs, a box of PRICES, A7 Revere woman struggles just to go shopping By Thomas Grillo years ago, is no longer able to drive and ket and the routes don’t sync,” she said. ITEM STAFF depends on the MBTA to shop. “I take one bus downtown and wait for Since the stroke, Dumas has used a the second bus from Broadway to Mar- REVERE — There’s not much in Jan- service dog, Neelix. ket Basket.” ice Dumas’ refrigerator. “I have balance issues, so I put one It’s challenging during the winter On the day we visited her Walnut Av- hand on him, one hand on my cart, so months, when snow makes it tough to enue apartment, the 57-year-old former I’m very limited as to what I can buy,” navigate the city streets. But it’s even occupational safety engineer had milk, she said. worse in hot weather, she said. a loaf of bread, eggs, yogurt, and bottled Not only that, but getting to and from “I can’t buy anything that needs re- water. The freezer contained two pieces the Market Basket at the Northgate frigeration because I could be out there of sh, one with a May expiration date, Shopping Center on Squire Road is an- waiting and traveling for an hour and a and a frozen pizza. other hurdle. While it’s less than two half,” she said. ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK “I can’t remember the last time I had a miles from her apartment, it typically Typically, she buys non-perishables Janice Dumas plays with her salad,” she said. takes 90 minutes each way on the T. service dog, Neelix. Dumas, who suffered a stroke three “I have to take two buses to the mar- STRUGGLE, A7 INSIDE Transit-oriented discussion about Lynn Three-alarm blaze transit-oriented development in Lynn damages apartment. A2 By Bella diGrazia A number of local of cials sat through a Opinion ITEM STAFF four-minute video presentation and one- Brotherton: The vinyl hour discussion forum at the Lynn Museum frontier. A4 LYNN — Demand for a ferry and worries over pricing out longtime residents were the held by Foreman. In attendance was Mayor LOOK! hot topics at Monday’s presentation on tran- Thomas M. McGee, state Rep. Daniel Ca- Korean War veterans hill (D-Lynn), state Sen. Brendan Crighton sit-oriented development. ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE honored in Lynn. A8 “The good thing about Lynn is there is a lot (D-Lynn), and representatives from U.S. Rep. of room to grow, which means no one would Seth Moulton’s of ce who appeared intrigued Lisa McFadden of LEO asked ques- Sports be displaced by future development,” said by the data. tions and made comments at the tran- Agganis All-Stars take Ben Foreman, executive director of MassINC, sit-oriented development presenta- to the court. B1 a Boston-based think tank. TRANSIT, A3 tion at Lynn Museum. OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 72° VOL. 140, ISSUE 168 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 59° POLICE/FIRE .............................A5 COMICS ....................................B4 BUSINESS ................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2018 OBITUARIES Romel Danis, 25 Three-alarm re severely 1993-2018 LYNN — Romel worked since the damages Lynn apartment Danis, of Lynn, business was estab- passed away Satur- lished. He enjoyed day, June 23 2018, video games, telling By Gayla Cawley at the age of 25. jokes, and was al- ITEM STAFF Born in Cayenne, ways able to make LYNN — A large crowd French Guiana, on light of a dif cult sit- gathered behind police April 8 1993, he was uation. tape on Monday night the son of Pastora Service informa- watching as a three-alarm Silverio, grandson of tion: Services will re ripped through a Con- Bernadina Silverio. He leaves be held June 28 from 6-8 gress Street apartment behind his two brothers, Jhon- p.m. at GOODRICH Funer- building. ny Bryan and Rubin Pena, al Home, 128 Washington Lynn re ghters re- and an abundance of aunts, St., Lynn, and also June 29 sponded shortly after 8 uncles, cousins, nieces, neph- from 12-1 p.m. at Pine Grove p.m. and found heavy ews, and friends. Cemetery, 145 Boston St., ames showing outside He was a staple at Vargas Lynn. (Location of repass will — the call initially came Market in Lynn where he’s be announced after service.) in for 35 Congress St., but the blaze was really en- gul ng the house to the left at 39 Congress St., ac- Dorothea R. Milburn-McDermott, 99 cording to Lynn Fire Capt. Joseph Zukas. Zukas said there were LYNN — Mrs. Dor- Dunn, Jennifer Dawn no injuries to residents of othea R. (Staples) Aquino, Jodi Lynne the six-unit building or Milburn-McDermott, Carito, Bill Russell to re ghters, but there age 99, of Lynn, Milburn, Dawna was severe damage to the died peacefully at Leshetz, Charles building.