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MONDAY, JULY 17, 2017 Fatal stabbing in Lynn By Gayla Cawley ITEM STAFF LYNN — A 27-year-old Lynn man has died after he was stabbed multiple times on Lew- is Street Sunday morning, and another man has been charged in the homicide. Lynn Police responded to the stabbing at 10:22 a.m. at 145 Lewis St., Apt. 306, and found Keenan Barr, of Lynn, suffer- ing from multiple stab wounds, according to the Essex County District Attorney’s of ce. He was taken to Salem Hos- pital and later pronounced dead, authorities said. George McBrier, 50, a res- ident of the building, was arrested and charged with murder. He had been taken to Union Hospital, where he was treated for non-life-threat- ening injuries before he was discharged and taken into police custody, the DA’s office said. McBrier is expected to be ar- raigned in Lynn District Court this morning. Online land records describe the Lewis Street building as a 25-unit apartment complex, near Brickett Elementary School. Police told WBZ-TV that the STABBING, A7 Lynn eld library Cambridge native must wait Caleb Neelon By Adam Swift works on ITEM STAFF his mural LYNNFIELD — There was on the no surprise present for the li- side of 33 brary’s 125th birthday. Munroe This week, the state’s board St. in Lynn of library commissioners voted on Friday to put the library on a waitlist during the for a provisional construction Beyond grant. While there will be no Walls immediate funding for a pro- Mural posed new 25,000-square-foot Festival. building at Reedy Meadow, Story page Library Director Holly Mercer A8. said the town is still on sched- ule for the project. “Lynn eld residents support ITEM PHOTOS | the library and are using it SPENSER HASAK more than ever,” said Mercer. “Our grant status is consis- tent with our request to receive Def Jam comes to funding in a few years, in order to be in line with the capital timeline and nancial plan of downtown Lynn the town. We are excited about the future of the library.” By Matt Demirs morning, he’s felt just that. Thirty-three libraries com- FOR THE ITEM Beginning graf ti in the late pleted the grant round process. ’70s and early ’80s, Adams, who LYNN — Cey Adams is more After a review, nine librar- is from New York City, said he ies were identi ed to receive than just another graf ti artist grants and 24 were placed on changing the downtown as part of wanted to do something more. a waitlist. Waitlisted libraries the Beyond Walls Mural Festival. After learning graphic design will receive construction grants And if you like hip hop, you’ve and linking up with early names Artist Cey as the funding becomes avail- probably even owned an album in the music industry like Rus- able either through the exist- Adams at cover he’s designed. sell Simmons, Adams became work on the founding creative director ing bond bill or a future bond The outlines of his design are authorization. his mural of Def Jam Recordings when the sketched in bright pink letters: “The towns that are on the on Munroe “I Feel Love,” at the MBTA en- label was formed in 1984. Street on trance on Munroe Street and Saturday. after starting to paint Friday ADAMS, A8 LIBRARY, A7 INSIDE District 45 serves up In Lynn Fioravanti’s love of a grand opening art and history began early in life. A3 By Gayla Cawley Area Chamber of Commerce in ITEM STAFF attendance, will be from 4 to Corey O’Shea In Opinion 6 p.m. at the restaurant at 45 is the execu- LYNN — District 45, the Caring about an Lewis St. tive chef at the emergency. A4 city’s newest upscale restau- rant, which aims to introduce Executive Chef Corey O’Shea, new restaurant In Sports its patrons to new foods and re- a Lynn native, said two soft District 45 on Lynn Babe Ruth vitalize the Diamond District, openings were June 29 and June Lewis Street in teams lose in state will hold its grand opening to- 30. He said District 45 is part Lynn. semi nals. B1 day. of Good N U Hospitality Group, The ceremony, which includes ITEM PHOTO | a ribbon cutting with the Lynn DISTRICT 45, A7 OWEN O’ROURKE OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 77° VOL. 139, ISSUE 186 LYNN .........................................A3 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 66° OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 HEALTH .....................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, JULY 17, 2017 OBITUARIES Bald eagle threat: Lead ammo John A. DiGiulio, 54 are left behind by hunters NEW PORT RICHEY, friends. He will be Fla. — John A. DiGi- deeply missed. By Mary Esch ulio, age 54, of Flor- He was prede- ASSOCIATED PRESS ida and formerly of ceased by his par- ALBANY, N.Y. — Bald Massachusetts and ents, Margaret and eagles have made a re- New Hampshire, died Pasquale DiGiulio markable recovery across unexpectedly on July of Swampscott and the United States since 2, 2017. Florida, and his the pesticide DDT was Born in Lynn and brother-in-law Wil- banned 45 years ago, but raised in Swamp- liam E. Shanahan. He the majestic birds are still scott, John attended St. John also leaves his children, John, dying from another en- the Evangelist School and Nicole, and Jennifer DiGiulio; vironmental poison: lead graduated from Swampscott grandchildren Dylan, Aria from bullets and shotgun High, Class of 1981. John and Madelynne; his siblings pellets in wildlife carcass- also attended Northeastern Patricia Shanahan, Pamela es left behind by hunters. University and later complet- and her husband Thomas In New York, which has ed his degree in engineering Burkardt, Steven and his wife been a leader in the bald at Wayland University in Texas Cathy DiGiulio, Nancy and eagle restoration in the while serving in the Air Force her husband Linus O’Donnell, Northeast for four decades, as a pneumatics specialist on as well as many nieces and state wildlife researchers aircraft. nephews, aunts and uncles, have documented a grow- John was a gifted and tal- cousins, extended family, and ing number of eagle deaths ented individual, and spent friends. from lead poisoning in re- the majority of his professional Service information: Pri- cent years. Wildlife reha- career working for Henkel Cor- vate family services took bilitators have also seen poration, where he designed place in Florida on Thurs- increasing numbers of PHOTO | LYNN TOMPKINS VIA AP and built prototypes for manu- day, July 6, 2017. Arrange- eagles testing positive for Care-givers tend to a bald eagle suffering from lead poisoning at the facturing solutions. Throughout ments coordinated by MOR- lead in Minnesota, Oregon, Blue Mountain Wildlife Center in Pendleton, Ore. his career John attained nu- GAN Funeral Home, 6025 Virginia and other states. merous licenses and accredi- Trouble Creek Road, New The problem is that ea- tations, including becoming an Port Richey, FL 34653. Lo- gles and other scavengers to 40 eagles per year find 1990s, and found 83 per- leasing them in New York, electrician and a commercial cal services will take place eat the guts of deer or the about 60 percent of them cent had some exposure to there were no reproducing insurance adjuster. on Tuesday, July 18, 10 a.m. carcasses of coyotes, wood- have lead in their blood. lead,” said Krysten Schul- bald eagles in the state. John was extremely bright, at St. John the Evangelist chucks and other game “Many hunters don’t re- er, a Cornell University This year, New York’s bald loving, and affable, and always Church, 174 Humphrey St., alize that as much as 50 wildlife disease ecologist shot by hunters. Bits of eagle population hit a re- willing to share his immense Swampscott, Ma 01907. lead bullets consumed percent of a bullet may who’s collaborating with skills with anyone who needed Burial will be private. All IN MEMORIAM remain in the deer as frag- New York’s Department cord-breaking 323 breed- assistance. He loved the warm are invited to join us in cel- along THOMASwith the M. CRONINmeat break ing pairs. down2011 quickly ~ JULY 17in ~an 2017 eagle’s ments,” he said. “A sliver of Environmental Conser- weather that Florida offered, ebrating John’s life. While lead poisoning stomachSIXTH ANNIVERSARYand enter its the size of a grain of rice is vation. and moved permanently to Donations in John’s mem- bloodstream. enough to kill a bald eagle Lynn Tompkins, direc- clearly isn’t threatening the Tampa area in 2015. He ory may be made to Autism Elevated lead levels in 72 hours.” tor of the Blue Mountain the eagle population as a enjoyed boating and meeting Speaks, 1060 State Road, cause blindness, paralysis, In New York, lead poi- Wildlife Center in Oregon, whole, the impact on indi- people in his new hometown Second Floor, Princeton, lack of appetite and neu- soning was confirmed as said more than 75 percent vidual birds is worrisome, of New Port Richey, Fla., and NJ 08540 or to a charity of the cause of death in 38 of of the eagles brought to rological problems that Hynes said. spending time with family and one’s choice. 336 bald eagles brought to her rehabilitation clinic make eagles more likely to The Humane Society fly into buildings or vehi- a Department of Environ- have some level of lead. mental Conservation lab “We lost two this year with of the United States has cles if they don’t succumb long sought restrictions to lead poisoning first.