After 17 Years, out of Patience in Saugus
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 WEEKEND After 17 FALLING years, out INTO PLACE of patience Plenty to do in Lynn, in Saugus Nahant, Peabody, By Bridget Turcotte Saugus, Swampscott ITEM STAFF SAUGUS — The Planning Board is Fall has arrived and this ready to see an end to a project that start- weekend, along with several ed more than 15 years ago. others to follow, is crammed John Mallon, the developer of Bellev- with local activities to partic- ue Heights, said original plans signed ipate in and enjoy. in 1999 included a 28-lot subdivision The Friends of the Swamp- with single family homes. At this time, scott Public Library hosts 21 houses have been built and are oc- Purses for a Purpose tonight cupied. from 7-9:30 p.m. at the library. A retaining wall collapsed in 2008, Billed online as “a lively eve- causing plans to crumble. Three houses ning of shopping for all sorts SEPTEMBER 24, 2016 - were sold and moved to different lots, but of gently-used, high-end hand- NOVEMBER 12th, 2016 the wall remains un nished at the site, bags, clutches and totes,” the with Procopio Construction Company Friends hope the evening will working to repair it. raise $5,000 to support library LYNN MUSEUM Peter Rossetti, chairman of the Plan- children’s room summer pro- 590 Washington St. ning Board, said Mallon will be respon- grams. Tickets are $25. 781-581-6200 sible for installing sidewalks, curbing, The Swampscott Histori- www.lynnmuseum.org a grass strip between the sidewalk cal Commission hosts Town and the street, and repaving the road, Hall tours on Saturday from Exhibit opens Saturday, September 24th. which he estimates to be about a quar- 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., offering a Brief program at 10am. ter mile long. glimpse of the hall’s former A deadline to complete the work set by life as home to inventor Elihu the panel for Sept. 15 was not met. Mal- Thomson. The Georgian Reviv- lon will provide an update at a meeting al mansion was built in 1889 on Oct. 20 and the board will decide the and converted into Town Hall appropriate action to take. in 1976. “We’re trying to see if we can work with In Saugus, the First Congre- him to get the project done,” Rossetti said. gational Church invites vol- Several extensions were given by the unteers beginning at 9 a.m. on A Place for All People state legislature to nish the project be- Saturday to unload pumpkins cause of an unhealthy economy, Rosset- trucked in to ll the church’s fall ti said. But work permits issued by the pumpkin patch. The pumpkins board are expiring, and the panel wants will be unloaded bucket bri- at Lynn Museum to see it completed. gade-style from trucks and the “One option will be to say ‘OK, you’ve patch will have almost 3,000 LYNN — The Smithsonian National Museum of African The poster for done a lot of work, we will give you more pumpkins available for fall’s American History and Culture opens tomorrow in Washing- the National time. You’ve demonstrated good faith,” duration. The patch will be open ton, D.C. And the Lynn Museum is one of only three Massa- Museum of Rossetti said. “Or, we’re going to say ‘you from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. haven’t done enough work and haven’t chusetts institutions joining the celebration in a big way. African Ameri- Breakheart Reservation can History and shown good faith. We’re going to take hosts its fall festival on Sat- “A Place for All People” is a historic poster exhibit celebrat- Culture exhibit. your bond.’” urday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ing the opening of the newest Smithsonian museum. When the project started, Mallon prom- with scarecrow-making, crafts, The Lynn Museum will display about 20 posters from the ex- ised a surety bond of about $50,000 pumpkin decorating, a baby hibit in its rst- oor gallery starting Saturday at 10 a.m. There should he fail to meet the terms of his animal petting zoo, a cider will be a brief program and the Lynn community is invited to contract, Rossetti said. He added that press demonstration and bob- join this national celebration of African American history and neighbors will not likely be in favor of an- bing for doughnuts. culture. Admission is free and open to the public, as part of the other extension. WEEKEND, A7 MUSEUM, A7 BELLEVUE, A7 Marblehead celebrates town’s grand stands By Steve Krause We played baseball, street the Parks and Recreation ITEM SPORTS EDITOR hockey, tackle football … it Department to commemo- is a special place.” rate the construction of the MARBLEHEAD — Tom Particularly special to the Atlantic Avenue edi ce 100 Roundy says to him and Roundy family is the grand- years ago. his brothers, Sam and stand. It was the late Elliott “It was actually on the Eric, Seaside Park and the Roundy, Tom’s father, who (1991) Town Meeting war- grandstand behind home spearheaded the renovation rant to have the grandstand plate were their personal of that structure, which had taken down,” said Roundy. playground. been condemned and was “My brother Sam and Dave “We lived right near close to being taken down, Rodgers, who was the parks there,” said Roundy Thurs- ITEM PHOTO | KATIE MORRISON in 1991. The grandstand and rec chairman at the day. “When I was old enough was named in Roundy’s time, fought to get it taken Tom Roundy stands in front of the Elliott Roundy grandstands at to know to look both ways honor the same year. off, and it was. Marblehead’s Seaside Park, named for his late father, who spear- cross the street, my moth- Saturday, at 4 p.m., there headed the renovation of the then-condemned structure in 1991. er let me go down there. will be a ceremony run by MARBLEHEAD, A7 Trivial Massachusetts INSIDE In Opinion will bank on Making books pursuit count for kids. A4 Lynn’s McGinnis In Lynn downtown Police arrest man By Thor Jourgensen for O.U.I. following By Leah Dearborn ITEM NEWS EDITOR FOR THE ITEM accident. A6 BOSTON — Gov. Baker has named Lynn In Marblehead LYNN — Trivia night partici- native and resident Terence A. McGinnis pants put on their thinking caps Police warn of to be the state’s next commissioner of the for a good cause at the Lynn grandparent Division of Banks. McGinnis will be sworn Museum & Historical Society. scam. A6 Proceeds from the 2nd Annu- in on Monday. al Best Trivia Night Ever on McGinnis will supervise more than 200 LOOK! Thursday went to support Lynn banks and credit unions with total com- LHAND to hold Economic Opportunity, Inc. bined assets exceeding $400 billion. 18th annual scholarship (LEO), a childcare program that He will report to Consumer Affairs Un- tournament. A8 also helps teach parents import- dersecretary John Chapman, who said in a ant skills. statement that he looks forward “to work- In Sports Danvers, Marblehead The event brought out a live- PHOTO | PAULA MULLER ing closely with Terry as he and his staff ly crowd of new faces and old works to promote a competitive and fair title game rematch pros at the game, with two for- Lynn Museum hosted the 2nd Annual Best Trivia playing eld among its licensees while also coming up tonight. B1 mer contestants of the game Night Ever Thursday evening. Lauren McManus, providing consumers the information they left, and Kelly Economou confer on an answer to Marblehead soccer TRIVIA, A7 one of the questions during trivia. McGINNIS, A7 sweeps Saugus. B1 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS ....................................B4 HIGH 80° VOL. 138, ISSUE 248 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 LOW 50° HOME .......................................A5 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 OBITUARIES Massachusetts cops honored James B. Barker Jr., 62 1954-2016 for bravery at annual ceremony LYNN — James B. Barker Jr., spectfully invited to attend of Lynn, age 62, died sudden- his visiting hours on Mon- BOSTON (AP) — Nearly who was shot and wound- pect to get out of the car. police body-camera pro- ly on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, day from 4-7 p.m., in the two dozen police officers ed in February 2015 while He survived while the gram, though it met with at Salem Hospital, where he SOLIMINE FUNERAL HOME, from six Massachusetts responding to a car fire suspect was killed after resistance from the police was taken after being strick- 426 Broadway (Route departments were honored and reported shooting at a exchanging gunfire with union. en ill. He was the husband of 129), Lynn. Directions, Thursday with bravery large apartment complex. other officers. “I think we on the pub- Geraldine (Thomas) Barker. guest book and complete awards given each year in Two Bourne officers who Other awards went to lic side need to be as re- Service information: Rel- obituary at www.solimine. memory of a state troop- helped carry MacDonald officers from Boston, Chel- spectful as we must be,” atives and friends are re- com. er who was fatally shot and another wounded per- sea, Tewksbury and Web- said Baker. “But the pub- during a 1983 traffic stop. son through waist-deep ster. lic needs to understand Gov. Charlie Baker snow to ambulances, along During his monthly “Ask that the men and women helped present the George with a Bourne officer and the Governor” segment who sign up for this job L.