Peabody Mourns Death of School Superintendent Square One Sees
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2019 Artist brews up Peabody a picturesque mourns death autumn setting of school By Steve Krause ITEM STAFF LYNN — The assignment was to draw superintendent a label for a beer can that evoked imag- es of a harvest. By Thor Jourgensen The name of the beer brewed by Bent ITEM STAFF Water in Lynn is “Harvester American PEABODY — City residents celebrating Brown Ale,” after all, and it was Michael the start of the holiday season were stunned Aghahowa got the gig to come up with to receive news from Mayor Edward Betten- the label. The Lynn native and Lynn court Friday about the death of School Su- Tech graduate began thinking about perintendent Cara Murtagh. what the word “harvest” meant to him. “I am very sorry to share with you the “I thought of what the word ‘harvester’ terrible news of the sudden and unexpect- meant,” said the 25-year-old Aghahowa. ed passing of School Superintendent Cara “It’s the collection of crops. It makes me Murtagh,” Bettencourt said in a robo call think of crops, of living off the land, of and in a statement posted on Facebook. appreciating nature at its finest.” “Superintendent Murtagh’s talent, energy And that certainly fits Aghahowa’s and can-do spirit inspired all those whose nature, so to speak. lives she touched. Her selfless devotion to “I go walking through Lynn Woods a our students, faculty and staff, combined lot with my friend and her dog during with her lifelong passion for education, lift- the height of fall, and we’ve really come ed the entire Pea- to appreciate the beauty of nature, see- body school com- ing all the different colors of the leaves.” munity. The friend is Allison Miller, one of “I was honored the artists at RAW (Raw Art Works) to work with in Lynn — an organization central to Cara every day Aghahowa’s life. In fact, the Bent Wa- and proud to call ter approached RAW with the idea of her my friend. On the group’s taking part in the branding behalf of our en- of its new beer— with a portion of the tire community, I profits from the new brew going back to have extended to RAW. Aghahowa, an alumnus of RAW, Cara’s family our was asked if he could take part, and he heartfelt sympa- jumped at the chance. thy and loving “It (the label) came together quick- support,” posted ly,” said Aghahowa. “I collected a lot of Bettencourt. leaves and made a collage out of them. Peabody Coun- Superintendent I’ve always liked collages. I also wanted cilor-at-Large Cara Murtagh to use actual colors. So that’s how I cre- Thomas Gould ated this label, to use Harvester in its confirmed Murtagh’s death and said the own way.” superintendent died sometime Thursday Aghahowa’s family has been in Lynn night. He referred questions concerning for three generations. He can’t really the 44-year-old Murtagh’s death to Betten- call any part of the city “home” because court who, said Gould, informed residents of he moved (always within the city) at ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Murtagh’s death through a city-wide “robo least a half-dozen times, but says he Lynn artist and RAW alumnus Michael Aghahowa has designed the can call” on Friday. never saw that as a hindrance. This year was Murtagh’s second as lead- for Harvester, the latest brew out of Bent Water Brewing Co. A portion er of a 6,000-student school system run by HARVEST, A3 of the sale of each pack goes to bene t the students at Raw Art Works. 1,000 educators, administrators and other employees in various supporting roles. Her career as an educator spanned 23 years — all of them working in Peabody. In an Au- Another one bites the dust gust interview, she told the Item her goals for the 2019-2020 school year included “con- Demolition crews quer challenges and celebrate our success.” started work Friday tearing down the Thor Jourgensen can be reached at tjour- Porthole Restaurant. [email protected]. Closed in May, 2018 after 51 years in business on the Lynnway, the Porthole INSIDE is vanishing into history to make Sports way for 55 luxury Opinion Anderson hosts Big Tech on the condominiums site inaugural English campaign trail. A4 owner Patrick McGrath basketball clinic. B1 plans to build. The Porthole demolition comes two months after wrecking crews Whole Foods tore down Anthony’s Hawthorne restaurant, closed in 2003, on hopes the spirit(s) downtown Oxford Street. move shoppers ITEM PHOTO | By Thor Jourgensen SPENSER HASAK ITEM STAFF SWAMPSCOTT — Sip & Shop, Whole Foods’ plan to combine grocery shopping in its Paradise Road store with wine and beer drinking, gets a Select Board review on Square One sees uptick Wednesday. The Board meets Dec. 4 in Swampscott High School room B-129 at 7:15 p.m. to dis- in Black Friday shopping cuss the grocery store chain’s application for an on-premises restaurant approval to By Elyse Carmosino he said. “There’s more of a momen- Single mom wants serve wine and malt beverages. Whole Foods ITEM STAFF tum to it than last year.” has added “sip & shop” to stores around the As it has done for the last several country for a decade. SAUGUS — Shoppers were in good years, Square One opened its doors sons to forget Molly O’Connell, senior planner for the spirits the day after Thanksgiving as for an extended period of time Community and Economic Development they hunted for this year’s best Black from midnight to 10 p.m. problems for a day office, told town Zoning Board of Appeals Friday sales at the Square One Mall. to maximize the amount of time members in August that Whole Foods plans Besides serving as an opportunity shoppers can capitalize on some of By Mike Alongi only to sell single glasses of beer or wine to to get a headstart on holiday shop- the biggest savings of the year. ITEM STAFF customers. ping, the groups of friends and fam- “I’ve been here 22 years and I’ve The store chain proposal reviewed by the ilies that made up Friday’s particu- never seen anything like it,” North- The issue of immigration and the diffi- board said the grocer is looking to offer var- larly large hoard of shoppers proved shore Mall’s General Manager Mark culties that come with it have been much ious opportunities for local craft beer and that going to the mall on Black Fri- Whiting said of the Peabody shop- discussed over the past two years, but vintage wine vendors to feature their prod- day is as much of a tradition and ping center’s notably bigger crowd. those difficulties once again rise to the ucts in the store. Aside from the Sip & Shop social experience as it is a chance to Whiting said getting an exact count surface when the holidays come around. program, tap takeovers as well as pop-up score some good deals. was difficult because the Northshore For 12-year-old Eddi and his 11-year-old and sampling events might also be on the Square One manager Mike Con- Mall doesn’t use traffic counters, but brother Yonatan, who came to the United horizon. nell, who had been at the shopping that most retailers he spoke with States from Guatemala with their single Attorneys for Whole Foods submitted two center since 4:30 a.m. to oversee the were well on track to meet their mother six months ago, the issues contin- special permit requests to the appeals board day’s chaos, couldn’t say for certain, business plans, and many had even ue to pile up. Their mother has not been related to sip & shop in August. Both were but said he felt he’d seen an uptick surpassed last year’s sales. able to find work because of her immigra- approved. in mall traffic compared to last year. In addition to good weather, a tion status, to the point where the Depart- The first allows sale and consumption of “It definitely has a different feel to good economy, and fewer than usual ment of Children and Families have had to alcohol in the 331 Paradise Road store. The it. Last year was good, but this year definitely has a different feel to it,” BLACK FRIDAY, A3 ITEM SANTA, A3 SIP & SHOP, A3 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 ENTERTAINMENT .......................A7 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 36° VOL. 141, ISSUE 302 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ...............................B7 LOW 20° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 REAL ESTATE .............................B8 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2019 OBITUARIES Kathleen A. McIsaac, 73 Party like a spy: Spookstock is BEVERLY — Kathleen “Kathy” intel world’s hush-hush bash A. (Carter) McIsaac, 73, of Beverly, formally of Lynn and By Ashraf Khalil but still undisclosed, rate. Salem, passed away peace- ASSOCIATED PRESS The invitation list and fully on Sunday November 24, event details are closely 2019 with her two children by WASHINGTON — guarded by Kelton and her side. She was the beloved Sometime earlier this the four-member board. daughter of the late John and year, one of the most elite Given the clandestine Kathleen “Kay” (Looney) Car- social events in Washing- nature of some of the par- ton took place, but with- ter, born on March 19, 1946. ticipants’ work life, news out any fanfare or news Kathleen enjoyed a lengthy coverage and social media coverage.