New House Drops in on Swampscott No Upsets in Marblehead Election
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2018 RAW block party has all Scherzer-style bascule ‘eleMEnts’ for success span (a what?) for Saugus ages 7 to 19, who participate in various SAUGUS — Never heard of a rolling North Shore. RAW programs. The Block Party is free lift “Scherzer-style” bascule span? The bridge will be 530 feet long, carry- and is family-friendly. Enzo’s will be sell- Chances are good you will during the ing two railroad tracks over the Saugus ing pizza for a buck a slice and RAW will next two years as the state rolls out River, according to the MBTA. BY BILL BROTHERTON make available light refreshments. plans to build a new drawbridge to car- It will replace an existing bridge that The street in front of RAW’s Central ry commuter rail trains over the Saugus is more than a century old. The bridge LYNN — Raw Art Works is throwing Square space will be closed to traf c River. project will be advertised for construc- a party tomorrow evening at its Central from 5:15 till 8-ish. After attendees take The Massachusetts Bay Transporta- tion in the fall of 2020 with construction Square headquarters and everyone’s in- in the exhibit from 6 to 7 p.m., Executive tion Authority’s (MBTA) list of project taking three years. vited. Director Kit Jenkins and Jason Cruz, notices for this month includes a $7 A new drawbridge is just the latest Sau- Its annual Block Party will serve as who started as an intern in 1997 and is million contractor award to construc- gus River bridge project. The Belden Bly opening night for its annual exhibit, “el- now RAW’s clinical supervisor, will lead tion rm Hardesty & Hanover, LLC to highway bridge linking Lynn to Saugus eMEnts,” which features some 150 piec- replace the existing drawbridge carrying es of art created by the young adults, RAW, A7 trains back and forth from Boston to the SAUGUS, A7 No upsets in New house Marblehead drops in on election Swampscott By Bridget Turcotte ITEM STAFF Former home on Bay View MARBLEHEAD — All ve members of the Drive destroyed by re Board of Selectmen were re-elected Tuesday night in a race that brought out less than 15 By Gayla Cawley percent of registered voters. ITEM STAFF “We’re a very good team,” said James Nye, SWAMPSCOTT — A homeowner dropped who was rst elected in 2005. “The town has been working well.” his new house onto Bay View Drive on Tues- Jackie Belf-Becker, who was also elected for day. her 14th term, agreed. Stephen Roberts, owner of 14 Bay View “It’s just organic,” she said. Drive, spent the day overseeing his new mod- Judith Jacobi secured the most votes. Ac- ular home being assembled on property he cording to the unof cial results, she racked up purchased last August. 1,580 votes. Nye trailed her with 1,546 votes. Roberts and his wife of seven years, Patricia Belf-Becker earned 1,488, Harry Christensen Ward, purchased the property for $275,000, 1,473, and Mark Moses Grader 1,423. according to property records. Challenger John Liming nished the race The former home at the location was de- with 650 votes. stroyed by a ve-alarm re in July 2016. The Nye, the president and CEO of National re also destroyed the house next door. Grand Bank Marblehead, was rst elected in Roberts worked with Westchester Modular 2005 and Belf-Becker is an attorney who has Homes of Northeastern Massachusetts to de- lived in Marblehead for more than four decades. sign the house, which was manufactured last Christensen has served on board for more month at the company’s plant in Wingdale, than two decades and has lived in Marble- N.Y., according to Joseph Enright, vice presi- head his entire life, with the exception of the dent of Westchester Modular Homes. years he spent in the U.S. Marine Corps. He Enright said four modules for the house was badly wounded in Vietnam, returned were shipped out last week — a crane was on home, and earned a bachelors, masters, and site placing the modules. law degree. He works at a law rm in town “Everything’s going good,” Roberts said. alongside his son, he said. “Everything’s coming together … Westchester Grader was elected last year. He spent nine Modular Homes did a great job. It’s amazing years on the town’s Finance Committee and the ef ciency of the process. There’s very little was chairman for ve. waste.” This year was the rst the ve members The original house at 14 Bay View Drive chose not to hold signs on election day, said was demolished after the re — Roberts said Jacobi, so seeing the results was relieving. stones from the foundation were repurposed “We all agreed not to hold signs this year,” to build retaining walls with them. she said. He had to go through a permitting process Running a campaign and holding signs each with the town for the project — the new house year for a one-year term is a lot of work, said was kept in the same footprint as what the Belf-Becker. original house was in. He got his nal approv- “In the end, the signs don’t vote,” she said. al in January and the foundation went in Feb- Other races ruary, but crews took a month off in March Meagan Taylor and Sarah Gold were each because of the snow. elected to the School Committee for three- and When Roberts moves into the house — he’s two-year terms, respectively. Taylor received aiming for the end of June — it will be his 1,220 votes and Gold received 1,088. fourth home on Bay View Drive. He moved to Sarah Fox and Luisa Boverini were also Swampscott and Bay View Drive in 2003, rst living at 24 Bay View, followed by 11 and 2 each running for three-year terms, but Fox ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE trailed Taylor with 607 votes and Boverini Bay View Drive. had 168. A new modular home belonging to Stephen Roberts and his He said the ocean views are incredible on wife, Patricia Ward, is assembled at 14 Bay View Drive in MARBLEHEAD, A7 Swampscott. SWAMPSCOTT, A7 A colorful switch INSIDE Lynn DPW to launch throughout Revere campaign on recycling information. A2 By Thomas Grillo themselves.” Opinion ITEM STAFF The city received a $3,000 Crighton takes aim. A4 Massachusetts Cultural REVERE — The bland Council grant to support gray switchboxes through- Sports the initiative. The council is Mother Nature rains on out the city are about to get a state agency whose mis- Tech baseball’s parade; a burst of color. sion is to promote the arts, game to be resumed. B1 Revere has joined several humanities, and sciences. Greater Boston communi- Each artist gets $250 to cov- ties who have asked artists er supplies. to turn the 4 x 5-foot metal So far, work is underway electrical boxes into works on the switchbox on Revere of art. Beach Boulevard by Bruce The Switchbox Art Project Orr, an art therapist at Raw is intended to beautify the Art Works in Lynn. city and showcase original “It’s a cool opportunity,” he works of public art. said. “I’m a great believer in “We have a two-fold mis- public art and I love hav- sion,” said Elle Baker, Re- ing the chance to add a lit- vere on the Move’s neigh- tle bit of color to the world. borhood organizer. “One is It’s a fun challenge to cre- ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE to stamp out graf ti, beau- ate something for a speci c The rst switchbox to be painted by an artist as part of the Switchbox tify the city and celebrate place.” Art Project in Revere. Bruce Orr, from Raw Art Works in Lynn, used our past and future visions, acrylic paints on this box at Revere Beach Boulevard. and allow artists to express REVERE, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS ....................................B4 HIGH 56° VOL. 140, ISSUE 134 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B5-7 LOW 50° DIVERSIONS .............................A5 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2018 OBITUARIES William G. Blue, 97 Susan M. Seymour, 73 Kion L. Fortes, 39 1920-2018 19878-2018 LYNN — William turning from the war, NAHANT — Susan church, bible classes CHELSEA — Kion Elizabeth; brother, G. Blue, age 97, of William started a ca- Mary (Eggeman) and community. Lee Fortes, age 39, Anthony; and two Lynn, died at the reer with Champion Seymour, age 73, of She was most of Chelsea, passed nieces, Gianna and Edith Nourse Rogers Lamps Works in Lynn. Nahant, died unex- proud of her family away May 11 in his Tianna. Other family Memorial Veterans He held several man- pectedly on Friday, and their accom- sleep from a seizure. members are Jeffrey Hospital, Bedford, on agement positions May 11 at home after plishments. She is Kion was the be- Nash, Scott Fortes May 12, 2018, as a with the company, a brief illness. survived by her twin loved son of Anthony and wife, Alphonso result of complica- including manager of She was born and children, daughter P. Fortes Jr. and Eliz- Wilhelmsen and wife, tions from Alzhei- the lament depart- raised in London, Julia Bross and her abeth Fortes. He was Michael Wilhelmsen mer’s disease. ment and the spe- England and moved husband Robert; raised and educat- and wife, Desmond He was born in Nashua, cialty lamps department.