DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2019 DEALS City will turn health-insurance savings into spendingOF THE $DAY$ By Thor Jourgensen amended to refl ect the additional aid and it will be the end of the summer before A key element of thePG .restructured 3 ITEM STAFF the negotiated savings. offi cial state aid numbers are calculat- health insurance agreement is a boost “We’ve been waiting on the numbers,” ed into the city budget. But he said in- in city employee contributions to health LYNN — With the state budget now be- said Mayor Thomas M. McGee. creased state aid and health insurance insurance from 19 percent to 23 percent. ing reviewed by Gov. Baker, city offi cials The Legislature gave Lynn a $19 mil- savings position city offi cials to set aside Beginning July 1, the contribution in- are ready to factor negotiated health in- lion increase in state aid to schools bring- a city budget spending reserve. creased to 25 percent. surance savings and extra state aid into ing total aid to the city to $185.8 million. Lynn has been subject to a state fi nan- “A lot of time wentDEALS into this through city spending calculations. McGee and city unions ratifi ed changes cial oversight plan for two years that in- meeting after meeting.OF There TH willE be sav- Final action by the Legislature on the to the city’s self-insured health plan that, cludes recommendations for the city to ings — these are the fi rst real substantial state budget clears the way for the $368 McGee said, generate $4.3 million in sav- build a spending reserve. changes in over a decade,”$DA McGeeY$ said. million Fiscal 2020 city budget approved ings over the next three years. “We should be in pretty good shape,” PG. 3 by the City Council in the spring to be City Council President Darren Cyr said Cyr said. SAVINGS, A3 2020 vision for downtown Lynn ’tis alwaysDEALS OF THE the season.$DAY$ Merry Christmas.PG. 3 the last things she ever did on this earth. Mrs.DEALS Tucker died July Steve 14 after a long illness. At the bottomOF TH of herE obit- Krause uary she made one re- quest:$ insteadDAY of$ sending There’s an interest- fl owers, shePG. 3asked that ing phenomenon that’s those who mourned her been germinating in the death remember her by American consciousness: making a contribution to Christmas in July. the Item Santa Fund. The concept is popu- Needless to say, it was lar at sporting events a beautiful gesture, and (the North Shore Nav- not just because it’s our igators have had such holiday charity. But nights during their time can you imagine know- in Lynn), and at least ing you’re going to die two cable TV stations and among your last devote the entire month to running made-for-TV CHRISTMAS, A3 Christmas movies. I have no idea how the idea ever got started. Perhaps people who are averse to hot weather had the same idea Leroy An- derson did. He’s the per- son who wrote the song “Sleigh Ride” in the mid- ITEM PHOTO | JIM WILSON dle of a July heat wave. If we’re going to do this, Workmen and concrete pouring at an $80 million, 189-unit apartment building coming to however, we might as well Munroe Street in downtown Lynn. Procopio Enterprises Inc., a family-owned construction put some meaning into it. company in Saugus, expects the 10 story building with underground parking to be complet- That’s exactly what ed in 2020. Lynn native Maureen Tucker did. It was one of Maureen Tucker Saugus of cer’s career tails off INSIDE Entertainment By Bridget Turcotte for years. Crime was frequent Academy in Jamaica Plain for Lynn native ITEM STAFF at night clubs along Route 1 14 weeks by lead K-9 offi cer Troy Wein returning and Fawcett saw how quickly Caisey. Six hours after Beny ar- SAUGUS — The offi cer who to roots. A7 crowds would disperse when brought a K-9 unit to the Sau- rived home with Fawcett, he gus Police Department nearly State Police brought in dogs. cried in his insulated kennel Women make history at He advocated for Saugus Police two decades ago has retired. in the backyard. Fawcett’s wife, Newport Folk Festival. A7 Offi cer Timothy Fawcett, who to have its own dog, and after Debbie, felt bad for Beny and served the department for more 25 years without one, the de- let him sleep in the basement. Sports than three decades, hounded partment welcomed K-9 Beny Three days later, Beny snuggled ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Golf hopefuls former Chief Edward Felix and in 2001. into the couple’s bed. Lt. Mike Annesse to bring back The German Shepherd was Of cer Tim Fawcett, Saugus’ K-9 learn the basics at the department’s K-9 program trained at the Boston Police K-9, A3 of cer, is retiring after 32 years. Gannon’s youth clinic. B1 Peabody residents Rape up, other crimes down in Lynn clamor for RCN By Thomas Grillo ITEM STAFF % change the service will come to By Thomas Grillo LYNN — It was a lot saf- 2017 2018 ITEM STAFF their neighborhood. er in the city last year, ac- Callers to 978-538- cording to the latest data PEABODY — Resi- 5910 are asked to leave Murder 13 3 -77% from the Lynn Police De- dents who have ques- a message with their tions about RCN coming question. Daniel Dou- partment. After a near-record num- to the city later this year cette, the city’s purchas- Rape 28 40 +43% can call a dedicated tele- ing agent, will respond ber of homicides in 2017, phone line at City Hall promptly, the mayor the homicide rate fell dra- to get answers. said. matically and so did most Last month, Mayor “Dan’s expertise in- crimes. Robbery 161 142 -12% Edward Bettencourt Jr. cludes the original ca- In 2018, three people granted a license to RCN ble license process in were killed, including to offer its cable TV and the late 1970s and early 25-year-old Romel Danis, high-speed Internet ser- 1980s,” Bettencourt said. who was shot to death; Assault 1,162 1,112 -4% vices in Peabody. The For residents who pre- Luz Yanina Acevedo-Go- deal was hailed by the fer to email their ques- mez, 47, who was fatally mayor as the end of a tions, they can reach the beaten with a baseball bat Burglary 287 191 -33% 40-year monopoly of ca- city at RCNinquiry@pea- allegedly by her husband; ble TV service by Phila- body-ma.gov. and 17-year-old Herson delphia-based Comcast RCN, a New Jer- Rivas’s body was found fa- Corp. It begins a new sey-based cable provider tally stabbed in a wooded Car Thefts 278 200 -28% era of competition which serves major metropoli- section of a Lynn park. Ar- promises to benefi t resi- tan regions around the rests have been made in dents and businesses, he country including Bos- each of the cases and the Larceny 1,153 973 -16% said. ton, Washington, D.C., defendants are awaiting But since then, the New York and Chica- trial. mayor’s offi ce has been go. Peabody is the 20th In contrast, 2017 saw 13 fl ooded with calls from Opioid Deaths 70 54 -23% residents about when RCN, A3 CRIME, A6 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 ENTERTAINMENT .......................A7 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 92° VOL. 141, ISSUE 197 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 73° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 BUSINESS ................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2019 OBITUARIES Enrico R. Perlino, 70 Barbara H. Dempsey 1948-2019 Barbara Helen (Fisher) Dempsey passed away peace- LYNN –Enrico R. Perlino, life- fully on Thursday, July 25 after long resident of Lynn, passed a brief illness at Hunt Nursing away Thursday, July 25, 2019 & Rehabilitation Center. after a long illness with his Born in White Plains, NY family by his side. Born in Lynn Barbara was the loving daugh- on August 5, 1948, Enrico was ter of the late Alfred and Helen the devoted son of the late Carl Fisher. She was educated in and Elaine (Carbone ) Perlino. Lynn and a graduate of Clas- The beloved brother of Carl sical High School 1955. Perlino and his wife Joanne, After raising her children, of Lynn, Rocco Perlino and his Barbara worked as a secretary AP FILE PHOTO wife Barbara, of FL, Linda Cun- and retired as a housekeeper ningham and her husband David Ortiz, former Red Sox slugger, is recov- from Devlin Nursing home. ering from a gunshot wound. James of Nahant, and the late Barbara enjoyed spend- Thomas Perlino; Enrico is also ing time with her family and survived by his many nieces, friends, walking the beach, nephews, and cousins. traveling and her daily coffee Red Sox slugger Born and educated in Lynn, dates with her close friends. Southington, CT and Darlene Rick worked for the Depart- She was always known for her (Lee) Raxter of Charlotte, NC ment of Public works in Lynn 157 Maple St. Lynn on Tues- laughter, love of enjoying a and 5 great nieces Lindsey, David Ortiz says he for many years. Rick was a day, July 30, 2019 from 11:30 night out with friends and her Courtney, Molly, Madelyn, Sa- quiet person who enjoyed the to 12:30 p.m. His Funeral Sunday afternoons with family vannah and one great nephew simple things in life.