MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2016 Lynn Police on best behavior Mental-health issues concern department By Steve Krause ITEM NEWS EDITOR LYNN — December was a bad month for heroin overdoses, says Lynn Po- lice Chief Kevin F. Cop- pinger. He might as well extend that. The whole year has been terrible. Through November there were 32 fatalities due to drugs, and 305 overdoses. And Coppinger said that in the first two weeks of Decem- ber, there were 10 overdos- es, five of them fatal. ITEM PHOTO | Owen o’rOURKE “we’re getting our butts Lynn Police Sgt. Dave McEnaney goes over a case with Erin Zapata, of LYNN, A6 the Behavioral Health Unit, at the Lynn Police Station. PHOTO | PAULA MULLER Efficiency the key Saugus While his older brother was zipping around the ice at the McVann-O’Keefe Memorial Skating Rink in Peabody on Saturday, Xan- to Swampscott der Follis, 2, wonders if it’s all such a great has big idea. His mother Shannon Follis is helping him get his footing. plans for Holidays 2016 on ice in By Bridget Turcotte ITEM STAFF SAUGUS —The rezoning of Route One, Peabody one of the accomplishments for the Plan- ning Board in 2015, will lead to bigger and better things in 2016, says chairman Peter By Jacqlyn Culwell Rossetti. FOR THE ITEM “the biggest thing and one of the more PEABODY — What do you do when the holiday important things was the issue with the hustle of Christmas and New Year’s comes to an end? new Route One zoning,” Rossetti said. “that changed the way that the properties Peabody’s James McVann/Louis O’Keefe Memorial PHOTO | PAULA MULLER on Route One are going to be developed in Rink offers public skating every day and with the Michael McClung, at home going over economic data the future.” weather being unusually lacking in snow, getting to about expenditures in Swampscott. Under the zoning amendment, which the rink poses no problem. passed in May by Town at departments across town Kathy “Kat” Silva, the office manager at the rink, By Gayla Cawley Meeting, properties of ITEM STAFF government and identify places said Saturday that weekends are generally busy. mixed-use are allowed “Collins “today is one of those days where it’s busy,” she said. where there is opportunity for at one location. Avenue is “we have three hockey games and a free skate going SWAMPSCOTT — Results of regionalization, consolidation a study looking at ways to im- “It allows mixed-use, going to be on. We got a lot of calls asking if we were hosting a or outsourcing,” McClung ex- a combination of com- a mixed-use public skate today. prove efficiency in town govern- plained. ment will be released by Febru- mercial, residential and development “I think that after the holidays kids are just look- McClung said the study was other use on the same ary, according to the chairman of . It’s fairly ing for something to do before they get back to school, intended to look at how the town property that hasn’t and the weekends are the perfect time to come in and the Regionalization Committee, delivers services and see if there been allowed in the substantial.” have some fun.” Michael McClung. are better ways to do so. past,” Rossetti said. Eight year old Emma LeColst of Lynn, accompanied McClung said he has been He reported that the Collins Planning Board “the importance is if Chairman by her grandmother Jan LeColst and friend Chloe working with the Edward J. Col- Center was chosen to conduct you have commercial Peter Rossetti Smith from Swampscott, came to the rink to get in lins Jr. Center for Public Man- the study in January 2015. Ac- development linked some skating time with the new skates she received agement, an organization out of tual work by the center began in with residential devel- from Santa on Christmas morning. UMass-Boston, on the Services April, because, according to Mc- opment, there is a built in clientele,” he “I take classes here to learn how to skate,” she said as Delivery and Opportunities Re- Clung , there were some delays said. she tied the laces on her skates. “The secret to skating, port for The Town of Swamp- in getting the organization the As a result of the rezoning, two new de- scott over the past year. velopments have already been proposed SKATE, A7 “the study is intended to look EFFICIENCY, A7 for Route One. The Planning board voted in October to approve a master plan for a development proposed for 1591 Broadway and Collins Lynn to swear by Avenue, in the place of Route 1 Miniature Golf and adjacent properties. The develop- ment master plan was the first of its kind to be approved by the town. its new officials The developers worked closely with the By Gayla Cawley town to create designs for the project that ITEM STAFF coincide with both the new bylaws and the specific needs of the town. LYNN — Four newly-elected officials, two School “Collins Avenue is going to be a mixed- Committee members and two City Councilors, will use development with a major hotel, ex- be sworn in tonight, with each looking forward to the tended stay hotel, apartment units, and at challenges their new positions will bring. least one restaurant and various retail op- erations,” Rossetti. “It’s fairly substantial.” Brian LaPierre will take the oath of office as a PHOTO | PAULA MULLER While Rossetti said he doesn’t expect Councilor-at-Large, while John “Jay” Walsh Jr. will that the development will be completed From left, School Committee members-elect Lorraine Gately be sworn in as Ward 7 Councilor. and Jared Nicholson; and City Councilors-elect Jay Walsh and Brian LaPierre meet at Old Tyme Italian Cuisine in Lynn. OFFICIALS, A7 PLANS, A7 INSIDE Lives of Lynn fire victims remembered tonight In Opinion: By Thor Jourgensen Cruz, 20; Sonia Cruz, 36 (who was pregnant), nway McDonald’s, Power 800 radio and Op- Behavioral unit a ITEM CITY EDITOR and Rodolfo Cruz, 28, who died early Dec. 4 in eration Bootstrap raised money to help the big success. A4 a fire in their 24 Bruce Place home. Bruce Place residents. English High students LYNN — The lives of four family members Essex County District Attorney’s spokes- raised money, matched by additional dona- In Sports: killed in an East Lynn fire one month ago will be remembered tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. dur- man Steve O’Connell said the fire remains tions, to help Jeannetty Aquino Cruz, a stu- ing a period of visitation at Goodrich Funeral under investigation. dent who was injured in the fire. Spartans Home, 128 Washington St, Lynn. Anderson said he anticipates Monday’s ser- Anderson said the Dominican Republic con- swimmers can’t Goodrich Funeral Director John Anderson vice at Goodrich will be well attended. sulate waived shipping document fees asso- catch Austin Prep. B1 said Iglesia Adventista del Septimo Dia de “we’ve had a lot of calls and inquiries,” he ciated with transporting the deceased family Lynn Pastor Eduardo Rodriguez and two fel- said. members back to the Caribbean nation on Classical girls turn up low pastors are expected to lead the remem- The fire left 18 people homeless and trig- the heat, beat Malden. B1 brance for Maritza Cruz Vizcaino, 42; Yasmin gered offers of help and support. The Lyn- BRUCE PLACE, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 27° VOL. 138, ISSUE 23 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 11° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS ....................................B4 HEALTH .....................................B8 PAGE A8 75 CENTS A2 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2016 OBITUARIES Ready, set, roll: Boston Marathon Henry R. Snyder, 90 Retired US Navy veteran gets its very first documentary WINDHAM, N.H. — daughter, Karen S. By William J. Kole Henry R. Snyder, age Flynn of Davie, Fla., ASSOCIATED PRESS 90, husband of the one grandson, Don late Pauline (Marney) R. Flynn of San Di- BOSTON — America’s Snyder and husband ego, Calif., one step- marquee marathon is of Betty Hartling of daughter, Cindy Guy ready for its close-up. Windham, N.H., died of Manchester, N.H., “Boston,” the first feature- Saturday, Dec. 26, at one stepson, Dean length documentary film Kindred Greenbiar in Hartling of Beverly, about the Boston Marathon, Nashua. one brother, Warren is in the works. Its creators He was born in Medford, July P. Snyder of Rochester, N.H., say the movie will go well 25, 1925, a son of the late and his nephews, Warren Sny- beyond the 2013 bombings Percy Roy and Hattie (Dem- der of Chelmsford and Robert to retrace the iconic foot- oine) Snyder, and lived in Med- Snyder of Rochester, N.H. He race’s first steps in 1897. ford, Lynn, Lynnfield and Biller- was the brother of the late “Over the years, the Bos- ica before moving to Windham, June Kayser and Phyllis Peers. ton Marathon has had so N.H., and Naples, Fla. Service information: A many extraordinary sto- Mr. Snyder served in the U.S. funeral service will be held ries of people achieving Navy during WWII and was the Thursday at the SWEE- and accomplishing things,” owner of Snyder Machine Co., NEY MEMORIAL FUNERAL said producer Megan Wil- of Saugus, which he estab- HOME, 66 Concord Road, liams, an Oscar-nominated lished in 1955 in Lynn and Billerica, at 12 noon. Visit- filmmaker. “It’s like look- moved to Saugus in 1963. In ing hours will be held from ing at cultural and social 1962 he developed the first 10:30 a.m., until 12 noon change over the last centu- FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS flute for H.