For the Second Straight Day, Lynn Has 87 New Cases for Peabody's
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2020 For the second straight day, Lynn has 87 new cases By Gayla Cawley with more people itching to socialize with Desmarais said, explaining that people without wearing masks and social dis- ITEM STAFF friends and family outside of their house- may be going to work with virus symp- tancing, Desmarais said. hold. toms because they are concerned about While the reasons are still up for de- LYNN — The coronavirus surge contin- “I think that there are a lot of people paying their bills and taking care of their bate, what remains clear is that numbers ued in Lynn on Friday, with 87 new cases who are social gathering whether it’s children. have been drastically spiking in Lynn reported for a second straight day. family parties or the holiday season’s “That is a huge problem,” said Desma- over the past several weeks. The city’s An additional death was also reported upon us,” said Desmarais. “I really just rais. daily incidence rate over the past two to bring the city’s death toll to 126. believe it’s COVID fatigue. People are Exacerbating those two tendencies is weeks is 45.1 new cases per 100,000 resi- Case numbers have been on the rise in tired of not being able to go out. People the weather, she said, which had been dents, according to the state Department Lynn since early September, a trend Pub- are tired of not being able to socialize. It’s unseasonably warm until temperatures of Public Health. lic Health Director Michele Desmarais changed their whole way of life.” cooled down on Friday. Not only are more said could be due to “COVID fatigue,” Part of it may also be a nancial issue, people gathering, but they are doing so COVID-19, A2 Saugus school sees rst case of COVID-19 By Elyse Carmosino ITEM STAFF SAUGUS — Saugus’ Middle-High School has been noti ed of its rst positive case of COVID-19 within the school community, Superinten- dent David DeRuosi announced Fri- day. In an email to parents, DeRuo- si said the district was prepared to handle virus cases, adding that school of cials were currently in the process of following a compre- hensive, predetermined action plan that included sanitizing the school, informing families of students who may have been exposed, and provid- ing support to the affected party. For Peabody’s Bertolino, Although the district was unable to report whether it was a student or faculty member who had contracted the virus, DeRuosi’s email explained there’s no place like home that parents of exposed students would be noti ed privately. By Anne Marie Tobin ton,” Bertolino said. “Peabody is a great home, Bertolino Foods “Our rst responsibility is to keep ITEM STAFF a great space, and just a great town. Logisti- CEO Leo Bertolino, our students and staff safe,” DeRuo- cally, we are right off Route 1 and 128. It’s the left, and his son, si said, adding that the administra- PEABODY — For 32 years, Bertolino Foods right spot for our company.” Michael Bertolino, tion will collaborate with the local CEO Leo Bertolino has called Peabody home. Bertolino said several factors were at play VP of sales and Board of Health to complete neces- Now, his business is also calling Peabody in the move, namely size and price, “knowing purchasing, share sary contact tracing. “We are work- home. there was nothing closer to Boston that could a laugh in the ing hard to understand the impact For 51 years, Bertolino Foods had been lo- match it.” company’s premi- of the virus on our school communi- cated at Boston’s New Boston Food Market. The project has been in the works for a year um test kitchen at ty, and this information is a critical But the business was forced to vacate in order in design and construction of an advanced their new Peabody piece of that puzzle.” to make way for a new development. manufacturing facility, as well as a premi- facility. Following noti cation, all close Bertolino didn’t have to go very far to nd um test kitchen. There is a massive freezer, contacts will be asked to take a an empty warehouse in the perfect location, which presently houses 1.2 million pounds of COVID test and self-quarantine for practically in his own back yard. food products at a temperature of -15 degrees ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK 14 days, and parents of tested stu- “It’s less than a mile from my house and Fahrenheit. The new building also includes dents have been asked to report all it takes four minutes to get home, three if personal touches focusing on the history of ndings to the school nurse. the light is green, compared to many Friday the company, which currently employs 125 With the exception of roughly 90 nights when it would take more than an hour and a half commute to get home from Bos- BERTOLINO, A3 SAUGUS, A3 Fate of Lynn eld school expansion hangs on Special Town Meeting By Anne Marie Tobin ect will be held Saturday, Nov. 21 taxpayers an average of $205 per ITEM STAFF at 1:30 p.m. at Lynn eld High year for the next 20 years. School. Due to the COVID-19 pandem- LYNNFIELD — The battle The $17 million proposal calls ic, the meeting will be held out- lines have been drawn in the town’s push toward nal ap- for the addition of 10 classrooms, side on the football eld. proval of the plan to expand the along with other improvements As with the spring and fall Huckleberry Hill and Summer and infrastructure to accom- town meetings, safety protocols Street elementary schools. modate what is expected to be will be enforced, including man- A Special Town Meeting to con- an unprecedented in ux of new datory face masks and social dis- sider a single-article warrant students over the next few years. tancing. seeking authorization for an ap- The project, which is not receiv- ITEM PHOTO | ANNE MARIE TOBIN propriation of funds for the proj- ing any state funding, will cost EXPANSION, A3 ITEM PHOTO | ANNE MARIE TOBIN DAVID M. SHRIBMAN Lynn NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE City hires new Sustainable Marblehead assistant planner. A2 We’re worn out • sets sight on greener town Photo club donates WASHINGTON — This city residents, or maybe it was AOC- $2,200 in meals to By Mike Alongi presenters — Stephan Shinopou- and this country are, in a word, style progressives, or Americans My Brother’s Table. A2 ITEM STAFF los from HomeWorks Energy, Inc., exhausted. with college degrees, or perhaps Joe Coles from the Marblehead The velocity of news in the it was suburban women. Maybe LOOK! MARBLEHEAD — Sustainable Municipal Light Department Trump era has been unprece- it was the virus, and the constant Swampscott: Life Marblehead, a community orga- and Steve Wolf from Sustain- dented. The passions expressed drumbeat of infection rates and In Quarantine. A8 nization that supports initiatives able Marblehead — talked about in this period have few peers in death tolls. • which reduce carbon emissions sources of heat loss and simple history. The election left the coun- Maybe it was a smattering of The art of and improve quality of life, has solutions to address them. They try weary — and left just under those things, or maybe all those breathing. A8 rolled out a number of initiatives also discussed newer “green” half the voting public embittered. things conspired to boost former in the month of November to help technology for heating homes and The United States is, quite sim- Vice President Joseph R. Biden Sports reduce the emission of green- available rebates to make energy ply, worn out. Jr. to an apparent Electoral Col- Lynn athletic house gases and to help nd more ef ciency more affordable. There have been multiple ex- lege victory to match his popular subcommittee gives ef cient ways to use energy. Sustainable Marblehead is also planations for the failure of Pres- vote triumph. hope for winter Most recently, Sustainable Mar- continuing a “No-Idling” cam- ident Donald J. Trump to win a But here is a separate expla- sports. B1 blehead held a Zoom presentation paign from last winter, urging plurality of the popular vote: nation: Trump simply sapped • on Wednesday that discussed how people to avoid idling their cars Some analysts believe it was a country that teetered on St. Mary’s athletes people can increase their home’s to help do their part in reducing young people, some say minori- sign National Letters energy ef ciency and reduce its ties. Others argue it was urban SHRIBMAN, A3 of Intent. B1 carbon footprint this winter. The SUSTAINABLE, A2 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ 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