Up for Debate in Marblehead North Shore Community's Promise
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THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2017 STEVE KRAUSE COMMENTARY ‘Tradition’ up for debate in Marblehead By Gayla Cawley “To the best of my knowledge, the town of cial for the town and it should stay inde- Sadness? ITEM STAFF clerk issue has not been proposed before,” pendent from the elected board of selectmen, said Town Administrator John McGinn in an who is the appointing authority for the town. MARBLEHEAD — Town Clerk Robin Mi- email. “If Town Meeting approves the article, By remaining independent, the clerk can Sure. chaud is against a Town Meeting proposal the issue would go on the town election bal- maintain the electoral process of the town that would be a step toward making her posi- lot as a referendum in May 2018. If it passes without being pressured by the board they tion appointed, rather than elected. on the ballot, it would go into effect in May report to, a board that is on the town ballot But for A citizen’s petition, sponsored by Charles 2019.” every year. This in itself could create a con- Gessner, a Marblehead resident and former Town Meeting is May 1 at 7 p.m. at the Mar- ict of interest. chairman of the Finance Committee, would blehead Veterans Middle School auditorium. “Changing this to an appointed position whom? see if the town will “vote to change the posi- “I am against changing the position to takes the voice away from the 15,000 voters tion of town clerk from elected to appointed an appointed position,” said Michaud in an It seems much too trite MARBLEHEAD, A2 to react to Aaron Her- by the Board of Selectmen.” email. “The town clerk is the chief election nandez’ apparent suicide in the wee hours of the morning Thursday with hackneyed cliches. It’s all true, of course. Revere North Shore Community’s Cliches become cliches because they have an el- ement of truth. It’s just that they get mindlessly taking Promise: free tuition repeated, because people By Bridget Turcotte can’t think of anything ITEM STAFF else to say. None of this aim at makes any sense. So, we LYNN — North Shore shrug our shoulders and Community College is say “what a waste,” or opioids launching a program “he had it all and threw that will help students it away,” and go about our who don’t qualify for full days. By Bridget Turcotte nancial aid go to school ITEM STAFF I would agree with the for free. rst statement. His life REVERE — The Sub- The school is seeking was a terrible waste. He stance Use Disorder Ini- 100 new, full-time stu- murdered one person, tiatives (SUDI) Of ce will dents to apply for the and escaped conviction visit Revere High School North Shore Promise on two others because the to talk to residents about Award pilot program, state’s star witness wasn’t the opioid abuse problem which will launch in deemed reliable. Hardly in the city. the Fall 2017 semester. a ringing endorsement of The city opened the of ce The initiative offers free college to prospective innocence. last year at 437 Revere St. students who are being Not only was Hernan- and, using grant-funding, priced out of higher ed- dez’ life a waste, but he left hired staff to help address ucation because they are a ton of wreckage strewn the community’s drug not poor enough to qual- all over the path he chose problem. It was designed ify for full federal and to walk. In that sense, it’s to oversee coherence of the dif cult to feel too sorry state grant aid but also city’s substance use disor- can’t pay out of pocket. for him, and even harder der efforts and to support to conjure up any real con- NSCC will be the rst those most affected by the community college in cern about how sad his life issue through policy and was. the Northeast to offer a system changes. Since its self-funded free college It’s the second part of inception, it has worked that cliche where I nd program. to streamline pre-existing “Commonwealth res- a curious combination of programs and peruse new disgust and sadness. He idents are opting out of funding opportunities to had it all and threw it all pursuing post-secondary expand its efforts. away. education and training According to a statement Disgust is the immedi- as the sticker shock of a from Mayor Brian M. Ar- ate, visceral emotion. This college degree and perva- rigo’s of ce, early reports is a man who starred at sive stories of crippling show that both fatal and the University of Florida. student debt have many non-fatal overdoses de- He played on a team that questioning the return creased in Revere in 2016. was championship-driv- on college investment,” SUDI, Arrigo and the en, coached by a legend- NSCC President Patricia in-the-making (Urban Revere Public Schools A. Gentile said in a state- Meyer), and governed by PTO will host a forum ment. “This is especially the type of physical and at the school’s Learning true for lower and mid- mental discipline that Commons May 3 at 5 p.m., dle income families who would suggest that he was to discuss future initia- are rapidly being priced a well-adjusted person tives and solicit feedback ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK out of the college-go- about the next steps in ing market. And this is whose priorities were in North Shore Community College will offer a “free college” pilot pro- the right order. OPIOIDS, A2 gram starting in the fall of 2017. TUITION, A7 We were wrong. Some of that has to do with Her- nandez. He fooled a lot of people, including Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick. Ford driving for Those aren’t people eas- ily fooled, or else they wouldn’t be as successful political comeback as they are. And some of the blame By Thomas Grillo has to be laid at the col- ITEM STAFF lege coaches who either looked the other way at LYNN — Rick Ford, the former city councilor who his transgressions or en- gave up his seat two years ago, wants back in. gaged in willful ignorance “I miss being involved,” he said. “I got three calls of them. from constituents during the last snow storm who Whatever the causes, don’t even know I’m out.” Hernandez was a man Ford, who served as the Ward 7 councilor from 1998 who could look a billion- to 2016, chose not to seek re-election following a foot aire owner in the face, injury. On Tuesday, he pulled papers from City Hall shake hands on a multi- to run for councilor-at-large. year, multi-million dollar The 60-year-old is co-owner of the Little River contract, and then go out Inn, the popular diner on Boston Street where the and commit murder. McNulty sandwich — a fried egg with bacon, ham or There’s sadness, too, sausage, topped with cheese on an English muf n — but not so much for him. is a customer favorite. Without trying to sound He joins a eld that includes incumbents Buzzy too callous, Hernandez Barton, Brian LaPierre and Hong Net. Daniel Ca- ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK made his choices and he hill chose not to seek re-election, leaving one at-large paid the price for them Rick Ford, owner of the Little River Inn, will be running for city coun- — at least up to the point FORD, A2 cilor-at-large in Lynn. where he felt he could no longer do it. But from all appearances, that was his choice too. Health center may be News for Malden INSIDE The sadness comes from In Lynn the fact that so many By Steve Freker invest $5 million in renovations on top of the $3 mil- Doo-wop competition people who achieve some FOR THE ITEM lion they paid for the building in February. draws Northshoremen. A3 measure of success be- • South Cove Community Health Center, whose pa- cause of their natural tal- MALDEN — A community health center could be Jazz is a Rainbow ents seem to end up being coming to a historic location just outside of Malden tients are almost exclusively of Asian descent, still planning summer camp dragged and pulled back Square, providing services to nearly 4,000 locals who needs approval from the Malden Planning Board for at LynnArts. A3 to the lives common sense currently have to go to Boston for care. a special permit to remodel and open the facility. suggests they should The new owners of the building that formerly housed South Cove sought a permit for a change of use to In Sports have left far behind. operations for the Malden Evening News and Medford allow alterations and renovations to the building. Sixth-inning comeback Daily Mercury want to establish a health center at the propels St. Mary’s HERNANDEZ, B2 277 Commercial St. site. They say they are prepared MALDEN, A7 baseball. B1 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A7 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 LYNN .........................................A3 HIGH 58° VOL. 139, ISSUE 114 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 OPINION ...................................A4 LOW 45° SPORTS ................................ B1-3 TRAVEL......................................B8 ONE DOLLAR ENTERTAINMENT .......................A5 PAGE A8 A2 THE DAILY ITEM THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2017 OBITUARIES Ex-NFL star Aaron Lawrence Cyr Sr., 62 Nancy Walz Paisley,74 1942-2017 Hernandez hangs LYNN — Lawrence Daniel Paul Cyr and PORTLAND, Maine — Nancy her sister Patricia M. (Walz) “Larry” Cyr Sr., 62, of his wife Tatiara, Adam Walz Paisley, 74, of Portland, Shaw and her husband Sid- himself in prison Lynn, passed away James Cyr and his Maine passed away on April ney of Bowdoinham, Maine; surrounded by his wife Melanie, Chris- 8, 2017, at the Hill House and five nephews, a niece, loving family due tine Marie Cyr and in Bath, Maine after a long ten great-nephews and four to complications of her fiancé Tommy illness with Alzheimer’s.