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THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2017 MATT DEMIRS COMMENTARY Safe Lynn Finding ending for freedom kidnapping inside drama By Gayla Cawley and four Bridget Turcotte ITEM STAFF walls LYNN — A man who allegedly kid- napped his son and assaulted the When I moved into my child’s mother was arrested on State rst apartment at the age Street Wednesday. of 20, I expected nothing The suspect, Rosba Taylor, 25, is in but freedom. police custody, and his son, 3-year-old But as I got lost in the Kyrie Taylor, appears unharmed, ac- excitement of deciding cording to Massachusetts State Police. with my buddies where State and Plymouth police spent the we’d put the TV and morning searching for the man. Rosba couches, I was blissfully Taylor, also known as Randy Taylor, unaware of responsibility. was estranged from the boy’s mother ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK My newfound sense of and does not have custody of the child. responsibility came in Lynn police brought a kidnapping that started in Plymouth Wednesday to a safe the form of a three-bed- conclusion on State Street: Police Lt. Michael Kmiec cradles Kyrie Taylor, 3. KIDNAPPING, A7 room apartment in the north suburbs of Chicago, less than a mile from my school, Lake Forest Col- State approves DECISION DAY IN SWAMPSCOTT lege. For those who aren’t fa- miliar, it’s a town straight $63.8M for Saugus Voters cast ballots on rail trail out of The Great Gatsby. By Gayla Cawley $850,000 for the design and engineering In fact, F. Scott Fitzger- school project ITEM STAFF of the trail location with the National ald once wrote “Lake For- Grid corridor, as well as the legal fees and est was one of the most SWAMPSCOTT — Voters will head costs for acquisition of easement rights. glamorous places in the By Bridget Turcotte to the polls today to decide the fate of a A group of residents opposed to the trail world.” ITEM STAFF proposed rail trail, as residents have the fought the vote and garnered enough sig- And although he might nal say on whether to allocate funds SAUGUS — The Massachusetts School Building natures on a citizen’s petition to force a have been right, my house that would allow plans for the path to go special election. Authority (MSBA) Board of Directors voted to ap- spoke otherwise. forward. The two-plus mile, 10-foot wide trail prove a grant of up to $63.8 million for a project to Lake Forest has a pre- Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at would run from the Swampscott Train mier beach with sand im- construct a new combination middle-high school three locations — Precinct 1 and 2 will Station to the Marblehead line at ported from Italy and 15- in Saugus Wednesday. vote at Swampscott Senior Center, 200 Seaview Avenue, connecting with the plus room mansions. But “This was their nal stamp of approval to move Rear Essex St.; Precincts 3 and 4 will cast Marblehead rail trail, which also links to as you near the “other side forward with the project,” said School Committee their ballots at First Church Congrega- trails in Salem. of the tracks” (literally a member Jeannie Meredith. “We‘re ahead of the tional, 40 Monument Ave.; and Precincts Opponents, including many abutters cul de sac near the train game. We already have the support of the town 5 and 6 voters will head to Swampscott to the proposed path, have been angry tracks), you’ll nd a mus- and now we have the support of the MSBA.” Middle School, 207 Forest Ave. about the possibility of eminent domain tard colored duplex with Last week, voters agreed to a debt exclusion Voters will decide whether to overturn and have said that the trail is a luxury a 210-56 Town Meeting vote last month, FREEDOM, A7 SAUGUS, A5 where members approved allocating ELECTION, A7 Shooting stars Football game honors Agganis’ legacy By Steve Krause ITEM SPORTS EDITOR LYNN — The consensus of opinion from his contemporaries was that Harry Agganis was a man among boys — athletically and phys- ically. “Let’s face it,” said Don Brothers, who spent his middle and high school career staring across the line at “The Golden Greek” while at English, “he was a big man, compared to a lot of the guys back then. He was 6-1, and weighed anywhere from 185-190 pounds. And no matter what he did, he was smart with it. He knew what he was doing.” That’s just a glimpse of the Harry Aggan- is whose name, and legacy, will be honored tonight at the 56th annual Agganis All-Star Football game (7 p.m., Manning Field). Ag- ganis was a star athlete in three sports at Lynn Classical, especially in football. He went onto play football and baseball at Bos- ton University. But he was one of the real-life embodi- ments of poet A.E. Housman’s “To An Ath- lete Dying Young.” He was a rising star with the Boston Red Sox in 1955 when he devel- oped an illness that landed him in Sancta Maria Hospital in Cambridge. While there, ITEM PHOTO | KATIE MORRISON on June 27, he died suddenly of a pulmo- nary embolism. He was only 26 years old. Manning Field was abuzz Wednesday for an Agganis triple-header as the boys soccer, girls lacrosse Upon his death, and at the urging of Lynn and boys lacrosse game were played. The South team’s Matthew Page, left, a Lynn resident and Essex attorney Charles Demakis, The Harry Ag- Tech graduate, winds up to boot the ball past Rafael Perez, right, of Tewksbury, in the 22nd Agganis ganis Foundation was established, with All-Star Boys Soccer game Wednesday night at Manning Field. See page B1 for more coverage. AGGANIS, A7 INSIDE The North Shore's Saving lives in Malden longest-running Senior Resource Guide In Medford SUMMER By Steve Freker ter for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) and 2017 Community remembers spirit of Gio. A2 FOR THE ITEM funded by the city of Everett, the new HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY SENIO R coaches include Malden, Everett and Med- In Lynn ORGANIZATIONS MALDEN — The new class of 28 recov- ELDER LAW AND FINANCIAL ford residents. Celebrate summer with SPECIALISTS ery coaches is set to embark on its mission IN-HOME-CARE The rst MOA graduation in March cer- My Brother’s Table. A3 ASSISTANCE to support addicts seeking to free them- NURSING AND REHABILITATIVE CARE ti ed 24 new recovery coaches. AFFORDABLE selves from substance abuse. SENIOR HOUSING “We can help a lot of people and give them In Opinion OPPORTUNITIES Malden Overcoming Addiction (MOA) ASSISTED LIVING History set to music in Lynn. A4 AND hosted its second Recovery Coach Acad- a better chance,” said MOA President Paul SENIOR LIVING MUCH MORE emy in four days of extensive, eight-hour Hammersley, who has headed up a grassroots In Revere ESSEX MEDIA GROUP training over two weekends at Malden Revere contest to promote 311. A5 High School. Run by the Connecticut Cen- MALDEN, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS ....................................B4 HIGH 80° VOL. 139, ISSUE 172 LYNN .........................................A3 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 LOW 68° OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2017 OBITUARIES Kenneth S. Estes, 93 Kathleen Murphy, 89 Charles P. Wladkowski LYNN — Mr. Kenneth wife, Donna of Lynn; Mrs. Kathleen (Aul- Silver, N.J., and Jerry BILLERICA — Dawn M.W. Peters S. Estes, age 93, of a daughter, Linda son) Murphy, age 89, Murphy and his wife Charles P. “Mickey” and her husband Eric Lynn died on Tues- Marnell and her hus- of Lynn, died Sunday Una of Fallbrook, Wladkowski of Biller- of Billerica. He was day, June 27, 2017, band, Ted of Peabody. June 25, 2017, at her Calif.; ten grandchil- ica, formerly of Lynn the beloved grand- peacefully after a brief He also leaves six home, surrounded by dren; Christopher died Wednesday father of Jay, Rob- illness. He was sur- grandchildren: Nicole her family. She was Johnson and his wife June 28, at the Care bie, Tricia and Sarah rounded by his family. and Cameron Weeks, the wife of the late Kristen of N.H., Adam One Hospice House Wladkowski of Nor- He was the husband Gracelyn and Delaine Lester E. Murphy, with Johnson of Fla., Cait- in Concord. Born in wood, Cassidy and of Margaret (Sherber) Estes, and Craig and whom she shared 63 lin Favreau and Jona- Lynn he was the son Ryan Peters of Billeri- Estes, with whom he Ashley Marnell. He years of marriage. than Favreau, both of of the late Charles P. ca, his brother in law shared 66 years of marriage. was preceded in death by his Born in Salem, she was the North Andover, Lauren Murphy and Cecelia “Jerry” (Marks) Michael Serino and his wife Born in Lynn, he was the son sister, Audrey Forbes. daughter of the late George of New York, Dan Murphy of Wladkowski, Sr. and the hus- Pauline of Revere, sister in law of the late George and Dorothy Service information: Vis- Henry Aulson and the late Lu- N.J., Scott Murphy of Oregon, band of the late Patricia A. Cheryl Bean and her husband Sybil Estes. He was a graduate iting Hours will be held in cetta (Dumas) Aulson. A life- Bronwyn Burman of California, (Serino) Wladkowski. Mark of Amesbury, and several of Lynn English High School, the CUFFE-MCGINN Funeral long resident of Lynn she at- William Johnston of Auburn- A graduate of St.