TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2019 Peabody mayor-council dispute brews over coffee shop conversion By Thomas Grillo “I’m in favor of the project,” said Bettencourt in a ITEM STAFF text message. “I am hopeful the council will reconsider their earlier vote. These new units will provide hous- PEABODY — Mayor Edward A. Bettencourt Jr. is ing for a number of our residents in need of assistance.” backing a proposal to turn a former coffee shop into Four councilors oppose the project. The 7-4 vote failed eight low-cost apartments, but some city councilors to meet the required eight votes for a special permit. are opposed. Under the proposal, William Skouras plans to trans- The proposal was rejected by a single vote of the City form the shuttered Peabody Coffee House into eight Council earlier this month and is up for reconsider- ation at Thursday night’s meeting. PEABODY, A3 Lynn eld selectmen dive into water-rate increase By Thomas Grillo ITEM PHOTO | STEVE KRAUSE ITEM STAFF Members of La Vida and the United Way worked on a mu- LYNNFIELD — The tension ral Monday at Lynn Tech as part of the Martin Luther between the Board of Selectmen King Day observance. They are, front from left, Jocelyn and the Lynn eld Center Water Ovalle, Njuria Perez, Kristen Matui Toc, Asmita Mangar, District (LCWD) has reached a Sonetra Pov and Emilie Wilk. Rear, Kelly Aldinger, Lind- boiling point. sey Duff, Diane Hernandez, Bertine Noel, Nicholas Bran- The selectmen have led a di-Miller and Ackiara Chhim. public records request seeking documents from the water com- mission about the controversial water rate increase that took its The dream is still 2,600 ratepayers by surprise last month. In a Freedom of Information Act request dated Jan. 8, Town real, but there’s Administrator Robert Dolan sought records from Nicholas Couris, LCWD’s acting superin- ITEM PHOTOS | OWEN O’ROURKE work to be done tendent. The vehicle involved in the fatal accident on “The Board of Selectmen re- Hammersmith Drive in Saugus Sunday was re- By Steve Krause main concerned about whether moved from the scene by crane on Monday. ITEM STAFF La Vida scholars or not the commissioners actu- ally made formal votes to imple- LYNN — It was an acknowledg- embody King’s ment these new policies from the ment of all that Dr. Martin Luther rate increase, charging for water King Jr. preached and accom- message by use, and retroactive billing,” plished in his short life of 39 years. said Dolan. “In any government There were songs and there was By Steve Krause process, and the LCWD is a gov- poetry, all of which celebrated Af- ITEM STAFF ernment entity, there has to be a rican-American culture while also motion, a second, public discus- dealing with the struggles people LYNN — Students from the La sion, and a vote to legally imple- of color have encountered through Vida Scholar program in Lynn, ment the dramatic changes they their history in the United States. in conjunction with North Shore made.” But the underlying theme at Americorps, wanted to convey Dr. Constance Leccese, LCWD Monday’s 33rd Annual Dr. Martin Martin Luther King Jr.’s message chairwoman, said the selectmen Luther King Jr. Holiday Observa- that “life’s most urgent and per- are welcome to any public docu- tion at the Knights of Columbus sistent question is ‘what are you ments as long as they don’t com- Hall was perhaps put most suc- doing for others?’” promise ratepayer privacy. cinctly by Dr. Patrick Tutwiler, The students, who were working But she sees a darker side to Lynn’s superintendent of schools alongside workers from Ameri- the board’s action. and the keynote speaker. corps at Monday’s eighth annu- “It’s a not-so-veiled attempt to “We are here this morning to al Martin Luther King Jr. Day of take over the water district,” she make a renewed commitment to Service, chose to paint a mural of said. “But I don’t know that they the work,” said Tutwiler. “Friends, positive and community-oriented will be able to. Our enabling act, the work is not done.” stories from local newspapers as which was established by the The breakfast, sponsored by their message of service. state in 1939, says we are an in- the Community Minority Cultur- The day began at Lynn Vocation- dependent organization separate al Center and emceed by Darrell al Technical Institute with opening from the town. They can try, but Murkison, drew a cross-section of remarks from Rep. Seth Moulton, it’s highly unlikely they will be successful.” KING, A3 SCHOLARS, A3 She said the commission’s at- torney has reviewed the minutes of previous meetings and deter- mined the higher rate, its retro- INSIDE active increase, and the tiered Opinion Saugus Sports system, were legal. Brotherton: The Police English boys “The opinion is what we did was perfectly, perfectly legal and ip side of the dispatcher helps basketball outlasts modern world. A4 deliver baby. A6 St. John’s Prep. B1 LYNNFIELD, A3 Saugus police ID fatal-crash victim By Bella diGrazia about 1:30 p.m. and found ITEM STAFF the car on its roof. Rauseo, BY BILL BROTHERTON the only person in the car, Saugus Police identi- had to be extricated by ed the man who died in Saugus Fire crews. a fatal car crash Sunday The initial investigation Vanilla Ice hot topic afternoon. indicates that the incident Steven Rauseo, 74, was was accidental, said Gi- seriously injured when his orgetti. The cause of the for Lynn writer vehicle crashed through a crash remains under in- garage at a home on Ham- vestigation by the Saugus “Ice Ice Baby” has of the favorite unproduced mersmith Drive, fell off a Police Department, with helped make Chris Good- scripts in Hollywood. cliff, and tumbled down a assistance from the Mas- win white-hot in the lm More than 300 lm execu- 40-foot embankment, ac- sachusetts State Police industry. tives were asked for the 10 cording to a press release Collision Analysis and Re- Goodwin, who grew up favorite scripts they had from Interim Chief Ron- construction Section. in Lynn, recently found received in 2018. “To the ald Giorgetti. Rauseo was out that his screenplay for Extreme,” co-written with Chris Goodwin, left, who grew up in Lynn, taken to a local hospital Bella diGrazia can be “To the Extreme,” a biop- Goodwin’s business part- works in the lm industry in Los Angeles. where he was later pro- reached at bdigrazia@ ic about rapper Vanilla ner Phillip Van, was one of His screenplay, “To the Extreme,” a biopic of nounced dead. itemlive.com. Follow her Ice, made the prestigious rapper Vanilla Ice, was named to the in uen- Saugus Police and Fire on Twitter @BelladiGra- Black List, an annual tally WRITER, A3 tial Black List. responded to the crash at zia. OBITUARIES ..............................A2 ENTERTAINMENT .......................A7 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 27° VOL. 141, ISSUE 38 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 17° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 BUSINESS ................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2019 OBITUARIES Thomas H. Cantrell, 71 William B. Delaney III, 68 Wayne T. Richard, 61 1947-2019 1950-2019 CLEARWATER, anything, though, he SWAMPSCOTT — and anything asso- SAUGUS — Mr. Wayne Thom- “Micah” Margaret, Alex Chris- Fla. — Thomas Hen- was a good and de- William Brian Delaney ciated with it such as Richard, age 61, formerly topher and Helene Margaret, ry Cantrell, 71, of cent man who loved III, of Swampscott, as boating, shing. of Chelsea, died on Sunday and another little blessing on Clearwater, formerly and watched over his aged 68, after a long He especially loved at the Melrose-Wake eld Hos- the way. Mr. Richard was the of Lynn, passed away family and passed on battle with cancer, he spending the day pital. He was the husband of brother of the late Benjamin, on Tuesday, Jan. 15, the lesson that life is passed away with his with his granddaugh- Marguerite Ann (Scott) Rich- late Robert, late Joseph, late 2019 in Florida. Tom best served in the family by his side on ter Olivia at Nahant ard, with whom he shared 23 Frank, late Janet, Joanne, Lin- was the beloved company of those Thursday, Jan. 17, at Beach. years of marriage. da, late Leonard, late Suzette, husband of the late you love and with Kaplan Family Hos- In addition to his Born in Boston, he was the Arnold, Ernest, Annette, Elaine, Kathleen (Saindon, plenty of laughter. pice House. mother, Brian is sur- son of the late Benjamin and Edward, Barbara and the late Sewell) Cantrell, with whom He’ll be sorely missed. Born Dec. 9, 1950 at the vived by his children, Mitchell Jeanette (Labbe) Richard. A Caroline. He is also survived he shared 27 wonderful years He was the loving father of old Mary Alley Hospital in Delaney of Kittery, Maine, and devoted family man and sup- by sister-in-law, Judith (Scott) of marriage. Joseph Cantrell and his wife, Marblehead, Brian was the Brendan Delaney and his wife porter of disabled veterans, Cash and her husband Roger, Born and raised in East Esther Nigron-Cantrell of San son of M. Elizabeth (Marrow) Melissa Dixey of Middleton; Mr. Richard loved shing and brother-in-law John Scott and Ridge, Tenn., he was the son Diego, Calif., Deanna Sonia Delaney and the late William stepson, Orest G. Manzi and adopting pets. He was a proud his wife Rita, many aunts, un- of the late Thomas E.