Cleanup of Lynn Junkyard Finally Capped
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MONDAY, JULY 20, 2020 Saugus man’s wait for lung transplants may be over By Elyse Carmosino lied on an oxygen tank to help him keep up with ITEM STAFF day-to-day tasks, but even still, his family says the condition continues to severely impact his SAUGUS — A double lung transplant may quality of life. mean new beginnings for a Saugus man and his family. “He says he’s on a leash now, but he tries to Dan Barnes is a life- Last week, lifelong resident Dan Barnes was - make the best of it,” said Barnes’ oldest daughter, long Saugus resident nally placed on the waiting list to receive a new Dani Rogers. “Anything he does, you have to be who was diagnosed in set of lungs. A six-year journey in the making, mindful of. He’s got this long cord at home, and 2014 with pulmonary Barnes was rst diagnosed in 2014 with pulmo- then he does have a portable one, but when he hypertension. nary hypertension, a type of high blood pressure goes out, he only has one hand because he has to that affects the heart and arteries in the lungs. ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO Since the day he was diagnosed, Barnes has re- SAUGUS, A3 Kennedy touts virus recovery plan at Lynn health center By David McLellan ITEM STAFF LYNN — The crucial part of developing his post-COVID-19 economic recovery plan is to “listen,” and U.S. Rep Joseph Kennedy III said that was the reason for his visit to Lynn Com- munity Health Center Sunday. This was the second day of Kennedy’s state- Cleanup of Lynn wide Jobs and Justice Tour, and he started with a visit to the LCHC building on Union Street. “Every time I go to a community health cen- ter, I am inspired,” Kennedy said. junkyard nally Capped Kennedy said the tour has been a way to gain feedback for his Jobs and Justice Initia- By Gayla Cawley and land records. Shown above tive. The plan is a coronavirus economic re- ITEM STAFF “It’s really a remarkable transforma- are before and covery blueprint. It proposes legislation that tion down there,” said Attorney James E. after photos of LYNN — The site of a former junkyard includes federal funding for municipalities in Smith, who represents the Falites. “It had the cleanup of need of job growth and retainment following on Western Avenue that has been the sub- ject of environmental and legal scrutiny to be probably the most environmental- the former Caps the COVID-19 pandemic that would allow lo- for more than a decade has been cleaned ly-challenged site in the city of Lynn.” Auto Wrecking cal governments to keep teachers, public safety up and is primed for a new use. The Falites plan to open an auto repair Corp. property workers and others. Raymond and Jarrod Falite have in- and body shop business on the seven-acre at 1069R Western Kennedy said people in cities such as Lynn, vested more than $3 million into cleaning parcel, which is located near the Saugus Ave. which are multilingual and have communities up the former Caps Auto Wrecking Corp. River and across the street from GE Avi- of people facing historical disadvantages, have property at 1069R Western Ave., which ation. been “hit hard” economically by the COVID-19 the brothers purchased last September for shutdown. $1.5 million, according to their attorney JUNKYARD, A2 “The Jobs and Justice Initiative focuses on communities like Lynn,” Kennedy said. Workers at the center stressed to Kennedy that they have had a tremendous amount of help from community businesses and organizations THOR JOURGENSEN ‘Eatery 58’ provides plenty of COMMENTARY KENNEDY, A3 food for thought in Peabody By Anne Marie Tobin Eight years later he did just that, ITEM STAFF turning the once junk- lled old build- ing into Mills 58, arguably the hippest PEABODY — Sometimes all it takes spot in Peabody to work, eat and, may- is a little creative vision and a can-do be sometime in the near future, to live. attitude to go from trash to treasure. Greeley’s latest project at Mills 58 In 2012, Ed Greeley was looking for is “Eatery 58”, an upscale indoor/out- a new location in Peabody for his home door food court and marketplace that FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS remodeling and cabinet business, New is scheduled to open Sept. 1. England Cabinet. He found a suitable This is no ordinary, run-of-the-mill U.S. Rep. John R. Lewis died space in a former tannery on Pulaski food court. on Friday at the age of 80. Street. At the time, a handful of busi- “We could very well be the hottest nesses, ranging from antiques dealers spot in all of Peabody,” said Greeley. (some would say junk dealers), paint- ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO “You can eat anywhere you want, but When Rep. ers and craftsmen occupied the build- none of them has anything like we are U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III speaks ing. Only 20 percent of it was leased, offering in terms of the variety and at- to Dr. Kiame Mahaniah during a visit but Greeley saw potential to turn the mosphere. We’re more than an eatery, John Lewis to the Lynn Community Health Center building into an up-and-coming place Sunday morning. in the community. PEABODY, A3 came to Lynn Imagine standing in front of He turns seashells by Zion Baptist Church 24 years ago in the presence of not one but two powerhouses. A man with a gift Nahant seashore into jewelry for sharply-honed eloquence and possessing disciplined self control, State University. By Elyse Carmosino the late Rev. Walter R. Murray Jr., ITEM STAFF As an adult, following a short seared every word into your brain stint living in New Jersey, then NAHANT — A lifelong conserva- when he spoke. Peabody, then Saugus again tionist and beach-lover, Nahant’s U.S. Rep. John R. Lewis, who (where he was appointed to the Michael Coller is selling hand- died on Friday at the age of 80, made jewelry to raise money for town’s Conservation Commission), stood next to Murray on that local conservation efforts. Coller nally made the move to September 1996 day. With a look Born and raised in Saugus, Col- Nahant — a place he said he’s al- in his eye that embodied the ler has spent most of his life on ways loved for its serene beaches. de nition of determination, Lewis “My dedication and love for the the North Shore. Having grown ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK carried in his compact stature a up alongside the water, he said he environment just kicked in again strength that made you stand up was especially drawn to the ocean — the seashore, the waterways, Nahant’s Michael Coller spends his free time straight and square your shoul- early on, working in the commer- the estuaries. That was a big part combing the sand and rocks of Canoe Beach in ders as he spoke in low measured cial shing industry from ages 17 of why I wanted to give back to the Nahant, looking for the perfect shells for his tones. to 24 as a way to pay for his man- jewelry, which he plans to sell and donate the Lewis came to Lynn in 1996 to agement degree at Bridgewater NAHANT, A2 proceeds to local conservation efforts. endorse Salem Democrat John F. Tierney in what would be his successful bid for congress. But Lynn LOOK! Sports Lewis also came to Lynn to renew Rotary Club installs Swampscott Girl Scout an acquaintance with Rev. Murray new of cers. A3 honored for work with Marblehead Race Week MIAA board to discuss dementia patients. A8 canceled for 2020. B1 scenarios for fall sports. B1 LEWIS, A2 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 94° VOL. 141, ISSUE 185 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ...............................B6 LOW 71° COMMUNITY CALENDAR ............A5 SPORTS ................................ B1-2 HEALTH .....................................B8 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, JULY 20, 2020 OBITUARIES Moulton re ects on legacy of a legend Carol A. Gaudet, 76 spect. Nobody.” rights movement. his serious questions By Steve Krause Lewis, a key gure in the “If you ever doubt what about it, Moulton said. ITEM STAFF 1960s Civil Rights move- a hero John and his fellow “During the impeach- ment died Friday after American patriots were, ment trial, I asked him if SALEM — Sixth District a six-month battle with spend some time in Atlan- he’d ever seen it this bad. Rep. Seth Moulton said pancreatic cancer. ta, or Birmingham, or Sel- And while he told me, Saturday that no one com- Moulton said that while ma, where he came within ‘Never, not even during manded more respect in Lewis may have been a an inch of his life ghting the Civil Rights Move- the House of Representa- erce advocate for civil to uphold a nation’s ide- ment because, he said, tives chamber than John rights, he was also “a lov- als, even when the nation there was more hope, more Lewis. ing, caring, indefatigably said they don’t apply to movement,’ he nonetheless “When I grew up, we optimistic friend and men- you or your family,” Moul- maintained his character- seemed to have a lot of tor, especially to young ton said. “I found myself istic optimism and looked great American heroes people like me. wondering if I would have at me con dently, like around. From the greatest “Through all the turmoil had the courage to join a preacher to a Sunday generation who won World of the last few years, there in those protests, to be a School student, and said, War II,” said Moulton, a are only two times I’ve freedom ghter, to change ‘But, don’t worry, we’ll get congressman since 2015.