Marblehead Boaters Slip Into Winter
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016 Peabody gins up case for 20 more liquor licenses By Adam Swift areas in surrounding communities like Thursday night. If the committee ap- If the latest home rule petition gets ap- ITEM CITY EDITOR Salem, Beverly and Danvers, and unless proves the request, it will be forwarded to proved, Gravel said he hopes it is with there are liquor licenses, we won’t get the the Committee of the Whole for approval. more leeway than the 2014 license in- PEABODY — A home rule petition caliber of restaurants that will be able to At that point, Bettencourt would be able crease. led with the state legislature to allow survive.” to le a home rule petition with the state “On Main Street and Walnut Street, as many as 20 new liquor licenses in the In August, Mayor Edward A. Betten- legislature. there are a lot of buildings with poten- city could help open up downtown devel- court Jr. submitted a request to the In 2014, similar legislation added 10 li- tial for restaurants if they had a liquor opment, said a city councilor. council for approval of a home rule pe- quor licenses, bringing the city’s total to license,” he said. “I’m supportive of any move that will tition to increase the number of all-al- 11 beer and wine licenses and 70 all-alco- Gravel said there are already examples give us the ability to lock up restaurants cohol liquor licenses in Peabody by no hol licenses. But the 2014 legislation did on Main Street of how liquor licenses and other businesses that are looking at more than 20. put caveats on where the new licenses have helped improve local business. the downtown,” said Councilor-at-Large The council’s Legal Affairs Committee could be used, including setting ve aside David Gravel. “We are competing with is taking up the issue at its meeting on for the Northshore Mall. LIQUOR, A7 Marblehead boaters All roads will lead to slip into winter Market By Leah Dearborn FOR THE ITEM Basket MARBLEHEAD — A brisk chill on Columbus Day morn- By Thor Jourgensen ing wasn’t enough to stall ITEM NEWS EDITOR seasonal preparations by the LYNN — City councilors are poised sea. tonight to sign off on spending $2.5 The Marblehead Trading million in state grant money on what Co. on Front Street was bus- a top city of cial called signi cant im- tling, as boats were hauled provements to traf c ow where West- out of the water in prepa- ern Avenue and Federal Street inter- ration for upcoming cold sect. weather. A new traf c rotary, signal lights “It’s full blast right now for this week and next week,” and other improvements are part of said Jake Pendlebury, rigger the roadway and infrastructure work and crane operator. planned around the future Market Pendlebury said the com- Basket site. Scheduled to open in Sep- pany, which operates two tember 2017, the $30 million project other yacht yards in town will give the popular retail grocery on Cliff Street and Beacon chain a Lynn presence and provide 400 Street, typically experiences jobs, with hiring preference for Lynn an extra push of activity in residents. October. “There is no underestimating the While boat owners want to importance of Market Basket and this squeeze in as much time in is an opportunity to upgrade traf c the water as possible, many improvements,” said Economic De- insurance policies expire at velopment and Industrial Corpora- the end of the month and tion (EDIC/Lynn) Executive Director become expensive to extend James M. Cowdell. past Nov. 1. Councilors are scheduled to take a Once out of the water, sail- vote authorizing the state MassWorks boats go through a process of grant spending tonight and Cowdell having their masts removed said initial roadway and infrastructure before being hung in the spar work will start this fall. loft and undergoing a wash, Meninno Construction Co. of Lynn is do- said Pendlebury. ing site preparation work on the Market Some boats are then stored Basket site, including grading and shap- at one of the company’s loca- ing the future Market Basket parking lot tions, while others are taken and installing underground utilities. to private residences. “It’s a great project for us and a size- During this busy time of able project right in our backyard,” the year, two trucks are in said Meninno President Nick Meninno. use 10 hours per day, hauling Tewksbury-based Retail Manage- boats to private storage, said ment and Development is the project Purchasing Manager Robert developer overseeing the new store’s Leahy. construction. The rm’s website de- Leahy said that there’s scribes how each of its developments plenty of work over the are “anchored by a Market Basket winter months, with prepa- store” with neighboring businesses on rations for next season be- the development site. ginning shortly after a brief Site owner Charles Patsios said holiday recess. Meninno Construction Co. is already Norman Reid, a member doing site improvement work on the of the Jubilee Yacht Club in PHOTO | PAULA MULLER former location of General Electric’s Beverly, took advantage of the Factory of the Future. Alex Reyes puts protective plastic over a boat that has just been brought into BOATERS, A7 storage for the winter at Marblehead Trading Company. MARKET BASKET, A7 School plan makes grade with neighbors Rudolpho DeLe- By Thor Jourgensen on, an employee ITEM NEWS EDITOR at Corte Estilo on Commercial LYNN — They raised some concerns about increased traf c, Street, stands at but people living and working in the neighborhood bordering Mc- McManus Field, Manus Field where the city wants to build a middle school say the possible lo- they are generally happy with the plan. cation of a new “I like the idea. Kids learn more in a modern school. It’s partly middle school in about the technology,” said resident Celeste Cordero. Lynn. Cordero has lived for 19 years in one of the Neptune Towers PHOTO | PAULA MULLER McMANUS, A7 Stagnant wages hits home in Lynn INSIDE In Opinion By Thomas Grillo Lenders led 161 petitions to foreclose, the rst Utilities under scrutiny ITEM STAFF step in the foreclosure process, through August, in Lynn. A4 LYNN — Despite the lowest unemployment compared with 130 for the same period last year. In Sports rate in 15 years, the number of Lynn homeown- During the rst eight months of this year, 59 KIPP hangs on for win. B1 ers facing foreclosure grew by nearly 24 percent homes were seized by lenders, up from 47 last since January as families continue to struggle year, a 25.5 percent increase. In Business to pay their mortgage, according to The Warren Wheelabrator to host Group, the Boston-based real estate tracker. WAGES, A7 public tours this fall. B8 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 61° VOL. 138, ISSUE 263 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 46° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS ....................................B4 BUSINESS ................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016 OBITUARIES When pressed, Deborah L. Shubert Sherman Kramer, 89 cider maker will SAUGUS — Mrs. Deborah L. daughter; Amelia. She was LYNN — Sherman Navy during WWII. Shubert, from Saugus and for- the sister of Wayne Strout and Kramer, 89, died Sat- He was an auxiliary merly of Salem, passed away his wife Donna of New Hamp- urday, Oct. 1, 2016. policeman in Marble- tell a tale or three at her home on Sunday, Oct. 9, shire, Peter Strout and his wife Beloved husband of head, directed traffic By Joe Atmonavage rural town. The following 2016. She was the loving wife Kathie of Salem, and Rebecca Faith (Packer) Kram- and was on the pis- ASSOCIATED PRESS year, the family started of William E. Shubert. Skerry and her husband Jon er. Dear son of the tol team, where he selling the produce. Born and raised in Salem, of Salem. Mrs. Shubert is also late Solomon and frequently was the LUNENBURG, Mass. Harvey, a 13-year-old she was the daughter of the survived by many nieces & Simi (Swartz) Kram- highest scorer. Sher- — Harvey Price is stand- milk peddler for his fa- late George and Simone (Bel- nephews. er. Devoted father man was a lifelong ing in the cellar of his ther, helped his father leau) Strout. She was a grad- In lieu of flowers donations of Harriet Blau and gun collector. He also barn. He is doing what he by picking the apples af- uate of St. Cridian’s School in her memory may be made her husband Fred Blau, Alan worked with the State Police has been for nearly all 93 ter school and helping to in Salem. A devoted mother to Lahey Clinic Cancer Center Kramer and his wife Elaina Department. He was on the years of his life. make it. Ralph asked, so and homemaker, Mrs. Shu- at lahey.org/Cancer. Louisos Kramer, Philip Kram- cemetery committee at the He is talking and work- Harvey helped. bert retired as the secretary Service information: Rela- er and Donna Kramer Mer- Pride of Lynn where he is be- ing, and he’s not stopping. “He never yelled at me for the Guidance Office at the tives and friends are invited ritt. Former father-in-law of ing buried. Sherman and Faith He’s telling stories about once,” Harvey recalls. “If Northeast Regional Vocational to attend visiting hours in Jodi Kramer. Loving brother were square dancing partners. the 1938 New England he told me to do some- School in Wakefield.