MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2021 Why is ght for equal rights still necessary for women? By Tréa Lavery, Yet women everywhere feel as Women’s History Month, are about who should be on the $20 history,” Fischer continued. “It’s Allysha Dunnigan though they are still at the mer- still necessary. bill, some of them could name clear that women’s history isn’t and Elyse Carmosino cy of the whims of men. “Usually on my rst day of Harriet Tubman. If they’re from being incorporated into regular ITEM STAFF Gayle Fischer, a professor of class, I ask my students to write Massachusetts, they might list history classes. Women’s His- women’s history at Salem State down 10 women’s names who Abigail Adams, but otherwise tory Month feels to me like an Women make up approxi- University, said a lack of incor- they know from history,” Fischer they really can’t give me any add-on just to say you did it, and so I guess until women’s history mately 51 percent of the world’s poration of women’s stories into said. “Rosa Parks is a name that names. becomes part of the bigger story, population. Mathematically, day-to-day discourse means pe- appears most frequently and “That’s one of the reasons why this makes them a majority. riods of special recognition, like when there was a lot of news I still think we need women’s EQUALITY, A3 An attempt to SAVE Saugus from plastic bags By Elyse Carmosino ITEM STAFF SAUGUS — Environmentalists are ask- ing local of cials to enforce a plastic bag ban implemented by the town just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year. Ann Devlin, President of Saugus Action Volunteers for the Environment (SAVE), said Saturday she was disappointed by the number of Saugus businesses she’s seen not adhering to the bylaw, which prohibits stores town-wide from distributing, using, or selling single-use plastic bags at check- out counters. In effect as of March 12, 2020, the bylaw, which falls under the purview of the Board of Health, now requires business owners to use reusable totes or single-use bags made ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK of at least 40 percent recycled material. World War II veteran Milton Steller of Lynn was surprised by a parade and citations from the city and “It’s really disheartening that the pan- state to celebrate his 95th birthday on Saturday. demic hit when it did because it took about a year to get the article put together before Town Meeting, and then you wait anoth- er six months to have it pass the Attorney Governor and mayor salute Lynn hero General’s of ce, so it didn’t go into effect until the beginning of March,” Devlin said. By Allysha Dunnigan and presented Steller with family here is great.” traveling to the North “It was in effect for two weeks before the ITEM STAFF of cial citations to honor Steller, known to his Shore to visit his cousin. He pandemic hit.” and thank him for his ser- friends and family as wrote Betty while he was LYNN — World War II vice as a Merchant Marine “Milty,” joined the Merchant serving the country, eventu- In the early weeks of the coronavirus veteran Milton I. Steller cel- pandemic last spring, Governor Charlie and as a member of the U.S. Marines in 1945, right af- ally marrying her in 1951. ebrated his 95th birthday Baker issued an emergency order sus- Coast Guard. ter high school, and was The duo moved to Lynn and Saturday with a now-pop- pending the use of reusable bags in stores, “I’m very happy to be here stationed in New York as raised three children in the ular COVID-style birthday as well as suspending single-use plastic and to recognize his service. a ship cadet, training on same home in which Steller parade, consisting of friends bag bans already passed in 139 cities and This is important to cele- steam engine operations still resides. and family. towns. brate his 95th birthday,” and mechanics. Steller was rst deployed Although Baker’s emergency order was Mayor Thomas M. McGee said McGee. “It’s obviously Born in Baltimore, to San Francisco to work on and Sen. Brendan Crighton different times, but having Steller met his wife Betty PLASTIC BAGS, A3 were in attendance as well, the parade and having his (Schwartz) Steller, while STELLER, A3 Nahant keeping INSIDE its residents Opinion informed Why not a BLM mural here in Lynn, too? A4 By Elyse Carmosino ITEM STAFF • Will women nally NAHANT — Of cials have introduced be declared equal? A4 a new way to keep Nahant residents in- formed using a simple smartphone app. Sports Called MyCityPocket, Town Administra- Special teams explosion tor Antonio Barletta said the app, which ITEM FILE PHOTO lifts Big Blue to big win the town began using earlier this month, Rep. Sally Kerans over NEC foe Salem. B1 is an ef cient tool that allows of cials to send important messages to residents LOOK! quickly through their mobile phones. Plenty of Lynn English sophomore “Not everyone has social media, not every- Precious Akande, right, one visits the town website, not everybody stands at attention as has a home phone anymore, but mostly House work the JROTC trains for the everybody has a smartphone, so to be able 2021 Virtual National to utilize an app that, if everybody signed High School Drill Team up for it, we could capture a wide range of for Kerans residents in town to get information out to, Championship in April. A8 By Anne Marie Tobin whether it’s an emergency or just general ITEM STAFF info, that’s a plus,” Barletta said. Representative Sally Kerans ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK MYCITYPOCKET, A3 (D-Danvers, West Peabody, Mid- dleton) has been appointed to the Legislature’s Transportation, Fi- nancial Services, Mental Health, Swampscott seeking input on Hadley reuse Substance Use and Recovery and Election Laws Committees. By Tréa Lavery ing is deemed excess by the School Build- local commercial, and non-market rate The Danvers resident was also ITEM STAFF ing Department as a result of the current housing uses for the property. The com- appointed to the newly created school building process,” the survey states. mittee will consider both single-use and Advanced IT, Internet and Cyber- SWAMPSCOTT — The town is conduct- multi-use plans. It has been instructed by security Committee. ing a survey of residents to seek input on The town selected the site of the current Stanley Elementary School as the location the town not to consider luxury or mar- “These committees deal with is- how to use the site of the current Hadley ket-rate housing. sues that directly impact our daily Elementary School. for a new elementary school in the fall. If the town chooses to build this new school, Hadley is the oldest school building in lives, our economy, our infrastruc- “The Hadley Elementary School Reuse Swampscott, and will need extensive reno- ture and our climate,” Kerans said. the Hadley building will no longer be used. Advisory Committee is exploring options vations to meet building safety standards. “I’m excited to join with colleagues, for the potential reuse of the Hadley Ele- The Hadley Reuse Advisory Committee mentary School, in the event that the build- is considering municipal, public or civic, HADLEY, A3 KERANS, A3 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 28° VOL. 142, ISSUE 82 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-2 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 18° POLICE/FIRE .............................A5 COMICS ....................................B4 HEALTH .....................................B8 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2021 OBITUARIES Immigrant victims of crime hope Dora V. LeBlanc, 100 1/2 Congress eases visa hurdles LYNN - On Friday March 12, 2021, Dora V. Tammaro By Marc Levy Philadelphia District LeBlanc “Auntie Dot” passed ASSOCIATED PRESS Attorney Larry Krasner, whose office certified the peacefully after a brief illness. HARRISBURG, Pa. — In She celebrated her 100th visa application for the Li- a bid to become a legal per- berian woman, called U vi- birthday in September and this manent resident of the Unit- day was her “100 ½ birthday”. sas an “important tool” for ed States, she says she lives prosecutors and victims. She was the youngest and in fear, afraid both of being last surviving child of the late But too few are granted, deported and of retribution and local politics often de- Emilio and Elisa (Palermo) after she testified against Tammaro of Lynn. Born and termine whether they’re men who were convicted of raised in Lynn, she graduat- even offered, he said. killing her boyfriend. ed from Lynn Classical High “We need dramatic re- School class of 1938. She Robbers forced her and form of the immigration attended art school prior to her boyfriend to lay on the system to ensure every vic- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS beginning her working career. floor of his Philadelphia tim of domestic violence is Dora was employed by the rowhouse, she testified, An immigrant from Liberia, who spoke on con- able to seek help from the General Electric Company and after searching the dition of anonymity, poses for a photograph in police, and that every wit- prior to, during, and after the house for cash he made the United States. ness to a shooting is able Second World War where she provided Dora and Leo with selling drugs, shot him to testify at trial,” Krasner met the love of her life, the late the big family they were not point-blank in the head.