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National Spotlight Shines on Salem Cemetery Inside MLT’S Firehouse Florence, Italy DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020 DEALS OF THE New Marblehead theater$DAY $ COVID celebrating arts, JulyPG. 4th3 By Thor Jourgensen head Festival of Arts had been canceled high and ITEM STAFF due to the pandemic,DEALS like so many other community events across the country. MARBLEHEAD — Match an artist “Marblehead Little OFTheatre THE is import- with strong town ties with Marblehead ant to me, my family, and to the quality of low in Little Theatre (MLT) and the Fourth of life in Marblehead, which$DA I stillY $consider July and you get outdoor inspiration ev- to be my home despite havingPG. 3 lived else- eryone can enjoy beginning this weekend. where for many years. I wanted to pay Lynn Although there are no current live per- homage to MLT in a way that would keep formances in the theater’s 12 School St. MLT visually alive during this unusual Marblehead native and artist Jeremy Bar- home due to coronavirus restrictions, MLT period when theatres are closed,” he said By Gayla Cawley nett is preparing an art installation for ITEM STAFF is celebrating the arts and Independence in a statement provided by MLT. the facade of Marblehead Little Theatre’s Day by installing ve of Jeremy Barnett’s A Marblehead HighDEALS School graduate, LYNN — It was a day of con- rehouse theater in celebration of the arts works on its historical rehouse facade. Barnett’s entry into the backstage world tradictions on Monday, as the and of Independence Day. The ve art can- Marblehead native Barnett proposed OF THE city reached a grim milestone vases will be on display beginning July 4. the project after learning the Marble- MARBLEHEAD,$ $ A3 by surpassing 100 coronavirus DAY deaths, PG. 3 Massachusetts but re- reports 35 more ported virus deaths, A6 zero new National spotlight shines Lynn PD cases for the rst time since the outbreak be- DEALS gan. on Salem cemetery revisesOF THE Three additional deaths have been reported in Lynn $DAY$ since last Friday to bring the UsePG. 3of city’s death toll to 101, ac- cording to city data. With zero new cases on Monday, the city’s caseload Force is now 3,660, with 713 active cases — 2,847 people have recovered from the virus. Although case numbers policy have been on the decline, Lynn’s death toll continues By Gayla Cawley to rise, a development Mayor ITEM STAFF Thomas M. McGee and the city’s public health director LYNN — Mayor Thomas addressed in a joint state- M. McGee and Police Chief ment on Monday. Michael Mageary announced “The deaths of 100 Lynn Monday that the Lynn Police residents due to COVID-19 Department’s use-of-force is a tragic milestone. Our policy has been revised to thoughts are with all those align with recommendations who have lost loved ones to from Campaign Zero. this terrible virus. Today Campaign Zero is an Amer- serves as a sobering remind- ican police-reform campaign er that COVID-19 is still tak- proposed by activists asso- ing its toll on our community. ciated with the Black Lives “Everyone must contin- Matter movement. The ue to do their part, wearing By Anne Marie Tobin signi cance, including the three re- A European group’s recommendations masks and practicing social ITEM STAFF lated to the 1692 witch trials (Broad Beech tree tow- are outlined on a website distancing, to prevent fur- Street, Howard Street and Charter ers near a pond that was launched in August ther spread of COVID-19 SALEM — The City of Salem is 2015. Street). at Greenlawn and keep the City of Lynn steeped in history, attracting more Revisions to the depart- But it’s Greenlawn Cemetery that is Cemetery in healthy,” the statement said. than one million visitors annually ment’s use-of-force policy in- in the national spotlight these days. Salem. The vast majority of vi- from all over the world who come to clude restrictions on choke- Greenlawn, built in 1807 and listed rus fatalities have been el- the city to see the sights. holds and strangleholds, a in the National Register of Histor- ITEM PHOTO | derly residents, with 83 of From the month-long Haunted Hap- requirement for of cers to ic Places in 2015, is home to the F. SPENSER HASAK the city’s deaths occurring penings Halloween celebration and give a verbal warning before among people aged 60 and Salem Willows Park, to its many at- Carroll Sargent Arboretum. The ar- any level of force, and addi- older. Another nine deaths tractions, museums and tours, the city boretum recently learned that it was tional de-escalation training have been residents between is a favorite among families and lovers approved for Level 1 accreditation by on an annual basis, accord- the ages of 51 and 60, accord- of the occult alike. In normal times, The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation ing to McGee’s of ce. ing to data compiled by the visitors pour more than $100 million Program and The Morton Arboretum “The widespread call for mayor’s of ce. on average each year into the econo- for “achieving standards of profession- police reforms and account- Only two people under the my. al practices deemed important for ar- ability has resonated in the age of 40 have died from the One of the city’s best-kept secrets boreta and botanic gardens.” City of Lynn,” said McGee are its cemeteries. Salem is home to COVID, A3 CEMETERY, A3 in a statement. “Over the several burial grounds of historical last several weeks, Chief Mageary and I have met to discuss and review the LPD’s Use of Force Policy, which re- Retired Lynn eld High teacher sulted in several changes. “This is a positive step in the right direction. Mean- is a student for a lifetime ingful change will require dif cult conversations and By Alex Ross teacher who has never stopped learning. thoughtful, concrete action. FOR THE ITEM Struzziero retired this past month after I look forward to respect- a quiet but storied career in education. fully listening to my fellow LYNNFIELD — Ernestine Struzziero To do one thing for more than half of your Lynners as we have the im- likes her peach tea iced and unsweet- life seems unnatural — unless, of course, portant discussions that will ened. The preference is tting. you love it with your entire ve-foot be- inform how we progress as a After 47 years of dictating lab report ing. community.” write-ups, she is straight to the point: “You know, they ask me how I did this ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO A review of the depart- “I’ve never been good at expounding,” for so long,” she said, shrugging. “And ment’s policy, which adheres she said. The truth is regular iced tea it’s just my passion. Forty-seven years. I Biology teacher Ernestine Struzziero is to the state’s Municipal Police would just be too boring for the mush- the only teacher at Lynn eld High School room-hunting, hometown-team-rooting STRUZZIERO, A2 who is retiring this year. PD, A3 Saugus Zooms in Opinion Swampscott seeking Krause: Rest easy, on Town Meeting Woo Woo. A4 Civil Service study members Lynn By Steve Krause posal that passed overwhelm- Shooting victim’s By David McLellan should be removed from civil ITEM STAFF ingly. family fundraising ITEM STAFF service. “Let’s hope,” said Town Mod- for funeral. A5 Civil service is a system ad- SAUGUS — After readjusting erator Steve Doherty, “that next SWAMPSCOTT — Members ministered by the state’s Human its usual Town Meeting format year this pandemic is behind LOOK! for a Civil Service Study Com- Resources Division that handles due to the COVID-19 virus, Sau- us, and that we can meet under Marblehead Rotary mittee are being sought by the the testing of job applicants and gus TM members began sifting more normal circumstances. inducts Arthur Schwartz town, with meetings set to start employees seeking promotion through a 14-item warrant Mon- “I applaud the selectmen for as president. A8 in July. in towns that use the system. day night at Town Hall. putting the health of the people The committee members will In Swampscott, both the police Before they could get to work in the town ahead of nances,” Peabody’s Millard study the Massachusetts Civ- and re departments use civil on the warrant, however, mem- he said, noting that as of Mon- named a class of 2020 il Service system and make a service. If the chiefs of those de- bers had to approve a motion to day night, roughly two percent Commonwealth recommendation at the next partments were removed from conduct business via Zoom, as Heroine. A8 town meeting on whether or not opposed to in person — a pro- SAUGUS, A2 the town’s police and re chiefs SWAMPSCOTT, A2 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 68° VOL. 141, ISSUE 169 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-2 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 63° POLICE/FIRE .............................A5 COMICS ....................................B4 BUSINESS ................................B8 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020 OBITUARIES Winds of change: Mississippi Arthur K. Smith SWAMPSCOTT — Arthur K. rebel-themed ag fading away (“Kevin”) Smith, longtime resi- dent of Swampscott and Lynn, JACKSON, Miss. (AP) died peacefully on June 24, — The Mississippi ag is 2020 after a long hospital- fading from public display ization due to complications in many places, even be- from heart disease. fore the governor signs a The son of Arthur K. Smith bill that will retire the last and Eileen M.
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