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Every day, The Patriot Ledger publishes stories you can only find in our print edition. In today's paper: THE BOTTOM LINE Braintree High teacher I How much money will Quincy be spending starting Monday? PAGE 9 He received total artificial heart in February HOUSING EXTRA By Lisa Kashinsky Carelli, 66, a retired Braintree THE PATRIOT LEDGER I A desirable family place in High School teacher and track and I Jim Carelli, Canton. Plus 146 featured BOSTON – Jim Carelli paused field coach, met with reporters 66, a retired homes. INSIDE WEB mid-sentence and swallowed Thursday at Brigham and Wom- Braintree High en’s Hospital in Boston. In Febru- LOCAL NEWS EXTRA hard, taking a few moments to School ...... compose himself before continu- ary, he became the first recipient teacher, is the I Cases from Hingham in New England of a total artificial District Court. PAGE 9 ing to thank the doctors and fam- first recipient I For links to hear t. The device is meant to keep ily surrounding him. of a total more photos him alive until he can undergo S P O RT S and video, go “This is a long and arduous jour- artificial heart transplant surgery. I Are the Olympic Games to Patriot n ey, ” said Carelli, of Holbrook. “I in New in the future for Hingham L e d g e r. c o m . Carelli was diagnosed in 2010 England. hammer thrower Kyle could not ask for better people to BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL Morse? PAGE 20 travel this journey with.” H E A RT / PAGE 2

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EXTRA BACKGROUND By Jack Encarnacao STORIES THE PATRIOT LEDGER I Read our previous stories QUINCY – The attorney for Quincy about the case against developer William O’Connell is fight- William O’Connell. ing a prosecutor’s effort to force the 72-year-old to submit to an oral DNA PHOTO GALLERIES swab, the results of which would be I Young musicians soar in compared with DNA on straws seized Hingham. from his Marina Bay condominium. I See how local residents GREG DERR/THE PATRIOT LEDGER A special prosecutor for the Norfolk are beating the heat. I Rotting brown seaweed covers Green Harbor Beach in Marshfield on Thursday. County District At- p a t r i o t l e d g e r. c o m / p h o t o s tor ney’s Office ar- POLL gues the DNA sam- ple would provide I Should the Red Sox sign evidence relevant to David Ortiz to a long-term the cocaine traffick- contract? Seaweed a stinker ing charge against READER COMMENTS O’Connell, who is O’Connell also charged with I As of press time, our story four counts of ag- WEB drawing the most comments Marshfield deals with smelly situation at Green Harbor Beach gravated statutory was, “Silver Lake student EXTRA charged in crash that left 2 rape. By Patrick Ronan “The smell is awful,” said Mary Doherty, a ...... with brain injuries.” Join the Special prosecu- THE PATRIOT LEDGER I For links to conversation. summertime resident of Bay Avenue for the past tor Andrew Berman MARSHFIELD 50 years. argues the swab past stories Unusually high counts of brown and red sea- and other CHECK THIS OUT rank Coffran was in a messy situation would help corrobo- coverage, go weed first arrived at local beaches two weeks ago I Listen to your community’s Thursday afternoon. rate grand jury testi- to Patriot police and fire department As if he were navigating through a when a nor’easter slammed the coast. In mony by O’Con - L e d g e r. c o m . radio transmissions with our minefield at Green Harbor Duxbury, town workers removed some of nell’s alleged victim online scanner. Beach, Coffran moved delicately the seaweed by burying it in the sand. that she saw O’Connell retrieve and S c a n n e r. P a t r i o t L e d g e r. c o m Fatop rotting brown seaweed that Officials in Marshfield tried to rid snort cocaine from a safe in his bed- blanketed the coast at high tide. Green Harbor of the seaweed Thursday room closet using a cut-up straw. A po- W E AT H E R “It is pretty nasty,” said Coffran, who WEB morning by using a front-end loader to lice search of the safe allegedly turned To n i g h t : lives on Regis Road in Marshfield. EXTRA dump the weeds into the ocean. It didn’t up 18.49 grams of cocaine. A heavy thunderstorm, On days like Thursday, when temper- ...... work; the early-afternoon high tide car- In a motion filed this week, O’Con - Low of 68º nell attorney Stephen Delinsky argues atures hit the high 90s, Coffran usually I See more ried the seaweed back onshore. To m o r r o w : goes to Green Harbor Beach with his photos and Marshfield officials said they received the sample would not lead to evidence Not as warm with a t-storm, wife and two children. But the foul- a video at many complaints about the smelly sea- relevant to the charges and would be High of 80º moot if his forthcoming motion to sup- smelling seaweed prompted his family Patriot weed Wednesday and Thursday. Jay Page 6 L e d g e r. c o m . press the straws as trial evidence is suc- and other beachgoers to spend the day at Wennemer, the town’s conservation cessful. nearby Burke’s Beach. agent, said workers will continue their ef- INDEX forts to remove the seaweed if the tide doesn’t Delinsky argues the swab “will only Residents living along Bay Avenue are espe- Dear Abby 16 take it out naturally. serve to prejudice the defendant.” cially annoyed with the seaweed, some of which Business 18 “We have a plan of what to do,” We n n e m e r “It will paint Defendant as a drug us- coats the riprap, sea wall and staircases connect- Classified 23-26 O’CONNELL/PAGE 2 Comics 17 ing their homes to the beach. S E AW E E D / PAGE 2 Editorial 4 Movies & Music 13-15 Locals 7-10 Obituaries 11 TO DAY S AT U R DAY Y E S T E R DAY Sports 19-22 YEARS I Area colleges look at the impact. I Local college I Did you miss Day 1 of the series? TV listings 16 Bridgewater State University athletic athletes talk about We looked at how far women’s director John Harper says that 40 what Title IX of the college athletics have come since OF years ago the potential for women’s Education the legislation was signed into law college athletics was unknown. Amendment Act has by President Richard Nixon on June TITLE IX meant to them. 23, 1972. Check it out at 4O TODAY ON PAGE 19 P a t r i o t L e d g e r. c o m 2 F r i d a y, June 22, 2012 NEWS/FROM PAGE ONE PAT R I O T L E D G E R . C O M Seaweed O’Connell fouls beach in Marshfield attor ney: S E AW E E D / FROM PAGE 1 DNA test said. “We have three options: bury it, push it (into the ocean) or pile it up on some out-of-the-way spot that won’t of- fend anyone.” isn’t fair The seaweed from the storm got swept O’CONNELL/FROM PAGE 1 into the ocean last weekend, but it “came back with a vengeance” earlier this er, and thus in a negative light before the jury, week, Wennemer said. Before the town without providing any evidence relevant to could remove the seaweed, it needed au- the crimes that are actually charges in this thorization from the state’s Division of case,” Delinsky writes in his motion. Fisheries and Wildlife because Green Delinsky argues that a trafficking charge Harbor is near a habitat for Least Terns, requires evidence of intent to distribute a an endangered bird species. The state ap- drug, not evidence the defendant used the proved the seaweed removal Wednesday, JUSTIN IDE PHOTO dr ug. Wennemer said. I The first total artificial heart in New England is implanted at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in February. He also argues police did not properly Last week, officials in Duxbury seize the straws because the search warrant cou l d n ’t remove seaweed on Residents they were executing did not expressly men- Beach because of a habitat for the en- tion narcotics as something for which they’d dangered piping plover. be searching. In her 50 summers on Bay Avenue, Beat goes on for retired In March 2011, State Police executed a Doherty said seaweed has caused prob- warrant at O’Connell’s 1001 Marina Drive lems at Green Harbor about once a residence and used a battering ram to open a decade. She said this recent influx could locked closet in the master bedroom. Inside, be ill-timed for two reasons: Fourth of they found a safe bolted to the floor. On top July is approaching, and a film crew is Braintree High teacher of the safe was a white powdery substance, a credit card and a straw, according to coming to Green Harbor next month to Ber man’s petition. begin shooting a movie starring Steve H E A RT / FROM PAGE 1 A subsequent search of the safe turned up Carell. 18.49 grams of cocaine, authorities say. Oth - with amyloidosis of the heart, a rare disease “There’s a whole lot of people who er straws were also seized from the condo- that leads to heart failure. Within two years, use this beach, so this affects more than minium and have been submitted to a state his health had deteriorated to the point where just the shoreline residents,” Doher ty lab for DNA testing, the petition says. atransplant wasnecessary.But withno said. “The beach is what makes Marsh- The alleged victim, who was 14 years old donors available, doctors said an artificial field so great. It’s why they’re filming a at the time of the alleged sexual encounters heart was his only option. Carelli said the movie here.” with O’Connell in 2009, testified that choice was clear. “I wanted to live.” Patrick Ronan may be reached at O’Connell’s closet contained men’s and The 10-hour procedure took place on Feb. p r o n a n @ l e d g e r. c o m . wo m e n ’s clothing of various sizes, including 17. wo m e n ’s sweaters and thongs. “This was the power of teamwork and the The girl also testified that O’Connell told strength and courage of the individual,” said her “he never does heroin or dope and does Dr. Michael Givertz, medical director of the not even smoke cigarettes. All he ever does is Lotter y hospital’s heart transplant and mechanical cir- ...... co c a i n e . ” culatory support program. “He’s (Carelli) a Ber man’s petition includes transcripts courageous, resilient man.” Thursday’s results from the girl’s grand jury testimony, in In cardiac amyloidosis, proteins usually which she describes the interior of O’Con - Daily Number found in the blood end up in the heart muscle, nell condominium. (evening) ...... 9954 causing it to thicken and ultimately weaken. She said the residence, which occupies the Dr. Gregory Couper, surgical director of the Payoff on a $1 bet: eighth and ninth floors of 1001 Marina heart transplant program, said that he had Drive, has “a lot of mirrors,” including on Exact order “never seen a heart this thick,” when describ- All 4 digits ...... $4449 ing Carelli’s pre-surgery condition. the wall, the ceiling and the stairs. First or last 3 ...... $623 Fluid backup prior to the surgery also led to In the bedroom, she testified, is a large Any 2 digits ...... $53 kidney problems and swelling of the legs, plasma television and a Jacuzzi, as well as a Any digit ...... $5 making it hard to walk, Carelli said. dresser that contained a microwave and food, BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL PHOTO including “ravioli, chips, soup, cans of But he never gave up. I Jim Carelli poses with his wife, Jane, Any order cheese and juice boxes.” All 4 digits ...... $371 “Today I feel great, I really do,” he said, as after the surgery. he sat with his wife, Jane, and three doctors Jack Encarnacao may be reached at First 3 digits ...... $208 j e n c a r n a c a o @ l e d ge r. c o m . Last 3 digits ...... $104 including Couper and Givertz. have doctors, I have teams,” he said. Carelli is tethered to a large, blue machine, He thanked his wife, Jane, saying, “she Daily Number called “Big Blue,” which keeps his artificial keeps me grounded and goes above and be- (midday) ...... 5690 heart pumping. He said he can hear the heart yond to keep me healthy.” He also thanked pulsing “really loud.” Payoff on a $1 bet: other family, including his two sisters and his Senate OKs bill Doctors had initially wanted to implant him nieces. Exact order with a smaller, portable device, but were un- Carelli also noted the support he’s received All 4 digits ...... $5695 able to due to his kidney complications. from some of the students he coached and to change teacher First or last 3 ...... $797 Carelli will remain in the hospital for dialy- Any 2 digits ...... $68 sis; he is currently on the organ donor waiting taught during 22 years in Braintree schools. Any digit ...... $7 list for a heart and kidney transplant. Doctors He retired in 2004. evaluations His faith has also sustained him through his said that except for his pre-existing kidney is- BOSTON (AP) – A measure calling on Any order medical challenges. “I don’t want to go all sues, Carelli’s recovery so far has been “com - school districts to implement a new teacher All 4 digits ...... $237 Tebow on anyone but you better believe in plication free.” evaluation system and place performance First 3 digits ...... $133 Carelli thanked the doctors, nurses, and other something higher up,” he said. Last 3 digits ...... $133 ahead of seniority in deciding future layoffs hospital staff that made the procedure possible. Lisa Kashinsky may be reached at was approved Thursday by the Massachu- “I take pride in telling people I don’t just Lucky For Life l k a s h i n s k y @ l e d ge r. c o m . setts Senate. 3-9-12-27-32 The legislation, which now moves to the Lucky Ball 19 House, resulted from a compromise struck between the Massachusetts Teachers Associ- Mass Cash ation and an advocacy group called Stand for 3-13-26-28-30 Marshfield man shares $1M surprise on Father’s Day Children that had proposed a statewide ballot question. The organization has said it would Rhode Island ...... 7405 MARSHFIELD – Local resi- Massachusetts Lottery’s 40th An- Bjelf purchased the winning be willing to drop the ballot initiative if the dent Raymond Bjelf surprised his niversary Millions instant game. $20 ticket at the Tedeschi on bill becomes law. Tri-State 3 (evening) ...... 810 children and grandchildren at a Bjelf selected the cash option on Columbia Road in Hanover. The measure would provide about $13 Tri-State 4 (evening) .... 7531 family gathering on Father’s Day the prize and received about The store will receive a $10,000 million for school districts to implement a by sharing a secret he’d been hold- $430,000 after taxes. Tri-State 3 (day) ...... 485 commission on the sale. new system for evaluating teachers devel- ing onto for several days. He plans to share a portion of oped by the state Board of Elementary and Tri-State 4 (day) ...... 4860 The odds of winning $1 million On June 13, the retired sailor the winnings with his three chil- in the game are 1 in 720,000. Secondary Education. claimed a $1 million prize in the dren and four grandchildren. Beginning in 2016, the performance eval- uations would be used to guide personnel de- cisions such as staff reductions or transfers. Contacting THE PATRIOT LEDGER The legislation would retain collective bar- ...... 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...... Lotter y We d n e s d a y ’s results Daily Number (evening) ...... 1551 Payoff on a $1 bet: Exact order Car plows into police cruiser All 4 digits ...... $3,374 First or last 3 ...... $472 Any 2 digits ...... $40 Any digit ...... $4 Any order Weymouth woman accused of driving drunk, the wrong way on Route 24 before striking vehicles All 4 digits ...... $562 First 3 digits ...... $157 Last 3 digits ...... $157 By Lisa Kashinsky tail in a construction zone on the west- Daily Number THE PATRIOT LEDGER bound side of the turnpike when the (midday) ...... 2332 RANDOLPH – MaryKathryn S. cruiser was struck from behind by a Payoff on a $1 bet: Exact order McLaughlin stood silently in Quincy Toyota RAV4. All 4 digits ...... $5,695 District Court Wednesday as the clerk First or last 3 ...... $797 The Toyota flipped over, and the Any 2 digits ...... $68 entered a not guilty plea on her behalf driver, Peter Okarma, 30, of Reading, Any digit ...... $7 for a l l eg e d ly driving drunk the wrong was freed from the wreckage by New- Any order way on Route 24 and hitting four cars, All 4 digits ...... $949 ton firefighters and taken to Beth Israel including a State Police cruiser. First 3 digits ...... $266 Hospital in Boston. Last 3 digits ...... $266 The 25-year-old Weymouth woman Megabucks: 5-15-31-34-36-42 was charged with driving the wrong He remained in the hospital as of Mass Cash: 1-11-14-30-31 way on a state highway, negligent oper- Wednesday afternoon, and will be later arraigned on charges of drunken driv- Rhode Island ...... 6253 ation of a motor vehicle and operating ing, entering a restricted zone and oper- Powerball under the influence of liquor. 6-34-40-46-58 McLaughlin, wearing a dark blue ating to endanger. Powerball 6 “Take me home” Red Sox top and The trooper, whose name was not re- Tri-State 3 (evening) ...... 871 Tri-State 4 (evening) ...... 0983 shorts, stood behind attorney Kenneth leased, was taken to Massachusetts DiFazio for her short appearance. She Tri-State 3 (day) ...... 237 General Hospital with minor injuries Tri-State 4 (day) ...... 1641 will hire her own lawyer for her court GREG DERR/THE PATRIOT LEDGER and released. proceedings. I MaryKathryn McLaughlin of Weymouth is arraigned in Quincy District Court Lisa Kashinsky may be reached at She was released on $1,500 cash Wednesday as lawyer Ken DiFazio tries to shield her from the media’s view. l k a s h i n s k y @ l e d ge r. c o m . bail. Corrections Her next court appearance will be on McLaughlin failed five field sobriety ...... Aug. 28. tests and refused a Breathalyzer test. I The Patriot Ledger corrects errors CONTACTINGContacting THE THE PATRIOT PATRIOT LEDGER LEDGER and omissions in stories. Please call According to police, the 34 Pierce She was taken to Milton Hospital for ...... 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