SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2020 Halloween Glitches, cyber attacks caused near-total through technology breakdown in Lynn eld schools By Anne Marie Tobin signi cant shift from red (more of school on Sept. 16, a major gel. “What we do know is they a screen ITEM STAFF than eight average daily cases technological glitch caused a were from outside sources, from per 100,000) to yellow (four to near-total breakdown in inter- other countries, all over the The rst week of school in eight cases per 100,000). In re- net connectivity. Lynn eld had more than its fair world that basically brought in Salem share of ups and downs. sponse to the data, the School “It happened the day after the district-wide system down The good news is that the Committee voted Thursday to school started when we started and essentially disabled our By Elyse Carmosino pivot from a fully remote learn- to get attacked and those at- major network.” ITEM STAFF town learned Wednesday that the most recent Department of ing model to a hybrid-learning tacks began inundating our sys- Vogel said the district received SALEM — With spooky sea- Public Health color-coded risk model effective this Tuesday. tems in terms of bringing our 17,000 attacks last Thursday son fast approaching, there’s no assessment data on the rate of The bad news was that, after internet down,” said Superin- better time to check out some of average daily cases showed a a relatively uneventful rst day tendent of Schools Kristen Vo- CYBER ATTACK, A3 the countless Halloween mov- ies featuring the city of Salem, including Hubie Halloween, the newest Salem-centric lm scheduled to be released on Miniature Net ix Oct. 7. A comedy horror movie direct- ed by Steven Brill and starring horse lifts Adam Sandler, Hubie Hallow- een follows the plight of Salem resident Hubie Dubois (San- spirits in a dler), who must convince police and townsfolk that monsters are behind a number of local disappearances. big way The story takes place in Sa- lem and includes footage from Lynn 3-year-old with 2019’s Haunted Happenings, and scenes from Salem’s fa- cancer meets Idaho mous Witch Museum. “It was a lot of fun to have By Guthrie Scrimgeour Adam Sandler and crew in Sa- ITEM STAFF lem last year to lm parts of Hubie Halloween,” said Kate LYNN — Three-year-old Brid- Fox, executive director of Des- get Vinard received a pleasant tination Salem. “Salem has surprise Sept. 13 when she was a rich history and is recog- visited by a miniature horse nized around the world for our named Idaho. month-long celebration of Hal- The visit was a welcome respite loween, which made it a great for Bridget who is being treated t for Hubie Halloween.” for rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare The lm’s large all-star cast type of cancer that forms in soft also includes Kevin James, tissue. She had surgery in Au- gust, and is now in the midst of Julie Bowen, Maya Rudolph, Bridget Ray Liotta, Steve Buscemi, 42 weeks of chemotherapy and Vinard, 3, Rob Schneider, Michael Chik- radiation treatment. lis, Kenan Thompson, Peyton of Lynn, “It was really sweet,” said Brid- List, China Anne McClain, Par- gets a kick get’s mother, Janelle LaVigne, is Berelc, Tim Meadows, Colin out of her about the hour-long horse hang- Quinn, June Squibb, Shaquille visit with out session. “They did Idaho’s O’Neal, Karan Brar, Noah mini-horse hair, and Bridget walked her Schnapp, Mikey Day, Melissa Idaho. around the yard like a little cow- Villaseñor, Kym Whitley, Lavell girl.” COURTESY PHOTO | MINI-HORSE, A3 HALLOWEEN, A3 LIFTING SPIRITS Swampscott (pin)wheels out a way to connect students with art By Thor Jourgensen ITEM STAFF SWAMPSCOTT — A simple art project has blossomed into a decorative addition to Linscott From left, Swampscott ITEM PHOTO | GAYLA CAWLEY Park and an opportunity to resident From left, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, May- connect students and teachers at a time when remote learning Alexandra or Thomas M. McGee, City Clerk Janet Descargues helps Rowe, U.S. Census Bureau Representa- is the rule. Hadley, Clarke, and Stan- her children tive Philip D’Agati, and state Rep. Dan ley students stopped by their Elliot and Cahill help with Lynn’s “ nal push” schools when the academic Gaspard draw on with the 2020 Census on Friday. year began earlier this month pinwheels for the and picked up packets contain- Pinwheels for ing a stick and material needed Peace project. One ‘ nal push’ to make a pinwheel. PINWHEELS, A3 ITEM PHOTO | for Lynn census OLIVIA FALCIGNO By Gayla Cawley COVID-19 ITEM STAFF Lynn reports additional Discover Marblehead at Fall Fair LYNN — Lynn gave its “ nal push” to in- COVID-19 death. A2 crease its 2020 Census response during an By Gayla Cawley Discover Marblehead and to be socializing on a small ITEM STAFF outdoor event Friday evening. LOOK! the Marblehead Museum scale,” said Melissa Stacey, YMCA encourages are teaming up to host an who founded Discover Mar- Residents were encouraged to come to the MARBLEHEAD — Al- members to fall back outdoor fall fair at the Jere- blehead with her former three-hour event at the Lynn Tech annex to the Y. A8 though the coronavirus has building, where census representatives were canceled other large-scale miah Lee Mansion, which is business partner, Andrea on hand to help them ll out their forms. Sports town events this year, one part of the museum, on Sat- Young, two years ago. Before citizens started trickling in, a brief Fenwick girls community group’s owner urday, Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. Discover Marblehead is a press conference, featuring remarks from soccer has sights set is con dent their inaugural to 2 p.m. for-pro t media and tourism on another league annual Fall Fair will proceed “I think people need this CENSUS, A2 title. 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Daniel Ca- Donald Trump is appeal- sponse rates to more than at Friday’s event to inter- nities could miss out on parceled out to states and hill (D-Lynn), was held in ing the ruling), as the ad- 50 percent in four of ve act more easily with peo- $2,400 of federal funding municipalities, the census front of the sign-up booth ditional time will allow of those targeted census ple. for each person who is is used to allocate seats in that had been set up in the the city to increase its re- tracts, which is a slight The personal informa- not counted. That could Congress. school building’s parking sponse rate for the 2020 bump from their 2010 tion of everyone who re- leave low-income cities “(The) census is not po- lot. like Lynn, which has a Census. rates. But she said one sponds to the census is litical by nature, but we “This is another chance As of Friday, 63.8 percent tract, which encompasses protected, Cahill said, high immigrant popula- have a president who po- to both highlight the im- of Lynn residents have the lower Highlands, still noting that it was safe to tion, at risk of being un- liticizes this,” said Moul- portance of the census and responded to the census, remains below that de- respond as only statistics, derfunded. ton. to have people come down Rowe said, which is com- sired threshold. not identifying informa- Moulton cited the cen- and ll out the census,” parable to the state’s over- “We were trying to reach tion is shared. sus’ importance, saying Mandated by the U.S. said McGee. all numbers. Sixty-eight 60 percent for the city Federal laws protect that it helps him and oth- Constitution, the census The Mobile Question- percent of Massachusetts overall and specically census condentiality. It’s er lawmakers get a better is conducted every 10 naire Assistance (MQA) residents have responded, for those areas we were illegal for the census bu- understanding of the peo- years.