DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2021 DEALS OF THE Saugus COVID puts Marblehead $LynnDAY$ starts epidemiologist to the test streetsPG. 3 super By Steve Krause will be ITEM STAFF DEALS When Clare Shanahan was working OF THE search on an undergraduate degree in biology vacuum at Fair eld University in Connecticut, $DAY$ By Elyse a microbiology project jolted her into PG. 3 Carmosino her eventual career path. cleaned ITEM STAFF “We had to swab a surface on campus. We were in our classroom learning how By Allysha SAUGUS — Two of to grow cultures and process them all Dunnigan four superintendent - the way through, and identifying what ITEM STAFF nalists were publicly in- we found,” said Shanahan, 29, a Mar- terviewed Tuesday night LYNNDEALS — The City blehead native. CouncilOF votedTHE Tuesday during a virtual Saugus “I was horri ed at what I found. That School Committee meet- night to approve the class, and that project, got me thinking purchase of a small-to- ing. about public health. I got to thinking $DAY$ Frank Tiano, current midsizeDA motorizedY street that every surface is dirty, that we had vacuumPG cleaner. 3 to assist superintendent of the no idea what was out there that would Uxbridge Public Schools, with cleaning up city make us sick. streets. and Eric Tracy, principal “That was my turning point,” said of Hamilton-Wenham The purchase is part Shanahan, whose father, Mike Sha- of a campaign to ad- Regional High School, nahan, is the CEO of Essex Media were given an hour and a dress the litter problem Group, which owns The Item. “That’s throughoutDEALS the city, half each to lay out their how I came to public health. When you OF THE plans for the district and spearheaded by Coun- think about it, you’re touching these cilor-at-Large Brian answer questions posed ATM keys, elevator keys, and everyone by School Committee Field$ and Ward$ 5 Coun- thinks that if you can’t see it, it can’t cilor DiannaDAY Chakoutis, members and parents. harm them.” PG. 3 Last Thursday, the as part of the council’s But, as Shanahan says, events in the Trash and Litter sub- School Committee voted, past year have proved us wrong. That 5-0, to accept a screen- committee. is why she earned a Master’s Degree Chief Financial Of- ing subcommittee’s rec- in epidemiology at the University of ommendations of four cer Michael Bertino Michigan, and why she now works in informed the subcom- nalists. The public in- a major Detroit hospital with doctors terviews represent one of mittee the City has iden- and nurses who are devising effective ti ed some non-taxpay- the nal stages of the dis- protocols to keep contagious diseases trict’s search to replace er money to put toward from spreading among the patients the purchase of the mo- Saugus Superintendent and staff. Dr. David DeRuosi, who torized cleaning equip- And that’s what thrust her into the ment, which would help plans to retire when his thick of the COVID-19 pandemic at a contract expires June 30. to supplement ongoing time when the virus was careening out street sweeping efforts. The other two nalists, of control. Dr. Margaret Ferrick, “It’s our hope that we While Gov. Charlie Baker talks about COURTESY PHOTO can establish a pilot deputy superintendent lifting some mask protocols in for the Southbridge Marblehead native Clare Shanahan puts her epi- program very soon that demiology degree to good use ghting COVID-19 in SUPER, A6 SHANAHAN, A6 Detroit. CLEAN, A7 Peabody DA identi es OKs mobile Lynn of cers shooting under investigation By Tréa Lavery ed in Salem on December ITEM STAFF 3 for domestic violence to- range ward a pregnant victim. ITEM FILE PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK LYNN — The seven po- While the charges for that By Steve Krause Superintendent Kristen Vogel has presented a $27.5 million lice of cers who are being incident were dropped on investigated for alleged ITEM STAFF budget for the Lynn eld Public Schools. April 12 due to lack of evi- illegal use of drugs and dence, the investigation re- PEABODY — The Zoning Board inappropriate language vealed text messages with of Appeals has voted unanimously Lynn eld seeks 3.38 percent have been identi ed by the other of cers discussing to grant a variance to Northeast Essex District Attorney’s the use of cocaine and ste- Arms LLC to place a portable shoot- of ce. roids, as well as a private ing range on its property. Its overall school-spending increase The of cers are Michael conversation between two area precluded its staying within its Chalmers, John Clem III, of cers where racial slurs designated buffer area. Shane Melisi, Jonathan were used. It is unclear at The required buffer on the left By Anne Marie Tobin mission and vision statements to Mills, Joseph Plessas, Jo- ITEM STAFF drive our decisions,” Vogel said. this time which two of - side yard was 100 feet, and North- seph Ricupero, and Dante cers used slurs. east was asking for 70; and 50 feet “I can say this as an educational Vinciarelli. LYNNFIELD — The town’s leader of this district that we got The DA’s of ce provided in the rear yard, whereas the com- School Department is asking for A document from the this evidence to the Lynn pany proposed 28 feet. here without laying off any teach- DA’s of ce, obtained by a 3.38 percent budget increase for ers in spite of the circumstances Police Department on Despite strong objections from the scal year 2022, bringing the total The Item, lists the of cers’ April 13. The case is being abutters of the area, many of whose this last year brought.” names under the head- proposed budget to $27,551,605. Vogel’s presentation was investigated by the depart- complaints exceeded the ZBA’s au- Superintendent Kristen Vogel ing, “Disclosure regarding ment’s Professional Stan- thority to rectify them, the request well-received by the members of initiation of investigation presented the school budget at the board. dards Division. was granted Monday night with ve last Monday’s Select Board meet- into members of the Lynn Acting Chief Lenny conditions: that its hours extend “You and your staff have done a Police Department.” ing. tremendous job this year in spite Desmarais declined to from only 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., from “Our most precious asset is our The of cers have been comment, citing it being Tuesday through Saturday; that of the circumstances, especially placed on administrative students and it’s important to compared to a lot of districts,” an ongoing investigation. the doors of the structure remain keep our focus on our students. leave during the investiga- DA spokeswoman Car- We also kept our eyes on our tion, effective April 15. rie Kimball also could not MOBILE, A6 SPENDING, A6 Plessas, 28, was arrest- comment. INSIDE LOOK! Lynn’s Brian Maes (left) published the rst of his three-part book series on his lifelong musical career and run-ins with celebrities. A8 Opinion Walsh: A special day in Nahant. A4 • Filling big shoes in Saugus. A4 Sports Revere volleyball blanks English. B1 • Fenwick’s Gonzalez commits to Bridgewater State. B1 ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK STATE ........................................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 54° VOL. 142, ISSUE 120 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-2 CLASSIFIED ...............................B6 LOW 48° POLICE/FIRE .............................A5 COMICS ....................................B4 BUSINESS ................................B8 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2021 NEW ENGLAND BRIEFS Ex-Boston police officer admits year. The street will intersect to overtime fraud scheme Petronelli Way, the site Residents vote to keep of the gym where Hagler BOSTON (AP) — A for- school’s Native American logo was trained and managed mer Boston police officer by the Petronelli brothers, pleaded guilty Tuesday WAKEFIELD, (AP) — Goody and Pat. to collecting more than Residents of a Boston sub- “Growing up as a kid in $20,000 in bogus overtime urb have voted to keep the Brockton, Marvin Hagler payments, prosecutors high school’s Native Amer- was a legend,” said Council- said. ican mascot and logo. or Jeffrey Thompson, who James Carnes, who has Wakefield voters on Tues- made the proposal to name retired from the police day supported keeping the the street. “I never had force, pleaded guilty to fed- school’s Warrior mascot the pleasure to meet the eral charges of conspiracy and the accompanying champ, but I watched his to commit theft concerning image of a man wearing a legendary fights and spoke PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS programs receiving federal feathered head dress by a to people who knew him. Workers depart a main gate to the Encore Boston Harbor casino in funds and embezzlement 2,911 to 2,337 vote, accord- The lesson that I took was Everett. from an agency receiving ing to the town’s unofficial that Marvin Hagler had an federal funds. results. obsession with sharing his An email seeking com- The nonbinding ballot boxing talent and his deter- ment was sent to Carnes’ question had sharply di- mination with the world. Vaccines should be required lawyer. vided the town of some He literally got punched in Carnes, 57, of Canton, 27,000 residents north of the face and kept moving was one of nine people ar- Boston. forward.” for public employees rested in September in the Some viewed the mascot Hagler was born in New- fraud scheme at the police as a source of pride while ark, N.J., and moved with ASSOCIATED PRESS also urged the public to happen early next week.