Marblehead Says Yes to Taxes for Repairs
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FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018 A nal run indeed for O’Brien By Thor Jourgensen “No one’s entitled to their job. You have to earn it ITEM EDITORIAL DIRECTOR every election. This is my last time out of the box,” the Lynn native said in an interview this week. SALEM — When it comes to politics, odds have He runs a 34-employee of ce tucked in the back never bothered John L. O’Brien Jr. Elected to the corner of Shetland Park. The registry’s big open Lynn City Council as a teenager, he broke a polit- ical mold in 1976 when he ran as a Democrat and oor plan of ce has the feel of a library, with ta- wrested the Southern Essex Register of Deeds job bles set up for researchers to pore through com- from a Republican. puterized land transaction records or dig into rows But O’Brien, 66, has decided this fall will be his and rows of record books for 30 communities from last campaign. He is running for another six-year Saugus to Haverhill. term as register and for the rst time in 24 years O’Brien has raised the registry’s pro le beyond a he has a September primary opponent, Democrat public records of ce. He took big banks to task be- ITEM PHOTO | JIM WILSON Alice Rose Merkl of Salem, as well as a November ginning eight years ago on what he characterized John L. O’Brien Jr. will seek reelection as Southern Es- Republican opponent, Rockport resident Jonathan sex Register of Deeds for the nal time. E. Ring. O’BRIEN, A7 Drivers escape Saugus crash Marblehead says yes to taxes for repairs By Bella diGrazia ITEM STAFF MARBLEHEAD — Even with a low vot- er turnout, residents voted to raise taxes that would help repair seawall damages as well as repairs to Abbot Hall. Residents, about 12 percent, voted on the two ballot questions Thursday night. Question one was in regards to signi cant repairs for Abbot Hall, which amount to $8,982,963, including geothermal air-con- ditioning for some of the of ces, and xing up the building’s roof. The second question was about the storm-damaged seawalls all over town and the need for repairs which would cost $871,894. “We had a lot of damage from the three The driver of a Toyota Camry may have crossed the center line before crashing into a pickup truck on storms in March, with some of the sea- Essex Street in Saugus Thursday morning. The car sideswiped the Ford truck, which was pulling a trailer, walls having been repaired in the inter- in the area of 226 Essex St., according to a statement by Saugus Police. According to police, rst respond- im, but others sustained more signi cant ers worked to free the driver of the Camry from the vehicle using hydraulic rescue tools. The driver of damage,” said Alison Nieto, the town’s - the Camry was then taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with injuries that are not believed to be nancial director. life-threatening. The driver of the truck was not injured. The crash remains under investigation. A yes vote on question two would allow repairs on the seawalls at Front Street, Grace Oliver Beach, and Fort Sewall, as well as a few others, according to Nieto. Pakistani Both of the proposed tax raisers will bor- row from the provisions of Proposition 2½, which was adopted by Massachusetts immigrant voters in 1980 and is related to the total amount of property taxes in which a city or town can raise each year. The seawall question had a 1,555-326 makes her vote and the Abbot Hall repairs question gained a 1,340-539 vote. Marblehead res- idents, with a median family household mark at SSU income of $603,000, will pay about $10 a year in taxes for the next 10 years for sea- By Bill Brotherton wall repairs and about $64 a year for the ITEM FEATURES EDITOR next 20 years in taxes for the Abbot Hall repairs. Aasma Aziz dreamed of leaving Pakistan Relieved at the yes votes for both ques- to attend college in the United States. Her tions, Board of Selectmen members Judy parents didn’t think that was such a great Jacobi and Jackie Belf-Becker embraced. idea. After all, life in America and the Both women acknowledged the dire need South Asian country are radically differ- to get started on the Abbot Hall repairs. ent. “I’m happy it passed but I’m more “It’s challenging for a woman in Paki- pleased that people recognize the impor- stan. When I went out, my head was cov- tance of this building,” said Jacobi. ered and I needed male chaperones; my brothers or father had to go with me, for Bella diGrazia can be reached at bdigra- safety reasons.” [email protected]. Her parents balked, even though she al- ready was the rst woman in her town to earn a graduate degree (in social work) at a co-ed university in Pakistan. INSIDE “I was unstoppable. I was determined,” Lynn Coming up she said. “People told my parents they had Nonpro t part Beginning to control me.” of $1.8M grant Monday, The Item IMMIGRANT, A7 program. A2 will run a six-day series on hunger, its Opinion sufferers, survivors, Jourgensen: and how we all can Rolling out the help in solving this good times. A4 hidden health crisis Special that touches all Section communities. Twirling with fame Lynn Educator Former Lynn teacher competed for Ms. Senior USA By Bella diGrazia Pamela ITEM STAFF Kiriaji represented LYNN — Pamela Kiriaji twirled her way to Las Massachu- Vegas as a contestant in the 2018 Ms. Senior USA setts as one pageant last week. The Lynn resident and retired Lynn Public of 26 pag- Schools teacher represented Massachusetts last eant contes- Aasma Aziz graduated Salem State week as one of 26 pageant contestants. With baton tants. last month with a master’s in social twirling as her talent, she may not have won the work and earned a standing ovation ITEM PHOTO | as commencement speaker. PAGEANT, A7 OWEN O’ROURKE OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 69° VOL. 140, ISSUE 165 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-8 LOW 57° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS ....................................B4 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018 OBITUARIES Lynn nonpro t part of Terri Maguire, 48 Rose Serino, 90 $1.8M grant program 1969-2018 LYNN — Lynn Commu- from homelessness,” said NAHANT — Mrs. Ter- was a caring and DANVERS — Mrs. longtime member of nity Health Center is one Kiame Mahaniah, MD, ri (Powers) Maguire, compassionate per- Rose “June” (Coculo) Beverly Golf and Ten- of four groups selected CEO of the Lynn Commu- age 48, of Nahant, son and was loved by Serino, 90, of Dan- nis Club in Beverly. as part of a $1.8 million nity Health Center. “This died unexpectedly, everyone who knew vers, beloved wife Rose is survived by program to combat opioid RIZE grant will help us on Tuesday, June 19, her. of the late Ralph J. her daughter, Debra abuse. overcome the opioid crisis 2018, after being In addition to her Serino, passed away Matthews and her The grant, provided by in Lynn, and we look for- stricken suddenly. husband Kevin with peacefully on Thurs- husband Gregory; RIZE Massachusetts, is ward to sharing a success- She was the loving whom she shared 21 day, June 21, 2018 her grandchildren, designed to expand on-de- ful model of treatment for and devoted wife years of marriage, she at Rosewood Skilled Kimberly Kasprzyk mand treatment of opioid our most vulnerable popu- of Kevin P. Maguire is also survived by Nursing and Rehabil- and Jason Kasprzyk abuse, with an eye toward lation with other commu- and beloved mother of John her children, Jack, Owen and itation Center in Peabody, sur- and his ancé Devon O’Con- improving quality of life nities in Massachusetts.” P. “Jack,” Owen T. and Riley E. Riley; her mother, Betty Faulk- rounded by her loving family. nor, and several nieces and for patients. Other grantees include Maguire. ner and her husband Garry; Born in Lynn, she was the nephews. She was prede- “Lynn has some of the Boston Health Care for Born on Oct. 23, 1969, in her father, Ken Powers; her daughter of the late Joseph ceased by her beloved hus- highest rates of opioid-re- the Homeless Program, Knoxville, Tenn., Terri was the grandmother, Carol Ann (Ri- and Saturnina (Evangelisti) band and her siblings James lated deaths Massachu- Brockton Neighborhood daughter of Betty (Jones) ley) Powers of Nashville, Tenn.; Coculo. Raised and educated and Joseph Coculo, John and setts, and this grant will Health Center and Com- Faulkner of Knoxville, Tenn., her sister-in-law, Mary Ellen in Lynn, she attended Lynn Donald Ago, Helene Palm, Ida allow us to save more munity Healthlink in and Charles K. Powers II of At- (Maguire) Dineen and her Public Schools and was a Freeman and Clara Ayotte. lives by implementing our Worcester. Each was se- lanta, Ga. She graduated from husband Kevin of Nantucket graduate of Lynn Classical Service information: At innovative care program lected “for their collab- Ramsay High School, Birming- and nieces Grace and Han- High School in 1946. the request of the family that brings together so- orative approaches to ham, Ala., in 1987, and later nah; her brothers, Charles K. Mrs. Serino had been em- all services are private. As- cial services, community treatment that facilitate went on to earn her bachelor’s Powers III and Richard A.