Housing Could Be for J.B. Thomas
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2018 One-year compromise teed up at Gannon The Lynn GFMI, co-owned by Chris Car- Park Com- By Gayla Cawley ITEM STAFF ter and Steve Murphy, has been mission overseeing the property since be- unanimously LYNN — Gannon Municipal Golf ing awarded a ve-year contract in approved a Course will remain open after the December 2013, which expires on $450,000 bid incumbent management team and Dec. 31. from Golf Fa- the city agreed to a one-year exten- The team had also proposed a cilities Man- sion Monday night. two-month extension contingent agement Inc. The Lynn Park Commission upon the city immediately going (GFMI) for unanimously approved a $450,000 out to bid again on the property, a one-year bid from Golf Facilities Manage- and a $340,000 one-year extension extension. ment Inc. (GFMI) for the extension, based on current rates. which was based on an increase in Membership rates will increase ITEM PHOTO | membership rates. The rates were OWEN O’ROURKE also approved by the panel. GANNON, A2 STEVE KRAUSE COMMENTARY Housing could be Where’s for J.B. Thomas Clarence when we need him? For those familiar with “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the last part of the lm shows the main character, the much-loved and celebrated George Bailey, in despair to the point where his guardian angel gives him a glimpse of what life would have been like in his Bed- ford Falls community had he not been born. It is not a pretty world. This picture-perfect town, a postcard-like slice of post-war Americana in the eyes of Jimmy Stewart and director Frank Capra, is an ugly slice of dystopia. It is everything the George Bai- leys — the “good” people of By Thomas Grillo bought the two- and three-story brick cam- City Hall has the world — have worked so ITEM STAFF pus one year ago for the bargain price of been in the dark $1.9 million from Curahealth Property LLC. for months over hard to prevent. It culmi- PEABODY — Plans to transform the shut- the future of nates in Bert the cop, a be- tered J.B. Thomas Hospital into an over-55 The healthcare company paid $4.1 mil- the former J.B. loved friend in the alternate condominium community have been shroud- lion for the 77,932-square-foot property two universe of George’s real ed in secrecy. years ago and operated the 50-bed facility Thomas Hospital life, shooting at him as he But Ward 4 City Councilor Edward R. for one year before they closed, citing a de- on King Street. ees an altercation at Nick’s Charest, the only city of cial who has been cline in admissions and Medicare enroll- ITEM PHOTO | (Martini’s) bar. in touch with the development team, said ments. SPENSER HASAK In the beginning of the he’s been assured the project is on track. movie, the archangel de tutti Hemisphere Development Group LLC PEABODY, A3 archangels asks Clarence, one of his subordinates, to take a good look at a young, happy and optimistic George Bailey and remember the pose as the years eat into his subject’s youthful naivete and turn him bitter. I’d like to see someone take a snapshot of the A therapist United States in 2018 and for the rest of us to give it a real good look. Because, in Aspires to these eyes anyway, it is be- ginning to look like Capra’s parallel-universe vision of help family dystopia. The overriding theme to A therapist with Aspire Developmental “It’s A Wonderful Life” is Services has been working with a family that George was a force she believes is deserving of some assis- of good in his community. tance this holiday season. He used “Bailey Building The family has two girls, one 7 years old and Loan” as a way to lend and the other almost 2 years old. For a few Marblehead keys in on immigrants who’d settled years, the family has spent time trying get in the town the money to caught up with nances. They don’t have buy their own homes rather extra money in their budget to buy toys than pay rent for overpriced and other things that are not completely emergencies for seniors slums owned by Mr. Potter, necessary for their girls. George’s main antagonist. “I have been working with this family By Bella diGrazia tary Elderly Act brought it to Gilliland and George’s good deeds netted for many years. They are a hard-working ITEM STAFF the COA, stating there needed to be a more tangible results. He was a family. The money they make goes towards ef cient way for rst responders to get into pillar of the community and paying their bills, rent, and providing their The key to Marblehead’s emergency re- the homes of elderly residents with limited Bedford Falls, in general, family with necessities,” the therapist sponse is locked away in a little box. mobility, he said. had a nice, friendly vibe. wrote in a letter to Item Santa, on letter- The Marblehead Lockbox Project is a col- Older residents who are isolated, in rm, Potter, of course, is a mi- head from Aspire. laborative effort among the town’s re de- serly old man with a callous On behalf of the family, the therapist is partment, Rotary Elder Act, and Council or have a disability that would prevent attitude toward people he hoping Item Santa can help pay for gifts or On Aging (COA). The program is a way for them from reaching the door in the event rst responders to gain immediate entry of an emergency, are eligible for the instal- KRAUSE, A3 ITEM SANTA, A3 into the homes of residents aged 60 and lation of a free lock box, said Marla Meyer, older, according to Marblehead Fire Chief a licensed independent clinical social work- Jason Gilliland. er with the COA. Those who do not t the “If someone is ill or in a real emergency, criteria, but are interested in buying a lock INSIDE it’s important to get there as quick as we box for themselves, can write a check and can,” said Gilliland. “These boxes help the buy one at the re station, said Gilliland. Lynn Sports Food speed at which we can get to them as well “We go on a lot of medical calls with a lot of City council updates Classical boys Crafting a cannoli as not going around looking for open win- elderly residents, so it’s nice to have quicker its rules for rst time basketball shuts in time for dows or doors. It’s immediate access.” since 1925. A2 down Winthrop. B1 the holidays. B8 The project began in 2015, after the Ro- MARBLEHEAD, A3 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 ENTERTAINMENT .......................A7 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 40° VOL. 141, ISSUE 10 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 30° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 FOOD ........................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2018 OBITUARIES Louise M. O’Grady, 95 Paul Koudanis, 64 Lynn council 1923-2018 LYNN — Louise communicant of St. LYNN — Paul Kou- er-in-law, Eleni Nikol- updates rules “Bunnie” Madeline John’s in Swamp- danis, age 64, of opoulos of Lynn; his (Kane) O’Grady, 95, scott and St. Pius V Lynn, died on Tues- brother, Nikos Kou- By Gayla Cawley same year President Bill beloved wife of the in Lynn. In her life- day, Dec. 18, 2018 at danis and his wife ITEM STAFF Clinton named Lynn a late James O’Grady, time, she served as a Massachusetts Gen- Eleni of Tops eld; millennium city. passed away peace- member of both the eral Hospital after a a sister, Pota Kou- LYNN — In the nal The only person to speak fully surrounded by St. John’s Sodality brief illness. He was danis of Greece; a City Council meeting of in opposition was Michael the year, the panel voted family on Dec. 14, and the women’s di- the husband of the sister-in-law, Aggeliki Newberg, who owns a to update its rules for the 2018, at her home vision of the Ancient late Potoula (Nikol- Koudanis of Greece; building on Mount Vernon rst time since 1925. in Lynn. Order of the Hiberni- opoulos) Koudanis. three nephews, Ste- Street. He said he couldn’t The City Council unan- Louise was born in Salem ans. She loved many and was Born and raised in Loggan- ven, Arthur, and Costas Kou- believe the city “would in 1923 to Dennis and Helen loved by many. ikos, Sparta, Greece, he was danis; a brother-in-law, Niko imously approved a new set of rules on Tuesday allow such a venue on a (Roughan) Kane. She grad- Louise is survived by her the son of Vasiliki (Papalem- Nikolopoulos and his wife small, well-kept street” uated from St. James High brother, Robert Kane; four chil- beris) Koudanis of Greece and Antigone of Greece; as well as night, which hadn’t been and was worried about School in 1941 and found dren, Dr. Alan O’Grady and his the late Sotirios Koudanis. He many nieces and nephews in updated in so long that herself drawn to nursing. She wife Sally (Hoyt) O’Grady, Judith had served in the Greek Air Greece. He was also the broth- nobody knew there were vandalism to his property enrolled in Salem Hospital’s (O’Grady) and her husband Force before coming to the er of the late Yianni Koudanis.