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SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017 Saugus resets game clock on AD decision By Bridget Turcotte O’Leary, who got the ax. His responsi- The School Committee does not have ITEM STAFF bilities were placed on then-vice-prin- the authority to hire an athletic direc- cipal and former athletic director Mi- tor, and speci c candidates will not be SAUGUS — School Committee mem- chael Nelson. discussed at the meeting, said Mere- bers will address a hiccup in the hiring The open position was incorrectly ad- dith. process of a new athletic director. vertised as part time with a $47,000 Previously, the salary for the full-time Tuesday night’s discussion will focus athletic director was $72,000, Meredith on an error with the job posting that salary, said chairwoman Jeannie Mer- edith. Several candidates applied and said. The committee will discuss wheth- listed the incorrect salary and hours for er they can nd the money elsewhere in the position. were interviewed by a seven-person hiring committee on two separate days the budget to fund a full time position, Earlier in the year, committee mem- or whether they need to repost the job last month, including committee members voted on a budget that included a as part-time with a lesser salary. full-time athletic director. The position ber Elizabeth Marchese. had been reduced to half time in 2014 “They already held the interviews Bridget Turcotte can be reached at as part of $2 million in budget cuts. At and then we all realized it’s not in the [email protected]. Follow her on the time, the job was held by Robert budget for full time,” she said. Twitter @BridgetTurcotte. ITEM PHOTO | MATT DEMIRS LYNN GIRLS SUMMER IN NAHANT Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at Revere High School on Friday. Warren talks healthcare, education in Revere By Matt Demirs FOR THE ITEM REVERE — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth War- ren stopped at Revere High School Friday night for her 10th Town Hall meeting of 2017, elding questions from concerned Massachusetts residents eager for an- swers on topics from healthcare to education. The Massachusetts senator opened with statements regarding the need for afford- able healthcare for all Americans as well as her victorious hearing aid bill approved this week, which reduces the price of the device. “People are saving for years to get a hearing aid. For anyone who has never lived with this, what that means is years Girls Inc. outing co- in isolation. It might be years when you A tradition continues for Girls Inc. ordinator and host, can’t hear the TV set,” she said. “But it also Nancy Whitman of means years you can’t hear your family.” The new bill also allows consumers to Nahant, speaks to By Bridget Turcotte “I was a volunteer at Girls Inc. at the time purchase these devices without the ap- 9-year-old Hailley ITEM STAFF and I thought ‘it’s summer, it would be nice for proval of a licensed specialist. Mendez of Lynn the kids to get out to the beach,” Whitman said. But as folks cheered on Warren’s success NAHANT — Nancy Whitman ate lunch with “The rst time with 40 girls — we thought that during the outing in the upper house, they were hungry for 150 elementary-school-aged girls at her Nah- was a lot. Then one year a second bus showed on Friday. the senator’s input on issues concerning ant Road home overlooking the ocean on Fri- up and we all trembled. This year, we have them with some carrying personal testi- ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK day. three buses. But they’re all such darling chil- monies. When Whitman, a retired Massachusetts In- dren. They’re wonderful.” Jordan LaMark, of Somerville, shared stitute of Technology librarian, moved to Nah- With the help of the Nahant Woman’s Club, her struggles with Ehlers-Danlos Syn- ant, she began volunteering and reading books donations from Old Neighborhood Foods and drome, a disorder affecting the connective to the children at Girls Inc. of Lynn. She felt a few local businesses, chef Gail Wilkerson tissues that support the skin, bones, blood they needed to take more outings to get out served 900 hotdogs Friday afternoon. vessels, and other organs and tissues. of the city and began inviting the girls to her “The rst year I did it myself with one other LaMark can’t obtain pain medication ocean-front home for a day of lunch and swim- person,” said Whitman. “We cooked hamburg- due to the reactionary legislation and ming. ers. But today — that would be too many burg- guidelines in response to the opioid crisis, It started 15 years ago with 40 girls and has ers.” she said. since grown to be an event that about 150 girls look forward to each summer. GIRLS INC., A3 WARREN, A3 Malden and Medford ready to cash in their casino chips By Steve Freker nouncement that the casino FOR THE ITEM will open on Monday, June 24, 2019. EVERETT — With its “We are excited to report all Bridgewell em- scheduled opening two years the work that has been done ployees, members away, the Wynn Boston Har- in just one year and to salute of SEIU Local 509, bor Casino means money for all the 750 tradespeople who voted to strike on Medford and Malden. have contributed to this proj- Friday. Malden has received $1 ect and got us to this point,” million and Medford has re- DiSalvio said. COURTESY PHOTO ceived $250,000 in one-time Wynn Resorts was awarded pre-opening mitigation pay- a license in September 2014 ments, with future payments to build a then-estimated Peabody-based Bridgewell scheduled for the surround- $1.6 billion casino. After fac- ing communities. ing down several legal chal- Wynn Boston Harbor Pres- lenges, construction began on caregivers vote to strike ident Bob DiSalvio marked Aug. 3, 2016. the construction job’s rst Wynn has touted the casino By Thomas Grillo On Friday, the union delivered “I am proud of what I do, I anniversary with a video up- as a source for new jobs for ITEM STAFF the required 10-day notice of wake up every morning ready to date of the $2.4 billion proj- their intention to strike on Aug. work to take care of my individu- ect, highlighted by his an- CASINO, A3 PEABODY — More than 1,000 20. als and Bridgewell management Bridgewell caregivers have voted to strike. The Peabody-based nonpro t should take care of us,” said Ade- The Service Employees Inter- operates group homes and pro- mola Odubiyi, who has worked INSIDE national Union (SEIU) Local 509 vides care to 6,250 people who at the agency since 2010, in a said it’s seeking a pay increase require residential, behavioral statement. “We need better pay In Opinion In Sports for its minimum wage employ- health, employment training, but most importantly we need Shribman: Navigators ees. The union represents nearly housing, and substance recovery better working conditions. In The remaking keep building 20,000 human service workers services throughout the North of the GOP. A4 on success. B1 and educators in Massachusetts. Shore. BRIDGEWELL, A3 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 75° VOL. 139, ISSUE 203 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 61° REAL ESTATE ......................... A5-6 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017 OBITUARIES One thing Obamas aren’t giving Charles D. Stead Sr., 87 1929-2017 up: Martha’s Vineyard vacation LYNN — Charles D. many years at Suffolk “Doug” Stead Sr., of Downs racing horses By Philip Marcelo Lynn, passed away alongside his horse ASSOCIATED PRESS peacefully at his trainer and good home on Thursday, friend Wayne Mar- BOSTON — The Aug. 3, 2017 sur- coux. Obamas are taking their rounded by his loving Doug is survived by annual summer vacation family. He was the his five children, Mark on Martha’s Vineyard, this beloved husband of A. Stead, Charles time as private citizens. Ann M. (Devarenne) D. “Doug” Stead Jr., Former President Stead, with whom he shared Glenn F. Stead, Donna M. McIn- Barack Obama and his 62 years of marriage. erney and her husband Mark, family are headed to the Born in Lynn, he was the and Lori A. Murray and her hus- Massachusetts resort is- son of the late Frederick Sr. band Bob, all of Lynn. He was land this weekend. And and Charlotte (Dunn) Stead. A the loving grandfather of Jill while they no longer trav- lifelong resident of Lynn, Doug (Murray) Sandler, Jodi (Murray) el under the watchful eye graduated from Lynn Classical Carmody, Allison McInerney, of the world, their trip de- High School in 1948, and was and two great-grandchildren. tails were guarded Friday. a U.S. Army veteran serving in He also leaves behind his Ann Richart, manager Germany during the Korean brotherly nephews Ronald Pen- of Martha’s Vineyard Air- War. ley and Richard Penley of Lynn, port, confirmed the visit. He was a self-employed car- and many other special nieces But she and other local of- penter working beside his fa- and nephews. He was pre- ficials declined to provide ther, brother, and uncles build- deceased by his sister, Maria specifics. Obama spokes- ing many homes throughout Jane Penley and his brothers, man Kevin Lewis also de- Lynn and Saugus. Eventually Neville Stead and Frederick clined to comment. FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS he took over the construction Stead Jr. But judging from “prec- business, employing two of his Service information: His fu- edent” — the visit will be President Barack Obama follows his daughter Malia, left, as they ride sons.

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