FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2016 BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE By Bridget Turcotte could reach 1 to 3 inches along the coast and ITEM STAFF between 3 and 6 inches across interior New En- Thursday night’s temperature drop has local gland. The snow is expected to change to rain by of cials warning residents to stay safe while Saturday evening. they’re trying to stay warm. Capt. John Lynch Sr. of the Lynn Fire Depart- According to the Massachusetts Emergency ment warned residents of the dangers of using Management Agency, The National Weather Ser- electric heaters and space heaters. He recom- vice (NWS) is forecasting extreme bitter weather mended homeowners not to use their ovens to at- across the region this morning with wind chills of tempt to heat their homes. 10 to 25 below zero and gusts of wind up to 65 mph. Between today and Saturday, snowfall totals COLD, A7 Item Santa 50th Anniversary Gratitude lives on with Item Santa By Katie Morrison ITEM STAFF A local woman who is cur- rently living in a shelter is asking for any help you can provide this holiday season. “I’m currently in great need of your services,” Lynn red up for the woman writes to Item Christmas spirit Santa. All this mother wants Christmas giving for her baby’s rst Christ- alive in Saugus mas is to provide her with some presents so that she By Bridget Turcotte Lynn Fire Capt. can look back and have By Gayla Cawley Amy Donovan and ITEM STAFF John Lynch Sr. positive memories of her ITEM STAFF her two daugh- unloads boxes of rst holiday. ters, Cailin, left, LYNN — Lynn native Michelle Civiello donated toys that SAUGUS — Christmas came early for and Samantha delivered 500 toys Thursday to the Fay- ITEM SANTA, A7 Saugus mother Amy Donovan this week, Michelle Civiello hold onto the two ette Street Fire Station to be donated to when she received a nal gift from her collected for pillows made by Toys for Tots. late mother through the kindness of a Toys for Tots a stranger with Her son, LCPL Dana Stevens, who is stranger, who identi ed herself only as on Thursday. cloth from Amy’s serving in Okinawa, Japan, with the U.S. INSIDE Grandma Santa. late mother. Marine Corps, inspired her to collect the PHOTO | ALENA KUZUB Donovan, 40, was surprised on Wednes- gifts, she said. Toys for Tots is a founda- In Marblehead day night when her father, David Thomp- ITEM PHOTO | tion run by the Marine Corps that collects The Force draws ocks son, told her that two pillows and a card OWEN O’ROURKE toys for underprivileged children across to movie theater for new written to her had been dropped off at the United States. “Star Wars” lm. A3 his Lynn home. The pillows were made “This will be my rst Christmas with- of squares that Donovan’s mother, Linda out all three of the kids,” she said. “I de- In Opinion Thompson, had made on a loom before she cided instead of sitting home and crying Winter’s bridge died of lung cancer in 2014, but never had and being sad I could do something about to generosity. A4 a chance to sew together. it. The outpouring was something I never The card was signed only as Grandma San- expected.” In Sports ta. The woman wrote that her intention was Her late father, Dick Landry, was a Lynn New Lynn wrestling that the gift would be for Donovan’s two young team tackles TOYS, A7 rst meet. B1 GIFT, A7 The price of education Average Lynn tax bill increases by $5,000,000 to rise by $163 By Thomas Grillo would be constructed at McManus Field By Thomas Grillo and Revere,” said Meaghan Kramer, ITEM STAFF on Commercial Street. ITEM STAFF an agent at Toner Real Estate in Lynn. While the revised costs for the new “They’re coming to Lynn where they’re LYNN — It’s going to cost more to LYNN — It will cost more to live in the Pickering fell to $85.8 million, down nding it a little more affordable.” build two new schools in the city. city next year. From January through November, 205 The School Building Committee ap- from $86.1 million thanks to a more While Lynn’s residential property tax proved an amended construction plan compact design, the West Lynn facility rate is expected to fall by 58 cents, the multi-family homes have sold in Lynn, on Thursday for a pair of schools that saw its budget rise by nearly 6 percent median tax bill for a single-family home up from 179 for the same period last would serve students in the Pickering to $102.7 million, up from $97.1 million. will rise by $163, a 4 percent increase. year, according to the MLS Property In- Middle School district and West Lynn Lynn Stapleton, the city’s project man- Condominium owners will see a $107 formation Network. Median prices have at an estimated cost of $188.5 million, ager, explained that the cost to build the hike in taxes. jumped by 8 percent to $400,000, up up from $183.2 million last summer, a foundation drove the price estimate up. But multi-family owners will take the from $370,000 a year ago. nearly 3 percent increase. Still, there was some good news. Access biggest hit with a nearly 9 percent in- Multi-families are not the only proper- Under the proposal, a 652-student to the new Pickering from Shoemaker crease, adding $452 to their bill. ties seeing an increase in sales and prices. school would be built near Breeds Pond Road has been eliminated, settling a hot “Sales of multi-families are being Single-family home sales are up 7 percent Reservoir off Parkland Avenue and a driven by buyers who are priced out of second facility to serve 1,008 students PRICE, A7 Malden, Medford, Somerville, Chelsea TAX, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS ....................................B4 HIGH 17° VOL. 139, ISSUE 8 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 LOW 15° HOME .......................................A5 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2016 OBITUARIES Legal-marijuana Timothy J. Sharpe, 69 Eva M. Chabra, 61 1947-2016 1955-2016 activists celebrate BOULDER CITY, Nev. — Tim- (Roy) of Massachusetts and SAUGUS — Eva M. Chabra, She was the sister of the late othy J. Sharpe, 69, of Boulder Dorothy Sharpe of Boulder age 61, died at her home in Andrew “Andy” Chabra. Eva is passing of new law City, Nev., passed away Sun- City; Grandchildren, Shayla, Saugus, Dec. 13. also survived by many nieces day, Dec. 11, 2016. He was Brenden, Breanna and Kaylie Born, raised and a lifelong and nephews. By Bob Salsberg ing under the influence of born Oct. 2, 1947, in Lynn, Parker of Modesto, Calif. Tim resident of Saugus, Eva was Service information: Rel- ASSOCIATED PRESS pot and general confusion and resided in Boulder City was a Past Master of Boulder the daughter of the late An- atives and friends are invit- about what is allowed un- for 40 years. Tim was preced- City Masonic Lodge #37 and drew M. and Eva M. (French) ed to attend visiting hours BOSTON — Legal-mar- der the law. ed in death by his father Clif- enjoyed his horses, family and Chabra. For many years she in the BISBEE-PORCELLA ijuana activists were in a “Yesterday this would ford Sharpe, mother Dorothy visiting his grandchildren. was affiliated with the family’s Funeral Home, 549 Lincoln celebratory mood Thurs- have been a $100 fine,” E. Sharpe and brother Cliffy Service information: Visita- fish market. Most recently she Ave., Saugus, on Monday day as a new voter-ap- said Keith Saunders, as Sharpe. Tim is survived by his tion will be held Friday, Dec. worked as a bookkeeper with Dec. 19 from 4-7 p.m. A fu- proved law took effect in he held up a jar containing wife, Janet; daughters, Katie 16 from 3-7 p.m. at Palm Mor- a recycling company. neral service will follow at 7 Massachusetts, allowing what he said was slightly Parker of Modesto, Calif., and tuary, 800 S. Boulder Highway She is survived by two sis- p.m. For directions and con- people 21 and over to pos- less than an ounce of can- Jennifer Sharpe of Boulder in Henderson. Funeral ser- ters; Judy O’Brien of Georgia dolences www.BisbeePorcel- sess, grow and use limited nabis flower. City; Niece Mara White (Ja- vices will be held on Saturday, and Linda Wood of Peabody. la.com. amounts of recreational Saunders, a board mem- son) of Henderson; Sisters Jan. 7, 2017, at Boulder City pot. ber of the National Orga- Roberta Sharpe-Drout (David) Masonic Lodge #37, 901 Ari- It will be at least anoth- nization for the Reform of New Jersey, Debra Sharpe zona St, Boulder City, NV. er year before marijua- of Marijuana Laws, or Candida Arsenault, 95 na can be legally sold by NORML, gathered with licensed retailers in the other activists outside the 1921-2016 state, and some support- historic Massachusetts ers of the measure are Mark Donahue, 61 LYNN — Candida Lynn, her grandchil- Statehouse to celebrate wary that Massachusetts (Nappi) Arsenault, dren, Scott Redmond the law. 1955-2016 officials might seek chang- age 95, of Lynn, died of Salisbury, Mass., “Ultimately, we are mov- SALEM — Mark wife Nancy, of Dover, Wednesday, Dec. 14, and Cheri Chase of es to the law or delay its ing toward taking the ex- Donahue, age 61, N.H., Patricia Bloom 2016, at a local nurs- Tiverton, R.I., her full implementation over isting marijuana market of Salem, died un- and her husband ing home, following great-grandchildren, the coming months.