WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2019 Lynn’s Discovery Academy aims to ease overcrowding By Bella diGrazia time for the upcoming school year. The Lynn Tech Annex (where the ECC is cur- city’s elementary schools. School Com- ITEM STAFF current space for the center would then rently located).” mittee member Michael Satterwhite be converted, over the summer, into an Tutwiler said applicant seats for the said, as of right now, the only position LYNN — The city’s Early Childhood academy for 300 eighth-graders interest- academy would be prioritized in terms of that could be eliminated is principal of Center (ECC) is set to close by the end of the school year to make room for a new ed in learning trades. overcrowding needs. Breed district stu- ECC. eighth-grade “Discovery Academy.” “The projected enrollment for the mid- dents would have rst choice, followed by To pave the way for the school district Superintendent Patrick Tutwiler said dle schools will push the enrollment of Marshall, then Pickering. shift, administrators will have to juggle the shift is designed to alleviate over- Breed and Marshall up by about 100 stu- Most of the $1.7 million would be need- classes throughout Lynn’s elementary crowding in Lynn’s middle schools. If dents each, and both schools are already ed for staf ng the new academy, said schools. Kindergarten students at Tracy the $1.7 million proposal is approved, oversubscribed,” Tutwiler said during a Tutwiler. The rest of the cash would be Elementary would be moved to Sewell students who would normally attend Feb. 28 school committee meeting. “We used for materials and moving costs. Anderson, Ford kindergarteners would the ECC would instead be dispersed have been working on a plan to open an Current ECC teachers would be rede- throughout eight elementary schools in eighth-grade Discovery Academy at the ployed to new classrooms throughout the LYNN, A5 Fuddruckers’ Fat Tuesday Nahant challenge a real mouthful back a oat with Lynn’s boat By Bridget Turcotte ITEM STAFF NAHANT — The Lynn Fire Department gifted Nahant a Coast Guard boat that will allow the town to patrol its waters this summer. “That boat — that’s a necessity,” said Nahant Police Chief Robert Dw- yer. “That’s a lifeline.” Nahant’s 20-year-old harbormaster boat sunk, was hauled from the ocean, then burned up at a boatyard in Marblehead last year. “At that point, I thought I was cursed,” said Town Administrator Tony Bar- letta, who assumed his By Bridget Turcotte chain’s website. So, a pound of crinkle-cut fries is Shayne Lafee position in August 2018. ITEM STAFF about three orders. struggles to eat The 22-foot Eastern, the “The most popular size burger at the restau- his burger during town’s only harbormas- SAUGUS — Burger lovers took on a big chal- rant is a half-pound,” said David Thomson, a the 3-pound burg- ter boat, sunk on Dec. 20, lenge for Fat Tuesday — a 3-pound burger chal- spokesman with Thomson Communications, the er challenge at 2018, while moored in the lenge. rm that represents the restaurant. Fuddruckers harbor. Nobody was on Meat eaters, burger enthusiasts, and those with A 3-pound patty is three portions of the most in Saugus on the vessel when it sank. It a competitive side faced off at the Fuddruckers common choice, he said. Tuesday. was pulled from the water on Route 1, and in North Andover, Reading, and “I compare it to eating a meatloaf,” said Thom- and hauled on a trailer to Methuen. son. “It’s huge.” ITEM PHOTO | Ryan Marine in Marble- The contestants were tasked with demolishing Participants who are able to nish the giant OWEN O’ROURKE head. It was waiting to a 3-pound burger patty and a 1-pound bun, a meal within an hour received a $25 gift certi - be assessed by insurance pound of fries on the side, and a bottomless soda cate to Fuddruckers. companies when a re in under an hour. Jose Alvarado of Chelsea was the rst contes- broke out at the boatyard To put that in perspective, a large order of fries tant of the day, and, as of the time of The Item’s shortly after midnight on at Fuddruckers — and at McDonald’s — weighs about 150 grams, according to the fast food CHALLENGE, A5 NAHANT, A5 Liens placed INSIDE Ward 6 pot on Peabody plan goes properties up in smoke By Thomas Grillo ITEM STAFF By Gayla Cawley Saugus ITEM STAFF PEABODY — A Salem Superior Police of cers LYNN — A cultivator has withdrawn its Court judge has approved liens on read to kids. A3 properties held by the owner of Bro- proposal to grow marijuana on Bennett die’s Pub, as the court decides whether Opinion Street following opposition from the site’s he reneged on a lease deal. Krause: Tackle ward councilor. Judge Timothy Feeley ruled $103,000 football and kids Blake Mensing, an attorney who rep- must be set aside to be sure the judg- don’t mix. A4 resents the company, Wicked Frosty ment is paid if Michael Votto sells his Farms, said the opposition from Ward 6 Coolidge Avenue property in Peabody Sports Councilor Fred Hogan was the “death or a four-bedroom, waterfront home his St. Mary's girls knell” for their plans at the site. company, Votto Properties, built on Lo- knock off Fenwick Hogan said his opposition stemmed throp Avenue in Beverly. in Div. 3 thriller. B1 from supporting the residents of Ward 6, The decision came as a result of a as a large number of them had told him lawsuit led in December against Votto Swampscott they were not in favor of it being in their by One Main Peabody and its manager girls fall to neighborhood. He said there were several Pasquale “Pat” Todisco. Pentucket. B1 concerns, including worries about securi- In court lings, the landlord alleges ty and the potential odor coming from the Votto violated a lease agreement to oc- Peabody girls can’t site. cupy a 5,920-square-foot space on the overcome defending “A lot of people who lived there for many rst oor of the O’Shea Building start- champs. B1 years didn’t feel comfortable with it being ing May 1. right behind their houses,” Hogan said. In making the ruling, the judge sig- “I’m going with the neighbors and resi- naled his support for Todisco because dents of Ward 6, my constituents.” courts typically do not place liens or at- Wicked Frosty Farms, a Massachusetts tach properties unless there is convinc- company, oated a proposal in September ing evidence to support the plaintiff’s to open a small-scale recreational marijua- argument. na cultivation and manufacturing facility PEABODY, A5 POT, A5 OBITUARIES .......................... A2-3 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 HIGH 27° VOL. 141, ISSUE 75 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 FOOD ........................................B8 LOW 14° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2019 MORE OBITUARIES, PAGE A3 OBITUARIES Jane K. Coan, 88 Charles R. Zimmerman, 80 Constance V. Tenaglia, 97 1938-2019 BEVERLY — Jane thing; she loved the LYNN — Charles the late Robert and LYNN — Mrs. Con- N.H., Peter L. Tenaglia Kennedy Coan, a children, and they Richard Zimmer- Raymond Zimmer- stance V. (Parker) and his wife Maureen longtime Beverly res- loved her. man, 80, of Lynn, man and Elaine Buc- Tenaglia, 97 years, of of Sandown, N.H.; ident, passed away In the early 1980s formerly of Salem cio; his former wife, Lynn, died peacefully her six grandchildren, on March 2, 2019 the federal govern- and Malden, passed Carole (Johnston) on Monday, March Benjamin IV, Rebec- after a lengthy battle ment was consider- away, Friday, March Zimmerman of Mal- 4, 2019 at Prescott ca, Abigale, Andrew against Alzheimer’s. ing ending the stu- 1, 2019 at Salem den; and the uncle House in North An- Jr., Scott Tenaglia and She was 88 years dent loan program. Hospital. Charles was of several nieces and dover, surrounded by Alyssa Jackson; one old, and surrounded Jane wrote a letter the beloved husband nephews. her family. She was great-grandson, Sam- by loved ones in her to Senator Ted Ken- of the late Shelley Charles was raised predeceased by her uel. She also leaves nal days. She was the loving nedy stressing the program’s (Faulling) Zimmerman, with in Malden and graduated from husband, Benjamin M. Tena- several nieces and nephews, and devoted wife of 64 years importance; upon receiving whom he shared 19 years of Malden High School, Class of glia Jr. and a sister-in-law, Eleanor to John Thomas “Jack” Coan Jr. the letter, Senator Kennedy marriage. 1956. He served in the U.S. She was born in Lynn, the Tenaglia. Jane was born in Lynn and invited Jane to testify in front Born in Jamaica Plain, the Air Force as an Air Policeman daughter of the late Inez Service information: Her grew up in Swampscott. She of a Senate committee. Jane’s son of the late Frederick and during the Vietnam War. He (Dyer) Parker. Constance was funeral will be held on Friday, was the daughter of Francis efforts paid off as the commit- Chantel (Hubbard) Zimmer- also served in the Massa- raised in Lynn by the Hatch March 8, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. and Mabelle Kennedy. As a tee voted to continue the loan man. Charles was the loving chusetts National Guard Air Family. She graduated from from the SOLIMINE Funeral child she spent lots of time in program.