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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2016 Swampscott has the luxury of options By Gayla Cawley won approval for condominiums on Tom Groom, owner of the construction ITEM STAFF the site ve years ago, submitted a company, did not respond to a phone proposal for 28 luxury apartments or call seeking comment on his proposal. SWAMPSCOTT — Town of cials condominiums and three garage out- The other developer, Charing Cross are weighing whether luxury apart- ments or single-family homes would buildings on the site. Realty Trust, based in Peabody, pro- be more appropriate for the reuse of “It is the developer’s preference posed creating 11 single-family the shuttered former Swampscott to offer the units as condominiums homes on the lot. Nine of the home Middle School on Greenwood Avenue. to buyers should market conditions sites would be at the top of the hill on Two developers responded to the be favorable,” representatives from Greenwood Avenue and two would be Request for Proposals (RFP) released Groom Construction wrote in their located on Fuller Avenue, the street by town of cials in September. proposal. “Alternatively, the units below. Groom Construction, the Sa- would be offered as high quality rent- lem-based company that originally al apartments.” SWAMPSCOTT, A7 A Christmas present Lynn ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE The Summer Street School in Lynn eld. cable Lynn eld will superintendent access poised to do a new double duty studio By Thomas Grillo By Leah Dearborn ITEM STAFF ITEM STAFF LYNN — It took a while LYNNFIELD — Following the abrupt resigna- to nd, but Lynn Commu- tion Friday of Jennifer DiBiase, principal of the nity Television (LCTV) has Summer Street Elementary School, Lynn eld a new home. School Superintendent Jane Tremblay and Di- On the first of the year, rector of Teaching and Learning Kevin Cyr will the city’s cable opera- serve as acting principals until after the holi- tion will move from tight days. quarters in City Hall The change in leadership at Summer Street to 4,500 square feet of comes on the heels of an incident on a METCO studio space on Union school bus last month which involved two young Street. students. Sources told The Item that a 5-year- “It ts our needs per- old kindergarten boy “inappropriately touched” fectly,” said Robert Tuck- a 10-year-old girl on the bus. er, president of the board In addition to DiBiase’s departure, Lelo Ma- of directors. “We looked samba, METCO’s Lynn eld coordinator since at properties for four 1999, and bus monitor Wanda Hill were termi- months, saw more than nated for failing to report the incident in a time- a dozen and this is the ly manner, sources said. best.” METCO provides minority students from Bos- The Union Street site ton an opportunity to attend public schools in was chosen, Tucker said, participating suburban school districts, with 40 because it’s on one level, in Lynn eld. The program has been in Lynn- is in the downtown and eld for more than 20 years. there’s plenty of parking. Timothy Doyle, School Committee chairman, “It’s where we wanted to declined to comment on the incident. be and the landlord has “The School Committee focus is to get through been well-established in the back half of the winter into the early spring the city for more than 25 without interruption into the health, safety and year, that’s major,” he add- welfare of our students, which is always our pri- ed. mary objective,” he said. Under the terms of the Lynn eld Police Chief David Breen did not re- ve-year lease, LCTV will turn calls seeking comment. pay The Hall Co. $58,734 In an email, Breen said the department and the annually in rent and can Essex County District Attorney reviewed the in- renew in ve years. Com- cident that occurred on Nov. 17. There will be no cast and Verizon Commu- criminal charges as a result of that review, he wrote. nications, the city’s two ca- Tremblay has previously said federal and state ble companies that operate con dentiality laws prohibit her from providing in Lynn, make payments details about the incident. to the city that pay for “The incident has been addressed in accor- PHOTO | PAUL LYDEN the operation of the cable dance with school district policies,” she wrote in channel. The Cratchit Family in ‘A Christmas Carol’ at North Shore Music The- an email. Richard Coppinger, atre playing through Dec. 23. For a full review by Bill Brotherton, turn to board treasurer, said he’s SUMMER SCHOOL, A7 LOOK!, Page A8. very excited about moving to the new address. “It was time to move out of City Hall and get established in the down- Making a federal case in Peabody town,” he said. “This caps an exciting year. We By Thomas Grillo Development Federal Resource programs, so we are trying to be are already broadcast- ITEM STAFF Forum at Peabody City Hall to- a conduit.” ing more meetings and day. The event will feature senior The amount of cash available shows.” PEABODY — Help is on the staff from 13 federal agencies. from these agencies is consider- In addition to broad- way for North Shore entrepre- Item Santa casting the city council “Our mission is to connect con- able, Denoncourt said. th neurs seeking cash to start a stituents with federal resources,” The public will have the oppor- 50 Anniversary and school committee business, rst-time homebuyers said Jason Denoncourt, economic tunity to talk with federal of - meetings, viewers can now watch the Water and looking for a low-cost mortgage development director for Moulton cials who have access to billions Sewer Commission, Board and the unemployed seeking job and event organizer. “The federal of dollars that support thousands Fostering of Appeals and Licensing training. government has lots of resources, of federal programs. Commission. U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton but they lack a marketing bud- PEABODY, A7 a warmer “We’ve really broadened (D-Mass.) will host an Economic get, or people who promote their the base of our shows for the Lynn community and Christmas that will only improve at our new location,” he INSIDE Christmas in Boston By Bridget Turcotte said. ITEM STAFF Lynn Community Tele- vision provides Lynn res- In Opinion One local woman took in makes squirrels go nuts idents with access to ex- Church meets state two children in need of a press themselves on TV. in Swampscott. A4 BOSTON (AP) — Voracious squir- online reporting app. One re- home, but she needs help Anyone in the community In Lynn rels are going nuts for Christmas cent visitor noted nearly half the with extra costs this holiday can sign up for a member- lights in Boston. season. Lynn to receive lights on the Common’s 47-foot ship, learn how to use the The Boston Globe reports (the $400K in PARC Christmas tree were out, an is- “I have two foster children equipment and air con- furry rodents have chewed through grants. A5 sue the city says has since been that need help for Christmas,” tent. LCTV is broadcast on electrical wires for the colorful, fes- she wrote to Item Santa. addressed. Comcast channels 3 and In Sports tive lights strung in trees on Bos- The children are both girls; 22 and Verizon channels The lights are hanging in about Classical High School ton Common. one is 8 years old and the 37 and 38. football parts ways City parks officials say they’ve 60 trees, the visitor’s center and other is a 15-month-old baby. Thomas Grillo can be with head coach. B1 received numerous reports about other buildings in the historic reached at tgrillo@item- holiday light outages on the city’s downtown park. ITEM SANTA, A7 live.com. OBITUARIES ..............................A2 DIVERSIONS .............................A6 COMICS ....................................B4 HIGH 40° VOL. 139, ISSUE 5 POLICE/FIRE .............................A3 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B5-7 LOW 31° OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 BUSINESS ................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2016 OBITUARIES Stephen M. Jasukonis, 47 Transit officials seeking a full 1969-2016 replacement of Red Line trains TEMPLETON, Mass. all types. He also — Stephen M. Jasu- enjoyed playing in a konis, 47, of Tem- local band. However, By Bob Salsberg into service in 1993-1994. to go into service between adapted to future techno- pleton, formerly of he was most happy ASSOCIATED PRESS Instead, the new plan 2019 and 2022, and the logical changes, he said. calls for adding at least newer fleet is expected to The move also made Lynn, died peacefully spending time with BOSTON — The control 120 new cars, and perhaps be on the tracks by 2025. sense financially, officials Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, his wife and children. board overseeing the Bos- as many as 134, that would Jeffrey Gonneville, chief claimed, because it would at Tufts Medical Cen- Stephen is sur- ton-area transit system ter in Boston with his vived by his wife Mi- be assembled by the Chi- operating officer for the T, actually cost $310,000 less approved a plan Monday na Railway Rolling Stock said the decision to buy all family at his side. chelle Jasukonis, and to spend up to $280 mil- to build a new car than to Stephen was born three children There- Corporation, the world’s new cars rather than re- lion to replace the entire overhaul one that already Sept. 27, 1969, in Chelsea sa, Stacia and Jeff Jasukonis largest railcar maker, at place some and refurbish existing fleet of Red Line has been in service for Naval Hospital in Chelsea, of Templeton, his mother Lo- its North American plant others followed a lengthy vehicles by the middle of more than 20 years.

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