SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2018 Nahant takes to the street against marine center plans Protesters By Daniel Kane town. gather at the FOR THE ITEM Marblehead lobsterman Josh Mahoney Lynnway Rota- shes the waters and bays around Nah- ry during rush NAHANT — Protesters took to the side- ant. He questioned the university’s com- hour Friday walks around the Lynnway Rotary Friday mitment to coastal sustainability. afternoon to afternoon, voicing concerns over the pro- “You would think they would study the express their posed Northeastern University site expan- effects of current systems,” he said. “They concerns about sion at the tip of Nahant. talk about sustainability but they are not the proposed “The smallest town in the state is going proving it.” Northeastern up against one of its biggest universities,” The proposed expansion would include a University ex- Diane Monteith said. “Watch us roar.” ve-fold increase in the amount of water pansion plan. Several drivers honked their horns in collected at the Northeastern site from 500 support of the approximately 50 protest- ITEM PHOTO | ers brandishing signs with drawings of the NAHANT, A7 SPENSER HASAK Spelling Marblehead’s it out Gerry School in Lynn may shutter By Daniel Kane over safety FOR THE ITEM LYNN — Eighth-grader Will Robson showed spell- By Daniel Kane FOR THE ITEM ing runs in the family. Friday night, he was MARBLEHEAD — The Elbridge Gerry champion of the 33rd An- School should be closed permanently. nual Daily Item Regional That’s the recommendation of a school Spelling Bee just as his department study which said the condi- brother Mitchell Robson tion of the 112-year-old school is unsafe for did from 2014 to 2016. school children and faculty. “I’m very excited about The school has been shuttered since Jan- the chance to compete uary when a steam pipe leak led to moving at the Scripps National the 140 students to other schools. Spelling Bee in Washing- The survey found the school’s roof leaks, ton, D.C.,” said Will, a St. its HVAC system is outdated, and there John’s Preparatory School are cracks and sagging in areas. student. “I’ve been there “It’s 2018 and these are modern times with my brother, and it and they require us to provide modern was really fun.” facilities for our students to learn,” said For his winning perfor- School Committeewoman Jennifer Schaef- mance, Will also receives a fner. “The Gerry School doesn’t meet the $100 gift card to Barnes & standards for our children.” Noble and a ve-day trip Superintendent Maryann Perry said kin- to the nation’s capital for dergarten students will continue to attend Bee Week. Malcolm Bell School and rst-graders at The competition, L. H. Cof n School into next year. co-sponsored by Flag- She said if the School Committee accepts ship Travel, was tightly the recommendation at its April 12 meet- contested. Runners up ing, Town Meeting will be asked next year Massimo Bottari of the to close the facility permanently. Veterans Middle School “It’s a sad day that we have come to,” in Marblehead, and last said Schaeffner. “I’m truly heartbroken year’s champion Ashrita that we are here, but we are here.” Gandhari of Franklin El- Stephanie Callahan, a Gerry School ementary School in North parent, said while the transition to other Andover, were eliminated schools has been seamless, something will just a few words before. be lost if the school closes. Winners representing “One of the things we will lose is that 55 North Shore schools parent community,” she said. “At Gerry, 80 competed in the contest. to 90 percent of the parents were engaged Will seemed relaxed on day-to-day. It was really special. I don’t stage as he made a few know if there’s anything that can be done jokes and corrected an- about that, but I just wanted to share.” nouncer William McGuin- School Committeewoman Meredith Ted- ness on the pronunciation ford agreed. of the word “hemerocallis,” “No one at this table takes this decision ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK a owering plant. lightly,” she said. Will Robson of Marblehead was the winner of the 33rd Annual Daily Item Region- BEE, A7 al Spelling Bee on Friday night. For additional bee photos, see page A3 and A7. MARBLEHEAD, A7 Georgia stays on their minds Popular Peabody Essex Museum exhibit extended By Thomas Grillo Through 125 works, the show examines ITEM STAFF how the renowned artist crafted her public image. The national touring exhibition is on SALEM — The Georgia O’Keeffe exhibi- view for an extra week in Salem through tion at the Peabody Essex Museum has been April 8. extended due to popular demand. “For more than 70 years, Georgia O’Keeffe “Georgia Titled “Art, Image, Style,” the show pres- shaped her public persona, de ed labels and O’Keeffe: Art, ents one of America’s most iconic artists in carved out a truly progressive, independent Image, Style” a new light. life in order to create her art,” said Aus- continues to It is the rst exhibition to explore O’Keef- ten Barron Bailly, the museum’s curator of be on display fe’s modern aesthetic and distinctive American Art, in a statement. “O’Keeffe rec- through April self-styling by presenting her paintings ognized that how she dressed and posed for 8 at Peabody with her never-before-exhibited handmade the camera could signal an alliance between Essex Museum garments and photographs of the artist, the in Salem. museum said. EXHIBIT, A7 Hockey coach pleads not guilty to new charges INSIDE In Lynn By Bridget Turcotte Christopher Prew, 31, was arraigned on head, and indecent assault and battery of Girls Inc. to celebrate annual ITEM STAFF nine additional counts of indecent assault a child in Newton. He was hired to coach SMART girls summit. A3 of a child and one count of attempted inde- the children privately in hockey. SALEM — A private youth hockey coach cent assault on a child Friday. The alleged Prew is facing charges involving seven LOOK! accused of raping a 9-year-old boy from incidents occurred in Marblehead and victims in Essex County and one in Mid- Brotherton review: Cetera dazzles at Lynn Auditorium. A8 Marblehead pleaded not guilty to 10 ad- Peabody between Jan. 1, 2017 and Feb. 5, dlesex County. ditional charges in Essex Superior Court 2018. Prew was formerly listed as living in a In Sports Friday morning. Meanwhile, his attorney Prew was already facing charges of ag- Marblehead condominium owned by the Classical’s Burt taking his said he plans to appeal his detention at gravated rape and indecent assault and talents to Salem State. B1 Middleton Jail in Supreme Judicial Court. battery involving one child in Marble- COACH, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 42° VOL. 140, ISSUE 90 LYNN .........................................A3 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 31° OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 REAL ESTATE .............................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2018 OBITUARIES Carol A. Graham, 73 Lawmakers reach deal on LYNN — Carol Ann children Mark, Mi- massive criminal justice bill (Crowell) Graham, chael and Justine, age 73, a lifelong and great-grandchil- BOSTON (AP) — House about cutting the chains month, with no further Lawmakers said the Lynn resident, died dren Eric, Kalianna and Senate negotiators that hold people down amendments allowed. compromise also address- suddenly at her and Kaison; daugh- reached agreement Friday when they are trying to The bill would repeal es a loophole in a previous home on March 20, ter Kelly Kellett, on a sweeping overhaul of get back on their feet, and several mandatory mini- law that Republican Gov. 2018. her husband Rich, the state’s criminal jus- it is about better protect- mum sentences for drug Charlie Baker and Dem- She was the their children John, tice system, ending sev- ing the public from guns offenses, while also call- ocratic Attorney General daughter of the late April and Anna, and eral months of what were and drugs.” ing for tougher sentences Maura Healey said had in- Earle R. and Kather- great-grandchildren described as occasionally The committee met be- for trafficking in fentanyl advertently tied the hands ine I. (Redden) Crowell, and Jayson and Jenna; daughter contentious discussions. hind closed doors for sev- and carfentanil, synthetic of prosecutors trying to wife of the late John Graham. Heather Ward, her husband The compromise un- eral months to resolve dif- opioids blamed for accel- crack down on dealers who She was a graduate of Lynn Rich, and their children, Brit- veiled by a six-member ferences between House erating the deadly opioid mix the synthetic opioids Classical High School. ney, Richard and Mae; son conference committee and Senate versions of abuse crisis. with heroin or other drugs. Carol had worked for Tran- Richard and his family; her calls for a wide range of a bill widely considered Democratic Rep. Claire The conference commit- sitron, and later as an English sisters, Vida Colby, Loretta changes in how Massa- to be the most sweeping Cronin, the top House ne- tee rejected a Senate pro- language tutor for Operation Clemens, Kay Grasso, Gail chusetts deals with crime criminal justice overhaul gotiator, said lawmakers vision that would have Able of Greater Boston. She Smagula, and Patricia Brenna; and punishment issues. in Massachusetts in sev- sought to lessen penalties raised from 18 to 19 the was a member of St. Stephen’s as well as several nieces and The changes would affect eral decades. for low-level drug offenses age in which a person is Episcopal Church in Lynn.