Thankfully, It Ends Tomorrow by Gayla Cawley Age of 21 and Lifting the Cap on Charter Before That, He Served on Saugus Town ITEM STAFF Schools
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 Thankfully, it ends tomorrow By Gayla Cawley age of 21 and lifting the cap on charter Before that, he served on Saugus Town ITEM STAFF schools. Meeting and the Board of Selectmen. He has lived in Saugus for 40 years and Tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 8, after a A choice in Saugus contentious election season, voters will is a third generation business owner of nally head to the polls to choose their Voters in the 9th Essex District, which the Kowloon Restaurant on Route 1. next president and more locally, their encompasses precincts 1, 2, 4-9 in Sau- Migliore, 25, is a Saugus native. next state representative and sheriff. gus; precincts 1, 2, 3 and 7 in Wake eld In her former job as a district repre- They’ll also be presented with four and Ward 1 precincts 1 and 2 in Lynn, sentative for U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton ballot questions. The two that have will decide to either re-elect state Rep. (D-Mass.), she served as a liaison to garnered the most statewide discus- Donald Wong (R-Saugus) or choose his the U.S. Department of Labor. sion center around legalizing recre- challenger Democrat Jennifer Migliore. ational marijuana for adults over the Wong, 64, has held his seat since 2011. ELECTION, A7 ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE Construction of apartment buildings in West Lynn, like St. Stephen’s Tower apartments on Pleasant Street, would no longer be built under a proposed zoning change. Councilors ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE Sandra Lewis, left, and Christine Ne- als from the Lynn Area Chamber of look down on Commerce handle the rst coat do- nations for the Kids Coat Drive. Lynn zoning Chamber By Thomas Grillo ITEM STAFF warming up LYNN — If two city councilors get their way, construction of apartment buildings in West Lynn will be a lot more dif cult. “We are trying to maintain the integrity of to children our neighborhood,” said Jay Walsh, Ward 7 By Michele Durgin city councilor. “We want some say in what gets FOR THE ITEM built in a district that consists of mostly one- and two-family homes.” LYNN — Eight-year-old Eddie Lewis, a On Tuesday, Nov. 29, the Planning Board will student at Callahan Elementary School, hold a public hearing to consider a controver- came home from class recently and in- sial zoning change that would limit new home formed his mom, Sandra Lewis, that some construction to one- or two-family dwellings. of his classmates didn’t have warm jackets If approved, developers would be required to to wear on the increasingly cooler days. seek approval from the City Council for any- He went on to tell her that he felt bad about thing larger. it and wondered if there was something he But the proposal is expected to face opposi- could do to help his friends in need. Lewis tion from developers who say the plan would told her son she would look into the problem Namaste in the halt multi-family home building in West Lynn and, hopefully, come up with a solution. at a time when demand is strong and the city’s Within a few days, Sandra, who is the revitalization is underway. Membership Manager at the Lynn Area Pinkham Building “This idea would be bad for Lynn,” said Mi- Chamber of Commerce, worked out a plan chael Procopio, co-owner of Procopio Enterpris- and she had the full support of her co-work- Shanel es Inc. “The city is in the midst of a renaissance, ers, Communications Manager Christine Anderson, and part of that is due to good development. Neals and Chamber President, Leslie Gould. the own- Changing the zoning would put a stop to that. “We are happy to announce that we are It seems to be a little reactionary and a not-in- BY BILL BROTHERTON er of Soul sponsoring a Kids Coat Drive and would be City Yoga, my-back-yard kind of thing.” thrilled to get donations of new coats, hats, LYNN —There’s no place like om for Shanel An- works with The Saugus-based company recently opened mittens, gloves and scarves for school age derson. one of her Needhams Landing, a 42-unit luxury water- youngsters,” said Gould. “ When Sandra told The Lynn native recently opened the city’s rst students, front apartment complex near the General us that there were children in need of win- yoga studio in the sun-drenched Suite 212 of the Courtney Electric Co. River Works. They have approvals ter coats and hats we were anxious to get Lydia Pinkham Building on Western Avenue. Maribito, in for two apartment buildings on Fairmont Ave- this going.” Soul City Yoga is off to a blissful start, as word her studio nue that would contain 100 units. The drive will run until Nov. 30, although spreads about the classes and workshops Ander- in the Walsh said the zoning, which dates back to Lewis said they would not turn away any the 1920s, when homes were needed to house son and her seven instructors lead seven days a Lydia donations that came in later than that. GE workers, must be updated. week. Pinkham The women have set up drop off locations “Given the real estate explosion in Lynn, de- “Other than classes outdoors at Red Rock and a Building. at several area businesses, including East few other places, everyone in Lynn doing yoga was velopers are gobbling up parcels everywhere Boston Savings Bank, 335 Broadway, Lynn, doing it outside of Lynn,” said Anderson, a 2002 and building apartment buildings that don’t t Eastern Bank, 112 Market St., Lynn, Salem English High graduate. “It blows my mind mine ITEM PHOTO | the neighborhood,” he said. “We just want to Five, 450 Paradise Rd. in Swampscott and is the rst yoga studio in Lynn. There was never OWEN O’ROURKE have a say in any new construction and these the Chamber’s of ce located at 583 Chest- a question if Lynn was ready for this. We’ve had a new buildings should certainly not be built as nut St. very organic start.” of right without input from neighbors.” COAT DRIVE, A7 YOGA, A7 ZONING, A7 From left, INSIDE designer Feeding off Michael In Marblehead Frechet, an idea in Salem It’s a family affair at Selvin Cham- Our Lady Star bers, execu- By Gayla Cawley of the Sea. A3 tive director ITEM STAFF LOOK! of Root, SALEM — Root is a new Salem-based social enter- Steve Miller Jennifer prise focused on changing the narrative for at-risk turns Lynn into Eddy, founder youth by teaching them work and life skills through ‘Swingtown.’ A8 of Root and food service training. Sam Hunt, Selvin Chambers, executive director of Root, said In Sports master chef, the nonpro t, based at Shetland Park, is focused on St. Mary’s Girls look at plans providing workforce employment opportunities for soccer advances in for the new 16- to 24-year-old at-risk youth on the North Shore. tournament in kitchen at 35 He said the focus is to help them use food as a vehicle overtime. B1 Congress St. to train them to be employable. in Salem. The program, which is expected to begin in April, Swampscott girls 2017, lasts about 16 weeks, where participants will soccer handles ITEM PHOTO | Stoneham in OWEN O’ROURKE ROOT, A3 tournament. B1 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 49° VOL. 138, ISSUE 286 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 35° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS ....................................B4 HEALTH .....................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 OBITUARIES Philip J. Cronin, 65 John H. Dingle II Barbara J. Bloom, 80 SALEM — Philip J. gan Cronin, all of WAREHAM — Mr. John Henry Boston and Aliesha Jilani and DUBLIN, Ohio — Major Bar- ing in New York. Survived by her Cronin, 65, of Salem Boxford; his brother, Dingle II, died unexpectedly her husband Omer of Milton. bara Jean Bloom, age 80, siblings, Ruth Durant, Norman passed away unex- Edward Cronin of on Friday, Nov. 4, at Tobey Hos- He also is survived by his five of Dublin, Ohio, died Nov. 2, and Ronald Bloom, all of Lynn. pectedly on Oct. 31, Hubbardston; two pital in Wareham. He was the grandchildren. Mr. Dingle was 2016. Retired from the Salva- Preceded in death by siblings, 2016. Son of the sisters, Elizabeth Mc- husband of Suzanne (Payzant) the brother of the late Peter tion Army where she had an Richard, William and Robert late Edward and Rita Givern and her Hus- Dingle. Dingle. active ministry in the U.S. and Bloom and Marie Roberts. (Coughlin) Cronin, band James of Dan- Born in Melrose, he was the Service Information: Rel- Canada. Graduate of Lynn Service information: Inter- Phil was born and vers and Janet Flynn son of the late John Henry atives and friends are invit- Classical High School, Mercy ment at Otterbein Cemetery, raised in Peabody and her husband and May (Murphy) Dingle. He ed to attend visiting hours College of Nursing as a Regis- Westerville, OH. Condolenc- and graduated from Paul of Peabody, and retired from Pan American as in the BISBEE-PORCELLA tered Nurse and the Salvation es at morelandfuneralhome. St. Peter’s High School in several nieces and nephews. a crew chief of ground service Funeral Home, 549 Lincoln Army College for officers train- com. Gloucester in 1969. He was predeceased by his after 25 years of service. A Ave., Saugus, on Tuesday Phil settled in Salem and brother Neil Cronin, his sister U.S.