SHOW of FORCE City of Lynn Is Adding 26 Police of Cers by Gayla Cawley Kmiec Said
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2019 SHOW OF FORCE City of Lynn is adding 26 police of cers By Gayla Cawley Kmiec said. “It gives us the oppor- the city’s $3.94 million in negotiated ITEM STAFF tunity to have more of cers on the health insurance savings from new street and provide a variety of differ- collective bargaining agreements, ac- LYNN — The Lynn Police Depart- ent services to the citizens.” cording to Michael Bertino, the city’s ment is bee ng up its manpower by With staf ng levels so low, Kmiec chief nancial of cer. Help hiring 26 new police of cers. The department is in the process said of cers were forced to work extra The remaining 16 are replac- of interviewing the new recruits, shifts. In addition, some units, such ing retiring police of cers, and are who are expected to start at the po- as the department’s Special Investi- therefore already budgeted for. The ll this lice academy in January and hit the gation Unit and its community polic- starting salary for a new of cer streets by next June, according to ing unit, had to be disbanded, while could range from $50,000 to $70,000 Lynn Police Lt. Michael Kmiec. others, such as its Drug Task Force depending on education and certi - void in Adding manpower to the under- were signi cantly reduced. Adding cation, Bertino said, who added the staffed department has been a priority of cers to and recreating those units increase in staf ng was sustainable Peabody of Lynn Police Chief Michael Mageary may be considered, he said. from a budget perspective. and Mayor Thomas M. McGee. Ten of the new of cers are being “We didn’t hire for several years,” paid for with $720,000 set aside from OFFICERS, A3 A story of success for City seeking donation of a 30-40-foot tree disabled workers in Lynn eld By Thomas Grillo ITEM STAFF PEABODY — WANTED: A healthy, well-shaped, 30- to 40-foot tall balsam, r, or spruce, with a straight trunk. The city is seeking a donor to contribute a giant Christmas tree to light up the downtown this hol- iday season and be the centerpiece of the Annu- al Holiday Stroll and Tree Lighting scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 30. “We prefer to get a tree from a resident that is looking to have one removed, rather than spend money to buy one,” said Jennifer Davis, director of Parks Recreation & Forestry. “Trees of that size cost as much as $4,000 and there’s another $1,500 to have it delivered and installed.” If you have a tree that ts the description, the city will remove and deliver it to City Hall at no cost to the donor, she said. “It’s a tradition that began years ago,” Davis said. “But for several years the city had not received a donation, and we would like to bring the tradition back.” Last year, the Whittier family donated a blue spruce that came with its own story. On Arbor Day 1988, Jonathan Whittier, then a 7-year-old student at the Center Elementary School, arrived home with a tiny blue spruce sapling. His parents, Stephen and Cheryl Whittier, plant- ed it in their front yard at Ellsworth Road and Ray Street. Thirty years later it had grown to 30 feet tall. “The city gave it to us and we are giving it back,” Stephen Whittier told The Salem News last year. By Paul Halloran help executive chef Wilson Figueroa, Amaury Mejia In addition, Whitcomb Tree Service of Peabody FOR THE ITEM who is thrilled to have Mejia on his rolls silverware provided the crane at their expense and helped the team. city stand and secure it, and saved the city $1,500. in the back of LYNNFIELD — With October be- “Amaury is a great person,” Figueroa Davis said the city has considered planting a tree the kitchen at ing National Disability Employment said. “He is always excited to be here.” Yard House at in the small green space in front of City Hall. But Awareness Month, there is no short- it’s a big investment, she said. Figueroa said Mejia takes great Market Street in age of success stories to consider. It’s pride in his work, which he called Lynn eld. “To purchase a live 12-foot root tree cost as much hard to imagine, however, a more as $12,000,” she said. “We would plant it, main- “very consistent.” successful situation than the one in- tain it, and grow it, but the initial expense is not “He comes in and says, ‘I’m going to ITEM PHOTO | volving Amaury Mejia and the Yard cheap.” work hard for you today,’ and he al- OLIVIA FALCIGNO To have your tree considered, contact City Hall House restaurant in Lynn eld. ways does,” the chef said. “He always for an evaluation at peabodyrecreation@gmail. Mejia, who is in Northeast Arc’s has a goal and he tracks his work.” com with your name, address of the tree, and a Supported Employment program, While the job is clearly satisfying phone number and email address by Nov. 3. has been working at Yard House for Mejia, it is equally ful lling for The selection will be made by Nov. 8 and the since it opened in September 2013. Figueroa and the rest of the Yard owner noti ed to make arrangements. He works in the kitchen one or two House staff. “It could be your tree that helps us celebrate the days a week, rolling silverware into holidays this year,” Davis said. napkins, and is always available to LYNNFIELD, A3 Lynn KIPP’s Home for Women to host David Wong seeks holiday dinner auction. A2 Macario moves the Money ball during state savings Q&A: A High Deductible a soccer Health Plan — Medicare. A2 game against for Saugus Opinion Collegiate Trujillo: How about Charter of sticking to the issues? A4 By Thor Jourgensen Lowell at ITEM STAFF Sports Manning Field in SAUGUS — State Rep. Donald Wong Swampscott girls soccer said he is focused on saving town resi- blanks Gloucester. B1 Lynn Tuesday. dents money through proposed Student Opportunity Act reforms and veterans and KIPP boys soccer opens seniors property tax breaks. MCSAO tourney with big win. B1 ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO The former Board of Selectmen mem- ber said he looks forward to working with board members elected next Tuesday on tax relief proposals. The town Assessing Department lists Tech program T.A.P.s into career skills tax exemptions ranging from $307 to $500 for residents 70 years and older and don’t attend Lynn Tech. “It initially started because there is By Gayla Cawley veterans tax exemptions ranging from ITEM STAFF Although Tech students are accepted, an overage of students not getting into $400 to $1,500, depending on the appli- preference is given to those who attend vocational programs around the state LYNN — Lynn Vocational Technical cant’s speci c disability and other consid- Lynn English, Lynn Classical and Fec- Institute’s successful after-school pro- as a whole. We wanted to give the stu- erations. gram that offers high school students teau-Leary High School, according to dents who are going to traditional high Wong said he wants to sit board mem- career-ready trade skills is kicking off Brian O’Connell, a guidance counselor schools vocational skills and doing it af- bers down and review tax relief options for its third year next month. at Lynn Tech who started the program. ter school seemed like the best option.” local residents and discuss what he can do The Lynn Vocational Technical After- “The whole point is to give the stu- O’Connell credited School Committee in the Legislature to approve relief propos- school Program (T.A.P.) was created to dents who come to the program em- member Jared Nicholson for being one als. expand the school’s vocational opportu- ployable skills they can use out in the nities to Lynn high school students who workforce right away,” O’Connell said. TECH, A3 SAUGUS, A3 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 ENTERTAINMENT .......................A7 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 64° VOL. 141, ISSUE 275 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 59° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 FOOD ........................................B8 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2019 OBITUARIES MONEY Alice S. Schumann, 56 Dorothy A. Nee, 73 Q&A: A High 1946-2019 LYNN — Alice S. (LaClair) GEORGETOWN — Doro- Deductible Health Schumann, age 56, died on thy A. (Stickney) Nee, 73, of Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, after Georgetown and formerly of battling cancer for three years. Lynn, passed away on Sunday Plan -- Medicare Born in Saugus to the late evening at the Portsmouth Re- Bruce and Catherine (Ruest) gional Hospital with her loving Can the spouse of on the employer plan as LaClair, Alice was raised in family at her side. an employee still be supplemental insurance, Lynn and raised her family Dorothy was born in Lynn covered under an em- but you would have to in Lynn. She was the wife of to the late Alan and Dorothy ployer’s compare Thomas Schumann Sr., with (Crocker) Stickney on March High De- that whom she shared 33 years 8, 1946 and was raised and ductible DOLLARS plan’s of marriage. She attended St. educated in Lynn. Dorothy Health AND SENSE cover- Jean Baptiste School in Lynn was recently retired from the Plan age and and Lynn Vocational Technical Massachusetts Water Authori- (HDHP) Mark Singer, CFP costs to Institute where she graduated ty, and previously retired from with a Medigap as a cosmetologist.