FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2016 LOCKED Kennedy, UP IN council SAUGUS set for Health center closes with man still inside showdown By Thomas Grillo By Bridget Turcotte ITEM STAFF ITEM STAFF LYNN — The city council, making SAUGUS — Kevin good on their promise to grill Mayor Almeida of Everett says Judith Flanagan Kennedy on the city’s he was relaxing in the budget woes next week, has submitted a jacuzzi at LA Fitness on list of questions to the corner of ce. Route 1 and suddenly The mayor is expected to appear be- found himself in the dark. fore the 11-member panel on Tuesday Employees closed the night to answer queries about how the health center while he city got into a nancial crisis; whether PHOTO | BOB ROCHE was still in the pool area they should be building two new schools at 8 p.m. on Sunday. The The big winners at the 71st annual Item All-Star Dinner, front row from left, in the face of such money troubles; how front door was secured Liam Reddy, Item/Agganis Foundation Defensive Player of the Year; Matt An- the city will comply with school spend- with a chain and padlock dreas, William F. Connell Student-Athlete of the Year; Calvin Johnson, Edward ing and whether the mayor plans layoffs on the outside handles. H. Cahill Item Player of the Year; Drew Gally, Item/Agganis Foundation Offen- or tax hikes to balance the budget. The club hours are list- sive Player of the Year; back row, Matt Durgin, Peter Gamage Coach of the Year; The city charter gives councilors the ed as 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Dick Jauron, former Swampscott High, Yale and NFL great. authority to summon the mayor to the Monday through Thurs- city council to answer written questions day; Friday 5 a.m. to 10 prepared in advance. p.m.; and Saturday and Jamie Cerulli, the mayor’s chief of Sunday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. staff, said Kennedy was working on Almeida, 20, recorded Item All-Stars shine the questions and declined to be inter- a video of the ordeal on viewed. Snapchat and uploaded it By Katie Morrison vard Business School professor Carl Kester. Councilor-at-Large Brian LaPierre to Facebook. The record- ITEM STAFF Their former Swampscott High coaches Frank said the public hearing will be quite a ing shows him going to the DeFelice and Dick Lynch, who were assistants MARBLEHEAD — The function room at session. locker room to get dressed under head coach Stan Bondelevitch, were Tedesco Country Club was packed Thursday “We are encouraged that the mayor and venturing into a dark also in attendance. has accepted our invitation to take part night as 27 of the North Shore’s best football and empty lobby, shouting “My daughter, Kacy, apparently knew and in a budgetary discussion with us,” he players were honored at the 71st annual Item “Hello,” and using explicit didn’t mention these men were going to be said. “We are hopeful that we can come language. All-Star Dinner. here tonight, so that was a very pleasant sur- away from that conversation with an- When Almeida real- The reception wrapped up a football season prise,” Jauron said as he opened his speech. swers and her plan to make sure that ized he was trapped, he which saw two local teams — St. Mary’s and The St. Mary’s team, which fell to East we balance this budget someway, some- panicked, looked into his Marblehead — reach their respective Super Bridgewater in the Division 3A Super Bowl, how.” phone’s camera and said Bowls at Gillette Stadium last Saturday, and was well-represented at the dinner, as junior One of the frustrations has been that “Can someone call 911 celebrated the accomplishments of the area’s running back Calvin Johnson won the Edward the council has been unable to identify please? I’m at the LA Fit- nest talent. H. Cahill Item Player of the Year Award, senior the exact amount of the de cit, he said. ness in Saugus. My phone The night also featured a speech from for- Liam Reddy won the Item/Agganis Foundation “We really don’t know the number is at 16 percent.” mer Swampscott High, Yale and NFL great, Defensive Player of the Year Award; and their yet,” he said. “It’s ranged from $300,000 Dick Jauron, who was introduced by lifelong SAUGUS, A7 friend, former teammate and current Har- ALL STARS, B2 LYNN, A3 Sounds of the season Item Santa 50th Anniversary BY BILL BROTHERTON Giving SALEM — Paul Madore was music direc- tor of Star of the Sea Church in Marblehead even a when he conducted his rst choir show back in 1965. little can Here it is 51 years later and the Paul Ma- dore Chorale is going strong. The 50-mem- ber, volunteer choral group is preparing for mean a lot “The Many Moods of Christmas,” its annual show Sunday, Dec. 18, 4 p.m., at Sainte Anne By Thor Jourgensen Church on Jefferson Avenue. ITEM NEWS EDITOR “We have pretty much given a Christmas Soloist Sta- concert all these years. The shows have cia Wood- LYNN — The popular tended to be traditional; this year we’ve cock, front, image of the holidays is changed it up a bit, doing fun little things,” rehears- a time of frantic excess, said Madore. “But we always end the concert es with running to malls, and with ‘Silent Night,’ everyone holds a candle the Paul struggling to the car with and circles the inside of the church.” Madore arms of packages. But “It’s lovely. Everybody cries,” added Mary Chorale at Christmas is also a time Pelletier, a Salem resident who has been a the First to set aside a little for chorale member for nearly its entire existence, Church in Item Santa, just a small since she moved to Salem from New Bruns- Salem. sum, to help those who wick, Canada, more than ve decades ago. view even a little as a lot. PHOTO | The heart of Item Santa CHORALE, A3 PAULA MULLER is the heart of Christmas — of all holidays that cel- ebrate the ability of indi- viduals to work together Protesters pan INSIDE Peabody park to make the lives of oth- ers better. In Lynn Santa isn’t just a “hand Pickering plan Uno, My Brother’s is for the dogs out.” It is a sign of hope Table serve up meals in a time of challenge. By Bridget Turcotte for charity. A3 By Leah Dearborn Sometimes the people ITEM STAFF In Saugus ITEM STAFF who are most in need of Christmas for Kids hope are those with the LYNN — Three to four dozen protesters gathered PEABODY — If all goes according to plan, the city’s greatest capacity to share at Thursday night’s School Committee meeting to brightens holidays for rst off-leash dog park will be ready for use next fall. local families. A3 the gratitude extended to protest the construction of a potential new middle Jennifer Davis, Director of the Peabody Recreation, them by others. school near Breeds Pond Reservoir and the loss of In Opinion Parks and Forestry Department, said an old warehouse Item Santa’s work is con- homes the city could take to build it. Peabody School building near the skate park on Emerson Park off Per- ned to the holidays but its The School Committee discussed requesting the Committee sets kins Street will be torn down to make way for the dogs. message resonates year- City Council vote for eminent domain of two proper- the bar high. A4 “I would love it to be earlier, but that depends on round by reminding us all ties adjacent to the reservoir, including 103 Parkland funding,” said Davis about the project. “But it’s com- about how charity through Ave., owned by Luise Fonseca. In Sports ing along and we’re excited about it.” sel ess giving gladdens all Project Manager Lynn Stapleton said the proper- Swampscott The project is still waiting on grant funding before of our hearts. ties would be used to create an intersection and im- track sweeps it can proceed. The department has applied for a two- The hope offered by an prove traf c. season opener. B1 part grant that focuses on design and construction. unexpected gift and a PROTEST, A7 PARK, A7 ITEM SANTA, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS ....................................B4 HIGH 35° VOL. 139, ISSUE 2 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 LOW 20° HOME .......................................A5 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2016 OBITUARIES Paul K. LaRoche, 63 1953-2016 LYNN — Paul Ken- Maine, Dustin Bouch- neth LaRoche, 63, of er of Brunswick, Lynn, died peacefully, Maine, Dylan Rose Saturday, Dec 2 sur- of New York, N.Y., rounded by his family and Adam and Kyle at NMSC hospital in Gold of Lindenhurst, Salem. N.Y., two great-grand- He was born in daughters, Allison Lewiston, Maine, Boucher and Nikki March 25, 1953, the Boucher of Maine. son of Lambert “Bullet” and He will also be much missed Rose Kilby LaRoche. He at- by his brothers and sisters, tended Auburn schools. Linda Wilson, Steve and Lou- He was mechanic most of ise LaRoche, David and Gloria his life and also enjoyed lob- LaRoche, Susan and Michael ster fishing during many years Mercier, Larry and Paula LaRo- on Bailey Island. Paul was che, Brenda and Dan Johnson good at many things but most and Bradley and Derralyn, all of all he was a loving father, of Maine, several aunts, un- grandfather, great-grandfather, cles, cousins, nieces, nephews son, brother and friend.