DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2020 DEALS Parents OF THE $DAY$ weigh in PG. 3 on Lynn DEALS school OF THE $DAY$ opening PG. 3 By Gayla Cawley ITEM STAFF LYNN — A day after Superinten- DEALS dent Dr. Patrick Tutwiler announced the school year will start remote- OF THE ly for the majority of students this fall, district families had a chance $DAY$ to weigh in with their questions and PG. 3 concerns. The plan includes in-person learn- ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO ing for certain groups of students, and allows for the potential of a shift Three Saugus police of cers were stabbed at 29 Tuttle St. during an altercation with a resident in Saugus on to a hybrid learning model — a mix Thursday morning. of in-person and remote instruction DEALS — later in the school year if health OF THE metrics improve. Community members were given Saugus man in custody after$DAY$ a chance to provide their feedback PG. 3 through a chat feature that was in- cluded in a virtual town hall that was streamed live on Tutwiler’s You- three police of cers stabbed Tube channel Thursday night. The community town hall was By Elyse Carmosino gerous weapon, resisting arrest, and lar- hicle had never been returned, and was initially scheduled to be focused on and David McLellan ceny of a motor vehicle. thus considered stolen. the health and safety aspects of re- ITEM STAFF Sossong was arraigned in Lynn Dis- Police said the incident occurred shortly opening schools this fall, but with trict Court Thursday afternoon, and was after 7:20 a.m. Upon of cer arrival, Sos- SAUGUS — A Saugus man was ar- the Lynn Public Schools opting for a court-ordered to spend at least the next song allegedly declined to exit the resi- raigned in Lynn Thursday after alleged- dence, and refused to allow police into his mostly remote learning model, Tut- ly stabbing three Saugus Police of cers 20 days at Bridgewater State Hospital for wiler said he was instead seeking mental health evaluations. home. while they tried to serve a warrant at his After police entered forcibly, Sossong al- feedback around why that plan was Tuttle Street home. The of cers’ injuries are not life-threat- chosen. ening and they are expected to recover. legedly attacked three of cers, stabbing Steven Sossong, 43, of Saugus, has been them with a six-inch blade, Tsingos said. Their names have not been released. LYNN, A3 charged with three counts of attempted All three of cers were allegedly stabbed in According to Essex County Assistant murder, three counts of assault and bat- their arms. One of cer had a stab wound tery with a dangerous weapon causing District Attorney Jennifer Tsingos, police that “made bone visible,” and another had Swampscott bodily injury, assault and battery with a visited Sossong’s house on Tuttle Street dangerous weapon, assault with a dan- after receiving a report that a U-Haul ve- SAUGUS, A3 committee OKs school Saugus opening plan plant cited for By David McLellan ITEM STAFF smoke SWAMPSCOTT — The Swamp- scott School Committee has adopted the superintendent’s recommended incident back-to-school plan. Barring any changes in state or local By Elyse Carmosino COVID-19 guidelines and regulations, ITEM STAFF the school year will begin Wednesday, SAUGUS — Wheela- Sept. 16, with students learning entire- brator Saugus is facing ly from home under a “remote-learn- Peabody turns smokestack into park a ne from the town’s ing model.” Then, Monday, Oct. 26, the Public Health depart- school district will switch to a “hybrid sure the stack’s base remains intact The A.C. ment after a pillar of model,” with students only returning By Thor Jourgensen ITEM STAFF during demolition. foul-smelling smoke to school for three-hour periods four Lawrence “The process is going rather slowly for leather was caught escaping days of the week, Superintendent Pa- PEABODY — Workers are slowly dis- safety reasons and to preserve a portion from the plant for sev- mela Angelakis said. works was mantling the former A.C. Lawrence facto- of the stack pipe,” said Peabody Histori- built in 1894. eral hours Sunday. “We want time for the educators to ry smokestack with plans to save 10 feet cal Commission commissioner Deborah After meeting with get back to school, get assimilated, of the 225-foot structure for preservation Eskenazi. Wheelabrator’s head En- and then move into the hybrid mod- as a historical park. WinnCompanies spokesman Ed Ca- PHOTO COURTESY | vironmental Compliance PEABODY HISTORICAL el,” said Angelakis. A long-time local landmark located off fasso said the dismantling started at Manager and its Manag- SOCIETY The remote-learning model that Crowninshield Street, the stack towers the stack’s top with workers removing er of Assets for more in- will be employed to start the year has over the factory site where The Tannery two or three-foot sections at a time. formation, Public Health students working from home begin- apartments are located. Tannery owner “The exterior of the stack will be Director John Fralick ning Sept. 16 in order to give more WinnCompanies, which purchased the knocked inward, so that the pieces fall said he was informed the time for staff training. Students will incident occurred when residential complex in 2019, is disman- down the center of the stack. When a have 20-minute classes with time in small section is completed, the process a damaged dichotomiz- tling the stack for safety reasons. between classes to check work with will stop while workers on the ground er line entering a boiler A Dracut crane company started work SWAMPSCOTT, A2 late last month taking care to make SMOKESTACK, A3 PLANT, A5 Opinion By Steve Krause York that would dissolve the Monuments ITEM STAFF gun-rights group. and their J. Warren Cassidy, mayor Cassidy holds his re A former executive vice meaning. A4 in 1970-71, said he was dis- president of the National heartened to hear of the suit. Ri e Association, who was Sports on New York attorney He also noted that the NRA Sibley, Gannon mayor of Lynn 50 years ago, and the state of New York excited to host Thursday took a wait-and-see have had a historically rocky Public Links general over NRA viewpoint on a lawsuit led by ITEM FILE PHOTO Championship. B1 the attorney general of New CASSIDY, A3 J. Warren Cassidy OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 76° VOL. 141, ISSUE 201 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-2 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 65° POLICE/FIRE .............................A5 COMICS ....................................B4 BUSINESS ................................B8 PAGE A8 $1.50 MORTGAGES TO FIT YOUR EVERY NEED MEMBER FDIC / MEMBER DIF EQUAL HOUSING LENDER NMLS #406738 A2 THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2020 OBITUARIES Sharon Andersen, 75 Frank Clements, 90 Barbara J. Pearson, 98 1945-2020 1929-2020 1922-2020 Sharon Marie Anderson, Celebrating the Life of Frank Barbara Jane (Goodwin) 75, daughter of George and Clements Pearson, age 98 residing in Alvin’s Andersen, passed On Monday, July 27, 2020, Ipswich, passed away on her away today due to compli- Frank Clements, loving hus- birthday August 3rd, 2020 at cations from lung cancer. band of 68 years, father, Masconomet Health Care in Sharon was born in Lynn in grandfather and great-grand- Tops eld after a brief illness. 1945, attended St.Marys father, was called to Heaven She was the beloved wife Catholic School and spent at age 90. of William B. Pearson, mar- much of her adult life on Frank was born in Ipswich, ried for 52 years. She was Revere Beach. Sharon lived Massachusetts, on Septem- born and raised in Nahant life on her own terms, trav- ber 22, 1929, to William and and the daughter of the late eling extensively around the Elsie (Comeau) Clements. He Cora A. (Crooker) and Ellis E. world. Sharon is survived knew he would marry his life- Goodwin. She was a grad- by her three sons and their long sweetheart Helen (Bow- uate of Lynn Classical High wives, Jon and Julie Tosi, ers) the day that he met her School. She did clerical work Christian and Elissa Tosi and and, as luck would have it, he for General Electric where she Eric and Heather Hogan, and later became her next-door met her husband Bill; they 5 grandchildren, Steve, Oliv- neighbor. They were married later lived in West Acton and ia, Liza, Santana and Colton. on May 10, 1952. settled in Lynn. A dedicated Sharon’s wishes were to be Service information: A me- While Frank worked for the Literally bringing history to life, homemaker thereafter, Bar- Andrew Pearson of Dalton, as cremated and spread upon morial service will be held at Mass Electric in Lynn, the he said he knew a model was bara was an active member of well as great-granddaughters the ocean over which she a later date. In lieu of ow- couple moved to their forever complete when he could see Austin Square Baptist Church Clara and Linnea Howland of spent so much time traveling ers, please donate to the home in Nahant, where they the little men running around in Lynn, a former member of Ipswich, and many precious and re ecting. American Cancer Society. raised their eight children. on the deck. Vasa Three Crown Lodge and nieces and nephews. Barbara Frank worked for Mass Electric Frank was a devout Cath- a former member of Gideons also leaves many friends from for 36 years, olic and an active member International Auxiliary. She will Brooksby Village in Peabody, Frank had one other lifelong of St.