WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2017 Council Revere re Marshalls leaves 18 plan for homeless By Thor Jourgensen school ITEM NEWS EDITOR By Bridget Turcotte REVERE — A four-alarm re early Tues- ITEM STAFF day morning on Taft Street destroyed two LYNN — The former Marshall homes, leaving 18 residents homeless but Middle School could become a 100- none injured, according to re of cials. unit senior housing building. Revere Fire Chief Christopher Bright said The city’s Request for Proposals crews faced immediate dif culty nding a Committee discussed proposing a water source to ght the re and stretched zoning change for the neighbor- hoses to Broadway and other streets to hook hood that encompasses the former up to hydrants. Bright said one re ghter, whom he did middle school on Porter Street. not immediately identify, was taken to an Clint Muche, Lynn’s deputy area hospital with non life-threatening in- building commissioner, recom- juries. A statement released late Tuesday mended changing the property to morning by Mayor Brian Arrigo’s of ce stat- R3 zoning, which would allow for ed the Cambridge re ghter was injured by single- and double-family homes, a collapsed gutter. row houses, and apartment hous- “There were no injuries to civilians as far es. Special permits can be issued as I know,” Bright said. to allow assisted living facilities, Arrigo’s statement urged displaced Taft mixed use, and hotels. Street residents affected by Tuesday’s hot City Council President Darren weather to stop by First Congregational Cyr said he would only make a Church, 230 Beach St., where air condi- recommendation after holding tioned seating is available. The statement multiple informational meetings said relief agencies, including the American with residents who live in the Red Cross, planned to set up on Taft Street neighborhood over the next few at First Congregational to assist residents. weeks. “Residents in need of relief services are “We rst need to have those urged to visit the church,” stated Arrigo. neighborhood meetings to make Bright said an initial investigation indi- everybody aware of what we want cated the re started in the rear of 45 Taft to do with the site and explain the PHOTO | SCOTT EISEN and spread next door to 41 Taft. He said both potential positive impact of the buildings are uninhabitable with 12 adults A re ghter works to extinguish a 4-alarm re with multiple houses in- LYNN, A3 volved along Taft Street in Revere early Tuesday morning. FIRE, A7 Rounding off INSIDE Swampscott hits In Malden City to tackle history in Saugus housing issues. A2 beach to end ooding By Bridget Turcotte the wooded property is unused In Peabody By Matt Demirs Park), Whale Beach (Pollison Food trucks are ITEM STAFF and overgrown with weeds. FOR THE ITEM Park), Phillips’ Beach, and Pres- rolling in. A2 The area that encompasses ton Beach are included. SAUGUS — The Round Hill SWAMPSCOTT — Changes Round Hill, Vinegar Hill, and Following a vulnerability anal- Historic Site project is nearing In Lynn to the entrances of the town’s properties along the Saugus ysis completed by Kleinfelder, completion after more than ve Girls Inc. participating beaches could be coming. years. River, is known to have rich in summer food The Beach Access Coastal consultants with of ces in Cam- The site sits at the base of Native American heritage, said program. A3 Resiliency Project will meet bridge, and the Massachusetts Marilyn Carlson, vice-chairman Of ce of Coastal Zone Manage- Round Hill and showcases the In Opinion tonight to discuss the improve- area’s history, culture, and nat- of the Saugus Historical Com- ments designed to minimize the ment (CZM), Kane said some of mission. Getting into the the improvements made include ural resources. It was chosen swim of summer. A4 effects of the rising sea level and by local historian Alonzo Lewis The project started with a coastal ooding. changing elevations by raising to be the focal point of the town $10,000 allocation from Town In Sports Community development di- the top of entrances, as well as seal in 1870. Meeting in 2010, which was in- Boxing for a rector Peter Kane said when the adding grass to stop water. The hill is cone-shaped and tended to restore and install a cause in Lynn. B1 ocean surges during storms, it More information on the reno- rises 125 to 150 feet high on a cast iron fence that was donat- causes ooding of streets and vation plans will be available at 600-square-foot parcel. The Sau- ed by retired Saugus teacher In Food homes. the presentation, Kane said. gus Public Safety Building sits Cool dishes for those The entrances to Fisherman’s on one side. The remainder of ROUND HILL, A7 hot summer days. B8 Beach, Sandy Beach (Cassidy SWAMPSCOTT, A7 Check Revere’s Medford latest move City Council By Matt Demirs Amya Conn mulls money FOR THE ITEM checks out the chess set in REVERE — A royal family moved to front of Re- for schools the city on Monday. The king and queen, two rooks, two vere City Hall. By Steve Freker bishops, two knights, and eight pawns FOR THE ITEM now live on the sidewalk outside City ITEM PHOTO | MEDFORD — The city budget pro- Hall, waiting for someone to make OWEN O’ROURKE posal up for review by the Medford their next move. The Revere Recreation Department City Council represents a 3.1 per- opened an outdoor chess and checkers cent increase, about $5 million, over for residents to play for the summer. last year’s nal appropriation and The pop-up park meets a pair of the includes a nearly 4 percent increase city’s goals, according to Joseph Grav- for local schools. ellese, a spokesman for Mayor Brian Mayor Stephanie M. Burke submit- M. Arrigo ted her $167.1 million spending plan “Our rst goal is to create vibrant for the budget year that starts on public spaces for the community,” he July 1 with details outlining new city said. “It is a unique use of unused services, as well as increases in per- space. Nobody really walks behind the sonnel in the Medford Police Depart- monument so we wanted to do some- ment and Medford Public Library. thing with it.” Burke speci cally cited the pro- The second goal, Gravallese said, posed $2.1 million increase in school was to give Revere residents some- funding “to assist in maintaining thing to do. and augmenting all our current He said the games are just the be- school ratings.” ginning of creating these kind of spac- Medford’s public schools are classi- es. The library plans to open a small ed by state education of cials as a branch at the pop-up station where Level 2 school district. people can read books and magazines. “In scal year 2018, we will contin- They are also looking to create a chess ue to strive to exceed the service lev- club to not only answer student inter- el expectations of our constituents,” est, but to educate and involve others Burke said, adding, “The mission of and use the space. city government is to provide open, After admitting he was the rst per- honest and proactive services effec- son to lose a game, Gravellese said tively and ef ciently, focusing on the feedback has been positive on the the needs of today and planning for CHESS, A7 MEDFORD, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 71° VOL. 139, ISSUE 159 LYNN .........................................A3 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 54° OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 FOOD ........................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2017 OBITUARIES Malden to tackle housing issues Richard J. Ryan, 73 1943-2017 By Steve Freker Housing and Communi- concern in Malden and in March bowed to the FOR THE ITEM ty Development and Eric Medford with city coun- wishes of neighborhood LYNN — Richard J. “Dick” and friends. Shupin, Director of Pub- cils in both communities residents and a Medford MALDEN – Steve Finn Ryan, age 73 of Lynn, passed Dick is survived by his lic Policy for the Citizens’ debating restrictions and councilor and scaled back will draw on his 15 years away on Friday, June 9, 2017, daughter, Karen A. Ryan of Housing and Planning As- proposals related to new designs for a Salem Street experience as Malden at CareOne Nursing Home in Concord, N.H., his sister, sociation (CHAPA), who will construction during the condominium complex, Housing Authority (MHA) Peabody. Dick was born on Kathleen Giberti of Beverly provide a perspective on last several months. cutting their plans down executive director to talk Sept. 30, 1943, in Boston. He and his brother, Paul Ryan present and long-term pri- Malden’s council is con- from four stories to three about regional housing was the son of the late, Pat- and his wife, Rike of Plano, orities of housing advocates. trends at a June 28 forum. sidering an extension of with back their construc- rick and Mary (Cassidy) Ryan. Texas. His grandsons; John Finn will be one of a trio State Sen. Jason Lewis, is a residential construction tion plan to three stories He was raised and educated Kaligandis and Andrew Ka- of speakers at the “Com- hosting the event and has moratorium. The moratori- from four with a rede- in Everett and graduated from ligandis of Concord, N.H., munity Conversations” sponsored similar “Com- um prohibits construction signed parking plan and Everett Vocational School. as well as many nieces and discussion at 6 p.m.