THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2021 Vaccine awareness a priority in Lynn By Allysha Dunnigan and $1 million into the Mas- gage people in conversations ITEM STAFF sachusetts League of Com- about the vaccine. The Lynn City is munity Health Centers. Community Health Center among LYNN — The Baker-Polito The funds provided to com- (LCHC) will receive $25,000 administration has launched munity health centers will of that grant. 20 hard-hit a targeted outreach ini- increase vaccine con dence Dr. Catherine Reyes, a fam- communities tiative to increase vaccine and knowledge throughout ily medicine doctor at Lynn awareness and access to his- the community, implement Community Health Center, putting focus torically underserved com- distribution of culturally said she is relieved and glad on COVID munities. relevant and linguistically that this kind of support is The initiative will invest diverse patient education nally happening, but she ITEM PHOTO | JULIA HOPKINS vaccination resources directly into the materials, and partner with wishes that it happened Dr. Catherine Reyes gives a vaccine to Frank 20 most disproportionately local community-based or- sooner. Williams, of Lynn, at the vaccination clinic at rollout impacted towns and cities ganizations to provide more Lynn Tech Field House. in the state, including Lynn, information and tips to en- VACCINE, A5 Lynn Peabody company in Saugus school center of Oreo prank Town sports Meeting back OKs housing in play on Route 1 By Elyse Carmosino ITEM STAFF By Mike Alongi ITEM SPORTS EDITOR SAUGUS — Town Meeting members voted this week to approve a zoning bylaw amend- LYNN — Lynn public ment requiring all future housing projects school athletic direc- along Route 1 to set aside a percentage of tors, coaches, players space, based on acreage, for commercial use. and parents were giv- Amending various sections of Article 21: en the news Wednes- Business Highway Sustainable Development day afternoon they’ve Zoning District of the Saugus Zoning By- been waiting to hear Laws, Town Meeting member Joe Vecchione for months, when city — who co-authored the amendment along- of cials gave Lynn En- side Selectman Michael Serino — told The glish, Lynn Classical Item last week that the change is meant to and Lynn Tech the go- balance Saugus’ ratio of residential to com- ahead to start athletics mercial buildings while eliminating vague again, with practices language that could expose the town to bad beginning next week. development opportunities. The schools will still “The hope is to build more sustainably,” not be able to play Vecchione said. “Route 1, especially in these games without the developments, lacks public transit options, approval of the Lynn so every new unit is a new car on the road, School Committee, which, in an overtaxed infrastructure like which will vote on the Route 1, can get troublesome real quick.” matter at its meeting Prior to a moratorium passed by Town Meet- on February 25. COURTESY PHOTO | GRAVOC ing two years earlier that prevented the con- While it is only the struction of multi-family dwellings of three rst step in the pro- Peabody company GraVoc designed this website and all of the online plat- or more units, Vecchione said there were too cess of returning to forms for the ‘Sherm Fights for Freedom’ fundraiser that originally began many residential housing developments pop- actual games, the de- as a payback prank. ping up along the highway known primarily cision was met with for its thriving commercial business scene. praise from all levels Practical joke goes viral and earns $400,000 for charity It prompted him and others to take action to on Wednesday. prevent rapid residential development from “I’m happy for the By Anne Marie Tobin that ended up going viral, raising close to placing too much strain on town resources. kids above all,” said ITEM STAFF $400,000 for charity to help combat veter- However, Planning Board Chair Peter Ros- English Athletic Direc- ans and victims of human traf cking, and setti expressed concern during Thursday’s tor Dick Newton. “This PEABODY — What do 12,000 Oreo food insecurity. Planning Board meeting and Tuesday’s spe- kind of alleviates a cookies, a couple of pickup trucks, a trio cial Town Meeting that the amendment would Kansas City Chiefs fullback Anthony lot of the worries that of mischievous professional athletes and a ultimately do the town more harm than good. Sherman’s “Sherm Fights for Freedom” they’ve all had over Peabody-based technology company have If pressure is put on developers to include raf e for the bene t of the E3 Ranch Foun- the past few months in common? a certain percentage of commercial develop- and it gives us a path dation, a charity founded by former Major ment in their plans, he said, it could scare Only a couple of the wackiest and silli- to move forward. We want to thank (Lynn) est — not to mention ingenious — pranks PRANK, A5 ROUTE 1, A3 Mayor (Thomas M.) McGee and (Lynn Pub- lic Health Director) Michele Desmarais for how accommodating they’ve been during our meetings and through- out the process.” “This is just a great opportunity for us to start getting every- A February Nicole thing back on track,” McClain, said Tech Athletic Di- founder and rector Adolph Graciale. Juneteenth president of “We’ve had so many By Tréa Lavery the North people working to try Shore June- and get these kids back ITEM STAFF teenth Associ- out there. From Mayor LYNN — Even though the pan- ation, stands McGee to the Board of Health to (Lynn Su- demic has forced many events on- in front of perintendent) Dr. (Pat- line, the North Shore Juneteenth the Frederick rick) Tutwiler to (Lynn Association is continuing to cele- Douglass Band- Tech Principal) Caris- brate Black history and achieve- stand in the sa Karakaedos, there ment in the area. Lynn Common. ITEM PHOTO | SPORTS, A3 JUNETEENTH, A3 SPENSER HASAK INSIDE STOP THE SPREAD. FOLLOW THE RULES. Opinion Seeing double in Swampscott. A4 STAY WEAR A MASK NO MORE THAN WASH YOUR HANDS • Cawley: Getting the skinny on the generational clash. A4 FEET APART IN AN INDOOR10 GATHERING LOOK! Lynn eld Guild offers abstract art demo. A8 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 29° VOL. 142, ISSUE 61 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-2 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 27° POLICE/FIRE .............................A5 COMICS ....................................B4 BUSINESS ................................B8 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2021 OBITUARIES Rush Limbaugh, radio king Theresa M. Thibault, 92 1932 - 2021 IPSWICH AND FORMERLY OF and architect of right wing, dies LYNN, MA - Theresa Mary (Mas- sero) Thibault, age 92, of Ips- By Matt Sedensky wich and formerly of Lynn, died AP NATIONAL WRITER peacefully on Tuesday, Febru- Rush Limbaugh called ary 16, 2021 at the Sea View himself a truth detector, Retreat in Rowley. She was doctor of democracy, lov- the loving and devoted wife of er of mankind, all-around the late Herbert J. Thibault with good guy and harmless whom she shared 55 years of fuzz ball, titles his legions marriage and predeceased of followers embraced as her in 2012. Born in Salem he boomed from their ra- in 1928, she was the daughter dios in a daily ritual. of the late Albert F. and Albina To those who hated him, (Gauthier) Massero. She was the names he conjured raised in Salem and Peabody were often un t for print. and lived the greater part of her Such was the nature of life in Lynn before moving to Ip- Limbaugh, who died of lung swich in 2009. Theresa was cancer Wednesday at the the chief breakfast and lunch neral Service will be held on age of 70: Prized by adher- aide at Drewicz Elementary Monday, February 22, 2021 ents as the voice of conser- School from 1985 until her re- in the SOLIMINE FUNERAL vatism, pilloried by critics tirement. She loved her stuffed HOME, 426 Broadway (Rt. as the worst of American animals, lobster rolls and play- 129), Lynn at 11a.m. Buri- politics’ extreme right wing. ing Bingo. She was a caring al will be in Riverside Cem- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS He was divisive to the and comforting woman and etery, Saugus. Relatives very end, but it did little Radio personality Rush Limbaugh introduces President Donald Trump enjoyed spending time with her and friends are respectfully to diminish his impor- at the start of a campaign rally in Cape Girardeau, Mo. family, especially her grandchil- invited to attend and are tance as the dominant dren, great-grandchildren and required to adhere to the He drew people in with chorman.” But his assess- Democratic ideology in force of talk radio, one of great-great-grandchildren. guidelines of the CDC, the his wit, his sense of the ments of those with whom biblical times would have Theresa is survived by her State of Massachusetts and the most in uential voices theatrical and a made-for- he disagreed were not led to the abortion of Jesus loving daughters, Phyllis A. the Local Board of Health, in Republican politics and broadcast voice offering nearly so kind. Christ. When a woman ac- Fleming of Salem, Carol A. Pi- which allows up to 40 fam- an architect of the modern listeners a blueprint for He called them commu- cused Duke University la- right-wing. geon and her husband Donald ily and friends in the funer- what he saw as the grand nists, wackos, feminazis crosse players of rape, she Un inchingly conser- of Rhode Island and Frances al home at a time and all scheme of the opposition. and radicals. And he would was derided as a “ho,” and vative, wildly partisan, A.