TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2020 A world 828 units connected oated by trains for South Marblehead store owner nds perfect Harbor model in Peabody By Gayla Cawley ITEM STAFF By Thor Jourgensen ITEM STAFF LYNN — After years of stalled plans aimed at redeveloping the PEABODY — A train lover since long-vacant 17-acre waterfront site he was tyke, Don Stubbs decided known as “South Harbor” on the to turn a hobby into a business in Lynnway, the city’s head of econom- 1988 when he opened North East ic development believes the timing Trains on Main Street, about four is nally right. blocks from the model and minia- The renewed push to redevelop ture train store’s current location. the South Harbor site, which has Located in a former hardware sat vacant for three decades and is store with high, tin-stamp ceil- located near the General Edwards ings and classical music playing Bridge at the mouth of the Saugus at a soft volume, North East is a River, comes from property owner model-train lover’s dream come Joseph O’Donnell, who purchased true. Display cases and shelves the land in 2005. showcase miniature locomotives, O’Donnell, founder of Belmont passenger and freight cars with Capital, LLC in Cambridge, has names like “K-line diesel” and submitted preliminary plans that “Jordan spreader plow.” would transform the former Harbor A walk around the store is a vis- House site into a neighborhood of it to a world where rail enthusi- 828 market-rate apartments over asts from around the region stop three wood-framed buildings, retail in to shop or sell their train col- space and 935 parking spaces. lections. Stubbs says North East The new proposal comes shortly also attracts worldwide interest after a groundbreaking was held ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK in December for a $100 million TRAINS, A3 North East Trains owner Don Stubbs stands at the front counter of his shop. mixed-use redevelopment of the North Harbor site at the other end of the Lynnway. James Cowdell, Economic Devel- opment & Industrial Corporation At Tony Lena’s, it’s of Lynn (EDIC/Lynn) executive di- rector, said the South Harbor site’s BillBill redevelopment has been in the BrothertonBrot planning stages for years, but he all in the bread believes its time has come. He noted a major issue with poorly-placed power lines that ran through the site and were pre- You’ve cluding development was resolved about a decade ago with their $5 million relocation to the other side come a of the Lynnway. “I de nitely favor development on the site,” said Cowdell. “I think it’s long way, more a sign of the economy being strong (with) the amount of devel- baby. Or opment happening. The economy is not going to be strong forever and the time to develop is now.” have you? The plans were presented for the rst time at last week’s City Coun- I’m so happy I was born cil meeting, where the proposal a man, perfect in every was tabled, and will be discussed way. at Tuesday’s Conservation Com- It must be pure hell to mission meeting. The development be a woman, or at least team needs approval from both that’s the impression I panels for separate portions of the get whenever I watch project. TV, bombarded with Attorney Sam Vitali, who repre- incessant commercials sented the development team at pointing out the average last week’s council meeting, said American woman’s many the project, which would be built in aws. But all aws are two phases, had the potential to be xable, the advertisers a $210 million investment. promise, thanks to their By David McLellan “Lena’s” was founded in 1945 From left, grand- Vitali said the team was seeking beauty products, prescrip- ITEM STAFF by Sam Lena, whose son, Tony, daughter Madison zoning relief for a staggered build- tion drugs, exercise and took over the business and Chambers, her ing, where one portion of a high- SWAMPSCOTT — When Sam weight loss programs, changed the name to “Tony Le- mother, Tammy, rise building would only be three Lena started the Lena’s sand- procedures that tuck na’s” in 1973. A third generation owner and father, stories, which is less than the mini- tummies and suck the fat wich shop business 75 years ago, of Lenas, sisters Tammy Lena Tony Lena, and mum ve-story height requirement out of love handles. This his wife, Emma, had some words Chambers and Jennifer Lena other daughter, for developments in that water- serum or that concealer of advice: “Make every sandwich Venuti, have run Tony Lena’s Jennifer Venuti, front district. might just conquer the like you were going to eat it Sandwich Shop, 88 Cherry St., stand at the cash “(This project) would bring need- ravages of time. yourself.” since 1991. register of Tony ed market-rate apartments to the A man can look like For the Lena family, that still Monday, Lena and his daugh- Lena’s Sandwich city of Lynn, generate taxes along Jabba the Hutt and think means making a sandwich with ters re ected on their decades Shop in Swamp- the Lynnway and create a new he’s God’s gift. A woman high-quality ingredients, espe- of working at a “mom-and-pop scott on Monday. neighborhood in the City of Lynn,” can look like Charlize cially soft bread that’s cut “the shop” that doesn’t advertise and said Vitali. Theron and think she’s right way,” as Tony Lena would ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO ugly. A man gets a pass say. TONY LENA’S, A3 LYNN, A3 if he uses deodorant, bathes a couple times a week and doesn’t smell like a wet golden retriev- Nonpro t building house er. Many women I know Opinion feel they must endure a ecobrick by ecobrick Two years daily ritual that involves after the Parkland wrestling with wrin- revolution. A4 kle- ghting face creams, By David McLellan such as candy bar wrappers, anti-aging potions, juice ITEM STAFF single-cheese-slice wrappers and zip-close bags. Sports cleansing detoxi cations Peabody, Fenwick LYNN — If every house- With a background in con- and lotions to tighten and hold in Lynn had a new recy- split annual smooth sagging skin. struction, Gray said ecobricks cling bin labeled “ecobricks” Carlin Cup. B1 Every night, I silent- are actually sturdy enough to it would reduce waste, create ly watch my con dent, be substituted for real bricks, Lynn Jets independent, beautiful jobs and build homes. and he is collecting 12,000 of That’s according to Nathan fall to Revere in wife examine her face, them to construct a fully-func- season nale. B1 Gray, who founded the non- moving it ever-so-closer tioning modular home on his pro t House Factory last year to the mirror, rubbing Newbury property. St. Mary’s girls close and has been coordinating its her ngers over the few Gray, who was “born and PHOTO | NATHAN GRAY season with Spartan perceived lines and creas- agship “ecobricks” project raised” in Lynn, is looking to Classic title. B1 es no doubt caused by since September. his hometown for help build- Nathan Gray and his nonpro t House spending 30+ years with Ecobricks, Gray said, are ing his ecobrick home. Factory will create a home in New- plastic bottles stuffed with bury out of nonrecyclable plastic BROTHERTON, A3 non-recyclable soft plastics, ECOBRICKS, A2 “ecobricks.” OBITUARIES ..............................A2 ENTERTAINMENT .......................A7 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 42° VOL. 142, ISSUE 58 OPINION ...................................A4 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ...............................B6 LOW 37° POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 BUSINESS ................................B8 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2020 OBITUARIES Buttigieg’s next test: Winning Joanne M. Kellett, 75 over minority voters LYNNFIELD — Mrs. Joanne Lynnfield; and her grandchil- M. (Paine) Kellett, age 75, dren, Ashley, Alyson and Jim- By Thomas passed away peacefully at my. She is predeceased by her Beaumont the Kaplan Family Hospice in brother Lester W. Paine. ASSOCIATED PRESS Danvers on Saturday, Feb. 15. In lieu of flowers donations She was the wife of the late J. may be made to Alzheimer’s So far, Pete Buttigieg Richard Kellett. Association of Massachusetts has made it look easy. Born in Lynn and raised in at www.alz.org/manh The once little-known Saugus, Mrs. Kellett was the Service information: Rel- former mayor of a midsize daughter of the late Lester atives and friends are invit- Midwestern city vaulted and Maude (Davis) Paine. ed to attend visiting hours over a former vice presi- She worked as an LPN for pri- in the BISBEE-PORCELLA dent and several U.S. sen- vate care agencies. A resident Funeral Home, 549 Lincoln ators in the Iowa caucus- of Lynnfield since 1969, she Ave., Saugus, on Thursday, es and New Hampshire was involved in many organi- 4-8 p.m. Funeral from the presidential primary. The zations; 4H Club of Lynnfield, funeral home on Friday at 38-year-old’s fresh face, in- she was a Blue Bird Troop 9 a.m., followed by a funer- tellect and turn-the-page Leader, member of the “Hole al Mass at Our Lady of the message won votes across in One” club at the Colonial Assumption, 758 Salem St., many demographic groups Country Club in Lynnfield. She Lynnfield, at 10 a.m. Inter- in the kickoff states. enjoyed gardening, traveling, ment at Willow Cemetery in Now the promise of his vacationing in Maine and Lynnfield. For directions and candidacy is colliding with playing golf.