DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2019 DEALS OF THE Construction site collapse$DAY$ injures worker in LynnPG. 3 By Thor Jourgensen ITEM STAFF LYNN — A construction DEALS worker was seriously in- jured Friday after a large OF THE section of iron reinforce- $ $ ment bars fell on top of DAY him at an Oxford Street PG. 3 work site. Marcello Ramos, 38, of Medford was taken by helicopter to Boston Med- ical Center where he was DEALS listed as of 4 p.m. Friday in “fair” condition. The OF THE hospital’s website de nes fair condition as when a $DAY$ patient’s “Vital signs are PG. 3 stable and within normal limits. The patient is con- scious but may be uncom- fortable. Indicators are fa- vorable.” The accident occurred DEALS around 8:30 a.m. and in- volved what Lynn Deputy OF THE Fire Chief Arthur Richard described as a “pad” con- $DAY$ structed of criss-crossed PG. 3 lengths of iron reinforcing bars, commonly called re- bar, each roughly 1 inch in First responders ble out of it except for the diameter. carry an injured injured man, who was The pad was suspended construction pinned by the pad against above a hole roughly the worker out of the one side of the hole. size of a tennis court lo- work site between Fire ghters used a cated on the site’s Munroe Munroe and Ox- Street side. heavy mechanical saw to ford streets on cut away the rebar and “They were lowering it Friday morning. THOMAS P. COSTIN JR. into the hole and it just let free the injured man. He was transported by Atlan- go,” Richard said. ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Richard said approxi- tic Ambulance to North POST OFFICE GETS mately 20 workers in the STAMP OF APPROVAL hole were able to scram- ACCIDENT, A6 By Paul Halloran Thomas P. Peabody kidnap Peabody FOR THE ITEM Costin Jr. de- livers a speech The nal chapter of a story that began almost six following the attempt recanted decades ago with Tom Costin’s telling the president restaurant re-dedication of the United States that the only job he wanted of the main By Thomas Grillo was postmaster was written Friday when Lynn’s Lynn Post ITEM STAFF main postal facility was renamed the Thomas P. to become Of ce in his Costin Jr. Post Of ce. PEABODY — It turns out the attempted kid- name on A few hundred people, including U.S. Sen. Ed- napping of a 9-year-old boy near the William A. pot shop ward J. Markey, U.S. Rep. Seth W. Moulton and Friday. Welch Sr. Elementary School on Tuesday was Mayor Thomas M. McGee, gathered on Willow a hoax. ITEM PHOTO | Street on a sunny Friday morning to witness the In a brief statement by Peabody Police Capt. By Thomas Grillo SPENSER HASAK ITEM STAFF immortalization of Costin, Lynn’s longest-serving Dennis Bonaiuto late Friday, he said the child postmaster. recanted his story, closing the book on a four- PEABODY — After a one-year “Tom Costin is the North Shore’s North Star of day investigation. delay, Brothers Kouzina will public service,” Markey said, calling him a “politi- “The child began changing his story yester- serve its last dish of marinated cal powerhouse” and “as dedicated a leader as Mas- day and his mom called to tell us,” said Chief lamb shish kabob at its Route 1 sachusetts has ever known.” Thomas Grif n. “We told her we will come talk location in June. It was Moulton, prompted by Lynn Business to him after school on Friday, and when she “We have been lucky to have Partnership president and Item publisher (and told her son, he broke down and told the truth.” been able to hold onto our lease COSTIN, A3 HOAX, A6 for another year,” said co-owner Penny Christopher. “These 12 months has allowed us to look for another location and to se- cure jobs for our employees.” Capt. Harris The move clears the way for her nephew, Alexander Athanas, to open one of the city’s two remembered medical marijuana shops at the restaurant site. Athanas bought in Swampscott the 1.4-acre parcel in 2015 for $2.5 million, according to the Raymond South Essex County Registry By Bella diGrazia of Deeds. He agreed to lease the Harris holds ITEM STAFF photos of 4,860-square-foot restaurant his late wife, SWAMPSCOTT — They were all sup- to Phytotherapy Inc., a medi- Rosalie, posed to come home that day. cal marijuana dispensary, for and his late That’s what Raymond Harris said as he $120,000 annually where he will serve as the company’s presi- daughter, reminisced about his daughter, Marine dent, according to the Massa- Marine Capt. Jennifer Harris, who was killed in chusetts Department of Public Capt. Jenni- action 12 years ago. fer Harris, She was one of seven people who died on RESTAURANT, A6 who was Feb. 7, 2007, after the CH-46 Sea Knight killed in ac- Helicopter she was piloting was shot down tion in Iraq. in Iraq. The Swampscott native, who was on her third tour, was 28 years old. ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE HARRIS, A3 INSIDE Saugus Town to revisit custodian issue. A2 Water and sewer rates to rise. A2 Opinion A great evening of changing lives. A4 Sports English, St. Mary’s to meet in Clancy nal. B1 A medical marijuana shop will soon open at the site of LOOK! Brothers Kouzina in Pea- Bishop Fenwick graduation photos. B6 body. OBITUARIES ..............................A2 MEMORIAL DAY ..................... A7-8 LOOK! .......................................B6 OPINION ...................................A4 HIGH 73° VOL. 141, ISSUE 143 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ...............................B7 COMMUNITY CALENDAR ............A5 LOW 58° COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 REAL ESTATE .............................B8 ONE DOLLAR POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 PAGE A8 A2 THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2019 OBITUARIES Saugus to revisit custodian issue Lucille Bogart, 73 By Bridget Turcotte volunteers, gathered sig- next week so that a Spe- “The members of AFSC- ITEM STAFF natures for two petitions cial Town Meeting could be ME local 262 saugus on Hurd Avenue earlier called before the scal year school custodians would WOLFEBORO, N.H. — Lucille SAUGUS — Days after this week. More than 200 ends and while the peti- like to thank all those in- (Brogna) Bogart, age 73, of a Town Meeting member residents signed them in tions are still relevant. volved in the recent sig- Wolfeboro, N.H., formerly of was stopped from reading just a few hours. “I don’t know what the nature drive relative to Lynn, died Wednesday, May a resolution supporting One petition seeks to schedule is for my fel- calling for a special town 22, 2019, after a yearlong school custodians, hun- add a non-binding reso- low selectmen in terms of meeting,” the union said in battle with pancreatic cancer. dreds of people signed a lution to a Special Town holding another meeting a statement emailed to the She was the wife of Michael H. petition that calls for an- Meeting in support of the next week,” said Panetta. Item. “We feel it is of great Bogart, with whom she shared other meeting so that the custodians. The second is “They would have to look importance that the issue 40 years of marriage. document can be heard. to add a new bylaw clar- into their schedules to see of potential privatization Born in Somerville, she was At Monday’s Town Meet- ifying when non-binding whether we would be able of the school custodial ser- the daughter of the late Lui- ing, precinct 5 Town Meet- resolutions can be read at to have another meeting.” vices be given the forum it gi and Philomena (Cincotta) ing member Ron Wallace Town Meeting. She pre- The next selectmen deserves in public session. Brogna. She was raised in was told by moderator sented both to selectmen meeting is June 5. With the taxpayer invest- Everett and was a graduate Steve Doherty that he Wednesday night. Contracts for the school ment for the new school of Everett High School, Class could not read a non-bind- “I understand that you district’s 20 custodians complex moving forward of 1964. She moved to Lynn ing resolution because the can’t act on the request are set to expire on June we strongly believe we are in 1976, where she resided matter did not appear on tonight because it is not 30 and members of Local the best and most invest- until moving to Wolfeboro six the warrant. on your agenda, but giv- 262 believe their jobs will years ago. Lucille had worked ed group to maintain the and Joe Brogna, and Albina Wallace was outraged en the time sensitivity of be lost to privatization. new and all schools in sau- for General Electric Hardware and said that he was the school custodial issue, A Request for Propos- Control, and had also worked Valley. gus. We as always are will- Service information: Her being “silenced.” Other I request that you accept als obtained by the Item ing to meet in negotiation for Torch Products in Lynn. Town Meeting members these petitions this eve- states that “the School She will be remembered as a funeral will be held on with the school committee Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the requested the rules be ning out of courtesy for the District currently staffs on a successor agreement devoted wife, mother, grand- mother, sister and aunt. SOLIMINE Funeral Home, suspended so their fellow 200-plus registered voters custodial/cleaning and to accomplish this, again In addition to her husband, 426 Broadway (Route 129), board member could make that signed them within light maintenance ser- our deepest thanks to all she is survived by her sons, Lynn.