TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 State TODAY’S THE DAY. GET OUT AND VOTE. By Thomas Grillo Ladd, and Taso Nikolakopoulos. Poll Locations ITEM STAFF expands The same is true for school commit- Lynn: Page A3 Lynn, tee. There are six seats and 10 candi- LYNN — The polls will open at 7 Malden: Page A2 dates. So they all will go on to the nal. a.m. here, Medford, and Peabody to- Peabody: Page A2 Medford, Candidates seeking the post include city’s day as preliminary elections are held Peabody to narrow the eld. Donna Coppola, John Ford, Lorraine Richard Starbard, and Gina O’Toole. But there are exceptions. The race Gately, Jared Nicholson, Cherish Casey, There are a few council races worth Cultural will for city councilor-at-large in Lynn has Brian Castellanos, Elizabeth Rosario watching. In Ward 1 incumbent Wayne eight candidates seeking four seats. Gervacio, Natasha Megie-Maddrey, Jes- Lozzi is being challenged by William make As a result, all the hopefuls, including sica Murphy, and Michael Satterwhite. O’Shea III. District three incumbents, will be on the Nov. It’s a different story in the ght for In Ward 3 City Council President their 7 nal ballot. Ward 2 councilor. Four candidates Darren Cyr is facing George Meime- By Bill Brotherton The choices are Buzzy Barton, Hong are seeking the open seat. Two will teas, and Marven Hyppolite is taking ITEM FEATURES EDITOR choices Net, Brian LaPierre, Brian Field, be eliminated. Voters have a choice of Jaime Figueroa, Richard Ford, John Christopher Magrane, Peter Grocki, VOTE, A7 LYNN — Five years ago, the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) named the downtown as one of the state’s rst arts North Shore and culture districts. Yesterday, the MCC not only renewed the Down- residents town Lynn Cultural Dis- trict designation but ex- panded it as well. stare down Lynn Auditorium, which brings dozens of interna- tionally-known musicians and entertainers to the Irma’s fury city annually, is now in- cluded within the district. By Bridget Turcotte North Shore Community ITEM STAFF College also falls within When a Lynn man’s mom refused to its borders. The area also evacuate her Daytona Beach home for now includes Market, Hurricane Irma, he decided not to let her Oxford, Union, Buffum, weather the storm alone. Liberty and Mt. Vernon Lillian Durkee has lived in the city on streets, and important Florida’s Atlantic coast for a decade and players such as High Rock knew her health problems would prevent Tower, Girls Inc., Greater her from leaving her home. Unable to con- Lynn Senior Services and vince her otherwise, her 29-year-old son many of the city’s restau- Mike decided he would go to her. rants. Against his mother’s will, Durkee made Carolyn Cole, director the decision to leave the safety of his North of the Lynn Cultural Dis- Shore home to be by his mother’s side on trict, said the designation Friday and booked a nearly empty ight is good for ve years. Cul- to Florida the next morning, just hours be- tural districts create new fore it was too late. opportunities for econom- “She has a degenerative disc disease ic development in Gate- and it’s hard for her to travel so she felt way Cities, such as Lynn. trapped,” said Durkee. “I didn’t want her to “The expansion to Market have to go through the storm alone in that Street and the Auditorium, position so I told my boss ‘I’m leaving’ on a which brings so many peo- day’s notice and found a ight.” ple into the downtown, is He quickly got to work boarding up win- important and overdue,” dows, packing away plants, and stocking she said. “North Shore up on necessities, including gas and pro- Community College has ex- Saugus kung-fu masters pane. Soon, 70 mph winds and about 15 panded and is a key player. inches of water in 10 hours were taking a We hold most of our events toll on the neighborhood. on Mt. Vernon Street, across come through for kids “The wind was high enough to get around from LynnArts, and a key the boards and through sliding windows,” player like Laurence (How- he said. “You could feel the whole house this year. ard) of Pick Up Modern & By Bridget Turcotte Saugus sway. At one point, the road was running ITEM STAFF “This year in particular we decid- More were across the line. Karate Kung- water.” I’m glad they are now in- ed to go local and inquire within Fu is host- SAUGUS — Saugus Karate When the storm died down, they discov- cluded in the designation. the Saugus Public Schools whether ing a school Kung-Fu is kicking up its annual ered trees torn from the ground outside So many have been such a there was anything students need- supply drive collection for back-to-school items the house, over owing sewers and reten- huge part of us, it’s nice to ed,” said owner Jason Scaduto. “Ev- for Saugus and donating them to Saugus Pub- tion ponds, and vinyl siding and awnings make it of cial.” ery year we try to give back. We’ve children littered throughout the streets. Drew Russo, executive lic Schools. been relatively fortunate. Business until Sept. 23. The studio has been hosting a Still the pair considered themselves director of Lynn Museum/ has always been good, so we always lucky. school supply drive for ve years, try to do something different.” LynnArts, said so much ITEM PHOTO | and typically donates collected The drive kicked off in time for IRMA, A7 is going on culturally in SPENSER HASAK Lynn, the re-designation goods to Cradles to Crayons, a Founder’s Day, which brings hun- and expansion makes non-pro t organization that pro- dreds of residents to Saugus Cen- sense. vides homeless and low-income ter each year, and is historically “Carolyn forcefully ad- children with essential items. one of the studio’s best collection vocated for expansion While the company still supports days, said administrative assistant the organization, they decided to LYNN, A7 help children at a more local level KUNG-FU, A7 A doggone hero mourned in Medford By Thomas Grillo bag dropped by suspects who ITEM STAFF had robbed a Citizens Bank, which helped detectives catch Marco, the Medford Police the suspects; and catching a dog who participated in the breaking and entering sus- manhunt of the Boston Mara- pect hiding in the basement of thon bombers, has died. The 12-year-old Belgian Ma- a Medford home. linois joined the force nearly As police searched for Tamer- eight years ago. Following lan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in graduation from the Massa- 2013, Marco was one of the rst chusetts State Police patrol K-9s to arrive in Watertown dog and narcotic detection where the manhunt took place classes, the K-9 was put to for the suspects. Hours before work in the department’s Po- that, he was assigned security lice Patrol, Investigative, and detail at the MBTA’s Aquarium Blue Line Station and later as- Narcotic units. COURTESY PHOTO Among his notable deploy- sisted with President Barack Lillian Durkee and her son Mike, FILE PHOTO | MEDFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT ments included the tracking Obama’s security detail during and apprehension of a home his visit to Boston to honor the who traveled to Daytona Beach Marco, the Medford Police dog, sticks his head invasion suspect on New from Lynn so his mother wouldn’t outside the door of a police cruiser. Year’s Eve; locating a money K-9, A7 be alone during Hurricane Irma. In Opinion In Sports St. Mary’s boys In Business Bridgewell names ‘I love political signs, and I don’t care if they’re as soccer shuts out INSIDE Martin as CEO. B8 Malden Catholic. B1 big as Texas.’ Steve Krause column, Page A4. OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 85° VOL. 139, ISSUE 235 LYNN .........................................A3 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 59° OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 BUSINESS ................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 OBITUARIES PEABODY WARD 6 POLL LOCATIONS Roland R. Dequina, 43 Frederick B. Boudreau, 82 PEABODY — Polls for Mark O’Neill, Mike the Ward 6 City Council Geomelos, and Margaret primary are open from 7 Tierney are looking to LYNN — Roland R. Dequina, by his grandmother Janice Frederick B. Bou- and her companion a.m. to 8 p.m. ll the seat of outgoing Jr., formerly of Lynn, passed Carol of Lynn, and beloved dreau, age 82, died Craig Bloom of Lynn, Polling locations for the Ward 6 Councilor Barry away on July 25, 2017, due to brother Adam Dequina of in a local nursing three grandchildren primary are the West Me- Sinewitz. The top two injuriesinjuries hehe sustainedsustained inin aa vio-vio- Lynn and his sisters Emily home Sept. 8 after Derrick, Dustin, and morial School for precinct vote getters will advance lentlent assaultassault onon JulyJuly 24,24, 2017,2017, and Erica. He was preced- a lengthy illness. McKenzie, his broth- 1 and the Burke School for to the general election on inin Boulder,Boulder, Colo.,Colo., wherewhere hehe ed in death by his mother Born in Lynn, he was er Alfred Boudreau precincts 2 and 3. Tuesday, Nov. 7. was recently residing. Susan Dequina of Lynn and the son of the late of Lynn and several Roland was born Dec.19, his father Roland Dequina of Bernard and Flor- nieces and nephews. MEDFORD POLL LOCATIONS 1974, in Lynn where he was Lynn.