DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 THURSDAY JUNE 10, 2021 DEALS OF THE Summer fun $DAY$ will resume PG. 3 in Lynn DEALS By Allysha Dunnigan ITEM STAFF OF THE LYNN — After the pandemic put $DAY$ much of its programming on hold PG. 3 last year, the city plans to bring back summer fun with a variety of youth programs from June to August. For ages 13 to 18, Thurgood Mar- shall Middle School will be hosting a free summer teen drop-in center in DEALS its gym from June 25 to Aug. 27. Every Friday from 5:30 to 9:30 OF THE p.m., the gym will offer a space for $DAY$ teens to play sports, listen to music PG. 3 and hear guest speakers, all in the PG. 3 air-conditioned facility. ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK For ages 6 to 18, the Bowzer Com- plex on O’Callaghan Way will host The aftermath of a fatal head-on collision between two sedans on Route 107 north in Saugus on Wednesday. an evening tennis program starting from July 7-30. DEALS Sponsored by the Lynn Parks and Recreation Department, this clinic Lynn teen killed in Saugus head-onOF THE will run on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., $DAY$ unless canceled due to inclement PG. 3 weather. caused by fleeing robbery suspect The instructor for this program will be Alex Show, a tennis veteran By Tréa Lavery The Saugus Police Department re- mile south of the Ballard Street inter- who played on her high-school var- ITEM STAFF sponded to a report of a robbery at section. Forward died of her injuries at sity team and continued her career 7-Eleven on Lincoln Avenue at 10:49 the scene, police said. into college. SAUGUS — A Lynn teen was killed a.m. The suspect’s vehicle was located Both sides of the highway were closed Show previously volunteered with in a head-on crash Wednesday morn- on Ballard Street and an officer pursued midday Wednesday during the investi- the United States Tennis Associa- ing following a police pursuit of another it, stopping the pursuit when the vehi- gation. tion, where she also provided coach- driver, who was driving the wrong way cle started driving south on the north- Leger was arrested at the scene ing for kids. on the northbound side of Route 107. bound side of 107, police said. and transported to a hospital with The city is also offering its seventh The family of Ashley Forward, 19, The driver, William Leger, 35, of non-life-threatening injuries. identified her as the woman killed in Somerville, collided head-on with For- SUMMER, A6 the accident. ward’s vehicle approximately half a CRASH, A7 Lynnfield Town Meeting focuses on school improvements By Steve Krause Crawford, vice chair of the Se- COVID-19 guidelines for out- Summer Street schools, and last year in the budget. ITEM STAFF lect Board. door events. The meeting will be 15 concerns a proposal to up- “The town approved the build- Still, Crawford says, “it’s im- moved into the gym if it rains. grade equipment in the schools ing project, but we didn’t know LYNNFIELD — Now that the portant that the citizens come to Of the 19 articles on the war- through Trane Heating and how much it would cost,” he said. proposed tree bylaw has been the meeting and vote.” rant, No. 13 and 15 appear to be Cooling Systems. Much of the money involved pruned from the Town Meet- The meeting will be held on the biggest, Crawford said. The school article would in- reflects work that has to be done ing warrant, what’s left con- Saturday, 10 a.m. at the high No. 13 concerns the extra volve approximately $1.75 mil- at the Summer Street School. sists of mostly rather mundane school athletic field in compli- classrooms that will be built lion, Crawford said, which is in housekeeping articles, says Phil ance with the Commonwealth’s at the Huckleberry Hill and addition to the money approved LYNNFIELD, A7 Lynn YMCA Plenty of chances for café works out Peabody to show Pride By Allysha Dunnigan FOR THE ITEM Olio’s Event Space and it’s won- ITEM STAFF derful that this has now become PEABODY — Community orga- a Peabody community tradition.” LYNN — The Demakes Family YMCA nizations, local artists and small Attendees are encouraged to opened its café this week, offering a variety businesses have planned a trio of show their support for small of snacks and beverages to its members. events in celebration of LGBTQ businesses and grab a bite to eat The café is open Monday through Friday Pride Month this June. at a downtown restaurant before from 7:30 to 11 a.m. and 3 to 6 p.m. Peabody’s Black Box Theater on the show. Outside of these hours, a cold case is avail- Foster Street is bringing back the “Our local businesses have been able at the front desk for items to be pur- popular Drag Queen Bingo host- through a lot over the past year chased. Senior Branch Executive Director ed by drag queens Maxine Harri- and these types of events are key Andrea Baez said they are planning to add son and Miss Michael on Friday, to reinvigorating our downtown additional hours in the fall, which will in- June 11. area as we all work to recover clude weekends as well. Tickets are $25 and proceeds from the pandemic,” said Lisa The café is currently serving fresh fruit, ITEM PHOTO | JULIA HOPKINS from the 21-plus event will ben- Geczi, events manager for Pea- yogurt, cold sandwiches, bagels, muffins, hot efit the North Shore Alliance of Denise Mailloux welcomes custom- body’s Black Box Theater, Wiggin coffee, tea and juice. GLBTQ Youth (NAGLY). The Auditorium and Peabody Main ers to the new coffee shop space in program will feature prizes and Streets. CAFÉ, A6 the Demakes Family YMCA. walk-up bar service. Bingo starts Pride Week continues on Thurs- at 8 p.m. and ends at 10 p.m. day, June 24, 6 p.m. with an out- Tickets can be purchased at www. door movie night at the Peabody nagly.org. Institute Library, 82 Main St. McDonald’s is lovin’ Lynnfield’s Wallin “We are thrilled to celebrate with the screening of the film, LGBTQ Pride Month in down- “Rafiki,” a festival favorite in By Anne Marie Tobin town Peabody,” said Tony Leone, 2018. NAGLY’s director of communi- ITEM STAFF There will be plenty of seating ty services and engagement. “In and some snacks, but attendees LYNNFIELD — A Lynnfield busi- 2019, we partnered with Peabody are welcome to bring their own nesswoman is taking to heart an old Main Streets and other local or- chairs, blankets or snacks. Space McDonald’s slogan — “We do it all for ganizations to host the city’s you” — in the hopes they will not only first-ever Pride Celebration at PRIDE, A7 encourage more people to get vacci- nated, but also reward those who are. Lindsay Wallin, owner of nine CORRECTION North Shore-area McDonald’s restau- INSIDE rants, is offering a free medium hot or Due to a report- iced coffee through the end of June to er’s error, a story Opinion customers who are fully vaccinated. in Tuesday’s Item Gonzalez: Grow, live, Proof is not required — it’s all on the incorrectly stat- and be humble. A4 honor system. ed former Mayor LOOK! She is also giving a cash incentive Edward J. Clancy Lynn couple renews to her employees to get vaccinated, Jr.’s status as a offering $100 to each upon full vacci- vows at assisted nation. mayoral candi- living facility. A8 date. He was the ITEM FILE PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK “My philosophy in business has al- Sports ways been ‘why not,’ so my business only uncontested Lynnfield resident Lindsay Wallin owns Lynnfield softball partner (Vipan Khosla) and I just challenger in nine McDonald’s franchises across the comes from behind North Shore. MCDONALD’S, A6 Lynn’s history. Edward J. Clancy Jr. on Senior Night. B1 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 71° VOL. 142, ISSUE 156 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-2 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 55° POLICE/FIRE .............................A5 COMICS ....................................B4 BUSINESS ................................B8 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM THURSDAY JUNE 10, 2021 OBITUARIES NEW ENGLAND BRIEFS Senior asks that $40K them to “go back where vaccination services in the 2 people die in crash on college scholarship be given you came from” in June community, and directly I-391 in Chicopee Kathleen Spillane Chalas 2020 at the waterfront administer vaccinations to to others restaurant in Narragan- groups that have not been CHICOPEE (AP) — LYNN - Kathleen Chalas, bet- sett. reached by other outreach A high school senior Two people have died in a ter known as Kathy Spillane, But Judge James Caruo- efforts. headed to Harvard asked crash on Interstate 391 in passed away peacefully on lo, who called Longo’s Those groups include that her school give the Chicopee, state police said Sunday afternoon, June 6th, actions “vile and disgust- populations that may $40,000 college scholar- in a statement Wednesday. 2021 at the age of 66. She ing,” determined he did benefit from one-on-one ship it had awarded her to The two-vehicle crash spent her final days, surround- not have the “authority vaccination support, such someone going to a com- occurred in the south- ed by family and close friends or autonomy” to apply as substance use disorder munity college instead.