WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2018 RIDING OUT A WHITEOUT ITEM PHOTOS | SPENSER HASAK Above, a blizzard wasn’t going to stop Hansen Hundahl, 18, of Marblehead, left, and Quint Finney, 18, of Chelsea from cross-country skiing down Washington Street in Marblehead on Tuesday. Below left, a pedestrian’s footprints through freshly fallen snow as the storm picks up. Bottom right, Roberto Camilo of Lynn clears off a car in an Oxford Street parking lot. For more storm photos, see pages A7, A8. By Gayla Cawley, Roberto Scalese, and Bridget Turcotte ITEM STAFF The North Shore saw its third powerful nor’eas- ter in a matter of two weeks on Tuesday, a slow-moving storm which brought more than a foot of snow onto the region, only six days after the rst two, which ooded communities and knocked out power. The snow was still falling late into the evening, forcing a second day of cancellations and parking bans. Lynn Despite being hammered by the blizzard, Lynn Department of Public Works commissioner An- drew Hall said the city did well in terms of crews keeping up with the storm. “It’s a lot of snow,” said Hall Tuesday night. “We’re expecting almost 20 inches of snow, so we have all the pieces out there.” By 5 p.m. Tuesday, about a foot of snow had been dumped in Lynn. Hall said at the time that he expected another seven inches to fall before the storm tapers off in the early morning hours on Wednesday. The challenge with this storm, he said, has been that the snow is spread out over 24 hours — long duration storms are challenging for everyone, both men and equipment, adding that it was a lot of hours to be behind the wheel of a truck. Hall said there were approximately 50 DPW pieces out working, along with about 300 contract pieces. He was planning to keep them out until the STORM, A7 Not so sweet news for NECCO Lighting the way in Saugus By Thomas Grillo which calls itself the oldest continuous- By Bridget Turcotte for better signage so this won’t happen ITEM STAFF ly operating candy company in the U.S., ITEM STAFF in the future. That’s a primary concern. said it has been in negotiations with po- Something to make it a little more re ec- REVERE — Necco’s days could be tential buyers to allow for it to remain SAUGUS — A $1.5 million state grant tive for walkers would be a good thing.” numbered. open. for the Northern Strand Communi- Town Planner Krista Leahy said she The 171-year-old confectionary compa- But Necco CEO Michael McGee wrote ty Trail could be used to improve road has met with the Executive Of ce of En- ny, best known for Necco Wafers, Mary since there’s no assurance a sale would crossings along the path. ergy and Environmental Affairs about Janes, and Valentine Sweethearts, will be completed, workers will be laid off by In light of a recent accident in which using some of the $1.5 million grant lay off 395 employees and close its man- May 6. an elderly couple was walking on the funding announced last month to imple- ufacturing plant if a buyer can’t be found “We deeply regret and understand the trail and were struck by a car, Planning ment other safety measures. by May 6, according to a letter from Nec- uncertainty this action may cause our Board chairman Peter Rossetti said he The Baker-Polito Administration an- co to Mayor Brian Arrigo. valued employees,” he wrote. would like to see additional signs with nounced a commitment of at least $1.5 “It is disheartening to learn that hun- The story was rst reported in The ashing lights installed where the rail million to fund designs for the trail in dreds of workers, some of which are Re- Boston Globe. trail crosses major roads. Everett, Lynn, Malden, Revere, and Sau- vere residents, will potentially lose their Last year, Framingham-based Atlantic “They were injured and narrowly sur- gus in February. jobs,” Arrigo said in a text. vived,” said Rossetti. “One of the sugges- In a letter last week to the city, Necco, REVERE, A7 tions, as part of an open space plan, is SAUGUS, A7 In Lynn In Opinion In Sports In Food INSIDE Beaches bene t from De ning recreational Big test awaits Try Rosalie’s Sunday ‘pledge and plunge.’ A3 marijuana. A4 Swampscott hockey. B1 morning breakfast. B8 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A5 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 41° VOL. 140, ISSUE 81 LYNN .........................................A3 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 32° OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 FOOD ........................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2018 OBITUARIES Mabel M. Jodoin, 92 Flora I. Musgrave, 99 Ella Mitchell 1925-2018 1948-2018 LYNN — Mabel of Swampscott, and PEABODY — Flora I. Mus- She was the mother of Be- LYNN — Ella Mitchell, long- room burst out into laughter. Mary (Comeau) Jo- Susan Bateman and grave, 99, of Peabody, former- atrice Morren of Austin, Texas, time resident of the Lynn area, She is survived by her two doin, a longtime res- her husband Stephen ly a longtime resident of Lynn, and the late Russell C. Mus- died Wednesday, March 7 at daughters, Kimberlee Middle- ident of Lynn, passed of Salisbury; her 16 died unexpectedly at home on grave Jr. and Charles C. Mus- Lahey Hospital & Medical ton and Jada Middleton; and away at the age 92 grandchildren; six March 10, 2018. She was the grave. She is survived by six Center in Burlington. her five grandchildren, Lester on Saturday, March great-grandchildren; cherished wife of the late Rus- grandchildren and twenty-one Born June 6, 1948 in Lynn, Davis, Joshua Davis, Michad 10, 2018. her siblings, Henry sell C. Musgrave, with whom great grandchildren. she attended and graduat- Jones, Jaide Jones and Se- Born in Lynn on Comeau of Virginia, she had shared 63 years of Service information: Vis- ed from Lynn English High lah Fraser, all of whom live July 21, 1925, she Lawrence Comeau marriage. itation will be held at GO- School. Ella worked for Gener- in Lynn, and brought copious was the daughter of and his wife Alice of Born and raised in Lynn, ODRICH Funeral Home, 128 al Electric for 30 years. amounts of joy and laughter the late Joseph and Evelina Danvers, Pauline Reczek of she was the daughter of the Washington St., Lynn, on Ella loved being surround- into her life. Comeau. Mabel was raised Peabody, and Anna Bourke of late Philip and Flora (Potts) Thursday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., ed by family and socializing Service information: Her in Lynn and educated at St. Reading. Mabel was preced- Turgeon. Flora resided in Lynn followed by a funeral service with her friends. Ella had a funeral will be held Friday in Jeans School then attended ed in death by her grandson, where she and her husband at 1 p.m. and burial in Pu- personality that could make the Zion Baptist Church, 4 St. Anne’s Academy in Marl- Philip Matthew Jodoin as well were active in the community ritan Lawn Memorial Park, any person’s bad day a good Adams Street Ext., Lynn, at borough. Growing up in a huge as her siblings, Amos Comeau, and raised their family. They Peabody. Those desiring may one. She also had a smile and 11 a.m. Visitation will begin household of brothers and Alfred Comeau, Andrew Co- moved to Peabody in 1973. make a memorial gift to a laugh that could light up a at 10 a.m. Arrangements sisters, Mabel found her true meau, Wallace Comeau, Sister Flora was once very active in the Central Congregational room. Ella’s humor was anoth- by the GOODRICH Funeral calling to be a nurturing moth- Marie Comeau, Stella Brown the Central Congregational Church, 97 Broad St., Lynn, er infectious quality that she Home, 128 Washington St., er. She was a devoted home- and Mabel Comeau. Several Church of Lynn. MA 01902. possessed; she could make a Lynn. maker and wife to the late nieces and nephews survive Richard C. Jodoin, who passed her as well. in September of 2016, and a Service information: Fu- dedicated mother to her sev- neral from the CUFFE-Mc- en children. Her children gave GINN Funeral Home, 157 Francis marks 5 years as pope her a new generation to care Maple St., Lynn, on Saturday, for as she was blessed with March 17, 2018 at 8 a.m., 16 grandchildren to love. Ma- followed by a funeral Mass in bel was a dedicated Catholic St. Pius V Church, 215 Maple amid love, disenchantment and was a communicant of St. St., Lynn, at 9 a.m. Burial will Pius V. Church in Lynn as well follow in Pine Grove Ceme- By Nicole Winfield as a member of the Ladies’ tery, Lynn. Visiting hours will ASSOCIATED PRESS Sodality. be held in the funeral home Mabel is survived by her chil- on Friday, March 16 from 4-8 VATICAN CITY — Pope dren, Paul Jodoin and his wife p.m. Contributions in Ma- Francis marked his fifth Karen of Lynnfield, Philip Jodo- bel’s memory may be made anniversary as pope Tues- in and his wife Kelly of Lynn, to Alzheimer’s Association, day by receiving votes of Peter Jodoin of Saugus, John 309 Waverley Oaks Road, confidence from his pre- Jodoin and his wife Nancy of Waltham, MA 02452. For di- decessor and current Vat- Peabody, Mary Kurpiel and her rections and to sign the on- ican No.