TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2020 Marblehead Theater wrestles with virus By Guthrie Scrimgeour The fifth installment of the series, The series of plays aims to examine ITEM STAFF “The Titan Cometh,” directed by Alex- the real humans behind the spectacle andra Leigh, will stream on Facebook of wrestling. MARBLEHEAD — Live perfor- this Wednesday at 7 p.m. at no cost. “Wrestling is theater on a different mances are back at the Little Theater Emily Grove, who serves as both a scale. This series pulls back the cur- — though they still have a way to go producer and actor in the project, ex- tain to see what is happening with before they can bring back an in-per- plained the struggles of working as these larger than life people,” said son audience. a performer and producer during the Grove. “Through the Big Times and Back,” pandemic. “It gives the audience something to an eight-part serial for the stage about “It’s been challenging,” said Grove. connect to, and also something to look professional wrestling written by Zach “It’s really hard to not have an audi- forward to.” Winston, began streaming live on ence. You miss it. That’s why stream- Grove estimated that between 30 and Facebook in August and will continue ing live has been exciting. We have to run through December. that spontaneity of live theater.” THEATER, A2 Salem bringing students ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO back So far, so good By Daniel Kane ITEM STAFF for mail-in SALEM — While the city of Salem may be pulling out all the stops to keep people voting in Lynn from trekking to town for Halloween to prevent the By Gayla Cawley spread of COVID-19, things ITEM STAFF are actually looking up for the district’s schools. LYNN — City Clerk Last week the Salem and Elections Chief Jan- School Committee voted to et Rowe said it’s been Superintendent Pamela Angelakis, right, and Assistant Superintendent expand and bring its young- “smooth sailing” for mail- Martha Raymond visit teacher Stephanie Coletti’s rst-grade class at the er and transitioning learn- in voting in the general Stanley School. ers back to schools next election so far, which she month. attributes to tweaks made Pre-K, kindergarten and after the September pri- Swampscott students and first and second graders mary. will be invited back to Ahead of the primary, schools for five days a week city election officials had teachers return to classroom of in-person learning. Sixth to scramble to collect at graders and ninth grad- least 200 mail-in ballots By Guthrie or-coded system that sig- buildings, Angelakis said. ers will be offered a hybrid that were erroneously Scrimgeour nifies the highest risk for “I saw happy students, model with two days in-per- sent to West Bridgewa- ITEM STAFF COVID-19 spread, Super- happy parents and happy son and three remote at ter and bring them back intendent of Schools Pame- teachers,” she said. Collins Middle School and to Lynn City Hall, Rowe SWAMPSCOTT — As la Angelakis and the dis- Angelakis greeted stu- several districts in Mas- Salem High, respectively. said. tinct kept to the plan they dents outside Swampscott All families will also have Rowe said the mishap sachusetts — including outlined in August and Middle School with Prin- neighboring Marblehead’s the option to continue com- was due to a printer error opened schools for in-per- cipal Jason Calichman to pletely remote learning if “I think high school — have revert- by the state, which result- son learning. start the day, and then vis- need be. ed back to a fully remote (the ballot ed in a “couple hundred” It may have occurred ited the other buildings in “After a long meeting on learning system, Swamp- box is) in ballots having the wrong two months later than the the district. Monday night the decision envelope. Instead of those scott began moving forward traditional school calen- “I don’t know if I’ve ever was made that on Novem- a safe and ballots being sent to Lynn, to a hybrid model Monday. dar would indicate, but had so many middle school- ber 16 we will be bringing they were mailed to West secure Despite the town being that only added to the joy ers say that their day was back a group of students and Bridgewater, Rowe said. placed last week in the red of having students and location.” “Luckily, we got right grouping in the state’s col- teachers back in the school RETURN, A2 SCHOOLS, A3 — City clerk on it and put an ad in Janet Rowe The Item,” said Rowe, ex- plaining that in addition to sending impacted res- idents a new envelope, Lynn eld trio election officials drove back and forth to West Bridgewater in order to wants women bring the ballots back to Lynn before the primary. “The crisis was averted to tell their and people were very un- derstanding,” said Rowe. “It was a mistake from stories the printer. What more By Elyse Carmosino can you do? We had a plan ITEM STAFF in place and we took care of it.” LYNNFIELD — Three Lynnfield res- That mail-in mishap idents are inspiring women to tell their is one of the “kinks” that stories. Rowe said was worked Since launching their global online out after the September media publication centered around the primary, which she has female experience in June, Manju Sheth, long considered a dress her daughter, Shaleen Sheth, and fami- rehearsal for next week’s ly friend Deepa Jahaveri say they’ve general election. For ex- received an overwhelming amount of ample, the city’s election support from readers who feel the trio office has opted not to use have managed to hit on an underserved “pre-knitted,” or pre-pack- market. aged mail-in ballots for ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO Women Who Win curates and posts the November election, stories from women around the world, and have instead chosen Sally Kerans, a candidate for the 13th Essex District state rep- covering everything from awe-inspiring to put together the ballots resentative, walks near Crystal Lake in Peabody on Monday journeys of hardship and triumph, to themselves, she said. afternoon. more subtle narratives about training State representative, for marathons or launching a vegan food senate and congressional brand. candidates are on the ballot, For Sally Kerans, it’s An idea several years in the mak- ing, the three women say it was the BALLOTS, A3 COVID-19 pandemic that finally pushed them to make the publication a reality. back to the future “Timing is everything in life. I think CORRECTION INSIDE we would have done it eventually, but By Anne Marie Tobin is Nov. 3. because of COVID, we were all here Opinion ITEM STAFF Kerans said she wasn’t really look- and we had these ideas,” said Manju, Due to a reporter’s We endorse Senator ing to challenge Speliotis, but when the matriarch of the three. “We wanted error, a story in DANVERS — She’s back. Ed Markey. A4 she learned he had chosen not to to create a very positive platform be- Monday’s Item After a 23-year absence from the • run, she saw her chance — and took cause during COVID, there’s so much misspelled the state political scene, Danvers resi- How arrogant it. negativity and unhappiness, so (we de- surname of dent Sally Kerans has thrown her can you get? A4 “With COVID and what we are go- cided) to bring all these stories together Marblehead hat back into the ring. She is run- ing through, it struck me that this of what people have achieved and (look Superintendent ning to succeed long-time state Rep. Sports was the exact same situation I was at) ‘What were the roadblocks? How did of Schools John Swampscott falls Ted Speliotis, who is retiring in in when I first ran in 1990,” Kerans they overcome them?’” Buckey. to Danvers on January, as state representative for Senior Day. B1 the13th Essex District. The election KERANS, A3 WOMEN, A2 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 HIGH 53° VOL. 141, ISSUE 269 OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-2 CLASSIFIED ...............................B6 LOW 39° POLICE/FIRE .............................A5 COMICS ....................................B4 BUSINESS ................................B8 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2020 OBITUARIES Bernadette Mary McGrath Lynnfield trio wants women LYNN - Sister Bernadette Mary McGrath, SNDdeN, born in Lynn, MA, daughter of the to tell their stories late John J. McGrath and Mar- garet (McLaughlin) McGrath WOMEN died peacefully October 23, From A1 2020. She was the sister of the late Catherine (McGrath) Young Although none of the and Margaret (McGrath) Mur- founders are profession- ray and is survived by her sister al writers themselves Hannah (Ann McGrath) Blinn — Manju and Deepa are of Lynn, MA, as well as several both accomplished doc- nieces and nephews and many tors, while Shaleen is a grandnieces and grandneph- recent Babson graduate ews. She also leaves her God- with a Bachelor of Science child Joan Langlois of N.H. in Business Administra- Sister Bernadette entered tion — the three say their the Sisters of Notre Dame de backgrounds have heav- Namur on February 9, 1945. ily informed their work She graduated from St. Mary spent the last few years being with Women Who Win, High School in Lynn and very well cared for at the Julie allowing them to draw on earned her A.B. in Education at Billiart Residential Care Center connections they’ve made Emmanuel College. in Ipswich, MA. She will be with other inspiring wom- Sr.