FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2017 Feds take Lynn re leaves bite out of 22 homeless Peabody By Adam Swift By 9:30 a.m., there were few ITEM STAFF visible flames, but there was still heavy smoke seen from the third sandwich LYNN — Everyone made it floor as firefighters used axes to safely out of a three-story apart- access the top floor. Murray said ment house on Myrtle Street after quick action prevented further shop flames broke out around 9 a.m. Thursday. damage or potential injuries. The fire appeared to start in a “It was a great stop,” said Mur- ITEM STAFF REPORT front bedroom on the third floor ray. “There was heavy fire from of 91 Myrtle St., said Deputy Fire the third-floor bedroom and we PEABODY — The own- were able to get one line in from ers of a popular roast beef Chief Bill Murray. Smoke was visible from the cen- the back.” and pizza shop pleaded There were initially reports guilty in federal court tral fire station on Western Ave- nue, according to scanner reports. of someone inside the building Wednesday to skimming There were heavy flames from when firefighters arrived, but all cash receipts and failing residents were evacuated safely. ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK the third floor as fire crews ar- to report the cash on their rived on the scene, according to There were no injuries, according tax returns. A Lynn re ghter disappears in smoke as he uses a Murray. Police cruisers blocked to fire officials, but 22 people were From 2013 to 2015, Wil- chainsaw to cut into the roof of the burning home off either end of Myrtle Street at liam Panousos, 66, The- at 91 Myrtle St. on Thursday. Boston and Holyoke streets. FIRE, A7 odora Panousos, 64, and Konstantinos Panousos, 38, skimmed approximate- ly $1.5 million in cash receipts from Giovanni’s This cut Elks Pizza & Roast Beef at 672 Lowell St., according to a release from the U.S. At- doesn’t de ne torney’s of ce. By failing to report that cash, the hurt in trio avoided paying more dictionary than $550,000 in taxes. The three each plead- Saugus drive ed guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. William By Bridget Turcotte By Daniel Kane Panousos also pleaded ITEM STAFF FOR THE ITEM guilty to three counts of SAUGUS — The average SAUGUS — Third-graders aiding and assisting in residential tax bill will be at the Douglas Waybright ling false corporate and $16 less next year. School in Saugus were excit- individual tax returns; The average tax bill was ed to receive their own dictio- Theodora pleaded guilty $4,493 in Fiscal Year 2017, naries, donated by the Sau- to four counts; and Kon- $4,248 in Fiscal Year 2016, gus-Everett Lodge of Elks on stantinos pleaded guilty and $3,970 in Fiscal Year Thursday. to two counts. 2015. Next year, the av- “The kids love it,” Elks exalt- The three are scheduled erage single family home ed ruler Assunta Palomba said. to be sentenced in U.S. owner will pay $4,477. “You can tell by the response District Court March 8 The Board of Selectmen on their faces after receiving of next year. The charge set the tax rate for residen- their very own book.” of conspiracy to defraud tial properties at $11.59 This year Palomba, along the United States carries per $1,000 assessment, a with several other Elks of - a maximum penalty of 46 cent drop from last year. cers, delivered 1,600 dictio- ve years in prison, three The average single-family naries to students in several years of supervised re- home value increased by surrounding communities in- $13,400 to $386,300. lease, and a $250,000 ne. cluding Saugus. “Saugus does remain During tax years 2013 “We deliver a great tool that the lowest among the sur- through 2015, the de- provides easy access for the fendants did not deposit rounding communities,” said Michael Serino, chair- students,” she said. the $1.5 million into the man of the Board of Asses- The Elks organization has business’ bank account or sors. been donating dictionaries to report them to their tax About 90 percent of local third-graders for a decade preparer, according to the homes in Saugus are sin- according to Palomba. U.S. Attorney’s of ce. gle-family, while about 10 School principal Kelly Moss In addition, the defen- percent are multi-family, was happy to see another dants paid some of the said Serino. A gure for the group of about 180 kids excited business’ expenses in cash, average multi-family tax to participate in what has be- including a portion of pay- bill was not immediately come a longstanding tradition. ments to suppliers and a available. “It’s a nice tradition,” he said. portion of employees’ sal- “Even in today’s age of tech- Selectman Jeff Cicolini, ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK aries. They also failed to who works as an accoun- nology our students still carry report about $550,000 of tant, said many residents Third-graders at Douglas Waybright Elementary School around their new hardcover those cash expenses on receive Webster’s Dictionaries from the Saugus-Everett dictionaries and use them to their tax returns. TAX, A7 Lodge of Elks on Thursday. See more photos on Page A7. their advantage.” Lynn Tech uses G force to construct state vocational title By Harold Rivera ning backs Steffan Gravely and ITEM STAFF Keoni Gaskin. Thus, it was only right that Gravely and Gaskin car- WESTFORD — When a team ried the Tigers to the vocational David wins a championship, it’s only t- Barrios, 5, of ting that its best players nish the crown. Santa “Steffan and Keoni embody hard Lynn Tech, job and bring home the crown. throws past That was the theme of the Lynn work, a great work ethic and con- Eli Norton delivering Tech football team’s 50-22 win over sistency,” Tech coach James Run- Nashoba Valley in the Massachu- ner said. “Those are some of things in their setts Vocational Athletic Directors we’ve preached all season long. game against spirit of Association championship game in Making sure we get ourselves in Nashoba Westford on Thursday night. the weight room, making sure we Valley Tech. All season long the Tigers were build up as a football team and Christmas carried by their ground and pound TECH FOOTBALL, A7 ITEM PHOTO | By Adam Swift attack on offense led by senior run- OWEN O’ROURKE ITEM STAFF A disabled mother of two who is out of work and facing eviction is INSIDE Malden rep seeks to smash poverty looking for help to keep the spirit of Christmas alive for her children. In Lynn GLSS celebrates By Steve Freker He is co-sponsoring an act establishing “I am asking for help for my two National Family FOR THE ITEM a Special Commission on Two-Generation children, ages 4 and 10,” the mother Caregiver Month. A3 Approaches to Childhood Education. The wrote in a letter to Item Santa. “I am BOSTON — There are ways to help peo- newly-formed commission would “make disabled and have no job right now. I In Opinion ple break the poverty cycle, and Malden recommendations on the implementation am also having to move because my Home economics. A4 state Rep. Steven Ultrino (D-Malden) said of two-generation systems … focusing on house got foreclosed and the bank is successful approaches aid two generations creating opportunities for and addressing evicting me and my children. In Police living in poverty. needs of both vulnerable parents and chil- The mother said any help would Lynn man to face jail “We want to look at how to generate bet- dren together.” make Christmas day a little brighter time for counterfeit ter outcomes for families by assisting both Ultrino said a two-generation approach steroid conspiracy. A6 children and parents together,” Ultrino ITEM SANTA, A7 said. POVERTY, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS ....................................B4 HIGH 50° VOL. 139, ISSUE 304 LYNN .........................................A3 LOOK! .......................................A8 DIVERSIONS .............................B5 LOW 30° OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2017 OBITUARIES Yvonne A. Braunhardt, 90 Charles M. Healey, 83 Ann Marie Calvani, 81 1927-2017 1933-2017 1936-2017 BLOOMFIELD, to visit more family. TEWKSBURY — nia to visit family and HAMPTON, N.H. — late husband, Joseph Conn., — Yvonne A. She is survived by Mr. Charles Martin enjoyed cruises and Ann Marie Calvani, Calvani of Lynn. Braunhardt, 90, of her two daughters, “Charlie” Healey, age road trips to many 81, of Hampton, a Additional family Bloomfield, Conn., Denise Cabral and 83, of Tewksbury and places around the former 40-year resi- members include her beloved wife of the her husband, Arthur formerly of Lynn, died world. Charlie was a dent of Marblehead, children, Joey Calvani late James W. Braun- of West Bridgewater, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, devoted husband, fa- died peacefully on of San Clemente, Ca- hardt entered into Lynette Roy and her 2017, following a ther and grandfather Wednesday, Nov. 29, lif., Mary Alice Epler eternal rest Monday, husband, Victor of lengthy illness. He and spending time 2017 in Reading. and her husband Nov. 27, 2017, with Suffield, Conn.; three was the loving and with family is what he She was born Sept. Scott of South Ber- her family by her side. grandchildren, whom devoted husband of enjoyed most. 17, 1936, in White wick, ME, Kathleen Born April 29, 1927 in Boston, she adored, Christopher Roy Jill Patricia (Corran) Healey In addition to his wife Jill, Plains, N.Y.