DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 MONDAY, JULY 16, 2018 DEALS OF THE Dumpster day $DAY$ lets residents PG. 3 lighten their load DEALS By Bella diGrazia Now that we only have DEALS ITEM STAFF one barrel, I can’t put ev- OF THE erything into that so all LYNN — Dumpster days the trash accumulates,” $ $ are not a dime a dozen in DAY said Perry Guanci, a Lynn PG. 3 the city. But with a sharp resident since 1963. increase in demand, they The line of junk-laden could be. cars formed on Commer- For the past two decades, cial Street extension off there are three Saturdays the Lynnway Saturday at a year that are dedicated 6 a.m. even through dump- DEALS to helping Lynn residents ster day didn’t officially get rid of their oversized start until 7a.m. Guanci OF THE household junk. The city’s and his daughter, Lisa, trash collection program, made their first dumpster $DAY$ which began in 2014, only run of the day, loading PG. 3 provides residents with their car up with trash one 64 gallon barrel for they were eager to get rid trash. of. The father-daughter “We used to put all our ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK trash on the sidewalk. DUMPSTER, A7 Gabriel and Maria Morillo team up to push part of their couch into a dumpster.DEALS OF THE Swampscott$DAY$ native divesPG. 3 into challenge By Gayla Cawley 10 p.m. and midnight ITEM STAFF and swim throughout the night. SWAMPSCOTT — “I’m excited for the chal- Swampscott native Craig lenge and am just going to Lewin will undertake the try to enjoy it as much as grueling 21-mile Cata- possible,” said 32-year-old lina Channel Swim on Lewin, who moved to Can- Thursday, swimming the ton three years ago. channel throughout the Lewin, who swam com- night while being pushed petitively during his around by strong currents. time at Swampscott High The swim stretches from School and Boston College, Santa Catalina Island, a founded Endurance Swim- rocky island off the coast ming about a decade ago, of California, to Los Ange- which is a swim program les. Lewin said the swim for triathletes. The open starts at Santa Catalina water swimming training Island, with participants for Endurance Swimming ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK swimming to the main- Craig Lewin, formerly of Swampscott, will attempt the Catalina Channel Swim next Thursday in land. He’ll start between SWIMMER, A7 California, which is 21 miles throughout the night. State funds keep Lynn Marrrrrblehead author and Peabody moving captures notorious pirates By Steve Krause By Gayla Cawley of countdown crosswalk signals with ITEM STAFF ITEM STAFF audible push buttons, and new “Stop” signs on the approach to crosswalks, ac- MARBLEHEAD — For Lynn and Peabody were each award- cording to an announcement from the a group of people who ed nearly $400,000 in state funding state Department of Transportation. were often criminals and through the Baker-Polito administra- Andrew Hall, Lynn’s Department of murderers on the high tion’s Complete Streets Funding Pro- Public Works (DPW) commissioner, seas, pirates have always gram, which is aimed at making streets said the project is just a concept at this held a firm grasp on our safe for all forms of transportation, in- point. The next step is to hire a consul- imaginations, sense of ad- cluding pedestrians, bicyclists, transit tant to do the design, with hopes that venture and lexicon. and vehicles. construction starts in the fall. There was “Long John Lynn will receive $354,010 for the Hall said the area was chosen because Silver” in “Treasure Is- reconstruction of Central Avenue from it’s a high crash area, with lots of pedes- land.” Or “The Pirates of Andrew Street to Oxford Street with trian accidents there. the Caribbean,” and “The the reconfiguration of existing ramps, He said Lynn was also awarded fund- crosswalks, and pedestrian traffic sig- Pirates of Penzance,” ing during the Complete Streets pro- which even penetrated nal equipment. gram’s first round launched in 2016 — Traffic signal timing will also be the world of high opera. modified, along with the installation FUNDING, A7 Jimmy Buffett got into the act with “A Pirate Looks at 40.” Illegally downloading software and using it, without a license, Permit issued is called “pirating.” And the rogues of the sea even found their way into to ll a hole professional sports, with INSIDE teams such as the Pitts- burgh Pirates in baseball Lynn on Broad Street and the NFL’s Tampa Bay Arts After Hours Buccaneers. offers free theater By Gayla Cawley inhabitable and ordered Now, Marblehead’s Eric workshops. A8 ITEM STAFF the three-story structure Jay Dolin — who began demolished. Fire officials LYNN — A Broad Street his professional life as an Opinion said the cause of the blaze, environmental engineer Point/counterpoint: apartment building de- which started on the third stroyed in a devastating and took an unlikely jour- Developing Lynn. floor, was unattended four-alarm fire this past ney into the life of writing A4 cooking. non-fiction books — is out winter will be rebuilt. This month, The Item The fire that ripped with his latest, “Black Sports spotted a construction Flags, Blue Waters,” Lynn senior Little through 26 Broad St., an truck at the property. 18-unit building, in Janu- which is billed as “an epic League softball Clint Muche, the city’s history of America’s Most ary, left 28 people home- team wins state director of inspections, con- Notorious Pirates.” less and one woman in- title. B1 firmed that the property If that seems like a fun jured. owner, Shawn Neal, of Ar- topic to pursue, that’s be- Within hours of the lington, was issued a build- cause it is. His son and blaze, the Inspectional ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE ing permit on June 12 to daughter, now grown, Services Department de- Eric Dolin seated where he does his writing. In clared the building un- BROAD ST., A7 front of him is the cover of his new book. PIRATES, A7 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 79° VOL. 140, ISSUE 184 ENTERTAINMENT .......................A3 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 72° OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 HEALTH .....................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, JULY 16, 2018 OBITUARIES Dorothy May Cooper, 92 Police of cer, bystander 1925 - 2018 Dorothy May (Drew) ald Cooper and his die from gunshot wounds Cooper, 92, former- wife Lois Cooper of ly of Georgetown, Salem, N.H., daugh- passed away on July ter, Wendy (Cooper) By Sarah Betancourt ken to Chesna's mother 10, 2018 surround- Kaye of Hampstead, ASSOCIATED PRESS and she said her son joined the military "to open the ed by her family at N.H., 5 very spe- BOSTON — A Massa- Haverhill Crossings. cial grandchildren: doors to get in this job." chusetts police of cer and "He always had a kind Born in Ayer, Mas- Amy, Eric and Brian bystander died Sunday sachusetts on Fri- Kaye and Adam and word and a good attitude from wounds sustained ... we very much appre- day, November 13, Ross Cooper, 5 great when a suspect allegedly 1925, daughter of the late grandchildren, several very ciated his service to the took the of cer's gun and Weymouth Police De- Richard Drew, Sr. and Marion special nieces and nephews, red following a vehicle partment," said Grimes, E. (Cook) Drew, Dorothy was and many dear neighbors crash and a foot chase. describing the overnight raised in Ayer and Lynn. She and friends. She was prede- Weymouth of cer Mi- shifts and traf c division graduated from Lynn Classi- ceased by her brother, Richard chael Chesna was shot duties Chesna held. cal High School and lived in Drew Jr. of Hamilton, Mass. multiple times by his own Chesna's body was re- Georgetown since 1956 and Dorothy’s family would like rearm around 7:30 a.m. moved from the hospital Haverhill Crossings Assisted to extend their sincere thanks Sunday, and died from the and transported via pro- Living in Haverhill, Massachu- to her very special Nurse injuries at South Shore cession of multiple law en- setts since 2014. Dorothy is Practioner, Tracy Ramos and Hospital, of cials said. forcement agencies to the predeceased by her husband, her staff for her special care. An unidenti ed elder- state's medical examiner Robert W. Cooper, who passed Also, Haverhill Crossings and ly woman also died after of ce in Boston, where he away in 1985. Constellation Health Services being hit by stray bullets Dorothy was a loving moth- will be evaluated. Dozens for their care and dedication in a nearby home, author- er, grandmother and great of police, some tight-lipped to her. ities said. grandmother and her family and others crying, som- Service information: At Weymouth Police Chief always came rst. berly saluted the vehicle Dorothy’s request, her ser- Richard Grimes said the In early years, Dorothy was shooting suspect, 20-year- carrying the of cer's body, employed as a dental assis- vice and burial will be pri- and mourners placed bou- vate. Dorothy will be laid to old Emanuel Lopes, was in tant to Dr. Clarence Parker custody. quets by the Weymouth of Lynn, and later worked rest next to her husband, Police Headquarters, now parents and grandparents Weymouth is located 20 years at the Georgetown approximately 16 miles draped in black bunting. School Lunch Program, re- at Prospect Cemetery, Ma- The Norfolk District At- son, NH. Arrangements are south of Boston on what is tiring in 1985.