MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 Moulton the talk of Lynn ‘happy place’ the town in Lynn eld needs more space By Bella diGrazia ernment leadership. One at- U.S. Rep. Seth Dillard, the collaborative’s An oscillo- ITEM STAFF tendee asked him about Rep. Moulton hosts founder and director, says scope, com- Joe Kennedy’s (D-Mass.) Sat- a Town Meet- the break-even goal of 50 full monly used to LYNNFIELD — One month urday morning announce- ing Saturday BY BILL BROTHERTON members is well within reach. display and after U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton ment to run against Sen. morning at the A sign on the door states analyze the ended his failed candidacy Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) Summer Street “This is our happy place.” Dil- waveform of for president, fewer than a in the 2020 Democratic Pri- Elementary LYNN — The Brickyard lard said he’d be even happier electronic sig- dozen residents attended a mary. School in Collaborative, the city’s hot- if there was even more space nals, is one of Town Meeting he held at the “No comment,” he said. Lynn eld. test makerspace, needs more available. the many types Summer Street Elementary Shortly after, Wake eld space. Dillard said he was in- of machines School on Saturday. resident Randy Brown asked ITEM PHOTO | The creative co-op opened spired by Artisan’s Asylum in found in the The intimate setting al- Moulton how he felt about OLIVIA FALCIGNO at 71 Linden St. Feb. 15, and Somerville, which was start- Brickyard lowed voters to ask Moulton President Donald Trump’s by March 1 its 3,600 square ed by a few guys in a garage. Collaborative. questions, leading to discus- Friday announcement, which, feet of oor space was full. They then moved to 20,000 sions about climate change, according to Associated Press, Members, of which there are square feet of space, and now his short presidential cam- 35, are joining at a rate of ITEM PHOTO | paign and the current gov- MOULTON, A3 about four per month and Ted BRICKYARD, A3 OLIVIA FALCIGNO Peabody woman INSIDE Lynn Man shot twice has (a new) heart in chest. A3 Entertainment By Thomas Grillo a new person, they told me. I can’t believe it.” Krause review: City Hall ITEM STAFF Eight hours before surgery in an interview celebrates like it’s with the Item, Kidney said she keeps the the 1960s. A7 PEABODY — Sharon Kidney used to turn phone on 24/7. her cell phone off when she went to bed, but “When I get the call, I have to be at Mas- Sports that changed last year when the 49-year-old sachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in three Gears meshing Lynn native learned she needed a heart trans- hours,” she said. for Tech in victory plant. The property manager at Simon Cos. in over Minuteman. B1 The timing couldn’t have been better. Braintree was born with transposition of the Last week, she got the life-saving call from great arteries (TGA). It’s a serious but rare Tough day for Bulldogs doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital heart defect in which the two main arteries in loss to Beverly. B1 that they had a heart with her name on it. A leaving the heart are reversed, according to few hours later she was in the operating room. the Mayo Clinic. The condition creates a short- Crowley, Prep make an “Doctors said the surgery was a success, age of oxygen in blood owing to the rest of ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK emphatic statement. B1 they’re happy with the results and her color the body. Without an adequate supply of oxy- Sharon Kidney of Peabody under- is back,” said Philip G. Roy, her father who is gen-rich blood, the body can’t function. English girls soccer gets went heart transplant surgery last traveling up from his Florida retirement home second triumph. B1 week. with his wife to care for their daughter. “She’s TRANSPLANT, A3 PHOTO | PAULA MULLER Kady Hammons and Joaquin Gonzalez exchange vows at the Nahant ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO Country Club on Sunday. The of ciant is Jessica Downing. At left is From left, MST Sadia Afroz, her daughter, Mariem Afroz, and her sis- Amelia Gonzalez and at right are Juliana Gonzales holding Piper Gon- ter, Sahina Akter, listen to speakers at Breed Middle School Sunday in zalez, Natalia Gonzalez, Avery Gay and Alessandra Gonzalez. Lynn. A nice day for a white The general consensus: wedding in Nahant Census 2020 is vital By Bridget Turcotte “We didn’t think we’d be able to have By Gayla Cawley laws that prohibit disclosing census in- ITEM STAFF a wedding,” said Hammons, 29. “I knew ITEM STAFF formation, said Eva Millona, executive if we didn’t win this wedding, we would director of the Massachusetts Immi- NAHANT — Love is in the air at the LYNN — Cities such as Lynn risk be- The Nahant Country Club Estate. have had to go to the courthouse or ing underfunded for critical resources grant and Refugee Coalition (MIRA). Carrying a bouquet of marsala lilies something. We have too many kids, and such as public education and transpor- There are about 1.5 million immi- and peach peonies, U.S. Air Force veter- we have to pay for college and stuff.” tation if census population data is re- grants and refugees living in Massachu- an Kady Hammons married Staff Sgt. The couple has six daughters together. ported incorrectly. setts and it’s important to reach every Joaquin Gonzalez on the grounds of the Hammons, a North Carolina native, One of the biggest barriers for Census one of them so there’s a proper count in mansion. The couple won a free wedding joined the Air Force in 2010. Four years 2020 is that undocumented immigrants the census, said Millona. in a contest held by The Nahant Country may be afraid to report themselves, even Club for military couples. WEDDING, A3 though they are protected by federal CENSUS, A3 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 ENTERTAINMENT .......................A7 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 OPINION ...................................A4 HIGH 88° VOL. 141, ISSUE 243 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 COMMUNITY CALENDAR ............A5 LOW 68° SPORTS ................................ B1-3 HEALTH .....................................B8 ONE DOLLAR POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 PAGE A8 A2 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 OBITUARIES Richard DeBenedetto, 89 Joanna M. Reardon Leander A. Maes, 64 NAHANT — The Honorable NAHANT — Joanna M. (Sper- LYNN — Mr. Leander “Lee” A. Richard DeBenedetto, age anza) Reardon, of Nahant, Maes, age 64, died suddenly 89, of Nahant and formerly died peacefully at her home on Monday evening, Sept. 16 of Lynn, died on Sunday, Sept. on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019 of a heart attack at the North 22, 2019, at his home, sur- surrounded by her loving fam- Shore Medical Center in Sa- rounded by his loving family. ily and caretakers. She was lem. Born and educated in Lynn, the devoted wife of the late He was the loving son of he was the son of the late Jo- Richard J. Reardon, who pre- Jeanette Maes and the late seph and Pia (Accomando) deceased her in 1998. Raymond A. Maes of Lynn. DeBenedetto. He graduat- Born in Lynn, she was the Born and raised in Lynn, Le- ed from Lynn Classical High daughter of the late John and ander started his teaching School, Northeastern Universi- Mary (Stravato) Speranza. career at the American School ty and received his Juris Doc- Joanna was a graduate of in Mexico City, Mexico, working torate from Boston University, Lynn English High School and there for three years. He then all while working at Sylvania to Chandler School for Women, went on to start teaching at pay for his education. and attended the MIT Sloan schools in Lynn, starting at He began his career as an School of Management. Lynn English in 1977, North attorney in Spring eld before She worked for many years Reading and Saugus. Lee was moving to Washington, D.C. as an executive at many tele- a high school tennis coach for to work in the White House Migliaccio, Anthony Migliac- phone companies, retiring her brother, Fred Speranza and 18 years. He spent the past in his memory can be made Legal Of ce under President cio, Joseph Migliaccio, Rich- as managing director of the his wife Fran of Swampscott; 25 years teaching in Sau- to the Saugus Historical Soci- Richard Nixon. While serving ard DeBenedetto and Darian Legal Department at NYNEX. her sister-in-law, Dolly Speran- gus at the Belmonte Middle ety, 30 Main St., Saugus, MA as legal counsel in the White Eddows; great-grand niece Joanna was a former ight za of Florida; her step-children, School before his retirement. 01906. House, Richard worked closely Faye and great-grand neph- attendant for Eastern Airlines Mary, Barbara, Michael, John, Overall, Lee spent 41 years Service information: Rel- with the Justices on the United ews Dante, Salvy Rocco Jr. and instructor at John Robert Gary and Joan; and her many in the teaching profession. He atives and friends are invit- States Supreme Court. In the and Jaxson. He also leaves Powers School, Boston. She step-grandchildren, nieces, served as the past vice pres- ed to attend visiting hours early 1970s, he voluntarily many cousins including Mary was a member of numerous nephews and dear friends in- ident of the Saugus Teachers in the BISBEE-PORCELLA DiPrizito of Salem, Margaret went to Puerto Rico to serve committees for the Town of cluding her caretaker Ruthie Union and was on the board Funeral Home, 549 Lincoln Ciota of Lynn and Nino Guilia- as a federal judge during a Nahant and a volunteer at My and her team.