DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 DEALS OF THE Swampscott is blasted mad at Aggregate LHAND$DAY$ PG. 3 By Bella diGrazia tion, days after the con rmed Aug. 30 blast- well as breathing in dust and having lthy ITEM STAFF ing, to nd her glass sliding door shattered. cars, homes and furniture. All this with no receives “I’ve had that same door since 1982, and I compensation. Enough is enough.” SWAMPSCOTT — Nearly 30 residents have re ghter and police of cer neighbors Aside from home damage, another major showed up to Tuesday’s Select Board meet- who kept an eye on my house, so I know no- concern raised by town residents was the lm $9M to ing and voiced their concerns over the recent body vandalized it or tried to break in,” Pat quarry blasts from Aggregate Industries (AI). of dust that is collecting on their cars, win- DEALS said. “It cost me $1,000 to x it.” dows, and, for some, inside their houses. One For about an hour and a half, the upset res- Christine Erickson has lived on Essex resident told meeting attendees that she al- getOF THEthe idents shared their stories while neighbors, Street with her family since 2000. She spoke Select Board members and the AI represen- at the meeting and detailed all the damage ready is a cancer survivor and, given the dust $ $ from the blasts has gone untested recently, DAY tatives in attendance listened. One resident, she alleges her home has endured from the leadPG. 3out who has lived on Ellen Street for 23 years, al- blastings, with most of the structural cracks she doesn’t want her grandkids to fall ill in leged her home has endured crumbling stair- happening from blasts after 2015. the future from years of inhaling it. By Gayla Cawley ways, walls and cracks in her stone replace “We’ve endured thousands of dollars in re- Nichols Street resident Ana Lanzilli got up and Thomas Grillo from the years of quarry blasting. Another pairs to cracked ceilings, crumbling stairs, to speak with a vial in her hand that contained ITEM STAFF resident, who went by the name “Pat,” said retaining wall and cracks in our foundation,” she came home from an end-of-August vaca- Erickson told The Item on Wednesday, “as SWAMPSCOTT, A2 LYNNDEALS — More than 400 homes will be deleaded thanksOF to a THE $9.3 million grant from the Depart- ment of$ HousingDAY &$ Urban Lynn eld DevelopmentPG. (HUD),3 the largest grant of its kind the city has received. says yes Administered by the Lynn Housing Author- ity and Neighborhood to rail DevelopmentDEALS (LHAND), the Lead Abatement Pro- gram wasOF created THE to make trail homes safer for low-in- come families.$DAY$ By Thomas Grillo From 2009PG. 3 through ITEM STAFF 2018, Lynn received $9.1 million in HUD monies LYNNFIELD — In what’s to make more than 600 been called the most conten- homes safe. The all-in cost tious issue in a generation, to delead one home can residents backed the Wake- reach as much as $15,000, eld-Lynn eld Rail Trail by say experts. a huge margin. “This is a huge amount After more than an hour of money obviously for of debate, voters approved the city and it’s incredibly $348,000 for design costs by important to continue the a 61 to 39 percent margin, or work to delead homes,” 585 to 380. said U.S. Rep. Seth Moul- The money will be com- ton (D-Mass.), who noted bined with Wake eld’s share his of ce lobbied HUD to to pay for design costs for the secure the grant. “There trail. is ample evidence about Each side made its case at a what a difference lead standing room only crowd in abatement makes in kids’ the Lynn eld Middle School. lives.” Trail supporter Patrick From 2012 through Curley made the motion for 2017, the most recent data voters to approve the expen- Growth spurt available from the Mas- diture of what amounted sachusetts Public Health to $3.48 per household. He Department, there were asked voters to make the trail a reality. 105 cases of Lynn chil- at St. Mary’s dren with elevated levels “The Massachusetts De- partment of Transportation of lead in their blood. Only (MassDOT) is looking to see Enrollment increases as campus expands Boston, Brockton, New we are vested in this project,” Bedford and Spring eld he said. “The state is pre- have more. students enrolled in 6th grade com- pared to pay the entire cost By Thor Jourgensen St. Mary’s High Jeff Weeden, LHAND’s ITEM STAFF pared to 23 last year — an 83 percent of the $10 million project. A School students planning and develop- jump. no vote means another gen- work in the ment manager, acknowl- LYNN — A $20 million expansion The Marian Division (grades 6-8) library as the edged Lynn is a high-risk- eration will go without one.” project, a new scholarship program and But Patricia Campbell counted 133 students at the year’s start school’s expan- of-lead community. While a fresh perspective to attract students compared to 91 — a 46 percent increase. sion with the the agency is making spoke for opponents. She have combined to boost St. Mary’s en- urged voters to say no. St. Mary’s admitted 120 freshmen new Gateway progress, he estimates it rollment. “We should not raid this year — 33 more than last year for a and STEM build- will cost more than $450 St. Mary’s started the school year with $348,000 in reserves,” she 38 percent increase. ings goes on in million to remove lead said. “It’s there to be used for 558 students — an 11 percent increase “We’re defying gravity and it feels the background. from all of the city dwell- extraordinary or unforeseen over the 504 students at St. Mary’s at good,” said Head of School Dr. John F. ings. But he said HUD the end of the 2018-2019 school year. ITEM PHOTO | circumstances. We may have ST. MARY’S, A3 LHAND, A3 to use it for an October storm The new school year started with 42 SPENSER HASAK or for ooding. The rail trail does not rise to the level of emergency.” But voters disagreed. Saugus police receive re-accreditation Efforts have been under- way for nearly two decades to By Bridget Turcotte quality of police work” in town. training, drug enforcement, and victim transform the former New- ITEM STAFF The process is considered the best mea- and witness assistance. Not all of the stan- buryport branch of the Bos- sure for a police department to compare dards are considered mandatory for police ton and Maine Railroad into SAUGUS — The state has determined itself against the established best prac- departments. the 4.4-mile Wake eld-Lynn- the Saugus Police Department has “fully eld Rail Trail. demonstrated its commitment to police ex- tices around the country and region, he The commission offers both a certi cation The project would be built cellence.” said. and accreditation program. The accredita- on 2.5 miles in Lynn eld and The department received re-accreditation To earn the standard, the department tion is a higher achievement and is granted nearly two miles in Wake- from the Massachusetts Police Accredita- had to be in compliance with 246 stan- for a period of three years. Participating in eld on land leased from the tion Commission. The department received dards involving jurisdiction of mutual aid, the process is voluntary, and involves an in- MBTA at no cost to the com- its rst accreditation in 2016. The standard collection and preservation of evidence, ternal self-review and external assessment munities. lasts for three years. communications, crime analysis, scal by the commission. Interim Police Chief Ronald Giorgetti management, internal affairs, juvenile op- LYNNFIELD, A3 called the achievement “a testament to the eration, public information, records, traf c, SAUGUS, A3 INSIDE Lynn vape business NOTE TO Saugus Home sales, READERS prices up. A2 could go up in smoke The newsstand price of The Item will increase to Opinion Woodman Street store Thurs- $1.50 Monday. Jourgensen: Set By Gayla Cawley ITEM STAFF day evening. “I have my entire Home-delivery-sub- ’em up and knock life invested in this. My whole scription prices will in- ’em back. A4 LYNN — Two days after family eats off of this.” crease Oct. 16 but we will Gov. Charlie Baker declared In addition to the Lynn store, honor current rates for re- LOOK! a state-wide four-month ban Visit the #newPEM which is located across the newals and new subscrip- on the sale of vaping products, this weekend. street from Fraser Field, Jolly, tions through Oct. 15. It’s free! A8 Jolly Vapors owner Jack Jolly 37, of Saugus, owns three oth- (Subscriptions cost half was outside his closed store er vapes-only stores in Massa- the newsstand price.) ITEM PHOTO | GAYLA CAWLEY Sports contemplating whether his chusetts. He has had to close You can lock in current Classical volleyball Jack Jolly, owner of Jolly Vapors, said business can survive. all four of his stores since the rates for subscriptions via battles to close win the statewide ban on the sale of vape “I can’t wrap my head governor’s announcement on www.itemlive.com/sub- over Swampscott. B1 products could put his store out of busi- around it right now,” said Jol- scribe or by calling 781- ness. ly, while sitting outside his VAPE, A2 593-7700, ext.