DEALS OF THE $DAY$ PG. 3 THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2021 DEALS CHARLES GAETA OF THE GUEST COMMENTARY Double$DAY$ Lynn exodusPG. 3 needs a fromDEALS housing OF THE plan Saugus$DAY$ The city of Lynn has al- PG. 3 ways been resilient. The board city of Lynn has always been prideful. And the city By Elyse Carmosino of Lynn has always taken ITEM STAFF care of its neighbors. We ITEM PHOTOS | JULIA HOPKINS SAUGUSDEALS — Two Saugus can point to countless ex- PlanningOF Board THE members, amples of people and agen- Brad Alderman is the owner and founder of North Shore Piano Studio, where he gives and the board’s consult- cies chipping in to help lessons in the Lydia Pinkham Building. ing engineer, have all an- families during a time of nounced$ DAplansY to$ resign crisis, whether it’s a dev- from theirPG. respective 3 po- astating re or unforeseen Limitless sitions. medical emergency. Time Board Chair Peter Ros- and time again, Lynners setti, Jr. submitted his let- step up. It’s who we are. possibilities ter of resignation to Town This is especially evident Manager Scott Crabtree during the COVID-19 pan- Friday,DEALS while member demic — from the creation DennisOF Moschella THE told The of social media pages fa- at Pinkham Item the role had simply cilitating donations of di- become too much work. apers, toiletries, furniture “I run$ DAa veteransY$ orga- and other forms of mutual By Allysha Dunnigan nization, andPG. there3 are a aid, to the mobilizing of ITEM STAFF lot of things you have to go massive food drives and through now on our board. food distribution efforts LYNN — A walk through the three stories of the historic Lydia Pinkham Building can There’s the Planning De- in collaboration with the partment, Town Counsel, Salvation Army. Lynners open up a number of opportunities, whether you are looking for something new or pick- stuff like that,” Moschella continue to step up in big said. “It’s a lot. It’s a lot of ways. ing up an old hobby. Established in 1886, the Lydia Pinkham research, and I just didn’t It’s time for us to step have the time to do it.” up once again as Lynn is Building was home to the production of Pinkham’s herbal and alcohol-enhanced Both he and Rossetti cit- faced with a different type ed busy schedules as part of crisis. It’s an ongoing tonics that led her to become one of the country’s most famous women in the late of the reason for their de- crisis that some of us may partures. not notice, and one that is 19th century. She began making the tonic in her Lynn “I do have other roles dif cult to attribute to a Kirsten Bassion, owner and teacher at within town,” Rossetti single face or family. It’s The Clay School, trims a sculpture creat- basement and distributed it free of charge. When the demand for the tonic increased, said. He explained that his not a singular event. It’s a ed for the advanced ceramics class in the work on the school board crisis that is complex and Pinkham went commercial and eventually Lydia Pinkham Building. built a factory, which is the current Lydia for the region’s vocational HOUSING, A2 EXODUS, A2 PINKHAM, A3 A story about a Lynn eld storyteller By Tréa Lavery ITEM STAFF LYNNFIELD — Andrew Vittiglio wants to make sure that everyone hears the inspiring stories his St. John’s Prep classmates have to tell. A senior from Lynn eld, Vittiglio was one of the organizers of the school’s rst TEDx event, which took place virtually in January. Stand- ing for technology, entertainment and design, TED had its origins as a one-off conference in In Peabody, 1984 that lost money, a generation before TED talks became a viral video and radio phenom- enon. a birthday gift Vittiglio said he was inspired by a friend’s story of his summer job working in a lab. ITEM PHOTO | JULIA HOPKINS “I thought, ‘he could tell me this story now, Lynn eld’s Andrew Vittiglio, a senior at St. John’s for Olivia but I’m sure so many more students and more Prep, was the driving force behind the school’s rst STORYTELLER, A3 TEDx, a high school version of TED Talks. By Anne Marie Tobin Olivia Bormann ITEM STAFF is scheduled to arrive home PEABODY — When it Friday after a INSIDE comes to rallying to support Floyd trial prompts police probe someone who has fallen on two-month stay dif cult times, nobody does in the hospital. Opinion of cer Derek Chauvin was found guilty it better than the city of “Team Olivia” is By Michael Balsamo Charles: We can’t be Peabody. planning a and Amy Fortili of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s satis ed with crumbs. A4 ASSOCIATED PRESS The community is com- parade Saturday death last May, setting off a wave of relief Lynn ing together Saturday not for her 11th across the country. The death prompted WASHINGTON — The Justice Depart- Lynn designates call only to show its support birthday. months of mass protests against policing ment is opening a sweeping investigation center to aid scheduling for 10-year-old Olivia Bor- and the treatment of Black people in the into policing practices in Minneapolis af- COVID-19 vaccine mann, but for an even big- U.S. ter a former of cer was convicted in the appointments. A6 ger reason — to celebrate The Justice Department was already killing of George Floyd there, Attorney her 11th birthday with a investigating whether Chauvin and the Sports larger-than-life parade and General Merrick Garland announced other of cers involved in Floyd’s death Classical volleyball Wednesday. beats Chelsea in home BIRTHDAY, A2 The decision comes a day after former FLOYD, A2 opener. 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Deed-restricted af- From A1 housing units by a dis- Initiative district (TDI) fordable housing helps to NORTH HAMPTON, NH - Ray Association. He was also a mal 340 units, or rough- and a Housing Develop- protect communities from W. Illingworth, age 89, of North member of the American Le- will never be completely ly 1 percent of its total of ment Initiative Program skyrocketing costs and re- Hampton, NH, died peacefully gion Post #6 in Lynn and Ports- resolved. It’s our housing 35,701 units. (HDIP) zone. lated displacement. Many on Sunday April 18, mouth, NH. crisis. Of the 35,701 total This positive change was of the same families that 2021 at his home after He is survived by Lynn has long been an housing units in the city, no easy task and many rely on the food distri- a brief illness. Born in his daughter; Diane L. affordable place to live, 4,435 units are listed on people deserve credit for bution efforts during the Lynn, he was the son Chiaradonna of Maine; even as Boston and other the state’s Subsidized this turnaround. Lynn is pandemic are those that of the late Herbert W. his son, Derek R. Illing- surrounding communities Housing Inventory (SHI), now positioned for signif- are cost-burdened in their Illingworth and Mil- worth and his wife Me- became expensive. That which represents 12.4 per- icant development in the home. dred E. (Oikel) Illing- lissa of California; his has now changed due to cent. Essentially, these are coming years. This is truly For these reasons, “Hous- worth-Drevitson. He was raised grandchildren; Stefanie Chiara- an increased demand to project-based subsidies an accomplishment and ing Lynn: A Plan for In- in Lynn and was a graduate of donna, Vanessa Chiaradonna live in the inner core, and that are registered with helps address the city’s clusive Growth” is a vital Lynn Classical High School, and Suzanne Chiaradonna, too little housing produc- the state. lack of growth and supply. tool as we move forward to class of 1949. He also attend- all of Maine, and Derek A. Il- tion in response. Compared to neighbor- Conversely, the plan ex- guide future development ed Northeastern University. He lingworth and Corbin S. Illing- Between 2015 and 2018, ing communities, this per- plains that the increase and housing policy. The median rent for a two-bed- had lived in Swampscott for worth, both of California; two centage of subsidized units in development and in- recommendations within room apartment went up ve years before retiring to New great-grandchildren; Mason may seem high. However, vestment alone can also can help create guard- 27 percent and the medi- Hampshire in 1999. and Taylor Wayne of Maine; as Lynn has a much greater compound the hardships rails for new development. an home sale price went Ray served in the United well as his best friends Charlie need. There are 48 percent for the most vulnerable This plan gives the city up 34 percent in Lynn. In States Army National Guard and Sheila Forrest of Lynn.