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Swampscott transgender principal won’t returnBy Gayla Cawley

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SWAMPSCOTT — The prin-cipal of Stanley Elementary School has been let go after coming out as transgender last month.

Superintendent Pamela Ange-lakis has opted to keep Principal Shannon Daniels, formerly Tom, on paid administrative leave for the remainder of the school year

and not renew Daniels’ contract with Swampscott Public Schools, which expires on June 30.

“In accordance with the terms of the contract, I noti� ed Prin-cipal Daniels of that earlier this week,” Angelakis wrote in a let-ter to Stanley families. “As this is a personnel matter, and out of respect for Principal Daniels’ privacy, I will not be comment-ing on the reasons for this deci-sion. Swampscott Public Schools

wishes Principal Daniels the best moving forward.”

Daniels, who became the school’s principal in 2012, said they couldn’t comment.

Stanley families were told two weeks ago that Daniels was on a temporary leave of absence and early last week Angelakis said she was extending Daniels’ leave of absence inde� nitely.

No reason was given for ex-tending the leave, but initially

Angelakis said the temporary leave was a mutual decision with Daniels, which came after several conversations with Dan-iels, “in which she reported re-ceiving messages that she con-sidered hurtful relative to her recent announcement.”

The decision to not renew the contract comes in the wake of a parents petition that was sub-mitted to the School Commit-tee earlier this month, which

declared a lack of con� dence in the Stanley principal, with par-ents saying the dissatisfaction in Daniels’ performance came before, and was not related to Daniels’ recent transgender an-nouncement.

Amy O’Connor, school commit-tee chairwoman, said in a pre-vious interview with The Item that the committee had received

Hunger strike highlights

Lynn-Ireland connection

By Gayla Cawley ITEM STAFF

LYNN — An event highlighting shared history between Lynn and Ireland was held Thursday night at the Ancient Order of the Hibernians (AOH) Hall, which fea-tured a focus on a former city resident who died in prison in Cork, Ireland, in 1920 af-ter a 76-day hunger strike during the Irish War for Independence.

The event, hosted by AOH, was booked as a visit from Martin Ferris, a member of Parliament representing Kerry and for-mer Provisional Irish Republican Army Volunteer, who was scheduled to discuss and present a copy of his book, “Ireland’s Hunger for Justice” to Mayor Thomas M. McGee.

But due to issues with his visa, Ferris was in Ireland and could not attend the event — his daughter, Toireasa Ferris, who has served as Kerry County Councillor for Tralee since 2003, appeared in his place, speaking about the book and her father’s own hunger strike.

The book is the story of how 22 Irish Republicans over the past 100 years, in the ultimate protest action of the Hunger Strike, fasted to their death in the cause of Irish freedom — one of the stories is that of volunteer Patrick Joseph Murphy, who died in the hunger strike on Oct. 25, 1920.

The life of Murphy, who was born in Lynn and whose father was a shoemaker in the city, changed dramatically when he, along with many of his friends, joined the local company of the Irish Republican Army in the early stages of the War for Indepen-dence from the British.

MINI MARCH MADNESS

By Mike AlongiFOR THE ITEM

LYNN — Lynn Elementary Tournament orga-nizer Sean Morris was beginning to get worried when yet another nor’easter pounded the Lynn area with almost two feet of snow earlier this week. After losing a full day last week due to a storm as well, it was starting to look as if they wouldn’t be able to � t in all of the games in time. But, they found a way.

“Two days is tough to make up, but we found a way to make up last week’s missed games on Saturday,” Morris said. “And for the games

we missed Wednesday night, we weren’t sure what we were going to do, but luckily the city was very gracious and will allow us to use the gym (at Pickering) again on Sunday to make up those games.”

Using the gym on Sunday means that Morris only has to push out the games one day, keeping the city championship games set for next Friday on schedule. The girls and boys all-star games will follow next Saturday.

As for the action so far, Morris says everyone has been enjoying themselves and some great

Cobbet School players Addrian Pena, left, and Ed-win Castro, right, foul Ford School player Isaiah Eze during the Lynn Elementary Tour-nament Thursday.

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Toireasa Ferris speaks at the An-cient Order of the Hibernians Hall in Lynn on behalf of her father, Martin Ferris, about his book on the Irish hunger strike.

By Thomas GrilloITEM STAFF

BOSTON — A Lynn Vocational Technical Institute graduate has been named business agent for the International Brotherhood of Elec-trical Workers (IBEW), Local 103.

Kenell Broomstein, 33, is the � rst woman of color to ful� ll the leader-ship role at any major Boston con-struction union, Local 103 said.

The business agent’s job is to rep-resent union members in generating

work and meeting with community, industry, and political stakeholders.

Broomstein’s résumé includes work on Fenway Residence Inn, the Boston Tea Party Museum, Olm-stead Place in Jamaica Plain, and Hub 25, an apartment community near the JFK/UMass MBTA Station.

At Lynn Tech she studied the electrical trade, graduated in 2004 and became an IBEW apprentice in 2006. She was later elected vice president of her Apprentice Council.

Lou Antonellis, IBEW’s business manager, said he has seen Broom-stein rise through the ranks. This new role, he said, will give her an opportunity to advance equity with-in the construction industry.

Broomstein, a Dorchester resident, said she is on a mission to organize and recruit young people of all back-grounds into the labor movement.

“The union has been a crucial

Kenell Broomstein, a Lynn Tech grad-uate, is the � rst woman of color to be named to a leadership role at any major Boston construction union.

Tech grad a new spark for IBEW union

State charges Peabody equity fund with Ponzi scheme

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A Peabody company has been charged with violating the state’s securities laws, accord-ing to Massachusetts Secretary of State Wil-liam Galvin.

Thomas David Renison, Timothy James Allcott, and ARO Equity LLC are alleged to have defrauded their victims, many of them retirees, by misrepresenting themselves and the nature of the investments.

The complaint, � led by the Secretary’s Se-curities Division, alleges investors were sold unsecured promissory notes, promising 8-12 percent in annual returns over 3-5 years.

Many investors were urged to make sig-ni� cant investments from their retirement savings, Galvin said. The men and their com-pany are also alleged to have used new in-

vestor funds to make payments to existing investors.

“With little to no actual return on the fund’s business investments, monthly returns to ARO Equity investors are paid using funds raised from later investors, the classic hall-mark of a Ponzi scheme,” the complaint said.

Renison has previously been charged with violations of federal law and the Maine Uni-form Securities Act, due to fraudulent activ-ity and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He was then permanently barred from acting as an investment adviser representative by the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2014.

Despite the ban, the complaint alleges

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LYNN — Mrs. Mari-lyn J. (Barry) LeBlanc, age 78, of Lynn, died on Monday, March 12 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House after a year-long battle with lung cancer. She was the wife of the late Ronald H. LeB-lanc, with whom she shared 53 years of marriage.

Born in Lynn and a life-long resident of the city, she was the daughter of the late Charles E. and Pauline (Bart-lette) Barry. She was a 1957 graduate of Lynn English High School. Marilyn was a phle-botomist at Union Hospital and formerly worked for Puri-tan Medical.

She and Ronald enjoyed camping, and she especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. She was a member of the Cy-Tenney Club in Peabody.

Marilyn was the loving mother of George LeBlanc and his wife Linda of Lynn, Ronald LeBlanc of Lynn and his late wife Tammy, and Sha-ron Boaman and her husband Michael of Beverly; the cher-ished grandmother of George

Jr., Matthew, David, Christopher, Amanda, Craig, Brett, and Ja-son and his wife, Ni-cole and great-grand-mother of Chloe and Dakota; the dear sister of William Bar-ry and his wife Joyce of Hampstead, N.H.,

Gloria Huggins of Lawrence, Alice Cronin of Peabody, and of the late Charles Barry Jr., Laura Hudson and Barbara Aikins; and the aunt of several nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her faithful canine companion, Benji.

Service information: Her fu-neral will be held on Monday, March 19 at 10 a.m. from the CUFFE-McGINN Funeral Home, 157 Maple St., Lynn, followed by a funeral Mass in St. Pius V Church, Lynn, at 11 a.m. Burial in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Visiting hours Sun-day, March 18, from 1-4 p.m. In lieu of � owers contribu-tions in memory of Marilyn may be made to the Kaplan Family Hospice House, 78 Lib-erty St., Danvers, MA 01923 or via caredimensions.org. For online guestbook please visit cuffemcginn.com.

Marilyn J. LeBlanc, 781939-2018

LYNN — Mr. Oscar Papanas-tasiou, age 89, of Lynn, died on Thursday, March 15 at Salem Hospital. He was the beloved husband of the late Pauline (Chepes) Papanasta-siou.

Born in Athens, Greece, he was the son of the late Spyros and Claire (Coblet) Papanas-tasiou. He lived in Lynn for the greater part of his life.

A Sun Life of Canada insur-ance agent for 40 years and a � xture in the Greek com-munity for many more, Oscar produced, directed and host-ed the Greek language radio program “Soul of Greece” for more than half a century. He and Pauline also owned and operated The Greek Favor Shop in Lynn. A member of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Lynn, he taught Greek School in the Commu-nity Center for nearly 20 years. He was a member of AHEPA and was past-president of the Athenian-Piraeuian (Piraeus) Association.

Oscar enjoyed travel-ing with Pauline and their friends, though he especially enjoyed spending time with his family.

Predeceased by his son Spiro Papanastasiou, Oscar was the devoted father of John Papanastasiou and his wife Stefanie of Salem, Angelo Pa-panastasiou of Swampscott, and Claire Papanastasiou and her husband Mark Grif� n of Newburyport. He was the

grandfather of Kristina Gi lpatr ick and her h u s b a n d J a s o n , Stephanie Papanasta-siou, Nich-olas Pap-anastasiou, Alaina Ron and her h u s b a n d N o a m , Evan Pap-anastasiou, Lucca Pap-anastasiou, and Noah

Papanastasiou, the great grandfather of Tessa Strong, and leaves several nieces and nephews. He was the brother of the late Anastasios Papan-astasiou and Angelo Papanas-tasiou.

Service information: His funeral will be held on Mon-day at 11:30 a.m. from the CUFFE-McGINN Funeral Home, 157 Maple St., Lynn, followed by a funeral service in St. George Greek Ortho-dox Church, Lynn, at 12:30 p.m. Burial in Pine Grove Cemetery. Visiting hours on Sunday 3-7 p.m. In lieu of � owers, donations in his memory may be made to St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 54 South Common St., Lynn, MA 01902. For on-line guestbook please visit www.cuffemcginn.com.

Oscar Papanastasiou, 89State Senate approves bill banning animal drowning

By Steve LeBlancASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON — The Mas-sachusetts Senate unan-imously voted to approve a bill on Thursday that would outlaw the drown-ing of animals.

The measure would strengthen the state’s animal cruelty laws by increasing reporting, up-dating penalties and pro-hibiting certain kinds of cruel acts, advocates said.

The bill seeks to build on an animal abuse law that was prompted by the case of “Puppy Doe” — a year-old female pit bull mix that was found in a Quin-cy park in 2013. It was tor-tured so severely it needed to be euthanized.

Besides banning the drowning of all wild and domestic animals, which is not explicitly outlawed in Massachusetts, the bill also would remove a re-quirement to automatical-ly kill animals involved in animal � ghting, prohibit engaging in sexual contact with an animal and re-quire property owners to search for abandoned ani-mals within three days af-ter a property is vacated.

One of the bill’s sponsors, Republican Sen. Bruce Tarr of Gloucester, said toughening laws against animal cruelty also could result in a reduction of crimes against people. He pointed to a study that found that a person who has committed animal

abuse is � ve times more likely to commit violence against people.

Tarr said the bill “builds on the foundations of our original law and will en-sure that abuse is reported and enforced, that animal drownings are outlawed and that our animal con-trol laws re� ect the seri-ousness of animal torture and abuse.”

The legislation would mandate that of� cials from the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Elder Affairs and the Disabled Persons Protection Com-mission report instances of animal abuse — while making animal control of� cers mandatory report-ers of child abuse, elder

abuse and abuse against disabled persons.

It also would bar insur-ance companies from re-fusing to issue homeown-ers or renters insurance policies based on the breed of the dog being kept by the homeowner or renter.

A separate bill also ap-proved by the Senate clamps down on conditions at so-called “puppy mills.”

The vote comes as Ra-doslaw Czerkawski, the man charged with animal cruelty in connection with the Puppy Doe case, is on trial in Norfolk County Superior Court in Ded-ham.

The case drew nation-al attention and sparked calls for tougher penalties for animal abusers.

Lawmaker: End use of non-disclosure agreements at State House completely

By Steve LeBlancASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON — A debate in the Massachusetts House on new procedures for handling sexual harass-ment allegations took a dramatic turn on Thurs-day after a lawmaker re-called her experiences as a 26-year-old staffer in the building.

Democratic state Rep. Diana DiZoglio told fellow lawmakers that she was forced to leave her job as a legislative aide in 2011 and pressured into signing a non-disclosure agreement after false rumors spread

Groups want judges to stop courthouse immigration arrests

By Alanna Durkin Richer

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BOSTON — Civil rights and indigent defense groups asked Massa-chusetts’ highest court Thursday to stop federal agents from arresting im-migrants targeted for de-portation at courthouses, saying the practice is scar-ing victims, witnesses and others away from halls of justice.

The petition � led in the Supreme Judicial Court cites immigrants — in-cluding a woman who wants to renew a restrain-ing order against her abu-sive ex-husband — who are too afraid to enter state and local courthous-es out of fear of deporta-tion.

The challenge, believed to be the � rst of its kind

in the country, comes as advocates, attorneys and judges have complained about courtroom arrests under President Donald Trump. Courtroom arrests happened under President Barack Obama’s adminis-tration but attorneys have said the pace appears to have picked up under Trump.

“When people fear our judicial system, that un-dermines the very fabric of our society and weak-ens communities,” said Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, one of the groups that � led the petition on the immigrants’ behalf.

Despite pressure from advocates to declare court-houses “sensitive loca-tions” generally free from immigration enforcement,

federal of� cials in Jan-uary formalized a policy to send agents to federal, state and local courthous-es to make arrests.

Sensitive locations where enforcement is generally avoided include schools, hospitals and places of worship.

ICE says it is targeting convicted criminals, gang members and public safe-ty threats at courthous-es as well as immigrants who have been previous-ly deported or ordered to leave. Of� cials say family, friends and witnesses in court won’t be arrested— absent “special circum-stances.” ICE says it will “generally avoid” immi-gration enforcement in non-criminal courthouses, like family court.

Trump administration of� cials have also said that courthouses are a

safer place for agents to make arrests since visi-tors typically have to go through metal detectors.

ICE Spokesman John Mohan said Thursday that the agency does not com-ment on pending litigation as a matter of policy.

But Mohan said ICE’s enforcement action in courthouses is “whol-ly consistent with long-standing law enforcement practices nationwide.” He said jurisdictions’ unwill-ingness to transfer immi-grants in local prisons and jails to ICE custody often necessitates courthouse arrests.

Last month, more than 100 New York City public defenders walked out in protest of their clients get-ting detained by immigra-tion of� cials, with one law-yer saying ICE agents are “trolling” the courthouse.

that she and a state repre-sentative had engaged in inappropriate behavior.

She said the practice of non-disclosure agree-ments should be ended completely. The new rules would limit their use but not eliminate them.

DiZoglio said even though an investigation found no wrongdoing, the rumors did not stop. DiZo-glio, who was working as a legislative aide, said her boss at the time told her not to address the rumors.

“In my silence there were jokes, and in my silence there were assumptions, false assumptions, and in my silence more and more false rumors spread,” she said, adding that her boss � nally told her she had to leave because the rumors were too much.

She said she approached Democratic House Speak-er Robert DeLeo’s of� ce to see if there were any oth-er jobs, and was told there were not. She said DeLeo’s of� ce then told her they would not release a six-

week severance package until she signed the agree-ment which legally bound her from discussing what happened.

The agreement, she said, also included non-dispar-agement language which blocked her from criticiz-ing any past, present or future elected members of the House.

“These silencing tactics have no place in this House. They cover up misdeeds by politicians and others and they empower perpetrators to move from one victim to the next,” she said.

DeLeo said in a state-ment that neither he nor his staff told DiZoglio that she could not talk about what happened while she was a House employee.

“In fact, at the conclu-sion of the investigation in June of 2011, House staff speci� cally informed her that she was free to speak to the media if she wished to do so and, at her request, assisted Repre-sentative DiZoglio with the preparation of a state-

ment to the media,” the statement said.

DeLeo also said that he had not heard of the ha-rassment DiZoglio experi-enced until this week. He said members of his staff met with DiZoglio three times in June 2011 as part of the investigation and DiZoglio never reported experiencing harassment.

DeLeo said that since January 2010, 33 indi-viduals working for the House who had their employment terminat-ed were offered “a small severance payment in exchange for executing a written agreement.”

DeLeo’s of� ce said that while none of the 33 agree-ments were to settle claims of sexual harassment, he backed an amendment that would waive any past non-disclosure or non-dis-paragement provision of any such agreement to al-low any current or former House employee to report or discuss a claim of sex-ual harassment or retali-ation based on sexual ha-rassment.

Democratic Rep. Marjo-rie Decker, of Cambridge, said under the new rules, which were adopted by the House on Thursday, the only time a non-dis-closure agreement will oc-cur is when the individual who has been victimized seeks one.

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SWAMPSCOTT — Liam Faulkner, of Swampscott, has been named to the dean’s list at Providence College for the fall 2017 semester.

Faulkner is a member of the Class of 2021.

To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must achieve at least a 3.55 grade point average with a minimum of 12 credits.

Providence College is

the only college or univer-sity in the country admin-istered by the Dominican Friars. The Catholic, liber-al arts college has an un-dergraduate enrollment of more than 4,000 students and offers degrees in 50 academic majors.

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SWAMPSCOTT — The Swampscott High School Class of 1968 will hold its 50th reunion during the weekend of July 27-29.

An informal gathering is planned for Friday, July 27 at Mission on the Bay in Swampscott from 6-8 p.m. The dinner celebration will be on Saturday, July 28 at the Sheraton Four Points in Wake� eld. On the morning of Sunday, July 29, there will be a gather-ing to commemorate those who were part of the class, which will be held at the Gazebo at Linscott Park in Swampscott.

The invitation and infor-mational packet was re-cently mailed to classmates.

The reunion committee is currently trying to connect with the class of 1968 and asks that anyone who is part of the class or knows where classmates are now living contact Nancy Bignell Carden at 781-599-1873; or [email protected]; or Ina Goldberg Hoffman at 978-594-5221; or [email protected].

People can also contact other committee mem-bers, which includes San-dy Bickford Whittier, Rog-er Bruley, Alice Carroll Howard, Doug Cogger, Betsy Farwell and Kathy Homan Gaunt.

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Gerry Perry, the newly appointed interim town administrator of Nahant, was installed at a Board of Selectmen meeting on Thursday.

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NAHANT — The Board of Selectmen appointed Gerry Perry, of Swamp-scott, as interim town administrator Thursday night, � lling the position formerly held by Jeffrey Chelgren.

Perry, who grew up in Nahant and has served on the town’s police depart-ment, said he was happy to serve in a town that means so much to him.

“I have to say it is truly an honor and a privilege,” he said. “I have a soft spot for the town of Nahant.

“One of my basic goals is to do as much as I can to provide stability during this transition phase. I am looking forward to work-ing with the board to � nd the next permanent town administrator which the taxpayers and the citizens of the town deserve.”

Selectman Enzo Barile said that Perry’s experi-ence as deputy commis-sioner of the state Depart-ment of Revenue will be valuable while the town searches for a new town administrator.

“He has quite a bit of knowledge about the bud-

get,” he said. “We’re very fortunate to have him.”

“You’ve done extremely well,” selectman Richard Lombard said. “You’re a very welcome asset to the town.”

In his � rst meeting, Perry expressed concerns about the budget, which he believes will balance this year, but may have trouble in the next few years.

“I’m sorry to bring this up on my � rst night,” he said. “But I would be a hypocrite if I didn’t bring this up going forward.”

“I do not believe this is

an expenditure problem. I believe the problem is on the revenue side.”

Perry listed a relative-ly low tax base as one of the factors contributing to the revenue problems and says that there may be some tough conversations going forward in future meetings concerning the budget.

“You are very fortunate, there’s a lot of talent in this community and the staff are good,” Perry said. “I’m pretty con� dent we will get through some of these � nancial challenges we are facing.”

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I really like the light show projected on High Rock Tower every night but the park is one of the stranger places in Lynn. Legends swirl around the spooky boarded-up house at the base of the tower and the tower itself. Is it true the original tow-er was made of wood and burned by Lynn residents celebrating the end of the Civil War? Don’t ask me.

lI would be the first per-

son in line to hear Richard Fecteau spend an hour talking about the 19 years he spent in a Chinese prison following his cap-ture in 1952 that rivaled a James Bond movie plot. Never one for the lime-light, the Classical High School graduate’s name is enshrined on the former Classical High (now Fec-teau-Leary Junior Senior High).

lSpeaking of people who

served this country, it would be great to open the Lynn Museum for an entire Saturday afternoon for local veterans to gath-er and tell their stories. Local students could re-cord the tales of selfless service and sacrifice for immortality.

lIs it just my car radio or

can someone explain why I lose radio reception driv-ing through the Sumner Tunnel but not the Calla-han. Anyone know what happened to the guy who used to sell coffee from a machine on his back to drivers waiting for their turn to drive through the tolls? Don’t ask me.

lI can’t be the only one

who drives or walks by those big red lobsters on the former Anthony’s Hawthorne’s walls and thinks how they would look as a centerpiece for a bathroom floor or back-yard patio.

Hawthorne by the Sea in Swampscott is a classy reminder of the days when Anthony’s and the Gen-eral Glover House were fancy dining places where people held meetings and hosted receptions.

lThe street sign on

Ocean Street a short ways from Nahant Street says Greenleaf Circle/Ocean Park. The two streets com-bined don’t stretch more

than a couple of blocks, so where exactly does Green-leaf Circle end and Ocean Park begin? Don’t ask …

lI smile when I drive

down Lynn Shore Drive and see Buzzy Barton walking the beach. He is always talking to someone and he looks happy. He should be — he’s out en-joying one of Lynn’s great-est assets.

lThere’s excitement

building around the idea of finally putting a bike path on the abandoned rail spur that runs through West Lynn off Summer Street. But what happens when the path runs into the former rail bridge that is now a pathway for a high-pressure gas line?

Nicknamed “The Can Opener” by body shop owners who run business-es on Bennett Street, the low-slung bridge routine-ly strips the metal tops off carelessly-driven trucks. The gas company doesn’t seem in any hurry to move the pipe which means the bike path dream might just amount to a lot of hot air.

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President Trump’s administration still in disarray

The firing of Rex Tillerson as secretary of state is one of the least surprising developments of Donald Trump’s presidency.

The two men were not on the same page on many critical issues from the start. Trump often tweeted out positions contrary to those his chief diplomat had publicly espoused.

But the lack of surprise doesn’t mean Tillerson’s departure isn’t troubling. It is — for what it says about Trump.

His graceless dismissal of Tillerson via a tweet di-minished both the office of secretary of state and the man in the position. And it continued a distressing trend: Trump’s administration is hemorrhaging peo-ple. Its turnover rate is far higher than any recent administration. Trump vowed to hire the best peo-ple and boasted of the quality of his Cabinet. But his many differences with Tillerson suggest a judgment problem when it comes to hiring. And Tillerson’s exit follows Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ disastrous interview this week on “60 Minutes” in which she struggled to answer basic education questions, and continuing controversies swirling around the heads of the Environmental Protection Agency and the de-partments of Interior, Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development.

This administration must find its footing and start operating with efficiency and integrity.

Trump says he will have better “chemistry” with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, his choice to succeed Til-lerson. But Pompeo also will struggle if Trump un-dermines him and if the principal criteria for keep-ing his job is loyalty to the president and not service to the country. As Tillerson pointedly reminded his staff in his emotional farewell speech Tuesday, the oath they all took was to the Constitution.

For now, Trump and Pompeo seem aligned on major issues. That should help address the gnawing uncer-tainty among leaders around the world created by mixed messages from Trump and Tillerson. In those disputes, we more often agreed with Tillerson on is-sues like staying in the Paris climate change agree-ment, conducting negotiations with North Korea (a strategy Trump now seems to embrace), and Russia’s role in disrupting the 2016 election. Tillerson’s fir-ing came after he rightly denounced Russia for its alleged role in the nerve gas attack on a former Rus-sian spy in England. And we appreciated his civility, his emphasis on American values, and the degree to which he labored to check Trump’s worst impulses. But Tillerson’s oversight of the State Department was terrible. He hollowed out the foreign service and was unable to stop the exodus of career staff, or boost its low morale. Pompeo must work hard to restore staffing and enthusiasm.

But the larger worry is about Trump. On the same day he jettisoned Tillerson, the president’s personal assistant was escorted from the White House after his security clearance was revoked — and promptly was given a senior job with Trump’s re-election cam-paign. John McEntee was one of many White House officials yet to receive permanent security clearance because they could not pass FBI background checks.

Trump said he’d hire the best people. He needs to deliver, and to tamp down the chaos to allow those hires to do their jobs, so they can deliver the govern-ment the American people deserve.

An editorial by Newsday.

Do we really want to turn our teachers into warriors?

I commanded a Marine rifle platoon in Vietnam. I’m a former National Ri-fle Association member, a former elementary school teacher, a gun owner and a progressive.

I think guns can be fun, if handled responsibly, like fireworks. They make us feel powerful in a threat-ening world.

Guns aren’t fun in com-bat. Warfare is not an ex-citing experience of invul-nerability and heroism, as it is sometimes portrayed in our media.

Killing anyone, even in defense of yourself or your family, is not conse-quence-free. Even if you’re legally justified, taking a life establishes a rela-tionship between you and that person’s family that haunts you for the rest of your life. In combat you learn a little about the life you’ve taken by searching through their belongings for potential intelligence and instead finding love letters, religious and good luck amulets and a pre-cious photo or two. The first time you kill someone is the most disturbing and memorable, but every face of every kill is never far from your mind, running

like a film loop.The illusion of invulner-

ability quickly dissipates in an actual firefight. Even the best protective equipment is laughably inadequate. A helmet and flak jacket will stop some shrapnel but not a bullet. Your face, crotch, neck and limbs are protected only by fabric, and a wound there can be fatal. And nothing can protect your internal organs from the blast wave of high explo-sives. The best-equipped soldier today is still all offense and little defense. Your fate is determined by a roll of the dice.

Once you recognize the luck factor, it changes how you see the job. As an of-ficer, I was asking my troops to press their luck to the breaking point. In a firefight, invisible bits of hot metal fly everywhere, they go through windows, walls and doors, they rico-chet off steel beams, stairs and handrails. They can go through one person and kill another. In urban war-fare you can’t hear where the shots are coming from because the reports echo off multiple surfaces; to see an opponent is to ex-pose yourself to gunfire.

In the confusion and ter-ror, your hands shake, your brain freezes, you expend every ounce of energy even on the most trivial actions. Your perception of time is altered. You make compli-cated decisions with inade-quate information, in frac-tions of a second, knowing that your life could end in the next instant.

When I hear people talk about arming schoolteach-ers, I imagine a mild-man-nered poetry teacher who has never raised her hand in anger, pulling her Glock out of a desk drawer. I imagine how she would fare if she were confronted by a shooter amid crum-pled bodies in pools of blood. I think about how she’d feel if she mistaken-ly shot a student, fellow teacher or first responder.

I think such a teacher would be traumatized for life. She didn’t become a teacher to be a warrior. Arming her is a simplistic, ill-conceived idea based on a failure to appreciate the nature of combat.

Paul Barker is an Evan-ston, Ill., artist, former teacher and former U.S. Marine. He wrote this for the Chicago Tribune.

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MIAMI — A pedestrian bridge being built across an eight-lane highway collapsed at a Miami-area college Thursday, crush-ing eight vehicles under massive slabs and killing multiple people, authori-ties said.

Search and rescue mis-sions were underway. Eight people were taken to hospitals. The number of fatalities was not imme-diately known.

“The main focus is to rescue people.” said Mi-ami-Dade Police Director Juan Perez. “As soon as those efforts are over, our homicide bureau will take the lead.”

The main companies be-hind the bridge’s construc-tion have faced questions about their work and one of the companies was fined in 2012 when a 90-ton sec-tion of a bridge collapsed in Virginia.

In Miami, the 950-ton, 174-foot span was assem-bled by the side of the highway and moved into

place Saturday to great fanfare. The $14.2 million bridge connected Florida International University and the city of Sweetwater. It was expected to open to foot traffic next year.

“We are shocked and saddened about the trag-ic events unfolding at the FIU-Sweetwater pedestri-an bridge. At this time we are still involved in rescue efforts and gathering in-formation,” the school said in a statement.

The National Transpor-tation Safety Board sent investigators to the scene. Gov. Rick Scott said he was headed there as well.

“We have a national tragedy on our hands,” Sweetwater Mayor Orlan-do Lopez said.

The “accelerated bridge construction” method was supposed to reduce risks to workers and pedestri-ans and minimize traffic disruption, the university said.

“FIU is about building bridges and student safe-ty. This project accom-plishes our mission beau-tifully,” FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg said in

the statement Saturday.Cristina Rodriguez, a

23-year-old junior who was on spring break with other students, said she was not surprised when she heard the bridge col-lapsed.

“I just felt the bridge was done too quickly to believe the bridge was stable and

sound to support every-thing that was on there,” said Rodriguez, who was not on campus Thursday but drives through the in-tersection almost daily.

MCM, the Miami-based construction management firm that won the bridge contract, took its web-site down on Thursday.

But an archived version of the website featured a news release touting the project with FIGG Bridge Engineers, “a nationally acclaimed, award-winning firm based out of Tallahas-see.”

The release said FIGG had designed “iconic bridges all over the coun-try, including Boston’s fa-mous Leonard P. Zakim Bridge and Florida’s Sun-shine Skyway Bridge.”

MCM said on twit-ter that it was “a family business and we are all devastated and doing ev-erything we can to assist. We will conduct a full in-vestigation to determine exactly what went wrong and will cooperate with investigators on scene in every way.”

FIGG said in a state-ment it was “stunned by today’s tragic collapse.”

“In our 40-year history, nothing like this has ever happened before. Our en-tire team mourns the loss of life and injuries associ-ated with this devastating tragedy, and our prayers go out to all involved.”

FIGG was fined in 2012

after a 90-ton section of a bridge it was building in Virginia crashed onto rail-road tracks below, caus-ing several minor injuries to workers. The citation, from the Virginia Depart-ment of Labor and Indus-try, said FIGG did not do the proper inspections of the girder that failed and had not obtained written consent from its manufac-turer before modifying it, according to a story in The Virginian-Pilot.

Court documents show that MCM, or Munilla Construction Manage-ment, was accused of sub-standard work in a lawsuit filed earlier this month. The suit said a worker at Fort Lauderdale Interna-tional Airport, where the company is working on an expansion, fell and injured himself when a makeshift bridge MCM built col-lapsed under the worker’s weight.

The suit charged the company with employing “incompetent, inexperi-enced, unskilled or care-less employees” at the job site.

By Anne D’innocenzio

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NEW YORK — The de-mise of Toys R Us will have a ripple effect on ev-erything from toy makers to consumers to landlords.

The 70-year-old retail-er sought court approv-al Thursday to liquidate its remaining 735 stores, eliminating the jobs of some 30,000 employees while spelling the end for a chain known to gen-erations of children and parents for its sprawling stores and Geoffrey the gi-raffe mascot.

The closing of the com-pany’s U.S. stores over the coming months will finalize the downfall of the chain that succumbed to heavy debt and relent-less trends that undercut its business, from online shopping to mobile games.

And it will force toy makers and landlords who depended on the chain to scramble for alternatives.

CEO David Brandon told employees Wednes-day the company’s plan is to liquidate all of its U.S. stores, according to an au-dio recording of the meet-ing obtained by The Asso-ciated Press.

There is still some hope. Toys R Us will try to bun-dle its Canadian business, with about 200 U.S. stores, and find a buyer. The com-pany’s U.S. online store would still be running for the next couple of weeks in case there’s a buyer for it. Workers in the U.S. will get paid for the next 60 days if they show up for work, but after that all benefits and pay will be cut, Brandon told employ-ees at the meeting, accord-ing to the recording. Some workers will be asked to

stay longer to help with the liquidation. The com-pany said that gift cards will be honored for the next 30 days. It will not accept returns once the liquidation sales start.

It’s likely to also liquidate its businesses in Austra-lia, France, Poland, Portu-gal and Spain. It’s already shuttering its business in the United Kingdom. That would leave it with stores in Canada, central Europe and Asia, where it could find buyers for those assets.

Toys R Us Asia Ltd. has more than 400 retail outlets in Brunei, Chi-na, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Philip-pines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. It is a Hong Kong-based joint venture with the Fung Group, which owns a 15 percent stake. It also controls Asian sourcing giant Li & Fung, a major supplier to Western retailers like Wal-Mart.

A Fung spokesperson did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

When Toys R Us initial-ly announced it was filling for bankruptcy protec-tion last year, the Asian venture said it was not affected and operated as a separate legal entity in-dependent of other Toys R Us businesses around the world.

In Hong Kong, where Toys R Us has 15 stores, parents said there were few other choices in a re-tail market dominated by a few big players.

“If you want something like a mainstream toy shop, then Toys R Us is the only place you can go,” said Ching-yng Choi, whose home and office are both within walking dis-tance of Toys R Us shops.

“Basically either it’s Toys R Us or you go to spe-cialized and very expen-sive toy shops that sell, for example, wooden toys that come from very far away countries like in Europe,” she said.

Toys R Us had about 60,000 full-time and part-time employees worldwide last year.

“We worked as hard and as long as we could to turn over every rock,” Brandon told employees.

But in his address, Bran-don took shots at shoppers and vendors who cut back on their support for the chain in recent months.

“I believe that all of them will live to regret what is happening to our company,” he said.

When the chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last fall, sad-dled with $5 billion in debt that hurt its attempts to compete as shoppers moved to Amazon and huge chains like Walmart, it pledged to stay open.

But Brandon told em-ployees its sales perfor-mance during the holiday season was “devastating,” as nervous customers and vendors shied away. Earn-ings before interest, tax, depreciation and amorti-zation — a measure of the company’s operating per-formance — was a paltry $81 million for the critical fourth quarter. That com-pared with $347 million in the year-ago period, according to the court fil-ing. That made its lend-ers more skittish about investing in the company. In January, it announced plans to close about 180 stores over the next cou-ple of months, leaving it with a little more than 700 stores.

Florida bridge collapses, 8 vehicles crushed

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Arrests

Luis Deleon, 21, of 96 Wil-liams Ave., was arrested and charged with operating under the influence at 12:20 a.m. on Thursday.

Daren Gallahair, 33, was arrested and charged with trespassing at 10:31 p.m. on Wednesday.

Scott Gilbert, of 170 South Common St., was arrested on a warrant charge for larceny by check over $250 at 11:15 a.m. on Thursday.

Jason Murphy, of 47 Broad St., was arrested on warrant charges for intimidating to steal and unarmed robbery at 11:27 a.m. on Thursday.

Accidents

A report of a motor vehi-cle accident at 93 Alley St. at 5:23 p.m. on Wednesday; at 41 Market St. at 7:59 p.m. on Wednesday; at 5 Albany Ter. at 10:21 p.m. on Wednesday; at Farrar and Newhall streets at 8:28 a.m. on Thursday; on Hanson Street at 12:24 p.m. on Thursday; at 100 Bennett St. at 12:33 p.m. on Thursday; at 190 Shepard St. at 1:10 p.m. on Thursday.

Complaints

A report of a disturbance at 72 Mall St. at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday; on Federal Street at 5:18 p.m. on Wednesday; at 84 Franklin St. at 7:16 p.m. on Wednesday; at 15 Batchelders Court at 8:55 p.m. on Wednes-day; at 1 George St. at 1:16 a.m. on Thursday; at 124 Cen-tral Ave. at 7:29 a.m. on Thurs-day; at 40 Federal St. at 8:56 a.m. on Thursday. A report of trespassing at 501 Washington

St. at 7:59 p.m. on Wednesday; at 19 Union St. at 10:12 p.m. on Wednesday; at 191 North Common St. at 1:10 p.m. on Thursday.

Thefts

A report of larceny at 1071 Western Ave. at 1:19 p.m. on Wednesday; at 42 West Bal-timore St. at 2:22 p.m. on Wednesday; at 19 Cherry St. at 3:42 p.m. on Wednesday; at 25 Hamilton Ave. at 6:54 p.m. on Wednesday; at 22 Spencer St. at 8:23 p.m. on Wednes-day; at 20 Tarmey Lane at 2:20 p.m. on Thursday.

A report of a motor vehicle theft at 137 Broad St. at 7:42 p.m. on Wednesday.

Vandalism

A report of vandalism at 155 Chestnut St. at 8:28 a.m. on Thursday.

MARBLEHEAD

Accidents

A report of a past motor ve-hicle accident on Elm Street at 4:33 p.m. on Wednesday.

Complaints

A report of a motor vehicle complaint on Countryside Lane at 8:02 p.m. on Wednes-day. Caller reported that there was a car parked out front with someone inside who left upon his return.

MEDFORD

Accidents

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 150 Rivers Edge Drive at 8:07 p.m. on Wednes-day; at Fourth Street and Mid-dlesex Avenue at 7:51 a.m. on Thursday; on Roosevelt Circle at 9:04 a.m. on Thursday; at Mid-dlesex Avenue and Ninth Street at 12:57 p.m. on Thursday; on Winthrop Street at 1:56 p.m. on Thursday; on I-93 North at 3:12 p.m. on Thursday. A report of a past motor vehicle accident at 26 City Hall Mall at 1:59 a.m. on Thursday; on Mystic Valley Parkway at 9:35 a.m. on Thurs-day; on Winthrop Street at 1:20 p.m. on Thursday.

Breaking and Entering

A report of breaking and entering of a motor vehicle at 41 Fulton St. at 7:46 p.m. on Wednesday.

Thefts

A report of shoplifting at 3850 Mystic Valley Parkway at 11:36 a.m. on Thursday; a report of larceny at 489 Win-throp St. at 12:03 p.m. on Thursday.

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Arrest

Gabriel Barros, 18, of 20 Adams Court, was arrested and charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and trespassing at 485 Lowell St. at 9:07 a.m. on Thursday.

Accidents

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 5 Sylvan St. at 4:07 p.m. on Wednesday; at 7 Webster St. at 4:31 p.m. on Wednesday; at 230 Andover St. at 6:44 p.m. on Wednes-day; at Lynnfield Street and 147 Summit St. at 9:03 a.m. on Thursday; at 56 Pulaski St. at 9:15 a.m. on Thursday; at 21 Raylen Ave. at 11:08 a.m. on Thursday. A report of a hit-and-run motor vehicle acci-dent at 216 Newbury St. at 7:50 p.m. on Wednesday.

Complaints

A report of a disturbance at 210 Andover St. at 6:22 p.m. on Wednesday.

SWAMPSCOTT

Accidents

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 73 Ocean Ave. at 8:39 a.m. on Wednesday. A report of a motor vehicle acci-dent with person injured at 23 New Ocean St. at 8:48 a.m. on Wednesday.

Complaints

A report of suspicious activi-ty on Columbia Street at 6:13 p.m. on Wednesday; at Alvin Road and Essex Street at 9:05 p.m. on Wednesday.

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SWAMPSCOTT — The 39-year-old man accused of killing a Swampscott woman in 2014 is expect-ed to change his plea to guilty of a lesser charge today in Salem Superior Court.

Jason Fleury, a former Lynn resident, was arrest-ed in Virginia in August 2015 and charged with first-degree murder. He is accused of killing 25-year-old mother Jaimee Men-dez, who was last seen on Nov. 6, 2014. Her son is now 8 years old.

Fleury, a Level 3 sex of-fender, is expected to plead guilty to manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, the Essex County District Attorney’s office confirmed.

If he doesn’t change his plea and the case goes to trial, which would begin on April 3, he would be facing life in prison with-out parole if convicted on a first-degree murder charge, prosecutors said. The plea agreement was first reported by the Sa-lem News.

Fleury’s attorney, Mi-chael Phelan, told the newspaper his client would face 17 years in prison under the terms of the deal. Phelan did not return phone calls from The Item seeking further comment.

“It is the defendant’s de-cision to plead guilty,” said Carrie Kimball-Monahan, a spokeswoman for the DA’s office. “We cannot compel a defendant to plead guilty … We expect

that he’s going to plead guilty, but he could change his mind. It’s entirely up to him.”

The Essex County Dis-trict Attorney’s office has also confirmed that new remains found on Satur-day on King’s Beach in Swampscott also belonged to Mendez, according to a preliminary investigation by the medical examin-er. Swampscott Police re-ceived a phone call from a person who found them on the beach. Previously, remains belonging to Men-dez were found tangled up in lobster traps on Jan. 28, 2015 after months of searching.

There have been no de-tails released on how Men-dez died — there were some prior inaccurate me-dia alerts that said Men-dez was beaten to death, which was a mistake based on the standard language of a murder indictment, according to the DA’s office.

Monahan said she couldn’t speak to wheth-er details on how Mendez died will come out during today’s hearing.

Fleury told The Item in an exclusive interview in November 2014 that he was with Mendez on the night of her disappear-ance but denied that he killed her. He said Mendez was a go-between for drug deals. He described him-self as a heroin addict, but not violent.

Mendez’s family has said they last saw her on the evening of Nov. 6, but she was later in the company of a man whom she said made her feel nervous and she called a friend to pick

her up. The friend showed up, but Mendez was no-where to be found, the family said at the time.

Crystal Brown, 25, a friend of Mendez, said she and the family were dev-astated by the plea deal.

“It’s not what anyone wanted,” Brown said. “We were hoping for answers. That’s something that we’ll never get. It’s just mind-blowing really. We were kind of banking on this trial to at least get a little bit of closure.”

Brown believes the re-mains, which she said was a jawbone, found in the same timeframe of the deci-sion for the plea deal, shows that Jaimee was making her presence known.

“(Jaimee’s) not happy about it either,” Brown said. “That’s how me and her mom look at it.”

Brown said Mendez may not fit the profile of what prosecutors view as a pro-ductive member of society. Fleury told The Item that Mendez was a drug addict, but Brown said her friend was a good person. But she said it doesn’t matter what type of person Men-dez was really, because no one deserves to go out the way she did. She add-ed that she has no doubt Fleury committed the crime.

“I couldn’t even imagine what she endured,” Brown said. “She didn’t deserve this and to have no jus-tice, that’s definitely not deserved. That’s not OK.”

Gayla Cawley can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @GaylaCawley.

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a petition on Friday, March 2, which repre-sented a large number of Stanley parents. She said the school committee met in executive session on March 2 to discuss com-plaints regarding a school employee.

O’Connor said she called the executive session two days before the meeting in response to a large quan-tity of emails that she had received from parents regarding the school em-ployee, but clarified that the school committee does not make any decisions about personnel matters. The only personnel deci-sion the school committee is involved with is the su-perintendent position.

“I can’t add any color to it because in the end this is in the superintendent’s purview since it’s a per-sonnel issue,” O’Connor reiterated on Thursday regarding the superinten-dent’s decision not to re-new the contract.

Daniels, 52, a Swamp-scott resident, announced early last month that they’re transgender and would be presenting as female going forward. Daniels identifies as both male and female and pre-fers they/them pronouns for a gender-fluid identity, but plans to become fully transitioned to female.

The superintendent’s decision to part ways with Daniels comes af-ter a tumultuous period at Stanley Elementary School following Daniels’ announcement. There was a police presence at the school two weeks ago, and also the week before Feb-ruary vacation.

Angelakis said previ-ously that she and Police Chief Ronald Madigan agreed there would be a police presence at the school to ensure a smooth return for students and parents, which officials hoped would reduce some of the anxiety that par-ents may be feeling as a result of the heightened media attention.

Madigan previously said that there have been phone calls, voicemails and emails at the school since the principal’s ear-lier announcement, but nothing that police felt rose to the level of consti-tuting a threat.

Lois Longin, former prin-cipal at Hadley and Clarke schools and director of curriculum and instruc-tion for the district, will serve as acting principal at Stanley School starting March 20 and will remain in that position through the end of the school year, Angelakis said.

Longin retired in 2016 after a 31-year career with Swampscott Pub-lic Schools that included teaching K-2, serving as principal of Hadley for nine years and Clarke for seven years, and as dis-trict wide administrator until she retired in June 2016.

“A Swampscott native and product of Swamp-scott Schools, she has a passion for education and a familiarity with our dis-trict that will allow her to hit the ground running,” Angelakis wrote. “I know she looks forward to meet-ing you and your chil-dren.”

Gayla Cawley can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @GaylaCawley.

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Renison solicited invest-ments from several of his former clients on behalf of ARO Equity.

Allcott, who lists a vir-tual office in Boston’s Fi-nancial District, operates ARO Equity out of his mobile home in Peabody, according to the Secretary. He has collected more than $5.8 million of inves-tor funds since 2015, less than $3 million of which was actually invested, ac-cording to the complaint.

About $2.5 million of the money raised was used to pay commissions to those charged, other fund ex-penses, or to make pur-ported interest payments to earlier investors, the Secretary said.

Payments to Renison were made in the name of family members, in an at-tempt to conceal Renison’s

involvement with the company, the complaint alleges. The majority of proceeds that were invest-ed in two business ven-tures resulted in a near total loss of investor capi-tal, the complaint said.

“This case illustrates how important it is for in-vestors to call my office, so they can learn about who they are dealing with be-fore they hand over their hard-earned savings,” Gal-vin said in a statement. “My priority is to protect all investors, in particu-lar senior investors, from scam artists who prey on people’s retirement funds.”

The complaint seeks a cease and desist order, censure, payment of resti-tution to investors, and an administrative fine.

Allcott and his attorney, Kevin Kilduff, did not re-turn calls seeking com-ment. Renison could not be reached for comment.

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launching pad for my ca-reer and I want everyone to see the value the union brings to the work, to the community, and to im-proving lives,” Broomstein said in a statement. “I am

excited about the chance this will provide for me to help more young peo-ple change their lives by choosing a career in our industry.”

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games have been played. His own team, the Divi-sion 2 Lynn Woods girls team, lost to Sisson on Thursday night, 10-4, to end its season.

“We’ve had a really good year with a lot of im-provements,” Morris said. “We really focused on our defense this year and it showed tonight. We played Sisson during the regular season and they scored around 30 points on us, so to hold them to 10 tonight says a lot about the girls’ effort.”

There are four more games on tap for today at Pickering, starting with a Division 1 girls match-up between Drewicz and Tracy at 3:15. A Division 1 boys game between Calla-han and Hood will follow at 4:30 before a Division 2 boys game between Lin-coln-Thomson and Aborn at 5:45. The evening will close out with a Division 2 boys game between Brick-ett and Lynn Woods at 7.

The Lynn Elementary Tournament includes a boys and girls team for each school, with 34 total teams that take part. The teams were split into two divisions based on school population.

Last year, the Sisson boys won the Division 1 boys title, while the girls from Hood beat Sisson to win the Division 1 girls title. In Division 2, Lin-coln-Thomson got the win on the boys side and Lynn Woods earned the win on the girls side.

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Isaiah Eze of Ford School is blocked by Robert Zacarias of Cobbet School during the Lynn Elementary Tournament on Thursday.


Toireasa Ferris spoke of her father’s 47-day hunger strike while he was a political prisoner in 1977, which caused him to lose his vision and left him unable to communicate.

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Following a raid on his home the night of July 15, 1920, he was arrested and imprisoned at Cork County Jail. Two months later, he joined a group of Cork republicans who em-barked on a hunger strike. The protest garnered mass public sympathy, but after 76 days, Murphy died at the age of 24.

But his death was over-shadowed, as it occurred only a few hours after that of Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney in Brixton Prison in England, who died after a 74-day hunger strike, and whose death brought international at-tention to him and the Irish struggle for indepen-dence.

“I think the history of Lynn, we have a really rich history, and the histo-ry of Ireland has a really rich history and so to see this connection between the city of Lynn and some

really big events that hap-pened during the Irish struggle for independence that ended up with the Re-public being established and seeing someone who was born here in the city of Lynn being a big part of that ... is really a unique opportunity to make those connections,” McGee said.

Toireasa Ferris said the strike showed the level of conviction Murphy had for wanting to see an Ireland where everyone was treat-ed equally.

“If I were from Lynn, I would be exceptionally proud that this is the type of person you can claim,” she said.

She spoke of her own father’s 47-day hunger strike while he was a po-litical prisoner in 1977, which caused him to lose his vision and left him unable to communicate. She detailed the brutality her father endured while imprisoned to give an overview of the conditions Irish Republicans faced at

the hands of the Irish gov-ernment, while fighting to a create an Ireland that is just and fair for all of its citizens.

The mayor present-ed Ferris with Murphy’s birth certificate.

The event also featured another Lynn-Ireland con-nection, as the city contin-ues to highlight the 200th anniversary of Frederick Douglass’ birth. Douglass lived in Lynn from 1841 to 1848. Also discussed during the event was a new book from Tom Dal-ton: Frederick Douglass: the Lynn Years 1841-1848.

While Douglass was in Lynn, he wrote his auto-biography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Dou-glass, an American Slave, and afterward, did a trav-eling speaking tour in Ire-land to escape backlash from publishing the book, which detailed crimes from slave owners, Dalton said.

Dalton said Douglass traveled to Ireland with

former Lynn Mayor James Buffum and spent four months speaking to a tre-mendous reception from crowds. Douglass was born a slave and escaped slav-ery at age 20 in 1838, saw Ireland as an eye-opener, which changed his life in many ways.

“He was amazed at how he was treated by peo-ple,” Dalton said. “He was treated as an equal for the first time in his life.”

McGee said there are links between the civil rights movement and the Irish struggle for inde-pendence — he said the African Americans’ strug-gle for freedom was some-thing that the people in Ireland really embraced.

“It was from the exam-ple from this country that Irish people decided to stand up for our rights,” said Ferris.

Gayla Cawley can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @gaylacawley.

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LONDON — Well, that’s a relief.Queen Elizabeth II has given her formal consent to

the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.The British monarch has issued a declaration con-

senting “to a Contract of Matrimony between My Most Dearly Beloved Grandson Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales and Rachel Meghan Markle.”

The prince, � fth in line to the British throne, and the American actress are to marry May 19 at Windsor Castle.

Alongside the declaration that was made public Thursday, the queen signed an Instrument of Consent, a formal notice of approval, transcribed in calligraphy and issued under the Great Seal of the Realm.

Harry is among a handful of senior royals who must seek the monarch’s permission to marry or have their descendants disquali� ed from succession to the crown.

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LOS ANGELES — Grammy Award-winning rap-per Drake helped Twitch break its record for the most-viewed stream by joining gamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins to play “Fortnite.”

There were 630,000 concurrent viewers at its peak on the live-streaming platform Wednesday.

The rapper and singer says he’s been playing the popular video game for a month or two.

He played with “Ninja” and then they were joined by rapper Travis Scott and Pittsburgh Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster.

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The estate of “To Kill a Mock-ingbird” author Harper Lee has � led suit over an up-coming Broadway adaptation of the novel, arguing that screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s script wrongly alters Atticus Finch and other characters from the book.

The suit, which includes a copy of a contract signed by Lee and dated about eight months before her death in February 2016, contends Sorkin’s script violates the agreement by portraying Finch, the noble attorney who represents a black man wrongly accused of rape in “Mockingbird,” as someone else in the play.

Filed against the theater company of New York pro-ducer Scott Rudin, the complaint cites an interview with the online publication Vulture in which Sorkin was quoted as saying the small-town lawyer would evolve from a racist apologist at the start of the show to become “Atticus Finch by the end of the play.”

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SAUGUS — Bill Buchan, above, mingled and danced with his friends, clad in his top hat, fake red beard, and green beads at the Saugus Senior Center.

“I’m not even Irish,” said Buchan. “I’m a Scotsman. But if the Irish want to celebrate, why not join them?”

Every year, Buchan spends three days at the High-land Games at Loon Mountain, where more than 100,000 people gather to listen to bagpipes. His favor-ite act is by the Red Hot Chili Pipers, he said.

He wasn’t the only one getting into the Irish spirit. Joanne Olsen, director of the senior center, estimat-

ed 160 people were packed into the facility’s dining room wearing green and feasting on corned beef and cabbage Thursday afternoon. Cars � lled the parking lot and lined the surrounding side streets.

“People are climbing over snow banks to get here,” she said. “I can’t believe it.”

Ruthie Berg of Saugus wasn’t surprised. She and

a table full of her cousins from Revere follow around DJ Alan LaBella, who had the crowd up, dancing and singing. She called herself a LaBella groupie.

“It’s all about the fun,” said Berg. “When the fun is gone, I’m out of here.”

Shirley Bogdan of Saugus has attended lunch at the center almost every day of the week for the past 25 years.

“My husband has passed so this gives me people to talk to and gets me out of the house,” she said. “I don’t have to sit at home and stare at my walls all day. It’s too bad a lot of seniors in town won’t come because they think it’s only for old people. I’m not old.”

She enjoys all the special celebrations held at the senior center, but admitted St. Patrick’s Day was one of the best.

“I’m French and Welsh, but today, isn’t everybody Irish?”

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NEC shines light on its top basketball starsClassical’s Sawyer picked as girls Coach of the YearBy Harold Rivera

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The Northeastern Con-ference girls basketball all-stars were announced and the area was rell-rep-resented across the board.

The NEC Coach of the Year was awarded to Lynn Classical coach Tom Sawyer, who orchestrated the Rams to a 19-1 regu-lar season record and the No. 1 seed in the Division 2 North state tourna-ment. The Rams finished the season undefeated against conference oppo-nents.

“Winning NEC Coach of the Year is an hon-or for our whole Lynn Classical girls basketball program,” Sawyer said. “It is an honor not just for me but for our entire coaching staff, (assis-tants) Coach Helen Rid-ley, Coach Rob Smith and Coach Frank DeLuca. It also means that you have good players, which we did throughout our team. I’m very happy that the entire program is be-ing recognized by this award.”

Marino, Solis picked for boys all-conference teamBy Harold Rivera

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The Northeastern Con-ference boys basketball all-stars were announced earlier this week and plen-ty of area players made the exclusive list in what turned out to be one of the more competitive confer-ences in the state.

Everett senior guard Ghared Boyce was named the NEC Player of the Year. Boyce helped lead the Crimson Tide to a Di-vision 1 North crown and a spot in the state semifi-nal game, where Everett fell short to Mansfield at

TD Garden earlier this week.

Beverly Panthers coach Matt Karakoudas, a St. Mary’s graduate, was named the NEC Coach of the Year. Karakoudas, in his first season at the helm of the Beverly program, coached the Panthers to a 15-5 record and the No. 1 seed in the Division 2 North state tournament.

The NEC Sportsman-ship award was earned by the Danvers boys basket-ball team.

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Lynn’s Galeazzi takes aim at � nal season at Salve Regina

By Harold Rivera ITEM STAFF

NEWPORT, R.I. — Some athletes welcome adversi-ty with open arms and play with a chip on their shoul-ders that drives them to spe-cial feats.

Take Salve Regina senior Francesca Galeazzi for ex-ample. A Lynn native, Ga-leazzi wasn’t recruited to play softball for the Divi-sion III Seahawks, but that didn’t stop her from trying out for the team. Once she joined the roster, the rest was history.

In her freshman season Galeazzi belted 51 hits for a .451 batting average and drove in seven RBI, en route to earning the Common-wealth Coast Conference Rookie of the Year Award. Two seasons later, as a ju-nior, Galeazzi batted .419 with 14 RBI and was named the CCC Player of the Year.

Now Galeazzi’s a senior, and the Lynn Classical alum turns her attention to her final season wearing the Salve Regina uniform.

“I joke around with my friends and say that junior year was my peak year,” Ga-leazzi, an infielder who also played on the school’s soccer team, said. “I didn’t realize how much I accomplished

athletically. This year I’m fo-cused on going out the right way. I wasn’t recruited. I came in and said ‘hey I’m a girl from Lynn and I’d love to try out for your team.’ I’m just hoping to go out with a memorable season. If we win a championship and I earn more accolades that’s great but I’m more focused

on growing as a person.” Last season was one to re-

member for Salve Regina. Aside from Galeazzi earn-ing player of the year, the Seahawks finished at 26-13 and won the CCC Tourna-ment for the second year in a row. The conference crown earned Salve Regina a bid in the NCAA Tournament where its season ended in the regional round.

“It was basically a journey of building trust and hav-ing our girls love the game again,” Galeazzi said. “We’re a tight-knit group of girls and our work ethic is just in-credible. We were nationally ranked, we tripled our sto-len bases, our batting aver-age was significantly higher. It was like all the pieces of the puzzle were there and we won a conference cham-pionship.”

As the Seahawks turn the page on last season, they have to deal with the tough reality that 2018 brings a new slate of challenges. Salve Regina graduated a talented senior core, includ-ing 2017 CCC Pitcher of the Year Kelsey Boarman, and brought in a new group of freshmen pitchers who’ll look to bring the team back to the top of the conference.

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Francesca Galeazzi is fo-cusing on having a senior season to remember.


Loyola-Chicago guard Donte Ingram celebrates after hitting the game-winning shot for No. 11 Loyola-Chicago to beat No. 6 Miami in the � rst round of the NCAA tournament.

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DALLAS (AP) — Donte Ingram picked the perfect spot for this game-winning shot.

Ingram hit a 3-pointer from the March Madness logo just before the buzzer, lifting 11th-seeded Loyola-Chicago over Miami 64-62 in a Thursday thriller at the NCAA Tournament.

“Well, it’s pretty simple to know why we call it March Madness,”

said Hurricanes coach Jim Lar-ranaga, left holding his head in stunned disbelief after Ingram’s shot.

In 2006, Larranaga took 11th-seeed George Mason to the Final Four. This time, it was Loyola’s turn to celebrate after making its first tournament appearance in 33 years.

Revere senior Valentina Pepic was named the NEC Player of the Year.

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Classical’s Tom Sawyer is the NEC Coach of the Year.

Paris Wilkey scored her 1,000th career point this season and made the all-conference team.

Irianis Delgado of Classical also made the all-conference team.

Edwin Solis represents the Rams on the all-con-ference team.

Marblehead’s Derek Marino reached the 1,000-point plateau this season.

Freshman Ademide Badmus is one of two Bull-dogs on the all-star team.

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“It’s going to take a lot of trust,” Galeazzi said. “We have five freshman pitchers. We went into games knowing that we were go-ing to win just because we were Salve. This year’s going to be a bit different. We have to rely on our bats and our defense a lot. We’re going to be put in tough situa-tions with freshman pitchers on the mound. The adjustment from high school to college is tough. Until they make that adjust-ment, we have to trust them and they have to trust us.”

If all things go according to plan, meaning the freshman pitchers step into the flow of things and make a smooth adjustment, the team’s pitching rotation could emerge as one of its strengths. With a strong group of bats and smart baserunners to rely on, the

Seahawks could be on the verge of repeating its success.

“Our pitchers all throw differ-ently,” Galeazzi said. “I think the differences in our pitchers and the fact that we have options will work to our favor. Our offensive game and the way we run the bases is incredible. We’re just a well-oiled machine and we know what we’re doing. In a couple of years, Salve’s going to be a very elite program.”

On the individual side, Galeazzi will look to improve on her “small ball” this spring. Over her three seasons on the team, she’s de-veloped a reputation for being a well-rounded hitter who can use her speed to gain extra bases.

“I really want to be true to who I am but I want to give it a lit-tle spin,” Galeazzi said. “I really need to rely on my softball IQ. In the past I’ve relied on my physi-cal ability but this year I’m nail-

ing down on the small ball. I’m two months away from gradua-tion but I’m still learning every day. I’m really focusing on my small ball game and potentially hitting a little more for power.”

Salve Regina’s currently in the closing stretch of its early-season Florida trip. The Seahawks are 1-5 through their first six games of the season.

They’ll battle against Marietta and Ithaca this afternoon before rounding out the trip with tilts against William Patterson and Plattsburgh.

“There’s a lot of excitement,” Galeazzi said. “It felt like we had been practicing in the gym for weeks. We just needed to get out on the field and iron out the things we need to work on. We needed to get into live game sit-uations and develop from there. I’m happy that our players are excited.”

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Revere senior Valentina Pep-ic, for the third consecutive sea-son, was named the NEC Player of the Year. Pepic, who commit-ted to play Division I basketball at Niagara University, steered the Patriots to a 16-4 record in the regular season and the No. 5 seed in the Division 1 North state tournament. Pepic joined the 1,000-point club at Revere High this season, reaching the accomplishment on the same night as AAU teammate Paris Wilkey of Classical.

The Rams, who won the Northeastern Conference North, placed guard Wilkey, a Division II Franklin Pierce commit, and forward Irianis Delgado on the all-conference team.

Pepic, Wilkey and Delgado are joined on the NEC all-confer-ence team by Alyssa Moreland of Beverly, Yasmeen Gurrier of Everett and Sarah Unczur of Danvers.

Three more Classical play-ers made the North all-star team in guards Jeylly Medra-no and Jazzmine Masse, and forward Tyarah Horton. The

Lynn English girls basketball team landed two players on the North all-star team in Ely Gui-ty and Julianna Perry.

Others on the North all-star team are Tatianna Iacoviel-lo and Emily DiGiulio of Re-vere; Hailey Anderson and Tia Bernard of Beverly; Jackie Mcausland-Emmanuel of Ev-erett; MacKenzie Furlong and Tiffany Tortora of Malden; Catherine Manning and Jor-dan Muse of Peabody; and Emi-ly Clough of Marblehead.

A pair of Saugus Sachems landed on the South all-star team in junior guard Alessia

Salzillo and sophomore forward Molly Granara. The two helped lead the Sachems to a 12-8 re-cord in the regular season and the No. 9 seed in the Division 2 North state tournament.

“I’m really happy for both of them,” Saugus coach Mark Schruender said. “Alessia had over 100 steals for a third straight season. She was an all-star last year but had ca-reer highs in every stat that we keep this year. Molly is part of our incredible sophomore class. In our seven closest games, our team shot 30 percent and Molly led us by shooting 49 percent in

those games. She really stepped up in big moments.”

The rest of the South all-star team consists of Unczur, Siobhan Moriarty, Elizabeth Montanari and Lydia Run-nals of Danvers; Melina Pi-mental and Destiny Augustin of Somerville; Nikki Rosa and Grace DiGrande of Swamp-scott; Maura Dorr and Fran-cesca Capone of Winthrop; Whitney Schrock and Claire Knowlton of Gloucester; Wild-rys Correa of Salem.

The Gloucester girls basket-ball team won the NEC Sports-manship Award.

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Francesca Galeazzi has made a name for herself at Salve Regina after not being recruited out of high school.

Battered Bruins shut out by Panthers on the roadSUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — James Re-

imer tied a season high with 46 saves to lead the Florida Panthers over the Boston Bruins 3-0 on Thursday night.

Making his first start in six games, Reimer earned his third shutout of the season. Nick Bjugstad had a goal and an assist, and Vincent Trocheck and Aaron Ekblad also scored. Evgenii Dadonov added two assists.

Florida moved within three points of idle New Jersey for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. The Panthers, who have won 11 of their last 13 home games, have two games in hand on the Devils.

Anton Khudobin stopped 25 shots for the Bruins, shut out for the first time since their second game of the season, a 4-0 loss to Colorado on Oct. 9. The Bruins are four points behind Atlantic Division leader Tampa Bay, with one game in hand on the Lightning.

The Panthers stretched their lead to 3-0 on a power-play goal by Trocheck with 5:53 left in the second period. Trocheck’s shot from the right circle went top shelf shot over Khudobin. Trocheck leads the team with 27 goals.

Aleksander Barkov’s assist gave him 70 points, making him the first Pan-

thers player since Olli Jokinen (71) in 2007-08 with 70 points in a season.

Ekblad made it 1-0 at 6:25 of the first when he swatted in a rebound out of midair past Khudobin. Dadon-ov made a cross-ice pass to Bjugstad in front and he pushed in the puck to make it 2-0 at 9:06.

Bruins forward David Backes was assessed a match penalty for a first-pe-riod hit from behind on Trocheck.

NOTESBruins D Zdeno Chara and LW Jake

DeBrusk both missed the game with upper-body injuries sustained in Tues-day’s 6-4 win at Carolina. Boston re-called forward Anton Blidh and defen-seman Paul Postma from Providence of the AHL. ... Panthers D Alexander Petrovic was scratched with a low-er-body injury. ... C Frank Vatrano faced his former team for the first time since being traded from the Bruins to the Panthers on Feb. 22.

UP NEXTBruins: Visit the Tampa Bay Light-

ning on Saturday.Panthers: Host the Edmonton Oilers

on Saturday.


Florida Panthers’ Aaron Ekblad, left, celebrates after scoring a goal against Anton Khudobin in the first period on Thursday night in Sunrise, Fla.

Revere’s Pepic named NEC Player of the Year for third straight season

BOYSFrom B1

team consists of Boyce, Lynn Classical senior Edwin Solis, Marblehead senior Derek Ma-rino, Winthrop senior Tayjuan McKenzie, Malden’s Fern Be-rard and Somerville’s Lucas Saint-Jean.

Solis was joined on the NEC North all-star team by fellow Rams teammates Dyrrell Ruck-er and Ishmael Johnson.

“Edwin led us in scoring, re-bounding and assists,” Classical first-year coach Jasper Grassa said. “Ishmael was a very active player for us that rebounded on both ends of the floor and was a great defender. Dyrrell is our best on-ball defender. He’s also

a good scorer and has improved his 3-point shot tremendously this year.”

The trio led Classical to a 12-8 record in the regular season and the No. 13 seed in the Divi-sion 1 North state tournament.

Other Lynners on the North all-star team are English fresh-man forward Ademide Badmus and junior guard Alonzo Lin-ton. The two Bulldogs helped English to a 16-4 record and the No. 5 seed in the Division 1 North bracket.

“They both worked extremely hard all year,” first-year Bull-dogs coach Antonio Anderson said.

The rest of the North all-star team consists of Isaiah Likely and Caleb Jacobs of Everett;

Luigi Derrane and Toskany Abreu of Beverly; Berard, Ty-ler Holness and Mark Bissette of Malden; Marino, Seamus Keaney and Dewey Millett of Marblehead; and Jake Irvine of Peabody.

Joining McKenzie on the South all-star team is fellow Vi-kings 1,000-point scorer Devin Pulsifer, also a senior. The two played key roles in Winthrop going 9-11 in the regular sea-son and earning the No. 9 seed in Division 4 North. Pulsifer joined the 1,000-point club in a win over Danvers in January, while McKenzie reached the mark in a come-from-behind state tournament victory over South Boston.

“I couldn’t be more proud for

both Tayjuan and Devin,” first-year Vikings coach David Sacco said. “Over the past few years they’ve been the faces of Win-throp basketball. They both have had phenomenal high school careers and are both in-credible young men. The future is bright for both of them at the next level.”

The rest of the South all-star team consists of Saint-Jean, Ty-ler Whitney-Sidney and John Kalton of Somerville; Nate Lebron and Ethan Espinal of Salem; Ben Oliver and Marcus Montagnino of Gloucester; Ryan Cafferky and Ben Ruemenapp of Medford; Justin Roberto and John Weimert of Danvers and Michael Mabee of Saugus.

Mabee, a three-sport senior

who also plays football and baseball, took on the role of the veteran leader for a young 5-15 Sachems team that qualified for the Division 3 North state tournament under the Sullivan Rule as the No. 13 seed.

“Mike was the heart and soul of our team,” Saugus coach Mark Bertrand said. “He has it all, leadership, great com-municator, great in the class-room and is well respected by his coaches, players and oppo-nents. He did it all for us and played just about every position but center. He was great for me before I took over as coach. He took control of the team as I knew he would.”

Three Rams, two Bulldogs named to NEC boys All-Star team

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The long shot from well be-yond the key came with just a split-second left, and was set up by a pass from Marques Townes. It happened after Lonnie Walk-er IV missed a free throw with a chance to give Miami a three-point lead with 9 seconds re-maining.

“I thank Marques for making that pass,” said Ingram, who was 3 of 8 from 3 and scored 13 points. “Any one of us could have hit that shot, but I was just for-tunate enough to be in the po-sition.”

The Ramblers (29-5) matched the school record for wins from their 1963 national champion-

ship team in their first NCAA trip since losing to Patrick Ewing and Georgetown in the Sweet 16 in 1985. They ad-vanced to face third-seeded Ten-nessee on Saturday.

Loyola, with an 11-game win-ning streak that is its longest since winning the NCAA ti-tle, was boosted by a pregame prayer from its team chaplain, 98-year-old Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt.

She’s held that post for more than two decades and, sitting courtside in her wheelchair, got hugs from the Ramblers when it was over.

“I just gave a big sigh of relief and said, ‘Thank God,’” she told The Associated Press about In-gram’s shot.

The sixth-seeded Hurricanes (22-10) led most of the second half in their third straight trip to the tournament, but couldn’t pull away in the final minutes and lost in the first round for the second straight year.

The buzzer sounded as In-gram’s shot went in, and the Ramblers celebrated wildly in front of the raucous fans wear-ing maroon-and-gold scarfs in the American Airlines Center sections across from their bench.

But officials put 0.3 seconds back on the clock, forcing Loyola to gather on the bench and post-poning the celebration until af-ter a desperation full-court pass bounced away harmlessly.

The game-winner came after coach Porter Moser initially sig-

naled for a timeout after Walk-er’s missed free throw, but then motioned his players to bring the ball up the court.

“After they made that shot, I mean, it’s definitely a dagger to the heart,” said Walker, who led the Hurricanes with 12 points. “It definitely hurts seeing a shot like that go down, but I’m proud of my team.”

Clayton Custer hit a tying 3 in the final 2 minutes and led Loyola with 14 points on 4-of-6 shooting from long range.

BIG PICTURELoyola-Chicago: Most of Mos-

er’s key players should be back next season, giving the Ram-blers a chance to keep the NCAA appearances coming after such a long drought and such a big win.

Miami: The Hurricanes were back in Texas five years after winning twice in Austin to ad-vance to the Sweet 16. They looked they’d have another shot at that until Ingram’s stunner.

KEY SEQUENCETrailing 62-61, Lucas Wil-

liamson gave Loyola another shot at the lead after Townes missed one of two free throws with a chance to tie. Williamson knocked the ball off Walker’s leg, but the Ramblers missed two at-tempts the rim, leading to Walk-er’s missed free throw.

UP NEXTWith Miami’s season over,

Loyola advances to play third-seeded Tennessee in the second round.

Underdog Loyola-Chicago notches first upset of NCAA tournament

FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2018 THE DAILY ITEM SPORTS B3


Twin brothers Jason, left, and Devin McCourty will play on the same team for the first time since their college days at Rutgers University after the Patriots acquired Jason in a trade with the Cleveland Browns on Thursday afternoon.

Patriots acquire Jason McCourty in a trade with Cleveland Browns

Price goes four innings in debut FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP)

— David Price made his delayed spring-training debut for Boston, allowing one hit over four scoreless innings in a 7-5 win over Toronto on Thursday.

Price struck out five and walked one. An elbow inju-ry limited to a career-low 11 starts last season.

“Felt good,” Price said. “I had really good fast-ball command early. I made good pitches when I needed to. I stayed away from the big part of the plate with the exception of a couple of fastballs. I thought it was a good day.

Price retired the side in order in the first. After Teoscar Hernandez sin-gled and Jason Leblebi-jian walked starting the second, Reese McGuire sacrificed, Richard Urena was called out on strikes and Gift Ngoepe flied out. Price then retired the side in order in the third and fourth.

“He was great,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “From the dugout it looked like his misses were just by an inch. He was on tar-

get, good tempo, very im-pressive for his first out-ing in a real environment, not a controlled one. He was great. Physically he looks like he’s’ right where he has to be and now we’ll move forward.”

Price was 6-3 with a 3.38 ERA last year. He was to have pitched March 10 against Minnesota but was scratched when rain was forecast.

“It’s one thing to throw extended bullpens and throw against minor leaguers,” Price said, “but to throw against major leaguers and hear the na-tional anthem play ... to see a different color jersey gets the juices flowing.”

The 32-year-old left-hander is entering the third season of a $217 mil-lion, seven-year contract. He could opt out after this season.

“This is March 15 and I’ve never had a four-pitch mix this early in spring training,” he said. “I’ve never been this far along even though I’ve only thrown in one game. I’m excited about it.”

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David Price struck out five and walked one, giving up only one hit in four scoreless innings in his spring training debut.

MLB warns Yankees’ Judge on tampering


Apparently, Aaron Judge praised Baltimore’s Manny Machado a little too freely.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball has told New York Yan-kees slugger Aaron Judge his comments attempting to recruit Baltimore short-stop Manny Machado vio-late the sport’s tampering rules, and Judge says he has learned the lesson.

When the Yankees played the Orioles in Sara-sota on Wednesday, Judge encountered Machado on the field before the game.

“Adding him to our line-up that we’ve already got, it’d be something special,” Judge told reporters. “I told him, ‘You’d look good in pinstripes.’ “

Judge added: “He just kind of laughed it off. Didn’t really say much.”

Machado is eligible for free agency after this sea-son, part of a class that in-cludes Bryce Harper and Josh Donaldson.

Major League Baseball says in a statement: “We

have been in contact with the Yankees. They com-municated to us that Mr. Judge’s off the cuff com-ments were not appropri-ate and not authorized by the club.

They will speak to him to make sure that this does not happen again.”

Judge and general man-ager Brian Cashman had a brief conversation about the matter.

“It just kind of came up in passing,” Judge said Thursday.

“Now I know. You learn something new every day,” he said.

Judge said the phone call from Cashman last-ed about 30 seconds and the GM told him: “Here’s a reminder that you can’t do this and have a good night, and I said all right, see you tomorrow.”

Cashman said he was called by Deputy Commis-sioner Dan Halem.

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NBA7 p.m. ................ Boston at Orlando ...................................... NBCSB8 p.m. ................ LA Clippers at Oklahoma City ...................NBATV10:30 p.m. ........Miami at LA Lakers .....................................NBATV

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SPORTS BRIEFS

Ridley basketball skills clinics

The Helen Ridley basket-ball skills clinics will be held over the next few months, with nine sessions in total. The clinics are all on Mondays from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m., and will be held on April 9, 23 and 30; May 7, 14 and 21; June 4, 11 and 18. The clinics are open to boys and girls in grades 4-12 and will be held at St. Mary’s High School on 35 Tremont St. The cost of the clinic is $200 and participants will need to bring a ball.

This will be a high inten-sity clinic for boys and girls to get you in shape and to help develop basketball skills. Drills are designed to help any player at any level with ball handling, shooting (off the dribble, off screens and off the pass), creating your own shot and finishing at the rim. We will also mix in playing games so that players can learn how to use their skills in a game situation.

Please email or call Helen Ridley to save your spot and/or if you have any questions at [email protected] or 781-775-0778.

NBAEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBx-Toronto 51 17 .750 —x-Boston 46 22 .676 5Philadelphia 37 30 .552 13½New York 24 45 .348 27½Brooklyn 21 47 .309 30Southeast Division W L Pct GBWashington 39 30 .565 —Miami 36 33 .522 3Charlotte 30 39 .435 9Orlando 21 48 .304 18Atlanta 20 49 .290 19Central Division W L Pct GBCleveland 39 28 .582 —Indiana 40 29 .580 —Milwaukee 36 32 .529 3½Detroit 30 37 .448 9Chicago 23 44 .343 16

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division W L Pct GBx-Houston 54 14 .794 —New Orleans 39 28 .582 14½San Antonio 38 30 .559 16Dallas 22 46 .324 32Memphis 18 49 .269 35½Northwest Division W L Pct GBPortland 41 26 .612 —Oklahoma City 41 29 .586 1½Minnesota 40 29 .580 2Utah 38 30 .559 3½Denver 37 31 .544 4½Pacific Division W L Pct GBx-Golden State 52 16 .765 —L.A. Clippers 37 30 .552 14½L.A. Lakers 31 37 .456 21Sacramento 22 47 .319 30½Phoenix 19 50 .275 33½

Thursday’s GamesToronto 106, Indiana 99Charlotte 129, Atlanta 117Philadelphia 118, New York 110Chicago at Memphis, 8 p.m.Houston 101, L.A. Clippers 96New Orleans at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.Detroit at Denver, 9 p.m.Phoenix at Utah, 9 p.m.Cleveland at Portland, 10 p.m.Friday’s GamesBoston at Orlando, 7 p.m.Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Dallas at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.Miami at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.Sacramento at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.Saturday’s GamesAtlanta at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.Houston at New Orleans, 7 p.m.Indiana at Washington, 7 p.m.Charlotte at New York, 7:30 p.m.Dallas at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m.Denver at Memphis, 8 p.m.Minnesota at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m.Detroit at Portland, 10 p.m.

NHLEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GATampa Bay 70 48 18 4 100 257 198Boston 69 44 17 8 96 232 179Toronto 71 42 22 7 91 239 204Florida 68 35 26 7 77 208 212Montreal 71 26 33 12 64 182 226Detroit 69 26 32 11 63 180 211Ottawa 69 25 33 11 61 193 240Buffalo 70 22 36 12 56 167 229Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAWashington 70 40 23 7 87 216 205Pittsburgh 72 41 26 5 87 237 218Columbus 71 38 28 5 81 198 198Philadelphia 71 35 25 11 81 208 210New Jersey 70 36 26 8 80 212 211Carolina 70 30 29 11 71 188 218N.Y. Rangers 71 32 32 7 71 205 227N.Y. Islanders 70 30 30 10 70 225 252

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division GP W L OT Pts GF GANashville 69 45 14 10 100 225 174Winnipeg 70 41 19 10 92 230 185Minnesota 70 39 24 7 85 217 203Dallas 71 38 26 7 83 205 190Colorado 69 37 24 8 82 220 203St. Louis 69 37 27 5 79 191 182Chicago 70 30 32 8 68 199 207Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAVegas 70 45 20 5 95 238 195San Jose 70 38 23 9 85 207 192Los Angeles 70 38 26 6 82 203 177Anaheim 71 35 24 12 82 198 193Calgary 71 35 26 10 80 198 206Edmonton 70 30 35 5 65 196 226Vancouver 71 25 37 9 59 183 231Arizona 69 23 35 11 57 167 222NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for OT loss.

Thursday’s GamesWashington 7, N.Y. Islanders 3Columbus 5, Philadelphia 3Toronto 5, Buffalo 2Pittsburgh 5, Montreal 3Florida 3, Boston 0Chicago at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.Colorado at St. Louis, 8 p.m.Detroit at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.Nashville at Arizona, 10 p.m.Friday’s GamesN.Y. Islanders at Washington, 7 p.m.Dallas at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Nashville at Colorado, 9 p.m.San Jose at Calgary, 9 p.m.Detroit at Anaheim, 10 p.m.Minnesota at Vegas, 10:30 p.m.Saturday’s GamesChicago at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Edmonton at Florida, 2 p.m.New Jersey at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.Montreal at Toronto, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Carolina, 7 p.m.Ottawa at Columbus, 7 p.m.Boston at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

FOXBOROUGH (AP) — The Mc-Courty twins are back together.

The Cleveland Browns traded cornerback Jason McCourty to the New England Patriots on Thurs-day, reuniting him with his brother Devin. The Browns also sent a sev-enth-round pick to the Patriots to get a sixth-rounder in return.

“Cleveland it’s been real!” Jason McCourty wrote on the Twitter ac-count the brothers share. “I wish nothing but the best to the guys in that locker room!”

The Browns have been one of the most active teams in the NFL this offseason as they try to rebuild from

last season’s 0-16 record. They have already traded for quarterback Ty-rod Taylor and three-time Pro Bowl receiver Jarvis Landry, while signing seven free agents, including running back Carlos Hyde.

They also made a deal on Wednes-day to send defensive lineman Dan-ny Shelton to New England for a third-round pick in 2019. But the de-fending AFC champion Patriots have mostly been losing players, including receiver Danny Amendola, left tackle Nate Solder, defensive back Malcolm Butler and running back Dion Lewis.

After spending his first eight sea-sons with Tennessee, Jason Mc-

Courty, 30, started 14 games and led the Browns with three interceptions and made 65 tackles last season, the most for any player in the secondary.

He became a locker room leader, but also ruffled feathers by saying the team never should have gone winless after both coach Hue Jack-son and new general manager John Dorsey bemoaned the team’s lack of talent.

“The talent in this locker room is not the talent to go win a Super Bowl this year, but this locker room is far more talented than 0-16,” Ja-son McCourty said following the sea-son-ending loss in Pittsburgh.

B4 THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2018

OFF THE MARK / MARK PARISI MODERATELY CONFUSED / JEFF STAHLER

ZIGGY / TOM WILSONREALITY CHECK / DAVE WHAMOND HERMAN / JIM UNGER

ALLEY OOP / GRAUE AND BENDER MONTY / MEDDICK

THATABABY / PAUL TRAP OVERBOARD / CHIP DUNHAM

THE BORN LOSER / ART AND CHIP SANSOMTHE GRIZZWELLS / BILL SCHORR

FRANK AND ERNEST / BOB THAVES BIG NATE / LINCOLN PEIRCE

ARLO AND JANIS / JIMMY JOHNSON SOUP TO NUTZ / RICK STROMOSKI

GARFIELD / JIM DAVIS ROSE IS ROSE / PAT BRADY

LIO / MATT TATULLI

DILBERT / SCOTT ADAMS

COMICS

FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2018 THE DAILY ITEM B5

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20)Express your feelings and don’t hold back if someone is doing something that you find upset-ting. Don’t ignore what’s wrong or you will compromise your in-tegrity and ethical code.

ARIES (March 21-April 19)Unexpected information will come from a rare source. Be open to what you hear, but don’t be gullible enough to think you only have one choice. Expand on what’s being said and make a counteroffer.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)Share your thoughts and fol-low through with your plans. You’ll get the support you need to make a difference. A part-nership will be beneficial and should be considered.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)Getting involved in a joint venture or helping someone who is lazy or looking for a handout should be avoided. Emotional tactics and poor choices are apparent. Protect against being used for someone else’s purposes.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)You can make positive changes to the way you do things. Add a little creative flair to whatev-er job you are given to open a window of opportunity.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)An emotional mix-up will de-velop with someone you share expenses with. Try to sort out who pays for what before it damages your relationship. Equal responsibility is neces-sary.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)Persuasive tactics will be used when dealing with a personal or professional partner. Listen to what’s being said or offered and counter with facts and fig-ures. Don’t be afraid to nego-tiate.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)Consider an unusual offer. How you earn your living or handle your money will change due to an incident that unfolds at home or work. Protect against loss and theft.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)Make plans to do something special with someone you love. Whether it’s made to an older relative, some children or a sig-nificant other, a simple gesture will go a long way. Share your feelings.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21)Be careful when someone gives you advice. Ulterior motives are apparent and could end up put-ting you in a compromising po-sition. Smooth talk and empty promises should be avoided.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)You can make a financial move or change to your current pro-fession, but don’t do so for the wrong reasons or in haste. Slow down and rethink your next step.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)Talks will be confusing and lead to uncertainty. If you don’t understand what someone means or wants, be specific and ask exactly what’s expect-ed of you.

HOROSCOPE

Durwood Fincher, a come-dian, wrote, “Experience is what allows us to repeat our mistakes, only with more fi-nesse!”

Bridge players sometimes repeat a mistake by taking a finesse that should have been avoided, or — much less often — by not taking a finesse that should have been attempted.

What is the case in this deal? South is in six hearts, and West leads a trump.

The auction followed Stan-dard American, with North’s three-heart jump-rebid showing three-card support and at least game-forcing values. When South signed off in game, North bid what he hoped his partner could make. (If you switch the spades and diamonds, giv-ing South 4=5=2=2 distri-bution, what would he rebid over two clubs? Two hearts as the default, not promising a sixth heart, or two spades, a reverse but not requiring extra strength? Discuss with your partner.)

South starts with one po-tential loser in each side suit. He has only 10 winners: one spade, five hearts, three dia-monds and one club. The best

line is to establish dummy’s club suit.

Declarer draws trumps end-ing in hand and runs the club nine, losing the first finesse to East’s queen. East shifts to a spade, taken by dummy’s ace. Back to hand with a di-amond, South plays a club to dummy’s eight, taking a sec-ond finesse that is a heavy favorite to win. When it does, declarer discards the spade eight on the club ace, ruffs a club (bringing down West’s king), crosses to the diamond ace and pitches his diamond 10 on the club jack. Contract made, thanks to a double fi-nesse.

BRIDGE

The maybe-finesses keep on coming

CROSSWORD

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Cancer diagnosis prompts search for life’s lost love

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DIVERSIONS

DEAR ABBY: This is the 37th anniversary of when I met and fell in love with a beautiful young woman in Iowa. We were together less than a year before she decided to pur-sue her dreams in Califor-nia. When she left, it broke my heart for years. To this day I still feel the loss.

In the years that fol-lowed, our paths crossed a few more times. Because I was recently married then, I told my old friend and lover I needed to close the book on our relation-ship. Saying it ripped my heart out because I knew it would cause me to lose her forever, but we both respected it. After a di-vorce many years later, I started looking for her, to no avail.

An urgency has over-come me now because I have been diagnosed with cancer and I’m not sure what my future holds. I don’t want to rekindle something I can’t finish, but I would like to say goodbye one last time be-fore I’m laid to my eternal

rest. Should I continue searching for her or should I stop, hoping she hears my prayers after all these years and knowing I tried to do the right thing by her when I smiled and waved as she drove away so long ago?

UNSURE OF MY FUTURE

DEAR UNSURE: Please accept my sympathy for your diagnosis. I’m sure most women would be touched to hear they were the love of someone’s life, even if that love was unre-quited.

Remember, that decision was made many years ago. What if you find her and she’s married with chil-dren? Would it make you feel better or worse? These days, many cancers are

treatable/curable. If you should find her and you are not terminal, will it give you closure or more heartache? Only you can answer that.

DEAR ABBY: My ex-wife and I have a 5-year-old son, “Ricky.” Each year it’s becoming more of a disagreement how to han-dle details for his birthday party. She believes that, in addition to inviting his closest friends, we need to invite every child in his school’s class.

Ricky is in kindergarten and there are 18 children in his class. She says we can’t risk hurting any po-tential uninvited class-mates (and thereby their parents). My thinking is it’s our son’s special day and he should have only

the people there he wants most.

There’s also the party’s expense. I don’t believe we need to foot the bill for extra kids and supplies. Personally, I also don’t want our son to be spoiled by receiving so many addi-tional birthday presents.

Where do you sit on this issue? And if you agree with my wife, how old will our son be when this is no longer in effect?

KEEPING THE PEACE IN FLORIDA

DEAR KEEPING THE PEACE: I do not agree with your wife. If your son would be inviting all but a few of his classmates, then I can see that there might be hurt feelings. But if the number of guests is limit-ed to say, six, I don’t think that would be the case. Fear of offending the par-ents of the uninvited two-thirds of his class should not enter into the decision. This would also ensure that your son is not snowed under by an avalanche of gifts.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

B6 THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2018

CLASSIFIED

SAVINGSin the classifi eds

FindLegal Notice

To be sold at public sale at 8:00 A. M.on March 29, 2018 at 47 AlleyStreet, Lynn, MA, misc. lots of propertyleft in leased storage spaces by thefollowing persons:V. Rankin, E. Murphy, Y. Marson-Matta,E. Anderson, D. Newell, T. Waitt, B.Mickler, K. & E. Alenezi, C. E. Edwards,C. Carr, C. Oliver, D. Wilder, L.Sheridan, C. R. Capone, R. Kelley, R.Cormier, A. BrownItem: March 9, 16, 2018

CITY OF LYNN

Notice is hereby given that the Lynn City Council of the City of Lynn will hold apublic hearing on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, 2016 at 8:00 o'clock p.m. in CouncilChambers, Lynn City Hall on the following:

On March 27, 2018 at the Lynn City Council meeting, the Lynn City Council willhold a public hearing relative to a proposed ordinance to Prevent Wage Theft in theCity of Lynn. The proposed Ordinance is available for inspection during normal CityHall hours at the City Clerk's Office, Lynn City Hall, 3 City Hall Square, Lynn, MA01901. All persons interested in presenting public comment at the meeting arewelcomed to attend.

Janet L. RoweCity ClerkItem: March 16, 2018

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTSTHE TRIAL COURT

PROBATE AND FAMILY COURTDocket No. ES18P0656GD

CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FORAPPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN FOR

INCAPACITATED PERSON PURSUANT TOG.L. c. 190B, º5-304

Essex Probate and Family Court36 Federal StreetSalem MA, 01970

In the matter of: Angeline J BottariOf: Lynn, MA

RESPONDENTAlleged Incapacitated Person

To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has beenfiled byDepartment of Development Service of Hathorne, MAin the above captioned matter alleging that Angeline J Bottari is in need of aGuardian and requesting thatBeverly Elias-Stearns of Newburyport, MA(or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve on the bond.The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is incapacitated, thatthe appointment of a Guardian is necessary, and that the proposed Guardian isappropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request forcertain specific authority.You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or yourattorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. onthe return date of 04/02/2018. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadlinedate by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition.If you fail to file the written appearance by the return day, action may be taken inthe matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the writtenappearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specificfacts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.

IMPORTANT NOTICEThe outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away theabove-named person's right to make decisions about personal affairs or financialaffairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyonemay make this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the above-namedperson cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.WITNESS, Hon. Jennifer MR Ulwick, First Justice of this Court.Date: March 05, 2018

Pamela Casey O'BrienRegister of Probate

Item: March 16, 2018

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTSTHE TRIAL COURT

PROBATE AND FAMILY COURTORDER FOR SERVICE BY

PUBLICATION AND MAILINGSuffolk Probate and Family Court

24 New Chardon StreetBoston, MA 02114

(617)788-8300Docket No. SU18W0103WD

Besaida Rosadovs.

Anthony Mont

Upon motion of plaintiff(s) for an order directing the defendant to appear, plead,or answer, in accordance with Mass.R.Civ.P./Mass.R.Dom.Rel.P.Rule 4, itappearing to the court that this is an action for Custody/Support/Parenting Timefiled on January 24, 2018.Defendant(s)/Respondent(s) cannot be found within the Commonwealth and anddefendant(s)/respondent(s) present whereabouts are unknown. Personal service istherefore not practicable, and defendant(s)/respondent(s) has/have notvoluntarily appeared in this action.It is Ordered that defendant(s)/respondent(s) is/are directed to appear, plead,answer, or otherwise move with respect to the complaint herein on or before April5, 2018.If you fail to do so this Court will proceed to a hearing and adjudication of thismatter.Date: 2/27/2018

Hon. Brian J. DunnJUSTICE OF PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT

Reg. F. Arroyo. JCMItem: March 16, 2018

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTSLAND COURT

DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT18 SM 000864

ORDER OF NOTICE

TO: Heirs, Devisees or Legal Representative of the Estate of Djuro Dmitrovicand Joseph R. Dmitrovic

and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50U.S.C. ~ 3901 et seq.:

Citibank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but soley as Owner Trustee forPMT NPL Financing 2014-1

claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in Lynn,numbered 144 South Common Street given by Djuro Dmitrovic and MirjanaDmitrovic to Fleet National Bank, dated June 3, 2004, and recorded in EssexCounty (Southern District) Registry of Deeds in Book 22942, on Page 547, andnow held by Plaintiff by assignment, have filed with this court a complaint fordetermination of Defendant's Servicemembers status.

If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the UnitedStates of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the ServicemembersCivil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned property onthat basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer inthis court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before APR - 9,2018, or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to thebenefits of said Act.

Witness, Judith C. Cutler, Chief Justice of this Court on FEB 23 2018.

Attest:Deborah J. Patterson

RecorderItem: March 16, 2018

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTSLAND COURT

DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT17 SM 005981

ORDER OF NOTICE

TO: Mark McMahon and Maura McMahon

and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50U.S.C. ~ 3901 et seq.:

Santander Bank, N.A. f/k/a Sovereign Bank

claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in Swampscott,numbered 7 Hillcrest Circle given by Mark McMahon and Maura McMahon toSovereign Bank, dated August 22, 2008, and recorded in Essex County (SouthernDistrict) Registry of Deeds in Book 28028, on Page 489, and now held by Plaintiffby assignment, have filed with this court a complaint for determination ofDefendant's Servicemembers status.

If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the UnitedStates of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the ServicemembersCivil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned property onthat basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer inthis court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before APR - 9,2018, or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to thebenefits of said Act.

Witness, Judith C. Cutler, Chief Justice of this Court on FEB 20 2018.

Attest:Deborah J. Patterson

RecorderItem: March 16, 2018

(SEAL)COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

LAND COURTDEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT

18SM001155ORDER OF NOTICE

To:James W. Price

and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50U.S.C. c. 50 §3901 et seq.:

New Penn Financial LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing

claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in Lynn,numbered 9 Ward Street, given by James W. Price to Shawmut MortgageCompany, dated September 14, 1992, and recorded in the Essex County(Southern District) Registry of Deeds in Book 11480, Page 562, and now held bythe Plaintiff by assignment, has/have filed with this court a complaint fordetermination of Defendant's/Defendants' Servicemembers status.

If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the UnitedStates of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the ServicemembersCivil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above mentioned property onthat basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer inthis court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before April 23,2018 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to thebenefits of said Act.Witness, JUDITH C. CUTLER Chief Justice of said Court on March 6, 2018.

Attest: Deborah J. PattersonRecorder

11226Item: March 16, 2018

LEGALS

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certainmortgage given by Leona N. McKanas and Richard A. McKanas to BeneficialMassachusetts Inc., dated April 25, 2006 and registered with the Essex County(Southern District) Registry District of the Land Court as Document No.466775 asnoted on Certificate of Title No. 69928, of which mortgage the undersigned is thepresent holder by assignment from Beneficial Massachusetts Inc. to U.S. BankTrust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF10 Master Participation Trust dated October 27,2017 and registered with said Registry on October 31, 2017 at Document No.587590, Certificate of Title No. 69928, for breach of the conditions of saidmortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at PublicAuction at 5:00 p.m. on April 11, 2018, on the mortgaged premises located at 55GATES ROAD, SAUGUS, Essex County, Massachusetts, all and singular thepremises described in said mortgage,

TO WIT:

THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN SAUGUS IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEXAND COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED ASFOLLOWS:

NORTHEASTERLY: BY GATES ROAD ON PLAN HEREINAFTER MENTIONED, ONEHUNDRED NINETEEN AND 66/100 (119.66) FEET;

EASTERLY: BY A CURVED LINE FORMING THE JUNCTION OF SAID GATES ROAD ANDPARCEL I-3-T, AS SHOWN ON PLAN, FORTY-NINE AND 58/100 (49.58) FEET;

SOUTHEASTERLY: BY SAID PARCEL 1-3-T, SIXTY-SIX AND 64/100 (66.64) FEET;

SOUTHWESTERLY: BY LAND NOW OR FORMERLY OF CHARLES H. MARSHALL, ET AL,AS SHOWN ON SAID PLAN, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE AND 16/100 (179.16)FEET; AND,

NORTHWESTERLY: BY LAND NOW OR FORMERLY OF BARTOLOMEO CIAMPA, NINETYAND NO/100 (90.00) FEET.

ALL OF SAID BOUNDARIES ARE DETERMINED BY THE COURT TO BE LOCATED ASSHOWN UPON SAID PLAN NUMBERED 29988-B, DAWN BY DANIEL S. HORGAN,CHIEF ENGINEER, MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS DATEDDECEMBER 28, 1966 AS MODIFIED AND APPROVED BY THE COURT, FILED IN THELAND REGISTRATION OFFICE, A COPY OF A PORTION OF WHICH IS FILED WITHCERTIFICATE OF TITLE 58329 IN SAID REGISTRY, AND THE ABOVE DESCRIBEDLAND IS SHOWN AS LOT 2, SHEET 3, ON LAST MENTIONED PLAN.

FOR TITLE SEE CERTIFICATE NO, 58330.

SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS, RESERVATIONS, EASEMENTS, COVENANTS, OIL, GASOR MINERAL RIGHTS OF RECORD, IF ANY.

For mortgagor's(s') title see deed registered with Essex County (SouthernDistrict) Registry District of the Land Court as Document No. 349426, as noted onCertificate of Title No. 69928.

These premises will be sold and conveyed subject to and with the benefitof all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in thenature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, taxtitles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments orliens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable,having priority over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such restrictions,easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed.

TERMS OF SALE:

A deposit of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars by certified or bankcheck will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale.The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Offices, P.C.,150 California Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) daysfrom the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording uponreceipt in full of the purchase price. The description of the premises contained insaid mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication.

Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.

U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., ASTRUSTEE FOR LSF10 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST

Present holder of said mortgage

By its Attorneys,HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C.150 California StreetNewton, MA 02458(617) 558-0500201609-0178 - PRP

Item: March 16, 23, 30, 2018

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certainmortgage given by Donna M. Blaney to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,Inc. as nominee for Mortgage Master, Inc., dated February 25, 2010 and recordedwith the Essex County (Southern District) Registry of Deeds at Book 29310, Page479, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by assignment fromMortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. to Bank of America, N.A., successorby merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP f/k/a Countrywide Home LoansServicing, LP dated May 7, 2012 and recorded with said Registry on May 11,2012 at Book 31332, Page 425 and by assignment from Bank of America, N.A.,successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP f/k/a Countrywide HomeLoans Servicing LP to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development dated April 2,2014 and recorded with said Registry on June 23, 2014 at Book 33354, Page377 and by assignment from Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to U.S.Bank National Association, as trustee for SROF-2013-S3 REMIC Trust, I dated June20, 2014 and recorded with said Registry on June 26, 2014 at Book 33362, Page260 and by assignment from U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee forSROF-2013-S3 REMIC Trust I to USROF III Legal Trust 2015-1, by U.S. BankNational Association, as Legal Title Trustee dated September 14, 2015 andrecorded with said Registry on September 22, 2015 at Book 34388, Page 466,for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing,the same will be sold at Public Auction at 3:00 p.m. on March 26, 2018, on themortgaged premises located at 44 STORY AVENUE, LYNN, Essex County,Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,

TO WIT:

The land in Lynn, Massachusetts with the buildings thereon known as 44 StoryAvenue and bounded and described as follows:

NORTHERLY by Story Avenue, formerly Ezra Street, fifty (50) feet;

EASTERLY by land now or formerly of Condon, one hundred (100) feet;

SOUTHERLY by land of Boston & Maine Railroad, formerly Eastern Railroad, fifty(50) feet;

WESTERLY by land now or formerly of Michael Sullivan, one hundred (100) feet.

Be all of said measurements more or less or however otherwise bounded anddescribed.

Being the same premises conveyed to Donna Blaney by deed of Diane Rousseau,executor of the estate of Gloria Tournas and recorded with the Essex South DistrictRegistry of Deeds at Book 28471, Page 383.

For mortgagor's(s') title see deed recorded with Essex County (SouthernDistrict) Registry of Deeds in Book 28471, Page 383.

These premises will be sold and conveyed subject to and with the benefitof all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in thenature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, taxtitles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments orliens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable,having priority over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such restrictions,easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed.

TERMS OF SALE:

A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars by certified or bank checkwill be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. Thebalance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Offices, P.C., 150California Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389,Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) days from thedate of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in fullof the purchase price. The description of the premises contained in said mortgageshall control in the event of an error in this publication.

Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.

U.S. ROF III LEGAL TITLE TRUST2015-1, BY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEEPresent holder of said mortgage

By its Attorneys,HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C.150 California StreetNewton, MA 02458(617) 558-0500201512-0325 - PRP

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SAN FRANCISCO — The smoke was thick and business brisk at the Barbary Coast Dispensa-ry’s marijuana smoking lounge, a darkened room that resembles a steak-house or upscale sports tavern with its red leath-er seats, deep booths with high dividers, and hard-wood floors.

“There’s nothing like this in Jersey,” said grin-ning Atlantic City resi-dent Rick Thompson, get-ting high with his cousins in San Francisco.

In fact, there’s nothing like the Barbary Coast lounge almost anywhere in the United States, a conundrum confronting many marijuana enthusi-asts who find it increas-ingly easy to buy pot but harder to find legal places to smoke it.

Only California permits marijuana smoking at marijuana retailers with specially designed loung-es. But it also allows cit-ies to ban those kinds of shops.

Unsurprisingly, San Francisco is the trailblaz-er. It’s the only city in the state to fully embrace Am-sterdam-like coffee shops, the iconic tourist stops in the Netherlands where people can buy and smoke marijuana in the same shop.

San Francisco’s marijua-na “czar” Nicole Elliot said new permits will be issued once city health officials finalize regulations de-signed to protect workers from secondhand smoke and the neighborhood from unwelcomed odors. The lounges are required to install expensive heat-ing, ventilation and air conditioning systems to prevent the distinct mar-ijuana odor from leaking

outside.Other California cities

are warming to the idea.The city of West Holly-

wood has approved plans to issue up to eight licens-es; the tiny San Francisco Bay Area town of Alameda said it will allow two; and Oakland and South Lake Tahoe each have one lounge. Sacramento, Los Angeles and other cities are discussing the issue but have not authorized any lounges.

Jackie Rocco, the city of West Hollywood’s busi-ness development manag-er, said residents and can-nabis businesses complain there is “no safe place, no legal place, to use it.”

Rocco said city officials envision smoking loung-es set up like traditional bars, but for now the idea is more concept than plan.

Meanwhile, lawmak-ers and officials in other states are dithering over the issue.

Massachusetts marijua-na regulators considered approval of “cannabis cafes.” But the propos-al came under withering criticism from Republi-can Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration and law enforcement officials, who claimed among other things that opening such businesses would lead to more dangerously stoned drivers.

The five-member Can-nabis Control Commission ultimately yielded to pres-sure by agreeing to put off a decision on licensing any cafes until after the initial rollout of retail marijuana operations, expected this summer. Members of the panel, however, continue to support the idea.

“Those who wish to con-sume cannabis are going to do so whether social sites exist or not, and are going

to make driving decisions regardless of where they consume,” said Jim Bor-ghesani, spokesman for the Massachusetts chap-ter of the pro-legalization Marijuana Policy Project. “Social sites will simply give cannabis users the same options available to alcohol users.”

In Colorado, one of the first states to broadly le-galize, lawmakers failed in a close vote to make so-called “tasting rooms” legal. However, cities may do it, and Denver has au-thorized lounges where consumers bring their own marijuana, issuing a single permit so far.

Nevada has put off a vote on the issue until next year. Oregon has considered and rejected legislation. In Alaska, reg-ulators rejected onsite use last year but are sched-uled to revisit the issue next month.

San Francisco has al-lowed medical marijua-na patients to smoke in dispensaries for years, though there was uncer-tainty over whether the practice was authorized when California voters in 1996 made the state the first in the nation to le-galize cannabis use with a doctor’s recommendation.

The Barbary Coast, which received its state license in January, first opened as a small medi-cal dispensary in 2013. It expanded and opened its smoking lounge to med-ical users last year. On Jan. 11, the shop opened to all adults when it re-ceived its California rec-reational use license. The state started issuing those on Jan. 1 and continues to approve dozens of applica-tions a month since voters broadly legalized the use and sale of marijuana.

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