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REVERE JOURNAL

INDEXEditorial 4

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& Greenway! $329,900

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Our Offices will be OPEN

Monday, February 19th

President’s Day9AM – 5PM

Thomas Boyan, Sr

Marie Butera

Richard Buttiglieri

Theresa Conte

Dr. Adrian Costanza

Dorothy Cordaro

Gerardo Iannuzzi

Patricia Muse

Paul Penta, Jr.

Antonetta Salamone

Obituaries Pages 8 + 9

See NEWS BRIEFS, Page 2

$1.5 MILLION FOR NORTHERN STRAND COMMUNITY TRAIL

The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs has approved a $1.5 million grant regarding the development of the Northern Strand Community Trail led by a Revere on the Move part-ner organization, Bike to the Sea.

Revere has a one-mile stretch in North Revere. The Northern Strand Community Trail has been in development for over 20 years. The North Revere segment is a major part in the project that creates a continuous 7.5-mile rail trail running from West Everett, through Malden and Revere to the Saugus River and soon into Lynn. The North Revere segment allows users to en-joy spectacular views of the Rumney Marsh.

The funding, awarded through the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ (EEA) Gateway City Parks Program, enables the design of the trail, develop-ment of bid-ready construc-tion documents, and receipt of all necessary construction permits. When completed, the trail will span 10 miles and

See DeLEO Page 3

REVERE RECREATION HOSTS PAINT & SKATE NIGHT AT CRONIN RINK

Joseph Arrigo was all smiles at the Revere Recreation Paint & Skate Night on Feb. 10 at the Cronin Skating Rink in Revere. Please see more photos on 0.

By Sue Ellen Woodcock

For years the abutters of Route 1 have put up with the noise from millions of cars, and now some city councillors want to have Mayor Brian Ar-rigo contact the MassDOT to install barriers along Route 1 between Route 16 and Cope-land Circle.

Ward 5 Councillor Charles Patch, Ward 4 Councillor Patrick Keefe and Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKen-na teamed up on a motion at last last week’s council meet-ing. Patch said he and the late

Councillor Robert Haas Jr. tried to get barriers installed in 2011 and received no re-sponse.

“We should get more re-spect from the state and fed-eral government,” Patch said..

Keefe noted that more af-fluent communities are often granted sound barriers.

Ward 2 Councillor Ira No-voselsky pointed out that Sau-gus got barriers along Route 1 installed along a new ball field.

“It’s a quality-of-life is-sue,” he said.

Barriers are easily seen

Have you ever had an idea for how you could make im-provements to the Revere community? So have the ap-plicants to the mini-grant pro-grams hosted by Revere on the Move and the Alcohol, To-bacco and Other Drugs Task Force; and this time, these ideas are going to become a reality.

Every year a group of Re-vere residents and institution-al leaders meet together to select the awardees of mini-grants offered to the public through the community-led organizations, Revere on the Move and the Alcohol, Tobac-co, and Other Drugs (ATOD)

Task Force. Both the ATOD Task Force and Revere on the Move are initiatives of the MGH Revere CARES Coa-lition. Revere on the Move is additionally co-led by the Healthy Community Initia-tives Office at the City of Re-vere.

This year over $20,000 was awarded to fund ideas to make Revere a healthier place to work, to play, and to raise a family. The Revere on the Move mini-grant program offered $10,605 in funding for permanent changes, pro-gram implementation, and youth-led projects that would help prevent or reduce obe-

sity in children and adults. The ATOD Task Force fund-ed projects totaling $9,500 to reduce youth substance use, improve their mental health, and increase opportunities for positive youth engagement.

In addition to the mini-grants already funded, Revere on the Move has extended their permanent change and program mini-grant appli-cations to Sunday, March 4. Up to $1,395 is available for ideas that make it easier to eat healthy and be active for all. The application is open

Revere's TNDreceives $50,000state grant for jobs

Special to The Journal

Monday morning the Bak-er-Polito Administration awarded $500,000 to nine projects through the Urban Agenda Grant Program. The Revere arm of The Neigh-borhood Developers (TND) was one group given $50,000 in funding to help establish workforce development ser-vices in Revere to support lo-cal residents to acquire newly created jobs.

Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito along with Housing and Economic Development Secretary Jay Ash came to Revere City Hall to present the check to the Neighborhood Developers.

“Our administration under-stands the importance of local leadership and its impact on the lives of residents,” said Lt. Governor Karyn Polito. “The Urban Agenda Grant Program relies on the strong partnerships between local government, non-profits and

the business community that are critical to fostering eco-nomic success and building stronger neighborhoods in ev-ery region in Massachusetts.”

Revere is rebuilding its economic and employment base by utilizing large-scale and high value assets includ-ing Suffolk Downs, Wonder-land, a soon-to-close NECCO plant, and the MassDevelop-ment TDI Waterfront District.

The program seeks to un-lock community-driven re-sponses to local obstacles, and promote economic devel-opment opportunities through partnership-building, problem solving, and shared account-ability in urban centers. The competitive awards offer flex-ible funding for local efforts that bring together commu-nity stakeholders to pursue economic development ini-tiatives. These awards will fund projects in Boston, Clin-

Real estate values continue to be strong in Revere

Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Ann Houston of The Neighborhood Developers, State Rep. RoseLee Vincent, Bob O' Brien of Revere Economic Department, Mayor Brian Arrigo and Secretary of Housing and Ecomonic Development Jay Ash at the announcement of the Urban Agenda Grant Program on Monday morning in the Revere City Council Chambers.


The Revere real estate mar-ket in 2017 was definitely a good one with higher prices for homes than in 2016, but a drop in the number of new listings, making home-buying an adventure.

“These are the highest pric-es we’ve seen in the last eight years,” said Maureen Celata, owner/broker of MCelata Real Estate. “And 2018 is going to be another banner year. Inven-tory is low now, but everyone is looking to the spring.”

According to figures from the Massachusetts Associa-tion of Realtors, the median sales prices was $376,250, a 4.9 increase over prices in 2016.

Homes also were also on the market 41 days, a 26.8 percent increase over the 56

days on the market in 2016.The number of listings in

2017 also dropped to 265, 10.8 percent down from 297 in 2016. The good news for sellers is that the original list-ing price was matched 100 percent of the time.

The condominium mar-ket saw similar trends with the median sales price at $315,000, up 16.7 percent over 2016. Days on the mar-ket also dropped from 67 in 2016 to 47 days on the market

“Inventory is low now and everyone is looking toward the spring,” Celata said

The rental market is also strong with rents ranging from $1,200 to $3,000. Cleat noted that if someone is paying big rent they just might be capable of buying and taking advan-tage of first-time homebuyers programs.

“2017 was a fantastic year to be in real estate,” said Joe Mario of Century 21 Ma-rio Real Estate. “There’s a lot of confidence and equity in homes. For 35 years now it’s been positive. Now is the time to sell. Revere is getting the overflow from the Boston market and people are moving to Revere.

Mario said Revere is desir-able because of its proximity to Boston, and it’s a hidden gem with a beautiful beach.

Mario is looking forward to the spring market, drawing from Boston and surrounding communities. He added that the Revere School system is also a draw for buyers.

“It all adds to the future growth of Revere,” he said.

See MINI GRANTS Page 3

See TND GRANT , Page 3

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VOLUME 19, No. 41

WEDNESDAYFebruary 14, 2018

INDEPENDENTN E W S P A P E R G R O U P

YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1881

REVERE JOURNAL

INDEXEditorial 4

Police News 16

Sports 11

Classifieds 18-19

DEATHS

(617)569-6044 (877)765-3221

MARIO REAL ESTATESELLERS

Call us NOW for a free confidential market analysis of your home!We have preapproved Clients looking to buy!

www.century21mario.comSi Parla Italiano • Se Habla Espanol

Falo Portuguese• Chúng tôi nói tiếng Việt

HELPWE NEED HOMES

TO SELL!!CALL US NOW!!

CHELSEA2 Family 1st Floor has 2 levels w/2 baths,

H/W Floors, Lg Lot, Lots of Parking Won’t Last! #106G $550’s

EAST BOSTON COMING SOONGorgeous 2Br 2 Bath Condos, H/W Floors, C/AC, Quartz, SS Bosch Appliances, Plus

Garage Parking!Call for Details!

WINTHROP - RENTFor Rent – Prime Center Loc. w/ Full Basement, Ideal for Retail, Medical, Day Care, $2,900/mo

Call for DetailsLinda 617-306-9605

WINTHROPMixed Use Commercial Plus 3 Residential,

6 Car Parking, Great for Investors! #130S $949,000

WINTHROPLovely 7 Rm, 3 Br, 2 Bath Home, H/W Floors,

Mod Kitchen, F.P. Beautiful Detail,

Easy walk to Beach & Shops!

Won't Last $485,000

WINTHROPAmazing 3 Br 2 Bath Home, Open Kitchen Liv-ing Area w Cathedral Ceiling, Mod Kit/w Corian

Counters SS Refrig. Fireplace LV Oversized finished basement, C/

AC, Deck with IG Pool Extremely well

maintained home Must See! Won’t Last! $499,900

SALE PENDING

EAST BOSTONORIENT HEIGHTS

Location Location! Bungalow style 1 family, 3 Brs Full Dr, H/W Floors,

Gorgeous detail throughout

WINTHROPHard to Find! A Vacant lot (over 5,000 s.f.) with

a foundation on it! Also has a 2 story garage. Great for Builders, or Make your own

Dream home! #455P $275K

EAST BOSTON GREENWAY LOCATION!

Mod 1 Br Condo, New kitchen, SS Appl, Quartz Counters! H/W Floors, Steps to T

& Greenway! $329,900

SALE PENDING

REVERE - WEST2 Family, Great Move in Condition! Custom

Cabinets, New Bath, Roof, C/AC, H/W Floors, Quartz, SS Appl, Too Much to List! $629,000

• 100 Gal. Minimum • 24 Hour ServiceCALL FOR DAILY LOW PRICE

Per Gallon

$2.55 Price subject to change

without notice

TRASH NOTICE

Due to the president's Day Holiday, on Monday, February 19th , 2018 Trash will be delayed by one day.Capitol Waste Services, Inc.

Our Offices will be OPEN

Monday, February 19th

President’s Day9AM – 5PM

Thomas Boyan, Sr

Marie Butera

Richard Buttiglieri

Theresa Conte

Dr. Adrian Costanza

Dorothy Cordaro

Gerardo Iannuzzi

Patricia Muse

Paul Penta, Jr.

Antonetta Salamone

Obituaries Pages 8 + 9

See NEWS BRIEFS, Page 2

$1.5 MILLION FOR NORTHERN STRAND COMMUNITY TRAIL

The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs has approved a $1.5 million grant regarding the development of the Northern Strand Community Trail led by a Revere on the Move part-ner organization, Bike to the Sea.

Revere has a one-mile stretch in North Revere. The Northern Strand Community Trail has been in development for over 20 years. The North Revere segment is a major part in the project that creates a continuous 7.5-mile rail trail running from West Everett, through Malden and Revere to the Saugus River and soon into Lynn. The North Revere segment allows users to en-joy spectacular views of the Rumney Marsh.

The funding, awarded through the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ (EEA) Gateway City Parks Program, enables the design of the trail, develop-ment of bid-ready construc-tion documents, and receipt of all necessary construction permits. When completed, the trail will span 10 miles and

See DeLEO Page 3

REVERE RECREATION HOSTS PAINT & SKATE NIGHT AT CRONIN RINK

Joseph Arrigo was all smiles at the Revere Recreation Paint & Skate Night on Feb. 10 at the Cronin Skating Rink in Revere. Please see more photos on Page 10.


For years the abutters of Route 1 have put up with the noise from millions of cars, and now some city councillors want to have Mayor Brian Ar-rigo contact the MassDOT to install barriers along Route 1 between Route 16 and Cope-land Circle.

Ward 5 Councillor Charles Patch, Ward 4 Councillor Patrick Keefe and Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKen-na teamed up on a motion at last last week’s council meet-ing. Patch said he and the late

Councillor Robert Haas Jr. tried to get barriers installed in 2011 and received no re-sponse.

“We should get more re-spect from the state and fed-eral government,” Patch said..

Keefe noted that more af-fluent communities are often granted sound barriers.

Ward 2 Councillor Ira No-voselsky pointed out that Sau-gus got barriers along Route 1 installed along a new ball field.

“It’s a quality-of-life is-sue,” he said.

Barriers are easily seen

Have you ever had an idea for how you could make im-provements to the Revere community? So have the ap-plicants to the mini-grant pro-grams hosted by Revere on the Move and the Alcohol, To-bacco and Other Drugs Task Force; and this time, these ideas are going to become a reality.

Every year a group of Re-vere residents and institution-al leaders meet together to select the awardees of mini-grants offered to the public through the community-led organizations, Revere on the Move and the Alcohol, Tobac-co, and Other Drugs (ATOD)

Task Force. Both the ATOD Task Force and Revere on the Move are initiatives of the MGH Revere CARES Coa-lition. Revere on the Move is additionally co-led by the Healthy Community Initia-tives Office at the City of Re-vere.

This year over $20,000 was awarded to fund ideas to make Revere a healthier place to work, to play, and to raise a family. The Revere on the Move mini-grant program offered $10,605 in funding for permanent changes, pro-gram implementation, and youth-led projects that would help prevent or reduce obe-

sity in children and adults. The ATOD Task Force fund-ed projects totaling $9,500 to reduce youth substance use, improve their mental health, and increase opportunities for positive youth engagement.

In addition to the mini-grants already funded, Revere on the Move has extended their permanent change and program mini-grant appli-cations to Sunday, March 4. Up to $1,395 is available for ideas that make it easier to eat healthy and be active for all. The application is open

Revere's TNDreceives $50,000state grant for jobs

Special to The Journal

Monday morning the Bak-er-Polito Administration awarded $500,000 to nine projects through the Urban Agenda Grant Program. The Revere arm of The Neigh-borhood Developers (TND) was one group given $50,000 in funding to help establish workforce development ser-vices in Revere to support lo-cal residents to acquire newly created jobs.

Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito along with Housing and Economic Development Secretary Jay Ash came to Revere City Hall to present the check to the Neighborhood Developers.

“Our administration under-stands the importance of local leadership and its impact on the lives of residents,” said Lt. Governor Karyn Polito. “The Urban Agenda Grant Program relies on the strong partnerships between local government, non-profits and

the business community that are critical to fostering eco-nomic success and building stronger neighborhoods in ev-ery region in Massachusetts.”

Revere is rebuilding its economic and employment base by utilizing large-scale and high value assets includ-ing Suffolk Downs, Wonder-land, a soon-to-close NECCO plant, and the MassDevelop-ment TDI Waterfront District.

The program seeks to un-lock community-driven re-sponses to local obstacles, and promote economic devel-opment opportunities through partnership-building, problem solving, and shared account-ability in urban centers. The competitive awards offer flex-ible funding for local efforts that bring together commu-nity stakeholders to pursue economic development ini-tiatives. These awards will fund projects in Boston, Clin-

Real estate values continue to be strong in Revere

Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Ann Houston of The Neighborhood Developers, State Rep. RoseLee Vincent, Bob O' Brien of Revere Economic Department, Mayor Brian Arrigo and Secretary of Housing and Ecomonic Development Jay Ash at the announcement of the Urban Agenda Grant Program on Monday morning in the Revere City Council Chambers.


The Revere real estate mar-ket in 2017 was definitely a good one with higher prices for homes than in 2016, but a drop in the number of new listings, making home-buying an adventure.

“These are the highest pric-es we’ve seen in the last eight years,” said Maureen Celata, owner/broker of MCelata Real Estate. “And 2018 is going to be another banner year. Inven-tory is low now, but everyone is looking to the spring.”

According to figures from the Massachusetts Associa-tion of Realtors, the median sales prices was $376,250, a 4.9 increase over prices in 2016.

Homes also were also on the market 41 days, a 26.8 percent increase over the 56

days on the market in 2016.The number of listings in

2017 also dropped to 265, 10.8 percent down from 297 in 2016. The good news for sellers is that the original list-ing price was matched 100 percent of the time.

The condominium mar-ket saw similar trends with the median sales price at $315,000, up 16.7 percent over 2016. Days on the mar-ket also dropped from 67 in 2016 to 47 days on the market

“Inventory is low now and everyone is looking toward the spring,” Celata said

The rental market is also strong with rents ranging from $1,200 to $3,000. Cleat noted that if someone is paying big rent they just might be capable of buying and taking advan-tage of first-time homebuyers programs.

“2017 was a fantastic year to be in real estate,” said Joe Mario of Century 21 Ma-rio Real Estate. “There’s a lot of confidence and equity in homes. For 35 years now it’s been positive. Now is the time to sell. Revere is getting the overflow from the Boston market and people are moving to Revere.

Mario said Revere is desir-able because of its proximity to Boston, and it’s a hidden gem with a beautiful beach.

Mario is looking forward to the spring market, drawing from Boston and surrounding communities. He added that the Revere School system is also a draw for buyers.

“It all adds to the future growth of Revere,” he said.

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See TND GRANT , Page 3

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LYNN HIGH SCHOOLS HOLD CLASS OF 2020 GRADUATION CEREMONIES

Lynn’s high schools conducted “Cross The Stage” graduation ceremonies on Aug. 1 at Manning Field. Dr. Patrick Tutwiler, superintendent of Lynn schools, led the program during which the graduates received their high school diplomas. The 2019-20 academic year was greatly affected by the coronavirus, with in-person classes at the schools suspended in March. Above, Lynn Classical graduates Tossing their gradu-ation caps skyward are, from left, Eusebio Quintana, Aidan Dow, Chante Williams, Kayly Cerda, Josiris Rios, Jacob Reyes, and Luke Rao. See Pages 6, 7 and 12 for more graduation photos.

By Cary Shuman

West Lynn Pop Warner Rams President Amy Robinson and East Lynn Pop Warner Bulldogs President Duke Wilson had been working on contingency plans for the 2020 season since March when the coronavirus became a major health crisis in the United States.

The two presidents, who have each led their respective orga-nizations to great heights for the past decade, hoped that by August their teams could begin practices for the start of their season in September.

Robinson and Wilson wait-ed as long as possible to make a very difficult season: the can-cellation of the 2020 Pop War-ner season in the City of Lynn. It was a decision that affected hundreds of football players and

cheerleaders, coaches, and Lynn families.

As it turned out, Eastern Mass Pop Warner – the conference in which the West Lynn and East Lynn teams compete – affirmed Robinson and Wilson’s deci-sions with an official announce-ment Monday that the season is canceled. In fact, there will be no Pop Warner football in the entire New England region this fall.

We asked Pop Warner Presi-dents Amy Robinson and Duke Wilson for their thoughts about the cancellation of their seasons and what

AMY ROBINSONAs a managed career coor-

dinator at the Beth Israel Dea-coness Medical Center where she works, Amy Robinson has

Lynn Pop Warner programscancel their 2020 season

Caldwell in downtown Lynn announces pre-leasing opportunities for brand new apartments available now

Please see POP WARNER Page 3

East Lynn Pop Warner football players and cheerleaders are pictured at City Hall.

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AMERICA IS CIRCLING THE DRAIN

On January 30 -- what seems like a lifetime ago -- the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 was a world-wide pandemic. On that same fateful date, the United States’ Centers for Disease Con-trol issued a press release that stated as follows: “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today confirmed that the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has spread between two people in the United States, representing the first instance of person-to-person spread with this new virus here.”

One month later, on February 29, after the first confirmed corona-virus death in this country, President Donald J. Trump said as follows:

“We’ve taken the most aggressive actions to confront the coronavi-rus. They are the most aggressive taken by any country and we’re the number one travel destination anywhere in the world, yet we have far fewer cases of the disease than even countries with much less travel or a much smaller population.”

Given Trump’s reassuring statement, who among us could have imagined that five months later, the United States would rank as the nation that has been the most-ravaged by the virus? With more than 160,000 of our fellow Americans victims of the virus -- and increas-ing by 1000 per day -- we have recorded 25 percent of the world’s deaths, though we have just four percent of the world’s population. And our five million confirmed cases -- an increase of one million in the past 17 days alone -- account for almost one-quarter of cases world-wide.

The daily life of every American has been affected by the virus, with no end in sight. Not only has the fabric of our society been shredded, but the very foundation of our democracy -- the ability to hold fair and free elections -- is in serious jeopardy.

The virus has reduced us to the status of a banana republic in every respect -- and we’re continuing to spiral ever downward, day-by-day.

CAR REPOSSESSIONS ARE ON THE RISE

Although most of the attention of the financial crisis brought about by the coronavirus pandemic has focused on the evictions and fore-closures facing millions of out-of-work Americans, the number of repossessions of motor vehicles because of loan defaults is starting to increase dramatically.

With the expiration of a ban on debt collection actions having end-ed in Massachusetts on July 31, lenders have begun to repossess the motor vehicles whose owners have defaulted on their loans.

We are not taking issue with the lenders -- who only are seeking to protect the value of the motor vehicle for which they have the title -- but we are mentioning it to point out that this is yet another side effect of our nation’s feeble national response to the pandemic.

The loss of an automobile will have catastrophic consequences for many families. But the sad reality is that some policymakers in Wash-ington obviously do not care.

Guest Op-ed

Every American has troublesBy Dr. Glenn Mollette

Everybody has troubles. If you don’t believe it then ask any American living in the year 2020.

Most of us are accustomed to having troubles occasionally. Some have more than others. Some people think that “some people” never have a problem. All people on some level have troubles.

An old preacher friend of mine from Florida use to say “Glenn, on every level, there is a new devil.” This is true. The poor have troubles. The rich have troubles. The famous have troubles. People in obscurity have troubles. Today, 2020 in almost every inch of the United States and with every person of the United States we have uni-versal troubles. You’ve heard the plea for universal health care? Welcome to universal troubles in America.

Every American in some way is impacted by Covid-19. You have had or have the disease. You know someone. You have heard of someone. Because of Covid-19 you may be unem-ployed. Your education is im-pacted. Your sports participation is wrecked at least for the Fall

and probably winter. Students wonder every day if they will see the inside of a classroom in Sep-tember or even longer.

Every college town in Amer-ican is on the brink of financial disaster. Can you imagine what it’s going to do to South Bend if Notre Dame doesn’t come back to campus? What about Gaines-ville, Florida, Lexington, Ken-tucky, Columbia, Missouri and just name any town that survives on 20,000 college students and families spending money in their town every day. You can add more to the expanded economic misery of this nation.

So far America’s Social Secu-rity and Government retirees fi-nancially have been okay due to the security of their checks. This pandemic does not have limita-tions or boundaries. Our nation continues to print off money that we do not have to keep afloat families, small businesses and state governments. I’m afraid the printer in the federal reserve is going to blow up about when it’s time to print off my cash for my social security check later next year.

From tourism, restaurants, small businesses or just having to wear a mask or social distance we’ve all to some extent experi-

enced troubles in 2020. We can overcome many troubles in life. Some troubles are life changing. Dying or burying a loved one is forever.

I’ve had ups and downs and most of us have. They aren’t fun. The pandemic for many of us has been a lifestyle change. A new normal. An inconvenience. We are having to do some things like wash our hands more, wear a mask and be a little distant from people. That’s not killing us. It’s when we take on the attitude, “I’m an American. I’m going to do what I want to do, when I want to do it and however, I feel like doing it,” then, that attitude becomes part of our national trouble.

Covid-19 is trouble enough. Americans are all in some way sharing in the troubles of this vi-rus. Please, let’s all work togeth-er to be part of the solution and not add to our national troubles.

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been on the front lines during the COVID-19 global pandemic for several months. She saw the sta-tistics, noted the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases, and brought a professional medical perspective into discussions with her WLPW board members at monthly meet-ings.

“It was a sad decision, but it’s the right move and I felt that it was right to cancel our season before Pop Warner officially canceled theirs,” said Robinson. “We’re just in uncharted waters here and I rather have my fam-ilies, my kids, and my staff be safe versus somebody getting sick and it runs through the pro-gram and potentially hits a fami-ly or staff member and you have the worst-case scenario.”

Amy, with her husband Andre Robinson by her side as a huge supporter and a Rams’ football coach, has guided a resurgence of the West Lynn organization that has sent teams to the Nation-al Pop Championships in Flori-da in cheerleading and football. Former coach Maurice Cordy led a string of highly successful West Lynn teams into the Nationals that take place in ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex (which is the same complex where the NBA season is taking place).

“We’ve been consistently go-ing to Disney for the Nationals since 2009 in cheering and foot-ball and we’re proud of that ac-complishment,” said Amy. “We have a good core of people in the program. We have great fam-

ilies.”Amy Robinson said she ex-

pected between 100-130 football players and cheerleaders to par-ticipate in the program this sea-son.

“We generally hold our regis-trations in March, but everything changed when COVID-19 hit,” said Robinson. “We never got to the field for a single practice. The risk was too high.”

The WLPW president has heard some interesting news that Pop Warner may move the sea-son to the spring of 2021. “It is something that Pop Warner is considering, something they’re looking at for the spring,” said Robinson. “It all depends on the numbers and where COVID-19 is at in the spring. And as people know, Lynn is considered a ‘hot spot’ again, so realistically I hope we can have some type of spring season, but I don’t even know if that would take place.”

In addition to her husband Andre’s contribution to the pro-gram, their daughter, LhyEshia, has been a cheerleading coach.

Robinson also credited her board of directors, Vice President Orlando Concepcion, Treasur-er Robert Merryman, Secretary Melanie Lopresti, Cheer Director Kassandra Jackson, Registration Coordinators Stephanie Castil-lo and Karina Saldano, Board Member Brittany Legault (coach of the 2019 national champion Might Mite cheerleading squad), and Board Members James Hunt, Paul Beath, and Julie Rodriguez for their outstanding volunteer efforts in the organization.

Robinson said the board will continue to meet monthly in preparation for the 2021 season.

DUKE WILSONDuke Wilson has been in-

volved in East Lynn Pop Warner for 26 years. The decision to can-cel the season for the first time in the organization’s history was difficult.

“It’s sad because I’ve been doing this for 26 years and for something like to happen – to stop the season was tough for ev-erybody,” said Wilson.

Wilson said he and his offi-cers and board held out as long as possible before making the decision.

“We were all just prolonging the inevitable,” said Wilson. “We were supposed to start on Aug. 1 and then we pushed it back to Sept. 1.”

Wilson points to a youth foot-ball clinic in Weymouth “as the straw that broke the camel’s back.”

“The players were working out and they ended up getting the virus,” said Wilson. “There were people that were not following the guidelines and word gets around.”

Wilson wrote a beautiful let-ter to the East Lynn Pop Warner community informing everyone about the cancellation of the 2020 season.

Even with the “inevitable” ap-proaching, the East Lynn presi-dent had held out hope. “We said we would go all the way down to the wire of there were a glimmer of hope of having a season for the kids, but it just didn’t happen.

“Some of the kids don’t un-derstand the severity of the COVID-19 and what’s going on. They could have it and not be symptomatic yet bring it home to their grandparents, some with underlying conditions and we just don’t want to be responsi-ble for something like that,” said Wilson.

Wilson said more than 150 athletes would have been com-peting in the East Lynn foot-ball and cheerleading programs during the 2020 season.

“Year in and year out, we have great teams, great kids, great coaching staffs, and a lot people involved – we have a good pro-gram,” said Wilson proudly. “It was sad to cancel the season, but we were in all agreement that it was the right thing to do. And all the other organizations in Eastern Mass. were on the same page, too.”

Wilson thanked board mem-bers such as Lisa Bellamar, Vic-tor Bellamar, Spiro Lamberis, John Raye, Pete Dow, and others for their excellent work on behalf of the organization.

Wilson, a 1989 graduate of Lynn Classical where he played football for the Rams, has been East Lynn president since 2010 and a coach since 1994.

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East Lynn Pop Warner President Duke Wilson (right) and Spiro Lamberis display one of the or-ganization’s many championship trophies.

West Lynn Pop Warner President Amy Robinson and some of the board members including Karina Soldano, Robert Merryman, Andre Robinson, James Hunt and Orlando Concepcion.

West Lynn Pop Warner President Amy Robinson and her husband, West Lynn Pop Warner Coach Andre Robinson.

big 5-0,” said Duke, who has de-livered so much to the youth of the community through his ex-ceptional work in the East Lynn

Pop Warner organization. “I’m just trying to give back to Lynn because it gave a lot to me.”


Nothing will deny Little Leaguers from playing their fa-vorite sport during summer time. Although the season started late because of Covid-19, each Blue Jay player was excited to be on the field preparing to play the Pine Hill Phillies the next day.

Blue Jays’ Coach Ryan Ne-whall was very thrilled to see his team prepared for their next game. As Ryan explained, “These players are really excit-ed to get back into baseball. At the beginning of the season there was a big question whether base-ball would be played or not. The Lynn Little Leagues were very fortunate to have a season. The city worked with the leagues al-lowing us to have a season this year. The younger levels are not playing only the Minor and Ma-jor divisions. This is important for the twelve year old kids who will graduate from Little League. We have some girls playing on the team, since the girls’ softball program was not operating this season. The families have been very supportive, and they are very happy to see the children playing”.

The season started on July 20 and will end on August 28. As least the players are able to expe-rience their own personal Field of Dreams this summer.

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Last week, the lifeguard sta-tion at Nahant Beach was official-ly dedicated as the ‘Maximillian X. Carbone Lifeguard Station.’ Max, a 2017 Swampscott High School graduate and sophomore Biomedical Engineering student at Wentworth Institute of Tech-nology, passed away unexpect-edly on April 6, 2019.

Max was a lifeguard for four years at Nahant Beach, from 2015-2018. He is remembered by his fellow lifeguards as being kind, supportive and a true lead-er. He is credited for saving the life of a choking toddler while on duty.

“It is such an honor to rec-ognize Max and the other life-guards in this way,” said Jennifer Carbone, Max’s mother. “These lifeguards bear an incredible re-sponsibility to keep the commu-nity safe while they enjoy this beautiful beach, and they do an excellent job.”

Working with the Carbone family, Senator Brendan Crigh-ton and Representative Peter Capano advocated for language in the Fiscal Year 2020 budget to officially dedicate the life-guard station on Nahant Beach in Max’s name. The language was included in the budget and

was signed into law by Governor Charlie Baker last July.

The law also directed the De-partment of Conservation and Recreation to commission the installment of proper signage to recognize the dedication in Max’s name. Plans for the in-stallation and a dedication cere-mony on Max’s birthday in May were stalled by COVID-19. For public safety reasons, the Car-bone family requested to forego the dedication ceremony and the signs were officially installed this week.

Nahant lifeguard station dedicated to Max Carbone

The lifeguard station at Nahant Beach.

Ayla Brown, American re-cording artist (from Wrentham, Massachusetts), American Idol-contestant and morning host on 102.5FM Country music station Boston is set to perform live in concert at the Kowloon Restau-rant’s outdoor patio on Friday, August 28 from 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. To reserve, call the Kowloon Restaurant 781-233-0077.

Rob Bellamy, country music singer, joins Brown on stage for the concert. Bellamy (from Prov-idence, Rhode Island) is a former hockey player who studied at the University of Maine, then went onto play hockey for the Phila-

delphia Flyers. His love of music brought him to Nashville where he now writes and records. The duo will perform their original song, “Make It Mean Some-thing,” at the concert.

Ayla Brown and Rob Bellamy live in concert at the Kowloon Restaurant

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“Caldwell is a unique, first-of-its-kind community for Lynn, but the constant ever-evolving nature that the ‘City of Firsts’ is known for, confirms our ini-tial vision that Lynn is ready for its closeup,” said Michael Procopio, Vice President of De-velopment at the Procopio Com-panies. “Forged with responsibil-ity-sourced building materials, cutting-edge wellness perks such as hands-free entry and con-taminant-flushed air in addition to high-quality, high-efficiency sustainability features, positions Caldwell as an unmatched oasis that’s also making the world a better place as evidenced by our pending LEED Platinum certifi-cation.”

Caldwell is in close proximi-

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street, Nightshade Noodle Bar with Rachel Miller of Bondir and Clio fame at the helm, Ro-setti restaurant, the Lazy Llama and Bent Water Brewing Com-pany. Future Caldwell residents that enjoy what nature has to of-fer will be excited to hear that the shores of Nahant Beach, open-to-the-public Gannon Munici-pal Golf Course and the hiking, biking and running trails of Lynn Woods are all nearby as well.

“What happened on this site changed the world,” added Pro-copio. “We wanted to take that story of innovation and grit, and create a building that spoke to those same attributes in Lynn to-day.”

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CITY HOLDS FOOD SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMProactive Food Safety Train-

ing session was offered by the City of Lynn at the Knights of Columbus hall to assist clubs and organizations who provide food and beverage services. The pro-gram was designed to train Man-agers how to navigate the safe-ty and sanitary spectrum with knowledge and understanding state regulations. After complet-ing a three hour course the par-ticipants received a Serve Safe Protection Manager certificate from Mojin Solutions.

Presenter Maureen Lee said, “This is important for these com-munity organizations to learn about safety procedures on food handling and Covid-19 respon-sibilities. Our program is to ed-ucate and to offer the best prac-tices for businesses to serve the public safely”.

Food and Beverage Manager of the Ancient Order of Hiber-nians Michael Cross was very thankful for the City of Lynn to have this training session as he said, “Safety is our number one priority and we want our custom-ers to be safe and comfortable. This is the today’s new norm and we need to become very knowl-edgeable under these circum-stances”.

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KofC Food Service Manager PGK Donald Collins reviews his notes from the training session.

Lynn AOH Food and Beverage Managers Michael Cross and Paul Crowley.

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City Paws

Water dogsBy Penny & Ed Cherubino

While dogs of many breeds and mixes love spending time in and around water, there are dogs that are specifically bred to work in and around water. They’re often defined as dogs that take easily to the water and who are trained to hunt and retrieve wa-terfowl. These dogs often have retriever or sometimes spaniel in their breed names.

However, they are not the only dogs bred for or naturally suited to water work. For exam-ple, Newfoundlands are consid-ered natural water rescue dogs

and were used to save people in coastline shipwrecks. Early in their breed history, “Nefies” also helped fishermen pull in their nets.

The Portuguese Water Dog once worked on fishing boats and performed jobs like herding fish into nets, retrieving equipment, and carrying items from boat-to-boat or boat-to-shore. Poodles are water dogs known for their ability to retrieve ducks for hunt-ers.

The Otterhound was bred to hunt otters. Their drive to hunt is so strong that some experts sug-gest they may be unsuitable as a

pet since, with no otters to hunt, they may choose to kill other prey.

You may not think of Bor-der Collies as waterdogs, but we’ve watched the ones trained to move Canada Geese from our parks working in-and-around the water and they do seem to en-joy swimming. Since this breed needs an exceptional amount of exercise, introducing water play at an early age and encouraging swimming can be a way to burn off that energy in hot weather.

Around WaterOur Westies have never been

swimmers, but they have all loved the beach and walking in tidal pools. A friend’s Grey-hound likes to stand in the water at their lake house. We watched dogs happily run to a boat, pad-dleboard, or kayak to spend time on the water with their people. If you walk in parks with ponds, la-goons, or river banks, you’ll see many dogs explore the shore or wade in for a cooling dip.

Water WarningsKnowing your dog, its capa-

bilities, as well as your own, has One of the delights of a beachside vista is watching retrievers nag their humans for one more round of fetch.

to be the first rule of allowing your canine companion around bodies of water. Is the dog a strong swimmer? Will the dog respond to voice control if re-called? Could you rescue a dog that needs help in the water?

We’ve used life jackets for our dogs on boats, piers, docks, or paths like the Boston Harbor walk where there is no easy ac-cess point for a dog to return to shore or it would be difficult to pull a dog out of the water with-out the handle on the life jacket.

Places like the Charles River can pose toxic dangers for dogs. Once again this summer, the Charles River Watershed Associ-ation has had red flag warnings up on parts of the river due to the presence of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae). They explain, “Public health officials recom-

mend that people and pets avoid contact in areas of algae concen-tration and rinse thoroughly in the event of contact.”

Carrying fresh clean water to offer your dog can help prevent him from drinking from ponds and streams. Drinking salt water or even just licking fur or paws encrusted with salty residue can also make a dog sick.

With a bit of thought and preparation, you and your dog can enjoy the cooling effects of water this summer. Swimming, boating, or just walking along the shore can be a fun way to spend time with your favorite pup!

Do you have a question or topic for City Paws? Send an email to [email protected] with your request.


WARREN PARK COMMUNITY GARDEN A SOURCE OF PRIDEWarren Park transformation

is becoming the pride of Ward 6. Young people are taking an interest inside the park, since new basketball courts have been installed, updated playground apparatus for children to play on, and a community garden for neighbors to grow fresh produce.

Garden Organizer Bryan McAskill explained, “This gar-den is very important for the neighborhood. Many people have home gardens and they wanted to be more involved in the community; this garden brings people together as well as helping each other. The garden is here to teach young children how to grow different type of vege-tables and herbs by having their own personal vegetable bed”.

Through the efforts of Antonio Guitierez, who was instrumental in bringing the Shannon Collabo-rative Grant into Lynn years ago to help the youth, is an outgoing individual that has a concern to help and motivate young peo-ple. After the Shannon Grant was established, the Lynn Youth Street Outreach Advocacy (LY-SOA) was launched with a com-bined association with Catholic Charities, Family & Children, Lynn DPW, and the Lynn Police Department to put the youth to work every summer. LYSOA Ad-visor Guitierez along with Bryan McAskill and the Shannon Grant supervisor, Raashley Vargas, are helping the youth each day to learn new skills.

Warren Park initial goal is to have more foot traffic which will deter any unnecessary problems as children and adults visit the park. The Warren Street com-munity became excited to have these improvements, to have a clean space, and to have 20 vege-table beds constructed with more to be built as interest continues to grow. The banner displaying the garden was donated by Obed Matul of Full Color in Lynn.

Proud of the progress and care at Warren Park – Bryan McAskill, Ward 6 Councilor Fred Hogan, and LYSOA Advisor Antonio Guitierez.

Gathering excess weeds from a vegetable bed – Elijah Petit-Frer and Yoel Sosa.

Clearing weeds inside a Garden bed – Nevaeh Pizarro, Mekkalilad Choorb, and Seleatha Anderson.

Picking up debris from Garden area – Fred Gallo, Milton Santiago, and Ellijah Marte.

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STATE REP. RACES TO FEATURE DEBATE

CHELSEA - A virtual debate has been agreed to by all four candidates in the two Chelsea state representative races, with GreenRoots conducting the de-bate with a host of collaborators on Aug. 13 at 6 p.m. online.

The forum will featured State Rep. Dan Ryan and Candidate (and City Councillor) Damali Vidot for the district represent-ing Charlestown and Chelsea. It will also feature State Rep. Can-didate Joe Gravellese and State Rep. Candidate (and Revere city councillor) Jessica Giannino for the district representing Pratt-ville, Revere and part of Saugus.

“While this election season feels very different given the COVID-19 precautions, we feel it is an important opportunity to discuss issues of concern facing Chelsea with the candidates who are running for the two State Representative seats in Chelsea,” said GreenRoots Director Rose-ann Bongiovanni. “All of the candidates have committed to participate and we have a num-ber of co-sponsors. I believe the forum will be informative and engaging and will touch upon real issues impacting Chelsea

residents’ lives.”Some of the co-sponsors in-

clude the Chelsea Record, TND, Chelsea Collaborative and oth-ers.

Giannino said she is looking forward to participating in the GreenRoots forum.

“I’m very much looking for-ward to next week’s GreenRoots forum,” said Giannino. “Repre-senting my community on en-vironmental injustices is one of the reasons I became involved in politics in the first place. From introducing the motion to ban single-use plastic bags in Re-vere to being a founding mem-ber of the Alliance for Health and Environment to being ex-tremely vocal about the lack of accountability from the region’s biggest polluter, Wheelabrator -- my constituents know that I am headstrong and will continue to work diligently to improve their overall quality of life.”

Candidate Gravellese said he was thankful he could bring his message directly to the voters of Chelsea.

“I’m looking forward to the opportunity to participate,” he said. “I’m thankful GreenRoots is working to ensure the public has an opportunity to hear di-rectly from the candidates before

they vote on September 1.”State Rep. Dan Ryan said he

looks forward to talking about his environmental record at the Forum next week.

“I look forward to discussing my record as an Environmen-tal Champion and my accom-plishments as a forward think-ing legislator,” he said. “I thank GreenRoots for this opportunity to discuss our shared vision for cleaner, healthier future.”

Vidot said she’s ready to con-nect with voters and do some truth telling.

“I am excited at the opportu-nity to connect with voters and do some truth telling at the up-coming candidate forum on Au-gust 13th,” she said. “We are at a point in the world right now where our future is uncertain. We simply don’t have time to waste…I encourage all those who live within the district to attend virtually and hear my ideas for the Second Suffolk District. I’d like to thank Green-Roots, the Neighborhood Devel-opers, The Chelsea Collaborative and all co-sponsors for working together to provide this import-ant virtual engagement for the residents of our district.”

WAITING FOR WORD FROM MIAA

CHELSEA - Chelsea High School Director of Athletics Amanda Alpert is awaiting word from the Massachusetts Inter-scholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) about the fall sports sea-son in respect to the coronavirus.

“We have not been given any word from the MIAA what we’re doing with fall sports,” said Alp-ert.

The 2020-21 sports year is going to be a transitional one for the entire CHS sports program. Chelsea has exited the Com-monwealth Athletic Conference (CAC) and would be an “inde-pendent” this year with no league affiliation. Chelsea will join the Greater Boston League in the fall of 2021 in all sports except football where the Red Devils will maintain their independent status.

“This year’s schedules will consist of games against CAC schools, GBL schools, and Bos-ton City League schools,” said Alpert.

Chelsea High is slated to field varsity teams this fall in football, boys and girls soccer, girls vol-leyball, and boys and girls cross country.

CHS athletes on to college sportsTrack star Stephanie Simon

is headed to Youngstown State University in Ohio. Simon had a record-breaking, four-year career that included state and national championships. She received a Division 1 college scholarship.

Soccer standout Alejandra Ponce Lopez will be continuing her soccer career at UMass-Dart-mouth. Ponce Lopez was the Class of 2020 salutatorian and aspires to be a physician.

Women’s pro footballleague season is canceledOn a personal note, Aman-

da Alpert saw her Boston Ren-egades women’s professional football league (WFA) season canceled for 2020.

Alpert was set to return to the team this season and be a start-ing player. Alpert has enjoyed a very successful pro football ca-reer, leading her teams to several league championships.

“The 2020 season was can-celed and we’re hoping that things will be good enough to play in 2021,” said Alpert. “The hope is that we start playing games next April.”

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MAIL-IN BALLOTS ON THE WAY

EAST BOSTON - Despite President Donald Trump voting by mail during elections in 2017, 2018 and 2020, POTUS has spent the past week threatening to sue states that will allow mail-in voting for this upcoming Pres-idential Election--falsely claim-ing it will lead to widespread election fraud.

While Trump has even sug-gested the November election should be postponed, Boston is going forward with sending resi-dents ‘vote by mail’ applications.

At a press conference last week, Mayor Martin Walsh said that registered voters in East Boston and the rest of the city should expect to get a mail-in ballot application in the mail this week, if they haven’t received one already.

“This year, everyone can vote by a mail-in ballot,” said Walsh. “In the past, Massachusetts resi-dents had to show that they had a disability, that their religion pre-vented them from voting in-per-son, or that they would be out of town on election day. This year, Massachusetts passed legislation that waives these requirements, and anyone who requests a mail-in ballot will get one. This will help make sure everyone can ex-ercise their right to vote during COVID-19.”

The Mayor said that it’s im-portant for residents to note that they are getting an application in the mail, and they must fill it out and send it back to the Elections Department to get a mail-in bal-lot. As of last week the City had received 4,000 applications for mail-in ballots.

“Voters can choose which election they’d like a ballot for — the Primary Election on Sep-tember 1st; the General Election on November 7th; or both,” said Walsh. “Independent voters who want to vote in the primary must check a party box. They should then sign the form, and drop it in the mail. No postage is needed.”

Applications to request a mail-in ballot must be received by Wednesday, August 26 for the State Primaries, and October 28 for the General Election.

“Voters who would rather go to their polling place in-person can still do so,” said Walsh. “The City of Boston Elections Depart-ment is adding COVID-19 pro-tocols on social distancing, sani-tizing procedures, and the proper use of PPE in their training for poll workers.”

In addition, the City will hold

Early Voting again this year. Ear-ly voting for the Primaries will happen August 22nd through August 28th; and for the General Election, it will run October 17th through October 30th.

To learn more about mail-in ballots and the upcoming elec-tions, visit Boston.gov/elections.

COVID VIRUS STILL VERY DANGEROUS

EAST BOSTON - Dr. Jim Pedulla, Medical Director, Neighborhood PACE of East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC), said although the incidents of coronavirus has lessened since April and May in Massachusetts, it is still very present in the state, with hun-dreds of new cases every day.

“It is thus very important that we continue to take every precaution to protect ourselves and others from the spread of this very contagious virus,” said Pedulla.

Dr. Pedulla said this is espe-cially important for older adults, especially those older than 65, who are at a much higher risk for becoming very sick or dying from infection. Other persons at high risk include--but are not excluded to--people with mul-tiple chronic conditions such as cancer, chronic kidney disease, COPD (chronic obstructive pul-monary disease), transplant re-cipients, obesity, heart disease, or diabetes.

In response to keeping the high risk population safe, EB-NHC has launched a campaign aimed at paying particular atten-tion to the needs of the high risk community living here. While the COVID 19 pandemic has been particularly devastating for those at high risk for serious illness, the Health Center has adopted throughout the pandem-ic to help residents stay safe at home, stay safe while out in the community, and stay safe and feel comfortable in accessing the EBNHC’s services.

According to EBNHC Direc-tor of Strategy, Hollis Graham, RN, BSN about one quarter of all Health Center patients fall into the ‘high risk’ category.

“A large percentage of the health center’s patients fall into the COVID-19 high-risk cate-gory,” said Graham. “We want to make sure we are doing more than meeting their health care needs. We want to make it easier for our community to access the tools needed to keep themselves safe.”

Graham said that after months of isolation it has become appar-ent that it may be more risky for patients with chronic conditions to not maintain routine check ups. Graham said first and fore-most EBNHC’s high risk pa-tients should not delay care for chronic issues. She said EBNHC is taking great precautions and extra safety measures to meet the needs of high-risk patients who need to access care onsite.

“An impressive number of medical visits can be handled virtually, either telephonically or by using a video app,” said Graham. “But for visits that do require in-person care, the health center has made safety its num-ber one priority. In addition to routine cleaning and disinfection of facilities, all staff members, patients, and visitors are effi-ciently screened for symptoms before entering EBNHC sites and are reminded to always wear a mask. The health center has also reconfigured patient flow, from the number of people al-lowed in an elevator at one time to the speed at which patients are escorted to exam rooms af-ter check in. The focus is on so-cial distancing and making sure patients feel safe. EBNHC asks patients to come alone to ap-pointments if possible to reduce crowding and contact but urges patients to seek care when need-ed.”

One EBNHC patient said, “I thought I was going to have to go without care for months, but I am still getting the care I need and the same quality of it, so I am really happy about that.”

Graham said the health center has a long reputation for caring for special populations. From its grassroots beginnings 50 years ago, the health center’s mission has been to invest in community wellbeing.

“During this pandemic, the safest place for everyone, espe-cially those among the high-risk, vulnerable population, is to stay at home,” she said. “To facili-tate staying at home, EBNHC rolled out virtual medical vis-its, increased meals-on-wheels deliveries for senior citizens, increased American Red Cross food access, and started a door-to-door mobile vaccine clinic for pediatric patients.”

As Massachusetts reopens Graham said EBNHC, in part-nership with community agen-cies such as Action for Boston Community Development, has launched awareness campaigns to help keep community mem-bers safe when they leave home.

“While it is still safer to stay home, these campaigns provide resources to high-risk commu-nity members to help keep them safe if and when they venture out, such as washable, reusable face masks and fact sheets to curb COVID-19 misinforma-tion,” said Graham. Some of these supplies are mailed direct-ly to high-risk patients and oth-ers are distributed directly within elderly housing complexes.”

Echoing Graham, Dr. Pedul-la added that high risk patients should always wear a mask (with multiple layers of fabric) in public; maintain a distance of at least 6 feet from others except those you live with regularly; wash hands regularly with soap and water or alcohol based hand sanitizer for at least 20 seconds; avoid any crowded locations un-

less absolutely essential, and if so, always maintain mask use, six foot distancing, and hand washing; and finally don’t go out to public places if you are sick.

“But, if you are having physi-cal symptoms, don’t delay seek-ing medical care out of concerns for the virus—every precaution has been taken to protect pa-tients, and it is important that symptoms are addressed prompt-ly,” said Dr. Pedulla.

If you or someone in your family would like to make an ap-pointment, schedule COVID-19 testing, or receive information on any EBNHC’s services includ-ing elder care programs, contact the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center at 617-569-5800 or visit www.ebnhc.org.

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