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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

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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

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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.

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.

By Sue Ellen Woodcock

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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Black Cyan Magenta Yellow

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.

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.

By Sue Ellen Woodcock

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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St. Mary’s 2021 Graduation on pages 6 and 7

Knights of Columbus Memorial Day Remembrance

Knights of Columbus and Fourth Degree members – (Front/L-R): Paul Feilteau, PGK Frank Harrington, James Smith, PGK Patrick Gecoya, PGK Larry Donahue, FN/PGK Charlie Rowe, Ray McNulty, George Burke; (Back): Mayoral Candidate Darren Cyr, PGK Chris Kennedy, PFN/PGK Mark Natti, DD/PGK Fausto Cabrera, and Chris Rowe.

The Fourth Degree Assembly and Knights of Columbus mem-bers from Valladolid Council 70 paid tribute to Veterans on Me-morial Day at Lynn Commons. A wreath was placed at the foot of the Veterans’ monument as well as several American flags were stationed around it. A Rosa-ry prayer service was conducted by US Army Veteran PGK Larry

Donahue. Taps was played at the conclusion of the ceremony by Janet Rowe.

This Memorial Day ceremony is especially important accord-ing the FD/PGK Charlie Rowe. He continued to explain, “Me-morial Day is a commemoration for fallen veterans, but many have a cookout to celebrate in a different way. I think the actual

meaning of Memorial Day is to recognize the Veterans who gave the ultimate sacrifice. We have 960 Veterans from Lynn, men and women, who lost their lives serving their country since the Revolutionary War.”

Twenty-five people partici-pated in this first Memorial Day service honoring Lynn’s fallen veterans.

Special to the Journal

Jean Charles Academy (JCA), an accessible, private school based in Lynn, will open for the 2021-2022 school year following recent approval from the Lynn School Committee. Founded by Nakia Navarro, JCA is designed to meet the needs of students of color by building a racially equi-table curriculum and school cul-

ture within an inclusive dual-lan-guage educational program. The school will begin enrolling up to 40 students in grades Pre K-7, and will ultimately grow to serve 125 students in Grades Pre K-12. The school will focus recruit-ment in the underserved commu-nities of Lynn, Chelsea, Revere, Everett, and East Boston.

The mission of Jean Charles Academy is to promote biliter-

acy, bilingualism, and bicultur-alism for students. The school will prioritize students of color by providing an interdisciplinary and dual language education that will prepare students for the 21st century through an emphasis on holistic learning and critical thinking skills.

Jean Charles Academy aims to

Jean Charles Academy, an accessible, dual- language private school, to open in Lynn

Please see ACADEMY Page 3

By Cary Shuman

Phil Castinetti’s Sportsworld, New England’s largest memo-rabilia shop, is seeking a new home.

Castinetti said that “circum-stances” have forced him to move and begin the search for another location. “Hopefully, we’ll still be in Saugus, though we’re not sure yet,” said Casti-netti. “We should know for cer-tain in a week or so.”

Sportsworld has been at its current location at 87 Broadway, Route 1 South, Saugus, for the past six years.

“It’s gone very well here,” said Castinetti, a resident of Lyn-nfield. “The business is booming but we have to look for another place.”

Castinetti’s shop is a treasure trove of Boston and national sports memorabilia. Castinetti is

Phil Castinetti’s Sportsworld memorabilia shop seeks a new home

Phil Castinetti, owner of Sportsworld, is pictured inside his legendary memorabilia shop in Saugus.

Please see SPORTSWORLD Page 9

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Guest Op-ed

Why I am running for mayorBy Darren Cyr

I have dedicated much of my adult life giving back to the City of Lynn which has been the home of my parents, my two sib-lings, my wife, my children and me. The Cyr family has lived and worked in Lynn businesses and have been in public service for more than 80 years. I truly love the city of my birth, the city where I married and chose to raise my own family and the city where I graduated from Lynn Tech, my wife Dale Dorgan Cyr graduated from Lynn Classical and both of my sons graduated from Lynn English.

As a life-long Lynner, I know the wants and needs of our res-idents – from our senior popu-lation residing at King’s Beach Towers and the Stadium Con-dominiums to our newest gen-eration of immigrants who have been opening exciting and di-verse businesses in our vibrant downtown. Having owned my own business and having served the past four years as City Coun-cil President, I can deal with the complexities of preparing a 4-million-dollar budget and managing all of our various de-partments with hundreds of em-ployees.

I know the paramount im-portance of public safety, fiscal conservatism and social justice as we move out of this devas-tating pandemic. As a proud graduate of Lynn Tech and a lead organizer for the construction of the new Thurgood Marshall Middle School, I am an ardent supporter of our public schools. I believe with all my heart that every child in this city deserves a quality, well-funded and fairly implemented education in mod-ern state-of-the-art school build-ings which will prepare them for college or the workforce. There can be no compromise on this commitment. Far too many of our existing schools were built more than a century ago. This is unacceptable.

I am proud of my legislative record which has consistently demonstrated forward thinking and well thought out solutions. I have worked as a city councilor for the better good of all of the

residents of Lynn for 17 years. My record is of positive accom-plishments that have had a real, meaningful impacts upon our citizens. My colleagues in gov-ernment have placed their trust in me by electing me as City Council President for the past two terms. As Mayor, I know that I will have a positive, pro-ductive relationship with both the City Council and the Lynn School Committee.

Ours is a city with many great, diverse and unique neighbor-hoods. My goal is to improve all of these neighborhoods and not just a select few. I want all of Lynn – each and every neighbor-hood from Veteran’s Village to Pine Hill, from the Highlands to the waterfront, from Strawber-ry Brook to Gowdy Park, from Goldfish Pond to the Gannon Golf Course, to be the best that it can possible be.

Having grown up in Lynn, I know that this city was a far dif-ferent place years ago than it is today. Lynn continues to evolve each and every day.

I, too, have grown and changed during Lynn’s ev-er-evolving times. I understand Lynn. I have worked tirelessly to bring people together. I rec-ognize that only by listening to each and every person, learning people’s thoughts and beliefs; and their hopes and worries, will make me an effective leader for all of Lynn. Everyone in this city, regardless of color, race, re-ligion, gender and creed, is wel-come at the table where I will sit at and listen. No decision will be made without input from all sides of an issue. I believe that working together and listening to all voices, will mean there is nothing we cannot do to improve this City for all of its residents.

As an elected official during tough budgetary times amidst a deadly pandemic, I have been re-quired to make tough decisions at City Hall. I have always tried to do what I believed is right.

I know how the City’s gov-ernment works. There will be no period of any required “on the job training” under my ad-ministration. I know how to use dialogue exchange, share new ideas/and collective thinking

to achieve meaningful change and results in our community. During my time as an elected official, I have successfully built coalitions.

At all times in both my public and private life, I have worked hard to set the right tone and ex-ample. As Mayor, I promise to work together with all Lynners to set the best public policies. I vow to be inclusive, not exclu-sive, available to all, and above all else - fair. I will continue to work to end terrible inequities, such as food insecurity, public health issues such as drug addic-tion and domestic violence and the crime that plagues some ar-eas of the city more than others.

I am proud to say that my per-sonal relationships have been based entirely on personal trust and respect earned after years of working together with residents, kids and our elderly population. These past and future personal relationships from all ages, races and ethnicities will be vital tool should I be elected to serve as your Mayor.

More than all of the above, I am a son of this City. Lynn has always been and will continue to be my life regardless of the outcome of this election. I take this our residents’ quality of ev-eryday life very seriously. It has been the sum and substance of much of my life and gives me di-rection as an elected official.

I am a man without affect. I am who I present myself to be. There are no bells and whistles worn by Darren Cyr. I drive a Ford-250 pick-up. I am fortu-nate enough to live modestly in a nice home on a quiet street in a great neighborhood. I believe that I can relate to most Lynners and they, in turn, can relate to me.

My own life is the hope and dream of many of the hard work-ing, decent, fair-minded and generous Lynn citizens that I have come to know so well and that I am lucky enough to call my friends.

I will work tirelessly for the economic development in the long-neglected core of the downtown and along the water-

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2021

Graduation Day is one of the few occasions that brings a smile to the faces of everyone in a community, regardless of whether they have a personal connection to a graduate. It is an occasion when all of us share in the joy -- and pride -- that graduation day marks in the lives of our young people. For older folks, graduation day recalls a time when we too, were young and our entire future lay in front of us.

Graduation day marks a bittersweet moment for parents, friends, family, and teachers, as well for the grads themselves. As befits every turning point in our lives, it is a time of mixed emotions of joy, sad-ness, and reflection. Although the graduates and those close to them are looking forward to the exciting future that lies before them, they also will be looking back on the passing of their carefree youth and the experiences that have shaped their lives to this point.

The young women and men who will be receiving their diplomas no longer are considered “youths” in the eyes of the world. They are full-fledged adults who have been deemed ready to assume all of the rights -- and responsibilities -- that adulthood implies.

The graduates, most of whom have turned 18, can vote, run for public office, enter into contracts, be tried fully as adults in the crim-inal justice system, and fight and die for their country.

For the parents of the grads, watching their “little boy or girl” pro-ceed to the podium to receive his or her diploma will be a poignant moment. No doubt every parent will be thinking of the sentiments expressed in the song, Sunrise, Sunset, from Fiddler On The Roof:

Is this the little girl I carried?Is this the little boy at play?

I don’t remember growing olderWhen - did - they?

When did she get to be a beauty?When did he grow to be so tall?

Wasn’t it yesterday when they - were - small?

Although economists these days tell us that the value of a high school diploma is not what it was a generation or more ago, the grad-uates should keep in mind, as they contemplate venturing out into an uncertain world, that their mere presence on the podium has proven that they have the ability and the determination to achieve whatever goals they may set for themselves.

We recently came across a news item that appeared in the Winthrop Sun on June 24, 1898. The article, which reprinted the Class Ode for the Winthrop High Class of 1898, is as timely today as it was 123 years ago, and sums up the feelings of all of us on Graduation Day.

The years pass by in swift arrayWe cannot check their onward flight;The moments that were ours today,Have passed forever from our sight.

Yet while the course of life moves byWe too, must never lag behind;

But work and strive as best we mayTo aid and benefit all mankind.

This we must do, or soon too lateWe think in sadness of our loss,

For “Each is Master of his Fate,”Though some must bear a heavy cross.

And when the race of life is run,

This life that holds so much for eachShall come the gentle words, “Well done!”

As we at last the goal have reached. (Op-Ed Pg. 3)

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Jean Charles Academy aims to reimagine education by:

Building schools that are de-signed to meet the needs of stu-dents of color;

Diversifying the teaching profession by hiring and re-taining teachers with diverse backgrounds, and ensuring that faculty are representative of the diversity of enrolled students; and

Equipping all teachers with strategies for building racially equitable classrooms and ensur-ing a curriculum that is inclusive and reflective of the student pop-ulations

Tuition for JCA is based on a shared economy structure, and based on fundraising, the school hopes to provide families with a $25 per week tuition schedule. However, accepted families will not be turned away if they are unable to cover the cost of the program.

The school is founded by Na-varro, who is also the CEO and Founder of Building Audacity, a local youth support organization, along with a founding board of an additional 13 members. All founding board members are cur-rent or former educators, with a combined average of 20 years of

teaching experience. In addition, 12 of the founding board mem-bers are people of color, half are bilingual, and a number have experience either in assisting the creation of a charter school or in operating a dual language pro-gram. Jean Charles Academy is named after Navarro’s parents, who were both born and raised in South Carolina during the Jim Crow era. Both attended segre-gated schools and believed that education was the way out of poverty.

“We believe it is important that students see themselves in the adults who are teaching them day-to-day and who are leaders of the school - whose diversity is representative of the diversity of enrolled students, including lan-guage diversity,” said Nakia Na-varro, Founder of Jean Charles Academy. “The JCA model will teach students key elements of social emotional learning, have college preparatory practices embedded throughout, and pro-vide hands-on opportunities for students via experiential, proj-ect-based learning that makes what they are learning, particu-larly complex math and science concepts, relevant to their lives.”

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Dual Language bilingual mod-el is based on research that has shown high rates of academic success in both English and the native language for English Lan-guage Learners. The goal is that Jean Charles Academy students will be able to listen, speak, read, and write in two languages (En-glish and Spanish), while also developing an appreciation for different cultures.

Jean Charles is committed to hiring teachers who will reflect the diversity of the students and families. In addition to faculty demographics, all curriculum standards and decisions will be created with inclusivity and com-munity at the forefront.

“I’m excited the City of Lynn is getting a new education option that prioritizes Black youth and offers a dual language program,” said Nicole McClain, President of the North Shore Juneteenth Association Inc.

The school recently acquired space at 498 Essex Street in Lynn. Application forms in En-glish and Spanish, as well as more information about the school’s mission, can be found on the school’s website: www.jeancharlesacademy.org.

front as well as in all the wards of the City. Each ward and neighborhood face its own issues and challenges and I will be the voice of each and every ward and neighborhood as we together emerge as a City from this dead-ly pandemic better and stronger than ever before.

My parents instilled in me the value of triumphing in life by always doing the right thing. I want our city to triumph. I want to lead this city to a better day for my children and my children’s’ children. As Mayor of our great

City, I will work for a brighter and better Lynn.

My candidacy and future ad-ministration will not be about me and what I, alone, think is best for the City of Lynn. I will lis-ten to each and every voice, and I promise to be your collective voice as Mayor.

Please join with me and others in my campaign to become the Mayor of Lynn.

Darren Cyr is running for mayor. He has served on the Lynn City Council for 17 years.

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The Baker-Polito Adminis-tration and MassDevelopment have announced up to $1 million in funding for the sixth round of the Collaborative Workspace Program, a MassDevelopment program that accelerates busi-ness formation, job creation, and entrepreneurial activity in com-munities by supporting infra-structure that fuels locally based innovation.

Eligible organizations may apply for seed grants of up to $15,000 to study the feasibili-ty of new collaborative work-spaces or fit-out grants of up to

$100,000 for new equipment or building improvements, includ-ing adjustments to help spaces adhere to the social distancing and health and safety standards outlined in the Commonwealth’s sector-specific COVID-19 Workplace Safety Standards.

“The COVID-19 pandem-ic has changed the outlook for what it means to be ‘at work’ for many people, with Massachu-setts’ vast network of coworking spaces offering another avenue for working, creating, and col-laborating,” said Housing and Economic Development Secre-tary Mike Kennealy, who serves as chair of MassDevelopment’s

Board of Directors. “Through MassDevelopment’s Collabo-rative Workspace Program, our administration is pleased to offer coworking spaces the resources they need to grow their member-ship, expand offerings, and make

adjustments to keep members safe.”

Since its pilot launch, and through the first five rounds of grants, the Collaborative Work-space Program has made 164 awards totaling $9,842,041 for

the planning, development, and build-out of collaborative work-spaces.

The full Request for Proposals is available at massdevelopment.com/cowork. Responses are due by 5 p.m. on July 2.

Grant for the future of work program now available

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GANNON GOLF COURSE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICEA cool cloudy morning, but

with a celebratory moment for family and friends for the 2021 Gannon Golf Club members who were absent for their final tee time. This is the fifteenth year for this memorial service organized by Solimine Funeral Home.

This is a tribute, according to Dave Solimine Sr., who said “It is not just a golf course to play, but it is a family of members and players. Everyone here at Gan-non has some form of connec-tion. When we lose a player, we all lose someone.”

The Solimine staff conducts this memorial service each year. Family members are invited and presented with a memorial plaque. Gannon management, Chris Carter and Steve Murphy, provide geraniums for each fam-ily.

Mayor McGee noted how he is honored to be at Gannon as he said, “We must remember what Memorial Day is all about; we recognize those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to protect this country. I would be remise not to

note how terrible last year was; how it impacted the golf course and all of us with so many lost in this community including veter-ans. Today, we all come together recognizing those who passed and how important to remember family members. This is the time for all of us to remember these thirteen golfers at Gannon who enjoyed the game and being here with you.”

Club Professional David Sib-ley commented, “This ceremony is one of the special events at the course that make us who we are.”

The 2021 thirteen Members absent for tee time were: Jack Cavanaugh, Richard Carlton, Teddy Carritte, Ernest Cote, George Dunn, Nancy Ghering-helli, Dr. Leo McDonald, Grace McHardy, Mark Melcher, Robert Melanson, Stephen C. Richard-son, Patrick J. Ryan, and John R. Zimmerman

Nancy McDonald-Gheringhelli Family – CJ Gheringhelli, Lou and JoAnn Ferruolo, Maureen Weeks, Mary Ann and James McDonald, Elizabeth and Patrick Weeks, and Jennifer Kasper.

Adam Carritte remembers his Dad, Teddy Carritte, along with Ward 1 Councilor Wayne Lozzi and State Rep. Daniel Cahill.

Family and Friends remember Lynn Firefighter John R. Zimmerman: David Rooney, Councilor-at-Large Buzzy Barton, Robert Mullins, and Wayne Berry.

Brian and Georgeann McDon-ald remember the late Dr. Leo McDonald.

Ladies Inner Club thinking of Nancy Gheringhelli – Tara Friedman, Gina Manning, Lorraine Gately, Kathy Jauron, Cathy Thibeault, Deb Henderson, Morgan McGarvey, Judy Johnson, Catherine Friedman and Harp-er McGarvey.

Local Officials – Mayoral Candidate and Lynn Council President Darren Cyr, Councilor-at-Large and Solimine Funeral Director Brian Field, Ward 5 Councilor Dianna Chatkoutis, and Lynn Mayor Thomas McGee.

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Family members of Shoe City Golfer Patrick J. Ryan: Michael White, Meredith Ryan, Dan Lowry, Mark and Linda Taylor, Linda and Tom Lowry, Whitney Taylor, and Alex Baer. Lynn English MCJR-ROTC Color Guard – Precious Akande, Javon Nor-

ris, Kai Larson, and Joshua Laliberte

Lynn English Chorus performs at Memorial Service – Choral Director Jorge Ibanez with his students – Emmah Faris-Howes, Emely Robes, and Radachel Kollie sang “America the Beautiful.”

Solimine Funeral Home holds Memorial Service at Gannon: Michael Phelps, Councilor-at-Large Buzzy Barton, David Solimine Sr. Teddy Paragios, Joel Solimine, Councilor-at-Large Brian Field, Ward 5 Councilor Dianna Chatkoutis, School Committee Lorraine Gately, and Gannon Chaplain Rev. James Riley

Councilor-at-Large and Funeral Director Brian Field, Bradley Ray, May-oral Candidate Jared Nicholson, and Emcee David Solimine Sr.

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CLASS OF 2021ST. MARY’S HIGH SCHOOL OF LYNN HOSTS FIRST-EVER OUTSIDE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

A St. Mary’s tradition of leaving a flower at the feet of the Blessed Mother Mary as the graduation ceremo-ny begins.

The 2021 Salutatory Speech was given by Emily Monteiro Santos.

The Class of 2021’s Valedictorian, Michelle Alison Callahan.

Graduate Makayla Mc Grath.Nicolette D’Itria is shown with Athletic Director of St. Mary’s of Lynn, Jeff Newhall.

The Class Officers for the Class of 2021, Secretary-Makayla McGrath, President Michelle Callahan, Vice Pres-ident Ava Benzan and Treasurer- Abigail O’Connor.

Nicolette Anne D’Itria a member of the National Honor Society is shown with her family, brother Anthony, parents Tami and Mike.

St. Mary’s High School held its graduation exercises May 27, at the school.Head of School Dr. John Dolan commended the 93 graduates of the St. Mary’s High School Class of

2021 during an impressive outdoor ceremony, recognizing the students for their excellence in academics, athletics, extracurricular activities, and community service.

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Kyle Lonigro, Dante D’Ambrosio and Lucas Fritz prepare for the 2021 graduation ceremony at St. Mary’s of Lynn gymnasium.

Dr. John F Dolan, Head of School welcomes the Class of 2021 and the guests to the Commencement Ceremonies of St. Mary’s High School of Lynn.

Getting ready to go, graduates Analiese Pulli, Catherine Nguyen and Kiara Wynder.

The Invocation was given by, Rev. Brian L Flynn.

CLASS OF 2021ST. MARY’S HIGH SCHOOL OF LYNN HOSTS FIRST-EVER OUTSIDE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

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By Cary Shuman

The St. Mary’s High School celebrated a successful season at its awards banquet Sunday at Spinelli’s, Lynnfield.

Head coach Mark Lee, an in-ductee in the Mass. State Hockey Coaches Hall of Fame, lauded the players for winning the Di-vision 1 Catholic Central League Cup amidst a challenging sea-son and “a grueling Division 1 schedule” played during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Colby Magliozzi (Team MVP), Kyle LoNigro (Patrick Reddy Award For Leadership and Team Spirit) Max Giardina (Martha Ferrari Unsung Hero Award) were the recipients of the major individual awards.

Junior varsity players Antho-ny Palmer, Jack Glowacz, and Patrick Babineau were the recip-ients of the JV Coaches Awards.

BANQUET NOTEBOOKInterestingly, JV coach Bren-

dan Mageary, a former St. Mary’s standout, hinted to the Lynn Journal that he may be relocating after receiving his college degree from Salem State University. Those of us who had the honor

St. Mary’s hockey team honored at awards banquet

Kirsten Ferrari presents the Mar-tha Ferrari Award to senior Max Giardina.

The new captains of the 2021-22 St. Mary’s High School hockey team, Seamus Foley and Jake Desmarais, are pictured after Coach Mark Lee made the an-nouncement at the banquet.

Michael Reddy presents the Patrick Reddy Award to senior Kyle LoNigro.

St. Mary’s head coach Mark Lee presents the Team MVP trophy to senior Colby Magliozzi.

St. Mary’s graduating seniors Max Giardina, Dante D’Ambrosio, Terrance Moyhihan, Christian Moran, Kyle LoNigro, and Colby Magliozzi are pictured after receiving their Senior Awards at the banquet.

St. Mary’s High School boys varsity head coach Mark Lee (center) and assistant coaches (from left) Jason Bullock, Brendan Mageary, Jerry Markham, Devin Anno, Doug Surette, and Matt Smith are pictured at the awards banquet.

Junior varsity coach Jerry Markham, with JV Coaches Award recipients Anthony Palmer, Jack Glowacz, and Patrick Babineau.

The St. Mary’s High School varsity hockey players gather around the cake celebrating their 2020-21 Division 1 Catholic Central League Cup championship at the awards banquet Sunday night at Spinelli’s in Lynnfield.

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BOSTON GLORY TO HAVE FULL CAPACITY AT HOME GAMES

In accordance with state and local guidelines, Boston Glory will have full capacity at Hor-mel Stadium. Boston Glory is a professional ultimate team and member of the 22-team AUDL (American Ultimate Disc League). Featuring men’s play-ers from across New England, the team is poised to begin its inaugural season.

“This is what it is all about,” team owner Peter Collery said. “Going through this past winter and spring without the guaran-tee of fans in the building was tough, we’re so excited to be able to shar our product. We’re going to create a really fun en-vironment for fans of all ages. With an incredible product on the field, we’re excited to get the stands packed. Even if you’re not too familiar with ultimate, we’re confident you’ll fall in love after a couple hours at Hormel.”

The AUDL has been gaining popularity across the country since 2012. Boston Glory’s sea-son will begin in Pittsburgh on June 5. Glory will make their home debut at Hormel Stadium in Medford on June 11 against Atlanta. Tickets are available now on the team website at https://theaudl.com/glory.

NATIONAL GUARD RETURNS FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. MISSION

This week, 400 soldiers and airmen of the Massachusetts Na-tional Guard returned home from a 10-week public safety support mission in Washington, D.C. The deployment fell under Governor Charlie Baker’s Jan. 25 activa-tion order, which made up to 700 Massachusetts National Guard personnel available to augment the security and logistics capa-bilities of various agencies in the region. With the Governor’s con-sent, these service women and men undertook this second phase of the federally funded mission.

On Friday, May 14, Governor Baker had the chance to meet, address, and thank members of the Guard for their continued service while he was in Washing-ton D.C. for a series of meetings with federal authorities.

Although the Massachusetts National Guard remains ready to assist when called, there are no current plans to deploy fur-ther personnel to support public safety in Washington, D.C., and all Guard personnel associated with this mission have returned to their home stations.

VETERANS LOST TO SERVICE-RELATED ILLNESS BILL RE-FILED

The Baker-Polito Adminis-tration has re-filed legislation to establish the Massachusetts Medal of Fidelity, which will be presented by the Massachusetts National Guard to the families of veterans who lost their lives to service-related illnesses and injuries.

“The Medal of Fidelity is an important opportunity to honor the brave men and women and their families who have served not just the Commonwealth, but the nation,” said Governor Char-lie Baker. “Service-related inju-ries and illnesses can persist long past service, and our administra-tion is proud to offer legislation that, if passed, will demonstrate our gratitude for the sacrifices of our veterans and their loved ones.”

The bill, entitled “An Act Rel-ative to Establishing the Massa-chusetts Medal of Fidelity,” will authorize the Commonwealth to award the Medal of Fidelity to the next-of-kin of Massachusetts service members who “died as the result of service-connected diseases, conditions or injuries that are related to either exposure to harmful toxins, herbicides, agents, and materials or ser-vice-related post-traumatic stress disorder.”

Complementing the Medal of Liberty, which is presented to the families of Massachusetts veterans who die of combat-re-lated physical injuries, the Medal of Fidelity will recognize ser-vice-connected injuries related to exposure to harmful substances, such as Agent Orange, as well as death attributed to service-relat-ed mental illness.

“The brave men and women who serve in the military suf-fer visible and invisible trauma. Massachusetts is a leader in pro-viding benefits and services to veterans, and helping veterans

access mental health and other services,” said Secretary of Vet-erans’ Services Cheryl Lussier Poppe. “We can never express enough gratitude for those who have served, but we can take ev-ery opportunity to honor and pay our respects to those who give so much to us, and their families.”

The bill will also authorize a commission to make Medal of Fidelity award recommendations to the Governor. The commis-sion will be composed of The Adjutant General of the Massa-chusetts National Guard and two field grade officers of the armed forces of the Commonwealth.

GRANTS FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK PROGRAM AVAILABLE

The Baker-Polito Administra-tion and MassDevelopment have announced up to $1 million in funding for the sixth round of the Collaborative Workspace Program, a MassDevelopment program that accelerates business formation, job creation, and entrepreneurial activi-ty in communities by supporting in-frastructure that fuels locally based innovation.

Eligible organizations may apply for seed grants of up to $15,000 to study the feasibility of new collab-orative workspaces or fit-out grants of up to $100,000 for new equip-ment or building improvements, in-cluding adjustments to help spaces adhere to the social distancing and health and safety standards outlined in the Commonwealth’s sector-spe-cific COVID-19 Workplace Safety Standards.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the outlook for what it means to be ‘at work’ for many people, with Massachusetts’ vast network of coworking spaces of-fering another avenue for working, creating, and collaborating,” said Housing and Economic Develop-ment Secretary Mike Kennealy, who serves as chair of MassDevel-opment’s Board of Directors.

Since its pilot launch, and through the first five rounds of grants, the Collaborative Workspace Program has made 164 awards to-taling $9,842,041 for the planning, development, and build-out of col-laborative workspaces.

The full Request for Proposals is available at massdevelopment.com/cowork. Responses are due by 5 p.m. on July 2.

of sitting at the Coaches’ Table enjoyed Brendan Mageary’s tre-mendous insight about the sport of ice hockey in general and his incredible knowledge about the National Hockey League. For ex-ample, Brendan knew everything about the Seattle Kraken, an ex-pansion team that will begin play in the NHL next season. Brendan is the son of former Lynn Po-lice Michael Mageary and Lisa Mageary and the brother of Jen-nifer Mageary, an excellent ath-lete herself during her career at Lynn English High School.

Mark Lee thanked the St. Mary’s booster parents for their support all season and putting together an outstanding banquet that included gifts and plaques for all the players. The special celebratory cake was decorat-ed with the St. Mary’s logo and “CCL Champions.”

St. Mary’s Trustee Michael Reddy presented the Patrick Reddy Award, named in memory of his son, at the banquet. During his career at St. Mary’s, Pat-rick brought so much joy to his teammates and classmates with his great personality and out-standing leadership. St. Mary’s hockey fans will remember the incredible defensive play Patrick Reddy made in an MIAA playoff game and overtime classic ver-sus Gloucester before a capacity

crowd at the Chelmsford Forum. Patrick was a clutch player for Mark Lee’s Spartans throughout his exceptional career.

Kirsten Ferrari, who helped St. Mary’s win a girls’ basketball state championship in 2011, pre-sented the Martha Ferrari Award on behalf of the Ferrari Family. Kirsten also had an excellent basketball career at Wheaton College.

Assistant Coach Matt Smith delivered an inspiring speech in which he began by noting the legendary coaching career of Mark Lee.

“Mark Lee, head coach of St. Mary’s, has been doing this for 35 years,” said Smith. “Think about how many kids have come through this program and the success where he’s taken this program from Day 1 to where it is now. No one ever gives him the recognition that he deserves, that I believe he deserves, and the whole room thinks he de-serves. Let’s give Coach Lee a round of applause.”

JV Coaches Award recipient and goaltender Anthony Palm-er is the son of Anthony Palmer Sr., the only player to win the Item Football Player of the Year Award two years in a row. An-thony is the son of Aleksandra Servideo.

considered the king in an indus-try that is enjoying a resurgence.

“It’s crazy, it’s through the roof on cards,” he said. “I’ve never seen it hotter in the 35 years that I’ve been doing this.”

Who’s the most sought-af-ter athlete among collectors of sports memorabilia?

“Tom Brady, of course,” re-plied Castinetti instantly.

And who among rookies in

sports has emerged as a must-have autograph?

“[Patriots’ No. 1 draft pick] Mac Jones is already a hot com-modity,” said Castinetti. “He’s doing an autograph-signing and getting $150 an autograph.”

Sportsworld first opened in 1986 in Everett Square. It has had a few other locations before making Saugus its home in 2015.

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The sign says it all: Phil Castinetti’s Sportsworld will be moving to a new location by Oct. 1.

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FREIGHT-FORWARDING COMPANY LOOKING AT CHELSEA

CHELSEA - A Boston com-pany is currently in the City’s re-view pipeline for a proposal that would completely remake the Willow Street-Highland Street industrial area – building a brand new building that would house a 33-dock freight forwarding busi-ness consisting of three yet-un-named tenants.

Seyon Management, of New-bury Street, is proposing to de-molish the existing warehouse at 22 Willow Street, combine the lot with 250 Marginal Street (now a vacant parking lot) and construct a new 146,410 sq. ft. building with 33 loading docks for the purpose of airport-related freight forwarding.

Another 202-car employee parking lot would be located at the corner of Highland and Essex Street – a piece of property that is now derelict and vacant.

The project is known as Chel-sea Point consists of 8.61 acres of land in basically an entire block – excluding only the Carbone Metals operation. It is pegged as a $30 million buildout and could be started in February 2022 with a July 2023 occupancy.

Currently, the matter went before the Planning Board this Tuesday, and already has had a trip to the Zoning Board, where it will return once the Planning Board has completed its review.

Another vacant lot of land owned by Seyon, but not related to the project, is across the street at 212 Congress St. is likely to be used as a piece of mitigation. In the filing, Seyon indicated it had been working with GreenRoots to designate a use for the parcel, perhaps open space. However, Council President Roy Avellane-da said he has been in talks with them to gift the land to the City for the purpose of building af-fordable housing.

“I talked to the owner and

that building that’s there could not be saved,” said Avellaneda. “It’s functionally obsolete. It made more sense to start from scratch…It looks like we’ll have that land in our control and look-ing for an affordable housing overlap project.”

He said he is not against the freight forwarding use, but does not necessarily believe MassPort has treated the City fairly when Chelsea so often agrees to house such businesses that are critical to the airport’s industrial flight operations.

“The airport overlay district has been on my mind because I feel we’re always locating things in our community that support the airport and it’s an area that MassPort would like to keep close…It’s not the use that I’ve been against, but what I resent is we’re helping them and they don’t recognize that.”

Councillor Giovanni Recupe-ro, who represents the area and actually lives across the street from it on Essex Street, said he is in support because the developer listened to his input early on.

He said the original plan was to bring the trucks for the op-eration up onto Willow Street and other residential streets and he said that was a problem. The developer, he said, then agreed to purchase 250 Marginal Street and have the trucks enter and exit from Marginal – with all the loading docks also facing Mar-ginal Street.

“The guy listened to what I asked him to do and I think this is a good thing,” he said. “The problem I had is he was going to bring the truck to building on Willow Street. I wouldn’t go for that. I asked him to have the trucks somehow come in and out on Marginal Street, so he figured out a way. He bought the lot in front of him. It was a lot of mon-ey…That building is operating in that way now, and he wants to build something new and bring in some jobs too.”

City Manager Tom Ambrosi-no said they are not necessarily against the idea of freight for-warding, and support this project. However, he said they are skit-tish of the Amazon warehouses and other “last-mile” proposals that have hit the Produce Center area and caused significant Ama-zon van traffic in Chelsea.

“I think we’re skittish of Am-azon, but I’m not skittish of the industry here,” he said. “That’s an industry the City supports and we have a district by the airport for it. They’re knocking down a dilapidated building and will

substantially improve the site. We’re hoping they get some good entities to come in as ten-ants. The Amazons of the world don’t bring good-paying jobs and do bring enormous van traffic. We really are trying to discour-age that particular use, but the freight forwarding industry is one the City supports.”

The Chelsea Point project is likely to be on the June Zoning Board agenda.

EDWARDS, ACTIVISTS PUSH FOR SUBSTATION BALLOT MEASURE

EAST BOSTON - On June 1 Councilor Lydia Edwards held a hearing on a non-binding ballot measure regarding the proposed Eversource Substation in East Boston. The ballot measure was sponsored by 10 Eastie residents and calls for meaningful partici-pation from Boston residents in the approval of public utilities.

“I am supportive of the ten East Boston residents who peti-tioned the City of Boston to put equity on the ballot this Fall,” said Edwards. “Eversource failed to hold a public hearing in the community during the original review process for this project, which denied the East Boston community an opportu-nity to participate in the discus-sion of the need for this project. Any significant energy project such as this requires the full and informed input of the public, es-pecially in an already dispropor-tionately overburdened Environ-mental Justice community like East Boston.”

The ten Eastie residents have gathered the required signatures to place a question on the ballot in this fall’s municipal election and will ask voter’s citywide whether they support the com-munity’s efforts against the sub-station

According to state law, a non-binding public option ques-tion may be placed on the ballot for a regular municipal election by vote of the City Council with the approval of the mayor. The petition must include the signa-tures of at least ten registered voters of the City of Boston and deemed sufficient by the Board of Election Commissioners be-fore a hearing takes place.

Historically, a non-binding ballot question provides infor-mation to elected officials and the public of voter sentiment on a particular issue.

Despite widespread com-munity opposition as well as

opposition from over a dozen Massachusetts elected officials the state’s Energy Facilities Sit-ing Board (EFSB) unanimously approved Eversource’s highly controversial plan to build a new substation back in February.

The substation was originally approved to be sited at the City Yards back in 2017. The propos-al voted on by the EFSB was to allow Eversource to move the proposed substation to western edge of the City Yards and fur-ther away from American Legion Playground.

In a marathon meeting on Feb-ruary 25 that lasted several hours and included the adoption of sev-eral amendments to Eversource’s plan such as a safety plan, flood zone management and communi-ty mitigation the board eschewed Eastie’s already overburdened industrial infrastructure and rub-ber stamped the plan.

Despite state Energy and En-vironmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen Theoharides saying at Monday’s hearing that the substation would be placed in a “heavily, heavily industrialized area within an environmental justice community that has his-torically suffered disproportion-ate environmental harms and a heavy burden of infrastructure” she still voted in favor of Ever-source’s plans as an EFSB board member.

Acting Mayor Kim Janey re-cently joined the city’s Chief of Environment, Energy and Open Space Reverend Mariama White-Hammond and Green-Roots advocate Noemy Rodri-guez to urge Eversource to justify or cancel its proposed electrical substation in East Boston.

FIVE-ALARM BLAZE ON ENDICOTT AVE.

REVERE - Revere Fire Chief Christopher Bright and State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey said the cause of the May 20 fire at 141-143 Endicott Avenue, Re-vere, was the improper disposal of smoking materials.

RFD Investigator Capt. Mark Wolfgang and the Revere Police collaborated with the State Fire Marshal’s Office in the investi-gation.

The five-alarm fire severely damaged the original six-unit building and the neighboring one-family home at 149 Endicott Avenue. Four additional homes suffered damaged in the dense neighborhood. The estimated loss is over $2 million. There

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of 141-143 Endicott Avenue and there was evidence it was a fre-quent smoking area for residents.

Chief Bright said, “I am glad no residents or firefighters were hurt. But if this fire had hap-pened in the middle of the night, the outcome might have been very different.” He added, “I am grateful to the many neighboring fire departments that provided mutual aid. This fire is a terrible tragedy for the 16 people who are displaced, but hard work kept the fire from destroying more homes in this densely packed neighbor-hood.”

Revere Fire’s Engine 1 and Ladder 1 were the first on the scene at the fire in the Beach-mont neighborhood and found the rear of three-decker at 143 Endicott Ave. heavily involved with fire on all three floors of the rear porches and extending to two buildings on Bellingham Avenue.

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1 transmitted the working fire signal and within 30 seconds he ordered the second alarm trans-mitted. Deputy Fire Chief Tom Tedesco arrived shortly after, and upon seeing the heavy fire condi-tions, ordered the third alarm to bring additional help to the scene of the now raging-inferno.

Chief Bright ordered the fourth alarm to bring in addition-al companies to tap hydrants sev-eral blocks away to get adequate water supplies to fight the fire that had spread to five buildings. A fifth alarm was transmitted shortly thereafter.

“It was a tough fire,” said Chief Bright. “That’s a difficult area to get around but we’re used to it. It’s a very tight street. We were fortunate it was daytime because most people were either not home or they certainly were awake and alerted to the fire. We had reports of some of the resi-dents going to pull the fire alarm to alert the residents. It’s a tight-knit neighborhood, so that was not surprising.”

Bright said the mild weather conditions helped in the con-tainment of the blaze. “We were lucky that it was a mild day. We didn’t have any strong winds coming off the Atlantic Ocean. If we had and that fire had come in the middle of the night, it would have been a different fire. We could have had a conflagration up there. We’re very lucky that we eventually got ahead of fire and contained it and got an ad-equate supply of water and vol-ume pressure to the scene.”

Chief Bright said the depart-ment is working with MEMA and Mayor Brian Arrigo’s Office to assist the fire victims.

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Following a historic sea-son that saw hundreds of cold-stunned sea turtles wash ashore on Cape Cod, the New England Aquarium sent off 25 rehabilitat-ed turtles to be released back into the wild from the North Carolina coast.

The turtles spent the past four to six months at the Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital in Quin-cy. Volunteer pilots with the non-profit organization Turtles Fly Too met animal care staff members at the Marshfield Air-port to safely get the turtles on-board and en route to North Car-olina’s warmer waters off Fort Macon State Park. Three planes transported the rehabilitated tur-tles south, along with nine turtles from National Marine Life Cen-ter and Mystic Aquarium.

“It is so rewarding to see many of these turtles returning to their home,” said Adam Kennedy, se-nior biologist at the Aquarium. “While I would love to be there to set the turtles down on the beach myself, knowing that this honor

will go to others that have played such pivotal roles rescuing these animals over the years—espe-cially this year—makes it just as special.”

Aquarium biologists and vet-erinarians had treated the Kemp’s ridley turtles, an endangered spe-cies, for a variety of life-threat-ening medical conditions that resulted from weeks of hypo-thermia and the inability to feed during stranding season, which occurs when New England wa-ters quickly turn cold in the fall. The 2020 season, which began in October, required strict safety protocols and tight coordination with partner organizations amid the pandemic. The Aquarium

worked closely with Mass Audu-bon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, National Marine Life Center, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Fisheries Service, and Turtles Fly Too to save hundreds of turtles. Over the course of the season, the Aquarium admitted 569 sea turtles for rehabilitation. There are currently 15 turtles re-maining at the Quincy facility, which will be released off Cape Cod over the summer.

For more than 30 years, the New England Aquarium has helped rescue, rehabilitate, re-lease, and research endangered and threatened sea turtles. The Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital functions similarly to how a hu-man patient would be admitted to a hospital. When they first arrive, the turtles are assigned a federal number to track their medical plan, acting as an iden-tifier for prescriptions and other

specialized care. The turtles then receive a physical exam, replace-ment fluids, heart rate and respi-ration assessment, wound care as needed, and a trial swim. The tri-al swim helps biologists and vet-erinarians determine the turtle’s level of activity and alertness. Turtles also get X-rays to assess for fractured bones and lung condition, with many diagnosed with pneumonia.

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The turtles spent the past four to six months at the Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital in Quincy.