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VOL. 140, ISSUE 5ONE DOLLAR
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2017
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INSIDEIn Lynn
NSCC opens a Gateway. A3
In OpinionA question of
character in Revere. A4
In LOOK!Celebrate New Year’s Eve
at MarketStreet in Lynn� eld. A8
In SportsTech girls struggle in
season opener. B1
In Food’Tis the season of family
and traditions. B8
Santa’s spirit shines beyond the holidays
By Mike AlongiFOR THE ITEM
It’s a dif� cult enough task to go out and buy Christmas presents for three children as a single mother, let alone when you barely make enough money to get by. More money would be great, sure, but how can one get
more shifts to make more money when getting a babysitter is nearly im-possible to � nd?
One mother of three is in such a predicament this winter and is asking for help.
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Lynn gets help to hire more copsBy Thomas Grillo
ITEM STAFF
LYNN — The city’s police force will in-crease by nine of� cers thanks to a $1.1 million federal grant.
Last summer, as many city depart-ments struggled with tight budgets, Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy sought funding from the Justice De-partment’s Community Oriented Polic-ing Services (COPS) program. Lynn and Holyoke were the only Bay State com-munities to receive the award. Nation-wide, 179 cities and towns shared $98.4 million to hire 802 of� cers.
“This money will aid the city greatly in restoring our special units and task forces,” said Kennedy. “We should also be able to resume the much-loved sum-mer Student Police Academy once these of� cers have been sworn in.”
Under the terms of the grant, the city will be required to come up with $963,500 over the next three years in matching funds. In the fourth year, the city will be responsible for the full salary and bene-� ts for the of� cers.
Last year, then-Chief Kevin Copping-er disbanded several units, including the Warrant Task Force, the Traf� c Safety Unit, and the Community Liai-
son Team, to � ll a $4.2 million shortfall. In addition, instead of having a mix of one and two of� cers in cruisers, they now deploy six two-man cars.
Police Chief Michael Mageary said the grant couldn’t come at a better time. His department is operating with 164 of� cers, down from the peak of about 193 in 2010.
“It’s a drop in the bucket, but it’s a start,” he said. “We anticipate having as many as six of� cers retire, but this will help.”
The chief plans to select the nine of� cers
Swampscott Republican
seeking House seat
Lighting faith’s � ame in SwampscottBy Bella diGrazia
FOR THE ITEM
SWAMPSCOTT — The celebration of Ha-nukkah has of� cially begun and a local temple started it off with a brand new tradition of its own. For the � rst time, Congregation Shirat Hayam held a public lighting with their new menorah that sits right out front.
“The two major reasons for celebrating Ha-nukkah are the military victory of the Macca-bees and telling the story of the miracle of oil,” said Rabbi Michael Ragozin.
Early Tuesday evening, the � rst of� cial night of the holiday, students and staff of the tem-ple gathered outside together, thankful for the
By Gayla Cawley ITEM STAFF
Anthony Amore, a Swampscott resident, has announced his candidacy for state rep-resentative of the Eighth Essex District.
The Republican is vying to unseat State Rep. Lori Ehrlich (D-Marblehead), who has served in the position for almost a de-cade. The district is comprised of Marble-head, Swampscott and Lynn. The election is scheduled for next November.
Amore, 50, is well-known for his role as director of security and chief investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, where he is charged with the ongoing efforts to recover 13 works of art stolen from the museum in March 1990.
The theft, which remains unsolved, is the largest art heist in world history, with more than $500 million worth of paintings stolen.
“I feel very strongly that Gov. (Charlie) Baker is doing a good job and I feel that he is an ally on Beacon Hill and I want to be that ally for him,” Amore said.
“I believe now is the time to seek a seat in the General Court to help Gov. Baker with his agenda of � scal accountability and tax relief for working families. He’s done great work to bring accountability and � scal re-sponsibility to our state government and I want to support his efforts.”
Ehrlich, a Marblehead resident, was � rst elected to the state legislature during a 2008 special election. She has served � ve full terms and one partial term — 2018 will mark her 10th year representing the district. She is a certi� ed public accoun-tant, but gave up her accounting practice to serve in elected of� ce full-time.
“I am very proud of the work that I’ve done in my time as a full-time state rep-resentative and I look forward to run-ning a campaign based on that record,” Ehrlich said. “Elections are central to a healthy democracy. In the meantime, I’ll just continue to do my job, listen to my constituents and � ght for them on Bea-con Hill.”
Medford man jingled
his way into history
By Marianne SalzaFOR THE ITEM
MEDFORD — Over snow-covered ground, a spirited young man takes a girl on a horse-drawn sleigh ride for a night of joyful singing through the countryside in one of the most popular American Christmas car-ols, “Jingle Bells.”
Although the old New England tune has been a favorite among lis-teners since its premiere in 1857, no one is quite sure whether James Lord Pierpont (1822-1893) wrote
PHOTO | MARIANNE SALZA
Kyna Hamill, Boston University faculty member and Medford Historical Society and Museum reference volunteer, talks about Medford artist James Pierpont and his connection to “Jingle Bells.”
Lynn council plans a taxing discussion
By Thomas GrilloITEM STAFF
LYNN — The city’s tax rate will be set next week, capping a year of un-certainty over the ballooning budget de� cit.
But the state Department of Reve-nue won’t approve it until the $7 mil-lion budget is resolved.
Mayor-elect Thomas M. McGee said he is still reviewing how to � ll the gap. A number of options are under consideration, he said, but no deci-sion, including asking the state for help, has been made.
The city’s residential real estate values have reached the highest level in its history and so will the tax rate. Average single-family home values increased to $299,200, up more than 9 percent compared to a year ago, a sign the city has rebounded from the re-
gion’s real estate crash in 2012 when values sunk below $200,000.
A public hearing will be held next Tuesday in the City Council Cham-bers at 8 p.m.
Peter Caron, the city’s chief � nan-cial of� cer, has proposed a residential tax rate of $15.15 per $1,000, a nearly 6 percent hike compared to last year.
The average tax bill for a single family will be $4,533, a typical condo-minium bill will be $2,801, and a two- and three-family average bill will be $5,916.
Commercial, industrial and person-al property will be taxed at $29.45 per $1,000, a 2 percent drop.
The city raised $121.5 million last year in real estate taxes. For � scal year 2018, that number will rise to $126.2 million.
COPS, A6
JINGLE BELLS, A5 TAX RATE, A6
ITEM SANTA, A6
HANUKKAH, A5AMORE, A6
Rabbi Michael Ragoz-in lights the menorah for the � rst day of Hanukkah at Congre-gation Shirat Hayam on Tuesday.
ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE
By Philip MarceloASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON — Female kitchen workers at the McCormick & Schmick’s seafood restaurant in downtown Boston were subjected to constant groping and lewd com-ments from male supervi-sors and co-workers, and their complaints to the company were routinely ignored, five women said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
The lawsuit highlights the abuse and harassment women in low-wage hospi-tality positions routinely face, even as allegations of sexual misconduct roil white-collar industries like film, media and politics,
said Sophia Hall, an attor-ney for the Lawyers’ Com-mittee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, which represents the women.
“These are positions that society often overlooks,” she said. “These women are particularly vulnera-ble, with limited English and no access to an effec-tive reporting procedure. They suffered daily and in humiliating ways.”
Fabiana Santos, who worked as a prep cook at the restaurant, detailed the lewd comments and unwanted touching she endured from a male dish-washer at a news confer-ence Tuesday.
“The disgusting things
that happened to me made me feel dirty,” she said in Portuguese, speaking through a translator. “And when I got home, I didn’t even want my kids to touch me.”
Marta Romero said a sous chef frequently groped and harassed her when she worked there as a dishwasher. She said she felt powerless to do any-thing about it because the chef was her supervisor.
“I want other women to know that whatever type of work they do or who they are, they’re not pow-erless,” she said in Span-ish through an interpret-er. “They are powerful and have legal rights.”
The Associated Press does not typically identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they speak publicly, which all five women have done.
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PEABODY — John S. O’Callaghan, 89, of Peabody, former-ly of Lynn, beloved husband of the late Gertrude M. (Ahern) O’Callaghan died Dec. 10, 2017, at home surrounded by his family. Born in Lynn he was the son of the late Daniel J. and Nora (Hogan) O’Callaghan. He was raised and educated in Lynn a graduate of the Lynn Classi-cal High School. John sold life insurance in the Lynn area for the John Hancock Life Insur-ance Company from 1951 to 1991. He was a past member of the Gannon Shoe City Golf League and Associate Mem-ber of Franco American AM-VETS Post 161. Jack worked for many funeral homes on the North Shore including the Rhodes Funeral Home and the Nadworny Funeral Home for over 50 years.
John is survived by his chil-dren John J. O’Callaghan and
his wife Mary of Ayer, James D. O’Callaghan of Newport News, Va., Daniel F. O’ Callaghan and his wife Nesha of Pepperell, and El-len O’Callaghan of Peabody, his grand-children Ryan, Britan-ny, Alyssa, Eric and
great-grandchildren Malory, Will, Lorelei, Charlotte, and cousins George and Violet Essery of Lynn. He was pre-deceased by his brother Staff Sargent Daniel F. O’Callaghan.
Service information: Rel-atives and friends are in-vited to attend his funeral from the NADWORNY Fu-neral Home 798 Western Ave., Lynn, Friday Dec. 15, at 8:30 a.m. followed by his Mass of Christian burial in St. Ann’s Church Peabody at 10 a.m. Interment in St. Joseph’s Cemetery Lynn. Vis-iting hours Thursday from 4-8 p.m. For guest book and directions www.nadwornyfu-neralhome.com.
John S. O’Callaghan, 89
GEORGETOWN — Deborah L. (Sentner) Cuneo, age 50, of Georgetown, for-merly of Salem and Swampscott, died on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, at the Ka-plan Family Hospice House, surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of Andrew Cuneo, with whom she shared seven years of marriage.
Born and raised in Swamp-scott, she was the daughter of Thomas and Holly (Phillips) Sentner, of Salem. She was a graduate of Swampscott High School and had also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. She had lived in Sa-lem and North Reading prior to moving to Georgetown in 2011.
Deborah had worked as a registered nurse at Salem Hospital for the past 19 years. Deborah was a generous and giving person who had a pas-sion for traveling and spending
time at the beach.In addition to her
husband and par-ents, she is survived by her brother Peter Sentner, of N.C., two Aunts Gail Phillips, of Northampton, Beth Rodman, of Berkeley, Calif., an Uncle David
Phillips, of Salem, and seven nieces.
Service information: A fu-neral service will be held on Friday at 10 a.m. in the Uni-tarian Universalist Church 101 Forest Ave., Swamp-scott. Burial will follow in Swampscott Cemetery. Rel-atives and friends are re-spectfully invited to attend. Donations in her memory may be made to the Kaplan Family Hospice House 78 Liberty Street Danvers, MA 01923. Arrangements are under the direction of the SOLIMINE Funeral Home 426 Broadway (Route 129), Lynn. Directions and guest-book at www.solimine.com.
Deborah L. Cuneo, 50
RUMFORD, Maine — For-merly of Saugus, Mr. Robert “Bob” Sacco, age 73, died on Wednesday, Dec. 6 at his residence in Rumford, Maine. He was the husband of Leslie (MacPhee) Sacco with whom he shared 51 years of mar-riage.
Born in Boston, he was the son of the late Generoso and Elaine (Palumbo) Sacco. Bob worked as a union carpenter for Local 218 in the Boston area for over 35 years until retirement.
In addition to his wife, Bob leaves three sons, Robert “Skip” Sacco of Saugus, Ste-ven Sacco and his wife Marie of Salem, N.H., Gary Sacco
and his wife Gina of No. Read-ing; six grandchildren, Andrew, Krista, Anthony, Valerie, Julia and Alex; two sisters, Annette McMorrow and her husband Patrick of Belchertown, Lor-raine Moore and her husband Edward of Saugus; one brother, Thomas Sacco and his wife Al-bina of Plymouth. He was pre-deceased by his brother Gene.
Service information: Rel-atives and friends are invit-ed to attend visiting hours in the BISBEE-PORCELLA Funeral Home, 549 Lincoln Ave., Saugus on Friday 4-7 p.m. followed by a funeral service at 7 p.m. For direc-tions and condolences www.BisbeePorcella.com.
Robert Sacco, 73
SAUGUS — Mrs. Gertrude “Ruth” (Thistle) Parker, age 88, died on Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Rosewood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Pea-body. She was the loving wife of 67 years of George Parker.
Born in Chelsea and raised in Lynn, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Anna (Legrow) Thistle. Mrs. Parker was a graduate of Lynn En-glish class of 1947 and resid-ed in Saugus for the past 67 years.
In addition to her husband, Ruth leaves her two beloved
children, Greg Parker and his wife Sue of Westwood, Gayle Parker of Saugus; three cher-ished grandchildren, Justin, Kayla and Ashley. She was predeceased by her brother Albert Thistle.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Ruth’s memory may be made to the Northeast Ani-mal Shelter, www.northeast-animalshelter.org/donations/memorialtribute-donation.
Service information: At Ruth’s request, services were private. For condolenc-es www.BisbeePorcella.com.
Gertrude Parker, 88
LYNN — Timothy Barry O’Donnell, age 54, of Lynn, died on Saturday, Dec.9, 2017, at his home after suffering a heart attack.
A lifelong resident of Lynn, he was the son of Robert A. O’Donnell, of Lynn and Rita (LeBrasseur) Bukur, of Arizo-na. He attended Lynn Schools and was a graduate of Lynn Vocational and Technical Insti-tute, Class of 1981. He con-tinued his education through enrollment in many of the educational opportunities of-fered by Local 12.
For over 30 years Tim had worked as a Union Plumber out of Local 12, Boston. He enjoyed traveling to Las Ve-gas, and was a member of the Franco Amvets, AOH Divi-sion 10, Lynn, and the Saugus Yacht Club.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother Robert O’Donnell and his wife Kathy,
of Lynn, two sisters; Robin Markle and her husband Ray, and Tammy Folan and her husband Larry, all of Colorado, a son Michael Delauri and his wife Kim, of Bev-erly, his nieces and nephews; Katie Boyd,
her husband Darius and their son, Bentley, Erin O’Donnell, Kiley Markle, Shannon Folan, Robert O’Donnell, and Mason Markle, as well as many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Service information: Vis-iting hours will be held on Friday from 4-8 p.m. in the SOLIMINE Funeral Home 426 Broadway (Route 129), Lynn, with a funeral service at 7:30 p.m. Relatives and friends are respectfully invit-ed to attend. In lieu of flow-ers please make donations in his memory to the Item Santa PO Box 951 Lynn, MA 01903. Directions and guestbook at www.solimine.com.
Timothy B. O’Donnell, 54
PEABODY — Lu-cille (Steele) Keeler, age 86, of Peabody, formerly of Saugus, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, in a local nursing home. She was the wife of the late Raymond Keeler. Born and raised in Lynn, she was the daughter of the late Alfred N. and Helen M. (Kelley) Steele. She was a graduate of Lynn English High School, class of 1948, and the Cincinnati Bible College and Seminary, class of 1954. She had lived in Saugus for many years before moving to Peabody.
Lucille worked in the bank-ing industry for many years, first at State Street Bank of Boston from 1954-1960, then at Essex Bank and Trust for 42 years. She retired from Fleet Bank in 1993. She was an avid reader.
Lucille is survived by many nieces and nephews including Gail Bedard, Sandra Steele Haines and Roberta Steele-Mar-ietta, great-nieces, great-nephews and cousins. She was the sister of the late
Kenneth, Robert and Donna Steele and aunt of the late Thomas Steele.
Service information: Her visiting hours will be held on Friday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the SOLIMINE Funeral Home, 426 Broadway (Route 129), Lynn, followed by burial in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn. Relatives and friends are re-spectfully invited. Those who prefer may make donations to the Northeast Animal Shel-ter, 347 Highland Ave, Salem, MA 01970. Directions and guestbook at www.solimine.com.
Lucille Keeler, 86
LYNN — Patricia Koval, “Patty”, age 66, formerly of Lynn, passed away after a lengthy ill-ness on Nov. 16, 2017. Born in Atlanta, Ga.; she was the daughter of the late An-drew and Pauline (Palscheke) Koval. Patty was raised in Yon-kers, N.Y., where she worked as a waitress. She has resided in Lynn for over twenty years. Patty was a talented artist and she enjoyed listening to music and watching DVD’s. “Thank you to all at Hunt Nursing Cen-ter for their wonderful care.”
She is survived by her friend Robin DeStefano of Nahant, her aunt Trudy Ferranto and
Cousin Ingrid Fer-ranto both of New Jersey, and her kitty Shelly. She was predeceased by her cousin and dear friend, Rene Riambo.
Service infor-mation: A grave-
side service will be held at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Peabody on Thursday, Dec. 14 at 12:45 p.m. Me-morial gifts may be made to North Shore Animal Hospital, 1 Neptune Blvd, Lynn, MA 01902 or Greater Lynn Senior Services, Vince Lique Fund, 8 Silsbee St, Lynn, MA 01901. Arrange-ments by GOODRICH Funer-al Home.
Patricia Koval, 66
WEST BOYLSTON — Richard J. Burke, 85, of West Boylston passed away Mon-day, Dec. 11 in Saint Vincent Hospital.
He leaves his wife of 56 years, Ileien M. (Croteau) Burke; a son, Jeffrey and his wife, Patricia Burke of Staf-ford, Va.; a daughter, Linda Lonergan of Falmouth; two grandchildren, Hannah and Noah Lonergan; a brother, Arnold Burke of Michigan; a sister, Ellen Daley of Connecti-cut and nieces and nephews. Three siblings, Marilyn Trecar-tin, Robert Burke and Barbara Carpenter predeceased him. He was born in Lynn, son of Dennis and Gladys (Rankin) Burke and graduated from Lynn Classical High School and received his master’s degree in education from Fitchburg State College. Rich-ard was a Navy Veteran of the Korean War, following his discharge he enlisted in US Army and was honorable dis-charged in 1962.
Richard was a school teacher for 20 years at Newton High School. At the conclusion of that career he worked for several years at Au-tomated Assemblies in Clinton. In his re-tirement Richard en-
joyed working part-time at S & S Deli. Richard was a member and past Commander of the Harold N. Keith American Le-gion Post. His true interest was traveling the world with his wife from Australia to Europe and the Panama Canal and everywhere in between.
Service information: Visiting hours are Thursday, Dec. 14 from 9:30-10:30 a.m. in FAY BROTHERS Funeral Home, 1 West Boylston St. followed by a Mass at 11 a.m. in Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 111 Worcester Street. Burial will follow in Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton. In lieu of flowers, memorial dona-tions may be made to Veterans Inc. 69 Grove St., Worcester, 01605.
Richard J. Burke, 851932-2017
SWAMPSCOTT — Constance Marie Antoniello, 75 years old, passed on Dec. 9, 2017. She was a lifelong resident of Swampscott. Connie was the daughter of the late Mathew and Mary Antoniello of Swampscott.
She graduated from North Shore Community College in 1984. Connie was the moth-er of the late Debra Jean Antoniello, and is survived
by five grandchil-dren: Shane Matney, Stevanie Matney, Dakota D’Onofrio, Cynthia Dichirico and Charles Dichiri-co. She was the sis-ter of Carmela Gon-ke, Christina Tardiff, Anthony Antoniello,
Charles Antoniello, Mathew Antoniello and the late Victor Antoniello.
Service information: A me-morial service is planned for family and friends.
Connie M. Antoniello, 751942-2017
Gladys Fuentes, right, one of five female kitchen workers in Boston, speaks about her experiences Tues-day while detailing a sexual harass-ment lawsuit the women are filing against McCormick & Schmick’s, a national restaurant chain featuring seafood and steaks in Boston.
PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS
McCormick & Schmick’s sued by women workers for lewd behavior
MASSACHUSETTS BRIEFS
US Sen. Elizabeth Warren gets second turn
as comic book hero
BOSTON (AP) — All comic book heroes need a sequel — even U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
The Massachusetts Democrat was the focus last year of a 22-page comic titled “Female Force: Elizabeth War-ren” which told the story of Warren’s rise from Oklahoma schoolgirl to U.S. senator and cham-pion of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party.
Now the publisher TidalWave Comics is bringing out a sequel — “Female Force: Elizabeth Warren #2” — which chronicles the early days of Warren’s U.S. 2012 Senate campaign and her rise to power.
Instead of Batman battling the Joker, read-ers can follow along as Warren battles Congress to ease the burden of crushing student loan debt.
Past subjects of the “Fe-male Force” series include Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Condoleezza Rice, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres and Nancy Pelosi.
Labor panel rules against Harvard in student
union dispute
CAMBRIDGE (AP) — A federal panel has ruled against Harvard Univer-sity in a dispute over a 2016 election to decide if graduate students would form a union.
The National Labor Re-lations Board on Tuesday denied Harvard’s appeal of an earlier decision that nullified the results of a 2016 election and called for a new vote.
Harvard officials did not immediately comment.
Results of the November 2016 election were voided by a regional labor panel that concluded Harvard published an incomplete list of students who were eligible to vote.
An initial count had found that students voted against unioniz-ing, but 300 ballots were challenged and weren’t counted.
The national board’s decision paves the way for a new vote.
The Harvard Graduate Students Union applaud-ed the decision and said members are focused on organizing students.
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LYNN — North Shore Community College (NSCC) is celebrating suc-cesses as it rounds off the year, including the Gate-way to College program’s � rst semester and an Eco-nomics and Finance Club win.
A free college-based, du-al-credit program, Gate-way is designed to provide a new pathway to a high school diploma and mean-ingful college credentials for those in need. Gateway to College is also a unique scholarship opportuni-ty that allows students a second chance to earn a high school diploma while earning college credits to-ward an associate degree or certi� cate at NSCC at no cost to the student.
First semester Gateway students included Lynn, Danvers, Salem and Re-vere residents, according to Gateway Director Nadi-ra McDonald.
“You can never predict how a cohort will come together, but these kids are highly motivated and they support and hold each other accountable. They have maintained a 90 percent attendance rate, where before they had failed classes because they didn’t attend. The av-erage GPA has been 2.8 versus 1.67 upon entry,”
said McDonald.NSCC will hold a Dec. 13
open house from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Lynn campus gymnasium to introduce the program to students who can bene� t, including 16- to 21-year-olds who have left high school, or are signi� cantly behind in credits and are unlikely to � nish high school on time.
Registration is already underway for the next Gateway session, which will begin Jan. 29.
In promoting the open house, NSCC President Patricia A. Gentile said: “We know from the re-gional statistics that there are many young people who would bene� t from this program. The success rates of those participating are very high. We look for-ward to welcoming more students into Gateway as well as adding more school districts to our participat-ing partners.”
Financial support for Gateway comes from the Barr Foundation Educa-tion program, which has the overarching goal of increasing the number of youth who connect to sec-ondary and post-second-ary success.
Find out more by attend-ing the Gateway to College Open House or by con-tacting Gateway Success Coach Keone Coleman at
781-593-6722, x6327 or [email protected].
The larger goal of NSCC’s Gateway program is to have the majority of those served continue their education beyond the program to complete an associate degree or certi� cate program at NSCC, transfer to a four-year college, or enter the workforce with a college credential.
Under Professor Moon-su Han’s guidance, Eco-nomics and Finance Club members Max Caron, Matthew McManus, Douglas Alves, Isabella Repucci, and Daniel Lang took � rst place in the Bos-ton Regional Community College Fed Challenge Competition at the Fed-eral Reserve Bank of Bos-ton.
The competition encour-aged development of im-portant skills, including research and analysis, de-cision-making, argument formulation, and effec-tive communication. With a 15-minute time limit, Team NSCC delivered a presentation of their views and recommenda-tions on the economy and answered questions asked by the judges, requir-ing them to apply their knowledge and think on their feet.
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Professor Moonsu Han with NSCC Economics and Finance Club mem-bers Max Caron, Matthew McManus, Douglas Alves, Isabella Repucci, and Daniel Lang.
NSCC opens a Gateway
Fighting for the court
Protesters gathered outside of Lynn Juvenile Court, which hosts Housing Court on Tues-days, holding signs, handing out � yers, and chanting their opposition of the court being moved from Lynn to Salem on Tuesday morning.
James Grayson and Mirna Muñoz, both of Lynn, hold signs in oppo-sition of the decision.
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OPINIONWhy California burns
EDITORIAL
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Large, high-intensity wildfires are an inevitable and natural part of life in California. The destruc-tion of our communities is not. But many of the political leaders we elect and planning agencies we depend upon to create safe communities have failed us. They have allowed de-velopers to build in harm’s way, and left firefighters holding the bag.
The fires raging in Los Angeles County and Ventu-ra are an urgent signal that we need to start asking the hard questions — about the true cost of expanding the local tax base with new residences in high fire haz-ard zones. We need to stop having the same conversa-tion over and over again, a conversation laced with non-sequiturs and focused on outdated, ineffective solutions. The devastating loss of life, the destruction of so many family homes, and the dangers faced by those who protect us de-mand nothing less.
Some blame the current rash of wildfires on dead trees in forests — even if those fires are nowhere near a forest, or dead trees. (Members of Congress seem to have bought this explanation and they’re now pushing a bill spon-sored by Rep. Bruce Wes-terman (R-Ark.) that would encourage more logging in the West.) Some blame climate change, claiming, for example, that rising temperatures are respon-sible for the devastating Tubbs fire in Santa Rosa in October — despite the fact that a bigger and just as fierce fire burned much of the same area in 1964. (Climate change is making our fire seasons worse, but it isn’t responsible for every big fire.) Yet others blame firefighters for creating dense stands of chaparral in fire suppression efforts — when that’s the only way chaparral naturally grows, dense and impenetrable.
The standard procedure to reduce wildfire risk is
to clear habitat. We have spent millions of dollars doing this for nearly a century. Nevertheless, our homes keep burning.
That’s because while vegetation management such as fuel breaks and prescribed burns can help during non-extreme fire events, they do little to suppress extreme events. But if anyone questions vegetation management in the backcountry, the typ-ical response is that the projects will work as de-signed for 90th percentile weather conditions. That’s absurd. Imagine if we de-signed buildings to with-stand only 95th percentile earthquake movements, or what you would feel as a result of a magnitude 2.5. We need to protect commu-nities from fires that actu-ally do the damage.
How do we do this? As University of Colorado ge-ographer Gregory Simon has observed, since we are choosing to spread cities farther and farther out into wildland areas, we need to recognize that fire disasters aren’t natural, they’re social. And they re-quire social solutions.
Planning agencies need to push back against pro-de-velopment forces in govern-ment, whose willingness to build in known fire cor-ridors borders on criminal neglect. The recent devas-tation of the community of Fountaingrove in Santa Rosa, for example, was both horrible and predictable. (The area has now burned twice in 53 years.) Local leaders need to restrict de-velopment in such areas.
In the smaller picture, local governments need to impose strict fire codes in new communities throughout California, re-quire older communities to retrofit their properties, and enforce proper defen-sible space regulations. That means 100 feet of thinned vegetation, not bare ground. Hundreds of feet of bare ground make a home the target for
wind-driven embers.Such policies would cost
significantly less than the $9.4 billion wildfire-relat-ed claims submitted state-wide as of Friday.
We also need to exam-ine the best practices of other fire-prone regions. Communities in Austra-lia often install external, under-eave/rooftop sprin-klers, which have proven quite effective in protect-ing structures during wild-fires. (Australians under-stand that wet homes do not ignite.) Such systems should be standard in all new developments in high fire hazard zones. It is like-ly they would have pro-tected many of the homes consumed in Ventura’s Thomas fire this week.
Agencies like Cal Fire need to begin addressing the question, “How do we protect lives and proper-ty?” rather than “How can we stop a wildfire?” Right now, Cal Fire is focused on the latter, with its misguid-ed Vegetation Treatment Program. A focus on the former would mean at least noting land-use problems in planning documents. It would mean spending as much time and money on helping people retrofit homes as on vegetation treatments. Communities including Idyllwild and Big Bear have taken advan-tage of FEMA pre-disaster grants to replace flamma-ble roofing and install em-ber-resistant vents. Such long-term solutions, unlike fuel breaks, do not require costly maintenance.
Trees, shrubs, grasses or homes will all provide the necessary fuel for a wildfire. It’s part of California’s story. As we do with earthquakes and floods, our goal should be to reduce the damage when wildfires arrive, not pretend we can prevent them from happening at all. That mindset starts at the planning department, not the fire station.
Richard Halsey is the director of the California Chaparral Institute.
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A question of character
A residential high-rise development wave has hit Revere Beach and the prosperity generated by new construction and tax revenue is sure to roll inland and benefit Revere. Development dollars are a long sought-after commodity in Revere where today’s beachfront projects were just dreams and artists’ renditions 14 years ago when an Ocean Avenue de-velopment concept dubbed Eurovest was unveiled to the City Council.
But here’s hoping waterfront prosperity won’t come at the expense of Revere Beach’s character and history. The state Department of Conservation and Recreation and local historians have done a great job preserving the sandy stretch that is one of Revere’s greatest assets.
Top state officials, even governors, have made the drive north out of Boston to commemorate the beach bandstand’s renovation and to celebrate America’s oldest public beach.
But longtime businesses and homes also define the character of Revere Beach. The ice cream and pizza places, watering holes and restaurants are the last bridge spanning the beach’s contemporary character and its history as an amusement park playground and affordable place for city dwellers to spend a fun, sun-filled day.
The beach’s residents are a mix of newcomers and veteran homeowners and tenants. They both share a love for the beach’s panoramic views of the ocean and the Boston skyline. The newcomers like the convenience of rolling into Boston on the Blue Line. Longtime residents take pride in holding onto their place on the beach in the face of ocean storms, sum-mertime traffic and occasional hot weather trouble.
It’s hard to argue against the proposition that Re-vere Beach Boulevard is overdue for an influx of new development. The beachfront has everything a devel-oper could want: An unparalleled view, access with-in minutes to Boston by vehicle or slightly longer by train and a receptive city government interested in the tax dollars and spending by residents generated by a major development.
New construction along the beach also ties in with Revere’s grand visions for the Wonderland Grey-hound Park site, Wonderland station and Suffolk Downs. All three properties straddle rapid transit providing a perfect potential merger between an ex-plosion in commercial activity along Lee Burbank Highway and North Shore Road and residential con-struction along the beach.
But the same voices who have sustained a chorus of support for Revere Beach as a natural resource also need to speak up when it comes to preserving long-time businesses and homes dotting the beachfront. Those merchants and homeowners love Revere Beach — not just for its views and the summertime dollars — but because the beach is part of Revere’s heritage.
Trump is a no-show in the fight against opioidsThe opioid epidemic should com-
mand focused attention even from our policy-averse president. It’s America’s worst drug crisis, espe-cially severe in the working-class and rural communities that sup-ported President Donald Trump. Its solution involves spending money, which supposedly doesn’t faze Trump, and tougher actions against drug companies, which he’s vowed to take.
More than 175 Americans die daily from opioid overdoses, ac-cording to a presidential commis-sion, far more than the U.S. Cen-ters for Disease Control attributes to car accidents and gun mishaps.
Yet Trump has done nothing but talk since his Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, led by New Jer-sey Governor Chris Christie, is-sued a report on Nov. 1 filled with dire language and calls to action.
“The time to wait is over,” it declared. “The time for talk has passed.”
Here’s the record so far:The White House has yet to
ask for any new funding for pre-
vention or law-enforcement pro-grams to address the epidemic. To the contrary, Trump has been receptive to proposals by congres-sional Republicans to slice spend-ing on Medicare and Medicaid, two of the biggest programs for addiction treatment.
Trump tapped Pennsylvania Representative Tom Marino to head the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The nomination was withdrawn after the Washing-ton Post and CBS News revealed that Marino pushed drug-indus-try-friendly legislation undermin-ing law-enforcement efforts to crack down on suspicious imports of prescription painkillers.
Kellyanne Conway has been named opioid czar to coordinate federal addiction-fighting activi-ties. She is Trump’s political spin person, infamous for rebranding misinformation as “alternative facts.”
The Conway appointment stands in contrast to President Barack Obama’s designation of Ron Klain three years ago to coor-dinate the global effort to contain
an Ebola epidemic.My dumbest column, in 2014,
questioned the Klain appoint-ment. I was covering a Senate race in North Carolina where the Republican candidate, Tom Til-lis, was joined by Senator John McCain in blasting Klain as a partisan political operative. I sug-gested that Obama should give the assignment to General Da-vid Petraeus instead of Klain; six months later, Petraeus pleaded guilty to mishandling classified information after he misled fed-eral agents investigating his re-lease of confidential materials to his biographer and mistress.
Klain, who has been chief of staff to Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore and a top Justice De-partment official, did a masterful job cutting through bureaucratic red tape and marshalling support for a multibillion-dollar plan to successfully combat the spread of Ebola in Africa and beyond. Con-way, by contrast, is a pollster and political operative with little ex-perience or knowledge about the levers of government.
Congressional Democrats have proposed adding $45 billion over 10 years to fight opioid addiction. Nei-ther the White House nor the Re-publican congressional leadership has given a substantive response.
Trump voters have the most to lose. The state with the highest in-cidence of opioid-overdose deaths is West Virginia, which Trump carried by 43 points in last year’s election. Overdose deaths are ris-ing fastest in rural counties, where Trump clobbered Hillary Clinton by the historically huge margin of 26 percentage points.
In parading as a populist in the presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly attacked the drug in-dustry, which promoted opioid use even after the human costs emerged. His promises to crack down on big pharma disappeared after the election.
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HANUKKAHFrom A1
warm weather and ex-cited for the large-scale lighting. Accompanied by Cantor Elana Rozenfeld on the guitar, the children sang the blessings along with Ragozin as he lit the menorah.
“The first blessing is for the candles, the second blessing is for the mira-cles, and the third bless-ing is for being alive,” said Ragozin as he guided the students through the lighting.
The Rabbi, who started at the temple in July of 2015, wanted to empha-size the traditional push for publicity in lighting the menorah which show-cases the pride of being Jewish. After reaching out to Michael Cohen of A-1 Lighting Service, they worked together on build-ing the giant menorah that now gleams out front of the temple.
“The new menorah is really exciting because it’s so big, everyone gets to see it,” said 10-year-old Morgan Zion, who has been attending Congrega-tion Shirat Hayam for the past seven years.
Using sheets printed out for them that account for
all of the songs and bless-ings, the children loudly showcased their religious pride and excitement of their temple’s new me-norah. Along with being excited for this new tra-dition, they were really excited for the first night of gifts that awaited all of them at home.
“I love the presents, I get one each night from each family member and they usually do a good job of picking them out for me,” said 12-year-old Samara Krawitz, who has been a part of the temple since preschool.
As the first night of Ha-nukkah came to an end, Ragozin smiled as the first night of their new tradition ended with suc-cess. After the lighting the students headed back to the classrooms to learn even more about the mir-acles behind the tradition of celebrating Hanukkah.
“The reason we light the menorah, according to our tradition, is to let the world know about this miracle of Hanukkah and with-in that there’s a push for doing it publicly,” he said. “It can help us understand why today we continue to celebrate being Jewish in a world where it’s not al-ways so easy.”
Lighting the flame of faith in Swampscott
JINGLE BELLSFrom A1
the song in Medford or Sa-vannah, Ga.
“By asking different questions, we can get a more multi-layered story of ‘Jingle Bells,’” said Bos-ton University lecturer Kyna Hamill.
She described his many world travels and how Boston minstrel halls in-fluenced his famous com-position during a lecture last week titled, “James Pierpont in Medford.”
“I’m trying to broaden the historical context of
James Pierpont,” Hamill said. “He has a dynamic history. Over the course of his life, he had about 18 different professions.”
Pinpointing Pierpont’s location when he wrote the song is complicated by his wandering life. He lived at his father’s house on the upper side of Mystic Street in Medford between 1849-1857. Before that, he served as a clerk on the schooner Shark from 1842-1844, sailing to the Sandwich Islands and Ta-hiti. He owned a Daguerre-otype photography shop in Troy, N.Y., in 1848, and
moved his business west to San Francisco during the beginning of the Gold Rush. During his time in California, Pierpont also mined for gold and worked on a cattle farm.
Between 1852-1857, the self -proclaimed “profes-sor” of music contributed some 13 songs to Ordway Minstrel Hall, a theater that was located in the former Province House off of Washington Street in Boston.
On Sept. 15, 1857, “One Horse Open Sleigh” (as “Jingle Bells” was origi-nally titled) was first per-
formed by Johnny Pell in Ordway Hall. A day lat-er, sheet music for “One Horse Open Sleigh” was being sold down the street at Oliver Ditson and Com-pany. Pierpont made an estimated $4 for writing what would become a hol-iday classic.
“Sleigh songs were hav-ing an important moment in the 1850s. Sleigh bell songs were common,” Ha-mill said. “The songs would often exist in their parlor version and in the black-face version, where they’re put into ‘black’ dialect.”
Where was Pierpont
when the song was writ-ten? His name appears on Medford census and tax records the year the song premiered. But 10 days after the song’s debut, he married his second wife in Savannah, where he spent time as an organist at a Unitarian church, and later wrote songs for the Confederate cause during the Civil War.
Two years after “One Horse Open Sleigh” was first performed, it was re-copy written and the ti-tle was changed to “Jingle Bells,” most likely to save money on playbill printing.
More than a century and a half later, the song has more than 19,000 record-ings and is out of copy-right, which is why it’s heard on countless radio stations and Christmas albums. But its place of or-igin is still up for debate.
“On a 1927 print, you can see how different the song is being offered to the public,” Hamill said. “There is an image of a white couple in a sleigh. The sleigh narrative of go-ing out to the country was popular. Medford was one of those locations. It was sort of a courting ritual.”
Medford man jingled his way into history with classic Christmas tune
Jones wins in Alabama upsetBy Kim Chandler and Steve Peoples
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In a stunning victory aided by scandal, Dem-ocrat Doug Jones won Alabama’s special Sen-ate election on Tuesday, beating back history, an embattled Republican opponent and President Donald Trump, who ur-gently endorsed GOP reb-el Roy Moore despite a lit-any of sexual misconduct allegations.
It was the first Democrat-ic Senate victory in a quar-ter-century in Alabama, one of the reddest of red states, and proved anew that party loyalty is any-thing but sure in the age of Trump. It was a major em-barrassment for the presi-dent and a fresh wound for the nation’s already divided Republican Party.
The victory by Jones, a former U.S. attorney best known for prosecuting two Ku Klux Klansmen responsible for Birming-ham’s infamous 1963 church bombing, narrows the GOP advantage in the U.S. Senate to 51-49. That imperils already-uncer-tain Republican tax, bud-get and health proposals and injects tremendous energy into the Democrat-ic Party’s early push to reclaim House and Senate majorities in 2018.
Still, many Washington Republicans viewed the defeat of Moore as per-haps the best outcome for the party nationally despite the short-term sting. The fiery Christian conservative’s positions have alienated women, racial minorities, gays and Muslims — in addition to the multiple allegations that he was guilty of sexu-al misconduct with teens, one only 14, when he was in his 30s.
A number of Republi-
cans declined to support him, including Alabama’s long-serving Sen. Richard Shelby. But Trump lent his name and the national GOP’s resources to Moore’s campaign in recent days.
Had Moore won, the GOP would have been sad-dled with a colleague ac-cused of sordid conduct as Republicans nationwide struggle with Trump’s his-torically low popularity. Senate leaders had prom-ised that Moore would
have faced an immediate ethics investigation.
Jones takes over the seat previously held by Attorney General Jeff Ses-sions. The term expires in January of 2021.
Republicans on Capitol Hill have expressed hopes of scheduling a vote on their tax legislation before Jones is sworn in, but law-makers are still struggling to devise a compromise bill to bridge the divide between the House and
Senate legislation that can win majority support in both chambers.
The Republican loss also gives Democrats a clearer path to a Senate majority in 2018 — albeit a narrow one — in an election cy-cle where Democrats are far more optimistic about seizing control of the House of Representatives.
Ultimately, Tuesday’s contest came down to which side better moti-vated its supporters to vote. Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill said turnout likely would not exceed 25 percent of regis-tered voters.
Jones successfully fought to cobble together an un-likely coalition of Afri-can-Americans, liberal whites and moderate Re-publicans.
“This is an important time in Alabama’s history, and we feel very confident where we are and how this is going to turn out,” the Democrat said after cast-ing his ballot Tuesday.
On the ground in Ala-bama on Tuesday, those who stood in line to cast their ballots were far more focused on the candidates than the broader political fallout.
Teresa Brown, a 53-year-old administrative assis-tant, said she preferred Jones, in part, because he would be better positioned to work across party lines. “We don’t need a pedophile in there,” Brown added.
She was among more than two dozen people queued up in the chilly morning air at Legion Field, a predominantly black precinct in Birming-ham, to cast their ballots. Al Bright, 63, who does re-frigeration repair, said he voted for Moore.
“Regardless of the al-legations against him, I believe he is an honorable man,” Bright said.
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Connor Welch cheers as a staff member for Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Doug Jones makes an announcement during an elec-tion-night watch party Tuesday in Birming-ham, Ala.
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County fire hand crew member Nikolas Abele keeps an eye on a hillside for any stray embers during a firing operation in Santa Monica Can-yon in Carpinteria, Calif., Monday.
Crews struggle to keep flames from neighborhoods
By Christopher Weber
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LOS ANGELES — A cooking fire at a homeless encampment sparked a wildfire last week that de-stroyed six homes in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, authorities said Tuesday, while the fifth-largest wildfire in California history burning northwest of the city kept expanding and kept thou-sands out of their homes.
They are among a half-dozen fires that flared in Southern Cali-fornia last week and were driven by fiercely gusting Santa Ana winds.
Arson investigators de-termined that the Bel Air fire near the world-fa-mous Getty museum was started by an illegal fire at a camp near a freeway underpass, city fire Capt. Erik Scott said.
The camp was empty when firefighters found it but people apparently had been sleeping and cooking there for at least several
days, he said.Northwest of Los Ange-
les, firefighters protected foothill homes while the fire grew mostly into for-est land, Santa Barbara County Fire Department spokesman Mike Eliason said.
Red Flag warnings for fire danger due to Santa Ana winds and a critical lack of moisture were ex-tended into the week, with a possible increase in gusts Thursday into Friday.
Tens of thousands of people remain evacuated, including many from the seaside enclaves of Mon-tecito, Summerland and Carpinteria and the in-land agricultural town of Fillmore.
Still among evacuees due to smoke Tuesday were Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Eric Burdon and his wife, Mar-ianna, of Ojai. Last week, Burdon wrote on Face-book about having to flee and returning temporari-ly to find their home still standing with ashes all around.
Tax package would lower top tax rate for wealthy Americans
By Stephen Ohlemacher and Marcy Gordon
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WASHINGTON — Con-gressional Republicans on Tuesday rushed to-ward a deal on a massive tax package that would reduce the top tax rate for wealthy Americans to 37 percent and slash the corporate rate to a level slightly higher than what businesses and conserva-tives wanted.
In a flurry of last-min-ute changes that could profoundly affect the pocketbooks of millions of Americans, House and Senate negotiators agreed to expand a deduction for state and local taxes to al-low individuals to deduct income taxes as well as property taxes. The de-duction is valuable to res-idents in high-tax states like New York, New Jer-sey and California.
Negotiators also agreed to set the corporate income tax rate at 21 percent, said two congressional aides who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss private negotiations. Both the House bill and the Senate
bill would have lowered the corporate rate from 35 percent to 20 percent.
Business and conserva-tive groups lobbied hard for the 20 percent cor-porate rate. Negotiators agreed to bump it up to 21 percent to help offset rev-enue losses from other tax breaks, the aides said.
As the final parameters of the bill took shape, ne-gotiators agreed to cut the top tax rate for individu-als from 39.6 percent to 37 percent in a windfall for the richest Americans.
The reduction is certain to provide ammunition for Democrats who complain that the tax package is a massive giveaway to cor-porations and the rich.
Under current law, the top tax rate applies to in-come above $470,000 for married couples, though lawmakers are completely reworking the tax brackets.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who has previ-ously expressed opposi-tion to reducing the rate for the wealthiest earners, acknowledged Tuesday
that the negotiators ap-pear to have agreed on the move. “I don’t think lower-ing the top rate is a good idea,” Collins said.
She didn’t threaten to vote against the final bill, however, if it included a lower rate, saying “I’m go-ing to wait and look at the entire conference report and see what all the pro-visions are.”
Among the other tax breaks, negotiators agreed to eliminate the alter-native minimum tax for corporations, a big stick-ing point for the business community, the aides said. They also agreed to let homeowners deduct inter-est on the first $750,000 of a new mortgage, down from the current limit of $1 million.
The GOP goal is to de-liver to President Donald Trump the first major rewrite of the U.S. tax system in more than 30 years, pushing into every corner of the American economy and society. Law-makers hope to finalize a bill no later than Friday, vote next week and de-liver the package of steep tax cuts for corporations and more modest cuts for families to the president’s desk before Christmas.
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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., up-dates reporters on the GOP tax bill following their weekly policy meeting, on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday.
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Arrests
Jennifer Davis, 39, of 82 Newhall Ave., Saugus, was ar-rested and charged with dis-orderly conduct at 6:44 p.m. Monday.
Nehemias Pojoy-Deleon, of 29 Williams Ave., was arrest-ed on warrant charges of un-licensed operation of a motor vehicle and no inspection/sticker at 1:56 p.m. Monday.
Accidents
A report of a motor vehicle accident at 2:49 p.m. Monday at Boston Street and Tower Av-enue; at 3:18 p.m. Monday at 61 Neptune St.; at 7:15 p.m. Monday at 120 Western Ave.; at 7:20 a.m. Tuesday at 1103 Western Ave.; at 8 a.m. Tues-day at 26 Richard St.
A report of a motor vehicle hit and run accident at 3:34 p.m. Monday at 5 Lowell St.
A report of a motor vehicle accident with personal injury at 9:56 a.m. Tuesday at Boston and Ford streets.
Assaults
A report of an assault and battery at 5:36 p.m. Monday on Cottage Street; at 6:14 p.m. Monday on Waverly Street.
Breaking and Entering
A report of a breaking and entering at 2:41 p.m. Monday at 242 Essex St.
Complaints
A report of a disturbance at 6:15 p.m. Monday at 33 Wa-verly St.; at 9:32 p.m. Monday at 65 Baker St.; at 8:51 a.m. Tuesday at 710 Summer St.
Overdose
A report of an overdose at 5:13 p.m. Monday on Bright-wood Terrace.
Theft
A report of a larceny at 5:10 p.m. Monday at 67 Cottage St.; at 6:15 p.m. Monday on Albany Street; at 7:37 p.m. Monday at Walmart at 780 Lynnway; at 9:05 a.m. Tuesday at 2 Market St.
A report of motor vehicle theft at 7:36 p.m. Monday at 137 Fayette St.; at 8:48 p.m. Monday at 431 Summer St.; at 9:24 a.m. Tuesday at 28 Ar-lington St.
Vandalism
A report of motor vehicle vandalism at 4:28 p.m. Mon-day at 17 Leavitt Place.
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Accidents
A report of a motor vehicle accident at 11:26 a.m. Friday at 354 S Broadway and 31 Maple St.; at 1:13 p.m. Satur-day on Condon Circle; at 3:20 p.m. Saturday at 387 Lowell St. and 1 Norris Road; at 5:12 p.m. Saturday at Salem Street and North Broadway; at 7:07 p.m. Saturday at 351 Chestnut St.; at 10:31 p.m. Saturday at 2 Freeman St.
Theft
A report of a larceny at 1:05 p.m. Monday at 8 Fernway; at 1:33 p.m. Monday at 60 Sum-mer St.
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Arrest
Saul I. Chavez, 27, of 85 Eutaw Ave., Apt. 3, Lynn, was arrested and charged with un-licensed operation of a motor vehicle and failure to yield at an intersection at 8:59 a.m. Monday.
Accidents
A report of a motor vehicle hit and run accident at 12:27 p.m. Monday on Tioga Way.
A report of a motor vehicle accident at 12:28 p.m. Mon-day on School Street.
Assaults
A report of an assault at 11:06 a.m. Monday on Wal-dron Court. Police reported there was no assault and that the incident was a neighbor dispute.
Complaints
A caller reported a man yelled racial slurs at workers from Tico’s Painting at 9:22 a.m. Monday on Pleasant Street. Most of the crew are Latinos.
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Arrests
Sonya B. Mason, 51, of 22 Margin St., Apt. 1, was arrest-ed and charged with OUI liquor third offense and negligent operation of a motor vehicle at 9:01 p.m. Monday.
Michael D. Morando, 41, of 46 Windsor Road, Stoneham, was arrested on a warrant at 1:38 p.m. Tuesday.
Accidents
A report of a motor vehicle accident at 3:16 p.m. Monday at Relocated Forest Street and Route 128 North. A white van into an oil truck was reported. One driver was taken to Salem Hospital; at 5:22 p.m. Monday at 7-Eleven at 79 Lowell St.; at 3:11 p.m. Tuesday on Hotel Road.
A report of a motor vehicle hit and run accident at 5:37 p.m. Monday at Northshore Mall at 210N Andover St.; at 9:43 a.m. Tuesday at 1 Keys Drive.
A report of operating under the influence of liquor at 9:01 p.m. Monday at 27 Harris St. A two-car accident with one driver possibly intoxicated was reported. Sonya B. Ma-son, 51, was arrested for OUI liquor.
Breaking and Entering
A report of a breaking and entering at 11:22 p.m. Mon-day at 58 Pulaski St. Police reported someone broke into the building and vandalized it sometime between the pre-vious night and 11 p.m. on Monday; at 7:54 a.m. Tues-day at 8 Fountain St. A caller reported his shed was broken into overnight.
Complaints
A report of suspicious ac-tivity at 8:26 p.m. Monday at 144 Russell St. A caller re-ported there was someone at his neighbor’s house walking around the exterior shining a flashlight inside. Police spoke with the homeowner who re-ported everything appeared fine. Police reported there were no footprints in the snow lead-ing up to the house.
A report of a disturbance at 9:49 p.m. Monday at 21 Caller St.; at 10:29 p.m. Monday at 10 Holten St.
Overdose
A report of an overdose at 11:46 p.m. Monday on Lyn-nfield Street. The person was taken to Salem Hospital.
Theft
A report of a larceny at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday at Shaw’s Supermarket at 210S Ando-ver St. A theft of money from an account at Eastern Bank in Shaw’s.
Vandalism
A report of vandalism at 4:37 p.m. Monday at 44 Cath-erine Drive. An officer reported the vandalism was superficial scratches to the roof of the vehicle.
REVERE
Arrest
Lorenzo A. Lozada, 58, of 16 Parker Ave., Apt. 2, Lynn, was arrested and charged with OUI liquor second offense, negli-gent operation of a motor ve-hicle, marked lanes violation, motor vehicle lights violation and possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle at 7:46 p.m. Monday.
Accidents
A report of a motor vehicle accident at 1:55 p.m. Monday at Revere Police Station on Re-vere Beach Parkway; at 2:22 p.m. Monday at Broadway and Vinal Street; at 2:36 p.m. Mon-day on Brown Circle; at 3:23 p.m. Monday at Wonderland Auto on North Shore Road; at 5:14 p.m. Monday at Lantern and Squire roads.
A report of a motor vehicle hit and run accident at 6:40 p.m. Monday on Park Avenue.
Complaints
A report of a disturbance at 6:52 p.m. Monday on Arnold Street; at 8:49 p.m. Monday at Rumney Marsh Middle School on American Legion Highway.
Theft
A report of auto theft at 2:06 p.m. Monday on Mountain Av-enue.
A report of a larceny at 3:17 p.m. Monday on Thayer Avenue.
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Accidents
A report of a motor vehicle accident at 12:01 p.m. Satur-day at 300 Lincoln Ave.
A report of a motor vehicle accident with personal injury at 2:59 p.m. Sunday on Broad-way; at 8:05 a.m. Monday at 190 Broadway.
A report of a motor vehicle hit and run accident at 9:14 p.m. Sunday at 82 Lincoln Ave. and 5 Ballard St.
Complaints
A report of a disturbance at 8:37 p.m. Saturday at 77 Ne-whall Ave.; at 12:37 p.m. Mon-day at Red Roof Inn at 920 Broadway.
A report of suspicious activi-ty at 9:52 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church at 105 Main St. A caller who drove by thought he saw a group of youths doing something with the church’s Christmas wreaths. Police re-ported the wreaths appeared untouched.
Theft
A report of motor vehicle theft at 9:04 a.m. Saturday at 14 Oakridge Drive.
SWAMPSCOTT
Arrest
Jada Middleton, 41, was ar-rested and charged with shop-lifting by concealing merchan-dise at 5:32 a.m. Tuesday.
Accidents
A report of a motor vehicle hit and run accident at 1:16 p.m. Monday at Aggregate In-dustries at 30 Danvers Road.
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COPSFrom A1
from the Police Academy next spring.
Mageary credited Ken-nedy for the grant saying she gave the green light to seek the cash.
Mayor-elect Thomas M. McGee said despite the city’s $7 million deficit, his administration will find a way to pay for the new cops.
“I don’t see how we could pass up federal dollars to put nine police officers on the street,” he said.
“I heard loud and clear from voters throughout the campaign that public safety is a key issue, so it’s important.”
Thomas Grillo can be reached at [email protected].
Lynn gets fed help to hire more cops
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Tax bills will be in the mail by April 1.
The proposed assess-ments will be available for
review in the Assessor’s Office at City Hall or on-line at http://lynn.patri-otproperties.com/search.asp.
In other news, the coun-cil approved the selection
of James Lamanna as the first assistant city solici-tor.
Thomas Grillo can be reached at [email protected].
Lynn council plans a taxing discussion
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$115 each week because I’m only able to work two days,” said the mother. “It’s really hard because I need a babysitter for my 1-year old and I can’t al-ways get one.”
The one babysitter avail-able is her own mother, but the distance to her house makes even that trip difficult to make on a regular basis.
While the mother says she would love to get some toys and clothes for her three children, including her 1-year-old, she will be
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“I just want to say thank you to any people who donate to help make our Christmas a little better,” the mother said. “The kids will be very excited with whatever they get, and that’s the most important thing to me.”
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Teen stabbed behind Lynn English High
By Gayla CawleyITEM STAFF
LYNN — A 16-year-old boy was stabbed in the stomach near the basket-ball courts behind Lynn English High School on Tuesday night.
Lynn Police responded to the back of the school, at 50 Goodridge St., short-ly after 8 p.m. The teen was taken to Massachu-setts General Hospital
with non-life threatening injuries, Lynn Police Lt. Dave Brown said.
“The initial reports sug-gested that there was an altercation between youths, who are acquaint-ed with each other, some-where in or around the basketball courts, adja-cent to the rear of the school,” Brown said.
There was a scheduled basketball game inside
the school, but it had been canceled for unrelated reasons before the stab-bing, Brown said.
The boy’s family was no-tified of the incident. No arrests have been made and the incident is under investigation.
Gayla Cawley can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @GaylaCawley.
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Ehrlich, 54, cited past legislative successes, in-cluding her earned income tax credit bill and Good Samaritan bill, which were both passed. She said she has co-sponsored hundreds of bills.
Before he was at the mu-seum, where he has been for 12 years, Amore said he worked with the feder-al government in agencies that are now considered Homeland Security.
What prompted him to run, Amore said, was the legislative vote from ear-lier this year, where the state legislature voted themselves a pay raise, which also included raises for judges and other state officials. He said Ehrlich voted herself a 35 percent pay increase.
He said the vote comes at a time when debt is a major problem for “our country, our state and our locali-ties.” Amore said the fed-eral government can push debt down to the states and the states to the cities and towns, but there’s no way for local government to pass the buck.
“I’m really opposed to the pay increase that the legislature voted itself and I really want the peo-ple of my district to know I’d be a trustworthy custo-dian of their tax dollars,” Amore said.
“I think it’s an ongoing struggle for legislators and administrators to make government accountable to the people. I think that we pay a heavy tax burden and people should come to expect good performance in return for its tax dol-lars,” he said citing areas such as schools, public safety and roads.
Ehrlich said her pay in-crease is actually about 11 percent and that legis-lator base pay is based on
the state median income. This past year, she said
the base pay was $62,500, which used to be supple-mented with an expense allowance of $7,200 and a per diem based on a leg-islator’s commute to the State House, ranging from a daily rate of $10 to $100 — hers was $18. She said the bill passed eliminated those expense rates and replaced it with a flat ex-pense pay of $15,000.
As vice-chair of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, Ehrlich said she had received a stipend of about $7,500, but with her new role as House chair of the Joint Committee on Ex-port Development, she now receives a stipend of $15,000.
“Voting on a bill that raised my own pay was not something I did without great introspection and discussion, especially since we spend so much time working to help people who have fallen on hard times in their own lives,” Ehrlich wrote in a prior statement on her website.
“But at the same time, to argue against it is to deval-ue our work and would in-dicate that I do not feel my colleagues are worthy of a raise. My colleagues from both parties are thought-ful, intelligent, well-qual-ified, and caring individ-uals and after almost two
decades since the last raise, I felt it was time.”
Amore said he is con-cerned about the opioid crisis, that he’s done work investigating how phar-maceutical companies manipulate doctors into over-prescribing opioids, and thinks he has the ex-perience to help the gover-nor tackle the problem.
He said he also wants to make sure that Massa-chusetts does not become a sanctuary state. He said he started his career as an immigration officer and that it is important for police departments to cooperate with the feder-al government — he said rooting out illegal immi-gration is important for safe communities.
Ehrlich said the discus-sion around sanctuary states is a complicated policy discussion.
Amore has lived in Swampscott for about 15 years — his two daughters have attended Swamp-scott Public Schools.
Ehrlich has been a Mar-blehead resident for 27 years, but previously lived in Lynn and Swampscott. Her two daughters went through Marblehead Pub-lic Schools and she has been married for 31 years.
Gayla Cawley can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @GaylaCawley.
Swampscott Republican seeking House seat
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NEW YORK (AP) — Seven-year-old Brooklynn Prince is sitting in a darkened TV studio with lights, cameras and control panels all around her. “Mission to Mars, mission to Mars,” she says. “This is Apollo.”
Brooklynn, the cheerful star of “The Florida Project,” has indeed lifted off. Her performance as Moonee, a brash, troublemaking pipsqueak living with her mom (Bria Vinaite) in a low-rent Orlando motel, may be the most spirited thing of 2017. Brooklynn is the exuberant energy at the center of one the year’s most acclaimed films, and some believe she should be the youngest Oscar nominee ever. Brooklynn included.
“I really want to be nominated,” she says. “Even if I get close to nominated, that’s a real honor.”
But she’d also — maybe even more so — really like to meet Emma Watson and Elle Fanning. “They have been my girls for years,” she says.
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“I never thought I would have this chance,” Brook-lynn says. “It’s this crazy little movie that’s every-where.”
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“I’ve always said: It doesn’t matter how small you are or what age you are to change the world. You can get into the business anytime. I was two when I got into the business,” says Brooklynn, the veteran. “Now I know that this is really what I want. My mom and dad aren’t pushing me for this. It’s what I want. Acting is, like, my life and I want to keep doing it forever.”
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LYNNFIELD — MarketStreet Lynnfield will host a festive New Year’s Eve bash on Sunday, Dec. 31, from 5 to 7 p.m. Expanding on the fourth annual Market-Street Lynnfield New Year’s Eve Family Block Party, the property will host the event at a new location, closing down an entire block, from Nike Running to California Pizza Kitchen. Packed with lively enter-tainment and bursting with colorful confetti, the block party is free and open to the public.
“With an expanded footprint and a dynamic collec-tion of entertainment, our New Year’s Eve Family Block Party encourages families across the North Shore to join us for unforgettable festivities,” said Nan-ci Horn, general manager of MarketStreet Lynnfield. “We are grateful to honor another remarkable year at MarketStreet Lynnfield and look forward to celebrat-ing in style.”
Revelers can dance to beats from resident DJ Rick DeSanctis, enjoy street performers such as LED light jugglers, pose with festive live statues, commemorate the moment in the complimentary New Year’s Eve-themed photo booth, and take advantage of discounted ice skating at TheMarketStreet Rink. There will be a countdown to 7 p.m., when the crowd will be showered with a colorful burst of confetti.
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SPORTS BWEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2017
ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE
Steve Vaitones, left, of USATF New England, presents Bill Mul-len, right, with the Marja Bakker Volunteer Award for 2017.
By Harold RiveraITEM STAFF
SWAMPSCOTT — When Bill Mullen arrived at Caffe Paolina on Tuesday eve-ning, he was under the impression that he’d be attending an annual appreciation dinner for local cross country and track volunteers.
Instead, he was surprised with a pres-tigious award from USA Track and Field New England.
Mullen, a graduate of St. Mary’s, has spent 36 years coordinating the Lynn Woods Summer Cross Country Program. For his efforts in directing the program, which he has done since 1981, Mullen was named the USA Track and Field New England association Marja Bakker Volunteer of the Year for 2017.
“I’m very appreciative of this award,” Mullen, who resides in Peabody, said. “I didn’t know anything was happening to-night. We usually have an appreciation dinner for people who help us during the summer and fall. I knew nothing of this was happening so I’m very appreciative.”
Steve Vaitones, managing director of USA Track and Field of New England, was on hand to present the award to Mullen. Also joining Mullen, along with a handful of friends and family members, was Joe Abelon. Mullen and Abelon have worked together in orchestrating the Lynn Woods program for the past 10 years.
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USA Track and Field New England honors Bill Mullen
By Harold RiveraITEM STAFF
BRISTOL, R.I. — Peabody native Sam Mancinelli is off to a solid start with her new team at Roger Williams. And given the success she saw in her four years playing varsity basketball at Bishop Fenwick, it’s no surprise that Mancinelli’s succeeding at the next level.
While wearing the Crusaders uniform, Mancinelli was a standout point guard on a Fenwick team that emerged as a Division 3 powerhouse. The Crusaders won the Division 3 state championship in Mancinelli’s junior year, 2015-2016, and made a run to the sectional final the next season. She holds the Fenwick record for career assists with 1,622.
“Playing at Fenwick was a great experience because of the team and Coach (Adam) DeBaggis,” Mancinel-li, who also played volleyball and softball at Fenwick, said. “Our team was very close knit and we all got along. Coach DeBaggis was a great coach and he always knew how to push me to become a better player.”
After excelling at Fenwick, Mancinelli joined the wom-en’s basketball team at Division III Roger Williams in Rhode Island. She cited the school’s campus, along with a positive impression during an overnight visit, as the two main factors that led her to become a Hawk.
“I wanted a small school with a beautiful campus,” Mancinelli said. “Roger Williams is right on the water and that was a plus for me. It’s also an hour and a half away from home which is perfect for me. Basketball was another factor, I did an overnight where I met the team and the coaches. I decided on Roger Williams a few weeks after my visit.”
Thus far it seems as though Mancinelli’s choice was the right one, for both sides. Although college freshmen often find themselves watching more than playing, Mancinelli has made key contributions right away.
In 10 games, Mancinelli’s averaging 5.1 points per contest along with 3.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists. The freshman guard’s shooting 39.1 percent from the floor and 34.5 percent from beyond the arc, while logging 20.7 minutes per game.
“In my first few games I was nervous but the team’s very encouraging,” Mancinelli said. “I’ve gotten more comfortable with each game and my minutes have in-creased. I didn’t expect to get a lot of playing time com-ing in but I’m very satisfied with where I’m at right now.”
Mancinelli credited DeBaggis and the Fenwick pro-gram for preparing her for the level of play in college. While there are differences between basketball in high school and college, Mancinelli believes being a Fenwick product placed her in a good position to succeed.
“Coach DeBaggis pushed me in practice and helped prepare me for the way we practice and the way Coach (Kelly) Thompson pushes me now,” Mancinelli said. “College basketball’s mentally tough. Learning the plays was the most difficult thing for me coming in as a freshman. Coming from Fenwick where we were always learning new plays and working on our mental tough-ness, that definitely helped me.”
Mancinelli settling in at
Roger Williams
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Former Bishop Fenwick star Sam Mancinelli is coming into her own as a guard at Roger Williams University.
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Tech struggles in season opener
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Lynn Tech’s Shyla Jackson, left, snatches the ball away from Greater Lawrence’s Dee Cabrera during the Tigers’ season opener on Tuesday evening.
By Steve KrauseITEM SPORTS EDITOR
LYNN — The Lynn Tech girls basketball team has a tough act to follow after last season.
The Tigers were 10-10 in 2016, and quali� ed for the Division 4 North state tournament.
Tuesday night, in the � rst game of the new season, the girls got off to a slow start and had some tor-rid stretches along the way. But in the end, Greater Lawrence was too much, and the Reggies came away with the opening-night win, 54-42.
“We’re a young team,” said Tigers coach Kaitlyn Wechsler. “We had
some good spurts, but there’s a lot of work we still need to do.”
Alondra Sanchez, fresh from a stint on the Tigers varsity football team that won the state vocational small championship a few weeks ago, asserted herself on both ends of the court Tuesday, scoring 19 of her team’s 42 points. And in the third quarter, Sanchez knocked in eight points in the Tigers’ 12-2 run that whittled a 12-point halftime lead by Greater Lawrence down to one, 31-30. But as many times as Tech responded to Greater Law-rence spurts, the Tigers could nev-er took the lead.
“We’re very young too,” said
Greater Lawrence’s Tara Mansour. “We only have two seniors on the team.
“For a � rst game, I thought we did pretty good. I’m glad we were able to respond (to Tech’s surges) as often as we did. We obviously have some stuff to work on.”
The game started as if it would be a runaway for Greater Law-rence, as the Reggies sprinted out to a 16-5 lead after a quarter. But Sanchez heated up in the second period, scoring six points during the quarter as Tech closed to with-in seven (20-13).
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Lynn Tech’s Belmin Berilo scored 12 points in a win over Greater Lawrence on Tuesday.
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Despite jumping out to a huge lead early on, the Lynn Tech boys basketball team ended up holding on for a close win over Great-er Lawrence, 60-59, on the road Tuesday evening. The Tigers initially jumped out to a 22-1 lead with some hot shooting, but Greater Lawrence was able to cut the de� cit in half by half-time.
“We came out really strong tonight, which was good to see,” said Tech coach Stevie Patrick. “Then we started making some quick, wrong deci-
sions that let them get back into the game. But we were strong enough to be able to hold on in this one.”
Rob Wallace led the way for Tech with 24 points, while Belmin Berilo added 12 points. Jama Aroni con-tributed 11 points.
After an 0-8 start to the season last year, grabbing a win on the � rst game was a welcome relief for Patrick and the Tigers.
“It feels good to be 1-0,” Patrick said. “Hopefully we can build off this and keep winning games going forward.”
The Tigers will try to make it a two-game win streak this afternoon when they go up against Fellow-
ship Academy on the road. BOYS BASKETBALL
Swampscott 61, Stoneham 58
Jake McIntire had 23 points to help pace the Swampscott offense as the Big Blue opened up the season with a win at home on Tuesday night. Jackson Byrne added 11 points and hit a big three-pointer to help seal the win in the fourth quarter, while freshman point guard Jaheed Al-len-Paisley contributed seven points and ran the offense.
“It was a solid win for us against a good team,” said Swampscott coach Justin Fucile. “Stoneham did a
good job staying in the game the whole time, so it was a great test for our guys to start the year.”
The Big Blue (1-0) will take on Marblehead in a Northeastern Conference matchup on Friday night.
Winthrop 80, Malden Catholic 65
The Vikings start the season with a win on their home � oor, the � rst victo-ry for new Winthrop coach David Sacco. Tayjuan McKenzie led the Vikings with 28 points and six rebounds, Devin Pulsifer scored 14 points with � ve assists and Chrono Wash-ington added 21 points and seven assists.
Wallace, Berilo lead Tech boys basketball to win in season openerSCHOOL ROUNDUP
ROUNDUP, B2
B2 SPORTS THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2017
MANCINELLIFrom B1
The Hawks are off to a fast start this winter, as the team currently stands at 8-2 on the season. Roger Williams tipped off its Com-monwealth Coast Confer-ence portion of the schedule with a win over Western New England. The Hawks are 2-1 against conference opponents.
“Our season’s going re-ally well,” Mancinelli said. “From the beginning, I can see how much potential we have. We’re doing real-ly well in utilizing the best skills of each player. We have a long way to go and we’re working to get to our best point. We’ve played a lot of tough non-conference opponents to help make us a better team.”
The keys to the Hawks’ early success, Mancinelli said, are strong communi-cation and teamwork. With everybody on the same page, Roger Williams puts itself in position to reach its full potential on the court.
“Our teamwork and our communication on the court are at a high level,” Manci-nelli said. “We’re very good
defensively in terms of talking to each other. Ev-eryone knows their role and everyone’s always contrib-uting. We’re all on the same page. That’s what separates us from other teams.”
Off the court, Mancinelli’s learning the ins and outs of what it takes to be a stu-dent athlete in college. She feels that her experiences as a student athlete at Fen-wick helped her cause in the classroom as well.
“In the beginning it was an adjustment but I love all my teachers and they’re helpful,” Mancinelli said. “Playing basketball helps me manage my time a lot better. Academically, I love all my classes and I feel that I’m doing well so far.
“I’m so thankful for how prepared Fenwick made me to come to college aca-demically and athletically,” Mancinelli added. “I’m al-ways going to miss playing for Fenwick more than any-thing and wish them the best of luck this year, but I’m also super lucky to be where I’m at right now at Roger Williams.”
The Hawks are back in action on Jan. 4 when they host Wentworth.
Peabody’s Mancinelli making an impact in first season
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Peabody native Sam Manicinelli, right, now plays guard at Roger Williams University.
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Patriots safety Devin McCourty, right, tries to tackle Miami Dolphins running back Kenyan Drake on Monday night.
Patriots show signs of vulnerability in loss to DolphinsFOXBOROUGH (AP) — The
Patriots have shown only glints of vulnerability under Bill Belichick.
That’s why it was so unexpected this season to see New England putter to a 2-2 start and drop to the bottom of the NFL’s defensive rankings after allowing 30 or more points in three of those games.
That changed during an eight-game win streak in which the Patriots’ defense was the league’s stingiest unit, allowing just 11.8 points per game.
The turnaround also came de-spite the Patriots losing linebacker Dont’a Hightower to a season-end-ing injury, and others for various periods of time along the way.
But that run of fortune was halt-ed with Monday’s 27-20 setback at Miami . It was the Patriots’ first
loss since Oct. 1 and their first on the road since a 20-10 defeat at Mi-ami in the 2015 season finale.
Jay Cutler earned his first win against the Patriots, throwing for 263 yards and three touchdowns. Kenyan Drake had 114 yards rushing, becoming just the third running back to reach 100 yards against New England’s defense this season.
The defeat also came with a phys-ical price. Defensive lineman Alan Branch left the game with a knee injury, and safety Patrick Chung limped off in the final minute.
It’s poor timing for a group that was already without sack leader Trey Flowers (ribs) and linebacker Kyle Van Noy (calf).
It could make for an even more depleted defense for Sunday’s piv-
otal road matchup against Pitts-burgh.
The Steelers (11-2) lead New England (10-3) in the race for the AFC’s best record. A win by Pitts-burgh and a Jacksonville loss would give the Steelers home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs.
Even though the Patriots knew going into the Miami game that the stakes would be high the follow-ing week, safety Devin McCourty scoffed at the idea of their short-comings being the result of looking ahead to Pittsburgh.
“You’ve got a championship on the line. That’s not a trap game. We didn’t execute as well as we need-ed to against another team that’s fighting for their playoff berth, too,” he said.
Mullen named Marja Bakker Volunteer of the YearMULLENFrom B1
“I thought and hoped Bill would be surprised,” Abelon said. “At any de-gree, when someone gets an award like this they really appreciate it. Bill has a lot of people that appreci-ate him and what he does. I’m sure he’s delighted.”
The Lynn Woods program, which begins on the last Wednesday of May and runs until the last Wednes-day of September, began in 1970. Now, 47 years later, the program is stronger than ever. Free of cost to its participants, Lynn Woods draws an average of 250-300 runners per night.
“Currently is has three races: a long race, a short race and the kids race,” Abelon said. “Bill keeps it go-
ing, and it has been going since it all started in 1970. He runs it and I assist with the computer parts of it. I’ve been working with him for about 10 years now.
“In 1981 Bill came on board and if he hadn’t come on board, I’m not sure it would exist,” Abelon added. “We get a lot of runners throughout the series and if wasn’t for Bill’s involvement, I don’t think it would happen.”
Although he doesn’t run as much as he used to, Mullen still gets plenty of enjoyment from the Lynn Woods program. He acknowledged the program’s ability to bring mem-bers of the Lynn community togeth-er as one of the aspects that makes it special to be a part of.
“I get some fatigue out of it,” Mul-
lin, 69, said. “I can’t run as much as I’d like to but I’ll go in every week to mark the courses, so I get a chance to do a little walking or running. I get the opportunity to see a lot of my friends every week and I enjoy their enjoyment of being in the woods. Lynn Woods is a gorgeous place to be commuting with nature.”
Mullen hopes the Lynn Woods se-ries will continue to flourish.
“We’ve had somewhere between 2,500 and 3,000 different people over the last 10-12 years who’ve come and run in the races,” Mullen said. “My goal, at one time, was that I’d know all the runners who fin-ished by name. I can’t do that any-more but a lot of those people have become good friends. It’s a nice thing to do.”
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Patriots center David Andrews was called a dirty player by Miami Dolphins defensive line-man Jordan Phillips after Monday night’s game.
Dolphins’ Phillips calls David Andrews a dirty player
DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Mi-ami Dolphins defensive tackle Jordan Phillips has called New England Patri-ots center David Andrews a “dirty player” in an Ins-tagram post.
Phillips’ comment Tues-day was accompanied by a video of the play on which he injured his left leg in Monday night’s Miami
victory.Andrews went at Phil-
lips’ legs trying to block him on a screen pass. Phillips limped off the field, but later returned to the game.
“#dirtyplayer #cant-block,” Phillips wrote.
Miami coach Adam Gase declined to say whether he had an issue with the block.
Peabody swimming takes down EnglishROUNDUPFrom B1
Needham 72, St. John’s Prep 62Home-court advantage wasn’t
enough for St. John’s Prep on Tues-day as the Eagles dropped their sea-son opener to fall to 0-1.
St. John’s will try again for its first win on Saturday when the Eagles host Newburyport.
SWIMMINGPeabody 88, English 78
Caroline Zuffante took first place in the 200 freestyle (2:13.31) and the 500 freestyle (6:00.59). Mary Lawor finished first in the 100 back-stroke (1:08.46) and Hannah Trah-ant earned second place in diving (153.83). Lawor, Zuffante, Trahant, Adamma Uzoma took second place in the 200 free relay (2:00.08). Peter Phelan, Devyn Curley, Shane Cari-no and Zuffante earned second place in the 400 free relay (4:43.40). En-glish (0-1) is back in the pool next Tuesday at Salem.
Marblehead 94, Salem 68It was a big day for the Magicians
in their season opener on Tuesday,
including for double-winner Meagan Hathaway, who won the 200-meter individual medley (2:12.30) and the 500 freestyle (5:18.91). Oth-er winners for Marblehead were Theo Chemel in the 100 backstroke (1:03.91), Amanda Wager in the 100 breaststroke (1:11.78), Lucas Pe-rez in the 100 butterfly (1:06.07), Mae Caldwell in the 100 freestyle (1:00.01) and Brian Coleman in the 200 freestyle (2:00.53). The Magi-cians also grabbed a relay win when the team of Chemel, Wager, Perez and Coleman took the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:51.23.
Marblehead (1-0) will swim again on Tuesday against Swampscott.
Bishop Fenwick 91, Arlington Catholic 77
The Crusaders started the sea-son on the right foot with a solid win. Fenwick had three double-win-ners on the night, with Catherine Christuk taking the 100 backstroke (1:00.75) and the 200 freestyle (2:02.81), Rowan Emerson winning the 100 breaststroke (1:05.22) and the 200 individual medley (2:23.63)
and Sophia Lumino winning the 50 freestyle (25.53) and the 100 free-style (55.10). Other winners on the day were Sabrina Botthof in the 100 butterfly (1:09.37) and Sarah Long in the 500 freestyle (6:46.47).
The Crusaders also swept the re-lay portion of the meet. The team of Christuk, Lumino, Long and Re-becca Leeman won the 200 medley relay (2:01.72), the team of Botthof, Lumino, Emerson and Syd Topel won the 200 freestyle relay (1:54.41) and the team of Long, Leeman, Em-erson and Christuk won the 400 freestyle relay (4:17.41).
Fenwick (1-0) won’t swim again until next Thursday when the Cru-saders travel to Lowell Catholic.
TRACKSt. John’s Prep 56,
Catholic Memorial 39The Eagles are now 1-0 after open-
ing the season with a win over a Catholic Conference opponent at the Reggie Lewis Center on Tuesday.
St. John’s won’t run again until Dec. 26 when the Eagles will take on Xaverian at Reggie Lewis.
Tech girls basketball drops first gameTECHFrom B1
But the Reggies went on another run to close out the period to go up 29-17 at the break. Once again, Sanchez got hot while the Reggies cooled off to to begin the third quarter. But as soon as the Tigers got the score to within one, the Reggies put the clamps on and skirted out to a 5-point lead after three.
But Tech wouldn’t go away. Arianna Anaya (11 points) sank two free throws to make the score 40-37 before Kya-na Pena hit two free throws, followed imme-diately by back-to-back buckets by Dee Cabrera and Jada Adames. And
before anyone knew it, the lead was back up to nine (46-37). A single free throw by Michayla Lawrence stemmed the tide, but only briefly. Lai-sha Joaquin hit a buck-et, and then Pena hit a back-breaking 3-point-er with 4:33 to play to make it 51-38. Tech never threatened after that.
“It was nice to see the kids figuring it out in spurts,” said Wechsler. “We’re asking them to do a lot. They’re thinking of a thousand things at once, where to be on offense, where to be on defense.
“For our first game, it was kind of what I expect-ed,” Wechsler added. “It’s early. Give us a couple of weeks and we’ll round into form.”
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Lynn Tech’s Arianna Anaya brushes past a Greater Lawrence defender.
Pittsburgh Steelers place Ryan Shazier on IR, hope to get Joe Haden back for Patriots game
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tom-lin is ready to talk about the New England Patriots.
The fact the Pittsburgh Steelers coach can include cornerback Joe Haden in the discussion is a bonus.
Haden will attempt to practice for the AFC North champions this week, barely a month removed from a fractured left leg that appeared to put his season in jeopardy.
While Tomlin will wait to make a decision on whether Haden will be available on Sunday when the Steelers (11-2) host the Patriots (10-3), the fact it’s even up for de-
bate is promising.The Steelers signed Haden on
the eve of the regular season pre-cisely for this situation. Tom Brady dominated Pittsburgh’s secondary in the AFC championship game 11 months ago, picking apart the Steelers’ zone defense while throw-ing for 384 yards and three touch-downs in a 36-17 romp that wasn’t even that close.
Tomlin and defensive coordinator Keith Butler made playing more man-to-man coverage a point of emphasis during the offseason and the Steelers had the second-ranked
pass defense in the NFL before Ha-den left during the first half of a victory over the Colts on Nov. 11.
The results during Haden’s ab-sence have been uneven at best, though it hasn’t stopped Pittsburgh from taking an eight-game winning streak into perhaps the most high-ly anticipated game of the regular season.
The Steelers clinched their third division title in four years last Sun-day night with a 39-38 victory over Baltimore, meaning Haden will be heading to the playoffs for the first time in his career.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2017 THE DAILY ITEM SPORTS B3
NHLEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GATampa Bay 30 22 6 2 46 113 74Toronto 32 20 11 1 41 108 92Boston 27 14 9 4 32 78 75Montreal 31 13 14 4 30 85 99Florida 30 12 14 4 28 90 105Detroit 30 11 13 6 28 81 99Ottawa 29 9 13 7 25 79 101Buffalo 31 8 17 6 22 67 104Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAColumbus 31 19 11 1 39 88 80Washington 32 19 12 1 39 100 93New Jersey 30 17 9 4 38 94 92N.Y. Islanders 30 17 10 3 37 108 100N.Y. Rangers 30 16 11 3 35 99 89Pittsburgh 32 16 13 3 35 94 104Philadelphia 30 12 11 7 31 87 88Carolina 29 11 11 7 29 80 91
WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division GP W L OT Pts GF GASt. Louis 32 21 9 2 44 104 81Winnipeg 31 18 8 5 41 107 87Nashville 29 18 7 4 40 95 84Dallas 31 17 13 1 35 91 90Minnesota 29 15 11 3 33 87 87Chicago 30 14 11 5 33 90 82Colorado 30 14 14 2 30 94 100Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GALos Angeles 32 20 9 3 43 98 73Vegas 29 19 9 1 39 103 91San Jose 29 16 10 3 35 79 69Calgary 30 16 12 2 34 88 94Anaheim 31 13 11 7 33 83 91Vancouver 31 14 13 4 32 82 90Edmonton 31 13 16 2 28 93 101Arizona 33 7 21 5 19 75 114NOTE: Two pts for win, one pt for OT loss.
Tuesday’s GamesEdmonton 7, Columbus 2Buffalo 3, Ottawa 2Philadelphia 4, Toronto 2Washington 5, Colorado 2New Jersey 5, Los Angeles 1Tampa Bay 3, St. Louis 0
Calgary at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Florida at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Carolina at Vegas, 10 p.m.Wednesday’s GamesDallas at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 7 p.m.Boston at Detroit, 8 p.m.
Lazy Dog Classy 3-Mile Fun Run
The Lazy Dog Sports Bar will be hosting its Classy 3-Mile Fun Run to help sup-port the Lynn Classical girls track team on Sunday, Janu-ary 14 beginning at 11 a.m. The race will begin and end at the Lazy Dog Sports Bar on 328 Broadway in Lynn. There will be prizes given to the top
three overall male and female finishers.
Participants can register for the event online at www.race-wire.com/register.php?id8604. Commemorative long-sleeve shirts will be given to all who register by January 2. The registration fee is $30. Regis-tration on the day of the event begins at 9:30 a.m.
For more information, con-tact Stephen Martin at [email protected].
SPORTS BRIEFS
NFLAMERICAN CONFERENCEEast W L T Pct PF PANew England 10 3 0 .769 368 250Buffalo 7 6 0 .538 240 290Miami 6 7 0 .462 236 318N.Y. Jets 5 8 0 .385 266 311South W L T Pct PF PAJacksonville 9 4 0 .692 329 202Tennessee 8 5 0 .615 273 294Houston 4 9 0 .308 312 335Indianapolis 3 10 0 .231 212 343North W L T Pct PF PAy-Pittsburgh 11 2 0 .846 320 251Baltimore 7 6 0 .538 318 246Cincinnati 5 8 0 .385 226 271Cleveland 0 13 0 .000 197 335West W L T Pct PF PAKansas City 7 6 0 .538 329 289L.A. Chargers 7 6 0 .538 298 225Oakland 6 7 0 .462 264 304Denver 4 9 0 .308 229 315
NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast W L T Pct PF PAy-Philadelphia 11 2 0 .846 404 250Dallas 7 6 0 .538 316 294Washington 5 8 0 .385 285 344N.Y. Giants 2 11 0 .154 199 321South W L T Pct PF PANew Orleans 9 4 0 .692 370 263Carolina 9 4 0 .692 300 262Atlanta 8 5 0 .615 294 261Tampa Bay 4 9 0 .308 264 312North W L T Pct PF PAMinnesota 10 3 0 .769 309 235Detroit 7 6 0 .538 338 329Green Bay 7 6 0 .538 285 302Chicago 4 9 0 .308 224 274West W L T Pct PF PAL.A. Rams 9 4 0 .692 396 265Seattle 8 5 0 .615 314 252Arizona 6 7 0 .462 231 317San Francisco 3 10 0 .231 228 314
Thursday’s GameDenver at Indianapolis, 8:25 p.m.Saturday’s GamesChicago at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.L.A. Chargers at Kansas City, 8:25 p.m.Sunday’s GamesPhiladelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.Cincinnati at Minnesota, 1 p.m.Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Arizona at Washington, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at New Orleans, 1 p.m.Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Green Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m.Baltimore at Cleveland, 1 p.m.L.A. Rams at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.New England at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m.Tennessee at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.Dallas at Oakland, 8:30 p.m.Monday’s GameAtlanta at Tampa Bay, 8:30 p.m.
NBAEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division
W L Pct GBBoston 23 6 .793 —Toronto 17 8 .680 4New York 14 13 .519 8Philadelphia 13 13 .500 8½Brooklyn 11 15 .423 10½Southeast Division
W L Pct GBWashington 14 13 .519 —Miami 13 13 .500 ½Orlando 11 17 .393 3½Charlotte 10 16 .385 3½Atlanta 6 21 .222 8Central Division
W L Pct GBCleveland 20 8 .714 —Milwaukee 15 10 .600 3½Indiana 16 11 .593 3½Detroit 14 13 .519 5½Chicago 6 20 .231 13
WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division
W L Pct GBHouston 21 4 .840 —San Antonio 19 8 .704 3New Orleans 14 14 .500 8½Memphis 8 19 .296 14Dallas 7 20 .259 15Northwest Division
W L Pct GBMinnesota 16 11 .593 —Denver 15 12 .556 1Portland 13 13 .500 2½Utah 13 14 .481 3Oklahoma City 12 14 .462 3½Pacific Division
W L Pct GBGolden State 22 6 .786 —L.A. Clippers 10 15 .400 10½L.A. Lakers 10 16 .385 11Phoenix 9 19 .321 13Sacramento 8 18 .308 13
Tuesday’s GamesCleveland 123, Atlanta 114Denver 103, Detroit 84New York 113, L.A. Lakers 109, OTBrooklyn 103, Washington 98San Antonio at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m.Phoenix at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
Wednesday’s GamesL.A. Clippers at Orlando, 7 p.m.Memphis at Washington, 7 p.m.Oklahoma City at Indiana, 7 p.m.Denver at Boston, 7:30 p.m.Portland at Miami, 7:30 p.m.Milwaukee at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Utah at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh Steelers take over top spot in AP NFL Power Rankings
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Ben Roethlisberger, center, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are ranked as the NFL’s best team as they head into a matchup with the New England Patriots this Sunday.
NEW YORK (AP) — The “Killer B’s” have the Pittsburgh Steelers on top.
The surging Steelers moved up three spots to No. 1 in the AP Pro32 poll on Tuesday, receiving nine of 12 first-place votes for 381 points in bal-loting by media members who regu-larly cover the NFL.
Pittsburgh (11-2) won eight in a row and clinched the AFC North ti-tle for the third time in four seasons with a 39-38 win over Baltimore on Sunday night.
Ben Roethlisberger became the only quarterback in NFL history with the third 500-yard game of his career.
Running back Le’Veon Bell had 125 combined yards and a touchdown. And wide receiver Antonio Brown had 11 catches for 213 yards.
“There hasn’t been much talk about
Ben Roethlisberger in the MVP race, but there should be,” Newsday’s Bob Glauber said. “He’s coming off anoth-er monster game with 506 passing yards and two touchdowns in a thrill-ing win over the Ravens, helping the Steelers to another AFC North title and positioning them for what could be a deep playoff run.”
The Steelers host the New En-gland Patriots (10-3) in a highly an-ticipated matchup, with the winner likely getting home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs.
Despite losing quarterback Car-son Wentz for the season with a torn ACL, the Philadelphia Eagles inched up a spot to No. 2. The Eagles picked up two first-place votes.
“How far can Nick Foles take the Eagles?” asked Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk. “Not as far as Car-son Wentz might have.”
The Patriots dropped two plac-es from the top spot after Monday night’s 27-20 loss to the Miami Dol-phins. They received the remaining first-place vote and trail the Eagles by only one point, 363-362.
“Tom Brady was a little off Monday night against Miami, but don’t count him out Sunday against Pittsburgh,” said John Clayton of ESPN 710 Se-attle.
The Minnesota Vikings also fell two spots to No. 4 after losing Sunday to the Carolina Panthers. The Vikings will attempt to clinch the NFC North when they host the reeling Cincinna-ti Bengals.
The Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints remained at Nos. 5 and 6 despite close losses.
And the Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars each moved up a spot, to Nos. 7 and 8, after close wins.
TV/RADIOTV
NBA7 p.m. ....................Oklahoma City at Indiana ........................... ESPN7:30 p.m................Denver at Boston .......................................NBCSB9:30 p.m................Charlotte at Houston ................................... ESPN
NHL8 p.m. ....................Boston at Detroit ...................................... NBCSN
College basketball7 p.m. ....................Villanova at Temple ...................................ESPN28 p.m. ....................Longwood at Illinois ................. Big Ten Network8 p.m. ....................Western Ky. at Wisconsin .............................. FS19 p.m. ....................Houston at LSU ............................... SEC Network
Women’s college basketball6 p.m. ....................Princeton at Rutgers ................ Big Ten Network7 p.m. ....................Oregon at Mississippi St. ............... SEC Network8 p.m. ....................Northwestern St. at Texas ....Longhorn Network
Soccer12:30 p.m. ............VfB Stuttgart at 1899 Hoffenheim ............... FS22:30 p.m................1. FC Köln at Bayern Munich ......................... FS12:30 p.m................FC Augsburg at FC Schalke 04 ..................... FS22:45 p.m................Manchester City at Swansea City ........... NBCSN
RadioNBA
7:30 p.m................Denver at Boston .......................WZLX-FM 100.7NHL
8 p.m. ....................Boston at Detroit ...........................WBZ-FM 98.5
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Devin Hester, right, holds the NFL record for career kick return touchdowns, recording 20 in his 11-year career.
CHICAGO (AP) — Devin Hester, the spectacular speedster who holds the NFL record for kick re-turn touchdowns with 20, announced his retirement from the NFL on Tuesday.
In a post on social me-dia, the 35-year-old Hes-ter said it was time.
“Good news: Commis-sioner Goodell, you can put the kickoff back at the 30,” Hester wrote. “Bad news: Y’all will have to find a new favorite returner.”
Hester played for Atlan-ta, Baltimore and Seattle, but his best years were with the Bears from 2006-13. Chicago took him in the second round (57th overall) out of Miami, and at the end of his rookie season, he took the open-ing kickoff of the Super Bowl 92 yards for a touch-down against Indianapo-lis, though the Colts won the game.
He is the third-leading punt returner in NFL history and was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2014.
“The kind of production he had was very, very diffi-cult,” Bears coach John Fox said. “He changed games.”
But Hester’s impact went beyond the sheer numbers.
Opposing coaches would routinely do all they could to avoid punting or kicking
to him, even if that meant the Bears starting at their 40 because the ball landed out of bounds. When Hes-ter was at his best, they considered that a better option than risking a re-turn for a touchdown.
“I feel like when he’s out
there, everybody has a lit-tle more confidence,” said Bears cornerback Sher-rick McManis, who played with Hester. “Because all you’ve got to do is just step in front of your guy, and if he catches that ball, you know it’s bound to happen. He can take it straight to the crib. He gives every-body confidence. People have fun. Had to get guys not to watch, look at him run at times. He was a special player.”
In his retirement note, Hester showed the sort of flair that defined his ca-reer.
He mentioned the “con-fidence and swagger” he developed in college and learning to “act like you’re the best player on the field, then back it up.” He thanked the fans in Chica-go as well as former Bears coach Lovie Smith while recalling the ovations he got at Soldier Field. He closed with a reference to the Hall of Fame: “Hope-fully next time I see y’all it’ll be in Canton.”
NFL’s greatest kick returner Devin Hester retires
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULEWEDNESDAY
Boys BasketballTech at Fellowship (4)Triton at Malden (7)
Girls BasketballNorth Andover at Fenwick (7)Northeast at Mystic Valley (5:15)
Boys HockeyGloucester at Saugus (7)Lewiston, Maine at Mald. Cath. (6)Lynnfield at Pentucket (7)Swampscott at Beverly (6:20)Triton at Danvers (8:20)Winthrop at Mansfield (7:40)Franklin at St. Mary’s (5)
Girls HockeyMarblehead at Peabody (5:15)Masconomeet at Winthrop (6:10)Matignon at Medford (7)
SwimmingRevere at E. Boston (3:30)
Track
Amesbury at Lynnfield (7:15)Everett at Revere (7)Salem vs. Swampscott (at Peabody 6:30)Winthrop vs. Medford (at Revere, 7)
WrestlingBurlington at Beverly (6)Lynn at Shawsheen (4)Lynnfield at Pentucket (6:30)Marblehead at Danvers (5:30)St. John’s (D) at St. John’s (S) (6)
THURSDAYGirls Hockey
Fenwick at St. Joseph’s (7)
SwimmingGloucester at Danvers (5:30)Malden at Salem (4)
TrackGloucester at Peabody (6:30)Malden at Somerville (4)Marblehead vs. Malden (4)Saugus at Somerville (4)
NFL Network suspends analysts for sexual harassment
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From left, NFL Network analysts Marshall Faulk, Ike Taylor and Heath Evans have all been sus-pended indefinitely following the filing of a sexual harassment lawsuit on Monday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Hall of Fame player Marshall Faulk and two oth-er NFL Network analysts were sus-pended after a woman who worked as a wardrobe stylist at the network accused them of sexual misconduct in a lawsuit.
The NFL on Tuesday identified the three as Faulk, Ike Taylor and Heath Evans. They have been “sus-pended from their duties at NFL Network pending an investiga-tion into these allegations,” league spokesman Brian McCarthy said.
Jami Cantor described several sex-ually inappropriate encounters with the three retired players and others who have worked for NFL Network, according to court documents first reported by Bloomberg.
The lawsuit and suspensions are the latest in a wave of sexual misconduct allegations against prominent men in politics, entertainment and media.
Former NFL Network executive Eric Weinberger, former NFL Net-work analysts Donovan McNabb, Eric Davis, and Hall of Famer War-
ren Sapp, and former NFL Net-work employee Marc Watts also are named in the lawsuit.
Weinberger is president of the Bill Simmons Media Group and was placed on leave, according to a state-ment given to the New York Times. McNabb and Davis now work as ESPN radio contributors.
“We are investigating, and Mc-Nabb and Davis will not appear on our networks as that investigation proceeds,” ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said Tuesday.
B4 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2017
OFF THE MARK / MARK PARISI MODERATELY CONFUSED / JEFF STAHLER
ZIGGY / TOM WILSONREALITY CHECK / DAVE WHAMOND HERMAN / JIM UNGER
ALLEY OOP / GRAUE AND BENDER MONTY / MEDDICK
THATABABY / PAUL TRAP OVERBOARD / CHIP DUNHAM
THE BORN LOSER / ART AND CHIP SANSOMTHE GRIZZWELLS / BILL SCHORR
FRANK AND ERNEST / BOB THAVES BIG NATE / LINCOLN PEIRCE
ARLO AND JANIS / JIMMY JOHNSON SOUP TO NUTZ / RICK STROMOSKI
GARFIELD / JIM DAVIS ROSE IS ROSE / PAT BRADY
LIO / MATT TATULLI
DILBERT / SCOTT ADAMS
COMICS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2017 THE DAILY ITEM B5
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21)Get involved in something that is not only fun, but will also bring you in contact with peo-ple who can help you head in the direction you want to pur-sue.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Show compassion and lend a helping hand if it will bring about positive change. Your gesture will make a difference. Channel your emotional energy into something worthwhile.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)Stick to what you know and do well. Offer help, but don’t make promises that will be hard to deliver. Don’t be tempted by someone making unreason-able offers.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20)Be honest about your likes and dislikes. Don’t settle for less when you deserve more. Look for alternative ways to get what you want. Stick up for your rights.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)Make a point to get along with your peers or chat with people who can influence your future. Taking business trips or making arrangements to visit friends or relatives is favored.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)Partnerships look inviting. Whether it’s a personal or pro-fessional alliance, your efforts to develop opportunity and bolster your future look prom-ising.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)Someone will tempt you by us-ing emotional tactics or making unexpected, too-good-to-be-true offers. Be suspicious if some-thing sounds too easy or unreal-istic. Stick to what you know and the people you can trust.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)Attending social or networking events will be in your best inter-est. If you have your ideas ready to present, you will spark the in-terest of someone intrigued by what you have to offer.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)Tension will mount at home or when dealing with partners if you aren’t careful. Look for alterna-tive ways to please the people you love without going broke.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)Taking short trips, shopping for bargains or getting together with friends or relatives will be pro-ductive. Your insight and common sense will help you overcome a growing problem. Personal im-provements will bring high rewards.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)You’ll have some great ideas that will be sure to please someone you love. Gather in-formation that will help you make a personal change lead-ing to greater stability.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)You can get things done quickly if you are secretive. Home im-provement projects look prom-ising. A surprise you have for someone should be handled with care. Hard work will pay off.
HOROSCOPE
Cote de Pablo, who used to play Ziva in “NCIS,” said, “I actually speak fluent English and Spanish and ... I dabble in a couple of languages, but I’m not fluent in German, Rus-sian and Arabic.”
At the bridge table, you sometimes wonder how high you should dabble. In today’s deal, look at the South hand. East opened three clubs, South doubled (would you?), West passed, North advanced with three diamonds, and East passed. What should South have done now?
South might have overcalled three clubs with three no-trump, but if North had a four-card major, that rated to play better than no-trump. When North bid three diamonds, though, South paused. He knew that he should play North for 6 or 7 high-card points. Here, this meant that South expected his side to have 23 or 24 points — not enough for game unless they had a good fit or a long suit to run. But not wishing to stop in a minor, South plunged into three no-trump.
He survived because East erred at trick one by winning with his club ace and return-
ing a club. South, needing some luck, crossed to the heart ace and led the dia-mond jack. When East played low, so did declarer. West won the trick and shifted to a low spade, but South took that, cashed the diamond ace and claimed an overtrick.
However, if East had played the club 10 at trick one, the result would have been very different. South could have cashed out or established dummy’s diamond suit to go down four.
South should have passed out three diamonds, which would have made with an overtrick.
BRIDGE
How deep do you dabble your digit?
CROSSWORD
DEAR ABBY
Man keeps wife in the dark about new ‘business partner’
EVENING TV LISTINGS WEDNESDAY’S TV DECEMBER 13, 20177:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:00
BROADCAST STATIONS WGBH^ PBS
Greater Boston
Steves’ Europe
Nature “Soul of the Elephant”
NOVA “Secret Tunnel Warfare”
SuperNature -- Wild Flyers
To Be Announced Greater Boston
Tavis Smiley
SuperNa-ture
WBZ$ CBS
Wheel of Fortune
Jeopardy! (N)
Survivor (N) SEAL Team “Col-lapse”
Criminal Minds “Wheels Up”
WBZ News
Late Show-Colbert Late Late Show With James Corden
WCVB% ABC
News-Center 5
Chronicle (N)
Gold-bergs
Speech-less (N)
Modern Family
House-wife
Designated Survivor “Line of Fire”
News-Center 5
Jimmy Kimmel Live Nightline (N)
Page Six TV (N)
WBTS* NBC
Boston News
Access (N)
The Wall Golden Globes 75th Anniversary Special Best moments from the Golden Globes.
Boston News
Tonight Show-J. Fallon
Late Night With Seth Meyers (N)
WFXT9 FOX
Ent. Tonight
TMZ (N) Empire “Slave to Memory” (N)
Star The showcase is finally here. (N)
Boston 25 News at 10PM (N)
Boston News
TMZ Daily-MailTV
Simpsons Boston News
WUTF= UMA
La tierra prometida La Niña La tierra prometida Lady, la vendedora de rosas (N)
El Chavo Noticiero Uni
Laura Abismo
WSBKF MNT
Big Bang Theory
Big Bang Theory
WBZ News (N) Dateline Dateline “House of Secrets”
Seinfeld Seinfeld How I Met How I Met King of Queens
WGBX L PBS
The Great British Baking Show
The Doctor Blake Mysteries
Doc Martin “The Doctor Is Out”
Doc Martin -- Seven Grumpy
PBS NewsHour (N) Tavis Smiley
Steves’ Europe
Nature
WBINR MNT
Happen-ing
227 Harry (N) The Jef-fersons
All in the Family
The Johnny Carson Show
Newhart Family Ties
Wings Becker Three’s Company
WLVIX CW
Gold-bergs
Gold-bergs
Riverdale (N) Dynasty “Rotten Things” (N)
7 News at 10PM on CW56 (N)
Modern Family
Modern Family
Family Guy
American Dad
Cleveland
TELE¨TELE
Caso Cerrado: Edición Estelar (N)
Milagros de Navidad (N)
Sangre de mi tierra (N)
Señora Acero 4: La Coyote (N)
Al Rojo Vivo
Titulares y más
Sangre de mi tierra Señora Acero 4
WABU¥ ION
Law & Order “Fame” Law & Order “Avatar” Law & Order “Home Sweet”
Law & Order: Spe-cial Victims Unit
Law & Order: Spe-cial Victims Unit
Law & Order: Spe-cial Victims Unit
Law Or-der: CI
CABLE STATIONS
A&E Storage Wars
Storage Wars
Storage Wars
Storage Wars
Storage Wars (N)
Storage Wars (N)
Ozzy and Jack’s World Detour (N)
Storage Wars
Storage Wars
Storage Wars
Storage Wars
Storage Wars
AMC (5:00) ››‡“The Notebook” (2004)
››‡This Christmas (2007) Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba. A reunion at the holidays tests family ties.
››A Christmas Carol (1984, Children’s) George C. Scott, Angela Pleasence, Edward Woodward.
American Pres
BRAVO Housewives/NJ Housewives/NJ Housewives/NJ Housewives/NJ Watch What
Housewives/NJ The Real House-wives of Atlanta
DISC Homestead Rescue “The Hill of Death”
Homestead Rescue Homestead Rescue (N)
Moonshiners Homestead Rescue Homestead Rescue Home-stead
DISN Bunk’d Raven’s Home
Andi Mack
Stuck/Middle
Bizaard-vark
Raven’s Home
K.C. Un-dercover
Liv and Maddie
Bizaard-vark
Raven’s Home
Stuck/Middle
Bunk’d Bunk’d
ESPN NBA Basketball Oklahoma City Thunder at Indiana Pacers. Bankers Life Fieldhouse. (N)
NBA Basketball Charlotte Hornets at Houston Rock-ets. Toyota Center. (N)
SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt (N)
SportsCen-ter
ESPN2 College Basketball Villanova at Temple. Liacouras Center. (N)
Fantasy Show
Boxing Gary Corco-ran vs. Jeff Horn.
SC Fea-tured (N)
SportsCenter (N) Baseball Tonight (N) Jalen & Jacoby
FREE (6:40) ›››“The Santa Clause” (1994, Children’s) Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold.
›‡The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006) Tim Allen, Martin Short.
The 700 Club The Year Without a Santa Claus
Weddings
FX (5:00) ››‡“Jack Reacher”
›››Lucy (2014, Action) Scarlett Johans-son, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik.
››Taken 3 (2014) Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker. Bryan Mills is framed for the murder of his ex-wife.
Atlanta “B.A.N.”
Atlanta
HBO “Get Out” ‘R’
VICE News
››Why Him? (2016, Comedy) James Franco, Bryan Cranston. ‘R’
Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady
Fight Game
All Def Comedy
›››Deepwater Horizon (2016) Mark Wahlberg. ‘PG-13’
HIST Pawn Stars
Pawn Stars
Vikings “Homeland” Vikings The Saxons devise a battle plan.
Knightfall “Find Us the Grail” (N)
Knightfall “Find Us the Grail”
Vikings “Homeland” Vikings
LIFE Little Women: Atlanta
Little Women: LA “A Little Festive”
Little Women: Atlanta (N)
Little Women: LA (N)
Little Women: LA “A Little Festive”
Little Women: Atlanta
Little Women
MTV Teen Mom OG “Sys-tem Overload”
Floribama Shore Floribama Shore Are You the One? The cast reunites.
Catfish: The TV Show
Catfish: The TV Show
Catfish: The TV
NBCSB Celtics Pregame
NBA Basketball Denver Nuggets at Boston Celtics. TD Garden. (N)
Celtics Post.
Celtics Post
Boston Sports Tonight (N)
Patriots Monday Patriot
Basket-ball
NESN Behind the B
Bruins Academy
Charlie Moore
Charlie Moore
Focused (N)
In the Spotlight
Sports Today
Sports Today
Sports Today
Sports Today
Sex Pills Worry Free Brio
Philips!
NICK The Thundermans Full House
Full House
Full House
Full House
Fresh Prince
Fresh Prince
Friends Friends Friends Friends Two and Half Men
SHOW (6:00) ›››‡“Bridge of Spies” (2015) Tom Hanks.
›‡American Outlaws (2001) Colin Farrell. ‘PG-13’
White Famous
››Office Christmas Party (2016) Jason Bateman. ‘R’
SMILF Ill Behav-iour
Orny Adams
STARZ (6:46) ››‡“The Shallows” (2016)
››America’s Sweethearts (2001, Romance-Comedy) Julia Roberts. ‘PG-13’
››Passengers (2016, Science Fiction) Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt. ‘PG-13’
››‡The Family Stone (2005) Dermot Mulroney.
SYFY ››‡Shooter (2007, Suspense) Mark Wahlberg. A wounded sniper plots revenge against those who betrayed him.
Happy! “What Smiles Are For” (N)
››‡Shooter (2007, Suspense) Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Danny Glover.
TBS Big Bang Theory
Big Bang Theory
Big Bang Theory
Big Bang Theory
Big Bang Theory
Big Bang Theory
Big Bang Theory
Full Frontal
Conan Actor Owen Wilson. (N)
Full Frontal
Conan Actor Owen Wilson.
TNT (5:30) ›››“The Blind Side” (2009)
The Librarians (N) ››A Christmas Carol (1999, Fantasy) Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant.
The Librarians ›‡Fool’s Gold (2008, Action) Matthew McConaughey.
USA WWE NXT ›››Thor (2011, Action) Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman.
Mr. Robot “Shutdown -r” (N)
Law & Order: Spe-cial Victims Unit
Law & Order: Spe-cial Victims Unit
Mr. Robot
VH1 Black Ink Crew Black Ink Crew Black Ink Crew (N) Black Ink Crew ››White Chicks (2004, Comedy) Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans.
Wild ’n Out
EVENING TV LISTINGS TUESDAY’S TV DECEMBER 12, 20177:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:00
BROADCAST STATIONS WGBH^ PBS
Greater Boston
Steves’ Europe
Finding Your Roots Questlove; Dr. Phil.
Member Favorites To Be Announced Greater Boston
Tavis Smiley
Frontline
WBZ$ CBS
Wheel of Fortune
Jeopardy! (N)
NCIS A senator’s son is injured. (N)
Bull “Home for the Holidays” (N)
NCIS: New Orleans “Mirror, Mirror” (N)
WBZ News
Late Show-Colbert Late Late Show With James Corden
WCVB% ABC
News-Center 5
Chronicle (N)
The Middle (N)
Fresh Off the Boat
blackish (N)
The Mayor
Kevin (Probably) Saves the World
News-Center 5
Jimmy Kimmel Live Nightline (N)
Page Six TV (N)
WBTS* NBC
Boston News
Access (N)
The Voice “Live Semi-Final Results”
Gwen Stefani’s You Make It Feel
Chicago Med “Naughty or Nice”
Boston News
Tonight Show-J. Fallon
Late Night With Seth Meyers (N)
WFXT9 FOX
Ent. Tonight
TMZ (N) Lethal Weapon “Wreck the Halls”
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (N)
Boston 25 News at 10PM (N)
Boston News
TMZ Daily-MailTV
Simpsons Boston News
WUTF= UMA
La tierra prometida La Niña La tierra prometida Lady, la vendedora de rosas (N)
El Chavo Noticiero Uni
Laura Abismo
WSBKF MNT
Big Bang Theory
Big Bang Theory
WBZ News (N) The X-Files Hacker endangers agents.
The X-Files “The Blessing Way”
Seinfeld Seinfeld How I Met How I Met King of Queens
WGBX L PBS
Member Favorites Member Favorites PBS NewsHour (N) Tavis Smiley
Steves’ Europe
Finding-Roots
WBINR MNT
Happen-ing
227 Harry (N) The Jef-fersons
All in the Family
The Johnny Carson Show
Newhart Family Ties
Wings Becker Three’s Company
WLVIX CW
Gold-bergs
Gold-bergs
Holiday Commer-cials Countdown
The Victoria’s Se-cret Fashion Show
7 News at 10PM on CW56 (N)
Modern Family
Modern Family
Family Guy
American Dad
Cleveland
TELE¨TELE
Caso Cerrado: Edición Estelar (N)
Milagros de Navidad (N)
Sangre de mi tierra (N)
Señora Acero 4: La Coyote (N)
Al Rojo Vivo
Titulares y más
Sangre de mi tierra Señora Acero 4
WABU¥ ION
Criminal Minds “Doubt”
Criminal Minds “Surface Tension”
Criminal Minds “A Good Husband”
Criminal Minds “Spencer”
Criminal Minds “Alpha Male”
Criminal Minds “In the Dark”
Law Or-der: CI
CABLE STATIONS
A&E Who Killed Tupac? “Crips vs Bloods”
Who Killed Tupac? Who Killed Tupac? Who Killed Tupac? (N)
Who Killed Tupac? “Crips vs Bloods”
Who Killed Tupac? Who-Tupac?
AMC (5:30) ›››“The Goonies” (1985)
›››Scrooged (1988) Bill Murray. TV-network bigshot meets Christmas ghosts.
›››Scrooged (1988) Bill Murray. TV-network bigshot meets Christmas ghosts.
››‡Two Weeks Notice (2002) Sandra Bullock.
BRAVO Below Deck Jen up-sets the entire crew.
Below Deck Watch What Hap-pens Live
Stripped (N) Watch What Hap-pens Live
Vanderpump Rules “Unfaithful”
Watch What
DISC Moonshiners “Light-ning Strikes”
Moonshiners: Outlaw Cuts (N)
Moonshiners “Sec-ond Chances” (N)
Bushcraft Build-Off “Hunting Season”
Moonshiners “Sec-ond Chances”
Bushcraft Build-Off “Hunting Season”
Moon-shiners
DISN Bunk’d Raven’s Home
Andi Mack
Stuck/Middle
Bizaard-vark
Raven’s Home
››Full-Court Miracle (2003, Drama) Alex D. Linz. ‘NR’
Lego Marvel
Raven’s Home
Bunk’d Bunk’d
ESPN NBA Basketball Los Angeles Lakers at New York Knicks. Madison Square Garden. (N)
NBA Basketball Philadelphia 76ers at Minnesota Timberwolves. Target Center. (N)
SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt (N)
SportsCen-ter
ESPN2 College Basketball Mississippi State at Cincinnati. BB&T Arena. (N)
College Basketball Michigan at Texas. Frank Erwin Center. (N)
SportsCenter (N) Baseball Tonight (N) Jalen & Jacoby
FREE (6:40) ›››“The Polar Express” (2004, Children’s) Voices of Tom Hanks.
›››The Santa Clause (1994, Children’s) Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold.
The 700 Club ››‡Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July (1980)
FX (6:00) ›››“Kingsman: The Secret Service” (2014, Action) Colin Firth.
››‡Jack Reacher (2012, Action) Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike. A former military investigator probes a sniper attack.
›››Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) Colin Firth.
HBO Ben Bradlee
VICE News
›››Kong: Skull Island (2017, Adventure) Tom Hiddleston. ‘PG-13’
REAL Sports With Bryant Gumbel (N)
Boxing Miguel Roman vs. Orlando Salido. From Las Vegas.
HIST The Curse of Oak Island “Close Call”
Oak Island: Digging Deeper
The Curse of Oak Island (N)
The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer (N)
The Curse of Oak Island
Oak Island: Digging Deeper
The Curse of
LIFE Grey’s Anatomy “A Hard Day’s Night”
››‡The Holiday (2006) Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet. Two women from different countries swap homes at Christmas.
Deliver-ing Chr.
Family-Holiday
››‡The Holiday (2006) Cam-eron Diaz, Kate Winslet.
MTV Ridicu-lousness
Ridicu-lousness
Teen Mom OG “Too Shady”
Teen Mom OG “Sys-tem Overload”
The Challenge A new player arrives.
Floribama Shore Floribama Shore Amazing-ness
NBCSB (6:30) Early Edition (N)
Monday Patriot
Quick Slants
Boston Sports Tonight (N) Quick Slants
Monday Patriot
Best of Boston
NESN Premier League Soccer Liverpool FC vs Everton FC.
Liverpool Match Extra (N)
Sports Today
Sports Today
Sports Today
Red Sox Report
Joint Health
Prostate Issues?
Worry Free Brio
NICK (6:30) “Santa Hunt-ers” (2014)
Full House
Full House
Full House
Full House
Fresh Prince
Fresh Prince
Friends Friends Friends Friends Two and Half Men
SHOW (6:00) ›››“Per-sonal Shopper” ‘R’
Shameless Fiona reflects on her life.
Inside the NFL (N) Season, Navy
Season, Navy
Inside the NFL White Famous
SMILF Ill Behav-iour
STARZ “Pelham 123”
Outlander “Eye of the Storm”
›››‡Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015, Science Fiction) Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill. ‘PG-13’
Outlander “Eye of the Storm”
››The Comedian (2016) Robert De Niro. ‘R’
SYFY Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama
TBS Big Bang Theory
Big Bang Theory
Big Bang Theory
Big Bang Theory
Big Bang Theory
Big Bang Theory
Joker’s Wild
Drop the Mic (N)
Conan (N) Joker’s Wild
Conan
TNT Bones “The Partners in the Divorce”
Major Crimes Major Crimes (N) Major Crimes Law & Order “Mar-ried With Children”
Law & Order “City Hall”
Law & Order
USA Chrisley Knows
Chrisley Knows
WWE SmackDown! (N) Chrisley Knows
The Cromarties
Modern Family
Modern Family
Modern Family
Modern Family
Chrisley Knows
VH1 Black Ink Crew Love & Hip Hop Love & Hip Hop “Puppy Love”
Love & Hip Hop Scared Famous Black Ink Crew Love Don’t
DIVERSIONS
DEAR ABBY: My hus-band met a gal 33 years younger than he is at a doctor’s office. It seems they “became close,” so they went off and bought real estate together in an-other state. They spend weeks at a time together there alone.
When they are both here in town, they have “busi-ness” meetings several times a week. I am not al-lowed to attend, know when they take place or even ask what was dis-cussed. They never have phone conversations while I’m near, and their texts to each other are “none of my business.”
My husband’s words: “I don’t know why you’re so mad; you’re just jealous.” Your thoughts, please?
PEEVED IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR PEEVED: You live in a community prop-erty state. Half of your husband’s share of what-ever property he and this woman bought together belongs to you.
My first thought is your husband is having a fling
and lying about not know-ing why you are angry. He’s right that you are jealous. You have every right to be.
My second thought is that you should consult an attorney ASAP. I don’t know how much you know about your husband’s fi-nances, but a forensic ac-countant can help you un-earth any assets he may be hiding or has already bur-ied. After that, it will be up to you to decide whether you want to continue in a marriage with someone who would treat you so shabbily.
DEAR ABBY: My hus-band and I treated our 24-year-old granddaugh-ter to dinner and a histor-ical city tour. When we stopped by to pick her up, she came out of the house wearing a skin-tight top
that laced up the front, with a 3-inch gap from top to bottom and no bra.
My first reaction was to ask her to change, think-ing it was highly inappro-priate. Her grandfather thought we should just let it go, so we went out for the evening. Nothing was mentioned regarding her attire, but I was extremely uncomfortable. What is your opinion?
BUTTONED UP IN INDIANA
DEAR BUTTONED UP: Your granddaughter is an adult. For you to have asked her to change clothes would have been awkward for everyone concerned. While her choice of outfit may have been revealing, if there was any embarrass-ment, it should not have been yours. If you prefer
she dress more modestly when she’s with you, the next time you invite her to go someplace, say so.
DEAR ABBY: Allow me to offer a tip for those men about to pop the “big ques-tion” to their girlfriends: Let your fiancee pick out the ring style she will be wearing for the rest of her life. Arrange with a jewel-er to have a tray of rings in different styles in your price range. Then present a ring with the proposal with the understanding it can be exchanged.
WISE SOUTHERNER
DEAR SOUTHERNER: This is a subject that has been addressed in my col-umn several times. A prac-tical way to handle it is for the man to talk to the jew-eler about what he can af-ford to spend beforehand, so the stones will be avail-able to display to his fian-cee, as well as a variety of settings from which she can choose. And, if none are to her liking, she might pre-fer the option of designing her own setting. Many brides do.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
B6 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2017
CLASSIFIED
Public Notice
Massachusetts Department of Environmental ProtectionDivision of Wetlands and Waterways
Southeast Region20 Riverside Drive
Lakeville, MA 02347
Pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1341 M.G.L. c. 21 § 43, notice is given of a 401 WaterQuality Certification application for the Bridge Replacement Project of the BeldenG. Bly Bridge No. L-18-016=S-05-008 in the City of Lynn and the Town of Saugusby the MassDOT Division of Highways, Ten Park Plaza, Room 4260, Boston, MA02116. This project will involve Bridge Replacement of Route 107 over the SaugusRiver in Lynn and Saugus. Additional information may be obtained from theMassachusetts Highway Department at the above address, Attention SusanMcArthur, (857) 368-8807. Written comments should be sent to DEP, Division ofWetlands and Waterways, Attention Chris Ross, Southeast Region, 20 RiversideDrive, Lakeville, MA 02347 within 21 days of this notice. Any group of ten persons,any aggrieved person, or any governmental body or private organization with amandate to protect the environment who submits written comments may appealthe Department's Certification. Failure to submit written comments before the endof the public comment period may result in the waiver of any right to anadjudicatory hearing.Item: December 13, 2017
(SEAL)COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
LAND COURTDEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT
17SM004126ORDER OF NOTICE
To:Carlos Rivas;Karla Cruz-Rivas,
and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50U.S.C. c. 50 §3901 et seq.:
Freedom Mortgage Corporation
claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in Swampscott,numbered 138 Walker Road, given by Carlos Rivas and Karla Cruz-Rivas toMortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for PMAC LendingServices, Inc., a Corporation, dated January 2, 2015, and recorded in the EssexCounty (Southern District) Registry of Deeds in Book 33781, Page 95, and nowheld by the Plaintiff by assignment, has/have filed with this court a complaint fordetermination of Defendant's/Defendants' Servicemembers status.
If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the UnitedStates of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the ServicemembersCivil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above mentioned property onthat basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer inthis court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before January 15,2018 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to thebenefits of said Act.Witness, JUDITH C. CUTLER Chief Justice of said Court on December 4, 2017.
Attest: Deborah J. PattersonRecorder
201704-0248-TEAItem: December 13, 2017
MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in acertain mortgage given by David A. Horvath to "MERS", Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc., a separate corporation that is acting solely as nomineefor "Lender", Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. and its successors and assigns datedSeptember 26, 2005 and recorded with the Essex County (Southern District)Registry of Deeds, in Book 24904, Page 149, as assigned by Assignment ofMortgage dated April 26, 2011 and recorded with Essex County (Southern District)Registry of Deeds, Book 30396, Page 103, and as assigned by Assignment ofMortgage dated December 12, 2014 and recorded with said Registry of Deeds,Book 33812, Page 58, and as assigned by Assignment of Mortgage dated July 19,2016 and recorded with Essex County (Southern District) Registry of Deeds, Book35345, Page 503, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, forbreach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing thesame will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 AM, on January 3, 2018, on thepremises known as 9 Midland Avenue, Saugus, Massachusetts, the premisesdescribed in said mortgage, together with all the rights, easements, andappurtenances thereto, to wit:
A parcel of land with the buildings thereon, situated on Midland Avenue, Saugus,Massachusetts being lots 176 to 181, being Lot A-197 on Plan 2020 on file in theAssessor's Office, supposed to contain 9090 feet, more or less.
This conveyance is subject to an Order of Taking for Sewer Drainage recorded withthe Middlesex South 6269, Page 794.
Terms of Sale: These premises are being sold subject to any and all unpaid realestate taxes, water rates, municipal charges and assessments, condominiumcharges, expenses, costs, and assessments, if applicable, federal tax liens,partition wall rights, statutes, regulations, zoning, subdivision control, or othermunicipal ordinances or bylaws respecting land use, configuration, building orapproval, or bylaws, statutes or ordinances regarding the presence of lead paint,asbestos or other toxic substances, sanitary codes, housing codes, tenancy, and ,to the extent that they are recorded prior to the above mortgage, any easements,rights of way, restrictions, confirmation or other matters of record.
Purchaser shall also bear all state and county deeds excise tax. The deposit of$5,000.00 is to be paid in cash or bank or certified check at the time and place ofthe sale, with the balance of the purchase price to be paid by bank or certifiedcheck within thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, to be deposited in escrowwith Guaetta and Benson, LLC, at 73 Princeton Street, Suite 212, NorthChelmsford, Massachusetts.
In the event that the successful bidder at the foreclosure sale shall default inpurchasing the within described property according to the terms of this Notice ofSale and/or the terms of the Memorandum of Sale executed at the time of theforeclosure, the Mortgagee reserves the right to sell the property by foreclosuredeed to the second highest bidder or, thereafter, to the next highest bidders,providing that said bidder shall deposit with said attorney, the amount of therequired deposit as set forth herein within five (5) business days after writtennotice of the default of the previous highest bidder.
Other terms, if any, are to be announced at the sale.
Dated: December 6, 2017Present holder of said mortgage
U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trustby its Attorneys
Guaetta and Benson, LLCPeter V. Guaetta, Esquire
P.O. Box 519Chelmsford, MA 01824
Item: December 13, 20, 27, 2017
NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgagegiven by John J. Cammarata, Karen E. Cammarata to Chase Manhattan MortgageCorporation dated October 21, 2004, recorded at the Essex County (SouthernDistrict) Registry of Deeds in Book 23531, Page 523; said mortgage was thenassigned to U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust byvirtue of an assignment dated August 11, 2015, and recorded in Book 34509,Page 65; of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder for breach ofconditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will besold at PUBLIC AUCTION at 10:00 AM on December 28, 2017, on the mortgagedpremises. This property has the address of 8 Willowdale Drive, Lynnfield, MA01940. The entire mortgaged premises, all and singular, the premises asdescribed in said mortgage:
The land with buildings thereon situated in said Lynnfield on Willowdale Drive,being shown as Lot 19A on a plan entitled "Definitive Plan Willowdale Dr. &Carpenter Rd. (Ext) Lynnfield, Mass." owned by Pelletier Realty Trust, drawn byHayes Engineering, Inc., dated October 5, 1964, recorded with Essex SouthRegistry of Deeds, Plan Book 104, Plan 100, bounded and described as follows:SOUTHERLY by Willowdale Drive, 127.69 feet; SOUTHWESTELRY on a curved linefrom the junction of Willowdale Drive and Carpenter Road, 39.27 feet; WESTERLYby Carpenter Road, 35.09 feet; NORTHERLY by land now or formerly of Borjeson,124.76 feet; Westerly by land now or formerly of Borjeson, on two courses, 91.75feet; NORTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of Fraser & Hyer, 208.32 feet; andSOUTHEASTERLY by Lot 20A as shown on said plan, 172.70 feet. Containing30,400 square feet of land, more or less, according to said plan. Subject to andwith the benefit of easements and rights of record, so far as now in force andapplicable. For Mortgagor's title, see deed recorded herewith.
Subject to and with the benefit of easements, reservation, restrictions, and takingof record, if any, insofar as the same are now in force and applicable. In the eventof any typographical error set forth herein in the legal description of the premises,the description as set forth and contained in the mortgage shall control byreference. Together with all the improvements now or hereafter erected on theproperty and all easements, rights, appurtenances, rents, royalties, mineral, oiland gas rights and profits, water rights and stock and all fixtures now or hereafter apart of the property. All replacements and additions shall also be covered by thissale.
Terms of Sale: Said premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes andassessments, tax sales, tax titles and other municipal liens and water or sewerliens and State or County transfer fees, if any there are, and TEN THOUSANDDOLLARS ($10,000.00) in cashier's or certified check will be required to be paidby the purchaser at the time and place of the sale as a deposit and the balance incashier's or certified check will be due in thirty (30) days, at the offices of Doonan,Graves & Longoria, LLC, ("DG&L"), time being of the essence. The Mortgageereserves the right to postpone the sale to a later date by public proclamation atthe time and date appointed for the sale and to further postpone at any adjournedsale-date by public proclamation at the time and date appointed for the adjournedsale date. The premises is to be sold subject to and with the benefit of alleasements, restrictions, leases, tenancies, and rights of possession, building andzoning laws, encumbrances, condominium liens, if any and all other claim in thenature of liens, if any there be.
In the event that the successful bidder at the foreclosure sale shall default inpurchasing the within described property according to the terms of this Notice ofSale and/or the terms of the Memorandum of Sale executed at the time offoreclosure, the Mortgagee reserves the right to sell the property by foreclosuredeed to the second highest bidder, providing that said second highest bidder shalldeposit with the Mortgagee's attorneys, the amount of the required deposit as setforth herein. If the second highest bidder declines to purchase the within describedproperty, the Mortgagee reserves the right to purchase the within describedproperty at the amount bid by the second highest bidder. The foreclosure deedand the consideration paid by the successful bidder shall be held in escrow byDG&L, (hereinafter called the "Escrow Agent") until the deed shall be releasedfrom escrow to the successful bidder at the same time as the consideration isreleased to the Mortgagee, whereupon all obligations of the Escrow Agent shall bedeemed to have been properly fulfilled and the Escrow Agent shall be discharged.Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.
Dated: November 13, 2017U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust
By its Attorney DOONAN, GRAVES & LONGORIA, LLC,100 Cummings Center Suite 225D
Beverly, MA 01915(978) 921-2670
www.dgandl.com 53875 (CAMMARATA A/K/A JOHN CAMMARATA)FEI # 1078.02287 11/29/2017, 12/06/2017, 12/13/2017
Item: November 29, December 6, 13, 2017
MORTGAGEE'S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE
By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgagegiven by Michael Hartigan, and Helen A. Hartigan to Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Full Spectrum Lending Inc., itssuccessors and assigns, dated January 3, 2002 and recorded with the EssexCounty (Southern District) Registry of Deeds at Book 18163, Page 21subsequently assigned to Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. by Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc. by assignment recorded in said Essex County (SouthernDistrict) Registry of Deeds at Book 28210, Page 404; of which Mortgage theundersigned is the present holder for breach of the conditions of said Mortgageand for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 2:00 PMon December 20, 2017 at 14 Elaine Avenue, Saugus, MA, all and singular thepremises described in said Mortgage, to wit:
The two certain parcels of land with the buildings thereon situated in Saugus,Essex County, Massachusetts, bounded and described as follows: PARCEL 1 Acertain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated in Suagus, Essex County,Massachusetts. being Lots 88 and 89 on plan entitled "Lincoln Heights, Saugus,Mass." dated July 1903, recorded with Essex South District Deed in Book 1969.Page 1; together bounded and described as follows: WESTERLY by ElaineAvenue(formerly called Blane Avenue) fifty-one (51) feet; NORTHERLY by MidvaleAvenue, as shown on plan recorded with said Registry in Plan Book 18, Plan 23, intwo courses, ninety-five (95) feet; EASTERLY by Lot 30, as shown on plan firstabove mentioned, thirty (30) feet; and SOUTHERLY by Lot 87, as shown on planfirst above mentioned, eighty-six and 9/10 (86.9) feet. Containing 3,855 squarefeet, more or less. PARCEL 2 A certain parcel of land situated in Saugus. EssexCounty, Massachusetts, being Lots 85, 86 and 87 on plan entitled, "LincolnHeights, Saugus, Mass." dated July 1903. recorded with Essex South DistrictRegistry of Deeds, Book 1969, Page 1; together bounded and described asfollows: WESTERLY by Elaine Avenue (formerly called Blane Avenue), 75 feet;SOUTHERLY by Lot 84 on said plan, 81.5 feet; EASTERLY by Lots 32, 31 and aportion of Lot 30, 75 feet; and NORTHERLY by Lot 88 on said plan, 86.9 feet.Containing 6,315 square feet, according to said plan. Being the same premisesconveyed to the herein named mortgagor (s) by deed recorded with Essex SouthDistrict Registry of Deeds in Book 11816. Page 433.
The premises are to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements,restrictions, building and zoning laws, liens, attorney's fees and costs pursuant toM.G.L.Ch.183A, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens andassessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession.
TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form ofa certified check, bank treasurer's check or money order will be required to bedelivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will berequired to execute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close ofthe bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) daysfrom the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer's check or othercheck satisfactory to Mortgagee's attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bidat the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the termsof the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosuresale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall beentitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no furtherrecourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. Thedescription of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event ofan error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE.
Other terms if any, to be announced at the sale.
Select Portfolio Servicing Inc.
Present Holder of said Mortgage,By Its Attorneys,
ORLANS PCPO Box 540540
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By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgagegiven by Sina Eam and Sovathy Eam to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,Inc., as nominee for Salem Five Mortgage Company, LLC, a Limited LiabilityCorporation, its successors and assigns, dated March 4, 2015 and recorded withthe Essex County (Southern District) Registry of Deeds at Book 33895, Page 166subsequently assigned to Ditech Financial LLC by Mortgage Electronic RegistrationSystems, Inc., as nominee for Salem Five Mortgage Company, LLC, a LimitedLiability Corporation, its successors and assigns by assignment recorded in saidEssex County (Southern District) Registry of Deeds at Book 34893, Page 359; ofwhich Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder for breach of the conditionsof said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at PublicAuction at 11:00 AM on December 27, 2017 at 77 Bowler Street, Lynn, MA, alland singular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit:
The land and buildings situated at #77 Bowler Street in said Lynn, bounded anddescribed as follows: SOUTHEAST by Bowler Street, formerly called Lake Street, 50feet; SOUTHWEST by Lewis School property of the City of Lynn, 115 feet;NORTHWEST by land now or late of Annie M. Rogers, 50 feet; and NORTHEAST byland now or late of Farmer, 109 feet. Meaning and intending to convey the samelands and premises conveyed to Lucy M. Wing (n/k/a Lucy Pearson) by Deeddated October 28, 1949 and recorded with the Essex South Registry of Deeds inDeed Book 3700, Page 564. Lucy Pearson (f/k/a Lucy M. Wing) subsequentlydeparted this life on or about September 8, 2014 sec Death Certificate EssexCounty Probate Docket Number 14P-3070EA Jane Booras appointed PersonalRepresentative. For current title see Deed to Sina Eam and Sovathy Earn recordedwith said Registry of Deeds prior hereto and herewith.
The premises are to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements,restrictions, building and zoning laws, liens, attorney's fees and costs pursuant toM.G.L.Ch.183A, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens andassessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession.
TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form ofa certified check, bank treasurer's check or money order will be required to bedelivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will berequired to execute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close ofthe bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) daysfrom the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer's check or othercheck satisfactory to Mortgagee's attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bidat the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the termsof the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosuresale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall beentitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no furtherrecourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. Thedescription of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event ofan error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE.
Other terms if any, to be announced at the sale.
Ditech Financial LLC
Present Holder of said Mortgage,By Its Attorneys,
ORLANS PCPO Box 540540
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Christmas in Ohio: Nutcrackers, Victorian village, NativityTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Six-foot-tall nutcrack-ers, a life-size Nativity display and a Dickens Victorian Village: These are some of the ways Ohio says “Merry Christ-mas!”
DICKENS VICTORIAN
VILLAGEAbout 13 years ago, Bob
Ley and his wife drove from their hometown of Cambridge, Ohio, to see the famous Oglebay Win-ter Festival of Lights in nearby Wheeling, W.Va. “It was jam-packed with cars and buses,” Ley re-called. “We started look-ing at license plates. Almost three-fourths of the cars had gone past Cambridge to get there. We thought, ‘What could we do to waylay them so they’d spend some time in Cambridge?’”
Ley was in the men’s clothing business and his wife was fond of En-glish literature. They hatched the idea of turn-ing mannequins into fig-ures from Charles Dick-ens’ “A Christmas Carol” and other Victorian-era
scenes. A local trade school built over 100 fig-ures, artists designed the heads and faces, and, with help from other volunteers and funding from local officials and businesses, they created a Dickens Victorian Vil-lage.
More than 200 people now work on the project year-round. This year, 167 figures are displayed in 94 scenes.
Ley says they’ve had visitors from nearly ev-ery state, plus dozens of tour buses, with a third of visitors spending the night at a hotel, eating in restaurants and shopping in stores.
Characters range from Father Christmas to Scrooge and Marley from “A Christmas Carol” to Victorian-themed scenes of lamplighters and car-olers. An “Imagination Station” invites visitors to have their photos taken in period costumes. The lo-cal courthouse also hosts a synchronized holiday music-and-light show. The village is open through Dec. 31.
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iday fun. The 6-foot-tall nutcrackers are carved at Nelson Fine Art & Gifts, then customized by and for students, clubs, busi-nesses and other local en-terprises.
The nutcrackers are free to visit and on display 24 hours a day through Jan. 7. Fort Steuben Park also hosts an advent market and other events.
LIFE-SIZED NATIVITY SCENE
A life-sized Nativity dis-play presented by an insur-ance company is a tradition in Columbus. State Auto Insurance Companies be-gan displaying the Nativity figures in the 1950s. The display is shown each year outside its headquarters on the east side of downtown across the street from the art museum.
In addition to the man-ger scene depicting the newborn Christ child, the figures range from wise men on camels to angels to a Roman soldier. The figures are illuminated each night through Jan. 2, with choirs performing Friday and Saturday eve-nings until Christmas.
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The Guernsey County Courthouse during the light and music show that plays nightly during the city’s annual holiday festivities.
VILLAGEFort Steuben is an 18th
century historic site in Steubenville, Ohio. It comes alive every Christ-
mas with the Steubenville Nutcracker Village, a dis-play of 150 life-size nut-crackers. It’s the brain-child of a couple of local
businessmen who start-ed the tradition in 2015 as a way to draw people downtown and spur local pride while creating hol-
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— Line a plate with paper towels. Place the five sliced shallots in a small saucepan and pour in canola or vegetable oil to cover. Place the pan on the stove, turn the heat to medium and allow the shallots to cook, stirring occasionally until they turn medium brown. Drain them in a fine-mesh sieve, reserving the oil for an-other use, then turn the shallots onto the paper-plate lined plate and blot with another paper towel. Sprinkle with salt.
— Fill a large bowl with water and some ice. Plunge the haricot verts into the pot of boiling water, and cook for about 5 minutes, just until crisp tender. Drain and plunge the partially cooked green beans into the ice water to stop the cooking. Drain.
— Melt the butter in large skillet. Sauté the mushrooms until they’re browned and any liquid they have released has evaporat-ed, about 6 minutes. Add the three chopped shallots and sau-té for another 2 minutes until the shallots are slightly softened. Sprinkle the flour over them, and continue to sauté for another 2 minutes until the flour coats the mushrooms well, and turns golden. Slowly pour in the broth while stirring. Stir in the half and half, and continue to cook, stirring frequently, until the liquid thickens. Add the partially cooked green beans. Turn into the pre-pared casserole. Bake until hot and bubbly, about 15 minutes. Sprinkle the crispy sliced shallots over the casserole and bake for 5 more minutes until shallots are hot and re-crisped. Serve hot.
By Katie WorkmanASSOCIATED PRESS
For the holidays, there are people who absolutely love a classic green bean casserole made with con-densed soup, canned beans and packaged fried onions.
I get the nostalgia. And the thought is a winning one: tender green beans en-veloped in a creamy sauce and topped with crispy crunchy oniony things.
But how about a fresher take on the concept?
Here, shallots are crisped in oil (which then can be used for sautéing other things, as it will be nicely
infused with the flavor of the shallots). Those will go on top.
Haricot verts are thin, young green beans that are more tender than their sturdier, string bean cous-ins. They are also a bit pricier, but this is a holi-day, after all, and you are reinventing a classic, so it’s worth seeking them out.
And the sauce is a love-ly medley of sautéed fresh mushrooms and a blend of broth and half-and-half that is just creamy and thick enough, but still on the deli-cate side, so the flavors of all those fresh ingredients can come right on through.
Modern green bean casserole
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A modern green bean casserole.
By Ann SteritiPERIWINKLES FOOD SHOPPE
Christmas and the holi-day season is a very busy time of year for many of us personally and as busi-ness people. If I close my eyes and think about the holiday season, a slide-show of images starts to roll by my mind’s eye. Pri-marily, I see my smiling family, followed by plates and platters layered with goodies galore. Taking time to spend with fam-ily and friends, for me, creates the centerpiec-es of the holiday season. The traditions that weave them together are cap-tured in treasured photo-graphs, scribbled recipes and wonderful memories. Since my mother passed away over a year ago, ev-ery feeling and memory is intensified and I feel the responsibility to continue these traditions she was so much a part of. I will be more careful this year in teaching my daughter, nieces and nephews about the details of our family traditions.
When I think about my childhood and our family
customs, there are many: Cutting down the Christ-mas tree; decorating a tree for every bedroom and common room in the house; making cannoli shells with my grand-mother, using her secret measuring methods that we try to duplicate today (sometimes not success-fully), assembling a gin-gerbread house complete with lights and furniture. Lastly baking cookies, lots and lots of cookies!
One of our favorite tra-ditions is celebrating the Feast of the Seven Fishes, which is part of an Ital-ian-American Christmas Eve Celebration. We have already started planning the menu, with great an-ticipation. Christmas Eve is still weeks away and doesn’t change much from year to year. The evening begins with the 24 of us crowding into my father’s Revere kitchen as he fries up Zeppoles — a fried dough with a sardine cooked inside. Stuffed clams and calamari salad accompany the Zeppoles until dinner is served. The dinner feast consists of plenty of homemade pasta with a variety of
sauces including lobster, clam and basic toma-to sauce, baked stuffed shrimp, and baccala sal-ad. Over the years, I have grown to appreciate the time spent preparing the feast and sharing it with my loved ones.
Finally dessert arrives with an array of home-made holiday cookies. It warms my heart to see my daughter Alexa, a re-cent Union College gradu-ate, who has just entered the financial planning business, sharing some of my passions as she spends much of her free time baking outside of her professional career. She does so by personally de-livering cookies to loved ones and getting us into the giving spirit of the holiday season, another beloved family tradition. Everybody in the Steri-ti, Sacco and Periwinkles Families urge our friends to slow down and enjoy their own special family traditions.
Here’s my grand-mother’s recipe for “Melt-Away” cookies:
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Makes about 4 dozen balls.
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Melt-Away Cookies— ½ cup butter — 3 tablespoons of confectioners’ (powdered)
sugar— 1 cup sifted flour— 1 cup finely chopped walnuts 1. Cream butter with sugar in medium-size
bowl. Gradually add flour, mixing in thoroughly. Stir in nuts. Chill.
2. Form teaspoons of dough into marble-size balls by rolling lightly between palms of hands, place on ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake in moderate oven 350° for 20 min-utes, or until pale golden.
4. Remove from cookie sheet with a spatula.While still hot, roll in additional confectioners’ (powdered) sugar. Cool on wire cake rack.
Enjoy and Happy Holidays!
’Tis the season of family and traditions
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Ann Steriti and her daughter Alexa with a batch of her melt-away cookies.
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