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Lynnfield residents cast their votes in favor of Article 13, authorizing an additional 

$1.75 million for the $17 million elementary school expansion project. The vote was 

98-14 in favor. 

Volleyball team gets town salute 


LYNNFIELD — The 

Pioneers girls volleyball 

team was honored for excellence 

at the Town Meeting 

meeting held in the school 

gymnasium last Saturday. 

The team finished with an 

overall record of 11-1 and 

won its third straight Cape 

Ann League (CAL) regular 

season championship. This 

past April, the team won 

the CAL Championship 

Tournament, defeating 

Ipswich in the semifinals 

(3-1) and archrival North 

Reading in the final (3-0). 

The Pioneers also excelled 

off the court, raising 

more than $5,000 at their 

annual Dig Pink fundraiser. 

The team carries an average 

grade point average of 3.51 

and has taken a combined 20 

honors and advanced placement 

courses. 


town has approved Phase 1 

of what Town Administrator 

Rob Dolan describes as “the 

largest public works facilities 

project in the history of 

Lynnfield.” 

According to Department 

of Public Works Director 

John Tomasz, Phase 1 will 

cost approximately $5.7 

million, but it won’t cost 

taxpayers a single dollar. 

“It will all be paid for 

through energy savings,” 

Tomasz said. 

Residents unanimously 

approved a warrant article 

at Saturday’s Town Meeting 

that authorizes the town to 

enter into a lease-purchase 

financing agreement to fund 

energy-efficiency improvements 

to town buildings. 

MEETING, PAGE 3 

“This was one of the most 

challenging seasons ever,” 

said Coach Brent Ashley. 

“Even so, we never missed 

a practice and raised more 

money than we ever have 

at the Dig Pink match. This 

team is representative of 

the incredibly special and 

talented student-athletes 

we have at Lynnfield High 

School.” 

Select Board member Joe 

Connell presented a citation 

on behalf of the Select 

Board to Ashley. 

The citation read in part, 

“this regular season and 

playoffs is a reflection on 

a remarkable team effort 

and is a reflection of the 

dedication of the athletes, 

coaches and parents whose 

commitment and efforts 

are necessary for such high 

achievement.” 

VOLLEYBALL, PAGE 2 

School 

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itself “Lynnfield United” on the district’s 

decision to conduct an equity audit. 

They are also setting the record straight 

on what is and isn’t being taught about 

racism in Lynnfield classrooms. 

“In (Lynnfield United’s) letter there is an 

assumption that Critical Race Theory, the 

1619 Project and an Anti-Racist curriculum 

are all being taught in the Lynnfield Public 

Schools,” the district stated in a letter dated 

June 10. “These assumptions are not based 

on facts. We do not have a Critical Race 

Theory curriculum, nor have we adopted 

the 1619 Project curriculum or an LPS Anti- 

Racist curriculum.” 

Jason Kimball presented the group’s letter 

at the committee’s June 8 meeting, asking 

questions about the equity audit along with 

what it claims are other school anti-racism 

initiatives and curricula implemented by the 

district. He said the letter was signed by approximately 

100 residents. 

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Volleyball team gets Town Meeting salute 

VOLLEYBALL 

FROM PAGE 1 

COURTESY | ANNE MARIE LEONARD 

Select Board member Joe Connell presents a citation to volleyball coach Brent Ashley, standing right, during Saturday’s Town 

Hall at the high school. 

The citation went on to 

commend the team’s coaches, 

Ashley and Emily Babon, 

under whom “players Jillian 

Babine, Ava Buonfiglio, 

Daniella Colarusso, Olivia 

Murphy, Vanessa Torosian, 

Natalie Connell, Sarah Foley, 

Grace Davie, Ella Gizmunt and 

Celia Carbone demonstrated 

the highest levels of skill, dedication 

and sportsmanship that 

stand as a credit to the team, 

Lynnfield High School, the 

league and the community of 

Lynnfield.” 

Ashley said that winning the 

CAL tournament crown was 

bittersweet. 

“They feel like they had the 

ability to go for a state championship 

(which was not held 

due to the pandemic) if it was 

possible,” he said. “But still, 

I’m so proud of the team for 

how they approached this 

season, how they stayed focused 

all year and how they 

accomplished what they set out 

to do.” 

WenKai Fitzgerald 

We can all learn from Ecocolumns 

An Ecocolumn is an incredible 

middle-school activity. It 

is very exciting and I learned a 

lot and had fun. 

An Ecocolumn is made up of 

a terrarium and the aquarium. 

The Terrarium is the land part 

and the Aquarium is the water 

part. 

To build the Ecocolumn, 

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We learned how these plants 

are all important to our ecocolumn. 

Later we observed 

our plants. They had grown 

healthy, green, tall and strong. 

It was cool to see how the 

plants had changed. 

Then we put live animals 

such as isopods (roly-polies) 

and crickets into the terrarium. 

I had to be careful so I 

wouldn’t hurt the animals. 

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of gasses. For example, 

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photosynthesis. The plant releases 

oxygen, which animals 

need to breathe. 

After I set up the aquarium, 

we put plants like duckweed, 

chara, and algae into the 

aquarium. 

Duckweed is a plant that 

floats on the surface of the 

water and has small fronds 

(they’re like its leaves). If it 

overgrows, it will block out 

all the sunlight and the other 

plants will die. Luckily, ducks 

love to eat duckweed. That’s 

how it got its name. 

Algae can be green, brown, 

red and gold. If there is too 

much algae in the water, there 

will be little oxygen in the 

water and animals could die. 

This is called an algae bloom. 

Chara and elodea are very 

adaptive. They can live in 

warm and cold water. If you 

cut chara in half both pieces 

will still grow. It can grow in 

the ground or just float in the 

water. This hardy plant is so 

adaptive that it easily clogs up 

waterways. 

Even though the plants all 

have a downside, they are 

still very important to the ecosystem. 

Fish eat the chara, 

ducks feed on the duckweed 

and snails need the algae to 

eat. 

Our class learned about dependent 

and interdependent 

relationships between organisms 

and how they contribute 

to an ecosystem. For example, 

a fish needs a plant for food 

and the plant needs the fish 

to eat it so it doesn’t overgrow 

and kill other plants and 

animals. 

Do you know what the best 

thing about the Ecocolumn 

is? It’s that you do not need 

to care for it. The water in 

the aquarium evaporates into 

the terrarium giving the land 

plants water. Then that water 

moves back down into the 

aquarium taking some of the 

soil nutrients, which helps the 

water plants grow better. The 

fish eat some of those plants 

and poops, which is like fertilizer 

to the water plants helping 

them grow. It is a cycle. 

At the end of the unit we 

learned about pollution and 

how it hurts ecosystems. A 

pollutant is something that 

when too much of it is released 

into an ecosystem, it is bad for 

the organisms living there. 

Acid rain can kill plants, 

which affects animals that eat 

plants. Road salt can be very 

harmful to an ecosystem because 

it “burns” plant leaves. 

Fertilizer goes on runoff into 

bodies of water. This pollutant 

pollutes the water and can be 

very harmful to organisms 

living there. 

Making ecocolumns was an 

incredible experiment and I 

will never forget it. 

WenKai Fitzgerald is a 

Lynnfield Middle School fifth 

grader.

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Energy savings will pay for phase one 

infrastructure improvements project 

MEETING 

FROM PAGE 1 

“This is an incredible 

way to do this work without 

using any operating or capital 

funds,” Dolan said. 

“We have numerous items 

that need to be repaired. 

The investment will be paid 

off within 20 years by the 

savings of the project. It 

will be completely off the 

tax rolls, completely off the 

Prop 2 ½ rolls. It sounds 

incredible, almost too good 

to be true, but I’ve experienced 

it.” 

Dolan said countless 

communities across the 

Commonwealth have embarked 

on similar projects. 

Lynnfield’s project is expected 

to begin this fall 

before the start of school 

with additional phases, 

including more HVAC 

(heating, ventilation and air 

conditioning) and solar upgrades 

to follow. The project’s 

completion date is expected 

to be in September 

2022. 

The agreement allows the 

town to negotiate a term of 

up to 20 years, which is the 

estimated useful life of the 

improvements. 

High-efficiency boiler 

plants will be installed at the 

high school, middle school, 

library, senior center and 

South Lynnfield fire station. 

Dolan said the boilers 

currently in use run at only 

60 percent efficiency, while 

the new units will run at 90 

percent or more. 

A new steam-to-hot, water-heating 

conversion unit 

with new HVAC equipment 

will be installed at the high 

school. 

Trane BAS (building 

automation systems) controls 

will be installed at the 

high and middle schools, 

Huckleberry Hill and 

Summer Street elementary 

schools, Town Hall, 

Summer Street fire station, 

police station and library. A 

building automation system 

uses interlinked networks 

of software and hardware to 

monitor and control a building’s 

mechanical and electrical 

systems, including 

HVAC; lighting; security; 

and fire systems. 

LED-lighting 

upgrades 

will be made at all four 

schools, Town Hall, the 

police station, both fire 

stations, library, senior 

center and the DPW garage. 

Building envelope 

improvements will be made 

at every school as well as at 

the senior center, south fire 

station and DPW garage. 

The schools will also have 

new walk-in cooler and 

freezer controls as well as 

kitchen hood controls. Pipe 

insulation will be installed 

at each school, Town Hall, 

police station, both fire stations 

and the library. 

The overall impact of 

the project is significant. 

Indoor environmental 

quality will be drastically 

improved, all town facilities 

will be connected 

with 24/7 monitoring, all 

spaces will have efficient 

and uniform lighting, and 

an ongoing maintenance 

plan will ensure sustainable 

performance. 

A Town Hall handout 

highlighted the benefits of 

the project, which is expected 

to reduce annual 

utility costs by more than 

30 percent. Current costs 

are $773,815. Following 

the completion of the 

project, cost will be reduced 

to $530,774, a savings of 

almost $250,000 since last 

year. Gas and utility rebates 

to qualified residents are 

estimated to be $261,000. 

The projected energy 

savings over the 20-year 

term of the lease arrangement 

is expected to be $7 

million, which, along with 

Reading Municipal Light 

Department incentives, 

will be used to pay for the 

project. 

Dolan said the town is 

working with Wilmingtonbased 

Trane, which guarantees 

that the savings 

incurred by energy upgrades 

will pay for the entire 

project. If savings fall 

short, Dolan said Trane will 

reimburse the town. 

Tomasz said Wakefield 

and Melrose have undertaken 

similar projects and 

that guaranteed savings 

have exceeded costs. 

“Things don’t last forever 

and our equipment is old,” 

he said. “This project will 

guarantee that the savings 

will pay for it. The important 

thing is to keep up 

with maintenance.” 

Trane Account Executive 

Morgan Perras told the 

Select Board during 

a March presentation 

that Trane has a proven 

track record, with every 

Massachusetts customer 

seeing savings in excess 

of that guaranteed by the 

company. 

“On average, projects 

are 11-13 percent over the 

guaranteed savings,” she 

said. “Lynnfield already 

has Trane systems in every 

building and we have a service 

relationship, so that 

also works to reduce costs.” 

“I’ve always had strong 

support for building maintenance 

and some of our 

buildings are nearing the 

end of their lives, so the 

time is right,” Select Board 

member Phil Crawford said. 

“This is an excellent way to 

fund a project like this and 

will keep your buildings up 

to date for a very long time. 

This is a great opportunity 

for our town.” 

Group questions school equity policies 

SCHOOL 

FROM PAGE 1 

“We have a lot of questions 

on this,” Kimball 

said at the meeting. “There 

are a number of Lynnfield 

residents who are confused 

and unaware of what 

exactly an equity audit is 

and why it is needed. I understand 

it was discussed 

earlier (tonight) but it was 

very vague … it seems like 

there are already plans to 

implement Critical Race 

Theory in our public 

schools even prior to the 

audit being conducted.” 

Lynnfield United’s letter 

stated, “we are writing to 

express our concerns about 

recent initiatives from 

Superintendent Vogel and 

the School Committee. 

The Superintendent recently 

announced an 

anti-racism initiative 

for LPS and the School 

Committee unanimously 

voted to uphold the MASC 

Anti-Racism resolution … 

we are deeply concerned 

about the underlying assumptions 

of these initiatives 

and statements.” 

Vogel confirmed 

Monday that the committee 

signed the MASC 

resolution in September 

2020, but said that anti-racism 

initiatives, as 

claimed by Lynnfield 

United in its letter, were 

not in place in the district. 

The Lynnfield United 

letter also took issue with 

a statement attributed 

to Vogel that the district 

“must reckon with 

how certain educational 

laws, statewide regulations, 

school policies and 

teaching practices have 

served to privilege specific 

groups of students 

at the expense of other 

groups, most notably 

Black students.” 

“We are shocked to discover 

that some students 

are receiving services at 

the expense of other students,” 

Kimball wrote, on 

behalf of the group. “(We) 

deserve to know what 

racist policies currently 

exist in our school and 

how we let this happen.” 

While the district’s response 

did not address that 

specific claim, it did state 

that the district’s priority 

remains the “safety and 

wellbeing of all children. 

“The goal of the 

Lynnfield Public Schools 

has always been and shall 

continue to be provide a 

high-quality education 

that will ensure that all 

students, regardless of socio-economic 

status, level 

of ability, native language, 

gender identity, sexual 

orientation, religion, race 

or ethnicity to receive the 

support and resources they 

need...to be successful.” 

The district’s response 

did not satisfy Lynnfield 

United, who fired off another 

letter on June 11. In 

it, the group said the equity 

audit, the anti-racism 

initiative announced in 

September and the MASC 

Anti-Racism Resolution 

remains its focus. 

“The majority of the 

questions from the (June 

8) Lynnfield United letter 

remain unaddressed,” 

the letter said, adding it 

was “encouraged” by the 

district’s statement that 

Critical Race Theory, 

the 1619 Project and anti-racism 

curricula have 

not been implemented in 

Lynnfield schools and “we 

agree that these programs 

should be rejected.” 

For the record, the district’s 

June 10 response 

did not state the programs 

had been rejected, as 

claimed by the group. It 

stated only that they were 

not currently in place. 

Representatives from 

the company selected to 

conduct the equity audit 

— The Equity Process — 

told the committee at its 

June 8 meeting (before 

Kimball spoke) that the 

audit will begin sometime 

in July and will be completed 

in September. 

“We work hand in hand 

with principals, educators 

and families to connect 

with the community,” said 

Founder and Executive 

Director Elizabeth Redley. 

“Inequity has many faces, 

not just race. Full transparency, 

there is some 

discomfort in processes 

like these, but through discomfort, 

we achieve the 

greatest growth.” 

“It’s humanity over 

politics,” said Founder 

and CEO Cyndi Weekes 

Bradley. “Humanity for all 

and not just one or two.”

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Arrests 

Frank P. Caruccio, 47, of 

375 Broadway, Apt. 213, was 

arrested on a warrant at 9:09 

a.m. Friday. 

Accidents 

A report of a motor vehicle 

crash at 4:12 p.m. Friday at 

Vineyard Vines at 650 Market 

St.; at 5:34 p.m. Friday at 11 

Essex St. and 758 Main St. 

Saturday, June 5 

Accident 


crash with personal injury at 

12:42 p.m. Saturday on I-95 

southbound, Exit 61. 

Complaints 

A report of fireworks at 

11:09 p.m. Saturday at Willow 

Cemetery on Summer Street. 

A caller reported the occupants 

of a vehicle with a loud muffler 

were setting off fireworks in 

the cemetery. Police checked 

the area and were unable to 

locate. 

Monday, June 7 

Accidents 

At 9:25 a.m. Monday at 199 

Salem St. and 511 Walnut St.; 

at 2:23 p.m. Monday on I-95 

southbound, Exit 61. 

A report of a hit-and-run 

motor vehicle crash at 2:15 

p.m. Monday at 22 Locksley 

Road. 

A report of debris in the 

roadway at 8:57 a.m. Monday 

at 244 Main St. A caller reported 

four lawn signs had 

been dumped in front of his 

house. The Department of 

Public Works was notified. 

Tuesday, June 8 

Accidents 

A report of a hit-and-run 

motor vehicle crash at 2:29 

p.m. Tuesday at 807 Salem St. 


crash at 3:14 p.m. Tuesday on 

Walnut Street. 

Wednesday, June 9 

Accidents 

A report of hazardous 

road conditions at 7:24 a.m. 

Wednesday at Sagamore 

Spring Golf Club at 1287 Main 

St. A caller reported a large 

rock in the middle of the road. 

Police reported DPW needed 

to use a loader to remove the 

boulder, which appeared to 

have fallen off a truck. 

Vandalism 

A report of vandalism at 

12:09 p.m. Wednesday at 

Colonial Shopping Center at 

584 Main St. 

Thursday, June 10 

Accident 

At 12:17 p.m. Thursday on 

Market Street. 

Theft 

A report of a larceny at 8 

a.m. Thursday at 49 Lynnbrook 

Road. A caller reported jewelry, 

including an engagement ring, 

engagement band and earrings, 

were stolen over a fiveyear 

period. 

Friday, June 11 

Accident 

At 6:51 a.m. Friday at Post 

Office Square on Salem Street. 

Police responded to a motor 

vehicle accident reported at 

I 95 Exit 61 on Friday at 2:19 

p.m. One person was transported 

to Lahey Burlington. 

Complaints 

Police assisted in responding 

to a strong odor 

in an Edgemere Road basement 

on Friday at 8:31 a.m. 

Fire Department checked and 

cleared. 

Police responded on Friday 

at 8:37 p.m. to Panera Bread 

on a complaint of youths going 

in and out of the store and refusing 

to make purchases. The 

youths were asked to leave the 

premises. 

Medical 

Police assisted with medical 

transport from Market Street 

to Lahey Burlington on Friday 

at 2:31 p.m. 

Enforcement 

Police conducted motor vehicle 

rule violation enforcement 

on Summer Street on Friday at 

8:49 p.m. 

Saturday, June 12 

Enforcement 


law violation enforcement 

on Summer, Essex and Walnut 

streets Saturday morning. 

Police issued motor vehicle 

law violation enforcement citations 

and warnings to North 

Reading and Methuen drivers 

on Main Street on Saturday at 

5:30 p.m.; on Essex Street to 

a Lynn driver on Saturday at 

6:44 p.m.; to a Lynnfield driver 

on Summer Street on Saturday 

at 7:23 p.m. 

Sunday, June 13 

Complaint 

Police responded on Sunday 

at 12:10 a.m. to Glen Meadow 

Park on a report of breaking 

glass and found a portable 

toilet tipped over. 

Police dispersed a gathering 

at the high school on Sunday 

at 9:09 p.m. 

Enforcement 

Police issued a verbal 

warning for a motor vehicle law 

violation to a Reading driver 

on Salem Street on Sunday at 

9:13 a.m. 

Medical 

Police assisted with medical 

transport from South Broadway 

to Melrose-Wakefield Hospital 

on Sunday at 9:38 a.m. Police 

responded to an unattended 

death reported at King Rail 

Drive and assisted with transport 

to Melrose-Wakefield 

Hospital on Sunday at 10 a.m. 

Police assisted with transport 

from Smith Farm Trail to Lahey 

Burlington on Sunday at 1:24 

p.m.; assisted with transport 

on Sunday at 3:31 p.m. from I 

95 to Lahey Burlington. 

Animal 

Police were notified about 

a dog found in Glen Meadow 

Park and aided with returning 

the animal to its family on 

Sunday at 10:15 a.m. 

Monday, June 14 

Enforcement 


law violation enforcement 

on Salem Street on Monday at 

6 a.m.

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matter who you are or where 

you are on your life’s journey, 

you are welcome at Centre 

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Messiah Lutheran Church 

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(corner of Lowell & Chestnut) 

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Two win LAG scholarships 

FOR THE WEEKLY NEWS 

LYNNFIELD — The Lynnfield 

Art Guild (LAG) is proud 

to announce the two 2021 winners 

of its art-based scholarships 

from Lynnfield High School. 

Alexia Dellaporta is the recipient 

of the Karen Rae Simpson 

Duggan Memorial Award 

for $1,000, which honors a graduating 

senior interested in fine 

arts, graphic arts or computer 

design. She plans to attend the 

School at the Museum of Fine 

Arts at Tufts. “My dream is to 

become a medical illustrator. I 

would never choose a career that 

isn’t art related because I am too 

passionate about art to just keep 

it as a hobby or a side job. I want 

art to be a constant force in my 

life, and I will do anything to 

achieve that," Dellaporta said. 

Yvonne Chen is the award 

winner for the Marjorie Gershaw 

$600 Scholarship, which 

was fostered by Gershaw’s love 

of and commitment to art and 

the understanding that art is a 

passport to creativity. Chen will 

attend Dartmouth College to minor 

in human-centered design. 

“I am excited to study such 

an interdisciplinary and creatively-challenging 

course of study in 

which I can apply my artistic 

style to projects that can benefit 

human needs. By studying 

psychology, culture and design, 

I will challenge myself to become 

a problem-solver through 

art…. I hope to use my career 

as a means to enjoy my life by 

continuing to create art and constantly 

grow creative," she said. 

The Guild also offers Lynnfield 

High School students 

the chance to participate in the 

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Town Meeting raises school spending concerns 

BY ANNE MARIE TOBIN 

LYNNFIELD — There may 

not have been any real surprises 

at last Saturday's Town Meeting, 

but there certainly were a few 

residents who expressed concerns 

about the town's spending 

when it came to schools. 

Meeting highlights included 

the approval of $1.75 million 

in additional funds for the $17 

million elementary school project 

(Article 13), approval of the 

fiscal year 2022 $60.84 million 

operating budget (Article 6), approval 

of an FY22 $1.04 million 

capital budget (Article 7) and 

approval of a $5.7 million bond 

for energy improvements (Article 

15). 

"It's always a pleasure to have 

a fair and open Town Meeting," 

said Town Moderator Joe Markey, 

presiding over his seventh 

meeting. "This is the purest form 

of democracy, and you saw that 

today. Town Meeting is a process 

that is great when it works 

like it does here every year." 

As expected, Article 13, recommended 

by both the Finance 

Committee and Select Board and 

endorsed by the School Committee, 

generated the most discussion. 

The article proposed adding 

$1.75 million to the elementary 

school expansion project for 

drainage ($700,000), sidewalks 

($70,000), security ($110,000), 

additional parking lot improvements 

($100,000) and contingency 

reserve ($770,000). 

"If this isn't passed, the school 

expansion plan will be in serious 

jeopardy," said Town Administrator 

Rob Dolan. "There will be 

no additional taxation to pay for 

this, and there needs to be this 

contingency to remain on budget." 

According to Dolan, the cost 

of building materials has been "a 

massive roller coaster over the 

last few months. 

"We need to protect this project 

in such an unstable economic 

environment. This was unforeseen 

and is not in our control," 

he said. 

Pat Campbell questioned the 

number of classrooms in the 

project, saying "the town approved 

the building project but 

didn't know how much it would 

cost. 

"We only need 48 classrooms, 

but they put in 52," she 

said. "They are building more 

classrooms than they actually 

need." 

Kenneth Peterson said that 

the project should be revisited. 

"The need for that contingency 

indicates that the original 

budget was rushed to judgement," 

he said. 

Jack Dalhstedt and Paige 

Wilkins disagreed with Campbell 

and Peterson, with each receiving 

loud applause. 

Dahlstedt urged residents to 

"reaffirm our commitment to our 

community. 

"Rob Dolan talked about this. 

A contingency between 5 and 10 

percent is common and a contingency 

of 3 percent is prudent," 

he said. 

"I'm a newcomer to Lynnfield, 

but the town did not rush 

to judgement," Wilkins said. 

"There was a clear mandate at 

Town Meeting. This is a big 

problem and we need to fix it." 

After Campbell's motion to 

vote by ballot failed, the article 

passed by an overwhelming 

margin of 98-14. 

Article 15, which sought approval 

for funding a $5.7 million 

project to upgrade energy efficiency 

at town buildings, passed 

unanimously. Dolan said the estimated 

energy savings over the 

next 20 years will pay for Phase 

1 of the project. 

"This is an incredible way 

to do this work without spending 

any operating funds," Dolan 

said. "Savings are guaranteed. If 

the savings come up short, we 

get reimbursed by the contractor." 

Other articles passing muster 

included Article 10, imposing 

spending limits on revolving 

funds expenditures of $50,000 

(Council on Aging), $15,000 

(Board of Health), $10,000 (Library), 

$325,000 (Recreation), 

$75,000 (Public Works - fields), 

and $10,000 (Public Works - 

Merritt Center); Article 11, an 

$811,371 appropriation from 

the Emergency Medical Services 

Enterprise; Article 12, a 

$1,008,300 appropriation from 

the Golf Enterprise Fund; Article 

14, a rescission of unused 

borrowing authority for several 

initiatives including the Reedy 

Meadow and Centre Farm purchases, 

septic loans and the Senior 

Center van; and Article 16, 

which dealt with fee changes. 

Articles 17 and 18 were 

unanimously approved; Article 

17 increases the number of senior 

service hours to obtain real-estate 

tax reductions to 125, 

while Article 18 doubled state 

exemption amounts for seniors, 

disabled veterans and 100 percent 

disabled veterans to $1,500, 

$800 and $2,000, respectively. 

Article 19 (acceptance of Zepaj 

Lane as a public way) and 

Article 20 (the method by which 

Stormwater Management bylaw 

changes are noted) passed. 

Article 3, which proposed 

modest increases in compensation 

for elected officials, also 

passed, which Campbell questioned. 

"It used to be called a stipend 

and is now called salary," she 

said. "Do they get health insurance, 

life insurance and retirement 

benefits?" 

Assistant Town Administrator 

Bob Curtin corrected Campbell, 

saying the compensation 

has been referred to as "salary" 

for the past 36 years. 

"Since 1985, it's always been 

called salary, and if it's a salary, 

you pay into retirement based 

upon the amount of the salary," 

he said. 

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JUNE 17, 2021 


Lynnfield High Valedictorian Anthony Zhang delivers his speech during commencement ceremonies held June 4 at the high school. 

PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK 

STUDENT OF 

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A valedictorian’s vision for greatness 

BY STEVE KRAUSE 

LYNNFIELD — More than 

anything else, Anthony Zhang 

captured the duality of life 

as a graduating student in his 

valedictory address earlier this 

month on the grounds of Pioneer 

Field. 

"Today is a celebration of 

both unity and uniqueness," he 

told the Class of 2021. "Whether 

your passion is in the classroom 

or on the stage or on this 

very field, we are all here, in 

one place. We are all Pioneers." 

Zhang did not pretend to offer 

advice to his peers. In fact, 

he went out of his way not to 

offer any. 

"I’m supposed to share with 

you some advice," he told his 

class. "My advice? Nothing. 

That’s right. I don’t have some 

motivational quote or inspiring 

advice to give. And that’s not 

just me being lazy." 

More to the point, he'd heard 

his class being called "resilient" 

for most of the second half of the 

year. And even now, he's philosophical 

about the trials and 

tribulations of the COVID-19 

pandemic, its shutdown and the 

new protocols that resulted. 

"There isn't much you can 

do," he said last week. "You 

deal with all the obstacles as 

best as you can. It wasn't ideal. 

But I didn't do anything that nobody 

else did." 

Besides, he said, remote 

learning had its upside — one 

of them taking a calculus class 

from his bed early in the morning. 

And even if he had to get 

out of that bed about an hour 

earlier so he could get ready to 

go to school once it started back 

up again, that wasn't so bad either. 

"But I liked going back," he 

said. "It's better than sitting in 

your bedroom all day." 

Zhang, headed to Duke University 

this fall, doesn't have a 

problem with being called a "techie." 

"I guess that would be accurate," 

he says. 

"I like math and science," 

he said, adding that his current 

plan is to major in aerospace engineering. 

"I've been interested in rockets 

and stuff," he said. "We'll 

see if that pans out. I just like 

the prospect of exploring, maybe 

going back to the moon. 

That's interesting stuff." 

Even in his spare time, he 

leaned toward the scientific. 

One of his favorite movies is 

the 2014 science-fiction classic 

"Interstellar," starring Matthew 

McConaughey, which featured 

a dystopian plot where Earth is 

running out of food, "so space 

explorers have to find another 

planet so they can feed the human 

race." 

But it wasn't all work for 

Zhang while at the high school. 

He did play soccer when he was 

younger, and was on the boys 

tennis team for all four years. 

"We did have a season," he 

said, "and I was very grateful to 

get out there and play." 

He also played saxophone 

for the school band, and plays 

the violin. 

"I definitely like playing music," 

he said. "But I'm not going 

to pursue it in college." 

He doesn't have a particular 

favorite kind of music, "but I 

just like it in general." 

And, of course, he appreciates 

the simpler things in life. 

"I like hanging out with my 

friends," he said. "There definitely 

needs to be a balance 

between amusement and workload. 

I love having good friends 

by my side. 

"Also," he said, "we had a 

small graduating class. I enjoyed 

how close we were as a class." 

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have more outside fun while 

raising awareness and funds for 

clean water. 

Amy and Ken MacNulty are 

participating as Ipswich River 

Water Association (IRWA) 

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Lynnfield. Ken, who serves as 

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The couple currently is in 

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and more to spread awareness 

of the river and the challenges 

it faces. 

Many community teams and 

individuals are competing to 

raise funds. Team Long Haul 

is in the lead, with Reading 

Ripples and Team Headwaters 

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Lynnfield native Abbie 

Weaver’s relationship with the 

game of golf has evolved over 

the years, and what started as a 

leisurely activity with her father 

and sister a few times a summer 

as a kid has now turned into a 

true career path. 

Since April, Weaver has been 

working as a women’s events 

intern for Mass Golf under the 

United States Golf Association’s 

(USGA) P.J. Boatwright 

Internship. 

“It’s an incredible honor to be 

given the opportunity to get this 

internship and work with Mass 

Golf,” said Weaver, who graduated 

from UMass-Amherst’s 

Isenberg School of Management 

in 2020 with a degree in sport 

management and marketing. 

“I’m excited to gain a more 

comprehensive knowledge of 

the game of golf and to grow my 

network within the golf community. 

I also look forward to 

working with female golfers in 

hopes of growing representation 

and leadership within our demographic 

in the sport.” 

The internship’s namesake, 

P.J. Boatwright, was the USGA’s 

third executive director and was 

one of the sport’s key founders 

in terms of developing golf in 

the United States. Boatwright 

was an amateur player, a rules 

expert and served as the executive 

director of the Carolinas 

Golf Association prior to joining 

the USGA in 1959. Boatwright 

was a recipient of the USGA’s 

highest honor in the Bob Jones 

Award, and was also enshrined 

in the South Carolina Athletic 

Hall of Fame, the Wofford 

College Hall of Fame and the 

Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame, 

among other honors. 

The USGA is funding 135 internships 

across its network of 

59 Allied Golf Associations in 

2021 through the P.J. Boatwright 

Internship program. Currently, 

one-third of all state and regional 

golf association staff members 

are alumni of the Boatwright 

program. That number includes 

21 AGA executive directors and 

16 USGA staff members. 

This year also marks the 

30th anniversary of the P.J. 

Boatwright intern program. The 

USGA has invested more than 

$30 million into the program 

since it launched in 1991, and 

those efforts have helped to 

propel the careers of more than 

3,000 individuals. 

Weaver never really focused 

too much on golf during her 

high school days, as she was 

busy being a three-sport athlete 

and team captain in soccer, basketball 

and softball at Lynnfield 

COURTESY PHOTO | ABBIE WEAVER 

Lynnfield native Abbie Weaver has been working as a women’s events intern for Mass Golf 

under the USGA’s P.J. Boatwright Internship since April. 

High. But as the years went 

on — and especially last year 

during the pandemic — Weaver 

found that golf was really the 

only place she could meet with 

and see her friends and family in 

a safe, fun atmosphere. 

“I didn’t focus on golf as much 

because I was so busy doing my 

other sports, but I always loved 

and had a really strong respect 

for the game,” said Weaver. 

“With the pandemic last summer, 

it was really a great way to see 

friends and family, and eventually 

I was playing probably once 

a week.” 

That eventually led to her 

applying for a job within Mass 

Golf’s First Tee program. After 

she didn’t get the position, she 

figured that was the end of that. 

But then First Tee Director of 

Operations Kyle Harris called 

her back and said there was an 

opening in the internship program 

which would suit her much 

better. 

And so now she finds herself 

working women’s events and 

tournaments for Mass Golf, including 

hosting women’s clinics 

during National Women in Golf 

Day on June 1. She works hand 

in hand with Mass Golf Manager 

of Women’s Events and Player 

Development Naomi Nesenoff. 

“(Nesenoff) has so much experience 

and she has been such 

a great person to work for,” said 

Weaver. “Being a woman in the 

sports industry is always going 

to be about growing our representation 

within the game, so it’s 

nice to be able to make a small 

impact on that.” 

One of the big things that 

sticks out to Weaver is that of the 

six Boatwright interns this year, 

three of them are women — the 

highest number for one year in 

the program’s history. 

And for Weaver, someone 

who is relatively late coming 

into the world of golf, there were 

never any feelings of unwelcomeness 

or awkwardness when 

she showed up to the Mass Golf 

offices. 

“Golf is such a tight-knit community 

and everyone knows everyone, 

more so than any other 

sport I know of,” said Weaver. 

“That’s really intimidating as 

someone who’s fairly new to 

the game in this capacity, but 

everyone has been so welcoming 

and helpful. Most of the 

people on the staff are former 

Boatwright interns as well, 

so they all know where we’re 

coming from and they’ve incredibly 

helpful.” 

As for what’s next, Weaver 

will be spending the next month 

or so bouncing around the office 

to different departments and getting 

a taste of what other aspects 

of the organization are like. In 

addition, she’ll be doing a lot of 

preparation work for all of the 

summer tournaments coming 

up. 

“It’s going to be an exciting 

time for me because I’ll be able 

to bounce around and see how 

the big championships are run, 

then I’ll also get to see how 

some of the tournament setup 

things are done and see what 

all the other departments are 

doing,” she said. “My goal is to 

just keep gaining experience and 

knowledge about how the operations 

side of the game works.”

JUNE 17, 2021 

PHOTOS | JULIA HOPKINS 

Lynnfield softball seniors Reilly Ganter, left, and Chloe Shapleigh, right, were honored prior to 

the Pioneers’ win on Senior Night last Wednesday. 

Lynnfield softball battles 

back to win on Senior Night 

SOFTBALL 

By Daniel Kane 


Lynnfield softball team had 

to come back three times, but 

in the end it survived to close 

the regular season with a 10-9 

win over visiting Pentucket on 

Senior Night. 

“It’s a nice way to end the 

season with a win, especially 

for the seniors,” Lynnfield 

coach Peter Marinelli said. 

The Pioneers got the bats 

going in this one with 13 hits 

and shut down Pentucket when 

it needed to after taking a slim 

lead in the last three innings. 

“We hadn’t (been hitting) for 

a few games and when we did 

we were also giving up a lot of 

runs,” Marinelli said. “We had 

opportunities and you’ve got to 

take advantage of them when 

you can. 

“The last three innings, 

we were playing our best defense,” 

Marinelli said, “Which 

obviously always makes a difference. 

If you’re playing good 

defense it picks everybody up.” 

Before the game Lynnfield 

honored its pair of seniors — 

shortstop Chloe Shapleigh 

and pitcher Reilly Ganter — 

for their contributions to the 

program. 

“I couldn’t be prouder 

of them,” Marinelli said. 

“They’ve given 100 percent 

every day from day one. If we 

had played last year, Chloe 

would’ve been in the program 

for five years. And Reilly 

played her freshman year as a 

first baseman before starting to 

pitch two years ago.” 

Both put on a great performance 

Wednesday. Ganter 

pitched all seven innings and 

gave up 12 hits (none coming 

in the last three innings with 

a lead) while walking two and 

striking out seven. At the plate, 

Ganter also had a pair of RBI. 

Shapleigh went 3-for-4 with an 

RBI and three runs scored and, 

on the defensive side, made a 

crucial leaping grab on a line 

drive in the fifth inning. 

Celia Carbone drove in a 

team-high three runs. Laruen 

Amico had an RBI and two 

runs scored. Ava Gamache 

scored two runs. 

Pentucket jumped right on 

Lynnfield with three runs in 

the first inning but the Pioneers 

started just as hot. 

Ava Gamache and Shapleigh 

rattled off hits in the first and 


Ganter brought them both 

home with a two-run single. 

Lauren Amico singled next and 

Carbone laced a two-run single 

to put Lynnfield up 4-3. 

But Pentucket didn’t slow 

down, tacking on another four 

runs in the second to go back 

ahead 7-3. 

Lynnfield responded in the 

third. Shapleigh, Ganter and 

Carbone all singled to bring 

across one run and the Pioneers 

scored two more runs to tie the 

game at 7-7. 

Pentucket went ahead 8-7 

in the fourth, but it was all 

Pioneers from there. 

Gamache singled and 

Shapleigh plated her on a single 

to tie things up. From there, 

Amico singled to bring home 

Shapleigh and scored herself 

thanks to some smart baserunning 

on a rundown after a walk 

from Carbone to put Lynnfield 

ahead 10-8. 

From there, Ganter cruised 

through two straight innings 

and although Pentucket pushed 

across one run in the seventh, 

a nice catch by Ava Marotta in 

left field sealed the game. 

Lynnfield finishes the season 

at 8-5 and waits for state tournament 

seeding. 

Lynnfield stays hot on 

the court coming down 

the stretch of season 

TENNIS 

By Mike Alongi 

The Lynnfield boys and 

girls tennis teams are coming 

down the home stretch of their 

respective seasons, with one 

match left on the docket for 

each. The Lynnfield boys won 

both of their matches over the 

past week, while the Pioneers 

girls won two of their three 

matches. 

On the boys side, the Pioneers 

beat Manchester-Essex 4-1 

last Wednesday. Lynnfield got 

wins from Jamil Khodr (6-1, 

6-0) and Dan Levin (6-1, 6-2) 

in singles and in doubles by 

David Kasdon and Jason Yang 

(6-3, 7-6, 7-4) and Rafik Khodr 

and Russell Kasdon (6-1, 7-6, 

7-4). 

Monday saw Lynnfield take 

home a 5-0 win over Pentucket 

to remain undefeated on the 

year. The Pioneers (10-0) were 

flawless in singles, with Jamil 

Khodr, Dan Levin and David 

Kasdon all winning 6-0, 6-0. 

In doubles, Connor Sohop 

and David Picavilli (6-2, 

6-1) and Anthony Zhang and 

Nick Jacops (6-1, 6-0) won in 

singles. 

For the girls, Lynnfield 

dropped a close 3-2 match 

to Manchester-Essex last 

Wednesday. The Pioneers got 

wins from Anna Radulski in 

third singles (6-3, 6-2) and the 

doubles team of Emily Goguen 

and Lauren Grava (3-6,7-5, 

10-5). 

The next day, Lynnfield 

notched a 5-0 win over 

Amesbury. The Pioneers 

blanked their Cape Ann League 

foes thanks to singles wins 

from Emma Gallucci (6-0, 

6-1), Ava Buonfiglio (6-4, 

6-2) and Anna Radulski (6-0, 

6-0) and doubles wins from 

the team of Emily Goguen and 

Lauren Graba (6-2, 6-0) and 

the team of Genna Gioioso and 

Gabi Mellor (6-1, 6-2). 

The Pioneers earned a close 

win of their own on Monday, 

taking down Pentucket 3-2. 

The Pioneers (9-3) sneaked 

by their Cape Ann League rivals 

during an indoor match 

at Woburn Racket Club. Anna 

Radulski (6-1, 6-1) got a win 

in third singles while Emily 

Goguen and Lauren Graba 

(6-2, 6-2) and Genna Gioioso 

and Gabi Mellor (6-4, 6-2) got 

the wins in doubles play. 

Both teams closed out their 

respective regular seasons with 

rivalry matches against North 

Reading Tuesday afternoon. 

COURTESY PHOTO | JOHN DIAS 

The Lynnfield Hurricanes youth softball team, coached by Kelly 

Pagliuca, just completed a strong season. The Hurricanes are 

made up of Delaney Bowen, Hayden Bayer, Avary Brangiforte, 

Gianna Briggs, Sawyer Field, Molly Geary, Lily McKanas, 

Charlotte McManus, Leah Nguyen, Olivia O’Connor and 

Madeline Sullivan. 


The Lynnfield Wolfpack youth softball team, coached by Kelly Giardullo, wrapped 

up its season last week. The Hurricanes are made up of Tracey DeLeo, Andrea 

Dockery, Stacey D’Onofrio, Allison Farraher, Lauren Gentile, Sheri Gentile, Kelly 

Giardullo, Keith Knox, Crystal Lavino, Karen Costin, Tara Mancini, Dennis 

Marrone, Kara Pagliuca, Michael Palmer, Brian Regan and Theordora Roumeliotis. 


The Lynnfield Firecrackers youth softball team, coached by Adam Mancini, has 

seen its season come to a close. The Hurricanes are made up of Cassie Angilly, 

Alyssa Attubato, Lilly Briggs, Sofia Elliott, Emma Esposito, Kiley Flynn, Nora 

Hutter, Emily Kayola, Anna Lawler, Belle Maccini and Violet Morreira.

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Capping off the year with a win 

PHOTOS | Julia Hopkins 

The Lynnfield softball team participates in an honor ceremony prior to the Senior Day game 

against Pentucket on June 9. 

Chloe Shapleigh runs home after rounding the bases. She was 

honored on Senior Day along with Reilly Ganter. 

Lynnfield third-base player Ava Marotta keeps and eye on the 

ball in the June 9 matchup against Pentucket. 

Lynnfield’s Reilly Ganter pitches to Pentucket. Lynnfield won the game. 

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Capping off the year with a win 

PHOTOS | Julia Hopkins 

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Land Court sides with town versus Clear Water 

By Anne Marie Tobin 

LYNNFIELD — The town 

has prevailed in an important 

Land Court case filed by Boston 

Clear Water Company, LLC. 

The company is challenging 

a Zoning Board of Appeals 

(ZBA) decision that BCW is 

not a “public water supply” 

as defined by the town zoning 

bylaws and, as such, is not allowed 

use “as of right.” 

The decision essentially prevents 

Clear Water (BCW) from 

expanding its operations. 

“This is a very significant 

win for the town because a loss 

would have entitled Clear Water 

to operate its business anywhere 

in Lynnfield as of right (regardless 

of zoning), except the 

Elderly Housing District,” said 

Town Counsel Tom Mullen. 

“The company could have expanded 

its operation onto the 

adjoining two lots, which it or 

related entities have purchased, 

and could have purchased and 

branched out to other lots, 

perhaps even non-contiguous 

ones.” 

Clear Water challenged the 

ZBA’s decision with an appeal 

in Land Court, titled Boston 

Clear Water Company, LLC 

versus Shaffer. The town filed a 

motion for summary judgment. 

Justice Jennifer Roberts 

ruled in favor of the town on 

June 1, dismissing the action 

with prejudice. 

The decision upheld the 

ZBA’s interpretation under the 

town’s zoning bylaws that a 

“public water supply” means 

a water system operated by a 

public entity, not a private entity 

like BCW. The ZBA argued 

that its interpretation, based on 

well-established law, is reasonable 

and entitled to deference. 

In response, Clear Water contended 

that the ZBA interpretation 

was preempted primarily 

by state drinking water regulations 

and was arbitrary. The 

court disagreed. 

“This much seems clear to 

the court: There is no expressed 

intent that these regulations preempt 

local zoning in the siting of 

public water supplies,” Roberts 

wrote. “To the contrary, the regulations 

embrace local zoning 

and non-zoning controls as a 

means of fostering their goal of 

safe, fit and pure water… add to 

this the long history of land use 

as a subject of local regulations, 

and the conclusion that the 

ZBL (zoning bylaw) is not preempted 

by state law insofar as it 

defines ‘public water supply’ is 

inescapable.” 

Roberts found that BCW’s interpretation 

would require that 

other businesses with transient 

non-community water systems 

be treated as public water systems, 

and thus, allowable as of 

right in every zoning district in 

FILE PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK 

Charles Gonzalez of Peabody fills up his five-gallon jug with 

spring water from a Boston Clear Spring Water dispenser on 

Lowell Street. 

the town. This would affect not 

just Clear Water, but also other 

transient water systems, including 

restaurants, parks, golf 

courses and community centers. 

“BCW’s interpretation, which 

in contrast to the interpretation 

adopted by the ZBA would 

wreak havoc with the town’s 

Table of Use Regulations, is 

unreasonable,” Roberts wrote. 

“The ZBA’s interpretation that 

‘public water supply’ means 

a water system operated by a 

public-sector entity — not private 

or commercial entity — is 

reasonable and in accord with 

the two public water supply 

companies (Lynnfield Water 

District and the Lynnfield 

Center Water District) and the 

Water Company in town.” 

The court noted that both 

water districts serve “municipal 

purposes,” while BCW has only 

one service connection — to 

the house of a former owner of 

the business — and that it was 

not designated as a transient 

non-community public water 

system until 2012. The court 

also noted that BCW owners 

and operators considered their 

businesses to be private water 

supply companies in their annual 

filings with the Board of 

Health for permits “to engage in 

the business of manufacturing 

or bottling carbonated...spring 

water.” Assessor’s records filed 

by BCW and predecessors indicate 

it serves a “store” use. 

The court also rejected 

BCW’s contention that, because 

it makes its products available 

to the general public, it constitutes 

a “public water supply.” 

Mullen noted that the case 

had ramifications for another 

Land Court case filed by abutter 

William O’Brien against the 

ZBA (O’Brien v Shaffer). 

O’Brien was contesting the 

board’s finding of a lawful, preexisting 

nonconforming use. 

The case, which had been consolidated 

with BCW’s, was severed 

and is still in progress. 

“Had the town lost in this 

case, Mr. O’Brien’s case would 

probably have been dismissed 

as moot,” said Mullen. 

Clear Water has 30 days to 

appeal the decision. 

“I think they will appeal as 

they appeal everything,” Mullen 

said. “Legal costs never seem to 

be an issue for them. I believe 

the chances of success are extremely 

slim, but the results — 

if they are successful — could 

be significant for them.” 

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