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From left to right, Lynnfield Select Board members Dick Dalton, Phil Crawford, and Joe Connell review a handout<br />

supplied by Planning Board Chair Brian Charville on the tree-preservation bylaw that is on the warrant for the Oct.<br />

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The Select Board will be finalizing<br />

the Town Meeting warrant at its<br />

meeting on Monday night.<br />

The Town Meeting is scheduled for<br />

Oct. 18.<br />

“This meeting is just an opportunity<br />

for the board to review the warrant and<br />

decide which of the articles it will support,”<br />

said Town Administrator Rob<br />

Dolan. “It’s routine, as this year it’s really<br />

only about the Richardson Green<br />

property and the tree-preservation<br />

bylaw, as the other articles are routine<br />

concerning transfer of funds.”<br />

Only four articles were submitted to<br />

the board. Article 1 seeks to transfer<br />

funds to pay overdue bills of the prior<br />

fiscal year, while Article 2 seeks a<br />

transfer of funds to supplement certain<br />

accounts in fiscal year 2022.<br />

The third article — the tree-preservation<br />

bylaw — was submitted by the<br />

Planning Board.<br />

The board submitted a similar article<br />

at a Town Meeting held last fall, but<br />

it was withdrawn after residents expressed<br />

their opposition and confusion<br />

with the proposal. Since then, the board<br />

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2<br />

Select Board rejects<br />

Richardson Green plan<br />

By Anne MArie ToBin<br />

LYNNFIELD ― The Select<br />

Board declined to give its<br />

support to a warrant petition<br />

seeking a zoning change of the<br />

Richardson Green property on<br />

Main Street, seemingly closing<br />

the door on developer Angus<br />

Bruce’s proposed project to<br />

build 54 units of senior housing.<br />

Bruce appeared at Monday’s<br />

night Select Board meeting to<br />

tout the benefits of the project,<br />

seeking the board’s support<br />

for the zoning change and the<br />

project. He said the development<br />

will generate “millions<br />

of dollars” of revenue for the<br />

town.<br />

“I cannot endorse the project<br />

as proposed for this property,”<br />

said Select Board member Phil<br />

Crawford. “It seems similar to<br />

what we have seen before and it<br />

looks like you have added some<br />

carrots at the end of the stick<br />

and, while that doesn’t diminish<br />

the benefits as you pointed out,<br />

I prefer the direction we are<br />

heading in.”<br />

The direction referred to by<br />

Crawford concerns the town’s<br />

stepped-up efforts to exercise<br />

a right of first refusal it holds<br />

on the property at the contract<br />

price of $2.71 million. Recently,<br />

the town received a $1.6 million<br />

Municipal Vulnerability<br />

Preparedness (MVP) Action<br />

Grant to help fund the town’s<br />

acquisition, which Town<br />

Administrator Rob Dolan has<br />

described as “one of the largest<br />

MVP grants he has ever seen.”<br />

In addition, the Lynnfield<br />

Conservation Commission has<br />

pledged $200,000 toward acquisition.<br />

Most recently, the Essex<br />

County Greenbelt Association<br />

pledged another $300,000 toward<br />

the project. Combined,<br />

those leave a gap of approximately<br />

$571,000, which will<br />

be funded from the proceeds of<br />

the town’s $3.8 million federal<br />

stimulus funds award.<br />

The bottom line is the town<br />

will use the funds to simultaneously<br />

exercise its right of first<br />

refusal, assigning its rights to<br />

the property to Greenbelt under<br />

Massachusetts General Laws<br />

Chapter 61. The town would<br />

then purchase a conservation<br />

restriction from Greenbelt to<br />

preserve the property in perpetuity<br />

as open space.<br />

Bruce’s proposal calls for the<br />

construction of a 54-unit, 55-<br />

plus housing project for seniors<br />

on part of the 21-acre parcel,<br />

with about 10 acres being given<br />

to the town for use as open<br />

space. A project rejected by the<br />

town two years ago called for<br />

a single-family development.<br />

Bruce submitted a citizen’s<br />

petition for inclusion on the<br />

Oct. 18 Town Meeting warrant<br />

seeking to change the zoning<br />

from single-family residential<br />

to an elderly housing district.<br />

Bruce’s project will provide<br />

access to the property at the<br />

rear of the parcel via a road as<br />

well as five parking spaces. A<br />

1,700-foot water main from the<br />

intersection of Lowell and Main<br />

streets will be constructed,<br />

along with several fire hydrants.<br />

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Bruce said one of the proposed<br />

units will be reserved as affordable<br />

housing for a veteran.<br />

Bruce said the project<br />

will generate approximately<br />

$800,000 in property taxes, a<br />

$20,000 impact fee per unit totalling<br />

$1,060,000 plus excise<br />

taxes. The town will also benefit<br />

from enhanced fire-safety<br />

improvements with new fire<br />

hydrants.<br />

“I am impressed with the<br />

presentation and the benefits<br />

you cite, but I think that even<br />

six months ago we did not<br />

know that we would be in this<br />

position to be able to acquire<br />

this property at no cost to the<br />

taxpayers,” Select Board Chair<br />

Dick Dalton said. “This, too, is<br />

my preference.”<br />

While Select Board member<br />

Joe Connell agreed with<br />

Crawford and Dalton, Bruce<br />

did not.<br />

“I don’t know why they don’t<br />

discuss the money, that’s other<br />

people’s money,” he said after<br />

the meeting. “It seems like<br />

$571,000 is an awful lot of<br />

money when I am giving them<br />

10 acres for access and they<br />

are getting all of that income. I<br />

don’t agree that this is free.”<br />

“One of the most important<br />

things is the fire protection part<br />

of this,” said Mirabeau Lane<br />

resident Rich Ripley. “There is<br />

a lack of fire protection in that<br />

area, and having a developer<br />

bring that in there is an enormous<br />

benefit to the community<br />

and the residents who live there<br />

now. This is a missed opportunity<br />

on our part for the town.<br />

It’s just a shame.”<br />

The Planning Board will hold<br />

a public hearing on Oct. 13 at<br />

7 p.m. in the Maney Meeting<br />

Room at Town Hall to allow<br />

residents to weigh in on the<br />

petition.<br />

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has reworked the provisions of<br />

the bylaw, significantly scaling<br />

back the original provisions.<br />

“We think now we have addressed<br />

all the concerns that<br />

have been brought to us by the<br />

Select Board and constituents,”<br />

Planning Board Chair Brian<br />

Charville said.<br />

The bylaw applies only to<br />

“building activities,” Charville<br />

added.<br />

“The only tree removal that<br />

would be regulated with this<br />

(bylaw) is tree removal that is<br />

done related to a new subdivision,<br />

new home construction, a<br />

site plan ― which typically is<br />

for commercial property (and)<br />

not residential ― or a special<br />

permit granted by the Planning<br />

Board,” he said.<br />

Charville said the board<br />

made these changes because<br />

they had heard concerns that<br />

the bylaw shouldn’t apply to<br />

the average homeowner who is<br />

performing simple tree upkeep.<br />

Director of Planning<br />

and Conservation Emilie<br />

Cadamartori said the Planning<br />

Board met with the Select<br />

Board to address its concerns<br />

over the bylaw.<br />

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“We made a few more adjustments<br />

after listening to the<br />

Select Board and after the board<br />

didn’t support it for the June<br />

Town Meeting, we had more<br />

time to understand the feedback<br />

the public was giving us,”<br />

she said. “This bylaw is substantially<br />

different than prior<br />

versions so we are hopeful.<br />

“This is a beginning, but<br />

people need to realize that this<br />

bylaw only came into existence<br />

because the public came to us<br />

asking, ‘Why aren’t you doing<br />

something about this?’ People<br />

asked us to do something about<br />

the fact that people were removing<br />

trees. We just didn’t<br />

think this up on our own, people<br />

asked us to do something about<br />

the loss of these trees.’”<br />

The fourth article is a petition<br />

submitted by developer Angus<br />

Bruce, seeking the rezoning of<br />

the Richardson Green parcel<br />

on Main Street. Specifically,<br />

Bruce is looking to change the<br />

zoning from a residential to<br />

elderly housing district. The<br />

current zoning only permits<br />

single-family homes.<br />

Assistant<br />

Town<br />

Administrator Bob Curtin said<br />

that Bruce’s petition automatically<br />

goes on the warrant due<br />

its status as a citizen’s petition;<br />

the developer will appear at a<br />

future meeting of the Select<br />

Board, he said.<br />

The Planning Board will<br />

also conduct a public hearing<br />

on Bruce’s proposal, which<br />

is scheduled for Wednesday,<br />

Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Maney<br />

Room of Town Hall.<br />

Bruce acknowledged the fact<br />

that the project may be “moot”<br />

should the town decide to exercise<br />

its right of first refusal on<br />

the property.<br />

The Town Meeting will be<br />

held in the Lynnfield Middle<br />

School auditorium at 7 p.m.


OCTOBER 7, 2021<br />

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By Anne MArie ToBin<br />

After an 18-month-long wait,<br />

the Lynnfield Arts Guild (LAG)<br />

will finally be able to show off<br />

its work in person.<br />

Their latest exhibition,<br />

“Creativity on Parade,” will<br />

be shown at the Beebe Estate<br />

Gallery in Melrose every<br />

Saturday of the month of<br />

October, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.<br />

LAG was able to host shows<br />

virtually up until this point, and<br />

guild president Dan Abenaim<br />

said it was tough to hold shows<br />

over Zoom.<br />

“For those 18 months (of<br />

the COVID-19 pandemic), it<br />

was like watching ‘Gone with<br />

The Wind’ or ‘Star Wars’ on a<br />

12-inch, black-and-white TV:<br />

lucky to see them at all,but<br />

not the same as full-color<br />

Cinemascope,” he said. “The<br />

impact of seeing the real paintings<br />

on the walls of a beautiful<br />

venue like the Beebe Estate is<br />

almost physical ― you are assaulted<br />

by multiple stimuli of<br />

beauty and forms that make<br />

you appreciate the magnificent<br />

power of imagination.”<br />

LAG recently announced<br />

that local watercolor artist<br />

and member Patricia (Pat)<br />

O’Connor is their latest featured<br />

artist. O’Connor has been<br />

painting for over 40 years in<br />

all mediums, starting in oil and<br />

acrylics and now specializing<br />

in watercolor.<br />

“Art has always been a part<br />

of my life,” she said. “I love<br />

to travel, cook, and work with<br />

my hands doing sewing, knitting<br />

and, of course, painting in<br />

various mediums over the past<br />

40-plus years.<br />

“In my free time I have been<br />

involved in various community<br />

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Abenaim said that he is<br />

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more arts venues like theirs<br />

are needed. The president also<br />

touched upon the theme of<br />

the exhibition, “Creativity on<br />

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of creative expression for everyone,<br />

not just artists.<br />

“Creativity is essential for<br />

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“Sure, it is on display when you<br />

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MONDAY 9/27<br />

Accidents<br />

A report of a motor vehicle<br />

crash at 1:39 p.m. Monday at<br />

Whole Foods Market at 100<br />

Market St.; at 3:05 p.m. Tuesday<br />

on Condon Circle; at 8:45 a.m.<br />

Thursday on Condon Circle.<br />

Assaults<br />

A report of an assault at 3<br />

p.m. Monday at Lynnfield Middle<br />

School at 505 Main St.<br />

WEDNESDAY 9/29<br />

Breaking and Entering<br />

A report of an attempted<br />

breaking and entering at 9:27<br />

p.m. Wednesday at 29 Pine Hill<br />

Drive. A caller reported finding a<br />

broken window. Police reported<br />

no entry was gained; the window<br />

appeared to have been broken<br />

by the landscapers.<br />

THURSDAY 9/30<br />

Theft<br />

A report of a larceny at 4:27<br />

p.m. Thursday at 45 Wildewood<br />

Drive.<br />

FRIDAY 10/01<br />

Accidents<br />

A report of a four-car crash<br />

with injury at 7:09 p.m. Friday<br />

on N Broadway.<br />

A report of a motor vehicle<br />

crash at 11:31 p.m. Friday on<br />

Salem Street.<br />

Complaints<br />

A report of suspicious activity<br />

at 4:17 a.m. Friday at 4 Oak St.<br />

A caller reported someone may<br />

have been outside his home. He<br />

heard noise and saw a flashlight<br />

beam. Police checked the area<br />

and reported all appeared to be<br />

in order.<br />

SATURDAY 10/02<br />

Accidents<br />

A report of a motor vehicle accident<br />

at 10:48 a.m. Saturday at<br />

707 Walnut St.<br />

SUNDAY 10/03<br />

Complaint<br />

A report of loud dirt bikes at<br />

7:30 p.m. Sunday at Christmas<br />

Tree Shops at 29 S Broadway.<br />

An officer sent them on their<br />

way.<br />

Theft<br />

A larceny was reported at<br />

4:41 p.m. Sunday at Kings<br />

Entertainment at 510 Market St.<br />

MONDAY 10/04<br />

Suspicious Activity<br />

A caller at 8 Pine St called to<br />

report three unknown men in<br />

her backyard at 3:02 p.m. on<br />

Monday. An officer dispatched<br />

to the scene found that the three<br />

were contractors at the wrong<br />

address.<br />

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Our sincere thanks and congratulations<br />

to the Friends of<br />

Lynnfield Recreation for the incredible<br />

community event that<br />

was the 3rd Annual Cornhole<br />

Tournament on the Green at<br />

MarketStreet this past weekend.<br />

Volunteering is a demanding<br />

task, but well worth the reward.<br />

Behind every successful<br />

event in Lynnfield, there are always<br />

amazing volunteers. The<br />

Friends of Lynnfield Recreation<br />

Committee never asks for the<br />

spotlight, but Patricia Hazelton,<br />

Jes Doherty, Jess Saccardo,<br />

Heather Rose, Lauren Hurton,<br />

Jess Capodilupo, Stacey Cook,<br />

Kristin Lorentzen & Julie Mallett<br />

are the backbone of this<br />

event and work selflessly to<br />

make a tangible difference for<br />

the citizens of Lynnfield. These<br />

acts of kindness have the ripple<br />

effect of positively enhancing<br />

the opportunities available<br />

through Lynnfield Recreation.<br />

I respect the spirit of volunteerism<br />

immensely. Nothing<br />

turns neighbors into friends faster<br />

than powerful moments of<br />

shared community engagement.<br />

The Lynnfield Recreation Commission<br />

is continually inspired<br />

to keep pace with innovative<br />

programs, activities, facilities,<br />

and inclusive community offerings<br />

for all. It is the amazing efforts<br />

of the Friends of Lynnfield<br />

Recreation that propel these<br />

goals forward.<br />

I would also like to thank the<br />

incredible generosity of Market-<br />

Street and the Alchemy restaurant<br />

for their partnership, as well<br />

COURTESY PHOTO | LYNNFIELD RECREATION<br />

On Friday, Oct. 1, the Friends of Lynnfield Recreation<br />

held its third annual community cornhole<br />

tournament at the Green at MarketStreet Lynnfield.<br />

The “Hoedown Throwdown” tournament champions<br />

for this year, Team Dragons, celebrated with<br />

beer and food provided by Alchemy restaurant.<br />

as, the many sponsors, cornhole<br />

players and spectators that made<br />

this event a huge success. We<br />

will always be grateful to each<br />

of you.<br />

Rich Sjoberg<br />

Lynnfield Recreation


OCTOBER 7, 2021<br />

WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 5<br />

Peabody Promotes Breast Cancer Awareness<br />

1 in 8 women will face breast cancer<br />

Early detection and screening saves lives.<br />

City of Peabody • Edward A. Bettencourt, Jr., Mayor<br />

Sponsored by the Ted Bettencourt Committee<br />

Suggestions for breast health awareness<br />

Editor’s note: This information<br />

was provided by Salem<br />

Hospital’s Breast Health Services<br />

staff.<br />

Wear a Mask, Wash your<br />

Hands, Schedule a Mammogram.<br />

When the COVID -19 pandemic<br />

began in 2020, many<br />

women were forced to cancel<br />

important mammogram and<br />

breast screening appointments.<br />

It is now important to reschedule<br />

those appointments and take<br />

care of health needs. At Salem<br />

Hospital, we offer state-of-theart<br />

screening technology and<br />

easy access to appointments to<br />

help women stay healthy.<br />

Your Role<br />

Beginning at the age of 40,<br />

women should schedule an annual<br />

mammogram appointment.<br />

A mammogram is the single<br />

most effective method for detecting<br />

breast cancer early.<br />

Monthly self-breast exams<br />

are also important. Women<br />

should be familiar with how<br />

their breasts normally look<br />

and feel and should report any<br />

changes to a health care provider<br />

right away.<br />

Our Role<br />

We provide you with a full<br />

spectrum of exceptional breast<br />

health care and support in a<br />

convenient and patient-focused<br />

manner.<br />

Salem Hospital offers 3-D<br />

mammography, an advanced<br />

technology that enables our<br />

breast health experts to examine<br />

changes in the breast that may<br />

go unnoticed by other methods,<br />

leading to better detection and<br />

greater peace of mind.<br />

If your mammogram detects<br />

abnormalities, we’re here for<br />

you. Most of these abnormalities<br />

are non-cancerous, and our<br />

physicians can provide additional<br />

testing to learn more. We’ll<br />

keep you informed every step of<br />

the way and will work with you<br />

to develop a personalized treatment<br />

plan if needed.<br />

Because a mammogram is<br />

important to detecting breast<br />

cancer, we’ve made it easy and<br />

convenient for you to schedule<br />

an appointment. We offer<br />

mammography in six locations<br />

throughout the North Shore,<br />

many offering evening and<br />

weekend hours.<br />

With our safe care commitment,<br />

you can visit our facilities<br />

with confidence knowing that<br />

our staff is doing everything possible<br />

to keep you safe while receiving<br />

this important care. This<br />

includes staff vaccinated for<br />

COVID-19, universal masking<br />

for all staff and patients, social<br />

distancing, rigorous cleaning<br />

and increased safety protocols.<br />

Mammography locations:<br />

Salem Hospital, 81 Highland<br />

Avenue, Salem<br />

–– Salem Hospital Outpatient<br />

Services, One Hutchinson<br />

Drive, Danvers<br />

–– Mass General/North Shore<br />

Center for Outpatient Care, 104<br />

Endicott Street, Danvers<br />

–– Mass General Brigham<br />

Healthcare Center, 480 Lynnfield<br />

Street, Lynn<br />

–– Lynn Community Health<br />

Center, 269 Union Street, Lynn<br />

–– North Shore Physicians<br />

Group, 414 Haverhill Street,<br />

Rowley<br />

Support every step of the way<br />

Salem Hospital collaborates<br />

closely with the Breast Health<br />

program at the Mass General/<br />

North Shore Cancer Center in<br />

Danvers to provide patients with<br />

the most advanced care.<br />

To support our patients who<br />

may need additional imaging<br />

or biopsy, we offer our Breast<br />

Health Navigator service. Our<br />

navigator is a radiology technologist<br />

certified in breast health<br />

navigation, who is here to make<br />

your treatment experience easier.<br />

Working as a liaison between<br />

you and your physician, your<br />

navigator will walk you through<br />

your treatment options, provide<br />

support during treatment and answer<br />

any questions, so you feel<br />

informed and in control throughout<br />

your journey.<br />

Women may have an increased<br />

risk of developing breast<br />

or other cancers based on personal<br />

and family history and early<br />

detection of this increased risk<br />

can be life-saving.<br />

Learn more about Salem Hospital’s<br />

Breast Health services<br />

by visiting our website, https://<br />

nsmc.partners.org/breast_health<br />

or to schedule a mammogram,<br />

please call 978-573-4444.<br />

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WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 OCTOBER 7, 2021<br />

(AP) The Estée Lauder<br />

Companies (ELC) are coming<br />

together to end breast cancer<br />

for all as a company that has<br />

put people, positive impact, and<br />

inclusivity at the heart of everything<br />

it does.<br />

ELC’s call to help end breast<br />

cancer is more urgent than ever,<br />

as female breast cancer is now<br />

the most commonly diagnosed<br />

cancer worldwide — surpassing<br />

lung cancer for the first time in<br />

2020 — with an estimated 2.3<br />

million new cases.<br />

This sobering statistic has<br />

only reaffirmed why The Estée<br />

Lauder Companies’ Breast<br />

Cancer Campaign’s (The Campaign)<br />

mission remains unwavering<br />

in uniting people to create<br />

a breast cancer-free world.<br />

A corporate leader in the<br />

global breast cancer movement<br />

since Evelyn H. Lauder co-created<br />

the Pink Ribbon and started<br />

The Campaign in 1992, The<br />

Campaign now supports more<br />

than 60 organizations around<br />

the globe to raise funds, educate,<br />

support, and bring us closer to a<br />

world without breast cancer.<br />

As the company’s largest<br />

corporate social impact program,<br />

The Campaign has raised<br />

more than $99 million globally<br />

for lifesaving research, education,<br />

and medical services, with<br />

more than $80 million funding<br />

Breast Cancer Awareness Month<br />

ELC fighting breast cancer for almost 30 years<br />

BERKSHIRE<br />

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321 medical research grants<br />

through the Breast Cancer Research<br />

Foundation (BCRF), the<br />

highest-rated nonprofit breast<br />

cancer organization in the U.S.<br />

founded by Evelyn H. Lauder in<br />

1993.<br />

BCRF’s mission is to prevent<br />

and cure breast cancer by<br />

advancing the world’s most<br />

promising research. The BCRF<br />

research grants funded by The<br />

Campaign span the entire continuum<br />

of breast cancer research,<br />

from studying the basic<br />

biology of how healthy cells go<br />

awry and become cancerous, to<br />

developing new diagnostic tests<br />

and treatments, to conducting<br />

research to improve a patient’s<br />

quality of life both during and<br />

after treatment.<br />

Although great strides have<br />

been made against this disease<br />

— breast cancer mortality rates<br />

have decreased in the U.S. by<br />

41 percent among women since<br />

1989 because of earlier detection<br />

and improved treatment 2<br />

— the work is not yet done.<br />

Breast cancer is a disease that<br />

affects all, but not always equally.<br />

The Campaign will continue<br />

to address breast cancer disparities<br />

that exist for minority and<br />

other vulnerable groups through<br />

funded research with BCRF<br />

and various NGOs around the<br />

world.<br />

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“As a beauty-inspired, values-driven<br />

company, we strive<br />

to make meaningful social investments<br />

toward issues that<br />

matter to our employees, customers,<br />

and partners around the<br />

world. Family values are and<br />

have always been at the core of<br />

The Estée Lauder Companies.<br />

When my mother, Evelyn H.<br />

Lauder, started The Estée Lauder<br />

Companies’ Breast Cancer<br />

Campaign and co-created the<br />

Pink Ribbon, she had a vision of<br />

a breast cancer-free world. The<br />

Campaign remains unwavering<br />

in its mission to help end breast<br />

cancer,” said William P. Lauder,<br />

Executive Chairman of The Estée<br />

Lauder Companies Inc.<br />

Breast cancer is not a disease<br />

that has a single story. It<br />

is as diverse and complex as<br />

ELC’s global community and it<br />

profoundly affects everyone it<br />

touches — patients, loved ones,<br />

doctors, caregivers, advocates,<br />

and more.<br />

This year’s creative features<br />

layers of the Pink Ribbon, the<br />

universally recognized symbol<br />

for breast cancer. Shades of<br />

pink, and different textures and<br />

designs, intertwine to signify<br />

the diversity of the disease, the<br />

equity The Campaign hopes to<br />

help achieve, and the unity in<br />

support of the entire breast cancer<br />

community worldwide.<br />

The Campaign will take the<br />

following actions aligned to its<br />

mission:<br />

–– Launch a new social media<br />

call to action to encourage<br />

engagement from supporters<br />

worldwide to raise funds for<br />

BCRF through the simple action<br />

of grabbing your favorite<br />

pink lipstick, drawing a ribbon,<br />

sharing your story using the<br />

hashtags #TimeToEndBreast-<br />

Cancer and #ELCdonates and<br />

tagging up to five people to participate.<br />

–– For every public, in-feed<br />

Instagram or Facebook post<br />

during the month of October<br />

featuring both #TimeToEnd-<br />

BreastCancer and #ELCdonates<br />

together, @esteelaudercompanies<br />

will donate $25 to @bcrfcure<br />

up to $150,000<br />

–– Reinforce and build upon<br />

The Estée Lauder Companies’<br />

legacy of breast cancer funding<br />

and furthering the company’s<br />

commitment to Racial Equity.<br />

–– The company and the<br />

Lauder Family will invest $1<br />

million over two years towards<br />

research to help eliminate breast<br />

cancer disparities. Through<br />

grants with BCRF, two important<br />

new initiatives will be supported.<br />

–– Illuminate buildings,<br />

monuments, and landmarks<br />

worldwide in glowing pink<br />

lights to raise awareness of<br />

breast health, including the Empire<br />

State Building, New York<br />

City and the Eiffel Tower, Paris.<br />

–– Mobilize employees<br />

worldwide to positively impact<br />

communities and unite in action<br />

to support more than 60 breast<br />

cancer organizations around the<br />

world.<br />

–– Convene world-class experts<br />

to educate on the importance<br />

of breast health.<br />

–– Continue to produce and<br />

distribute informative materials<br />

and Pink Ribbons worldwide.<br />

–– Drive donations to BCRF<br />

through ELCompanies.com/<br />

BreastCancerCampaign.<br />

“My role as Global Ambassador<br />

for The Breast Cancer<br />

Campaign continues to be my<br />

life’s most meaningful work. I<br />

joined Evelyn to work on The<br />

Campaign shortly after she started<br />

it in the early 1990’s. Over<br />

the years, I’ve seen the powerful<br />

impact The Estée Lauder Companies<br />

has had on the global<br />

breast cancer community, including<br />

groundbreaking progress<br />

made through the research<br />

The Campaign has funded to<br />

advance science, treatments,<br />

and care. We must carry on Evelyn’s<br />

legacy and come together<br />

in support of The Campaign and<br />

help to find a cure for this disease,”<br />

said Elizabeth Hurley, the<br />

longstanding Global Ambassador<br />

for The Campaign.<br />

This year, 19 of The Estée<br />

Lauder Companies’ brands will<br />

support The Campaign’s mission:<br />

AERIN, Aveda, Bobbi<br />

Brown, Bumble and bumble,<br />

Clinique, Darphin, DKNY, Donna<br />

Karan, Dr. Jart+, Estée Lauder,<br />

GLAMGLOW, Jo Malone<br />

London, La Mer, Lab Series,<br />

Michael Kors, Origins, Smashbox,<br />

TOM FORD BEAUTY,<br />

and Too Faced. Each will sell<br />

Pink Ribbon Products or make<br />

donations to BCRF and/or other<br />

charitable organizations around<br />

the world.<br />

“The Estée Lauder Companies’<br />

success is deeply rooted<br />

in our core values and the positive<br />

impact we have on our employees,<br />

our communities and<br />

the planet. The Breast Cancer<br />

Campaign is an authentic cornerstone<br />

of our commitments to<br />

being a Beauty Inspired, Values<br />

Driven company and we will<br />

continue our work to drive positive<br />

change for the breast cancer<br />

community and beyond,” said<br />

Fabrizio Freda, President and<br />

Chief Executive Officer, The<br />

Estée Lauder Companies Inc.<br />

Through the collective efforts<br />

of its employees, consumers,<br />

and partners worldwide,<br />

The Campaign remains at the<br />

forefront of facilitating real<br />

progress against this disease,<br />

bringing it closer to its mission.<br />

Together, with the dedication of<br />

its global community, ELC can<br />

help create a breast cancer-free<br />

world for all.<br />

To learn more about The Estée<br />

Lauder Companies’ Breast<br />

Cancer Campaign, visit EL-<br />

Companies.com/BreastCancer-<br />

Campaign.<br />

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Inc. is one of the world’s leading<br />

manufacturers, marketers<br />

and sellers of quality skin care,<br />

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products. The company’s products<br />

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WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 7<br />

Breast Cancer Awareness Month<br />

Breast cancer screening and treatment<br />

progress disrupted by COVID-19 pandemic<br />

DALLAS (AP) –– Susan<br />

G. Komen, the world’s leading<br />

breast cancer organization,<br />

is warning that decades<br />

of progress in lowering breast<br />

cancer mortality rates may be<br />

in jeopardy due to the ongoing<br />

COVID-19 pandemic and<br />

called for a united response to<br />

help save lives during this year’s<br />

National Breast Cancer Awareness<br />

month.<br />

Komen noted that in response<br />

to the growing need for<br />

financial support and overcoming<br />

barriers to care, the organization<br />

has increased its focus<br />

on providing care and support<br />

directly through its Patient Care<br />

Services Center, the demand for<br />

which has more than doubled<br />

over the past year.<br />

“Facing a breast cancer diagnosis<br />

is difficult in the best<br />

of times, but more so during the<br />

uncertainty of a pandemic,” said<br />

Paula Schneider, a breast cancer<br />

survivor and Komen’s CEO.<br />

“More people than ever are<br />

encountering challenges in accessing<br />

and continuing needed<br />

care. Many have lost their jobs,<br />

health insurance and are facing<br />

new financial challenges. The<br />

pandemic has also highlighted<br />

persistent and tragic racial disparities,<br />

like the startling reality<br />

that Black women in the U.S.<br />

are about 40 percent more likely<br />

to die from breast cancer than<br />

white women. Our support is<br />

needed now, more than ever. Yet<br />

meeting those needs will only<br />

be possible thanks to the generosity<br />

and passion of our donors<br />

and fundraisers.”<br />

Komen noted that there are<br />

many ways that people can<br />

help support Komen’s advocacy,<br />

research and patient care<br />

programs, from fundraising<br />

through one of the organization’s<br />

local Race for the Cure<br />

or MORE THAN PINK Walk<br />

events, supporting someone<br />

walking in the Komen 3-Day,<br />

60-mile walk, supporting one of<br />

Komen’s LIVE Pink partners, or<br />

by doing a personal fundraiser<br />

that is meaningful to you, such<br />

as hosting a Dress Up to Take<br />

Down Breast Cancer educational<br />

session or fundraiser at work.<br />

The need for support is<br />

clear and growing more urgent<br />

by the day. Komen noted that<br />

while progress has been made<br />

in lowering mortality rates from<br />

breast cancer by 41 percent in<br />

the U.S. since 1989 thanks to<br />

more than three decades of increased<br />

access to early detection<br />

and more effective treatments,<br />

the trajectory of that progress is<br />

now in jeopardy due to COVID-<br />

19’s lingering impact on breast<br />

health care.<br />

Without a renewed focus on<br />

early detection and efforts to<br />

maintain people in the continuum<br />

of care, as well as investments<br />

in improved treatments,<br />

we are likely to see more people<br />

die from the disease. Even<br />

without taking the impact of<br />

COVID-19 on screening and<br />

treatment into account, more<br />

than 44,000 people are expected<br />

to die this year from breast<br />

cancer in the U.S. alone. Now,<br />

due to the pandemic, which has<br />

caused people to become hesitant<br />

to get screened or see a doctor,<br />

suddenly become uninsured<br />

or face new financial challenges,<br />

people are facing new delays<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

and barriers to care that are likely<br />

to have tragic consequences.<br />

–– Initial reports from the<br />

National Cancer Institute in<br />

2020 suggested there could be<br />

an excess of 10,000 deaths due<br />

to breast and colorectal cancer<br />

by 2030 due to the pandemic.<br />

–– A newer model in July<br />

2021, suggests about 2,500 excess<br />

deaths from breast cancer<br />

by 2030 are expected to occur<br />

due to reduced screening, delays<br />

in diagnosis and decreased chemotherapy<br />

use among women<br />

with estrogen receptor positive<br />

early breast cancer.<br />

–– While screening rates are<br />

rebounding from the pandemic<br />

lows, we are still catching up for<br />

many people who should have<br />

already been screened and diagnosed.<br />

This may lead to a surge<br />

of new breast cancers, with later<br />

stage diagnoses and increased<br />

mortality.<br />

–– While healthcare systems<br />

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were able to adapt and adjust<br />

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experienced a change or delay<br />

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pandemic.<br />

In response to the growing<br />

and evolving demand for direct<br />

support for those facing breast<br />

cancer today, Komen has developed<br />

a new national Patient<br />

Care Center to help people overcome<br />

barriers to care, no matter<br />

where they live.<br />

These services include a free<br />

Breast Care Helpline, where<br />

callers are connected to a trained<br />

oncology social worker who<br />

provides emotional support education,<br />

and access to resources<br />

such as financial assistance, patient<br />

navigation and more. The<br />

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Water-main break causes school closure<br />

BY ANNE MARIE TOBIN<br />

A water main break on<br />

Summer Street wreaked havoc<br />

Tuesday morning, causing the<br />

closure of the Summer Street<br />

Elementary School and leaving<br />

several area residents without<br />

water. The break occurred near<br />

the Reedy Meadow Golf Course.<br />

Water was shut down to Summer<br />

Street residents from Westover<br />

Drive to Todd Lane.<br />

Water was gradually restored<br />

to affected homes and businesses<br />

starting at about 3 p.m.<br />

that afternoon.<br />

Lynnfield Center Water<br />

District Superintendent John<br />

Scenna said the initial alarms relating<br />

to a drop in storage volume<br />

and pressure started coming in<br />

STUDENT OF<br />

THE WEEK<br />

Connor Wright<br />

Connor Wright, started a nonprofit to bring gift boxes to children hospitalized with COVID.<br />

BY KATELYN SAHAGIAN<br />

In between school at Pike<br />

Academy ― where he is on<br />

the honor roll, an after-school<br />

program at Kumon, participating<br />

in chess club and the<br />

math olympiad, and hockey<br />

practice and games, seventh<br />

grader Connor Wright said that<br />

he wanted to find a way to help<br />

people during the COVID-19<br />

pandemic.<br />

Thus, Connor’s Kindness<br />

Project was born.<br />

“I wanted to give back,”<br />

Connor said. “So I decided to<br />

start a nonprofit.”<br />

Connor’s Kindness Project<br />

is an initiative making gift<br />

boxes for kids who were hospitalized<br />

due to COVID-19. On<br />

Saturday, Oct. 2, the twelveyear-old<br />

said that he enlisted<br />

his cousins to help him put<br />

together 40 boxes of his signature<br />

“kindness kits” in one<br />

afternoon.<br />

“Right now my great-grandfather’s<br />

basement is our home<br />

base,” Connor said. “I’m<br />

hopeful it’ll grow from there.”<br />

Connor said he doesn’t really<br />

like to brag about his Kindness<br />

Project to other people. While<br />

he said that his friends don’t really<br />

know about his nonprofit,<br />

Connor wants to start an advisory<br />

board on what should go<br />

into the boxes to make sure that<br />

he’s sticking to things kids actually<br />

want.<br />

Connor said that he wanted<br />

to do something that would<br />

make the kids feel like regular<br />

kids again. Boxes include toys<br />

― like Rubik’s Cubes, Legos,<br />

and Pop It! ― a popular fidget<br />

toy ― and personal and school<br />

necessities, like Bomba socks<br />

between 3 and 3:30 a.m.<br />

“Those statistics showed us<br />

we were losing water somewhere<br />

in the system, initially up<br />

to 3,000 gallons per minute,”<br />

Scenna said. “Our operatives<br />

were sharp enough to drive<br />

around to find the source of the<br />

problem. We finally isolated<br />

the problem at around 5:30 a.m.<br />

after discovering ponding on the<br />

site of the golf course to the left<br />

of the parking lot, so we knew<br />

that was likely where the crack<br />

in the pipe was.”<br />

Scenna said due to the complexity<br />

of the problem, he knew<br />

that water could not be restored<br />

to Summer Street School, so<br />

the decision to close down the<br />

school for the day was made. He<br />

and a collapsible microscope<br />

called Foldscope.<br />

His last big project was<br />

giving birthday boxes to kids in<br />

homeless shelters. The boxes<br />

included everything from cake<br />

mix and a pan to bake it in, to<br />

party hats and gifts.<br />

“Not everyone can afford<br />

to have a birthday party, but<br />

everyone should have one,”<br />

Connor said.<br />

Now, Connor said his big<br />

goal is to apply for 501(c)3<br />

status. Getting this official<br />

nonprofit status would give his<br />

Kindness Project the ability<br />

to get grants from the government.<br />

Right now, everything<br />

Connor has been doing has<br />

been through donations alone.<br />

“It’s really cool knowing that<br />

I’ve helped a lot of kids out,”<br />

Connor said. “I gave them<br />

something they wanted.”<br />

said that other areas within the<br />

town were also reporting discolored<br />

water and air in the water<br />

including King James Grant and<br />

Orchard Lane.<br />

“However, given the severity<br />

of the leak and amount of water<br />

lost, customers throughout the<br />

district will experience discoloration<br />

and loss of pressure<br />

until repair is complete and the<br />

system stabilizes,” Scenna said.<br />

“We expect everyone will have<br />

water back by Tuesday night,<br />

but it will take overnight to get<br />

back to regulated normal conditions<br />

for the system.”<br />

School Superintendent Kristen<br />

Vogel said she is “anticipating a<br />

normal school day (Wednesday)<br />

at Summer Street School.”<br />

John Robert Mitchell, 71<br />

1950 - 2021<br />

LYNNFIELD - John Robert Mitchell,<br />

age 71, of Lynnfield, formerly of<br />

Chelsea, died Saturday, October 2<br />

at his residence.<br />

Born in Chelsea on July 6, 1950<br />

he was the son of the late James<br />

Donald and Marion Viola (Spracklin)<br />

Mitchell.<br />

John was raised in Chelsea and<br />

was a graduate of Chelsea High<br />

School. He went on to graduate<br />

from the former Grahm Junior College<br />

of Boston and to attend Boston<br />

University. John had worked<br />

in media, first with NBC in New<br />

York City, then he spent time with<br />

WEEI and WXKS-AM of Boston<br />

until 1994 when he went out on<br />

his own and build the now CAM<br />

Media, which continues to this day.<br />

In his younger years, John was an<br />

avid skier and played softball and<br />

hockey – most recently he had gotten<br />

into cycling. John was a very<br />

philanthropic man and was dedicated<br />

to several causes, most importantly,<br />

the Pan-Mass Challenge,<br />

Bike MS (National MS Society,)<br />

Best Buddies, Salvation Army, ALS<br />

ONE, and Communitas of Wakefield<br />

(formerly EMARC).<br />

He was the beloved husband<br />

of Lauren (Cantalupa) Mitchell.<br />

He was the loving father of Cara<br />

A. Mitchell of Merrimac, MA and<br />

Megan E. Mitchell and her partner<br />

Chris Eriksen of Eagle Bridge,<br />

NY. He was the brother of James<br />

Mitchell and his wife Ethelyn of<br />

District seeks to<br />

improve technology<br />

with Chromebooks<br />

Revere, Nancy Belanger and her<br />

husband Daniel of Charlton, MA<br />

and the late Jean V. Montesano<br />

and her surviving husband Vincent<br />

of Revere, and the late Joan Mitchell.<br />

He is also survived by many<br />

nieces and nephews as well as his<br />

beloved dogs Gavin and Maggie.<br />

Service Information: His Funeral<br />

Service will be held in the<br />

Centre Congregational Church,<br />

5 Summer St., Lynnfield on Saturday,<br />

Oct 9 at 10am. Visitation<br />

for relatives and friends at the<br />

McDonald Funeral Home, 19<br />

Yale Ave., Wakefield on Friday,<br />

Oct 8 from 4-7pm.<br />

In keeping with John’s philanthropic<br />

spirt, the family asks for<br />

contributions to be made to the<br />

charity of one’s choice.<br />

BY HANNAH CHADWICK<br />

School district Director of<br />

Technology Stephanie Hoban<br />

updated the School Committee<br />

Tuesday night on the district’s<br />

plans to address its problems<br />

with technology, which include<br />

expiring devices and privacy<br />

concerns.<br />

While she cited a number of<br />

concerns, Hoban also provided<br />

a positive update regarding<br />

student access to technology.<br />

The Lynnfield Public<br />

Schools has nearly 3,000<br />

Chromebooks, which is<br />

enough to provide each student<br />

in the district with a device,<br />

Hoban said. However,<br />

she said that each of these devices<br />

comes with an expiration<br />

date for upgrades; this means<br />

that the Chromebooks become<br />

invalid for Massachusetts<br />

Comprehensive Assessment<br />

System (MCAS) and other<br />

testing, which is currently administered<br />

via these devices.<br />

Since the Chromebooks still<br />

work after their expiration<br />

date, Hoban said, they can still<br />

be used for other non-testing<br />

purposes. In the district, an average<br />

of 130 Chromebooks expire<br />

each year, which results in<br />

them having to be replenished<br />

by the district, she said.<br />

Hoban said the district’s<br />

plan is to purchase new<br />

Chromebooks for students<br />

entering the fifth and ninth<br />

grades; this would allow four<br />

years of life for each student’s<br />

device at the middle- and highschool<br />

level, she said.<br />

The district also plans to hire<br />

a new Chromebook inventory<br />

manager, who would create<br />

an inventory system with the<br />

aim of ensuring students return<br />

their devices to the school district<br />

when they graduate.<br />

Hoban said the technology<br />

department has also implemented<br />

a privacy plan; this<br />

new database includes applications<br />

on devices that are aimed<br />

at securing privacy for students<br />

using the technology. Parents<br />

and guardians are required<br />

to sign a Google document,<br />

which permits teachers to use<br />

these applications in school.<br />

In other technology updates,<br />

a new information-management<br />

system, PowerSchool,<br />

will be implemented in the<br />

district by the 2022-23 school<br />

year, Hoban said.


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Sports<br />

PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK<br />

Lynnfield’s Ally Sykes blocks out Georgetown’s Olivia Hiltz,<br />

left, and Casey Mahoney during a win Wednesday.<br />

Seniors lead the<br />

way for Lynnfield<br />

FILE PHOTO<br />

Nick Razzaboni and the Lynnfield football team struggled on offense in a loss to Cape Ann<br />

League foe Newburyport Friday night.<br />

Lynnfield can’t contain<br />

Newburyport in road loss<br />

FOOTBALL<br />

By Mike Alongi<br />

The Lynnfield football team<br />

hung around with Newburyport<br />

for the entire first half<br />

Friday night on the road, but<br />

Newburyport took advantage<br />

of the Pioneers’ struggles in the<br />

second half to hand Lynnfield a<br />

34-6 loss.<br />

The Clippers started out<br />

strong when quarterback Finn<br />

Sullivan found Grant Mosesian<br />

on a 10-yard touchdown connection<br />

late in the first quarter.<br />

After Sullivan added the extra<br />

point to make it 7-0, both offenses<br />

went dormant. The<br />

Clippers took that 7-0 lead into<br />

the halftime break.<br />

Newburyport drove down<br />

the field in less than two minutes<br />

to start the third quarter,<br />

scoring on Sullivan’s first TD<br />

run. The Clippers then capped<br />

their following possession<br />

with another Sullivan scamper,<br />

this one coming from the<br />

three-yard-line.<br />

The Pioneers did score to<br />

make it a 19-6 game heading<br />

into the fourth, but Sullivan<br />

finished the Clippers’ ensuing<br />

drive by finding Webster on a<br />

three-yard scoring strike to seal<br />

the win.<br />

Lynnfield (2-1) will get an<br />

extra day of rest this week before<br />

facing Hamilton-Wenham<br />

on the road Saturday (2:30).<br />

GIRLS SOCCER<br />

By Sam Minton<br />

LYNNFIELD ― The seniors<br />

on the Lynnfield Pioneers’ girls<br />

soccer team rose to the occasion<br />

on Wednesday night as they defeated<br />

the Georgetown Royals<br />

6-1.<br />

Lynnfield head coach Mark<br />

Vermont said after the match that<br />

his team met the challenge on their<br />

home pitch.<br />

“We put it all together tonight<br />

so it was a good night to put it all<br />

together on senior night,” he said.<br />

Prior to the match, both sides’<br />

seniors were honored. Lynnfield<br />

will be saying goodbye to nine<br />

seniors at the end of the year as<br />

Samanth Bunar, Adriana Parisi,<br />

Lexi Veglia, Abby Adamo,<br />

Marissa Corvi, Lanah Rosenwald,<br />

Anna Radulski, Lucy Cleary,<br />

and Mariella Calvani will all be<br />

graduating.<br />

Vermont said that this group<br />

of seniors was made up of some<br />

great kids.<br />

“It’s been a long haul, last year<br />

was crazy with COVID and this<br />

year we are starting to put it together<br />

so we will keep it rolling<br />

hopefully and they worked hard<br />

for it,” he said.<br />

Georgetown seniors Rebecca<br />

Doucette, Casey Mahoney,<br />

Lauren Bartlett, Maggie Jackson,<br />

Megan Skahan, Allison DeLuca,<br />

and Emma Olsen were honored<br />

before the match as well and head<br />

coach Kevin Fair said that he has<br />

a great group of seniors this year.<br />

“I have great senior leadership,<br />

two wonderful captains in<br />

Rebecca Doucette and Casey<br />

Mahoney,” he said. “They are<br />

great leaders on the field (and) in<br />

the classroom. (I’m) very blessed<br />

to have a great senior class and<br />

what was great is I got such a<br />

young mix and they are great role<br />

models for the younger kids.”<br />

The excitement of senior night<br />

was evident as both sides were<br />

energized to start the match, but<br />

struggled to control possession.<br />

Senior captain and goalkeeper<br />

Samantha Bunar showed her<br />

prowess early as she made a<br />

great save after coming off her<br />

line and nearly left the box in the<br />

ninth minute. Bunar was great<br />

throughout the match, knowing<br />

just when to come off of her line<br />

and be aggressive.<br />

The Pioneers nearly found<br />

the back of the net courtesy of a<br />

beautiful lofted shot from Anna<br />

Radulski, but the shot graced over<br />

the crossbar in the 11th minute.<br />

Nearing the midway point of<br />

the first half, Lynnfield created a<br />

flurry of chances but was not able<br />

to find the back of the net.<br />

The scoring finally arrived in<br />

the 27th minute as Parisi found the<br />

back of the net, but the Lynnfield<br />

lead didn’t last for long as sophomore<br />

Olivia Hilts tied the game up<br />

for the Royals with a goal less than<br />

a minute later.<br />

Parisi found her second goal of<br />

the match in the 36th minute as,<br />

even with a Georgetown defender<br />

dragging her down, she was able<br />

to power the ball into the bottom<br />

of the net to give Lynnfield a 2-1<br />

lead that they would carry into the<br />

second half.<br />

The senior nearly had a hat<br />

trick as she burst away from defenders<br />

in the 67th minute, but<br />

Georgetown goalkeeper Mary<br />

Surette made an impressive diving<br />

save.<br />

The Pioneers were able to rack<br />

up five corner kicks in the first ten<br />

minutes of the half, but it took until<br />

the 50th minute for them to convert;<br />

freshman Emma Rose found<br />

the ball at her feet in the box and<br />

she was able to make it a 3-1 lead<br />

for Lynnfield. Lynnfield wasn’t<br />

done scoring, as it found the net<br />

in the 60th minute and Calvani<br />

later scored in an almost identical<br />

situation. Corner kicks actually<br />

ended up being kind to Lynnfield,<br />

helping the team score four of its<br />

six goals off of set pieces.<br />

Adamo put the game away in<br />

the last 10 minutes with the fifth<br />

and sixth goal of the match going<br />

to the Pioneers in what would cap<br />

a very successful senior night for<br />

Lynnfield.<br />

Lynnfield (5-2-2) travels to<br />

Amesbury Thursday (4).


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FILE PHOTO<br />

Lynnfield’s Nickson Joseph had a strong game up front for the Pioneers in a loss to Newburyport<br />

Monday afternoon.<br />

Lynnfield comes up short in<br />

road loss to Newburyport<br />

BOYS SOCCER<br />

By Mike Alongi<br />

NEWBURYPORT — The<br />

Lynnfield boys soccer team went<br />

toe to toe with the top team in the<br />

Cape Ann League Monday afternoon,<br />

and while the Pioneers<br />

put up a good fight, it just wasn’t<br />

enough in a 1-0 loss on the road.<br />

“Newburyport is always a<br />

tough team to go against, and<br />

we’ve had a great rivalry with<br />

them over the past few years,”<br />

said Lynnfield coach Brent<br />

Munroe. “I thought we defended<br />

well and we kept it close<br />

the whole way, but we were<br />

able to generate any offense out<br />

there because we were so busy<br />

defending.”<br />

Nickson Joseph had a big game<br />

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how they played against a relentless<br />

Newburyport attack.<br />

The game was scoreless for<br />

the first 25 minutes of play, with<br />

Lynnfield’s defense putting up a<br />

good fight against the Clippers.<br />

But eventually things broke<br />

down, and Newburyport finally<br />

broke through with 16:22 to<br />

play in the first half when Adam<br />

Bovee found the back of the net<br />

to make it 1-0.<br />

The Pioneers continued to play<br />

solid defense for the rest of the<br />

game, but they were never able<br />

to get any offensive momentum<br />

going on the other end.<br />

“We kept those guys off the<br />

board for the most part, and they<br />

were really putting the pressure<br />

on,” said Munroe. “We had a<br />

couple of chances to score, but<br />

when you only get a couple of<br />

chances then you’re going to<br />

have a tough time generating any<br />

real pressure.”<br />

As the Pioneers now hit the<br />

halfway point in the season,<br />

Munroe feels great about where<br />

his team sits as the state tournament<br />

looms just a few weeks<br />

away.<br />

“I think we’re sitting in a great<br />

position right now,” said Munroe.<br />

“We’ve gotten most of our tough<br />

games out of the way, and the four<br />

games we’ve lost have come to<br />

undefeated Newburyport twice,<br />

to undefeated Masconomet in<br />

a non-league game and to a<br />

top-10 team in the state in North<br />

Andover. We’re battle-tested, and<br />

I think we’re going to be able<br />

to make a nice run to close the<br />

season.”<br />

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THURSDAY<br />

Golf<br />

Lynnfield at CAL Open (9)<br />

Cardinal Spellman at Bishop Fenwick (3)<br />

Girls Soccer<br />

Peabody at Central Catholic (7:30)<br />

Field Hockey<br />

Bishop Fenwick at Bishop Feehan (4)<br />

Amesbury at Lynnfield (7)<br />

Volleyball<br />

Lynnfield at Georgetown (5:30)<br />

FRIDAY<br />

Football<br />

Bishop Fenwick at Cardinal Spellman (6:30)<br />

Swampscott at Peabody (7)<br />

Golf<br />

Bishop Fenwick at Arlington Catholic (2:30)<br />

Boys Soccer<br />

Amesbury at Lynnfield (3:45)<br />

Bishop Fenwick at Masconomet (4)<br />

Girls Soccer<br />

Lynnfield at Amesbury (3:45)<br />

Field Hockey<br />

Lynnfield at Beverly (4)<br />

Volleyball<br />

North Reading at Peabody (5:30)<br />

Reading at Lynnfield (5:30)<br />

SATURDAY<br />

Football<br />

Lynnfield at Hamilton-Wenham (2:30)<br />

Girls Soccer<br />

Bishop Fenwick at Central Catholic (12)<br />

Volleyball<br />

Essex Tech at Bishop Fenwick (5:30)<br />

By Mike Alongi<br />

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE<br />

MONDAY<br />

Boys Soccer<br />

Bishop Fenwick at Arlington Catholic (2)<br />

Girls Soccer<br />

Ipswich at Lynnfield (10)<br />

Field Hockey<br />

Lynnfield at Ipswich (10)<br />

TUESDAY<br />

Golf<br />

Bishop Fenwick at Cardinal Spellman (2:30)<br />

Swampscott at Peabody (4)<br />

Boys Soccer<br />

Lynnfield at Ipswich (4)<br />

Field Hockey<br />

Bishop Fenwick at Bedford (3:45)<br />

Volleyball<br />

Lynnfield at Arlington Catholic (5:30)<br />

Cross Country<br />

Arlington Catholic, Austin Prep at Bishop Fenwick (4)<br />

TUESDAY<br />

Golf<br />

Arlington Catholic at Bishop Fenwick (2:30)<br />

Peabody at Danvers (4)<br />

Boys Soccer<br />

Peabody at Masconomet (4)<br />

Girls Soccer<br />

Masconomet at Peabody (4)<br />

Arlington Catholic at Bishop Fenwick (4)<br />

Field Hockey<br />

Danvers at Peabody (4)<br />

Volleyball<br />

Masconomet at Peabody (5:30)<br />

Cross Country<br />

Peabody at Beverly (4)<br />

North Reading at Lynnfield (4:15)<br />

COURTESY PHOTO<br />

Lynnfield seventh grader Giada Antidormi, right, and eighth<br />

grader Abby Lopez ran well at the Smolak Farms Cross<br />

Country Invitational last Friday.<br />

Middle schoolers<br />

run well at Smolak<br />

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Lynnfield seventh grader<br />

Giada Antidormi made some history<br />

last weekend, as she became<br />

the first Lynnfield middle school<br />

runner to ever win a cross country<br />

invitational when she took home<br />

first place at the Smolak Farms<br />

Cross Country Invitational at<br />

Smolak Farms in North Andover<br />

Friday.<br />

Antidormi ran the 1.7-mile<br />

course in a time of 11:28, finishing<br />

first out of 164 runners<br />

from Lynnfield, North Andover,<br />

North Reading, Reading,<br />

Masconomet and Methuen.<br />

Eighth grader Abby Lopez --<br />

the younger sister of St. John’s<br />

Prep star runner Nathan Lopez --<br />

also had a top-10 finish, placing<br />

ninth with a time of 12:25.<br />

There were also highlights<br />

on the boys side of the meet<br />

for Lynnfield, with Jayden Ing<br />

leading the way with a 22nd place<br />

finish in a field of 171 runners.


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Girls soccer celebrates Senior Night<br />

Photos | Spenser Hasak<br />

The Lynnfield girls soccer team sings the national anthem prior to its Senior Night victory over Georgetown Wednesday.<br />

Lynnfield goalie Samantha Bunar punts the ball down field.<br />

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Seniors<br />

One result of the global pandemic<br />

and its long-term isolation<br />

is the need to find innovative<br />

ways through which people<br />

can stay connected.<br />

One such effort includes a<br />

new tool that Greater Lynn<br />

Senior Services (GLSS), which<br />

serves town residents, is piloting<br />

called Uniper — a device<br />

that plugs into your television<br />

set, along with a small camera<br />

which perches on top, enabling<br />

one-on-one communication<br />

with case managers, healthcare<br />

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and friends.<br />

“The COVID-19 pandemic<br />

pretty much destroyed the limited<br />

social connections that<br />

many older people or adults<br />

living with disabilities already<br />

experience,” said Kathryn C.<br />

Burns, GLSS’ chief executive<br />

officer. “Research shows that<br />

isolation, particularly long-term<br />

isolation, has a very negative effect<br />

on people’s overall health,<br />

significantly contributing to<br />

premature death from all causes<br />

and increasing a person’s risk of<br />

diseases like dementia.”<br />

Uniper loads an individual’s<br />

contacts into its device,<br />

allowing for immediate virtual<br />

connection.<br />

“This is really the primary<br />

reason we chose Uniper over<br />

the many other platforms we<br />

reviewed,” said Valerie Parker<br />

Callahan, director of planning<br />

and development. “We view<br />

it first and foremost as a communications<br />

tool to help people<br />

better manage their health<br />

and well-being, with Uniper’s<br />

built-in programming as a secondary<br />

— but very helpful<br />

— add-on to reduce social isolation<br />

and promote stronger<br />

connections with the wider<br />

community.”<br />

It is easy to use with a simple<br />

remote that allows people to<br />

quickly transition from Uniper<br />

back to television programming.<br />

“Many platforms that allow<br />

for virtual connection require a<br />

computer, tablet or smartphone,<br />

which many older people do not<br />

have and might be uncomfortable<br />

using,” Parker Callahan<br />

noted. “But Uniper only requires<br />

a TV, which most people<br />

already have and use regularly.”<br />

Uniper’s existing content includes<br />

access to hundreds of<br />

videos — travel, arts and culture,<br />

music and educational<br />

programs, as well as “live” programming<br />

that includes exercise<br />

and other classes, peer-led<br />

discussion groups, support<br />

groups and more — which are<br />

available throughout the day<br />

and scheduled by Uniper.<br />

GLSS is developing its own<br />

content, which will be available<br />

to users through a separate<br />

channel, and is also working on<br />

developing some live programming,<br />

too.<br />

“We envision, for example,<br />

that our Wellness Pathways fall<br />

prevention and health self-management<br />

workshops will be offered<br />

over the Uniper platform,<br />

as well as group and individual<br />

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Seniors<br />

SENIORS<br />

From page 13<br />

counseling through our Mobile<br />

Mental Health and Family Caregiver<br />

Support programs in a private, HIPAAcompliant<br />

setting,” Parker Callahan<br />

said, “This would be in addition to<br />

virtual case manager visits with GLSS<br />

consumers.”<br />

UniperCare is an innovative, Israelibased<br />

company with a West Coast U.S.<br />

hub. Its programming is starting to pop<br />

up all around the country, but GLSS is<br />

its first Massachusetts-based customer.<br />

One of the Uniper’s unique features<br />

is the work they have been doing with<br />

Jewish Federation of North America,<br />

connecting Holocaust survivors, their<br />

descendants and people of Jewish faith<br />

with tailored supports and group meetings,<br />

bringing together people from<br />

all across the country in celebration<br />

of some Jewish holidays during the<br />

pandemic. They plan to continue this<br />

programming moving forward. Uniper<br />

also offers a lot of content in Russian<br />

and Spanish.<br />

GLSS is initially hoping to sign up<br />

100 people age 60 and older or adults<br />

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of Lynn, Lynnfield, Nahant, Saugus and<br />

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The program is supported by<br />

funding from the Administration for<br />

Community Living as well as funding<br />

through the Older American Act administered<br />

through the Massachusetts<br />

Executive Office of Elder Affairs, and<br />

a grant from Beverly and Addison<br />

Gilbert Hospitals, operated by Beth<br />

Israel Lahey Health.<br />

Interested individuals can contact<br />

Andrew Wallace, GLSS’ Title III<br />

Planner, at 781-477-6702 or email<br />

awallace@glss.net. More information<br />

can be found at www.glss.net.<br />

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