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The town took a big step toward<br />
stopping the spread of COVID-19,<br />
hosting a vaccination clinic Saturday<br />
and Sunday that saw more than 550<br />
children ages 5-11 get their first doses<br />
of the Pfizer vaccine.<br />
While most kids dread getting shots,<br />
the clinic prioritized keeping things<br />
fun with complimentary snacks, a<br />
large-screen TV showing movies in<br />
the “waiting room,” (aka the Lynnfield<br />
Middle School auditorium), and even a<br />
therapy dog named Lila to keep anxieties<br />
at bay.<br />
Families were grateful to finally<br />
be able to get their young children<br />
vaccinated.<br />
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so we had no hesitation about<br />
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there was nothing to it.<br />
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Brian and Bridget Charville’s three<br />
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Lynnfield salutes our veterans<br />
The day kicked off with a<br />
rolling car parade, which snaked<br />
its way from the Our Lady of<br />
the Assumption parking lot to<br />
the Lynnfield Housing Authority<br />
on Ross Drive all the way to the<br />
common, where several creatively-decorated<br />
cars lined South<br />
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Girls Scout troops, including<br />
the Brownies and Daisies, led the<br />
crowd with a rendition of “God<br />
Bless America,” while Boy Scout<br />
Troop 48 and Cub Scout Troop<br />
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High School (LHS) band played<br />
the national anthem and other<br />
military-themed musical pieces.<br />
An honor guard fired a rifle<br />
salute.<br />
Several local leaders and officials<br />
were on hand to offer their<br />
thoughts.<br />
Rev. Robert Bacon of St.<br />
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put aside their differences to<br />
work as one to help us.”<br />
Select Board member Joe<br />
Connell, a decorated veteran and<br />
retired colonel who served in the<br />
United States Army for 30 years,<br />
thanked his fellow veterans and<br />
their families “for the sacrifices<br />
they make (as) without your support<br />
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Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R-North<br />
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and their families must be<br />
prioritized.<br />
“Today we honor our state and<br />
nation’s veterans, but it’s also<br />
important to honor our veterans<br />
with the services they need,” said<br />
Jones, who reminded attendees<br />
that Thursday also marked the<br />
100th anniversary of the dedication<br />
of the Tomb of the Unknown<br />
Soldier three years after the end<br />
of World War I. Jones said it remains<br />
an important monument<br />
and “a reminder that our nation<br />
will never forget those who have<br />
served.”<br />
State Sen. Brendan Crighton<br />
(D-Lynn) thanked veterans for<br />
“putting their lives on the line for<br />
their country,” adding the pandemic<br />
has “disproportionately<br />
affected our veterans.<br />
“In Massachusetts we are<br />
strong in our benefits for veterans,<br />
but we can do more… not<br />
only to improve benefits for our<br />
veterans, but also recognize that<br />
families make sacrifices, too.”<br />
Connell and Siegel thanked<br />
School Committee member Kate<br />
DePrizio and her third grade<br />
Brownie Troop 67136 (community<br />
service project) and the first<br />
grade Daisy Troop 83618 (in<br />
support) for delivering 431 cards<br />
(containing restaurant gift cards)<br />
to Lynnfield veterans. Siegel<br />
said that DePrezio reached out to<br />
him and didn’t flinch when she<br />
learned there were 433 veterans<br />
living in town.<br />
“She said ‘no problem’ and<br />
about two weeks later on Nov. 4,<br />
she had the cards.”<br />
Select Board Chair Dick<br />
Dalton thanked Siegel, commending<br />
him for a ceremony<br />
“that reflects the town’s respect<br />
and gratitude for our veterans.”<br />
Dalton said veterans are “ordinary<br />
people who have done<br />
something extraordinary so that<br />
we may all enjoy the freedom we<br />
treasure today. Our debt to these<br />
men and women can never be repaid<br />
but our gratitude and respect<br />
must last forever.”<br />
He called attention to the many<br />
sacrifices veterans make and<br />
also the uncertainty of whether<br />
“Mom or Dad will live through<br />
their next combat tour.<br />
“Veterans chose to set aside<br />
their personal ambitions and<br />
dreams to assure the well-being<br />
of our great nation and give us<br />
freedom,” Dalton said. “It’s impossible<br />
to put a price on that.”<br />
Dalton concluded his remarks<br />
by reading an excerpt from<br />
Charles M. Province’s poem,<br />
“It is the Soldier.” The poem<br />
attributes the many freedoms<br />
Americans enjoy to soldiers.<br />
“It’s a poignant reminder to<br />
us all of what the veteran means<br />
to us as citizens of this great<br />
country,” said Dalton.<br />
The celebration was closed out<br />
by LHS senior Andrew Scangas<br />
and sophomore Lucas Adreani,<br />
who played Taps, the military’s<br />
traditional final call of the day.<br />
“We were a little bit nervous<br />
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VACCINE<br />
From page 1<br />
were shut down,” Bridget said.<br />
“We want them in school.”<br />
Clinic organizer and the<br />
town’s COVID-19 Nurse<br />
Liaison Toni Rebelo said every<br />
effort was made to make the<br />
event a positive experience for<br />
all.<br />
“This was just like coming to<br />
school for a school event, not<br />
going to the doctor. There was<br />
zero stress for the most part,”<br />
Rebelo said. “Families have<br />
been waiting a long time for<br />
this, so we wanted to be ahead<br />
of the game and on top of it. We<br />
planned ahead. We were ready<br />
to go once the vaccine was<br />
approved.<br />
“The kids were so excited,”<br />
she added. “They don’t want<br />
their classrooms shut down<br />
again.”<br />
The shutdown Rebelo mentioned<br />
is the recent closure of<br />
two third-grade classes at the<br />
Summer Street School for 10<br />
days following a spike in the<br />
number of cases at the school.<br />
Fire Chief and Emergency<br />
Management Team Director<br />
Glenn Davis said many of the<br />
breakthrough cases in town are<br />
due to people contracting the<br />
virus from their children.<br />
“The kids come home from<br />
school and pass it to their parents<br />
or they get it from a sibling,”<br />
Davis said. “You can’t<br />
segregate at home so there’s not<br />
much you can do to prevent it<br />
except get vaccinated.”<br />
According to Davis, 358<br />
children were registered for<br />
Saturday, with another 197<br />
registered for Sunday. Davis<br />
hopes that, between the clinic<br />
and children getting vaccinated<br />
through medical providers and<br />
pharmacies, more than half of<br />
all children now eligible to get<br />
the vaccine (1,229 children in<br />
K-6) have received first doses.<br />
“There are more children getting<br />
vaccinated elsewhere. The<br />
number of cases has been better<br />
(48 cases in the 1-9 age group<br />
and 116 total cases over the past<br />
14 days as of Saturday),” said<br />
Davis. “Today can only help. It<br />
was quick and simple and easy<br />
peasy. It took about a minute<br />
and a half tops once the kids<br />
were with the nurses. We had<br />
to hold a couple of hands and<br />
nurses had to talk to a few kids<br />
to make sure they were comfortable<br />
but we had only one<br />
child who didn’t get the shot<br />
(Saturday). The kids are happy<br />
to be here.”<br />
Davis and Rebelo stressed the<br />
importance of having the clinic<br />
close to home.<br />
“Kids know their nurses, they<br />
know the school, they see their<br />
friends, so the whole point is<br />
to make it easier for folks who<br />
want to take advantage of it,”<br />
Davis said.<br />
“We know what works and<br />
we know what doesn’t,” Rebelo<br />
said. “Half the battle is anxiety<br />
so with our own staff and<br />
nurses, kids see familiar faces.<br />
It’s a personal touch, which you<br />
can’t beat. Parents appreciate<br />
being able to bring their children<br />
to a place they know. Kids<br />
see this as a school event, not a<br />
doctor’s appointment.”<br />
Davis credited Rebelo for the<br />
clinic’s success.<br />
“This is all Toni and her team.<br />
She not only put this whole operation<br />
together, she’s giving<br />
shots. She’s coaching kids who<br />
may be hesitant. Toni owns this.<br />
She has made this very easy for<br />
parents and kids.”<br />
“This is a tribute to the town<br />
leaders,” Brian Charville said.<br />
“They made everything work<br />
perfectly.”<br />
School Committee Chair<br />
Rich Sjoberg said the clinic<br />
is a “prime example of forward<br />
thinking on the Lynnfield<br />
Emergency Management Team<br />
“The clinic once again shows<br />
the vital resource they are for<br />
the community,” he said. “By<br />
the number of registrations, I<br />
know many Lynnfield parents<br />
are eager to get their youngest<br />
learners vaccinated. We will<br />
continue to work hard to make<br />
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p.m. in the parking lot of the<br />
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caller reported three dogs were<br />
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A report of trespassing at<br />
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someone with New Hampshire<br />
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Theft<br />
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Landing at 2 S Broadway.<br />
Vandalism<br />
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a.m. Tuesday on Market Street.<br />
A caller reported her vehicle was<br />
keyed while it was parked at<br />
Lahey Clinic on Monday.<br />
Wednesday 11/10<br />
Accidents<br />
A report of a motor vehicle<br />
crash at 5:04 p.m. Wednesday<br />
at 683 Walnut St. and 9 Bluejay<br />
Road.<br />
Thursday 11/11<br />
Accidents<br />
One person was taken to<br />
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crash was reported at 6:13<br />
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Friday 11/12<br />
Accidents<br />
A report of a motor vehicle<br />
crash at 3:29 p.m. Friday on<br />
Walnut Street.<br />
Saturday 11/13<br />
Accidents<br />
A report of a motor vehicle<br />
crash at 3:05 p.m. Saturday at<br />
200 S Broadway; at 2:17 a.m.<br />
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505 Broadway.<br />
A motor vehicle crash into a<br />
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Saturday at 513 Walnut St.<br />
Theft<br />
A report of larceny at 2:41 p.m.<br />
Saturday at 597 N Broadway.<br />
Sunday 11/14<br />
Accidents<br />
A report of a motor vehicle<br />
crash at 2:17 a.m. Sunday at 782<br />
Salem St. and 505 Broadway.<br />
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Construction of an apartment<br />
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After months of negotiations<br />
with the town and neighbors<br />
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Land Court, local developers<br />
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unit, two-story apartment<br />
building at 160 Moulton Dr.,<br />
the site of the former Chinese<br />
and Polynesian restaurant Bali<br />
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the project will take 16 to 18<br />
months to complete.<br />
Director of the town’s<br />
Department of Public Works<br />
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expect any problems with traffic<br />
or parking at the neighboring<br />
Newhall Park Little League<br />
field due to construction because<br />
of the project’s size.<br />
“For our school projects, I<br />
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contractors and personnel there,<br />
at Huckleberry and Summer<br />
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so I can’t imagine that it will<br />
be worse at the Bali Hai site,”<br />
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Contractors might park near<br />
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day, but it shouldn’t negatively<br />
affect the neighborhood. One<br />
concern the DPW had was<br />
stormwater runoff, which was<br />
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said.<br />
The Bali Hai restaurant<br />
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New Year’s Eve in 2018. The<br />
1.4-acre property was sold to<br />
the Palumbo brothers on Dec.<br />
31, 2018 for $600,000.<br />
The Palumbos initially presented<br />
a proposal for a threestory<br />
apartment building of 32<br />
one- and two-bedroom units that<br />
would rent for $2,200-$3,300.<br />
After neighbors voiced their<br />
opposition, and the Planning<br />
Board rejected the proposal, the<br />
project was scaled back to two<br />
stories with 23 units.<br />
After two public hearings,<br />
the Zoning Board of Appeals<br />
rejected the updated proposal.<br />
The Palumbo brothers filed an<br />
appeal in Land Court, simultaneously<br />
considering building a<br />
restaurant at the Moulton Drive<br />
site instead. Both neighbors and<br />
Lynnfield Select Board were in<br />
favor of a restaurant instead of<br />
an apartment building.<br />
However, in December 2020,<br />
the Land Court ruled that the<br />
ZBA decision to deny a special<br />
permit was improper, because<br />
there was not enough evidence<br />
to support the town’s claim of<br />
possible detrimental consequences<br />
to the community. The<br />
town then decided not to appeal<br />
this decision.<br />
In January 2021, neighbors,<br />
who opposed construction of<br />
an apartment building and were<br />
upset with the town’s decision<br />
to not fight developers in court,<br />
launched a “Stop the Bali Hai<br />
Project” group on Facebook.<br />
Together they hired a lawyer,<br />
an arborist, and a drainage specialist<br />
to get their independent<br />
opinions, said Emmanuel Paul,<br />
a resident of Oak Street.<br />
Since the town missed the<br />
deadline for filing an appeal in<br />
Land Court, the neighbors decided<br />
to negotiate with the developers<br />
and advocate for their<br />
needs. They were able to agree<br />
on a fence and greenery along<br />
Oak Street to make the apartment<br />
building less visible from<br />
their houses. They were also<br />
able to convince Palumbos to<br />
relocate a permanent dumpster<br />
to the other side of the property.<br />
The Palumbo brothers also<br />
promised to create extra parking<br />
for Newhall Park.<br />
“The town let everyone<br />
down,” said Paul. “At least,<br />
we could make it nice and hold<br />
them accountable.”<br />
At the same time, Paul said,<br />
the construction was causing<br />
his whole house to shake.<br />
“I am worried about the glass<br />
in the shower,” he said.<br />
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Religious News<br />
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church<br />
127 Summer St., Lynnfield<br />
781-334-4594<br />
www.stpaulslynnfield.org<br />
St. Paul’s invites all to worship,<br />
learn, and serve together with us! Our<br />
sanctuary is open to you! Please note<br />
that masking is required by all during<br />
services and indoor activities, out of<br />
love for our parish and wider community.<br />
We have two in-person services of<br />
Holy Eucharist on Sundays: A quiet<br />
Rite I service at 8:30 a.m. and a Rite<br />
II service with music at 10 a.m. The<br />
10 a.m. service is also streamed on<br />
Zoom. Please contact our church office<br />
to receive the Zoom invitations.<br />
Our Sunday School meets at<br />
10 a.m. on Sundays for children in<br />
grades K - 6. Our Sunday School engages<br />
the “Godly Play” curriculum,<br />
which lets children explore their faith<br />
through wonder and play. Our Youth<br />
Group, for young people in grades<br />
7-12, meets every other Sunday at 10<br />
a.m., following the “Journey to Adulthood”<br />
curriculum, with discussions<br />
arranged in categories of Self, Society,<br />
and Spirituality.<br />
We also offer an informal, in-person<br />
service of Holy Eucharist on<br />
Wednesdays at 10 a.m. followed by<br />
Book/Bible Study with refreshments,<br />
as well as hybrid in-person/Zoom<br />
Centering Prayer gatherings on Mondays,<br />
and by Zoom only on Thursdays<br />
at 6 p.m.<br />
If you are looking for a new<br />
church home, we welcome you. If<br />
you are experiencing a time of need,<br />
please feel free to contact our rector,<br />
the Rev. Rob Bacon.<br />
Our church is also home to the<br />
Bethlehem School, a non-sectarian<br />
preschool employing Montessori<br />
principles and the Best Practices of<br />
Earth Childhood Education.<br />
Wakefield/Lynnfield United<br />
Methodist Church<br />
273 Vernon St., Wakefield,<br />
MA.01880<br />
PASTOR: REV. GLENN M.<br />
MORTIMER<br />
Church: (781) 245-1359 Email:<br />
WLUMC273@gmail.com<br />
Facebook & Instagram: @methodistchurchwakefield<br />
ALL are welcome at Wakefield-Lynnfield<br />
United Methodist<br />
Church (WLUMC)!<br />
Please join us Sundays at 10:30<br />
a.m. for our Worship Service, followed<br />
by fellowship in the church<br />
hall.<br />
Here at WLUMC, we know Kindness<br />
Matters, so there are many ways<br />
to get involved through our “Mission<br />
Possible” Kindness Outreach Program.<br />
Follow us on Facebook & Instagram:<br />
@methodistchurchwakefield<br />
for volunteer and service opportunities,<br />
social groups, ministries and<br />
committees.<br />
Some of our “Mission Possible”<br />
groups are: Knit, Pray and Crochet<br />
Ministry, Project Linus Blanket Making<br />
and Events, Book Club, Zoom<br />
Prayer and “Virtual” Pastry Group,<br />
Love & Grace Greetings (our Card<br />
Care Community Outreach Program),<br />
Annual Build- A-Bed Event, Fall<br />
Church World Service school supply<br />
collection and many more!<br />
We also offer our church hall<br />
to many wonderful local nonprofit<br />
groups as well as weekly rental<br />
groups. We rent out our church hall<br />
for special events as well.<br />
We even have musicians in the<br />
house, as our pastor, Rev. Glenn<br />
Mortimer, and his wife Elizabeth are<br />
trained musicians, which they incorporate<br />
into special church services for<br />
all to enjoy!<br />
All year round, we are Project Linus<br />
Blanket Drop-off location and accept,<br />
by appointment, new handmade<br />
blankets for Greater Boston Project<br />
Linus.<br />
Questions? Contact Deb Willis<br />
Bry in the church office at 781-245-<br />
1359 or via email at WLUMC273@<br />
gmail.com.<br />
We look forward to welcoming<br />
you on Sunday!<br />
Knit, Pray & Crochet Group<br />
Knit? Crochet? Like to Chat? Join<br />
in the fun! No experience necessary<br />
and all faiths are welcome.<br />
KPC daytime meetings: Every<br />
Monday at 10 a.m.<br />
KPC evening meetings: 2nd & 4th<br />
Mondays at 6:30-8 p.m.<br />
Monthly Book Club<br />
month<br />
Meets on 3rd Monday of each<br />
Next Meeting: Mon. Oct. 18 at 1<br />
p.m.<br />
The Church of Jesus Christ of<br />
Latter-day Saints<br />
400 Essex St., Lynnfield<br />
www.churchofjesuschrist.org<br />
(781) 334-5586<br />
Bishop Aaron Udy<br />
Missionaries: 978-896-9434<br />
Sacrament meeting: 10 a.m.<br />
Sunday<br />
Class: 11 a.m.<br />
p.m.<br />
School/Youth/Children<br />
Youth Night: Wednesdays at 7<br />
Visitors Welcome!<br />
Temple Emmanuel/Wakefield<br />
Temple Emmanuel is a small,<br />
open and welcoming Jewish community<br />
in Wakefield Massachusetts. We<br />
offer a contemporary approach to Judaism<br />
while maintaining a respect for<br />
traditional Jewish values. We invite all<br />
to participate in our active schedule<br />
of religious services, educational and<br />
cultural events.<br />
In 2013, Temple Emmanuel affiliated<br />
with the Jewish Reconstructionist<br />
Movement. We are dedicated to creating<br />
a caring and inclusive community,<br />
and to enhancing Jewish life through<br />
learning and communal activities.<br />
In doing so, we hope to pass on our<br />
values and traditions to future generations<br />
of Jews.<br />
At Temple Emmanuel, our doors<br />
are open to all Jews regardless of marital<br />
status, race, national origin, gender,<br />
economic condition, disability or<br />
sexual orientation.<br />
Join us for Friday Night Shabbat<br />
Celebration on the 1st, 2nd, and 4th<br />
Friday nights and Jewish Meditation<br />
Circle on the 3rd Friday night of each<br />
month. Join us for Saturday Morning<br />
Celebration on the First Four Saturdays<br />
of each month.<br />
For more information about Temple<br />
Emmanuel, a member of the Jewish<br />
Reconstructionist Communities,<br />
call 781-245-1886 or see our Facebook<br />
page or website at www.WakefieldTemple.org.<br />
Request service links to the Zoom<br />
streaming: info@WakefieldTemple.<br />
org<br />
Calvary Christian Church<br />
would love to see you at one of<br />
our eight weekend services! LYNN-<br />
FIELD CAMPUS - 47 Grove St. in<br />
person at 8:30 am, 10:30 am, 12:30<br />
pm. ONLINE CAMPUS - 8:30 am,<br />
10:30 am, 12:30 pm & 5:00 pm on<br />
Facebook & YouTube. HISPANIC<br />
SERVICE - 47 Grove St. Lynnfield<br />
in-person & online at 10:30AM.<br />
If you have a teenager, please<br />
check out our youth group at the Lynnfield<br />
Campus on Fridays at 7:00 pm.<br />
In addition to our weekly worship services,<br />
Calvary Christian Church provides<br />
numerous groups and classes for<br />
everyone of all ages to enjoy in-person<br />
& online. For more information, call<br />
781-592-4722 or check us out online<br />
at calvarychristian.church.<br />
Ave Maria Parish<br />
is a Catholic community of faith<br />
comprising two worship sites in Lynnfield:<br />
Our Lady of the Assumption<br />
Church located at 758 Salem Street<br />
and Saint Maria Goretti Church located<br />
at 112 Chestnut Street.<br />
Fully-vaccinated people are no<br />
longer required to wear masks or socially<br />
distance in our churches. All<br />
non-vaccinated and partially-vaccinated<br />
people are advised to continue<br />
to wear masks. If you wish to continue<br />
to practice social distancing, designated<br />
pews in both churches have<br />
been reserved.<br />
Pre-registration for<br />
Masses is no longer required.<br />
Our Mass schedule is as follows:<br />
WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE<br />
4PM on Saturday at OLA<br />
7:30AM on Sunday at OLA<br />
9:30AM on Sunday at SMG<br />
11AM on Sunday at OLA<br />
DAILY MASS SCHEDULE<br />
OLA - 9am on Mondays, Wednesdays,<br />
and Fridays<br />
SMG - 9am on Tuesdays and<br />
Thursdays<br />
To celebrate the Feast of Saint<br />
Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of<br />
animals, St. Maria Goretti Church<br />
(112 Chestnut Street) will hold a<br />
Blessing of the Animals on Saturday,<br />
October 2, at 1:00 PM. Saint Francis’<br />
devotion to God was expressed<br />
through his love for all of God’s creation.<br />
He cared for the poor and sick,<br />
preached sermons to animals, and<br />
praised all creatures as brothers and<br />
sisters under God.<br />
If your pet does not play well with<br />
others, please use a carrier or bring<br />
a picture of your pet. If your animal<br />
companion has passed away, feel free<br />
to bring a photo or carry them in your<br />
heart! For more information, contact<br />
Kate McGrath at kmcgrath@ola-smg.<br />
org or 781-598-4313 x224.<br />
Messiah Lutheran Church<br />
708 Lowell Street, Lynnfield (corner<br />
of Lowell & Chestnut) is currently<br />
open for in-person worship, following<br />
state COVID guidelines. In-person<br />
worship Sunday morning at 10:30 am.<br />
Worship services are also currently<br />
being streamed live on Facebook. Like<br />
us on Facebook: facebook.com/Messiah-Lutheran-Church<br />
Sunday mornings at 10:30 am,<br />
Sunday evening devotion at 6:30 pm,<br />
Wednesday evening Prayer time at<br />
7:01 pm.<br />
Messiah Lutheran Church is<br />
served by Rev. Dr. Jeremy Pekari, and<br />
Rev. David Brezina<br />
Centre Congregational Church<br />
5 Summer St., Lynnfield<br />
781-334-3050<br />
www.centre-church.org<br />
Facebook.com/Centre-<br />
ChurchUCC<br />
office@centre-church.org<br />
YouTube.com/c/centrecongregationalchurch/<br />
In the Centre since 1720, Centre<br />
Church is an open and affirming congregation<br />
of the<br />
United Church of Christ. No matter<br />
who you are or where you are on<br />
your life’s journey, you are welcome at<br />
Centre Church.<br />
Our worship services are held at 10<br />
a.m. every Sunday morning.<br />
Our summer services are in the<br />
air-conditioned chapel. All worshippers<br />
are asked to wear a mask while<br />
indoors for worship until further notice.<br />
Following the service, we gather<br />
on the front lawn for fellowship.<br />
Our pastor, the Rev. Nancy Rottman,<br />
and our Director of Faith Formation,<br />
Ms. Larainne Wilson, strive<br />
to provide inspiring, down-to-earth<br />
messages for people of all ages that are<br />
applicable to everyday life.<br />
We are committed to providing<br />
children a warm, safe, and inclusive<br />
environment. We will be offering a<br />
summer program for children called<br />
“Compassion Camp.”<br />
The overall theme is Be Loved, Be<br />
Kind, Be You.
NOVEMBER 18, 2021<br />
to the editor<br />
to the editor<br />
I’d like to thank everyone who<br />
participated in our Veterans Day<br />
celebration on Thursday, Nov.<br />
11. Thank you to Lynnfield’s<br />
town administrator, Rob Dolan,<br />
members of the Select Board, especially<br />
Chairman Dick Dalton,<br />
and guest speaker retired Colonel<br />
Joe Connell, State Representative<br />
Brad Jones, State Senator<br />
Brendan Crighton, Lynnfield’s<br />
American Legion Post 131 Firing<br />
Squad, and Rev. Rob Bacon of St.<br />
to the editor<br />
Mr. Ogren’s letter of 10-21-21<br />
expressed genuine concern by<br />
the threat to our individual liberties<br />
by those on the left by the<br />
current administration. Our freedoms<br />
continue to be eroded as<br />
the critical race theory supporters,<br />
along with organizations such as<br />
ANTIFA and BLM, aim to reduce<br />
our liberties with their own<br />
insistence on how we should live<br />
our lives. This threat includes not<br />
For the Weekly NeWs<br />
The Lynnfield Senior Center<br />
is open and offers the following<br />
programs: Come grocery shopping<br />
on our van every Tuesday<br />
and Friday morning. Space is<br />
limited. Masks are required on<br />
the van. Call Debby at 781-598-<br />
1078 for more information and<br />
to schedule your ride.<br />
Our Veterans Group will<br />
meet on Thursday, Dec. 2 at<br />
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR<br />
Veterans Day through<br />
the eyes of a veteran<br />
Seniors<br />
Thank you to the town of<br />
Lynnfield for a very respectful<br />
veteran day ceremony. The ceremony<br />
was held on the historic<br />
Lynnfield Common and was conducted<br />
by the Veterans Services<br />
Officer Bruce Siegel. In addition<br />
to the political figures that attended,<br />
the young Girl Scouts,<br />
Boy Scouts, and their families<br />
were there. The preceding week,<br />
spearheaded by Kate DePrizio, a<br />
member of the Lynnfield School<br />
Committee, the 3rd-grade Girl<br />
Scout Troop #67136 and 1st-grade<br />
Girl Scout Troop #83618, in addition<br />
to Boy Scouts, troop leaders,<br />
parents and caring Lynnfield residents<br />
hand delivered to each veteran<br />
a beautiful poem and a $25<br />
gift card. It was very important for<br />
veterans and their families to see<br />
this response from the Lynnfield<br />
community.<br />
We are all raised as young<br />
people by our parents and our<br />
teachers to care about each other<br />
and to avoid conflict.<br />
Unfortunately, we still do have<br />
conflict in the world and American<br />
men and women are asked to<br />
defend the country they love.<br />
Children should be aware that<br />
Paul’s Episcopal Church. Thank<br />
you to the high school and middle<br />
school bands, Lynnfield’s first responders,<br />
and the Lynnfield Boy<br />
Scouts and Cub Scouts.<br />
Thanks to the DPW for the presentation<br />
of the Town Common,<br />
and thank you to the Lynnfield<br />
Girl Scout Daisy Troop, along<br />
with their sister Girl Scout Troop<br />
for their singing of God Bless<br />
America. A special thanks to my<br />
wife, Candy, for helping to set<br />
up the luncheon, for taking some<br />
great photographs, and for her<br />
being able to make our own medical<br />
decisions. What should be of<br />
particular concern to us on both<br />
sides of the political aisle is the<br />
response by Mr. Ellerin’s letter of<br />
10-28-21 claiming that Mr. Ogren<br />
“is a little too concerned about his<br />
own freedom of choice” and his<br />
“age-old, tired argument about<br />
the articles of the constitution.”<br />
Shouldn’t we always be concerned<br />
about our freedoms? Our<br />
US Constitution was based on<br />
protecting our individual liberties<br />
Senior Center programs<br />
12:30. All members of the military<br />
and their spouses are welcome.<br />
Our Parkinson’s Fitness<br />
class meets every Friday at 10<br />
am. Come and strengthen your<br />
body, balance, and movement.<br />
Please join us. For questions<br />
and to sign up, call Elaine at<br />
781-598-1078. Masks are required<br />
for all programs at the<br />
Senior Center.<br />
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these men and women through<br />
the ages are the reason we are a<br />
free country today. The memorials<br />
on the common to veterans from<br />
many wars and the small historic<br />
cemetery across the street tell the<br />
whole story.<br />
“The soldier above all others<br />
prays for peace, for it is the soldier<br />
who must suffer and bear the<br />
<br />
Douglas MacArthur<br />
Respectfully<br />
Robert Stewart, 173rd airborne,<br />
Vietnam Purple Heart recipient<br />
Mary Stewart<br />
VSO says “Thank you”<br />
support. Thank you to my good<br />
friend Lou Trapasso, who helped<br />
with the setup of the lunch and the<br />
Common. And finally, thanks to<br />
the many veterans and residents<br />
of our great town who attended.<br />
Your participation and support<br />
helped make this year’s Veterans<br />
Day a tremendous success. God<br />
bless you all, and God bless our<br />
veterans.<br />
Bruce Siegel<br />
Veterans Services officer/director<br />
of Veterans Services<br />
Liberty comes first<br />
and we are foolish if we take them<br />
for granted. Ask those in so many<br />
other countries who don’t have the<br />
rights we enjoy. These comments<br />
should be a wake-up call and we<br />
need to speak out against any effort<br />
toward supporting infringements<br />
to our individual liberties.<br />
Thomas W. Martin<br />
SOLD<br />
Lynnfield Library<br />
on the hunt for<br />
a new director<br />
By haNNah ChadWiCk<br />
The Library Director Search<br />
Committee is still on the hunt<br />
for a long-term director to replace<br />
interim Director Jennifer<br />
Inglis.<br />
The committee is currently<br />
deliberating between two library-staffing<br />
agencies; once<br />
a contract is secured with one<br />
of them, the real search will<br />
begin.<br />
On Nov. 3 the committee<br />
spoke with Amanda Fauver,<br />
a manager with Bibliotemps,<br />
an employment service of the<br />
Massachusetts Library System<br />
that recruits library workers<br />
for short- to long-term placements.<br />
Fauver informed the<br />
committee how the hiring process<br />
would work and what the<br />
job market currently looks like<br />
in the midst of the pandemic.<br />
“We are looking for the best<br />
candidate we can get to fit this<br />
library and the functions on<br />
what we can do and where we<br />
are going in the long term.”<br />
said Committee Co-Chair<br />
Richard Mazzola. “It is not a<br />
matter of filling the job… we<br />
are looking for someone who<br />
fits us as a culture, and understands<br />
division, and knows<br />
how to get us from point A to<br />
point C.”<br />
A library director is a chief<br />
administrator of the library<br />
under the direction of the<br />
Town Manager and Board of<br />
Trustees. The responsibility of<br />
a director is seen in all aspects<br />
of the library’s operations, including<br />
maintenance of the facility<br />
and staff supervision.<br />
According to the<br />
Massachusetts Municipal<br />
Association (MMA), “Primary<br />
responsibilities involve the<br />
overall direction of the library<br />
(are) staff supervision,<br />
budget and report preparation,<br />
collection development and<br />
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materials selection, program<br />
development, management,<br />
marketing, and effective interfacing<br />
with community groups<br />
and boards.”<br />
The Lynnfield Board of<br />
Trustees learned a lot from<br />
Fauver, who covered everything<br />
from the current job atmosphere<br />
to the director-selection<br />
process that would ensue.<br />
Fauver also explained how<br />
the demand for library directors<br />
is extremely high since<br />
the onset of the COVID-19<br />
pandemic.<br />
According to Fauver, there<br />
are five other nearby communities<br />
also looking for a<br />
director.<br />
Fauver shared with the<br />
committee her beliefs on why<br />
Biblotemps would be the best<br />
agency to help the Lynnfield<br />
Library through this process.<br />
“The fees that you are going<br />
to pay and have us help with<br />
the search goes back in services<br />
that your library is already<br />
using,” Fauver said. “So<br />
that money we are collecting<br />
from you is going to support<br />
statewide delivery, help pay for<br />
e-books for kids and schools,<br />
so those are all good reasons to<br />
use bibliotemps.”<br />
Community Paradigm<br />
Associates, LLC. is the next<br />
contender for the library’s<br />
contract. Bernard Lynch represented<br />
Community Paradigm<br />
at a Library Director Search<br />
Committee Meeting Tuesday<br />
night.<br />
Lynch, the founder of<br />
Community Paradigm<br />
Associates, has helped guide<br />
cities and towns toward success<br />
and efficacy for over 30 years.<br />
As the meeting with Lynch<br />
was postponed from its original<br />
date, the Weekly News<br />
was not able to cover it before<br />
press time.<br />
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Richardson<br />
Green project<br />
moves forward<br />
By HannaH CHadwiCk<br />
Lynnfield is looking to go<br />
green by protecting its untouched<br />
land.<br />
During the Select Board<br />
meeting on Monday, the community<br />
came together to share<br />
their support in purchasing 20<br />
acres of forested area known as<br />
the Richardson Green property,<br />
located in the vicinity of upper<br />
Main Street.<br />
The board could not disclose<br />
where they were in the<br />
process or partake in a vote in<br />
public, however, Select Board<br />
Chair Dick Dalton announced<br />
that “the board has indicated<br />
its intention to assign the right<br />
of purchasing the property to<br />
(Essex County) Greenbelt.”<br />
The Richardson Green parcel<br />
is classified as forestry land<br />
under Massachusetts General<br />
Laws Chapter 61. Under<br />
Massachusetts Chapter 61B —<br />
the state’s right of first refusal<br />
law — the town can either purchase<br />
the land for conservation,<br />
at a price of $2.7 million, or it<br />
can assign that right to a nonprofit<br />
organization, such as<br />
Essex County Greenbelt.<br />
Essex County Greenbelt conserves<br />
farmland, wildlife habitat,<br />
and scenic landscapes in<br />
the 34 cities and towns of Essex<br />
County. Greenbelt protects natural<br />
land and working farms<br />
to help conserve ecosystems,<br />
clean water, local food supplies,<br />
and scenic landscapes.<br />
Director of Land<br />
Conservation at Greenbelt<br />
Chris LaPointe was present<br />
at Monday’s Select Board<br />
meeting.<br />
“We are incredibly grateful<br />
for the partnership with<br />
Lynnfield,” Lapointe told the<br />
board. “We see that there is<br />
a path forward with funding<br />
sources and a funding plan that<br />
is fiscally responsible. If successful,<br />
Greenbelt will own the<br />
property and be responsible for<br />
managing it and maintaining it<br />
going forward.”<br />
In September, the Baker-<br />
Polito administration awarded<br />
Lynnfield a $1,638,750 grant<br />
to help the town purchase the<br />
Richardson Green property.<br />
In addition to the $1.6 million<br />
grant, the town’s Conservation<br />
Commission voted last year<br />
to allocate $200,000 from its<br />
Conservation Fund for the<br />
property. The Essex County<br />
Greenbelt Association has also<br />
committed to raising $300,000<br />
for the land purchase.<br />
2021 household<br />
hazardous-waste<br />
collection day Nov. 20<br />
PHOTO | SAFEHAVENS<br />
Avi Shrivastava is a junior at Lynnfield High School who, along with his brother Aditya, is<br />
on a mission to aid refugee children with data science.<br />
Lynnfield brothers helping<br />
refugees with data science<br />
By Sam minton<br />
Avi and Aditya Shrivastava<br />
are in high school and middle<br />
school respectively, but<br />
the Lynnfield residents are<br />
making a worldwide impact.<br />
While forced to stay at<br />
home due to the pandemic,<br />
the teenagers did online<br />
courses in data science and<br />
artificial intelligence during<br />
their 2020 summer vacation.<br />
They then came up with the<br />
idea of using their newfound<br />
knowledge of AI and data science<br />
to help child refugees.<br />
“The real motivation started<br />
when we started hearing news<br />
about how kids were getting<br />
separated from their parents<br />
while trying to get into the<br />
USA from countries like El<br />
Salvador and Honduras,”<br />
said Avi. “We started reading<br />
about refugee problems and<br />
found out that the situation<br />
is far worse in other parts of<br />
the world. (The) situation<br />
in Afghanistan, Yemen, and<br />
Syria is very grim for refugee<br />
children.”<br />
The brothers then utilized<br />
Coursera, a learning platform<br />
which allowed them to<br />
take college-level courses<br />
in AI and data science. Avi<br />
took courses at schools such<br />
as University of Michigan as<br />
well as Stanford.<br />
After presenting their work<br />
to the School Committee, the<br />
brothers have been allowed<br />
to hold a donation drive at<br />
local schools where they are<br />
accepting donations of school<br />
supplies as well as nonperishable<br />
items. The teenagers<br />
will be donating the items to<br />
the New America Association<br />
and Refugee and Immigration<br />
Center in Lynn.<br />
“Use of AI is changing the<br />
world and lots of social issues<br />
have been solved with the advent<br />
of data science and AI,”<br />
said Avi. “We want to use<br />
new technology to solve or<br />
lessen the impact of the refugee<br />
crisis on kids.”<br />
The brothers are also accepting<br />
cash donations at<br />
their website (https://safehavenskids.org/donate-for-safehavens/),<br />
where you can also<br />
learn more about the project.<br />
For tHe weekly newS<br />
Lynnfield residents will get a<br />
chance on Saturday, Nov. 20 to<br />
empty their basements, garages<br />
and attics of hazardous items<br />
that cannot be thrown out for<br />
the weekly trash collection.<br />
Public Works will again be<br />
sponsoring this event from 8<br />
a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Lynnfield<br />
Middle School parking lot located<br />
at 505 Main St. The event<br />
is open to Lynnfield residents.<br />
Those participating will need to<br />
provide a driver’s license that<br />
will identify them as Lynnfield<br />
residents in order to take part.<br />
The cost to Lynnfield residents<br />
is free, except for the following<br />
items: $30.00 for each<br />
CRTs and for televisions less<br />
than 36 inches in size, or $60.00<br />
for each CRTs and for televisions<br />
larger than 36 inches; $25<br />
for large gas grill-type propane<br />
tanks and $15 for small propane<br />
tanks; $10 for car batteries. All<br />
fees are set by Clean Harbors.<br />
The town is picking up the remaining<br />
cost for all other items.<br />
As that cost is determined by<br />
full carload (up to 25 pounds or<br />
25 gallons), the DPW encourages<br />
residents to “buddy up”<br />
with their neighbors in order to<br />
help reduce the cost.<br />
Eligible items include oilbased<br />
paints, paint strippers,<br />
weed killer, chemical fertilizers,<br />
engine degreasers, anti-freeze,<br />
pool chemicals, motor oil, and<br />
aerosol cans.<br />
The following items will not<br />
be collected: trash, latex paint,<br />
radioactive waste, biological<br />
waste, ammunition, fireworks,<br />
fire extinguishers, prescription<br />
medicines.<br />
To safely transport these hazardous<br />
materials to the collection<br />
site, leave all materials in their<br />
original containers and make sure<br />
all caps and lids are tightened. All<br />
oil paint, pesticides, and household<br />
cleaners should be sorted<br />
and packed separately. Residents<br />
are cautioned not to mix chemicals<br />
and never smoke while handling<br />
hazardous materials.<br />
Further information on what<br />
items are considered hazardous<br />
or non-hazardous can be found on<br />
the DPW website. Questions may<br />
be directed to the Public Works office<br />
at 781-334-9500 Ext. 0.
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Sports<br />
Lynnfield’s Robert Marley III points to the crowd after scoring a touchdown in a win over Georgetown Thursday night on the road.<br />
Lynnfield rolls past Georgetown on the road<br />
FOOTBALL<br />
By Mike Alongi<br />
GEORGETOWN — The<br />
Lynnfield football team put<br />
together a solid effort in all<br />
three phases Thursday evening,<br />
as the Pioneers took<br />
down Georgetown by a score<br />
of 35-14 in a non-playoff game<br />
at Georgetown Middle-High<br />
School.<br />
“It may not have been pretty<br />
at times, but we went out there<br />
and made enough plays to take<br />
home the win,” said Lynnfield<br />
coach Pat Lamusta. “We had a<br />
good week in practice and we<br />
really wanted to come out and<br />
win this one, so it was great to<br />
get a good performance from<br />
everyone. “<br />
The ground attack was<br />
once again prominent for the<br />
Pioneers, as junior James<br />
Sharkey was the game’s high<br />
rusher with 130 yards and a<br />
touchdown. Senior captain<br />
Spencer Riley had another big<br />
night with 73 rushing yards and<br />
three touchdowns, while junior<br />
Robert Marley III rushed for 58<br />
yards and a touchdown.<br />
But one of the true tests of<br />
the evening was slowing down<br />
Georgetown’s high-powered<br />
passing attack. In the more than<br />
40 plays Georgetown ran on the<br />
night, the Royals only ran the<br />
ball twice.<br />
“You’ve got to give a lot of<br />
credit to Georgetown; that’s<br />
an impressive offense,” said<br />
Lamusta. “But our goal coming<br />
in was to go out there, use our<br />
speed and make place. We had<br />
a discipline week of practice<br />
and we executed the game plan<br />
the way we needed to.”<br />
It was an ugly start to the<br />
game for both teams, as the<br />
two sides exchanged turnovers<br />
in the opening minutes. But<br />
after an interception from Jack<br />
Phelps, the Pioneers set themselves<br />
up in Royals territory.<br />
It took seven plays to find<br />
the end zone from there, with<br />
Riley capping off the drive with<br />
a three-yard touchdown run to<br />
make it a 7-0 game.<br />
But after Tracy threw an interception<br />
in his own territory<br />
early in the second quarter,<br />
Georgetown took advantage.<br />
Senior quarterback Anthony<br />
Plumb aired one out on the<br />
first play and found senior receiver<br />
Jack Lucido for a 32-<br />
yard touchdown; then the two<br />
connected on the two-point<br />
conversion to take a one-point<br />
lead.<br />
After losing the ball due to<br />
a fumble on the ensuing drive,<br />
Lynnfield finally started to<br />
build some momentum again<br />
when Anthony Attubato picked<br />
off a pass for the Pioneers.<br />
Riley busted a 24-yard run<br />
on the first play of the drive<br />
and Marley finished things<br />
off, eventually running one<br />
in from 11 yards out to retake<br />
the lead. After Tracy hit Joey<br />
Cucciniello for the two-pointer,<br />
Lynnfield took a 15-8 lead into<br />
the halftime break.<br />
PHOTO | JAKOB MENENDEZ<br />
The Pioneers then started off<br />
the third quarter with a bang,<br />
getting a 29-yard touchdown<br />
run from Sharkey just 44 seconds<br />
into the frame. Riley<br />
added two more touchdown<br />
runs before the quarter was<br />
over, and the Pioneers coasted<br />
to the victory in the fourth.<br />
Lynnfield (4-5) returns to the<br />
field Thanksgiving morning<br />
(10:30) when it hosts rival<br />
North Reading.<br />
“It’s always a big one against<br />
North Reading, and they’re a<br />
very strong team this year,”<br />
said Lamusta. “We know that<br />
we’re going to have to be a<br />
lot better than we were in this<br />
game if we want to come away<br />
with the win and take back<br />
Thanksgiving.”
10<br />
Lynnfield falls to<br />
Manchester-Essex<br />
in overtime<br />
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FIELD HOCKEY PLAYOFFS<br />
By Mike Alongi<br />
<br />
a defensive battle from start<br />
to finish Saturday night in<br />
the Division 4 quarterfinal at<br />
Hyland Field, but in the end the<br />
No. 7 Lynnfield field hockey<br />
team couldn’t hold on long<br />
enough in a 1-0 loss to No. 2<br />
Manchester-Essex.<br />
“I could not have asked for<br />
a better performance from the<br />
girls, they played great,” said<br />
Lynnfield coach Samantha<br />
Pindara. “They followed the<br />
game plan, executed how<br />
they needed to and stayed<br />
in the game the whole way.<br />
Sometimes, good teams score<br />
and that’s what happened<br />
against us.”<br />
While the Pioneers didn’t get<br />
any goals in the game, they did<br />
get solid performances from<br />
the likes of Jacqui Carbone,<br />
Catherine Sweeney, Lauren<br />
Grava, Charlotte Radulski and<br />
a host of others.<br />
“The defense played incredible,”<br />
said Pindara. “We knew<br />
coming in that it would be a<br />
tough game after facing them<br />
earlier this year, and we had a<br />
much better performance this<br />
time around.”<br />
The game was scoreless<br />
through the entire first half,<br />
with Manchester-Essex gaining<br />
an edge in corners and outshooting<br />
Lynnfield 3-1.<br />
But early in the third quarter,<br />
the Hornets got on the board<br />
when Ella Chafe redirected a<br />
hard shot from teammate Amy<br />
Vytopilova into the back of the<br />
net to make it a 1-0 game.<br />
A few minutes later, heavy<br />
rain and the threat of lightning<br />
put the game on pause for more<br />
than an hour.<br />
“I think a younger team<br />
wouldn’t have been able to<br />
come out after that delay and<br />
keep competing, but our girls<br />
came out and acted like it was<br />
the first quarter,” said Pindara.<br />
Unfortunately for the<br />
Pioneers, that didn’t result in<br />
any goals. Lynnfield had great<br />
scoring chances throughout<br />
the fourth quarter, but none<br />
found the back of the net and<br />
Manchester-Essex held on to<br />
secure the win.<br />
Lynnfield finishes the season<br />
at 9-7-5.<br />
“We had a senior-heavy, veteran<br />
team this year and we knew<br />
that our experience would take<br />
us far,” said Pindara. “A majority<br />
of these girls were on the<br />
2019 Division 2 North championship<br />
team, so they knew how<br />
to win and they knew what it<br />
took. It’s going to be tough replacing<br />
not only the talent that<br />
those seniors brought, but also<br />
the leadership.”<br />
Lynnfield got into the quarterfinal<br />
after it defeated the No.<br />
10 Georgetown Royals 4-1 on<br />
Wednesday at Pioneer Stadium.<br />
For Lynnfield coach<br />
Samantha Pindara, her squad<br />
has been finding its form at the<br />
right time.<br />
“We’re playing as a team,<br />
we’re playing together, we’re<br />
FILE PHOTO<br />
Lauren Grava, right, and the Lynnfield field hockey team fought hard but came up just short in<br />
the Division 4 quarterfinal Saturday night.<br />
listening to each other, we’re<br />
talking to each other and that’s<br />
really what’s propelling us to<br />
put the ball in the back of the<br />
net,” she said.<br />
In the first quarter, the<br />
Pioneers had some opportunities<br />
to score, but Georgetown<br />
goalie Michelle Mondi made<br />
some great kick saves.<br />
It appeared as though both<br />
sides were about to enter<br />
halftime with no score, but<br />
Lynnfield finally broke through<br />
when Julia Carbone assisted<br />
on the first goal of the game<br />
as Georgia Milne slammed the<br />
pass into the bottom corner of<br />
the net to give Lynnfield a 1-0<br />
lead with just over a minute left<br />
in the half.<br />
Coming out of halftime, the<br />
Pioneers had an impressive run<br />
of play and put Georgetown<br />
under pressure. Pindara said it<br />
all came down to her team simplifying<br />
their game.<br />
Lynnfield’s hard work paid<br />
off, as Anna Kaminski scored<br />
her first of two goals with just<br />
over six minutes left in the third<br />
quarter.<br />
Soon the Pioneers had a<br />
3-0 lead after captain Jacqui<br />
Carbone scored off of a corner<br />
with three minutes left in the<br />
quarter.<br />
“(Her) ability to read balls in<br />
the midfield, step up to balls,<br />
and intercept passes (is) some<br />
of the best that I have seen in<br />
my career,” Pindara said of<br />
Carbone.<br />
Before the end of the third<br />
quarter, the Royals got on the<br />
board with a goal coming off<br />
the stick of Ella Tucker.<br />
Kaminski scored her second<br />
goal of the match with seven<br />
minutes left in the final frame<br />
and the Pioneers held on to the<br />
three-goal lead for the rest of<br />
the match.<br />
The loss wasn’t all bad for<br />
Georgetown. Head coach<br />
Meagan Hildebrand believes<br />
that the match will be an experience<br />
that her young squad can<br />
learn from.<br />
“We actually don’t have a<br />
single player on the team that<br />
has ever been in the playoffs<br />
for any sport so I think it was<br />
a little bit of we were pumped<br />
for the first round, we got ourselves<br />
there, we had all of this<br />
hype and energy around that<br />
and I’m just not sure we were<br />
able to sustain it,” she said.<br />
Lynnfield girls place second at Division 3A championship<br />
CROSS COUNTRY<br />
By Mike Alongi<br />
It was a weekend full of races<br />
for cross country teams across<br />
the state, and a number of local<br />
teams put up strong finishes<br />
in their respective divisional<br />
championships.<br />
In the Division 3A championship,<br />
the Lynnfield girls finished<br />
in second place overall with a<br />
score of 85. Leading the way was<br />
Maddie Daigle, who finished<br />
11th overall with a time of 20:30.<br />
Following her was Gabby Bottaro<br />
(21:22, 16th), Viola Wertz (21:27,<br />
18th), Kaila George (21:28, 19th),<br />
Olivia Goguen (22:13, 34th),<br />
Kaleigh Weeks (22:25, 37th) and<br />
Julia Seelig (23:13, 57th).<br />
On the boys side for Lynnfield,<br />
the Pioneers finished seventh<br />
overall with a score of 200.<br />
Leading the way for the boys was<br />
John McKrell, who finished with<br />
a time of 17:37 (11th overall).<br />
Also finishing well for Lynnfield<br />
was Angelo DeLuca (18:14,<br />
20th), Srivanth Tudi (19:22, 55th),<br />
Shea McCarthy (19:32, 58th),<br />
Lucas Williams (19:52, 67th),<br />
Charles Beatrice (19:53, 68th) and<br />
Andrew Shone (19:58, 73rd).<br />
Over in the Division 1C<br />
Championship, the Marblehead<br />
boys took home second place<br />
with 82 points despite missing top<br />
runner Peter Clifford, who was<br />
sick. Led by junior Harrison Kee’s<br />
11th place finish in 16:37, the<br />
pack of Marblehead’s top five runners<br />
finished within 22 seconds of<br />
each other. Senior captain Will<br />
Lamb also earned a medal with his<br />
15th place finish in 16:49. Junior<br />
Ryan Thompson (16:56, 17th),<br />
freshman Will Cerrutti (16:57,<br />
18th) and sophomore Isaac Gross<br />
(16:59, 21st) rounded out the team<br />
scoring. Junior David DiCostanzo<br />
(17:24, 37th) and senior Owen<br />
Murphy (18:26, 78th) also had<br />
strong finishes.<br />
On the girls side for<br />
Marblehead, the Magicians finished<br />
in 10th place. They were<br />
led by senior Juliet Poss’ 33rd<br />
place finish in 20:47. She was<br />
supported by senior Kate Simcoe<br />
(21:20, 45th), senior Claire Tips<br />
(21:59, 61st), senior Brandolyn<br />
Smith (22:28, 70th), junior Saylor<br />
Caruso (22:37, 75th), sophomore<br />
Cat Piper (22:42, 79th) and junior<br />
Maya Mahoney (22:56, 86th).<br />
In the Division 1B<br />
Championship, Peabody put up<br />
a 12th place finish on the boys<br />
side and a 14th place finish on<br />
the girls side. The boys were led<br />
by Logan Tracia’s second place<br />
finish (15:50), while Ryan Faletra<br />
(17:18, 55th), Gabe Gitonga<br />
(17:20, 56th) and Dylan Faletra<br />
(17:40, 78th) also had strong<br />
finishes.<br />
For the Peabody girls, Sarah<br />
Divasta was the top finisher after<br />
coming in 22nd place (19:46).<br />
Cailyn Buckley (20:47, 60th), Ava<br />
Buckley (21:17, 76th) and Leah<br />
O’Neill (21:26, 80th) also finished<br />
well.<br />
In the boys Division 1A<br />
Championship, St. John’s Prep<br />
finished second overall finish with<br />
a score of 122. Two Prep runners<br />
placed in the top five, with Charlie<br />
Tuttle placing second (15:09)<br />
and Nathan Lopez placing fifth<br />
(15:44). Other top finishers for<br />
the Eagles were Felix Rogovin<br />
(16:35, 32nd), Luc Santos (16:39,<br />
40th) and Jack Stein (16:42, 46th).<br />
St. Mary’s had a solid day on<br />
both sides in the Division 2C<br />
Championship, with the boys<br />
placing 11th and the girls placing<br />
15th. The boys got a great performance<br />
from Kyle Kwiatek,<br />
who finished in sixth place with<br />
a time of 17:13 -- the fastest of<br />
any sophomore in the race. Other<br />
strong finishes for the Spartans<br />
came from Jesse Moriello (18:37,<br />
29th place), Matheus Menezes<br />
Avendanha (19:53, 87th) and Matt<br />
Terrien (20:03, 92nd).<br />
On the girls side for St. Mary’s,<br />
Kelsey Kwiatek led the way with a<br />
ninth place finish (20:31), making<br />
her the only middle schooler in the<br />
top 15 of the race. Other solid finishes<br />
came from Anna Fringuelli<br />
(24:21, 86th), Nina Lopes (25:00,<br />
103rd), Gabriela Marichal (26:17,<br />
126th) and Julia Jo Gramolini<br />
(27:55, 139th).<br />
Also in the Division 2C<br />
Championship, Bishop Fenwick<br />
saw the boys team finish eighth<br />
and the girls team finish 12th.<br />
The boys had two runners finish<br />
in the top 10, with Wyatt Burr<br />
placing eighth (17:21) and Declan<br />
Smith placing ninth (17:26). Other<br />
strong finishes came from Andre<br />
Santos (18:44, 42nd), Ethan<br />
Henshaw (19:43, 80th) and Matt<br />
Cinelli (20:03, 91st).<br />
On the girls side, Maria Ryan<br />
was the top finisher in 57th place<br />
(22:44). Other solid finishes came<br />
from Shannon Bresnahan (23:00,<br />
64th), Sarah Fogarty (24:11,<br />
82nd) and Catherine Carter<br />
(24:42, 94th).<br />
Swampscott, which had both<br />
the boys and girls teams finish<br />
17th, got strong finishes in the<br />
Division 2C Championship from<br />
Anton Khripko (18:05, 27th),<br />
Leland Howe (20:00, 89th) and<br />
Dylan Brawley (20:40, 105th)<br />
on the boys side. For the girls,<br />
Olivia King (22:53, 60th), Aileen<br />
Cornwall-Brady (24:39, 93rd) and<br />
Evelyn Richardson (24:44, 95th)<br />
had strong finishes.
NOVEMBER 18, 2021<br />
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE<br />
FRIDAY<br />
Football<br />
Division 1 Semifinal<br />
at Cawley Stadium, Lowell<br />
No. 3 St. John’s Prep vs. No. 2 Central Catholic (7)<br />
Division 5 Semifinal<br />
at Manning Field, Lynn<br />
No. 3 Bishop Fenwick vs. No. 2 Swampscott (8)<br />
Division 6 Semifinal<br />
at Veterans Stadium, Quincy<br />
No. 3 St. Mary’s vs. No. 2 Abington (7)<br />
FILE PHOTO<br />
St. John’s Prep receiver Stephon Patrick had more than 100<br />
receiving yards and two touchdowns in a win over Wachusett<br />
in the Division 1 quarterfinal Friday night.<br />
St. John’s Prep blows<br />
out Wachusett in<br />
Division 1 quarters<br />
FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS<br />
By Mike Alongi<br />
DANVERS — It may have<br />
been a two-score game at halftime,<br />
but the No. 3 St. John’s<br />
Prep left no doubts about the<br />
outcome of Friday night’s<br />
Division 1 quarterfinal game<br />
against No. 6 Wachusett, as the<br />
Eagles rolled to a 57-20 victory<br />
over the Mountaineers at Cronin<br />
Memorial Stadium.<br />
Running back Carson Browne,<br />
who has filled in incredibly well<br />
for the Eagles in the absence of<br />
star running back James Guy,<br />
rushed for more than 100 yards<br />
to go along with three touchdowns.<br />
Quarterback Jack Perry<br />
continued his stellar senior<br />
season by throwing for more than<br />
200 yards and three touchdowns<br />
while adding a rushing touchdown<br />
as well. Receivers Stephon<br />
Patrick and Jackson Delaney<br />
each gathered more than 100<br />
receiving yards in the win, with<br />
Patrick catching two touchdowns<br />
and Delaney catching one.<br />
The Eagles didn’t waste any<br />
time getting on the board in this<br />
one, as Perry found Delaney for<br />
a 56-yard touchdown pass on the<br />
very first play of the game to give<br />
the Eagles a 7-0 lead.<br />
Wachusett responded right<br />
away with a touchdown<br />
when quarterback Tucker<br />
McDonald hit Adam Bates for<br />
a 21-yard touchdown, but the<br />
Mountaineers’ extra point was<br />
blocked and St. John’s Prep kept<br />
its lead at 7-6.<br />
But Perry and the Eagles continued<br />
their aerial attack, and<br />
the senior quarterback eventually<br />
found Patrick for a 37-yard<br />
touchdown to make it a 14-6<br />
game. After Max Rizza added<br />
a 20-yard field goal on the next<br />
drive, the Prep led 17-6 after one<br />
quarter.<br />
In the opening minute of the<br />
second quarter, Wachusett responded<br />
once again — this time<br />
on a one-yard touchdown run by<br />
McDonald to make it 17-13.<br />
But the Prep answered right<br />
back, going on a drive that took<br />
nearly five minutes off the game<br />
clock. When Browne capped<br />
things off with a three-yard<br />
touchdown run, the Eagles held<br />
a 24-13 lead with 5:38 left in the<br />
half.<br />
The final five minutes of the<br />
half was a blur, as each team<br />
found the end zone one more time<br />
— St. John’s Prep on another<br />
touchdown connection between<br />
Perry and Patrick and Wachusett<br />
on McDonald’s second touchdown<br />
run of the night — to make<br />
it a 30-20 Prep lead at halftime.<br />
But the second half was all<br />
Prep. After forcing a Wachusett<br />
three-and-out on the opening<br />
drive of the second half, the<br />
Eagles got a 58-yard touchdown<br />
run from Browne to make it<br />
37-20. Perry later rushed for a<br />
one-yard touchdown after completing<br />
yet another big pass to<br />
Delaney, then Browne rushed<br />
another one in to make it a 51-20<br />
game. The reserves came in from<br />
there, and backup quarterback<br />
Victor Harrington rounded out<br />
the scoring for the Eagles with a<br />
five-yard touchdown run late in<br />
the game.<br />
St. John’s Prep (8-2) moves<br />
on to the Division 1 semifinal,<br />
where it will take on No. 2<br />
Central Catholic next Friday (7)<br />
at Lowell’s Cawley Stadium.<br />
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Ella Gizmunt and the Lynnfield volleyball team punched their ticket to the Division 4 semifinal<br />
round after a convincing win over Arlington Catholic Friday.<br />
Lynnfield dominates, moves<br />
on to Division 4 semifinal<br />
VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS<br />
By Mike Alongi<br />
The No. 2 Lynnfield Pioneers<br />
volleyball team will be moving<br />
on to the Division 4 semifinal<br />
round after knocking off No. 7<br />
Arlington Catholic by a score<br />
of 3-0 Friday night at Lynnfield<br />
High School.<br />
The Pioneers got yet another<br />
strong performance from junior<br />
star Ella Gizmunt, while Grace<br />
Davie also played well in the win.<br />
Lynnfield (19-4) took on No.<br />
3 Medway in the semifinal round<br />
Wednesday afternoon (4:30) at<br />
a neutral site at Woburn High<br />
School. Results from that game<br />
will be in next week’s edition.<br />
Lynnfield got into the quarterfinals<br />
after it defeated the No.<br />
15 South Lancaster Academy<br />
Crusaders 3-0 (25-15, 28-26, 25-<br />
10) on Wednesday night.<br />
The Pioneers improved as the<br />
match progressed, finding their<br />
form in the third and final set.<br />
Star junior Ella Gizmunt had 13<br />
kills, while junior Grace Davie<br />
had eight kills.<br />
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Lynnfield races past Georgetown<br />
Photos | Jakob Menendez<br />
Lynnfield’s Anthony Attubato, right, dives to intercept a pass.<br />
David Tracy, right, hands the ball off to Robert Marley III during Thursday<br />
night’s win over Georgetown.<br />
David Tracy throws a screen pass to Robert Marley III<br />
Thursday night.<br />
Lynnfield’s Donald Sylvester, center, makes a tackle against Georgetown.<br />
Lynnfield quarterback David Tracy scrambles for a first down<br />
Thursday night.<br />
The Lynnfield defensive line, left, gets set before a play against Georgetown.
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The vaccination station comes to LMS<br />
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