Rep. Seth Moulton expressed disappointment over the U.S. abandoning Iraqi politics.

By THOR JOURGENSEN

LYNN — American troops will rotate indefinitely through Iraq unless the U.S. can offer “democratic mentorship” to stabilize the Iraqi government, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton said Tuesday.

Making his comments during a Daily Item interview following a week-long Mideast trip with other members of Congress, Moulton said the fight against Islamic state in Iraq “is going well.” But he said long-term success rests on U.S. assistance in providing Iraq with political stability.

Moulton said military victories must be underpinned by a working Iraqi government that can sustain peace.

“We’ve basically checked out of Iraqi politics,” he said. “I think that is a mistake.”

Moulton and five other congressmen recently traveled to Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Iraq and Spain to oversee U.S. efforts to destroy ISIS. They discussed regional security threats with top military leaders and met with U.S. service members overseas.

In Iraq, the delegation met with U.S. and Iraqi military commanders, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Stuart Jones and soldiers stationed in Baghdad and Anbar. Moulton visited several military sites across Iraq and reviewed U.S. training efforts of Iraqi security forces.

Moulton served with fellow Marines in Iraq from 2003 to 2008 and said he counts Iraqis among his friends. He expressed admiration for U.S. troops training Iraqi security forces but said Iraq can also benefit from American political advisers.

Without a stable, democratically-based government, Iraq will experience voids in its political landscape that will be filled by foreign influences, especially Iran.

“As long as Iran is meddling in Iraq’s interests, we are going to find ourselves sending troops back,” Moulton said.

In Israel, Moulton met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and visited several military sites to get an update on the country’s missile defense systems.  

In the United Arab Emirates, the delegation reviewed U.S. efforts to strengthen cooperation among Arab Gulf states on missile defense. In Bahrain, Moulton met with U.S. Navy leadership and service members to discuss regional threats in the Middle East.

Calling ISIS’ threat to Americans “very real,” Moulton said he is drawing from conversations during the Mideast trip to write recommendations outlining his views on stabilizing Iraq politically.

Thor Jourgensen can be reached at tjourgensen@itemlive.com.

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RN Vicky Casides, Nurse Practitioner Scott Weissman and Clinical Assistant Jennifer Castellanos, from left, look at and evaluate their work and identify ways to improve it using LEAN methodology.

By THOMAS GRILLO and THOR JOURGENSEN

Boston is not the only city that will benefit from an infusion of cash as General Electric Co. prepares to move its headquarters to the city’s Seaport District.

While Boston will reap $50 million for its schools, to build a diverse workforce and develop the next generation of healthcare workers, GE has also allocated $10 million to provide training, access to the company’s manufacturing labs and work opportunities for underserved populations outside of Greater Boston, including Lynn and Fall River.

It’s unclear how much money Lynn will get. A GE spokesman could not provide any details on Tuesday, noting that the specifics have not been worked out.

“We intend to start discussion soon, but we don’t have a timeline,” said David Lurie, GE’s public relations manager. “The details on how the money is allocated will be made over the coming months. We’ve made the commitment and will figure out how we will specifically do it.”

Generally, he said, the money is earmarked for workforce development and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education.

Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy said she was surprised by GE’s announcement at a Monday news conference in Boston

“They haven’t talked directly to me about it,” she said. “But any money that GE contributes to Lynn for the betterment of the city is good news.”

Asked if she plans to initiate a call to the company’s headquarters in Connecticut to get more information, the mayor said “GE has been very good about keeping in touch with us. I expect to hear from them in a day or two and if I don’t I will certainly follow up.”

GE has had a storied history in Lynn.

Its workers built mainstay military and commercial jet engines and helicopter engines at the River Works complex, wedged between the commuter rail tracks and Western Avenue.

A landmark for decades on Lynn’s landscape, GE’s presence in Lynn is changing with the former gear plant site off the Lynnway demolished and slated for residential development.

Earlier this year, Charles Patsios broke ground for a Market Basket supermarket to replace the former GE Factory of the Future site on Western Avenue.

Lynn Community Health Center and school officials praised GE’s local support. River Works volunteers help run science, technology, engineering and mathematics study projects and undertake school improvement projects, like painting classrooms.

Lori Abrams Berr, the center’s director, said the Union Street facility’s five-year-old partnership with GE has included $400,000 in financial support and expertise lent by company managers. Some of the money paid to develop a children’s asthma program at the center and a primary care in behavioral health program.

“It’s improved care,” Berry said.

GE volunteers coached center workers in performance management techniques to reduce waiting times and improve the patient referral process at the center.

“In some ways, that is more valuable than the grants,” Berry said.

The company’s human resources workers also consulted with the center on best practices to develop a strategic plan. Berry said the center was one of the first Greater Boston health facilities to forge a partnership with GE and she credited former Lynn Mayor Thomas P. Costin Jr. with linking the health center to GE.

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Lynn Police received a report on Tuesday morning that an adult female was deceased in a tent about 30 feet off a road running into Lynn Woods from the Pennybrook Road entrance.

LYNN — Foul play is not suspected in the death of a woman found in Lynn Woods Tuesday, the Essex District Attorney’s office said.

Lynn Police received a report on Tuesday morning that an adult female was deceased in a tent on the reservation. The victim appeared to be living in the tent. One of the people who also lived in the makeshift home made the report, according to Carrie Kimball-Monahan, the DA’s spokeswoman.

Police located the tent about 30 feet off a road running into the park from the Pennybrook Road entrance. The medical examiner removed the body shortly before noon as police looked on. Four other people apparently living in the tent packed up personal items and prepared to leave the area under police supervision. The tent contained a generator, heater and sleeping bags.

Lynn Police Lt. Rick Donnelly said the woman was 28 years old, formerly of Lynn and was homeless at the time of her death. The woman’s name was not released pending her identification and notification of family.

“We got a call this morning to go up and check on someone and that’s how we discovered it,” he said.

Dan Small, a woods ranger, said he spotted the tent and its residents Tuesday morning before police were summoned. He had gone into the Pennybrook Road entrance to clear away trees that fell across the woods access road during Monday’s storm.

“I told them, ‘You can’t camp here,’” he said.

After the woman’s body was removed, Small assisted her friends in removing items from the camp.

PEABODY — Eleanor (Fannon) Donahue, age 98, of Peabody, formerly of Lynn, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on April 5, 2016. She was the beloved wife of the late Lester Donahue. Born and raised in Lynn, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Ellen (Kennedy) Fannon. She had lived in Peabody for the past 17 years.

A navy wife for over 20 years, she devoted her time raising her three children, relocating many times to where her husband Lester was stationed at the time. Eleanor was also employed for many years by General Electric in Lynn. She was an avid lottery player, and enjoyed watching bowling on television every Saturday morning. She was a giving person, and took great joy in giving out “ice cream money” to family and friends. Most importantly, Eleanor was devoted to her entire family, and will be greatly missed.

She was the devoted mother of Timothy Donahue and his wife, Claire, of Caledonia, Mich., Maureen Hannon and her husband, Butch, of Lynnfield, and Elizabeth Plum of Peabody, loving grandmother of Colleen McMillan and her husband, Paul, and Sara Plum of Peabody, Kerri Teipel and her husband, Bryan, of Caledonia, Mich., and Krissy Alles and her husband, Joshua, of Byron Center, Mich., beloved great-grandmother of Madelyn and Brennan McMillan, Natalie, Olivia and Brooklyn Teipel, and Isabella and Grace Alles. She also leaves many nieces and nephews and their families. She was the sister of the late Rita Fannon, Catherine Doran, Lillian Roach, and John, Thomas and George Fannon.

Service information: Her funeral will be held on Monday at 9:30 a.m., from the SOLIMINE FUNERAL HOME, 426 Broadway (Route 129), Lynn, followed by a funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m., in Sacred Heart Church, Lynn. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Lynn. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited. Visiting hours are Sunday from 4-8 p.m. Those who prefer may make donations to the Kaplan Family Hospice House, 78 Liberty St., Danvers, MA 01923. Directions and guest book at Solimine.com.

PEABODY — Hazel J. (Brown) Stanton, 84, passed away on Monday, April 4, 2016, at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers following a brief illness. She was the beloved wife of the late Michael J. “Joe” Stanton Jr., with whom she is now reunited.

Born in Lynn on July 13, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Leon and Hazel (Bowlby) Brown.

Hazel was raised and educated in Lynn and Middleton. She then moved to Peabody in 1960, where she remained a resident until her passing.

A source of great personal pride, Hazel returned to school as an adult learner, while raising her family and working part-time, receiving her certification as a licensed practical nurse from the Essex County Agricultural School in 1963. Her career in health care included employment at Danvers State Hospital and the Hogan Regional Center. She went on to work at Union Hospital in Lynn, where she spent many years caring for patients on the oncology floor prior to her retirement in 1993.

Hazel enjoyed bowling, spending time at area beaches, and traveling, including the “trip of a lifetime” to Alaska in 2000. Above all, she cherished time spent with her large family.

She leaves her four children, Bruce Stanton and his wife, Donna, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., Jean Wynne and her husband, Thomas, of Peabody, Linda Stanton of Mesa, Ariz., and Michael J. Stanton, III and his wife, Mary Lee, of Peabody, as well as a brother, Warren Russell Brown, of Rutland, Vt. She also is survived by 14 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, one great-great-granddaughter, and several nieces and nephews, including her dear niece, Donna Ciancetta, of Tewksbury. She was longtime friends with Donna D’Eon of Lynn. She was predeceased by her siblings, Robert, Herbert, Elmer, Kenneth and Harold Brown, Ruth Gray, and Evelyn Corriveau.

The family wishes to extend their thanks to the staff at Peabody Glen Health Care Center, where Hazel resided for the past three years, for their dedicated care and kindness.

In fulfillment of her wishes and reflecting her commitment to the field of health science, Hazel’s body has been donated to the UMASS Medical Center.

Service information: A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Expressions of sympathy can be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701 or to the charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Solimine Funeral Home of Lynn. Please visit the online guest book at Solimine.com.

BY GAYLA CAWLEY

LYNN — Two men were arrested on drug distribution and trafficking charges Tuesday.

Lynn Police officers, assigned to a special warrant squad, went to 40 Broad St., Apt. 10, to find Ruddy Santana, 23, who was wanted for outstanding warrants from Lynn and Chelsea, with charges including heroin and cocaine distribution, Lynn Police Lt. Rick Donnelly said.

When officers knocked on the apartment door, a box filled with 21 grams of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic narcotic more potent than morphine, was thrown from the apartment window.

Santana was arrested for outstanding warrants and charged with drug trafficking, Donnelly said.

Following the arrest, police secured the apartment, while members of the warrant squad applied for a search warrant for the apartment to search for illegal narcotics. Following the execution of the warrant, Kelvin Omar Garcia, 23, was arrested and charged with cocaine distribution, Donnelly said.

Six twists of cocaine, a bag of marijuana, a machete, cell phones, drug paraphernalia and $2,496 cash was seized from the apartment, police said.

Gayla Cawley can be reached at gcawley@itemlive.com. Follow her on Twitter @GaylaCawley.

All address information, particularly arrests, reflect police records. In the event of a perceived inaccuracy, it is the sole responsibility of the concerned party to contact the relevant police department and have the department issue a notice of correction to the Daily Item. Corrections or clarifications will not be made without express notice of change from the arresting police department.

LYNN

Arrests

Kelvin Garcia, 23, of 40 Broad St., was arrested and charged with possession to distribute a Class B drug at 5:26 p.m. Tuesday.

Braulio Torres, 20, of 32 Shepard St., was arrested and charged with possession of a Class C drug at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday.

Accidents

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 2:19 p.m. Tuesday at Essex and Fayette streets; at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at 99 Essex St.; at 4:32 p.m. Tuesday at Franklin and Lyman streets; at 4:52 p.m. Tuesday at 116 Franklin St.; at 5:58 p.m. Tuesday at 5 Lewis St.; at 7:34 a.m. Wednesday at 90 High Rock St.; at 8:58 a.m. Wednesday at Commercial and Summer streets.

A report of a motor vehicle hit and run accident at 3:44 p.m. Tuesday at 54 Chestnut St.; at 8:16 a.m. Wednesday on Auburn Street.

Assaults

A report of an assault and battery with a dangerous weapon at 8:28 p.m. Tuesday on Green Street.

Complaints

A report of a disturbance at 3:12 p.m. Tuesday at 8 Joyce St.; at 7:24 p.m. Tuesday at 176 Ocean St.; at 9:44 p.m. Tuesday at 53 Arlington St.; at 10:33 p.m. Tuesday at 12 Belle Ave.; at 11:36 p.m. Tuesday at 6 Sargents Court; at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday at 242 Chatham St.; at 1:18 a.m. Wednesday at 309 Boston St.; at 9:11 a.m. Wednesday at 100 Lewis St.; at 12:19 p.m. Wednesday on Green Street.

A report of a juvenile problem at 3:35 p.m. Tuesday at 200 S Common St.

A report of a missing person at 6:28 p.m. Tuesday at 50 Newhall St.

A report of an uninvited guest at 6:29 p.m. Tuesday at 176 Ocean St.; at 8:22 p.m. Tuesday at 360 Washington St.

Overdose

A report of an overdose at 7:06 p.m. Tuesday on James Street.

Theft

A report of a larceny at 3:02 p.m. Tuesday at 7 Chase St.; at 7:55 p.m. Tuesday at 342 Walnut St.; at 9:58 a.m. Wednesday at 291 Jenness St.

A report of motor vehicle theft at 3:03 p.m. Tuesday at 60 Western Ave.

Vandalism

A report of motor vehicle vandalism at 4 p.m. Tuesday at 130 Neptune Blvd.

A report of vandalism at 6:11 p.m. Tuesday at 63 Hamilton Ave.

MARBLEHEAD

Accidents

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 8:06 a.m. Tuesday on Tufts Street.

Complaints

A report of cartridges turned in at 3:54 p.m. Tuesday on Commercial Street. A walk-in came to the station to turn in ammunition he found in his attic.

Theft

A report of a larceny/forgery/fraud at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday on Treat Road. A caller reported identity fraud.

PEABODY

Arrest

Marcio Pereira, 38, of 10 Bryant St., Malden, was arrested and charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle at 4:48 p.m. Tuesday.

Accidents

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday at Qdoba Mexican Grill at 229 Andover St. A caller reported an oil truck is involved, with fluid on the ground. An officer reported the oil truck was not leaking anything; at 6:32 p.m. Tuesday at 124 Foster St. and 163 Washington St. One person was transported to Salem Hospital; at 11:16 p.m. Tuesday at 58 Pulaski St.

A report of a police motor vehicle accident at 4:56 p.m. Tuesday at Salem Five Savings Bank at 19 Central St. An officer reported that someone backed into his cruiser.

Complaints

A report of a biohazard pick-up/disposal at 5:48 p.m. Tuesday at Kappy’s Liquor at 175 Andover St. The manager reported that someone had located hypodermic needles on the property. An officer took possession of the needles and disposed of them at the station.

A report of a dirt bike at 6:06 p.m. Tuesday at 278 Newbury St. A caller reported an ATV with a young child on the back and not wearing a helmet. An officer checked the area and no dirt bike was found in the area. A motorcycle was located but no one was on it.

A report of a disturbance at 7:59 p.m. Tuesday at 21 Caller St. A caller reported the parties have a very loud television and are yelling at it. An officer contacted the resident who turned down the television.

A report of a fox at 11:48 a.m. Wednesday at 4 Bow St.

Fire

A report of a fire at 10:10 a.m. Wednesday in the vicinity of 10 Swampscott Ave. An officer reported a smoking ceiling fan between floors.

Overdose

A report of an overdose at 2:18 p.m. Tuesday on King Street. A person was transported to Lahey North; at 5:20 p.m. Tuesday on Goldberg Road. The male was transported to Lahey Clinic by Atlantic Ambulance.

REVERE

Arrests

Ceasar Ramirez, 37, of 26 Decatur St., East Boston, was arrested and charged with larceny over $250 and on a warrant at 9:27 p.m. Tuesday.

Eric Wallace, 42, of 418 Revere Beach Parkway, was arrested and charged with firearm-armed home invasion, assault with a dangerous weapon, armed breaking and entering daytime for a felony, malicious destruction of property over $250 and assault and battery at 6:03 p.m. Tuesday.

Accidents

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 6:58 a.m. Tuesday in the vicinity of Bellingham and Bradstreet avenues; at 10:36 a.m. Tuesday on Copeland Circle; at 7:39 p.m. Tuesday in the vicinity of Beach Street; at 8:24 p.m. Tuesday in the vicinity of Malden Street and Roland Road; at 11:33 p.m. Tuesday in the vicinity of Wendy’s on Squire Road.  

Breaking and Entering

A report of a breaking and entering at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday at Extra Space Storage on Revere Beach Parkway.

Complaints

A report of a disturbance at 12:35 a.m. Tuesday at Broadway Convenient Mart on Broadway; at 9:18 a.m. Tuesday at Susan B. Anthony School on Newhall Street; at 10 a.m. Tuesday on North Shore Road; at 4:12 p.m. Tuesday on North Shore Road; at 5:08 p.m. Tuesday at Revere Housing Authority on Constitution Avenue; at 6:39 p.m. Tuesday on Constitution Avenue.

A report of shots fired at 1:01 a.m. Tuesday on Winthrop Avenue.

Overdose

A report of a possible overdose at 6:29 p.m. Tuesday on Malden Street.

Theft

A report of a robbery at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday on Revere Beach Parkway.

A report of a larceny from a motor vehicle at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday at Laundromax on VFW Parkway.

Vandalism

A report of vandalism at 5:52 p.m. Tuesday in the vicinity of Shirley Avenue and Sumner Street.

SWAMPSCOTT

Accidents

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 2:17 a.m. Tuesday at Small Wheels at 460 Humphrey St.; at 12:35 p.m. Tuesday at 525 Paradise Road; at 1:42 p.m. Monday at 150 Walker Road; at 2:05 p.m. Monday at Atlantic and Ocean avenues. A caller reported a car struck a utility pole; at 3:01 p.m. Monday at Buena Vista and Cherry streets; at 3:04 p.m. Monday at 142 Walker Road. A caller reported a motor vehicle struck a utility pole; at 3:11 p.m. Monday at 28 Crescent St.; at 6:41 p.m. Monday at Puritan Road and Woodbine Avenue; at 2:17 a.m. Tuesday at Small Wheels at 460 Humphrey St.

Complaints

A report of a turkey at 1:11 p.m. Tuesday at 60 Pine Hill Road. A caller said she tried to back out from her driveway and a turkey would not move for her to back out. Every time she tried to back out, the turkey moved to her rear wheel. She is afraid and does not want to run him over.

A report of a party using a BB gun to get a squirrel off the roof at 2:08 p.m. Tuesday at 7 Nathan Place.

A report of an injured turkey in the road causing a traffic hazard at 5:29 p.m. Monday at Puritan and Tupelo roads.

A report of a disturbance at 6:31 p.m. Monday at 96 Rockland St. A caller reported that the plow truck driver is back and now that he thinks of it, he may have been threatened earlier.

Overdose

A report of an overdose at 2:46 p.m. Tuesday at on Humphrey Street. Unresponsive male in his 40s.

BY GAYLA CAWLEY

BOSTON — Chhoeut Chin, of Lynn, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley said.

Chin, 43, was convicted of second-degree murder for the 2013 homicide of Sherry Leigh Bradley, of Lynn, in a crime of domestic violence. He is eligible for parole in 2036.

In a victim impact statement prior to sentencing, Bradley’s 16-year-old daughter called Chin an “evil man” who “came uninvited into our lives,” according to the DA’s office.

“She was so cold and hard and had a gray skin complexion,” the girl told the court. “No child should have to see her mother like that. I try my hardest to make my mom proud. It was not her time. It was too soon.”

At Chin’s trial, prosecutors introduced evidence that convinced jurors that he and Bradley had a turbulent relationship marked by abuse, threats and harassment. He began following her and waited outside her Lynn home, the DA said.  

Evidence showed that on the night of July 31, Bradley left her home to buy food but never returned. The following day, Chin’s blue Mazda was seen entering an East Boston parking lot where Bradley’s body was dumped, according to the DA’s office.

Gayla Cawley can be reached at gcawley@itemlive.com. Follow her on Twitter @GaylaCawley.

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Marshall Middle School Principal Molly Cohen cuts the first piece of cake at the farewell ceremony for the Marshall Middle School in Lynn.

BY GABE MARTINEZ

LYNN — School’s out forever for the Thurgood Marshall Middle School.

As students and faculty prepare to enter a new middle school after the April vacation, the school community shared their memories of the old building at an event in the auditorium Wednesday.  

The $67 million project will replace the current school with a new 181,847-square-foot facility serving 1,100 students in grades 6 through 8. The original school, built in 1923, suffers from deficiencies in major building systems including mechanical, electrical, plumbing and roof.

After directing the band at the middle school for 18 years, William Sokolow will finally have a band room in the new facility.

“The reason I’m the happiest teacher at this school to go to the new Marshall Middle, is because I have been teaching in Lynn for about 30 years and I have never had a band room,” Sokolow said.

Previously, students practiced on the stage in the auditorium, which lacked proper acoustics for band practice.

“This is a game changer at the end of my career,” Sokolow said.

The project will replace the current Marshall Middle School with a new 181,847-square-foot facility serving 1,100 students in grades 6 through 8. The original school, built in 1923, suffers from deficiencies in major building systems including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and roof.

The building will open April 25, after students return from vacation. To get familiar with the layout of the building, students have been taking tours, while teachers are packing and making the transition as easy as possible.

Molly Cohen, Marshall’s principal, said the idea of the sendoff event came from a many people who wanted to share favorite memories.

Cohen, who has been at the school since last year, said her favorite memory is the politeness of the students.

“Within the first couple of weeks of being here, I noticed that all of the students hold the door open for you,” she said. “They’re very polite in the hallways. I thought it’s such a difficult building to navigate, and yet they take the time to be helpful.”

Students are excited to have new lockers, mirrors in the bathrooms and a new gymnasium.

Catherine Latham, superintendent, who attended the Marshall school, said she is excited to bring back programs that were once taught at the school.

“I learned to cook and sew here,” she said. “We brought cooking back, we brought sewing back and we have a beautiful woodshop and carpentry area. So I’m excited for the kids to see all the extras.”

Gabe Martinez can be reached at gmartinez@itemlive.com follow him on Twitter @gemartinez92.

Lynn — Joseph Mark Terra (Terravecchia), age 94, died on April 5, 2016, peacefully in his sleep with his family members and grandchildren at his side in Kingwood, Texas. Joseph (Joe) had moved to Texas two years ago from the Boston area to reside with his daughter and family.

Joe was a proud first-generation American born in Boston, to Charles Terravecchia of Italy and Annie (Philban) Terravecchia of Ireland. He was a graduate of Saint Clement High School.

Joe was a Navy veteran of World War II, where he served as a radio operator and engineer mechanic. After the war, Joe attended and graduated from Tufts University in 1951 with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Joe was also a registered professional engineer through the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Joe lived a very fruitful and productive life. While attending college, he worked during the summertime with the Merchant Marines as the chief engineer and radio operator. Joe had the opportunity to experience and travel around the world during these times.

After graduating from Tufts, Joe was employed by the General Electric Company, Aircraft Accessory Turbine Department in Lynn, where he worked as the product service supervisor of the service engineering. Joe left General Electric to establish and run his own company, TEECO Industries from 1962 until 2014. Joe personified the “American Dream.” He was a first-generation American kid, he grew up on the streets of South Boston and served his country during World War II. When discharged from the Navy after the war,  stated on his discharge papers from the service “Job Preference” (List type, locality and General Area) Joe had listed “electrical field sales and contracting for self.” Joe being a very determined and stubborn man, made his aspirations come true by founding and establishing a multi-million dollar producing company. In Joe’s spare time he was an avid sailor and scuba diver, even up to the age of 88 years old, and was actively involved with his company up to the age of 92, where he decided it was time to officially retire. He was also an active member of Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church in Lynn.

Joe is survived by his children, Ellen Terra of Columbia, S.C., Mark Terra and his wife, Katie, and children of Melrose, N.Y., Anne Terra of Lynnfield,  Katherine (Terra) Ralph and her husband, Wayne, and children and grandchildren, Mary (Terra) Reardon and her child of Columbia, S.C., and John Terra and his wife, Katie, and children of San Antonio, Texas.

Service information: Joe’s funeral will be held Saturday, April 9, 2016, at 10 a.m., from the SOLIMINE FUNERAL HOME, 67 Ocean St., (Route 1A) Lynn, followed by a funeral Mass at 11 a.m., at St. Joseph’s Church, Lynn. Burial in Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Peabody, to follow. Visiting hours will be Friday, April 8, from 5-7:30 p.m. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited. Directions and guest book at Solimine.com.

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LYNN

Accidents

A report of a police motor vehicle accident at 2:53 p.m. Wednesday at Pine Grove Cemetery on Parkland Avenue.

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 3:57 p.m. Wednesday at 871 Lynnfield St.; at 6:37 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Maple streets; at 8:55 p.m. Wednesday at 53 Marianna St.; at 7:31 a.m. Thursday at 454 Summer St.

A report of a motor vehicle accident with personal injury at 5:35 p.m. Wednesday at Wendy’s at 116 Boston St.; at 3:50 a.m. Thursday at Commercial and Summer streets.

A report of a motor vehicle hit and run accident at 8:50 p.m. Wednesday at Chatham and Essex streets; at 9:57 a.m. Thursday at 25 Pleasant St.

Assaults

A report of a sexual assault at 5:20 a.m. Thursday on Harwood Street.

Breaking and Entering

A report of a motor vehicle breaking and entering at 6:16 p.m. Wednesday at 21 Wave St.

A report of a breaking and entering at 11:53 p.m. Wednesday at 34 S Elm St.; at 9:19 a.m. Thursday at 489 Walnut St.

Complaints

A report of a missing person at 4:06 p.m. Wednesday at 50 Newhall St.

A report of a disturbance at 4:39 p.m. Wednesday at 20 Central Ave.; at 6:25 p.m. Wednesday at 77 Green St.; at 6:28 p.m. Wednesday at 9 Breed St.; at 6:29 p.m. Wednesday at 880 Washington St.; at 9:05 p.m. Wednesday at 11 Pond St.; at 9:59 p.m. Wednesday at 147 Washington St.; at 11:22 p.m. Wednesday at Wendy’s at 116 Boston St.; at 11:50 p.m. Wednesday at 570 Western Ave.; at 12:29 a.m. Thursday at 41 Light St.; at 1:49 a.m. Thursday at CVS at 65 Boston St.; at 2:56 a.m. Thursday at 501 Washington St.; at 7:20 a.m. Thursday at CVS at 200 S Common St.; at 9:38 a.m. Thursday at 271 Washington St.

A report of a juvenile problem at 8:17 p.m. Wednesday on Blossom Street.

A report of an uninvited guest at 12:54 a.m. Thursday at 300 Lynn Shore Drive.

A report of a fight at 10:48 a.m. Thursday at 182 Chestnut St.

Overdose

A report of an overdose at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday on Ford Street.

Theft

A report of a larceny at 3:37 p.m. Wednesday at 40 Fiske Ave.; at 9:41 p.m. Wednesday at 12 Belle Ave.; at 9:29 a.m. Thursday at 570 Western Ave.; at 10:56 a.m. Thursday at 431 Lynnway.

LYNNFIELD

Accidents

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 5:50 p.m. Sunday at Christmas Tree Shop at 28 S Broadway; at 4:24 p.m. Monday at 993 Salem St. and 3 Rossmore Road; at 5:19 p.m. Monday on Mirabeau Lane. A caller reported he slid off the roadway and is unable to move the vehicle. DPW was called to treat the roadway.

Complaints

A report of a disturbance at 2:48 p.m. Sunday at Warburg at 9 Wirthmore Lane.

A report of a pick-up truck in the area throwing paint cans onto the street at 2:07 p.m. Tuesday at 33 Crescent Ave. A caller reported her car was damaged from the paint cans. She reported driving through paint on the street and getting it in her wheel wells.

A report of a suspicious person at 5:34 p.m. Tuesday at 618 Main St. A caller reported a man walking on the sidewalk drinking from a bottle of Jim Beam.

Vandalism

A report of malicious destruction of property at 2:55 a.m. Sunday on Hidden Valley Road. A caller reported youths in a white sedan smashing mailboxes; at 6:21 p.m. Tuesday at 1064 Summer St.

MARBLEHEAD

Accidents

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday on Elm Street.

Complaints

A report of suspicious activity at 3:17 p.m. Wednesday on Lincoln Avenue. A 12-year-old female home alone thought she heard a noise upstairs. She called her mother who told her to go to Starbucks where she has almost walked to now.

PEABODY

Arrests

Everildo Castro, 36, of 192 Franklin St., Apt. 2, Lynn, was arrested and charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and marked lanes violation at 6:04 p.m. Wednesday.

Accidents

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 5:52 p.m. Wednesday at Sprint at 232 Andover St.

A report of a motor vehicle hit and run accident at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at 10 Wayne Road. A caller reported she was struck by a G&J Towing truck on Route One.

Complaints

A report of a disturbance at 2:52 p.m. Wednesday at Emerson Park at 27 Perkins St.; at 4:13 p.m. Wednesday at 10 Pulaski St.

A report of an unwanted person at 12:03 a.m. Thursday at 1 Dennis St.

A report of a sick skunk at 10:13 a.m. Thursday at Haven From Hunger at 71 Wallis St. Animal Control reported the animal could not be located.

A report of a neighborhood dispute at 11:24 a.m. Thursday at 780 Lowell St. A caller reported a past larceny of a yard sign.

Theft

A report of a larceny at 2:54 p.m. Wednesday at Sears at 210S Andover St. Sears Loss Prevention reported two Dyson vacuums have been stolen; at 4:18 p.m. Wednesday at Nordstrom at 210N Andover St.; at 8:20 p.m. Wednesday at Latitude Sports Club at 194 Newbury St. A caller reported his wallet was stolen.

REVERE

Accidents

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 2:20 a.m. Wednesday on Sales Street; at 8:28 a.m. Wednesday on Broadway.

A report of a motor vehicle hit and run accident at 4:36 p.m. Wednesday on Brown Circle; at 7:14 p.m. Wednesday on Everett Street.

Breaking and Entering

A report of a breaking and entering at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday at Extra Space Storage on Revere Beach Parkway.

Complaints

A report of a disturbance at 12:11 a.m. Wednesday on Brown Circle; at 12:52 p.m. Wednesday on Mountain Avenue; at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday on Jones Road; at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday at Family Dollar on North Shore Road; at 6:56 p.m. Wednesday at Big Lots on VFW Parkway.

A report of an unwanted person at 9:53 a.m. Wednesday at Tedeschi Foods on Shirley Avenue.

Overdose

A report of a possible overdose at 2:26 p.m. Wednesday on North Shore Road.

Theft

A report of a larceny/forgery/fraud at 1:21 p.m. Wednesday at Stop & Shop on Squire Road.

SWAMPSCOTT

Arrests

Adom Asenso, 32, of 123 Whipple St., Worcester, was arrested and charged with speeding and operation of a motor vehicle with a revoked license as a habitual traffic offender at 10:10 p.m. Wednesday.

Accidents

A report of a motor vehicle hit and run accident at 5:12 p.m. Wednesday at Santander Bank at 495 Paradise Road.

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 6:14 p.m. Wednesday at Dunkin Donuts at 980 Paradise Road.

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Fernando Medrano was in the last class to graduate from Eastern Junior High School in 1992 before becoming Marshall Middle School the next year. Here he is looking at a yearbook from 1992.

How incredible is it that hundreds of Lynn students along with their teachers and other school workers are going to move to a brand-new school in less than a month?

To put it in perspective, the new Marshall Middle School’s opening is an accomplishment the city of Lynn has not seen in 20 years when Classical High School moved to O’Callaghan Way. To be fair, the Knowledge Is Power Program has sat atop the Highlands in a new building for several years, but a new public school open to all students who sign up and enroll is a reason to celebrate.

And celebrate they did on Wednesday at the existing Marshall on Porter Street, where a cake was cut, laughter rang through the aging building and older school employees swapped stories about the old Eastern Junior High School.

Marshall was built in 1923. Pickering Middle School was built in 1917. Anyone interested in seeing what a school looked like in 1897 is welcome to drive over to Aborn on Eastern Avenue. Brickett School was built in 1911 — around the time the Titanic was constructed.

Five other local schools are nudging the century mark and one — Tracy in West Lynn — has educated local students for a duration straddling three centuries.

There are those who say it is the people — not the classrooms, schoolyards, gymnasiums or chalk boards — that make or a break a good education. They are right and Marshall, Pickering, Brickett and Tracy prove on a daily basis that good educations can take place in aging — in Marshall and Pickering’s case — deteriorating buildings.

But more than just a good education is going to take place on Brookline Street starting later this month when the new Marshall opens. Students and teachers alike are going to thrill to the sight of clean hallways, state-of-the-art equipment and sunlight pouring through new windows.

Spring is going to truly spring in Marshall because minds, young and old, reinvigorated by a short vacation and a move to new surroundings, will reset their grasp on knowledge and recommit to the task of turning students into travelers on the lifetime road of knowledge and curiosity.

New schools have the power to inspire, motivate and, even more important, hold a mirror up to a city’s education system and allow those in charge to say, “here is the reason why we have to keep doing better.”

Thankfully, in Lynn’s case, the opportunity to repeat a farewell celebration in Pickering similar to the one hosted this week in Marshall is only a few short years away.

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Brit Floyd guitarist Ian Cattell, front, Thomas Ashbrook, keyboards, back right, and Arran Ahmu, drums, perform at City Hall Auditorium on Thursday.

BY STEVE KRAUSE 

LYNN — Pink Floyd was one of those bands that relied almost as much on theatrics and concepts as it did on playing and singing music. Albums such as “Dark Side of the Moon” are replete with the sounds of electronic gadgetry and alarm clocks going off, and slow, ponderous, freaky song introductions.

It’s too bad these types of art-rock groups did not always have the technology in 1973 to duplicate their music on stage, and to put on light shows, the way modern-day musicians do. What a time Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Richard Wright and, in the early days, Syd Barrett, would have had.

That is why once in awhile, these knock-off bands such as Brit Floyd can be useful, because it gives you an idea of how fully realized some of Pink Floyd’s stuff could have been with the benefit of today’s ever-advancing technology.

Brit Floyd had a wonderful precision light show at Thursday night’s City Hall Auditorium concert. If you were to grade the band on that alone, it would have received an A-plus. Ditto musicianship. These guys — there were six of them in all — can play. And they are ever-so-true to every nuance of every Pink Floyd song they do.

The problem is, Brit Floyd, in this year’s iteration, seemed to pick every ponderous and long, drawn-out song Pink Floyd ever did. If it was 18-minute songs that would have been a hit at your college dorm’s pot party (and yes, there were people in the balcony sparking up), you were at the right place. But if you wanted to hear a collection of your favorite Floyd toe-tappers (and it’s not as if there are a whole lot of those to begin with), you’d have been better off staying home and playing “Wish You Were Here” on your computer.

This was a show inveterate Pink Floyd fans probably loved. There were certainly a lot of Floyd followers in the audience enraptured during the 12-minute-long “Pigs: Three Different Ones,” off the album “Animals,” to prove that. But Thursday’s show was front-loaded with a lot of music the band did from albums that weren’t “Dark Side of the Moon,” “Wish You Were Here” and “The Wall,” and unless you’re such a fan that you know all the songs off all the albums, there were bound to be stretches where your mind started wandering and you starting saying, “Hmmmm. What about ‘Brain Damage (you know, ‘the lunatic is in the hall …)?’” Not played.

The group opened with “Learning to Fly” off “Momentary Lapse of Reason,” which is one of the few post-“Wall” songs that stacks up to their best stuff, in my opinion.

By the third song in, we were listening to the lengthy intro to “Shine On, You Crazy Diamond,” and things were beginning to feel fine. Then, after “Poles Apart,” the group kicked into “Us and Them” from “Dark Side of the Moon,” and “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2” and you felt the show picking up steam.

Then it lost that momentum with “Pigs,” off “Animals,” the album that has the distinction of being between “Wish You Were Here” and “The Wall.”

After an intermission, the band began the second half with another lengthy song/light show, “Echoes.” And it labored ponderously on until the wham-bam conclusion of “Money” and “Comfortably Numb,” with “Wish You Were Here” as an encore. And while you can understand that those are signature songs with which to close the show, you almost wish they’d done somewhat of a better job spacing Pink Floyd’s hits out so that casual fans, as opposed to hard-core zealots, could have enjoyed it more.

If this were an actual Pink Floyd show, and the group wanted to dip into some chestnuts and pull them out, that would have been fine. But it almost seems presumptuous for a knock-off group to do this.

And the sad thing is Pink Floyd is one of the great groups in rock history. And the members of this band — Damian Darlington, musical director, guitar, lap steel, vocals; Rob Stringer, keyboards, vocals; Ian Cattell, bass guitar, vocals; Edo Scordo, guitar, vocals; Arran Ahmu; drums; and Thomas Ashbrook, keyboards, vocals — are obviously very true to what Pink Floyd did, and the sound it produced.

But next time, perhaps they could pick out a few less chestnuts and a few more classics.

Steve Krause can be reached at skrause@itemlive.com.

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Lori Abrams Berry, CEO of the Lynn Community Health Center, is congratulated by Rep Seth Moulton during a ceremony announcing federal grants for opiate addiction held at the North Shore Community Health Center in Salem on Thursday.

By GAYLA CAWLEY

LYNN — Community health centers are on the front lines for battling opioid addiction, an issue that has become a public health crisis.

On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton said the Lynn Community Health Center received a $325,000 grant to expand narcotics dependence treatment services. The Massachusetts Democrat delivered the good news at Salem’s North Shore Community Center, which received $352,083. The center also has locations in Gloucester and Peabody.

Nationwide, 271 health centers received cash from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to combat the problem.

Lori Abrams Berry, CEO of the Lynn Community Health Center, said she sees Lynn as the epicenter of drug addiction. Since March, 10 deaths and 63 overdoses have been reported to the Lynn Police Department. Last year, there were 54 deaths from opioid overdoses, up from 38 in 2014.

“We were already thinking it was a crisis,” Berry said. “It seems to be getting worse, not better. These funds really are a godsend.”

The funds will expand the number of patients the center can serve through its Integrated Primary Care, Behavioral Health and Addictions Treatment Program. Currently, she said, the center treats 375 people suffering from addiction. Of that number, 350 are being treated with Suboxone, a drug used to treat addiction, while the remaining 25 are being treated with Vivitrol, an alternative opioid blocker taken as a monthly injection.

Berry said the goal is to treat 1,000 patients suffering from addiction. She said the funds would also be used to hire more nurses and therapists.

Moulton said the opioid problem should be treated as a health crisis and should not be solved by putting addicts in prison.

“The opioid epidemic is cutting lives short, tearing families apart and draining the resources our law enforcement and health care professionals have to treat addiction,” he said.

Margaret Brennan, director of the North Shore Community Health Center, said their funds would be focused on Gloucester, which she said is one of the hardest hit communities in the state’s opioid epidemic.

Gayla Cawley can be reached at gcawley@itemlive.com. Follow her on Twitter @GaylaCawley.

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Rev. George “Jerry” Hogan shows off his vestments that have circus themes. These are made especially for him.

By MICHELE DURGIN

LYNN — Protect us, a caravan of troubadours, traveling this country to share our gifts.

The Prayer for Traveling Performers is dear to Rev. George “Jerry” Hogan, who has served as National Circus Chaplain for more than two decades.

“I fell in love with the circus when I was 16 and became a priest in 1974,” he said. “So becoming the National Circus Chaplain was a true blessing.”

Hogan is a member of the Circus and Traveling Show Ministries. Comprised of 40 circuses, 300 traveling carnivals, as well as race car drivers and professional bull riders, he works with  15,000 Catholic circus employees through this ministry.

Hogan wears the traditional religious vestments, but with a flair. It’s decorated with clowns and The Greatest Show on Earth logo.

He has said Mass in the “center ring” and shared communion with trapeze artists, acrobats, tightrope artists and clowns. And he blesses the mile-long Ringling Brothers train annually and offers grief counseling when a performer’s animal dies.

“I bring the parish to the circus,” he said. “About 65 percent of circus employees are Catholic. I also minister to many of the non-Catholic circus families. The circus is a United Nations of people from all over the world. They are very talented, unique and hard working. I love them all.”

He is quick to note that Pope Francis has expressed his love for the circus, saying, ”People who perform in the circus create beauty.”

Hogan met Pope John Paul II twice and gave the late pontiff a Ringling Brothers jacket. He said the pope loved it.   

He especially enjoys performing marriages and baptisms, often in the center ring, and feels welcomed by every group he ministers to. The work means traveling about 50,000 miles a year.

“I am happy to work with these wonderful people and we have fun together,” he said. “I have always felt welcome and I especially love when we gather in the center ring to celebrate Eucharist and thank God for each of our gifts and talents.”

By GAYLA CAWLEY

LYNN — The City Council is opposed to removing the cap on charter schools, arguing that the city can’t afford it.

In a move to join charter school opponents, the council’s resolution estimates that more than $17 million of Lynn’s budget for its public schools is being diverted to charters. This year, public schools are losing more than $408 million to charter schools statewide, according to the resolution that passed unanimously.

Wayne Lozzi, Ward 1 councilor, said there’s a problem when charter schools like KIPP Academy returns two dozen students to the city’s public school system because they are not making the grade.

“It isn’t fair,” Lozzi said. “Public schools are not going to get the funds for those additional students.”

Charter schools will say they’re sending back the students voluntarily. But often the children are underperforming or have special educational needs that the schools may not be able to provide, he added. At the same time, he said charter schools boast high graduation rates.

“I’m indignant that some of them are counseled out of these charter schools, instead of getting them to perform adequately to graduate,” Lozzi said.

The resolution comes as Gov. Charlie Baker, a big booster of charter schools, favors a bill that would allow up to a dozen new charter schools annually in districts performing in the lower 25 percent.  

Lawmakers in the state Senate are debating a compromise measure that would not only raise the cap, but seeks to address funding concerns for traditional district schools.

Caleb Dolan, executive director of KIPP Massachusetts, which offers a K-12 charter education to students in Lynn, said lifting the cap is the right thing to do. He said raising the ceiling would allow KIPP to serve more students.

“We are really proud to serve 1,447 Lynn students and families,” Dolan said. “We want to be able to serve the nearly 1,000 additional students on our wait list. We want to continue to do right by the students we have and the students and families who want to be in our schools.”

Gayla Cawley can be reached at gcawley@itemlive.com. Follow her on Twitter @GaylaCawley.

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By THOMAS GRILLO

LYNN — Five months ago, Jay Ash, state Secretary of Housing and Economic Development, joined Gov. Charlie Baker and Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy on the steps of City Hall and vowed to deliver on the city’s long-awaited transformation.

Today, Ash is meeting with a group of local, state and federal officials to review progress on their partnership. Their mission is to find resources that can revitalize the city and spur development on vacant and underused parcels, including the city’s waterfront.

“People in Lynn have a right to say, ‘I’ve heard all this before,’ but this is happening,” Ash said. “I don’t know which groundbreaking will be first and then…bam… there will be so much attention, so much action, so much positive development for Lynn, that it’s really going to take off.”

Ash is meeting with the Lynn Economic Advancement Team, a panel that, in addition to Ash, includes U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack, James Cowdell, executive director of the Economic Development and Industrial Corp. (EDIC), Environmental Secretary Matthew Beaton and others who can cut through the bureaucracy and make things happen.

“I’m in Lynn every other week talking to developers looking at property and we’ve come to the table with a bag of resources,” Ash said. “There are about six major projects that could take place over the next year or so. We have identified dozens of permitting issues and public actions that should advance development.”

Among the projects on the wish list include:

• MBTA stop on the commuter rail at the GE property

• Continue ferry service to Boston  
• A new gateway to Lynn from the city’s south side
• Waterfront residential development
• Hotels and high-end retail
• Parks
• Transform GE parking lots in West Lynn into apartments

The governor, who drives through Lynn enroute to the State House from his home in Swampscott each day, has identified $918 million in spending for economic development. Much of the cash is in programs that Lynn and other so-called gateway communities could benefit from.

O’Donnell’s associate, Charles Morneau, said they hope to start construction next spring with a $69 million luxury apartment project that would include 250 units in a wood frame, three-story building.Joseph O’Donnell, founder of Boston Culinary Group and Belmont Capital in Cambridge, is developing the 17-acre former Building 19 site on the Lynnway. The company bought the mortgage for the parcel from the FDIC in the 1990s for an undisclosed amount.

The key to the development is public transportation, he said. It would help his project and trigger more mixed-use construction in the waterfront district if the MBTA’s River Works Station on the Newbury/Rockport line was not limited to GE employees.

“We believe it’s a great spot with spectacular views that will attract tenants,” he said. “If we get public transportation, that whole area works because everyone wants to be near the T because it’s the only way to get into Boston economically.”

While this would be the first major waterfront project to put a shovel in the ground,  Morneau said his company is not a pioneer.

“We have owned the land for a long time and we are committed to make a go of it now,” he said. “We’re in the position to get out of the gate first and we are willing to do it, at least at that parcel, and that will give others the chance to see what the market is and what else can be built.”

Minco Development Corp. has presented plans for a $90 million mixed-use development that will include 348 one- and two-bedroom apartment units at the former Beacon Chevrolet site on the Lynnway.

Charles Patsios has plans to construct 1,200 apartments on a former GE site near the Building 19 parcel.

Gregory Bialecki, who held Ash’s job in the Patrick administration and now works as executive vice president at Redgate, said the Boston-based developer doesn’t have any properties under agreement in Lynn, but they are on the lookout.

“We are looking for places that are a short ride into Boston by subway or commuter rail, so the fact that Lynn is a quick trip into the city by rail checks the box for us,” he said. “Our target population is seeking an interesting urban neighborhood when they get home and Lynn checks that box off too.”

It helps that the Baker administration has sent a strong message to builders that the commonwealth will support new development in Lynn, Bialecki added.

Lynn’s Cowdell said they are also looking to General Electric Co. to boost jobs and examine several parcels in West Lynn, primarily parking lots, that could be transformed into apartments.

“If there were skeptics as far as the governor’s commitment to Lynn, there shouldn’t be any skeptics now,” he said. “The team has worked effectively and in a very short period of time has been able to move key projects along.”

Ash, who is well known in the development community for bringing a revival to Chelsea over his many years as city manager, said something is happening in Lynn that can’t be denied.

“I have had multiple conversations with a dozen property owners in Lynn and probably another two dozen conversations with developers outside the city,” Ash said. “One of those includes a big one in Boston who is used to doing billion dollar projects who said, ‘I hear you guys are all in Lynn, what have I been missing and where should I be looking?’”

Thomas Grillo can be reached at tgrillo@itemlive.com.

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LYNN — Redmond F. “Red” Shinnick, age 63, of Lynn, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at Union Hospital, following a brief illness. He was the husband of Joy L. (Amsden) Shinnick, and the son of the late Thomas Joseph and Mary Ellen (Grimes) Shinnick.

Born and raised in Lynn, he attended Sacred Heart School and graduated from St. Mary’s High School in 1970 and North Shore Community College, where he earned his degree in Electrical Mechanical Technology.

He worked at General Electric since 1970, proudly starting with the apprentice program, and most recently working as a cell leader. He was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church and was active with his family. He enjoyed playing with his grandchildren, flower gardening and landscaping, walking in Lynn Woods, traveling and bike riding with his son. He also enjoyed making his own wine at home, and was very handy with home improvements, especially electrical and plumbing projects.

Besides his wife Joy of 42 years he is survived by his son, Daniel Shinnick and his wife Michelene of Rowley; and his daughter, Kelley Godfrey and her partner Timothy Means of Lynn; five grandchildren, Amethyst “Amy” Godfrey, Kyia Means, Redmond F., Maura and David Shinnick. He also leaves a brother, Thomas Shinnick and his wife Bertha of Danvers, and several nieces and nephews. He was the brother of the late Edward “Ned,” John and Michael Shinnick.

Service information: His funeral will be held from the SOLIMINE Funeral Home, 426 Broadway (Route 129), Lynn, on Tuesday at 9 a.m., followed by a funeral Mass at Sacred Heart Church, Lynn, at 10 a.m. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Monday from 4-8 p.m. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited. Cremation will be in Harmony Grove Crematory, Salem. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701. Directions and guest book at Solimine.com.