From left, LACC ambassadors Andrew and Maria Nazaro, Johannah Conway, Christopher’s Café team Lesley Brewer, Melissa Gordinas, Craig Jordan (back row), owner David Shalvoy (with scissors) and Bob Bowser. Other LACC ambassadors are Ryan Newhall and his son, George Harrell, and Christine Pierce.

LYNN — Christopher’s Café at 2 Lewis St. has joined the Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce (LACC) with a ribbon cutting ceremony.  

Owner David Shalvoy said the community has been very supportive of his small breakfast and lunch destination in the heart of the Diamond district. Over the past few years, Shalvoy has expanded the restaurant’s seating capacity, the catering menu and now rents the cafe for private parties up to 45 people.  

“We’ve hosted bridal and baby showers and family reunions here,” he said. “If you’re looking for a simple, comfortable, casual location with an artistic flair, great food and service, we can organize a small party to fit your tastes and price. It’s becoming a staple of our business.“  

Shalvoy added that catering events is a big part of his business.

“We cater for office parties and family gatherings small and large,” he said. “In addition we participate in many community food tasting events for charitable and non-profit causes.”

Shalvoy joined the chamber to boost the eatery’s promotional efforts.

“The LACC will serve as a marketing arm for our business through their website, eblasts and social media,” he said. “They’ll promote what we do, because we don’t always have the time  running a small business.”

Christopher’s Cafe is open Wednesday through Friday, serving food from 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and open until 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. To see the menu, go to christopherscafe.net or call 781-596-2200.

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Marshall Middle School.

For Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy, formulating next year’s public school budget is a tightrope act as she juggles and concentrates on avoiding a fall into fiscal abyss.

Pegged at $138.5 million, the budget is $800,000 more than the spending plan funding schools and nearly $20 million more than the budget adopted four years ago. The school committee began poring through the budget last week, but it is Kennedy, as mayor and committee chairman, who crafts city spending plans and is ultimately responsible for their success or failure.

In formulating the school budget, the mayor has to pinpoint ways to pay for an increasingly multi-faceted public school system. Like it or not, the days of classrooms and libraries have given way to specialized public schools.

Special needs services, a once non-existent school expense, will cost schools more than $15 million next year. Fine arts, once the domain of after-school piano teachers or summer classes, is a $2.4 million school expense. School security was an unimaginable need two generations ago but it is a $1 million line item in next year’s school budget. Even outreach to parents — once encompassed in fall and spring “parent nights” — costs $73,000.

Schools like Lynn’s face challenges not known to schools in wealthier and smaller communities. Lynn’s public school population includes students who frequently move with children landing in one school system only to find themselves uprooted and flung into another.

The range of foreign languages spoken in local schools encircles the globe. For immigrants, schools are a destination for the children of families seeking a new life and new opportunities far away from their homelands.

Lynn educators and their counterparts across the state are required to look beyond their own needs to build school budgets. They must build state spending thresholds into local spending calculations. Foundation budgets and so-called net school spending are baselines that do not reflect local school spending priorities so much as state expectations for local education.

Kennedy has argued bitterly against these state mandates and the roadblocks they represent in budget planning but next year’s school budget will include $2.2 million to meet net school spending.

On the flip side, significant state tax dollars are included in revenue calculations for the school budget with complicated formulas determining how much Lynn and other communities receive. Part of the formula focuses on defining economically disadvantaged children and not everyone in local schools and serving on the school committee is convinced the current definition best suits the needs of Lynn schools.

If state educators want to boost local efforts to craft a school budget that helps kids, they should develop a formula for reducing net spending obligations by giving the city points toward new school construction.

The new Marshall Middle School opened in the spring and planning is underway for most likely two new middle schools. Modern schools help students succeed and boost teacher morale, and those benefits should be rewarded by reducing spending obligations set by the state.

Critics of this idea will point out the state’s prominent role in paying for school buildings. But that observation fails to take into account the long-term benefit of building new schools and reversing the academic declines that have sent some school systems into receivership.

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Nick Madden is working with a team at Wentworth Institute of Technology to develop a virtual reality start-up
company.

BY GAYLA CAWLEY

LYNN — Nick Madden and his two college classmates are hoping to take gaming to the next level.

Madden, 19, a Lynn English High School graduate, is working with a team at Wentworth Institute of Technology to develop Envision, a virtual reality start-up.

The team went before the spring “Hot Seat” pitch round at Accelerate, similar to the ABC show “Shark Tank” to present their idea of having gamers be inside the video game with virtual reality goggles instead of in front of a computer, Madden said. The project was approved and the team received $3,000 to apply towards equipment purchases. He called the pitch nerve-wracking.

“We honestly had no idea if we were going to get anything,” Madden said.

Madden partnered with fellow Wentworth sophomores James Coleman, of Bridgewater, and Damien Sardinha, of Taunton.

Envision is growing within Accelerate, Wentworth’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, which has a goal of bringing innovation and entrepreneurship skills to students. The team was inspired after attending a Cambridge meet-up where they had an opportunity to test the latest virtual reality technology.

Madden said the idea for the product is in its early stages, and the group is working on surveys and market research of how to go about the next step. The team is trying to target as many people as possible, with no specific age group in mind.
“We’re trying to move away from it being a video game and more of an experience, something that everyone will want to try at least once,” he said.

He doesn’t envision selling the system itself, which would include virtual reality goggles for participants to wear, with experiences being controlled by a pre-set computer program. People would buy a ticket to go into a room to use the equipment, and while walking around, they will feel like they’re inside the game.

“The Envision team is emerging as a successful startup, prototyping and pitching their idea of virtual reality for everyone, taking their entrepreneurial passion to the next level,” said Monique Fuchs, associate vice-president of Accelerate, in a statement.

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

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Harrington Elementary student Laura Ofurie was found in the Nahant Rotary tot lot following a seven-hour search Monday.

BY THOR JOURGENSEN

LYNN — The seven-hour search for a missing 8-year-old West Lynn girl ended happily Monday night when police found Laura Ofurie in the Nahant Rotary tot lot.

During a late-night press conference investigators said they have no information about the circumstances that led to the child being discovered more than a mile from her 11 Shepard

St. home.

“It’s a pretty good distance, especially for an 8-year-old,” said Police Lt. Christopher Kelly.

Officers acting on a social media tip found the Harrington Elementary School student unharmed but “a little shaken” at 10 p.m. in the play area located next to the beach and the well-traveled rotary.

Ofurie was taken to North Shore Medical Center in Salem for evaluation with her father, Edward.

“We’re happy and relieved,” Kelly said.

He said an “ongoing investigation” is continuing into the circumstances of the child’s disappearance and declined to comment on media questions seeking to determine if police thought Laura Ofurie walked across Lynn or may have been with another person.

“Obviously, it’s very concerning,” he said.

Police were called to the apartment building where Ofurie and her parents live just off Lynn Common at 3 p.m. Kelly said Laura had returned home from Harrington, where she attends second grade, and was last seen in her family’s apartment.

Neighbors, family members and Harrington teachers joined police and a frantic Edward and Victoria Ofurie in a neighborhood search for Laura. Police posted the girl’s picture and information about her disappearance on the department website. Media camera crews stood on the sidewalk in front of her house at 10 p.m. while neighbors crowded onto porches waiting to hear the latest word of the search.

A police officer told Laura’s grandmother, Marian, and relatives shortly after 10 p.m. that Laura had been found. The family broke into cheers and prayers.

“I feel great,” Marian Ofurie said.

Julius Ofurie, the girl’s uncle, said the family has lived on Shepard Street for two years and moved to Lynn from Nigeria in 2012, initially living in East Lynn. He described his niece as a quiet girl with “a mind of her own.”

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

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Lynn Ferry.

BY THOMAS GRILLO

BOSTON — Lynn lawmakers chastised the Baker administration at a Beacon Hill hearing Monday for stranding the city’s ferry riders.

“One of the top priorities for the LEAD (Lynn Economic Advancement and Development) group was the ferry service for very short money,” said State Rep. Brendan Crighton (D-Lynn), referring to Gov. Charlie Baker’s high-powered team that includes U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Jay Ash, Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack, James Cowdell of Lynn’s Economic Development & Industrial Corp. and others who can cut through the bureaucracy.

“We have been working on it for more than a decade, and this ferry extension for more than a year, only to find out now that the ferry is dead,” Crighton said.
Carolyn Kirk, deputy secretary of the state’s Executive Office of Housing & Economic Development, who also serves on the Seaport Economic Council, delivered the bad news to lawmakers at the hearing before the Metropolitan Beaches Commission.

She said that the state denied Lynn’s request for about $700,000 in operating expenses for the ferry to sail for a third summer. She said the application came too late, and the funds were exhausted for this fiscal year. The state originally had about $14.5 million available.

Sen. Thomas McGee was visibly angry and chastised Kirk and Astrid Glynn, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s rail and transit administrator.

“We are missing the boat on an unlimited potential for access to this region,” the Lynn Democrat said. “I would argue that ferry service from Lynn is a critical piece of public transportation, it’s not fluff. It’s very frustrating that we are not running a ferry service this year because it is contingent on it being sustainable.

Communities are not paying for the Green Line to get service that’s being expanded. They are not paying for commuter rail service, so I don’t understand why public transit, in terms of ferry operation, should be any different.”

Baker’s decision not to fund the ferry service comes on the heels of a $4.5-million federal grant in April for a new 149-passenger ferry with help from Moulton. The vessel is under construction, but could be lost to another community if Lynn cannot raise the cash to operate the boat.

More than two years ago, the EDIC rebuilt the Blossom Street Extension pier, where ferry passengers board, with $7.65 million in taxpayer funding. The bulk of the money, $5 million, came from the Seaport Economic Council, and another $2 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The EDIC invested $650,000.

Proponents say the ferry was a success for the last two summers,  attracting about 15,000 riders each season.  

McGee said if the money isn’t available, then there should be a conversation about finding a way to make it happen. “Why aren’t we having a discussion about what services we should be providing in the region to grow our economy?” he asked.

Kirk and Glynn did not respond to McGee’s comments.

But, in an interview with The Item following the hearing, Kirk, the former mayor of Gloucester, put the blame on Lynn.

“I think the administration has to get our arms around how this service can be sustainable and paid for … without relying on the state subsidy every year,” she said.

The original premise of the ferry service, Kirk said, was that the first year would be a pilot and subject to the city of Lynn putting together a marketing, ridership and outreach plan. But that was never done, she added.

“Some responsibility belongs to the city of Lynn. They are a very important partner in this, and they didn’t offer up a business plan.”

But, the EDIC’s Cowdell said he received the request for a business plan in March, and said he was told it would take at least six months to complete.
“That’s just an excuse,” he said. “Our responsibility was to show ridership and we’ve done that. We had two successful years and asked the state to fund the operation. All of a sudden, the state is running for cover and has decided not to help out at all. There’s not a commuter ferry in the state that does not receive some form of financial assistance.”

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

BY GAYLA CAWLEY

BOSTON — Danilo DiRoche, the Lynn man who allegedly struck a State Police trooper with his motorcycle Saturday night in Revere, was arraigned in his hospital bed Tuesday.

The trooper, who police did not identify, was treated at Massachusetts General Hospital for head and upper body injuries, and was released on Sunday.

DiRoche, 26, faced a Chelsea District Court judge at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Hospital because he was unable to appear in the courtroom. He is charged with operating under the influence, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, failure to stop, reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident causing personal injury, speeding and other motor vehicle violations, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.

DiRoche was held on $10,000 cash bail and was ordered to remain drug- and alcohol-free, subject to random screenings. He will not be able to drive unless he is properly licensed while the case is pending.

Before the incident, the trooper had just exited his cruiser after stopping a car on Revere Beach Boulevard for motor vehicle violations near the bandstand.

The trooper was struck by DiRoche, who had been observed speeding and driving recklessly on a 2005 Yamaha just a few moments before, police said.

After striking the trooper, DiRoche hit a car and fled on foot. He was pursued by officers and apprehended. Before the accident, police, including the injured trooper, had tried to get him to stop, but he failed to do so.

DiRoche told police that he drank three to four beers before driving his motorcycle and made additional statements incriminating himself, prosecutors said. Troopers observed that an odor of alcohol emanated from him, his eyes were glassy and bloodshot and his speech was slurred.

Police also discovered that his motorcycle was unregistered.

DiRoche is scheduled to appear in court on July 7.

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

BY GAYLA CAWLEY

BOSTON — Joseph Amoroso, the father of Bella Bond, the toddler whose body was found in a plastic bag on Boston’s Deer Island last year, failed to appear in Chelsea District Court Tuesday.

A warrant has been issued for his arrest. He was scheduled to be arraigned on larceny charges out of Revere, according to Jake Wark, a spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.

Amoroso, 33, of Lynn, was arrested last Friday for allegedly stealing two pocketbooks from Duong’s Quality Nails & Spa.

He is currently on probation after pleading guilty to an earlier larceny charge out of South Boston Municipal Court, Wark said.  

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

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Firefighters examine the back of an apartment complex following a fatal fire Monday in Manchester, N.H.

Lynn Fire Chief James McDonald and fellow local firefighters know the struggle, frustration and sorrow Manchester, N.H., firefighters are enduring following the deaths of two adults and two children in a Monday fire.

They know what it is like to crawl through supercharged heat and blinding smoke to save lives even as fire guts a building. They know what it is like to see one body after another removed from a blackened building as investigators poke and probe through the rubble to determine a fire’s cause.

McDonald and all of Lynn’s firefighters know fires can be prevented. Deadly blazes that snuff out young lives are preventable. McDonald spearheaded a campaign in 2014 to encourage renters and homeowners to check smoke alarms to make sure they are working and replace faulty detectors.

Firefighters went into homes to help install alarms. The fire department helped sponsor poster contests in local schools and billboard companies plastered giant versions of the winning posters on signs in Wyoma Square and visible locations.

For all their efforts to stop deadly fires, McDonald and fellow chiefs along with state officials stood in front of Lynn fire headquarters in March and warned about an increase in the number of people killed in Massachusetts in the past year compared to previous years.

The chiefs reemphasized the lessons firefighters try to teach the average grade schooler: Check smoke detectors to make sure they work; plan a family fire escape route and be careful using extension cords and space heaters.

Advances in building construction combined with fire prevention education have reduced fire deaths but fires still kill, in part because broken detectors rob people of the precious seconds they need to escape a fire.

In an age when so many people communicate and function electronically with a few taps on a keypad, firefighters still do a job that thrusts them into danger and puts their lives at risk. They work physically dangerous jobs and witness human tragedy.

There are ways to make their jobs easier. Code enforcement efforts aimed at minimizing fire danger should be intensified. Buildings identified as fire risks due to construction or overcrowding should be the focus of multi-agency efforts to make the structures and their inhabitants safer.

Firefighters rightfully receive appreciation and praise for their efforts to save lives. But daily efforts to improve building safety can spare Lynn firefighters and the city a repeat of the Dec. 4, 2015 Bruce Place fire that killed four people and this week’s equally-deadly fire in Manchester.

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From left, Stephanie Perez, Zarna Balabbas, and Fatima Alabbasi, of Breed Middle School, pack books that will be turned over to representatives of anti-domestic violence advocates.

BY GAYLA CAWLEY

LYNN — Breed Middle School students are paying it forward with their donations of children’s books, towels and blankets.

“It felt good because you were helping people,” 12-year-old Zainab Al-Abbasi said, “It made me feel content because people would smile because we did this. It made me feel warm and fuzzy inside.”

The middle school students collected the materials as part of Breed’s Character Club, whose goal is to help students become productive members of the school community.

About 300 books were donated to Healing Abuse Working for Change, a regional shelter that serves people affected by domestic abuse. Two boxes of blankets and towels were donated to Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem.

Sixth grader Fatima Al-Abbasi, 12, said she joined because she heard her friends talking about the club. She enjoyed making a difference with the drive and other projects.

The club, supervised by reading teacher Carol Aceto, started last fall. Students participate in activities such as creating posters promoting respect, self-control and perseverance, role playing and writing.

Earlier in the year, students watched the movie “Pay It Forward” starring Kevin Spacey. It tells the story of a social studies teacher who challenges his class to create an idea to change the world. One student comes up with the concept of paying forward favors and sets into motion a wave of human kindness that turns into a national phenomenon.

Matthews Sanchez, 13, a seventh-grader, said what he’ll remember about the club is how he felt when he was helping.

“I wanted to build my character and I wanted to help out the society of the school,” Sanchez said.

Kaylecia Cataloni, 11, a sixth-grader, said she joined to build her character and become a better person.

Thirteen-year-old Ethaniel Almendarez, a seventh-grader, said he hopes that the donation helps people and animals.

Sixth-grader Stephanie Perez, 11, said she liked donating things to others who needed them while

Hellen Sanchez, 11, a sixth-grader, said she joined the club to have fun.

“When I kept going, it inspired me more and it gave me the message that I can change people’s lives,” Sanchez said.

Aceto said the drive is her club’s way of giving back.

“I think it’s fantastic how our student body stepped up and the teachers as well to help make a difference in children’s lives in promoting literacy,” Aceto said.

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

BY BRIDGET TURCOTTE

LYNN — More than 120 Lynn girls will learn about science and math careers Saturday.

Girls Inc. of Lynn, a non-profit organization that aims to inspire young ladies to be strong, smart and bold, will host its annual Smart Girls Summit event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The summit is designed to increase girls’ interest and participation in science, technology, engineering and math. It’s also to make them aware of the many career options available to them.

The participants are recommended by their teachers and guidance counselors for having a special interest in science and math, and come from each of Lynn’s middle schools and KIPP Academy, a charter school.

“There’s a couple of things going on with girls at this age,” said Lena Crowley, director of middle school programs. “They tend to start to turn away from STEM. We’re exposing them to these women, who have really interesting careers, and they can see that they are very fulfilling careers.”

The event will begin with a series of 40-minute workshops. Thirteen different sessions will be available, and each girl will participate in three. Each will show the girls that math, science and technology can be fun, by having them participate in hands-on experiments.

Each workshop will be taught by a local woman working in a STEM-related career. The women will talk to the girls about how they became interested in, and prepared for their careers, and what challenges they overcame.

This year, representatives from Cell Signaling Technology, Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center, the Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory, the New England Veterinary Oncology Group, Salem State University, Keurig, General Electric, Deloitte and Warner Babcock Institute will all be present.

Hae Won Park, an expert in robotics who is a postdoctoral associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, will be the keynote speaker, and will talk to the girls after lunch.

Four middle school students will be recognized for participating in science and math in and out of school, Crowley said.

“In school, they’re excelling in science and math, and some of them have engineering classes,” she said. “Or they are pursuing some type of STEM activity outside of school.”

The recipients include Maisha Bellah, a student at Pickering Middle School; Virginia Christian, a student at Breed Middle School; Amia Reynoso from Thurgood Marshall Middle School; and Jazzmine Sanderson of KIPP Academy.

The summit kicks off the Eureka! summer program, which is six weeks long and available to rising seventh, eighth, and ninth grade girls. Participants take two STEM classes each morning, a personal development session called Mi Vida, Mi Viaje and two hours of sports and swimming in the afternoon.

Once a week the ladies go on an expedition, or field trip, to visit museums, labs and science centers in the area, Crowley said.

“We try to expose them to a lot of STEM places in the real world,” Crowley said. “They can see that these professions can make a big difference and are innovative and challenging.”

Ninety students are accepted to participate in Eureka! The children who complete the program are eligible for a paid internship the summer before 10th grade.

Bridget Turcotte can be reached at bturcotte@itemlive.com. Follow her on Twitter @BridgetTurcotte.

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Miranda LeBrasseur holds a sign she has had printed in an attempt to find a kidney donor.

BY MICHELE DURGIN

LYNN — Hope is a word Miranda LeBrasseur uses a lot.

A diabetic since the age of 17, the 40-year-old mother of two and kidney disease patient survives with daily insulin injections and knows that she could be added to the list of 70,000 Americans waiting for kidney transplants.

“All in all, life is okay and I have to keep looking ahead to better days,” she said.

But the Lynn native also knows donating a kidney still allows a donor to live a healthy life with one kidney and because blood types do not restrict potential donations.

“I am on daily medications that are working, for now,” she said. “I hope I can continue to be involved in my kids’ lives and hopefully, I will receive a new kidney sooner than later.”

A 1995 Lynn Vocational Technical Institute graduate, LeBrasseur looks past her daily reliance on insulin and the deterioration of her kidneys. Instead, she focuses on the hope the National Foundation for Transplants offer people in need of healthy kidneys.

“I appreciate all of the people who help me in my day to day life and I am so lucky to have the friends and family who take over for me when I have bad days,” LeBrasseur said.

She estimates her transplant wait will be six years.

A healthy person between 18 and 75 can qualify as a donor. A  health screening, along with a full day of testing and evaluations, is performed on potential donors, according to the Massachusetts General Hospital’s Transplant Center.

LeBrasseur said there is up to a 60-day wait for test results. If a donor turns out to be a match and agrees to the procedure, they can expect a two- to three-day hospital stay, followed by up to six weeks in recovery.

“If my story makes just one person become a donor I will be so very happy and grateful, even if the match turns out to be for someone else in need of a transplant,” she said.

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Laura Ofurie.

BY GAYLA CAWLEY

LYNN — Laura Ofurie, the 8-year-old Lynn girl who was missing for seven hours before being found in the Nahant Rotary playground, was a runaway.

Acting on a tip from social media, Ofurie was discovered unharmed more than a mile from her 11 Shepard St. home by police She was found shortly after 10 p.m. in the tot lot next to the beach and well-traveled rotary.

“We believe she was walking,” said Lynn Police Lt. Rick Donnelly. “There is nothing criminal and we’ve closed this case. And now it’s out of our hands.”

Police have filed a report with the state about a possible problem in the household where the child lives. The case is being handled by the Department of Children and Families, Donnelly said.

After she was found, the child was taken to North Shore Medical Center in Salem for evaluation with her father, Edward Ofurie.

When questioned by police, she was unable to explain her whereabouts, Donnelly said.

Ofurie was picked up by her father from Harrington Elementary School at 1:45 p.m. Monday and he noticed her missing about half an hour later. Police were called to the apartment building just off Lynn Common at 3 p.m.

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

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The Lynn Ferry.

BY THOMAS GRILLO

U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton piled on Tuesday and joined the Lynn delegation in criticizing the Baker administration’s failure to fund the Lynn ferry that serves the North Shore.

“Reliable ferry service has been proven to help spur economic development,” said the Salem Democrat in a statement. “That’s why my team worked hard to secure funding for a new 149-passenger vessel … It is therefore surprising that the Baker administration is no longer supporting ferry operations … Continuity of service is key to building a sustainable, long-term ferry service, and critical to the city’s economic development plan. I hope the administration will reconsider.”

Moulton’s comments come on the heels of Monday’s hearing before the Metropolitan Beaches Commission on Beacon Hill. Lynn lawmakers scolded Gov. Charlie Baker and his team for failing to come up with about $700,000 to fund the third year of a ferry service that gave North Shore passengers a quick ride to Boston.

Of the 15,000 passengers who took the ferry in each of the two seasons, 20 percent were from Lynn and 80 percent came from surrounding North Shore communities.

“We should be working together to make sure that Quincy, Salem, Lynn, Hull and Hingham have ferry service, particularly when the Seaport District is now where the people want to invest,” Sen. Thomas M. McGee (D-Lynn) said at the hearing. “It recently took me an hour-and-a-half to drive to the Seaport District when it could have been a 30-minute ferry ride from my district. If we are talking about a congested and jammed up region, we can look to water transportation to be the answer. But I am very frustrated that this administration is not necessarily embracing what I believe we should be embracing.”

On Monday, Carolyn Kirk, deputy secretary of the state’s Executive Office of Housing & Economic Development, said the city’s application for operating expenses for the ferry came too late, and the funds were exhausted for this fiscal year.

No one from the Baker administration was talking Tuesday.

In a statement, Paul McMorrow, a spokesman for the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, said, “The administration looks forward to working cooperatively with its local, state and federal partners to focus on the long-term sustainability of commuter ferry service in Lynn.”

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

PHOTO BY PAULA MULLER
Talia Herbert of Saugus, Bella Miller of Stoneham and Shaylin Groark of Saugus, from left, cool off at Long Beach in Nahant.

Editor’s note: The Daily Item throughout the summer will run a list of activities, events and just plain fun activities available in Lynn and surrounding communities. Today’s feature focuses on local beaches. Enjoy!

Crane Beach, Ipswich

Crane Beach, part of Crane Wildlife refuge in Ipswich, is a white beach that stretches for miles. Lifeguards and rangers, bike rack, bathhouses (with toilets and changing area), outside showers, picnic tables, Crane Beach Store (refreshments and merchandise: view the snack bar menu), drinking water fountains (located outside the bathhouses), information kiosk, transportation for mobility-impaired and challenged visitors. Parking and other fees: $30 weekends and holidays; $25 for weekdays (half price after 3 p.m.) for non-members. Lifeguard on duty: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Bathhouses are open: 8 a.m. to sunset.

Directions: from Route 128 north exit 20A, take Route 1A North for eight miles to Ipswich. Turn right onto Route 133 East and follow for 1.5 miles. Turn left onto Northgate Road and follow for 0.5 miles. Turn right onto Argilla Road and follow for 2.5 miles to entrance and parking (1,300 cars) at end of road.

Cressy’s Beach, Gloucester

Located at the lower end of Historic Stage Fort Park, this rocky beach overlooks the beautiful Gloucester Harbor. This is a great place to spend the day as you can sit and observe the activities on the harbor, have a picnic or cookout, play games in the park, or just relax with a good book. Restrooms are located nearby in the park and there is a privately owned restaurant that is open to the public. Parking is available in the parking lot at a rate of $10 per vehicle weekdays and $15 weekends and holidays. Alcohol is prohibited in all areas of the park and beach.

Directions: Take exit 14 off Route 128 North. At the bottom of the ramp, bear right onto Route 133. Follow to the end with the harbor in front of you. Take a right onto Western Avenue and then a left into Stage Fort Park.

Dane Street Beach, Beverly

Public park and beach on Lothrop Street (Route 127), features seven acres of grass, picnic tables and benches with playground equipment and a sandy beachfront. Parking lot and on-street parking is free. No alcohol or fires allowed. No lifeguard on duty.

Dead Horse Beach, Salem

Dead Horse Beach, Salem, Memorial Drive, Salem, just before Salem Willows. Ample free street and lot parking and plenty of sandy public beach facing northwest. Closes at 9 p.m. in the summer. No lifeguard on duty.

Devereaux Beach, Marblehead

100 Ocean Ave., Marblehead. Parking fees (during summer school vacation) Monday-Thursday $10, Friday-Sunday $15, collected 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lifeguards on duty: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Restrooms are open and lifeguards/beach staff are on duty when parking fees are being collected unless otherwise posted.

Fisherman’s Beach, Swampscott

On Humphrey Street and Greenwood Avenue, Fisherman’s Beach is home to the historic 1890s Fish House, still in operation. The public beach features a pier and beach popular with boaters and base of a town sailing program. There are no lifeguards on duty. There is free on-street parking.

Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester

Parking and other fees: $30 weekends and holidays, $25 weekdays. Space is limited so you will need to arrive early on a nice day in order to get a parking space. The gates open at 8 a.m. and are locked at 9 p.m. Lifeguard on duty: lifeguards are on duty Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Hours of bathhouse: restrooms and showers are available as well from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. During periods of inclement weather, all facilities may close early.

Directions: Take Route 128 north into Gloucester. Follow the signs for East Gloucester/Rockport. Go through the two rotaries. At the first traffic light you have two options. First option is to take a left onto Eastern Avenue. Follow Eastern Avenue for approximately 1 to 1½ miles and Shaw’s Plaza will be on your right. Turn right onto Barn Lane at the end of the plaza. At the end of Barn Lane turn left onto Thatcher Road and the beach lot will be on your right. If you go straight through the first light, you will then take a left onto Bass Avenue at the next light. Follow Bass Avenue to Thatcher Road and turn left onto Thatcher Road. The parking lot will be up on your right.

Half Moon Beach, Gloucester

A small beach located in historic Stage Fort Park, it gets its name from the crescent shape of the beach. Lifeguards are on duty Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Restrooms are located nearby at the Visitors Center and there are plenty of areas to enjoy a picnic or cookout. Parking is available in the parking lot for $10 per vehicle weekdays and $15 weekends and holidays. Alcohol, flotation devices and inflatable objects are prohibited. The beach is handicapped accessible with a concrete ramp leading down to the beach area.

Directions: Take exit 14 off Route 128 north. At the bottom of the ramp, bear right onto Route 133. Follow to the end with the harbor in front of you. Take a right onto Western Avenue and then a left into Stage Fort Park.

Lynn Shore and Nahant Beach Reservation

Open year round, dawn to dusk. Boat ramps provide public access to Lynn Harbor. Public swimming at Long Beach and King’s Beach. Parking $3 at Long Beach, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., May–September. Parking for Nahant Beach is $5 per day. Parking passes are available at the Nahant Beach entrance from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week. An expansive seascape can be viewed from over four miles of waterfront that is managed under public ownership. A promenade extends along the two-mile length of the two reservations at the edge of Nahant Bay and is available year round for activities such as walking, jogging and bicycling. Vast areas of hard-packed sand are exposed at low tide which can be accessed at King’s Beach and Long Beach on Nahant Bay as well as near the boat launching area on Lynn Harbor. Other interesting natural features include a mile-long system of fragile sand dunes parallel to Long Beach, and tide pools at Red Rock Park that are often filled with colorful marine plants and animals.

Parker River National Wildlife Preserve, Newburyport

The scenic area on Plum Island (accessible through Newburyport) includes several beaches, walking trails ideal for bird and wildlife watching, and spots for kayaking. Many of the beaches are closed for part of the season to protect nesting piping plover birds. Cost of parking is $5 for car and $2 for bikes/pedestrians. An annual pass is $20.

Revere Beach Reservation

Revere Beach Boulevard, Revere, 781-289-3020. Open year round, dawn to dusk. Free street parking. Lifeguards are on duty from late June to early September. Revere Beach, the oldest public beach in America, celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1996. Today, this beach boasts miles of shoreline which welcomes throngs of visitors every summer. Along the boulevard there is a bandstand for summer concerts, a bathhouse, restaurants for food and drinks, and many shade shelters. Revere Beach is very accessible by public transportation, which makes it a popular spot for people from all around metro Boston.

Salem Willows Park/beach

Public park and beach since 1858, featuring an arcade with vintage pinball machines (open daily at 11 a.m.), an expansive park with 200-year-old white willow trees, an outdoor performing arts arena, a public fishing pier and sandy beach (no lifeguard on duty). In 1906 at Salem Willows, Everett Hobbs & William Eaton offered Americans the first ice-cream cone and “Blind Pat” Kenneally introduced Spanish “double-jointed” peanuts to America from his cart at the Willows. This is a place for family activities and offers a whole street of food and drink concessions.

Salisbury Beach State Reservation

Beach road, (Route 1A), Salisbury. Salisbury Beach is one of the state’s most popular public beaches, stretching 3.8 miles. This 521-acre park offers swimming, boating, fishing and camping, and is very popular with trailer campers. Facilities include a 484-site campground with renovated bathhouses, an extensive day-use parking lot, three comfort stations for the beach-going public with boardwalks over the dunes, and a new playground and pavilion area. The facility also has two boat ramps on the Merrimack River at the campground’s southern edge. Daily parking is $14 for state vehicles. There is a $2 per night surcharge for camping fees at Salisbury Beach. For day-use customers, the $2 surcharge will be added to the day-use fee for individual cars and buses.

Singing Beach, Manchester-by-The-Sea

Non-residents may park in the Singing Beach Parking lot on Mondays–Fridays only (not holiday weekends), for a fee of $25 per day if space is available. On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, parking is limited strictly to Manchester residents with a valid beach parking sticker. Daily beach walk-on fee is $5 (free for senior citizens and children under 12). The Singing Beach Bathhouse is currently open only on Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. until Labor Day. The facility will be staffed seven days per week from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and lifeguards will be On duty daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Directions: By Car: from the south (from Route 95/Peabody/Boston): take Route 95/128 North. Stay on Route 128, and take Exit 16 (Pine Street/Manchester exit). Take a left at the end of the ramp. Follow to the end. Take a left onto Route 127. You will enter downtown less than ¼ mile from there- Follow until you  come to an intersection of a gas station, Crosby’s Market and the Post Office. At this point Route 127 takes a sharp left turn — do not follow Route 127 any further. Continue straight over the railroad tracks onto Beach Street. Follow Beach Street ½ a mile to the end.

Wingaersheek Beach, Gloucester

Wingaersheek’s rock formations create small pools perfect for little ones. Parking and other fees: $25 weekends and holidays, $20 weekdays. If the “lot full” sign is out it means the lot is closed to non-residents and only those with a Gloucester Beach sticker can gain access to the lot. Alcohol is prohibited. Food, drinks and beach toys are available at the concession. Lifeguards on duty: Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Bathhouses are open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Directions: Take Route 128 north to exit 13. At the bottom of the ramp, take a left onto Concord Street and follow for about one to 1 ½ miles. You will see a traffic island with a sign saying Wingaersheek Beach.

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Lynn Cultural District Director Kate Luchini.

BY BRIDGET TURCOTTE

LYNN — A neighborhood block party is coming to downtown Lynn.

“This is the first time we’ve had a festival in this part of downtown in a couple of years,” said Kate Luchini, director of the Lynn Cultural District.

The organization, whose mission is to enliven the downtown with arts and culture, partnered with Bent Water Brewing Co. and Tigerman WOAH, a local band, to organize the festival.

On Saturday, June 11, everyone can enjoy music, activities for children, competitions, vendors, food and drinks.

A stage will be set up on Mount Vernon Street and musicians will entertain the crowd from 1 to 7 p.m. Performers will include the School of Rock, Crystal Pan Jammers, Cultura Latina Dance, Camino Al Exceso, Wreck Shop Movement, BREAK and Tigerman WOAH.

“We will be closing Mount Vernon Street,” said Luchini. “All the activities will be held in that area. It’s a wide, one way. It’s the perfect street for this. We put the main stage right in the middle of it.”

Artists will line the street with tables, showcasing and selling items. Some artists will be busy at work during the event, Luchini said.

In the farmer’s market parking lot, party-goers can feast on food from local restaurants, including meatball subs made by Eastern Harvest Foods, Vietnamese sandwiches from Sach Ko food truck, and home cooked plates by North Shore Caribbean American Association.

Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee Company will sell iced tea and coffee, and Bent Water will sell beer.

John’s Roast Beef & Seafood will host a “Slider Decider” eating competition. There will also be a Fluff Off competition. Participants will create their own recipes using Marshmallow Fluff, and the winner will take home a basket of the sweet spread.

Saugus Iron Works will have an iron pour for the children. RAW Art Works, Lynn Museum, Lynn Arts, North Shore Navigators, and the Lynn YMCA will also provide activities.

“It’s really to highlight all the cultural assets and activities that happen downtown,” Luchini said. “It’s a real community festival. We want to bring people downtown and generate excitement about great stuff that we have happening.”

Bridget Turcotte can be reached at bturcotte@itemlive.com. Follow her on Twitter @BridgetTurcotte.

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

Zackary Collins, 28, was arrested and charged with carrying a dangerous weapon at 1:10 p.m. Wednesday.

Atiba Howard, of 501 Washington St., was arrested on a warrant charged of armed robbery at 8:09 a.m. Wednesday.

Jahkeel Mitchell, of 20 Rockdale Ave., was arrested on warrant charges of operation of a motor vehicle with a suspended registration, uninsured motor vehicle/trailer, unregistered motor vehicle and operation of a motor vehicle with a suspended license at 12:04 p.m. Wednesday.

Santos Morales, 20, of 6 Fisher Lane, was arrested and charged with possession of liquor by a person under 21 and drinking in public at 3:57 p.m. Tuesday.

Kathleen Moreland, 44, of 273 Curwin Circle, was arrested and charged with possession of a Class B drug and possession of a Class E drug at 12:26 p.m. Wednesday.

John Nicholson, 53, of 44 Essex St., was arrested and charged with violation of the open container law at 11:38 a.m. Wednesday.

Mitchell Pace, 63, was arrested and charged on protective custody at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday.

Juan Rojas, 55, of 555 Summer St., was arrested and charged with distribution of a Class B drug at 12:23 p.m. Wednesday.

Thomas Simpson, 33, of 52 East St., East Boston, was arrested and charged with larceny more than $250 at 7:35 p.m. Tuesday.

Leonardo Vasquez, 23, of 37 Park St., was arrested and charged with drinking in public at 3:38 p.m. Tuesday.

Emil Velcu, 22, of 808 Sanford Ave., Irvington, was arrested and charged with forging or uttering a forged credit card, larceny more than $250, identity fraud, disorderly conduct and trespassing at 5:52 p.m. Tuesday.

Accidents

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 2:34 p.m. Tuesday at Pollo Royal on Commercial Street; at 3:35 p.m. Tuesday at 553 Eastern Ave.; at 5:26 p.m. Tuesday at Henry Avenue and Washington Street; at 5:43 p.m. Tuesday at Essex and Joyce streets; at 6:02 p.m. Tuesday at 43 State St.; at 6:44 p.m. Tuesday at 60 Commercial St.; at 6:16 a.m. Wednesday at Boston and Myrtle streets; at 6:39 a.m. Wednesday at 198 Jenness St.; at 7:05 a.m. Wednesday at 210 Broadway; at 10:11 a.m. Wednesday at 76 Williams Ave.; at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday at Broad and Market streets; at 11:33 a.m. Wednesday at Cumberland Farms at 668 Chestnut St.; at 2:34 p.m. Wednesday at Walnut Street Cafe at 157 Walnut St.

A report of a motor vehicle accident with personal injury at 7:18 p.m. Tuesday at Boston and Washington streets.

A report of a motor vehicle hit and run accident at 8:14 a.m. Wednesday at Boston and Washington streets; at 12:12 p.m. Wednesday at 9 South St.

Assaults

A report of an assault and battery at 5:57 p.m. Tuesday on Goodridge Street.

A report of an assault at 11:23 a.m. Wednesday at 380 Chatham St.

Breaking and Entering

A report of a breaking and entering at 4:35 a.m. Tuesday at 8 Fortesque Terrace.

Complaints

A report of a disturbance at 1:40 p.m. Tuesday at 1117R Western Ave.; at 1:55 p.m. Tuesday at 45 Bessom St.; at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday at 178 Chestnut St.; at 3:57 p.m. Tuesday at 100 Willow St.; at 4:50 p.m. Tuesday at 105 E Park Ave.; at 5:12 p.m. Tuesday at 780 Lynnway; at 5:55 p.m. Tuesday at 52 Friend St.; at 8:04 p.m. Tuesday at 15 Jackson St.; at 9:43 p.m. Tuesday at 8 Nichols Ave.; at 10:29 p.m. Tuesday at 14 La Grange Terrace; at 2:57 a.m. Wednesday at 94 Chatham St.; at 9:51 a.m. Wednesday at 29 Clairmont Terrace; at 1:14 p.m. Wednesday at 364 Essex St.

Overdose

A report of an overdose at 4:09 p.m. Tuesday on State Street; at 11:37 a.m. Wednesday on Boston Street.

Theft

A report of a larceny at 2:14 p.m. Tuesday at 534 Essex St.; at 7:07 p.m. Tuesday at Walmart at 780 Lynnway; at 7:52 p.m. Tuesday at 86 Timson St.; at 8:08 p.m. Tuesday at 24 Laighton Terrace; at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday at Stop & Shop at 35 Washington St.; at 12:16 p.m. Wednesday at 969 Western Ave.; at 12:24 p.m. Wednesday at 26 Shillington Ave.; at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday at 49 N Federal St.; at 1:38 p.m. Wednesday at Richdale at 149 Walnut St.

A report of a robbery at 10:55 a.m. Wednesday at Bassett and Ocean streets.

A report of motor vehicle theft at 11:42 a.m. Wednesday at 125 Jackson St.; at 2:01 p.m. Wednesday at 90 Park St.

Vandalism

A report of vandalism at 5:38 p.m. Tuesday at 501 Washington St.; at 6:21 p.m. Tuesday at 13 Herbert Place; at 6:59 p.m. Tuesday at 501 Washington St.

MARBLEHEAD

Accidents

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 11:57 a.m. Tuesday at Ralph and Saturn roads; at 12:53 p.m. Tuesday on Atlantic Avenue.

Complaints

A report of general information at 7:50 a.m. Tuesday on Atlantic Avenue. A teacher at the Glover School reported that she is taking her class of five-year-olds tide pooling at Preston Beach this morning. She said in the past, a neighbor has come out of his house to yell at her and the kids. She also said the neighbor called the police on her.

A report of a disturbance at 5:12 p.m. Tuesday on Evans Road. A caller reported there are two teenagers shooting at each other with BB guns weaving in and out of the parked cars. She is concerned they are going to hit a child or one of the cars. She asked the men to move and stay in their yards and they swore at her. A second caller reported the issue and stated that she is concerned these kids are going to shoot someone now that summer is coming. She stated that they play some type of “war” game with toy guns and they are shooting at birds as well. She doesn’t want anything to happen to the animals or to kids playing outside.

PEABODY

Arrests

Sheila Haines, 50, of 13 Reade St., Apt. 2R, Milford, was arrested on a warrant at 9:57 a.m. Wednesday.

Marc A. Lendall, 24, of 25 Reynolds Road, was arrested and charged with operation of a motor vehicle with a suspended license, motor vehicle lights violation and miscellaneous motor vehicle equipment violation at 10:14 p.m. Tuesday.

Accidents

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 4:28 p.m. Tuesday at Speedway at 545 Lowell St.; at 8:38 a.m. Wednesday at 63 Central St. and 2 Tremont St.; at 12:07 p.m. Wednesday at 65 Walnut St.

Complaints

A report of a disturbance at 11:10 p.m. Tuesday at 14 North Apartments at 1000 Crane Brook Way.

A report of a pedestrian on a skateboard into a car at 7:43 a.m. Wednesday at Eastman Gelatine Field on Washington Street. The mother of the juvenile on skateboard refused medical attention.

A report of a turtle at 8:31 a.m. Wednesday at 99 Margin St. A caller confirmed the turtle he found was not in the street. An officer advised the caller to leave it alone and let it move on.

Theft

A report of a larceny at 6:18 p.m. Tuesday at Mobile Estates at 286 Newbury St. A caller reported a number of items were stolen from her front lawn area since Sunday; at 1:43 p.m. Wednesday at Sears at 210S Andover St. A caller reported a larceny of an iPad.

REVERE

Arrests

Estuardo Cortez-Perez, 23, of 58 Bradstreet Ave., was arrested and charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and marked lanes violation at 9:46 p.m. Tuesday.

James A. Griffin, 49, homeless, was arrested and charged with possession of a Class A drug and on warrants at 1:44 p.m. Tuesday.

Morgan A. Lanfear, 28, of 49 Highland St., Apt. 2, Everett, was arrested and charged with shoplifting by asportation more than $100 and on a warrant at 8:07 p.m. Tuesday.

Mouad Nessassi, 18, of 364 Ocean Ave., Apt. 902, was arrested and charged with trespassing, unarmed assault to rob, impersonating a police officer and kidnapping for extortion at 10:32 p.m. Tuesday.

Accidents

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 7:48 a.m. Tuesday on Copeland Circle; at 11:04 a.m. Tuesday at Broadway and Park Avenue; at 11:09 a.m. Tuesday on Brown Circle; at 3:10 p.m. Tuesday on Lynn Marsh Road; at 9:21 p.m. Tuesday at Check Cashing on Beach Street; at 9:35 p.m. Tuesday at Shirley and Ocean avenues.

A report of a motor vehicle accident with personal injury at 3 p.m. Tuesday on Brown Circle.

Complaints

A report of a disturbance at 2:54 p.m. Tuesday on Carleton Street; at 5:53 p.m. Tuesday at Revere Beach Train Station on Shirley Avenue; at 7:09 p.m. Tuesday on Wave Avenue; at 8:12 p.m. Tuesday on Janvrin Avenue; at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday on Mountain Avenue.

Overdose

A report of a possible overdose at 7:13 a.m. Tuesday at Shirley and Walnut avenues.

Theft

A report of a robbery at 9:18 p.m. Tuesday at 7-11 on North Shore Road.

SAUGUS

Complaints

A report of a large turtle in the roadway at 12:23 p.m. Tuesday at Walnut and Central streets. An Animal Control officer reported traffic is flowing and he was unable to locate the turtle.

Fire

A report of a car fire at 1:08 p.m. Tuesday at 217 Essex St. Engine 1 reported it was an overheated vehicle and not a car fire. The owner made arrangements for a private tow.

SWAMPSCOTT

Arrest

Gustave Olson, 36, of 27 Trask St., Gloucester, was arrested and charged with OUI drugs fifth offense and possession of a Class A drug at 8:52 p.m. Tuesday.

Accidents

A report of a motor vehicle accident at 5:37 p.m. Tuesday at Paradise and Walker roads.

Complaints

A report of trespassing at 6:53 a.m. Monday at Middle School at 71 Greenwood Ave.

Vandalism

A report of vandalism at 9:10 a.m. Sunday at 86 Puritan Road. A woman reported her lawn was vandalized.

BY GAYLA CAWLEY

LYNN — Emil Velcu and a male juvenile were arrested for allegedly stealing credit card information at Walmart by attaching a skimming device over the card reader at a cash register.

Lynn Police responded to the store Tuesday. Security guards determined that the skimmer had been in place for about 24 hours. Surveillance video showed two suspects placing the skimmer on the check-out machine the prior morning, said Lynn Police Lt. Rick Donnelly.

The device is designed to fit over the card reader at a register. When a customer makes a purchase, sliding his card to make the payment, the register allows the person to complete the sale. The device captures the information held on the magnetic strip on the card, which is then stored, Donnelly said.

Eventually, the skimmer is retrieved and the information downloaded, which can be transferred to a blank credit card stock or gift card. Those can then be used to make fraudulent purchases, without the legitimate owner of the card aware it has been compromised, Donnelly said.

On Tuesday night, police received another call from Walmart Loss Prevention officers informing them that the suspects were back in the store. Before police arrived, dispatch received a call from the store stating that the suspects fled from Walmart on foot into the Logan Furniture store parking lot, getting into a silver colored van with California plates, Donnelly said.

Lynn Community Police officers spotted the van speeding down the Lynnway towards the Nahant rotary. Velcu, 22, and the 16-year-old juvenile were arrested after being identified by witnesses and surveillance photographs. The van was found abandoned in the Porthole Restaurant parking lot, Donnelly said.

Both are charged with possessing equipment for forging and counterfeiting credit cards, identity fraud, larceny, trespassing and disorderly conduct.

Velcu told police he is from Romania and entered the country from Mexico. His last known address is in New Jersey. A report was filed with the Department of Children and Families for the juvenile’s arrest. He arrived in the country on Sunday from France, where his parents still live, Donnelly said.

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

BY GAYLA CAWLEY

EAST BOSTON — Police said an assault on a 67-year old Lynn man last week at the Belle Isle Marsh Reservation is related to a fatal incident three days earlier.

State Police are investigating a June 1 assault on the man, whose name is not being released, and who suffered non life-threatening injuries. He described his attacker as a white man in his 20s or 30s, about 5-foot-9-inches, and wearing a hat, T-shirt and shorts that were all beige or brown.

On May 27, police said an incident occurred at the marsh, which resulted in fatal injuries to Daniel Pepe, 83, of East Boston. He suffered serious injuries while walking and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where he died on June 1.

Pepe’s injuries were so serious that he was not in a condition where he could describe what happened to him, police said.

The cause of the injuries suffered by Pepe remain under investigation.

“However, in light of a second incident in which a man suffered assaultive injuries in the marsh, as well as additional evidence developed by State Police, we are investigating where the incident involving Mr. Pepe is related to the assault on June 1,” police said in a statement.

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