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Lynnfield remembers Parkland shooting victims
MarketStreet movie theatre discussion resumes
By Christopher Roberson
square-foot theatre from being built. lthough it failed to meet To date, Tye said, 410,000 the required two-thirds square feet have been built vote during the 2009 Town out, including the current Meeting, the idea for a mov- construction of Building ie theatre at MarketStreet 1350, which is slated to open Lynnfield recently resur- this fall. Tye said 475,000 faced during the Feb. 22 square feet will be suffimeeting of the MarketStreet cient to complete the projAdvisory Committee. ect. “The 475 is approved, Prior to the presentations, we’re not asking for anyChairperson Jennifer Bayer thing above that,” he said. urged everyone to keep an “This is what it takes to put open mind. “Focus on the a theatre at MarketStreet.” future and not on the past,” In addition, Tye said the she said. theatre would be located Theodore Tye, managing adjacent to Gaslight and partner of National Devel- would consist of 800 seats, opment, said the concept eight screens and “struchas been tossed around tured parking.” He said the since 2007. That year, Town theatre’s parking lot would Meeting approved a total be adjacent to California Pizof 475,000 square feet of re- za Kitchen. tail and office space. HowCommittee Member Salever, the town’s zoning bylaws prohibited a 40,000
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Select Chair Chris Barret and Lynnfield residents gathered outside City Hall Wednesday, February 21 to hold a candlelight vigil in memory of the victims of the prior week’s school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Descriptions of the murdered students were read and a moment of silence was held in their memory. See more photos on page 7. (Advocate photo by Laura Jolly)
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Tremblay makes $24.8M pitch to FinCom By Christopher Roberson
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uperintendent of Schools Jane Tremblay recently went before the Finance Committee to present her budget recommendation of $24.8 million for fiscal year 2019. Within that figure, 87 percent of the budget is allocated for salaries, seven percent is for Special Education and six percent is for other expenditures. Although the proposal represents a 4.5 percent increase over last year, Tremblay said the original request reflected an increase of 6.4 percent; however, after meeting with then-Town Administrator James Boudreau, it became clear that the budget increase could not exceed 4.5 percent. To accomplish this, Tremblay said, the academic tutor hours would need to be scaled back in the elementary schools. “This is one of the most painful [cuts];
this does touch the classroom,” she said during the committee’s Feb. 26 meeting. She said tutor hours would also be reduced at the middle school as well as eliminating the Media Center aide position. The proposed cuts at the high school include the guidance clerk, the nurse’s aide and the Media Center aide. However, Tremblay assured the committee that the Media Centers at the middle and high schools would remain open at all times regardless of staffing challenges. Tremblay also said the cost of out-of-district tuition and out-of-district transportation has gone up. Yet, grants and Circuit Breaker funding have dwindled. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lynnfield is the 56th wealthiest community in Massachusetts, with an
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