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Friday, September 14, 2018
Lynnfield observes 17th anniversary of 9/11 By Christopher Roberson
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or the third year, Lynnfield residents gathered on the Town Common to remember the 2,977 individuals who perished in the heinous attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. During this year’s First Responders Ceremony, Richard Dalton, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, called attention to the names of two gentlemen from Lynnfield who were lost on that fateful Tuesday. Garnet “Ace” Bailey, formerly of the Boston Bruins, was a passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 175 that crashed into the South Tower. Sean Lynch was a senior vice president at Cantor Fitzgerald on the 104th floor of the North Tower, which was hit by American Airlines Flight 11. “On that day, we witnessed the very worst of mankind, but we also witnessed the very best of mankind,” said Dalton. He also spoke about the un-
IN SOLEMN REMEMBRANCE: Shown, from left to right, are; Police Chief David Breen, Board of Selectmen Chairman Richard Dalton, Fr. Paul Ritt, pastor of St. Maria Goretti Parish, Attorney Jason Kimball, Town Administrator Robert Dolan and Fire Chief Mark Tetreault. (Advocate photo by Christopher Roberson)
conditional bravery of Lynnfield’s firefighters and police officers. “These men and women make us a better communi-
ty; thank you for your service,” he said. Fire Chief Mark Tetreault spoke about the events of
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Bellew and Lt. Curtis Meyran were trapped in a fire on the fourth floor of an apartment building in the Bronx. Forced to jump from 50 feet up, two of the men were killed while the other four were seriously injured. It was the deadliest day in the Fire Department’s history since 9/11 and became known as Black Sunday. Tetreault said DiBernardo’s father, a retired deputy fire chief, went on to establish the Joseph DiBernardo Foundation. In 2011, the Lynnfield Fire Department received a grant from the foundation to purchase new lifesaving safety gear. Seventeen years ago, Police Chief David Breen was a patrolman with the Lynnfield Police Department and was driving home after working the midnight shift when he heard that two planes had flown into
9/11 | SEE PAGE 6
New Summer Street principal presents entry plan By Christopher Roberson
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r. Karen Dwyer, the principal of Summer Street Elementary School, recently presented her intentions for the new school year. “I’m looking to understand the strengths of Summer Street School,” she said during the Sept. 4 School Committee meeting. Dwyer also spoke about implementing a “unified way of talking about behavior” that would be similar to the Huckleberry Heroes program at Huck- Dr. Karen Dwyer, new principal leberry Hill Elementary School. at Summer Street Elementary “If we can push that forward, School. that would unify [students] even more,”she said.“If students son Jamie Hayman asked Dwfeel like they matter, that’s the yer about communicating with families who are part of the Metbenchmark for success.” In addition, Dwyer highlight- ropolitan Council for Educationed the significance of being in- al Opportunity (METCO) provolved with students’ families gram. Dwyer said she would be and the community at large. willing to meet with those par“Creating those connections ents using Skype or FaceTime. will be important,” she said. Dw- She also said she could travel to yer also said she will be hosting one of Boston’s libraries to read coffee meetings with parents stories to METCO students. Before arriving in Lynnfield, and guardians either weekly on Friday mornings or monthly on Dwyer was the assistant prinThursday evenings. | SEE PAGE 5 School Committee Chairper-
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