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Reid’s Ride raises nearly $250K to fight youth cancers By Melanie Higgins
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eid’s Ride was off to a great start last Sunday, as large crowds attended to bike along the North Shore and raise money to defeat Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancers. Over 420 enthusiastic bikers from all over sped around the parking lot at the Lynnfield High School, warming up for the 28-mile ride through the North Shore to Gloucester. Lorraine Sacco, excited and passionate as ever, wore a big smile ahead of the race when speaking to supporters and riders. Lorraine and her husband, Gene, Reid’s parents, organize the ride. “This is a great day for
us as always,” Sacco said. “This is what I call a celebration.” Reid Sacco was a bright Lynnfield student, athlete and musician who was diagnosed with soft-tissue cancer in 2003 and died two years later. Taking up his wish to end AYA Cancer, Reid’s parents created Reid’s Ride. The bike ride just wrapped up its 13th year. Reid’s Ride chooses a theme every year. This year’s theme was “Making Waves for AYAs.” Reid’s Ride was proud to report that the waves were in fact a “tsunami”: the organization said that 420 cyclists Lorraine Sacco and her husband, Gene (adjusting helmet), are shown getting ready to embark participated in the ride, and on the 13th Annual Reid’s Ride, 28-mile charity bike-a-thon to Gloucester raising money in memory of their late son, Reid Sacco. This year’s ride was enormously well attended, with over REID’S RIDE | SEE PAGE 8 420 bikers from all over the region setting off from the Lynnfield High parking lot last Sunday.
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he town’s new potential library has been put on a waitlist, along with projects for 24 other eligible towns and cities, and will receive grant funding when it becomes available, according to Holly Mercer, Director of the Lynnfield Library. The move is in accordance with the plan associated with the new library, which asked that it not receive funds right away in order to coordinate its timeline better with the town’s larger financial plans. “Lynnfield residents support the library and are using it more than ever,” said a press release from the library. “Our grant status is consistent with our request to receive funding in a few years, in order to be in line with the capital timeline and financial plan of the Town. We are excited about the future of the library.” Town Administrator Jim Boudreau echoed Mercer’s statement to the press on Wednesday. “It [the decision] gives us a chance to plan going forward.” The total cost of the project is around $21 million. The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC), which hands out the deci-
sions, approved the recommended grant amount for Lynnfield at $8,193,792. Going forward, the town has to approve its own funding by a vote, which will occur at an as yet undetermined date. “Meeting all the requirements of the MA Board of Library Commissioners Public Library Construction grant program and being recommended for funding is a monumental step in the building project,” reads a statement from Holly Mercer to the Advocate. “As Lynnfield’s plans evolve over the coming months the Library will provide updates.” The decision by MLBC was highly anticipated. The proposal for a new library for Lynnfield has been in the works for over a year, with the library submitting its 200-pluspage proposal and holding community forums on the potential project this past spring. The proposed library would be 25,874 square feet in space. It would go on a section of Reedy Meadow Golf Course, overlooking the course. The library trustees are currently working with Newbury-based firm Design Technique on the design, which features mostly glass. The architects are well known for the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport.