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Vol. 4, No. 17 - FREE - www.advocatenews.net Lynnfield@advocatenews.net 978-777-6397 Friday, April 27, 2018
Marjorie White celebrates Lynnfield teachers 50 years with Everett Bank cross the finish line
in Boston Marathon By Christopher Roberson
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Marjorie A. White, President of Everett Bank, recently celebrated 50 years of dedicated service to the company. She is shown (third from right) at the bank’s Lynnfield branch on 771 Salem St. with, from left to right, Cindy DeMatteo, Kim Avery, Samantha Romboli, Geovanni Guevara, and Tony Pascuccio. (Advocate photo by Ross Scabin)
Selectmen to approve mitigation agreement of Fairways Edge at Sagamore development
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he Board of Selectmen has reached a tentative agreement with the Fairways Edge at Sagamore team regarding mitigation of the impact of the proposed active -adult community development at Sagamore Spring Golf Course. The Board expects to sign this agreement at its meeting on Monday, April 30, just
prior to the annual town meeting that evening. This proposed agreement would result in financial benefits to the Town of Lynnfield totaling approximately $1.7 million. This amount is in addition to the estimated $1.8 million in annual property tax and other local taxes expected to be generated by the development.
Chairman of the Board of Selectman Richard Dalton said, “Town Administrator Rob Dolan and Town Counsel Thomas Mullen, under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, have reached an agreement with the project development team that the Board feels will be of great
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Everett Bank wishes to honor President Marjorie A. White for 50 years of service. “Marge” is well-known in the Everett community and has been devoted to the Bank’s customers - always there to help when she can. Over the past 50 years, her efforts, dedication, and exemplary service has played a tremendous part in the success of Everett Bank. The Board of Directors and staff would like to take this opportunity to thank Marge for her commendable service and company loyalty. Congratulations on 50 wonderful years!!
or Julie Sgroi, the foreign language department head at Lynnfield High School, completing the Boston Marathon meant much more than just crossing the finish line on Boylston Street – it meant fighting for her sister, who was diagnosed with brain cancer last summer. “I thought it would be a great opportunity to run the Boston Marathon in her honor,” said Sgroi, adding that her sister has endured brain surgery, chemotherapy and radiation at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and “I had never run the Boston Marathon before, and I knew it would be a very special moment having her see me cross the finish line.” Therefore, Sgroi ran the race as a member of the MGH Emergency Response Team. “They successfully treated my sister’s husband for pancreatic cancer a few years ago, and now they are turning my sister into a miracle,” she said. Speaking about the race itself, Sgroi, a resident of Newburyport, said the wind, rain and cold temperatures proved to be major obstacles. She said Race Director David McGillivray declared this year’s marathon as “the race for shelter,” as the weather made it tougher than the marathon he had recently run in Antarctica. “It was really hard, the pain set in way too soon,” said Sgroi. “My shoes were soaked before I got to the starting line. I had thrown out the idea of racing in a particular time, and after watching several people being taken off the course, my new game plan was just to finish.” However, her sister, her children and her students back in Lynnfield kept her going. “I thought about what my sister is going through and I thought a lot about my two children and my students,” she said. In addition, Sgroi said Newton’s famed Heartbreak Hill was not as difficult as she had imagined. “Maybe the crazy weather softened the blow a little bit,”she said.“The most challenging parts were the hills after Heartbreak.” One of the last challenges was
Julie Sgroi, the foreign language department head at Lynnfield High School, with her medal following this year’s Boston Marathon. (Courtesy Phots)
dodging the rain ponchos that runners had discarded along Hereford Street. “I saw a few people slide on ponchos and almost get hurt,” said Sgroi. After running down Hereford Street, Sgroi made the wellknown “left onto Boylston” and could finally see the finish line a half mile away. “Turning onto Boylston Street was indescribable; it was hard not to tear up,” she said. “Because of the weather, it was a little dark, so the glow of the finish line lights looked like Times Square; that was really cool.” In terms of training, Sgroi said she had a “fantastic coach from the Heartbreak Hill Running Company.” As both a teacher and a mother, she said, most of her practice runs began at 4 a.m. Sgroi also said her husband was always “very supportive” and would follow her runs with an app on his cellphone. “He would send me encouraging texts to keep up my good pace or that I was almost done,” she said. Sgroi said she took a serious interest in running after her father passed away two years ago. “Running was a great way to de-stress and I wanted to run races in his memory,” she said. “That year, I ran several races,
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