North Shore Today Monday: Affordable Housing Project Moving Forward; Swampscott Town Budget Shaping Up; Female Bank Robber Sought – Local College Hockey Teams Make NCAAs (click for match-ups)

NORTH SHORE – Headlines for NST on this Monday morning: Affordable housing project moving forward; Swamspscott town budget shaping up; Female bank robber sought by police (see story below); News schools will cost taxpayers 4.6%; Pots shops limits to be discussed. UPDATE: Congressman Moulton issues statement President’s updated travel ban.(Statement below)

North Shore Today with Bill Newell and Rick Moore

Monday Sports News Breaking News

NCAA Division Three Men’s Ice Hockey Pairings Announced Today, available live on MSO

Salem State opens at Norwich while Endicott travels to Hobart.

Moulton Statement on Trump’s Refugee Executive Order

Moulton: “I will continue to fight for those American values when they are under assault from within…”

Salem, MA – Today, Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) released the following statement about President Donald Trump’s refugee executive order.

“Ensuring the safety of Americans here at home and our troops abroad is one of my most sacred responsibilities as Member of Congress. Refugees already undergo the most comprehensive vetting for anyone seeking to enter the U.S., but if President Trump wants to make improvements to the process, just as President Obama did, then I will support those efforts. Of course, they must be constitutional and aligned with our values as in all things our government does. But this new ban does absolutely nothing to strengthen the vetting process. It just suspends all visas for individuals in six Muslim majority countries and completely shuts down the refugee program. And while Iraq was removed from the list, thousands of Iraqis who applied for refugee status will be barred from coming to the U.S.

“These are men, women, and children who are fleeing violence and persecution by terrorists. Their enemies are America’s enemies. By turning our backs on them, it makes it more difficult to work with our allies in the Middle East, allies who are vital to defeating ISIS and other terrorist groups. President Trump’s ban continues to make us less safe and is in total opposition to the values upon which our country was founded. I will continue to fight for those American values when they are under assault from within just as I put my life on the line to defend them overseas.”

Lynn Police are trying to identify the female in the photo below who robbed Santander Bank last week. The suspect is described as a white female approximately 25-35 years old, roughly 150 lbs., and about 5’5″ in height.

The Santander Bank robbery occurred at 414 Broadway in Lynn. The robbery suspect handed the teller a note demanding money and threatened that she was in possession of a firearm. The bank teller gave the suspect over $2,900.00 in …cash along with a red dye pack. The red dye pack exploded outside in a near parking lot and over $1,700.00 dollars, colored with red dye has been recovered.

.Anyone with any information is urged to contact the Lynn Police Department @ 781-595-2000. Cell phone users may also text an anonymous tip to the Lynn Police Department by texting the word tiplynn and the tip information to tip411 or 847411. You may call the anonymous tip line @ (781) 477-4444. Thank you!