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A time to remember those who made the ultimate
sacrifi ce â€“ including a Medal of Honor recipient
who gave his life to save fellow soldiers
By Mark E. Vogler
I
t will be 77 years ago next
month that Arthur Frederick
DeFranzo, a 25-year-old staff
sergeant from Saugus, sacrifi
ced his own life on a battlefi
eld in France while displaying
what his Medal of Honor Citation
hailed as â€œextraordinary
heroism and magnifi cent devotion
to duty.â€
On June 10, 1944, near Vaubadon,
France, German combat
forces opened fire with
several machine guns, wounding
DeFranzo while he was rescuing
an injured man. Unconcerned
about his own injuries,
he led an attack on the enemy
positions and encouraged his
men to advance. He destroyed
an enemy machine gun position
after being hit several
more times. He died of those
wounds.
There are few living Saugus
residents who would remember
DeFranzo, a member of the
Saugus High School Class of
1939. He would be 102 years
old today. But for patriotic SauMEMORIAL
DAY | SEE PAGE 5
Medal of
Honor
Recipient
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Arthur
F. DeFranzo was
the Saugus World War II
hero who received the
Medal of Honor posthumously
for sacrificing
his life to save fellow soldiers.
(Courtesy photo to
The Saugus Advocate)
The Civil War Burial Plot â€“ also known as the General Edward Winslow Hincks Post 95 Grand Army of
the Republic Burial Plot â€“ was in top shape this week as the town prepares for Mondayâ€™s Memorial
Day (May 31) Ceremonies at Riverside Cemetery. Once again, the townâ€™s super citizen volunteer Gordon
Shepard, a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, is credited with sprucing up this veteransâ€™ plot
and others for the holiday observance. Shepard has devoted thousands of hours overseeing the restoration
of the veteransâ€™ plots in the cemetery â€“ particularly the Civil War plot â€“ for more than a decade.
(Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler)
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Health and Safety
of the former Wheelabrator
Saugus, told members of the
Board of Healthâ€™s Wheelabrator
Subcommittee on Wednesday
night that the ash monofi
ll should last through the end
of 2024.
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Masons donate to the World
Series Park Lighting Fund
(Editorâ€™s Note: The following
info is from a press release issued
this week by World Series
Park.)
T
he William Sutton Lodge
of Masons recently donated
$1,000 to the World
Series Park Lighting Fund.
Over the years William Sutton
Lodge has been supportive
of many groups and causes
in the Saugus community.
â€œWorld Series Park appreciates
this very generous donation
to our lighting fund from
William Sutton Lodge,â€ World
Series Park Superintendent
Bob Davis said. â€œThey have a
history of giving back to the
community and have been
involved in providing help to
many in need.â€
The World Series Park
Lighting Fund is still looking
for donors since the total
cost for the lights has come
up short. Anyone who donates
$100 or more can get
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year, which makes voting
for a sewer rate increase
â€œa tough thing to do.â€ Cicolini
announced weeks ago that
he has no plans of seeking another
two-year term on the
Board of Selectmen in the November
town elections. So, he
didnâ€™t really feel any pressure
in suggesting that his colleagues
consider a 9 percent
increase in the sewer rates for
the 2022 fi scal year that begins
July 1.
â€œItâ€™s kind of like kicking the
can down the road,â€ Cicolini
said, warning them that balking
on an overdue, hefty increase
would make matters
worse next year.
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crease this year, you will be
looking at 30 percent next
year,â€ he said. But Cicoliniâ€™s
colleagues â€“ who approved a
7 percent hike for the second
straight year last year â€“ were
willing to support a higher increase,
though just halfway
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Sewer rates
Selectmen approve 8.25 percent increase
for the 2022 fi scal year, a $29 annual
increase for average residential user
(8.25 percent) to the 9 percent
he was recommending.
The average residential user
would be paying $384 a year
â€“ a $32 increase â€“ under the
9 percent proposal. Under the
7.5 percent proposal, the average
residential user would
have an annual bill of $378 â€“
a $26 increase. Selectmen decided
it was best just to split
the diff erence with a bill that
would only go up halfway.
â€œUltimately, it would be
great if rates could keep up
with expenditures,â€ Town
Manager Scott C. Crabtree
told selectmen at their
Wednesday night (May 19)
meeting conducted by Zoom
teleconferencing.
â€œItâ€™s important that the town
continues to focus on a capital
plan and fund it,â€ he said.
Consultant Matt Abrahams
of The Abrahams Group presented
the board with a detailed
report, noting that the
town would incur a defi cit of
at least $693,000 in the sewer
enterprise fund account
for a fourth consecutive year.
Thatâ€™s four years of defi cits totaling
more than $3 million.
Town Manager Crabtree
emphasized that when the
town signed an Administrative
Consent Order (ACO)
back in 2005 to improve the
sewer system, town consultants
advised that the town
needed to double its sewer
rates within the fi rst fi ve years.
But that never happened,
and the town found itself
under-budgeting $7 million
over that period. â€œThe rates
never increased the way they
should have been in 2006,â€
Crabtree said.
â€œI think having a Water and
Sewer Commission takes the
politics out of it. Most communities
have a Water and
Sewer Commission,â€ he said.
Selectmen have been reluctant
to approve increases recSEWER
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Ready to sign on with Saugus
School Committee members were poised last night to approve
a contract for a new leader for Saugus Public Schools
By Mark E. Vogler
S
chool Committee members
were expected to
approve a contract last night
that would make Erin McMahon
the fi rst woman superintendent
to lead Saugus Public
Schools. The meeting hadnâ€™t
yet begun before yesterdayâ€™s
deadline of The Saugus Advocate.
But committee ViceChair
Ryan Fisher was optimistic
that McMahon â€“ who
was the committeeâ€™s unanimous
choice from the four fi -
nalists selected from an original
fi eld of 25 candidates â€“
had support for her contract,
with a vote scheduled for last
night.
â€œWhile Iâ€™ve learned by now
to never promise â€˜routine,â€™ I do
expect a quick approval,â€ Fisher
told The Saugus Advocate
yesterday.
â€œDr. DeRuosi has been our
superintendent for fi ve years.
In the fi ve years prior, we had
four superintendents and a
revolving door, and it was diffi
cult for us to fi nd any traction.
Weâ€™ve learned the lesson
there and weâ€™re going to deliver
on stability,â€ Fisher said.
â€œErin McMahon has an outstanding
skill set and a proven
record of leadership. Every
time Iâ€™ve spoken to her she
tells me sheâ€™s all-in on Saugus,
100 percent, and canâ€™t
wait to get started. The contract
weâ€™ll approve Thursday
makes it clear we want her to
succeed, allows the community
to invest in its superintendent
and allows her to invest
in us. I asked her during
her interview how long she
wanted to stay on as superintendent,
and she said until
the job is done. We have a big
job ahead of us.â€
McMahon, 47, of Marblehead,
currently the senior
advisor to state Education
Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley,
was the committeeâ€™s 4-0
LETâ€™S GO! Erin McMahon, who was expected to become the
next superintendent of Saugus Public Schools last night,
gives School Committee members the thumbs up in one of
her interviews.
unanimous choice earlier
this month to replace retiring
School Superintendent David
DeRuosi, Jr. School Committee
Chair Thomas Whittredge
abstained from the vote because
of a potential confl ict
of interest, as his sister, Dawn
Trainor, is the executive director
of Pupil Personnel Services
& Special Education â€“ a high
administrative position that
reports directly to the superintendent.
DeRuosiâ€™s
contract expires
on June 30, which is the fi nal
day of the 2020-21 academic
school year and the 2021 fi scal
year and also the end of his
fi fth year as superintendent.
Details of the contract were
not immediately available,
but the School Committee
was reportedly pressing for a
fi ve-year contract with McMahon,
who would offi cially begin
work on July 1 â€“ the start
of the 2022 fi scal year.
â€œShe's been taking meetings
in the district and will
continue to do so. She was in
the schools this week meeting
with staff and students,â€
Fisher said.
The School Committee has
(Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler)
spent untold hours on the
negotiations, according to
Fisher, who noted that it was
worth it. â€œIt was our fi rst real
chance to work with her and
really see her in action,â€ Fisher
said.
SAUGUS | SEE PAGE 15
We pay tribute and honor the
memory of those who have made
the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
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Pioneer Charter School of Science II Wins
Prestigious Pozen Prize for Innovative Schools
School Awarded $70,000 Prize
(SAUGUS, Mass.)â€“The Pioneer
Charter School of Science
II (PCSS II), a grade 7-12 charter
school in Saugus, Mass., was selected
as the winner of the prestigious
Pozen Prize for Innovative
Schools by the Boston Foundation.
T
he
award, which was announced
at a ceremony
earlier this week, recognizes
sustained academic excellence
in Greater Bostonâ€™s
autonomous public schools
that consistently boost student
achievement through
innovative programs. Boston
Collegiate Charter School, in
Dorchester, which took home
a $20,000 prize, was named
runner-up. Autonomous public
schools include district pilot
and innovation schools,
Horace Mann charter schools
and Commonwealth Charter
public schools.
The announcement comes
on the heels of an exciting
month of news for the school,
which was also named a Top
Five Massachusetts High
School by U.S. News and World
Report last month, and recently
had several students accepted
to the prestigious MIT Beaverworks
Summer Science
Program. Last week, the school
also announced that despite a
year complicated by the pandemic,
several of its seniors
had been accepted to some
of the top schools in the country
including Cornell University,
the University of Pennsylvania
and Stanford University.
â€œItâ€™s quite an honor for Pioneer
Charter School of Science
to receive the Boston Foundationâ€™s
prestigious Pozen Prize.
Particularly after the unique
year we have all endured
with the pandemic,â€ said Vahit
Sevnic, Executive Director
of PCSS II. â€œWe dedicate this
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MEMORIAL DAY | FROM PAGE 1
gus residents who take pride
in their town, the memory of
DeFranzo lives on as the most
celebrated example of the ultimate
sacrifice paid by a Saugonian
fighting for his country.
DeFranzo is one of more
than 3,500 Americans to have
received the Medal of Honor
â€“ the highest military decoration
presented by the United
States government to a member
of its armed forces since
1863 â€“ and one of more than
600 who received the medal
posthumously.
The start of the Memorial
Day Weekend tradition officially
begins at 3 p.m. today
(Friday, May 28) with the socalled
â€œgrave flagging.â€ A group
of volunteers â€“ schoolchildren,
members from local Girl and
Boy Scout units, retirees, town
officials, veterans and anyone
else who shows up â€“ will converge
on the grounds of Riverside
Cemetery for the annual
decoration of the graves.
Graves Registration Officer
Randy Briand will oversee the
volunteers.
Monday ceremonies
set
DeFranzo was one of 57 servicemen
from Saugus who
died in combat during World
War II and will be among the
townâ€™s fallen heroes who will
be remembered on Monday
(May 31) during the annual
Memorial Day observance set
for 10 a.m. in Riverside Cemetery.
â€œRain
or shine, we plan to
have the Memorial Day ceremonies,â€
Saugus Veterans
Council Commander Steve
Castinetti said in an interview
this week.
â€œIf the weather doesnâ€™t look
promising, people may want
to bring a raincoat or an umbrella.
We will be doing a ceremony
for our deceased veterans,â€
Castinetti said.
At 9 a.m. on Monday, there
will be a smaller ceremony
in front of DeFranzo Medal
of Honor island near J. Pace
& Son and the S/Sgt. Arthur
F. DeFranzo V.F.W. Post 2346
building.
For the second consecutive
Memorial Day, there wonâ€™t be
a parade of about 500-strong
along with military vehicles,
bands and floats to help mark
the observance. Health concerns
about the COVID-19
pandemic prompted local
veterans leaders to scrap the
parade again. But with Gov.
Charlie Baker lifting all of the
remaining COVID-19 restrictions
effective tomorrow (May
29), visitors attending Mondayâ€™s
Memorial Day observance
wonâ€™t be required to
wear masks or practice social
distancing.
â€œIf people feel more comfortable
doing it, then they should
wear a mask. But itâ€™s no longer
required,â€ Castinetti said.
â€œAs far as the parade goes, I
anticipate that next year it will
be back â€“ and it will be one of
the biggest parades that the
town has had in a long time,â€
he said.
The guest speaker for this
yearâ€™s Memorial Day ceremony
will be Sgt. Major Kenneth
Oswald, the Lynn English Junior
Reserve Officers Training
Corps (JROTC) program leader.
The program began in 1995
with Sgt. Major Oswald at the
helm, and since that point the
team has become nationally
recognized for its achievements.
The Lynn English JROTC
team is among the best in the
nation, winning three national
championships in 2007, 2014
and 2017; in 2019 it was voted
the number one JROTC program
in its region for the third
time since 2000; it was named
a Navy Honor School for 20
consecutive years, and it participates
in a variety of community
service projects.
â€œSgt. Maj. Oswald is going
to be retiring in June, so this
will be his last presentation for
Saugus,â€ Castinetti said.
â€œThe Lynn English ROTC has
been the official color guards
for the Saugus Veterans Council
for more than 10 years, and
weâ€™re going to miss him [Oswald],â€'
he said.
Understanding the
meaning of Memorial
Day
Board of Selectmen ViceChair
Corinne Riley, who has
been active in veterans events
throughout town, said she
looks forward to a bigger
crowd at this yearâ€™s Memorial
Day ceremony. â€œI am very glad
that we will be having a ceremony
this year at the graves
of the fallen and be together
to acknowledge the men and
women who made the ultimate
sacrifice for our country,â€
Riley said.
â€œAs the restrictions continue
to be lifted, I look forward for
us to get together in person
again to acknowledge these
holidays so we never lose the
importance of taking just a
few moments out of our lives
to remember why we have the
freedoms we have...it has been
proven that freedoms can be
taken away at any time, and if
it werenâ€™t for our military protecting
our values for hundreds
of years, our country
could easily have a different
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THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE â€“ FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2021
The latest Coronavirus Count
State health officials notify Saugus of 12 new cases
By Mark E. Vogler
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over the past week; death toll remains at 73
Crabtreeâ€™s office. This weekâ€™s
onfirmed cases of
COVID-19 continue to decrease
in Saugus as town residents
looked forward to the
Memorial Day weekend. The
Massachusetts Department
of Public Health (MDPH) advised
the town of 12 new confirmed
COVID-19 cases yesterday
(Thursday, May 28), raising
the overall total to 4,199
since the outbreak of the virus
in March of last year.
Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree
cited the declining number
of confirmed COVID-19 cases
in recent weeks as a major factor
of plans to reopen Saugus
Town Hall this week (Monday,
May 24).
Meanwhile, the number of
deaths in Saugus linked to the
virus remained at 73, according
to the latest statistics released
yesterday by Town Manager
SEWER | FROM PAGE 2
ommended by The Abrahams
Group over the past five years.
â€œThe [Abrahams Group] prenumber
of newly confirmed
cases decreased by four. A week
ago, the state reported 16 new
cases â€” the same number of
new cases reported the previous
week.
â€œOur hearts and prayers go
out to those families affected by
this health pandemic,â€ Crabtree
said in the latest press release
updating the latest number of
COVID-19 cases and deaths.
Crabtreeâ€™s office notes the following
COVID-19-related information
as a public service to
town residents:
â€œThe Town of Saugus has partnered
with the Commonwealth,
Fallon Emergency Medical Services
(EMS), and the Square One
Mall as a collaborative effort to
work to downgrade the Townâ€™s
risk of spread of COVID-19 status
by establishing and extending
the following COVID-19 testing
sites in Saugus:
sentation clearly shows we
need to do something,â€ Selectman
Debra Panetta said.
But she, like the rest of the
board, said they donâ€™t have
â€œFallon EMS at the Square
One Mall (Far Side Parking
Lot on Essex Street), located
at 1201 Broadway with entry
off of Essex Street, will offer
free mobile drive-up testing
for Saugus residents in their
cars Monday through Saturday
from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. No
appointment is needed. [Residents]
drive-up and register using
a tablet when they arrive.
Saugus Police will be assisting
with traffic. The testing site will
be staffed by 10-12 individuals
to handle registrations. All samples
go directly to the Broad
[Institute] in Cambridge for immediate
testing with a 24-36
hour turnaround time. Notification
of results will be made
for negative results via emails
while phone calls will be made
for positive COVID-19 results.
These sites do close when it
rains because of risk of test contamination.
The state has indiâ€œan
appetiteâ€ for a 15 percent
increase. And they werenâ€™t
interested in a 9 percent increase
either. Panetta later
made the motion for the 8.25
percent increase.
Board of Selectmen Chair
Anthony Cogliano called it
â€œfrightening to think weâ€™ll
have to go up to 30 percent
next year.â€
Cogliano said he didnâ€™t like
the idea of having to explain
to town residents that a huge
increase would be necessary
because selectmen didnâ€™t
pass a big enough increase
cated the site will remain open
until further notice.
â€œThis information will be on
the Townâ€™s website and on the
stateâ€™s website:
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/stop-the-spread?rgja#saugusâ€œThe
Board of Health and
the Saugus Health Department
will continue to partner
with the state and are working
on a planned response to
the COVID-19. They are analyzing
the data from the past couple
of weeks and developing
specific strategies to combat
the spread through additional
enforcement and intervention
measures. We need to do whatever
is necessary to keep ourselves,
family, neighbors, and
communities safe. Continue to
wear your masks, wash hands,
avoid gatherings, and continue
to follow the CDC and MDPH
guidelines.
The Saugus Health Department
strongly believes that additional
unrecognized cases DO
exist in Saugus. Due to the fact
that they are undetected, some
of these infected individuals
this year. â€œI caution everyone â€“
it looks like a mistake coming
into next year,â€ he said.
Cicolini said it would take a
25 to 30 percent increase next
year â€œjust to keep us out of the
red,â€ alluding to more potential
deficits. â€œWeâ€™ve been playing
catchup for years with no
increase â€¦ At some point,
weâ€™re going to have to pay the
piper,â€ he said.
Selectman Michael Serino
said he doesnâ€™t have an appetite
for a 15 percent increase
in the sewer rates, because
of the anticipated increase in
may not be properly isolated or
quarantined, which is why Governor
Baker [directed] to wear a
cloth face cover over [your] face
when around others, practice
social distancing, avoid gatherings,
and to follow the CDC and
MDPH guidance.
â€œAgain, this is a reminder that
the CDC and MDPH have provided
guidance to everyone regarding
preventing the spread
of the COVID-19 virus in the
Commonwealth.
â€œPlease follow CDC and MDPH
guidance to prevent COVID-19
illness by:
â€¢ Clean your hands often for at
least: 20 seconds
â€¢ Avoid touching your eyes,
nose, and mouth
â€¢ Stay at least 6 feet between
yourself and others
â€¢ Cover your mouth and nose
with a cloth face cover when
around others
â€œPlease stay healthy and
please call us with any needsâ€¦
For more information, contact
the Saugus Health Department
at (781) 231-4117 and/or the
Town Managerâ€™s office at 781231-4111.â€
the
Lynn Water & Sewer District
assessment going up and
the costs associated with the
townâ€™s capital improvement
plan. Lynn Water & Sewer will
have to borrow $40 million in
the 2023 fiscal year.
Meanwhile, Saugus faces a
$1.6 million expense for the
Lincoln Avenue lift station
design and $3 million for the
water meter replacement program
in the 2023 fiscal year,
according to the townâ€™s five
year capital plan, to be funded
through future bond authorization.
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COMPANY | FROM PAGE 1
â€œObviously, weâ€™d like to continue
to use the site,â€ Connolly
told subcommittee members.
â€œItâ€™s convenient and adjacent
to the plant,â€ he said.
Connolly also said the company
has some concerns about
the long-term environmental
effects of trucking the ash offsite
and the rising fuel costs connected
with that should the ash
landfill be closed permanently
after 2024.
Connollyâ€™s comments about
the capacity of the ash landfill
and the companyâ€™s hopes beyond
2024 prompted a discussion
of committee membersâ€™ expectations
and requests of WIN
Waste Innovations should the
company seek expansion of the
ash landfill.
â€œThe future of the monofill â€“
thatâ€™s why we started this group,â€
said Board of Selectmen Chair
Anthony Cogliano, who chairs
the subcommittee with Board of
Health Chair William Heffernan.
Cogliano noted that the committee
has been meeting for
about six months and is approaching
the point â€œwhere we
say what we want.â€ He also wanted
to know whether extending
the life of the landfill would
be beneficial to the town. That
will be the most significant issue
that the subcommittee will
deal with.
Cogliano invited all of the
committee members, town officials
and residents viewing
Wednesday nightâ€™s (May 26)
meeting to share their concerns
and hopes for the outcome of
the subcommitteeâ€™s work.
WIN Waste Innovations, formerly
Wheelabrator Saugus â€“
owners of the trash-to-energy
incinerator on Route 107 â€“ is a
new company with a new slogan:
â€œPerformance for the Planet.â€
Wheelabrator Saugus was
one of 10 waste industry companies
that joined together under
the WIN Waste Innovations
brand.
Subcommittee calls
for more air quality
testing
If itâ€™s WIN Waste Innovationsâ€™
intention to continue with the
ash landfill after 2024, committee
member Peter Delios said,
he would like to see testing continue
to make sure the publicâ€™s
health is protected. â€œIf we can
come as close as we can to getting
clean quality air out of your
stacks and minimize the noise.â€
Connolly said that WIN Waste
Innovations has already taken
a significant step in eliminating
the noise problem by investing
$750,000 in the plantâ€™s new silencer.
The
recent test results show
that the plant is meeting all of
the public health requirements,
be included in any plan the subcommittee
develops after talks
with the company. Cogliano emphasized
that â€œthe NOx level is
always Number Oneâ€ as far as he
is concerned. He cited air quality,
health and safety of Saugus residents
as his top priorities.
â€œIâ€™d like to see the air quality
for my granddaughter betterâ€
than what Coglianoâ€™s parents
and grandparents and his generations
have had to deal with,
Cogliano added.
Saugus Fire Department Lt.
and Precinct 8 Town Meeting
SO WHAT IS THE FUTURE? Members of the Board of Healthâ€™s
Wheelabrator Subcommittee broached several issues of what
the town expects of the trash-to-energy plant on Route 107,
which was formerly known as Wheelabrator Saugus before it
was taken over by WIN Waste Innovations.
(Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler)
Connolly added.
Board of Selectmen Vice-Chair
Corinne Riley said the company
needs to keep upgrading the facility
as much as possible.
Jackie Mercurio, one of the
toughest plant critics on the
subcommittee, said she wants
to see the company conduct
more monitoring of potential
environmental effects from the
plant in addition to the noise.
â€œItâ€™s hard to move forward and
come up with an agreement
without a comprehensive health
study,â€ she said. Mercurio noted
the last health study was issued
by the state in 2016 and â€œitâ€™s definitely
time to do another one.â€
Selectman Debra Panetta was
one of several town officials who
called for more air quality monitoring
to be done. â€œWe need to
know whether weâ€™re breathing
safe air around that facility,â€ Panetta
said.
Cogliano asked Connolly if the
company could look into the
possibility of providing more
air quality monitoring. Connolly
said he would. But Connolly
stressed that any tests that have
been done showed the plant
was well within the standards
of acceptable levels.
Selectman Panetta and several
other officials cited concerns
about the plantâ€™s nitrogen oxides
(NOx) emissions. â€œIs Wheelabrator
Saugus going to be able
to meet nitrogen oxide levels
without purchasing the credits?â€
Panetta asked.
Selectman Michael Serino said
he shares Panettaâ€™s concerns. â€œI
think purchasing credits is not
the answer,â€ he said.
â€œWe need studies done and
tests done before we can consider
expanding the landfill. Personally,
Iâ€™m not in favor of it,â€ Serino
said.
Can company help
town get a third fire
station?
Cogliano said he welcomes
public comment on all phases
of the company and plantâ€™s future
in Saugus and that it would
Member William E. Cross III, another
subcommittee member,
said he would like to see any
agreement between the Town
of Saugus and WIN Waste Innovations
involve â€œthings for the
Fire Department.â€ Cross said he
hopes the company would assist
the town in efforts to build
a third fire station that would
serve residents and businesses
on the west side of town. â€œWe
definitely need it,â€ Cross said of
the third fire station, adding that
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I remember Eck
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By The Old Sachem
ennis Eckersley was a
right-handed pitcher for
the Red Sox (twice), Cleveland
Indians, Chicago Cubs,
Oakland Athletics and St. Louis
Cardinals.
Eckersley was born on October
3, 1954, in Oakland,
California; he grew up in Fremont,
California, and his Major
League debut was with
Cleveland on April 12, 1975.
He was a fan of both the San
Francisco Giants and the Oakland
Athletics as a youngster;
his Giants heroes were Willie
Mays and Juan Marichal.
Dennis adopted the high leg
kick of Marichal as his delivery
style. At Washington High
School in Fremont, he was a
quarterback until his senior
year, when he decided that
there was too much possibility
of injury, and he was very
good at baseball. Pitching for
Washington High, he won 29
games; throwing speed was
90 miles per hour, and he had
both a fastball and a screwball.
He figured he was slated for
professional baseball.
He was selected in the
third round of the 1972 Major
League Baseball draft by
the Cleveland Indians, and
he was very disappointed
that the Giants bypassed
him twice. He had a remarkable
first year with a 13 and
7 win-loss record, and a 2.60
Earned Run Average. He became
the American League
Rookie Pitcher of the year in
1975. With his long hair he was
easy to spot, and his live fastball
made him a hit with the
fans. He had three good years
with Cleveland, including a
no-hitter against the California
Angels in his home park,
Cleveland Stadium, on May
30, 1977. While striking out 12
batters, he did allow two batters
to reach first base: Tony
Salaita on a walk, and Bobby
Bonds on a wild-pitch, third
strike. He became a league
All-Star and finished the season
with a 14 and 13 win-loss
record. Over his three years in
Cleveland, his record was 40
wins and 32 losses, a ratio of
.556 and ERA of 2.74.
The Red Sox traded Rick
Wise, Mike Paxton, Bo Diaz
and Ted Cox to obtain Eckersley
and Fred Kendall. Over the
next eight seasons with the
Sox, he had a record of 88 wins
and 71 losses with a percentage
of .553 and an ERA of 3.92.
His best Boston year was 1975,
when he won 20 games while
losing only eight. He pitched
poorly after his first season,
but he developed a great slider
to add to his arsenal.
Eckersley was traded to the
Chicago Cubs on May 25, 1984,
along with Mike Brumley for
Bill Buckner. Buckner was later
to achieve a remarkable play
in a World Series game for the
Sox, but that story is for another
time. Eck was helpful to the
Cubs as they took their first
post-season since 1945, but he
was not very sharp in his only
post-season game that year,
giving up five runs in 5.1 innings
to the San Diego Padres
in the National League championship
series.
He fell on bad times in 1986
with a six and 11 record and
a 4.57 ERA. After finishing the
season, he checked into an alcoholic
rehabilitation clinic. He
became aware of his problem
after family members videotaped
him while he was drunk
and showed him the action
the next day. He later said that
â€œI was spiraling out of control
personally. I knew I had come
to a crossroads in my life. With
the grace of God, I got sober
and saved my life.â€
The Oakland Athletics obtained
Eckersley on April 3,
1987; manager Tony La Russa
thought that Dennis would
make a fine long receiver or
even a setup pitcher. Eckersley
started two games for Oakland
before an injury to reliever
Jay Howell, then Eck moved
into the position. In 1987 he
saved 16 games that year and
a permanent role was found.
The next season he saved 45
games to lead the league.
During the regular season,
Eckersley saved four games
against the Red Sox, and then
in the playoffs he saved all four
games against the Sox as Oakland
swept the series in four
games in the American League
Championship Series. Eck delivered
the home run by Kirk
Gibson in the 1988 World Series
as the Aâ€™s lost to the Dodgers
in five games. The next
season playoffs were a different
story as the Aâ€™s swept the
San Francisco Giants in four
games, Eck the winning pitcher
in game two, and he saved
the win in game five as the Aâ€™s
took the World Series.
From 1988 through 1992,
Eckersley was the dominant
reliever. He finished first in
saves twice; second twice, and
third once. During the five seasons,
he saved 220 games and
never had an ERA above 2.96.
In the 1989 season, he only
walked three batters while
pitching 57.2 innings. In the
1990 season, he only allowed
five earned runs and his ERA
was 0.61. This season also set
a record as he was the first relief
pitcher in history to have
more saves than baserunners
allowed, 48 saves, 41 hits and
four walks. In the 1992 season,
Eck had 51 saves and became
the American Leagueâ€™s MVP
and Cy Young Award winner.
The 1993 season saw a diminished
Eckersley pitching capabilities,
and he became a
free agent after the 1994 season
when the Aâ€™s decided not
to exercise a four million contract
extension. The team fiREMEMBER
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Welcome Back!
Town Hall reopens to residents who prefer
transacting their municipal business in person â€“
and not by appointment or over the telephone
By Mark E. Vogler
T
he citizens of Saugus who
have been irked by not
being able to visit Town Hall
when they want to finally
got their building back after
being denied physical access
for about 14 months.
Visitors were able to enter
through the front and basement
doors without appointment
on Monday in response
to Gov. Charlie Baker loosening
restrictions and COVID-19
protocols.
The visitors were still required
to wear protective facial
covering. And those who
entered the hall without facial
coverings could take one
from one of several PPE stations
set up throughout the
building. The station also contained
hand sanitizer.
â€œWelcome to the Town of
Saugus,â€ read the paper sign
that greeted visitors at the
front door on Monday. â€œPlease
wear a face covering when social
distancing of 6 feet is not
possible. Thank you for remaining
socially distant when
inside the building.
â€œWe appreciate your patience
with our new guidelines
and regulations in regard
to COVID-19.â€
Those regulations may be
short-lived, as Gov. Baker
planned to lift all remaining
COVID-19 regulations as of
tomorrow (Saturday, May 29).
Meanwhile, visitors to Town
Hall should notice a new look
when they enter the building
that houses the seat of Saugus
Town government. WinSCHOOL
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award to our PCSS II Community
â€“ our faculty, our staff and
our students â€“ who work so
hard every day to inspire each
other and hold one another
accountableâ€“even in the most
extraordinary of times.â€
Boston Foundation donors
Robert and Elizabeth Pozen,
longtime champions of charter
public schools, established
the Pozen Prize in October
2013. Robert is a former
top executive of Fidelity
Investments and MFS Investment
Management who now
serves as a Senior Lecturer at
the Harvard Business School
and a Senior Research Fellow
at the Brookings Institution.
A NEW LOOK INSIDE TOWN HALL: On Monday residents got to
enter the building without making an appointment. And there
were visible signs of the modifi cations that Town of Saugus
offi cials made to keep visitors and Town employees safe from
COVID-19. Town Hall reopened just days before the lifting of
all COVID-19 restrictions and protocols set by Gov. Charlie
Baker. Social distancing and face coverings will no longer be
required, eff ective tomorrow. (Saturday, May 29).
(Saugus Advocate photos by Mark E. Vogler)
dows with counters now separate
Town Hall personnel from
visitors while arrows on the
fl oor direct the fl ow of people.
A new air purifi cation sysElizabeth
is a retired psychotherapist
who is now focusing
on her career as a fi gurative
artist.
PCSS II is a rigorous college
preparatory charter school
based with a mission to prepare
educationally under resourced
students for todayâ€™s
competitive world.
The PCSS community speaks
30 languages and has ties to
40 countries. At PCSS II, 60% of
the students are African American
or Latino, 60% are high
needs, 31% are economically
disadvantaged, 20% are English
Language Learners, and
13% are students with special
needs.
About PCSS
tem has been installed. And at
least through the end of business
today (Friday, May 28),
the second fl oor auditorium
will be limited to 38 people.
With schools in Everett (PCSS
I) and Saugus (PCSS II), Pioneer
Charter School of Science offers
a rigorous academic curriculum
emphasizing math,
science, and analytical thinking
skills balanced by a strong
foundation in the humanities.
The school offers extended
days/hours and career-oriented
college preparation. Students
must pass fi ve math and
five science classes in order
to graduateâ€“more than state
standards, and students must
complete 40 hours of community
service. The school has a
195-day school calendar, extended
days, after school tutoring
and â€œvoluntaryâ€ Saturday
classes for students who
need extra help.
When residents return to Town
Hall and other public buildings
on Monday, face masks and social
distancing will no longer be
required. But it is not clear when
selectmen and other town committees
will resume their meetings
in public after more than a
year of conducting them over
Zoom videoconferencing.
Meanwhile, the town was in
the process of readying the Saugus
Public Library and the Saugus
Council on Aging for reopening
as of this weekâ€™s publication
deadline.
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THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE â€“ FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2021
THE SOUNDS OF SAUGUS
By Mark E. Vogler
H
ere are a few tidbits that you might want to know
about this week in Saugus.
A weekend of reflection
Iâ€™m two months into my sixth year of covering the
town for The Saugus Advocate. I have been writing
about Saugus for more than 11 years, if you add in a
period of time of five and a half years I covered Saugus
back in the late 1980s and early 1990s when I was
at North Shore Sunday â€“ during the days when it was
considered a feisty, â€œmust readâ€ â€œmagazinishâ€ and alternative-style
tabloid newspaper that covered 11 cities
and towns on the North Shore.
The Saugus I remember back then always distinguished
itself as the land of hardcore, rough-and-tumble
local politics â€“ so rough that it was nicknamed â€œthe
graveyard of town managers.â€ I remember doing a few
stories about the shelf life of town managers back then,
and I believe it averaged out to about 18 months. That
doesnâ€™t make for good stability and continuity in local
government.
But, from my perspective as a well-traveled and roving
journalist â€“ having reported for newspapers in faraway
places like Texas, Florida, Maine, Virginia and New
York, I saw Saugus as a town where they truly cared
about their local government â€“ and perhaps too much.
And the last stint that I covered Saugus, it did have
a League of Women Voters. And one thing Iâ€™ve noticed
over the course of my newspaper career â€“ which now
spans close to half a century â€“ a League of Women Voters
was always an asset to a community that took pride
in itself and strived for good government.
My previous stint covering Saugus actually overlapped
the days of Norm Hansen, who served as town
manager during that time â€“ part of it as a temporary
town manager. I remember Norm as a crusty and very
colorful and patriotic guy who took great pride in his
town â€“ as did and do most of the Saugonians Iâ€™ve met.
And that pride runs deep in honoring the men and
women of this nationâ€™s armed forces â€“ particularly those
who gave their lives and who are being honored here
this weekend as Memorial Day is being observed locally.
At about this time of year during my present stint of
covering Saugus, I usually have a nice chat with Saugus
Veterans Council Commander Steve Castinetti
about the relevance of Memorial Day in the lives of
Saugonians.
I remember a beautiful Memorial Day celebration a
couple of years ago where a speakerâ€™s stand was set up
in front of the Saugus Public Library and Steve ripped
into the crowd â€“ or whoever was listening â€“ about a disappointing
turnout. About 500 people took the time to
participate in that dayâ€™s parade, so there should be hundreds
of town residents out there enjoying the day, but
also honoring and reflecting on the sacrifices that Saugus
citizens had made for the country.
So, I had the occasion a few nights ago to ask Steve
about whether the name Arthur Frederick DeFranzo
â€“ the townâ€™s Medal of Honor recipient for heroism in
World War II â€“ is a household name among the younger
generation of Saugus. Steve told me he didnâ€™t think
many of todayâ€™s Saugus Middle and High School students
would even know who DeFranzo was if asked.
Hopefully, Steve is being too critical of his hometown.
But if he isnâ€™t wrong, thatâ€™s a sad thing.
Memorial Day isnâ€™t just about cookouts with family
and friends, having fun and other holiday plans. It
should be a time of reflection in which every proud
Saugonian takes time to reflect on people from their
community and across the nation who fought to protect
the American way of life and our basic freedoms.
Every school kid in Saugus should know who Arthur
Frederick DeFranzo was. And so should the kids of future
Saugus generations.
1945 â€“ a year of sorrow for Saugus
Longtime Saugus observer and writer Janice K. Jarosz,
who is currently the interim secretary of the Board
GUESS WHO GOT SKETCHED! In this weekâ€™s edition, we continue our weekly feature where a local artist
sketches people, places and things in Saugus. Got an idea who was being sketched this week? If you do,
please email me at mvoge@comcast.net or leave a phone message at 978-683-7773. Anyone who correctly
identifies the Saugonians being sketched between now and Tuesday at noon qualifies to have their name
put in a green Boston Red Sox hat with a chance to be selected as the winner of a $10 gift certificate,
compliments of Dunkinâ€™ at the 1204 Broadway Saugus location on Route 1 North. But you have to enter
to win! Look for the winner and identification in next weekâ€™s â€œThe Sounds of Saugus.â€ Please leave your
mailing address in case you are a winner. (Courtesy illustration to The Saugus Advocate by a Saugonian who
goes by the name of â€œThe Sketch Artistâ€)
of Selectmen, this week shared with me some mini stories
from the old Saugus Herald â€œabout our Soldiers in
World War II.â€
Iâ€™ll share the ones about 11 Saugonians who lost their
lives during World War II and who are among those being
honored on Memorial Day:
â€¢ Lt. Fairchild, 4434 Walnut Street, has been reported
missing on a mission over Austria on March 31, 1945.
â€¢ Two Local Boys Killed in Pacific
Two East Saugus boys, who were playmates and
neighbors for years, died within a month of each other
fighting the Japs, their parents learned last night. They
were PFC. Vitold Glinski, 21, son of Mrs. Ursula Glinski,
1 Atherton St., and Marine Cpl. Alex Chojnowski, 26,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William Chojnowski, of 2 Rhodes St.
â€¢ Walter Barrett, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Barrett,
of 19 Pelham St., is missing in action according to
a Navy telegram received by his parents. Barrett was
aboard the destroyer USS Halligan that went down in
Okinawa last week.
â€¢ Dan Cameron Missing in Pacific
Mr. Irving Cameron, father, received word that his son
is missing in action in the Pacific area. Cameron was
aboard a destroyer off Okinawa. His brother, Irving Jr.,
is a prisoner of war in Germany.
â€¢ Brothers Killed in Italy
Two Saugus brothers, PFC John Kasabuski, 21 and
Sgt. Walter Kasabuski, 24, of 49 Collins Ave. were mortally
wounded the same day during the last month of
hostilities in Italy. John was killed instantly and Walter
died April 27.
â€¢ Pfc. MacCrae Killed by Bomb
Pfc. William MacCrae, 21, of 66 Winter St., a prisoner
of war since Nov. 1943, met his death in Stalag 4B on
March 31 when American bombers accidentally blasted
the camp, his parents have been informed.
â€¢ Military Service for Lt. Daniels
Full military honors were held Wednesday for Lt. Laurence
P. Daniels, U.S.M.C.R., who was killed in a plane
crash on April 19.
â€¢ Pvt. William Hobbs Killed in Italy
Pfc. William L. Hobbs, 35, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Hobbs, 46 Central St., East Saugus was killed in action
somewhere in Italy on May 15. His parents were
informed by the War Department last week.
â€¢ Pfc. H. Joseph Berrett Killed in Action
Pfc. Harold J. Berrett, 20, son of John and the late Alice
Berrett, of 8 Wilson St., has been killed in action in
Burma, his father was informed Monday in a telegram
from the War Department.
Remembering Lance
Growing up in Swansea â€“ a town of about 14,000 in
southeastern Massachusetts, I was taught that Memorial
Day wasnâ€™t just a holiday for family get-togethers.
I guess being a Boy Scout â€“ an Eagle Scout at that â€“
deepened my appreciation for the purpose and meaning
behind the day. It still strikes as odd how a lot of
folks I know donâ€™t know the difference between Memorial
Day (honoring our fallen service men and women)
and Veterans Day (honoring all who have served in
the U.S. Armed Forces).
Memorial Day was always important to me, but became
even more important in 1978 and the years that
have followed.
It happened 43 years ago this weekend. But I remember
it like it was yesterday â€“ one of the saddest days of
my life â€“ relived over and over each year when millions
of people across the country pause to remember those
who sacrificed their lives for this country.
I was working as a reporter on the police beat for The
San Angelo (Texas) Standard-Times. And one of my assignments
was to write a story about the death toll on
West Texas roads and highways. That grim task included
coverage of a crash in the Texas Hill Country that
killed seven people in one family. There werenâ€™t that
many deaths the next day, so the editor on duty asked
me to rehash the fatal facts so he could â€œjuice upâ€ a recycled
story that had very little new information, but
would still run on the front page for the second day in
a row. It really bothered me as I left the newsroom that
day, knowing how some of us in the media can be so
callous in the way we treat these tragedies. I carried out
the assignment while expressing some dismay to the
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COMPANY | FROM PAGE 7
he would like to see â€œsome type
of linkageâ€ to any agreement
with WIN Waste Innovations.
â€œHelp us get there,â€ Cross said.
â€œWe want the best equipment
that money can buy,â€ he said.
Cross also suggested that an
agreement include â€œfree tippingâ€
in the costs of trash removal for
the town.
One of the chief goals of Cogliano
and other committee
members is to develop a host
agreement with the owners of
the trash-to-energy plant so
the town could benefi t fi nancially
from being the site of the
trash-to-energy plant.
â€œI think thereâ€™s a lot of work
that needs to be done,â€ Selectman
Panetta said of the subcommitteeâ€™s
future talks.
MEMORIAL DAY | FROM PAGE 5
ing next year when the students
are back in school for
a full school year, I can reach
out to the principals and art
teachers to start up that contest
again which besides beautiful
art creations, gives them
a learning experience as well
to understand the meaning of
this holiday.â€
DeFranzoâ€™s heroics and sacrifi
ce
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Arthur
F. DeFranzo was the Saugus
World War II war hero who received
the Medal of Honor
posthumously for sacrifi cing
his life to save fellow soldiers.
The casket containing his body
laid in state at Saugus Town
Hall for three days and he received
a military funeral at Riverside
Cemetery.
Staff Sergeant DeFranzoâ€™s
offi cial Medal of Honor citation
reads:
â€œFor conspicuous gallantry
and intrepidity at the risk
of his life, above and beyond
the call of duty, on June 10,
1944, near Vaubadon, France.
As scouts were advancing
across an open fi eld, the enemy
suddenly opened fi re with
several machineguns and hit
1 of the men. S/Sgt. DeFranzo
courageously moved out
in the open to the aid of the
wounded scout and was himself
wounded but brought the
man to safety. Refusing aid, S/
Sgt. DeFranzo reentered the
open fi eld and led the advance
upon the enemy. There were
always at least 2 machine guns
bringing unrelenting fi re upon
him, but S/Sgt. DeFranzo kept
going forward, fi ring into the
enemy and 1 by 1 the enemy
emplacements became silent.
While advancing he was again
wounded, but continued on
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THE SOUNDS OF SAUGUS | FROM PAGE 10
insensitive desk editor.
I awoke the next morning to a knock on the door
of my motel room. The stranger told me it was a family
emergency and I needed to call home. So, I walked
out into the parking lot to make a dreaded collect call
to my hometown in Swansea, Mass. My brother Wayne
answered the phone and told me that my twin brother,
Lance, had gone to a better place and was no longer
with us. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran who survived the
Vietnam War â€“ serving his time in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia
and â€˜Nam â€“ coming home without a scratch. But
on Memorial Day 1978, Lance was one of the 15 people
who died over that weekend on Massachusetts
roads. On a dark, foggy night, less than an eighth of a
mile down the street from my parentsâ€™ home, Lance hit
a curb with his motorcycle and was fatally injured. As I
recalled, he snapped a vertebra in his neck.
Alcohol wasnâ€™t a factor. There werenâ€™t any witnesses
to report what happened. Weâ€™ll never know whether a
passing car or an animal could have caused him to lose
control of his motorcycle, or whether there was some
other kind of fatal distraction.
It was a two-hour car ride from my motel room to the
nearest airport in Midland, Tex., where I barely caught
the last connecting flight to Boston that day. I was stuck
in Dallas for several hours.
More than 12 hours later, I sat in the kitchen of my
folksâ€™ home, reading the local newspaper story about
just another Memorial Day traffic tragedy. But this one
really hit home and still resonates painfully every year
at this time.
Lance was just 25 and was an excellent student, looking
forward to his junior year at Southeastern Massachusetts
University. So much of life ahead of him. But
all his dreams and hopes ended on that Memorial Day.
Itâ€™s a holiday tragedy that visits hundreds of American
families every year. During my travels throughout the
country as a newspaper reporter going back into the
early 1970s, I have done more than my share of interviews
with grieving people who lost loved ones over the
Memorial Day weekend. If you head out to the roads this
weekend â€“ especially to do some long distance driving
â€“ be safe out there. Donâ€™t become a casualty
Enjoy the holiday with family and friends. And take
time to say a few prayers for the service people who sacrificed
their lives in combat duty to defend our American
way of life. And if you have the time, stop by Riverside
Cemetery at 10 a.m. on Memorial Day (Monday, May
31) for the townâ€™s annual Memorial Day observance.
If you canâ€™t make it on Monday, show up at the cemetery
today (Friday, May 28) and join a brigade of volunteers
led by longtime Graves Registration Officer Randy
Briand, who will plant mini American flags at the
gravesites of all Saugus residents who served this country
in the Armed Forces.
We have a winner!
We have a winner in last weekâ€™s â€œGuess Who Got
Sketchedâ€ contest. Congratulations to Shirley Bogdan,
who contacted us with the correct answer. Her name
was picked from a number of potential winnersâ€™ names
out of the green Boston Red Sox cap.
Hereâ€™s last weekâ€™s answer, offered by the person who
goes by the name of The Sketch Artist:
â€œThe answer to last weekâ€™s sketch is ...Debbie Panetta!
â€œDebbie is a member of several organizations that
benefit Saugus (the Historical Society, Friends of
Breakheart, Garden Club, Saugus Chamber of Commerce
and the Saugus Business Education Collaborative)
â€œShe
has a Masters degree in Business Administration,
Northeastern University, Bachelorâ€™s in Accounting
Suffolk University (Magna cum Laude) a (Lean Sic
Sigma Certification)
â€œDebbie has been in Saugus Organizations for over
30 plus years. She has served on many Committees and
holds several Memberships with environmental groups
such as Saugus River Watershed Council, the Conservation
Law Foundation, the Sierra Club and SAVE (Saugus
Action Volunteers for the Environment) â€“ where she
served as past president.
â€œDebbie is a former School Committee member
(where she served as chair) and a former Town Meeting
member who served five terms representing Precinct
5. She is finishing up her 10th year as a member
of the Board of Selectmen.
â€œDebbie is family oriented and has been happily married
to her husband Mark for over 35 years plus. Their
two children â€“ Mark, Jr. and Sabrina â€“ are successfully
attending Universities.
â€œThank you! Keep shining your light brightly!
â€œYours Truly,
â€œThe Sketch Artistâ€
A super â€œShout-Outâ€ for â€œShout-Outâ€
writers
This weekâ€™s â€œShout-Outâ€ nomination comes from
Jeanie Bartolo, an avid Saugus Advocate reader who
actually came up with the idea for the â€œShout-Outâ€ feature
of our column and has easily written more â€œShoutOutsâ€
than any other reader.
â€œItâ€™s been two years weâ€™ve been doing the Shout
Outs!!,â€ Jeanie writes in a recent email.
â€œMemorial Day marks the second anniversary of the
Advocateâ€™s Sounds of Saugus â€˜Shout Outâ€™ column with
a total of 130 Shout Outs, so I thought A â€˜Shout Outâ€™
for â€˜Shout Outsâ€™ to EVERYONE who nominated someone
special and to Mark Vogler for printing them. Letâ€™s
keep it going!â€
We will, as long as readers continue to email in their
nominations.
Want to â€œShout-Outâ€ a fellow
Saugonian?
This is an opportunity for our paperâ€™s readers to single
out â€“ in a brief mention â€“ remarkable acts or achievements
by Saugus residents or an act of kindness or a
nice gesture. Just send an email (mvoge@comcast.net)
with a mention in the subject line of â€œAn Extra ShoutOut.â€
No more than a paragraph; anything longer might
lend itself to a story and/or a photo.
A one-day trash delay
The Town of Saugus announces that trash and recycling
collection will run on a one-day delay from Tuesday,
June 1, through Saturday, June 5, due to the observance
of Memorial Day. There will be no collection
on Monday, May 31, 2021, due to the holiday. Services
will resume on a one-day delay from Tuesday, June 1,
through Saturday, June 5. Residents whose collection
day falls on Monday will be collected on Tuesday. Collection
will continue to run on a one-day delay for the
remainder of the week.
The compost site will be open as normal from 8 a.m. to
2 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday, May 29), Wednesday (June
2) and Saturday (June 5).
The Town of Saugus would like to thank everyone for
their cooperation.
Please contact Solid Waste/Recycling Coordinator
Lorna Cerbone at 781-231-4036 with any questions.
A community garden update
If you are young or old and feel like doing some real
earthy community service, why not join the growing
team thatâ€™s been assisting in the creation of the Community
Garden thatâ€™s going to help feed the hungry
and needy people of Saugus?
Hereâ€™s the latest email weâ€™ve received from The Rev.
John Beach of St. Johnâ€™s Episcopal Church:
Dear kind and gentle people,
It was a delight to have so much help on our planting
days last Friday and Saturday. I am particularly grateful
for the Fourth Graders who planted the seedlings they
have been growing in their classroomsâ€¦
If any among you still have seedlings to be planted, it
would be helpful if you bring them in this week.
We are also warmly inviting any among you who are
available for an hour to come and give us a hand for an
hour either this Friday or Saturday from 9-11. Please let
me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Peace,
John+
The Rev. John Beach
St. Johnâ€™s Episcopal Church
Saugus, Massachusetts 01906
Anyone who wants to help out Rev.John on this noble
project, call him at 774-961-9881 or send him an
email at revjbeach@gmail.com.
We will keep you posted as the garden continues to
grow.
Cliftondale forum coming up
The Cliftondale Revitalization Committee is organizing
a public forum for June 21 at 7 p.m., with a location
to be determined. Members are hoping to get all of the
stakeholders, particularly, the Planning Department,
Cliftondale property owners (landlords) and business
owners involved.
Change for Grab-N-Go Meals
Saugus Public Schools is providing free meals on Tuesdays
and Fridays from the Saugus Middle-High School
at 1 Pearce Memorial Dr. Grab-N-Go meals are available
from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. All Saugus families
are encouraged to pick up meals. Meals will be available
through June 30.
Meals are no longer available for pick up at Veterans
Memorial School.
Through a USDA grant, Saugus Public Schools is providing
free meals to all Saugus students while in-person
learning or remotely learning from home. Project
Bread partners with the Massachusetts Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) through
the Child Nutrition Outreach Program to provide free
meals to kids across Massachusetts.
CHaRM Center Recycling Drop-Off site
open for season
The communityâ€™s Center for Hard to Recycle Materials
(CHaRM) site is open. This site will remain open to residents
on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m. The site is located behind the Department of Public
Works at 515 Main St.
At the CHaRM center, the Town will accept the same
recycling items that can be placed outside for curbside
collection each week, such as paper, cardboard, bottles,
cans and glass containers. No shredded paper is accepted
for recycling on-site.
Additional acceptable items include TVs and computers
(up to three per year per address); car tires up to
22" (for a fee of $3); books and textiles, such as clothing,
bedding, pocketbooks, belts and shoes.
Plastic bags are not permitted; residents are kindly
asked to empty recyclables out of any plastic bags and
to remove the bags from the site. Also, rigid plastics are
not being accepted for recycling at this time.
Residents may call Lorna Cerbone at the Solid Waste
and Recycling Department at 781-231-4036 with questions
or for more information.
Compost site reopens
The town compost site has opened to residents on
Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The
site is located behind the Department of Public Works
at 515 Main St.
Stickers are required to gain seasonal access to the
site. Stickers may be purchased for $25.00 at the Department
of Public Works (DPW) located at the Compost
Site when making your visit to the Compost Site. The
Town accepts checks only for payment of the $25.00.
No cash will be accepted. Kindly bring a check when
visiting. Thank you!
Compost site stickers must be permanently placed
on the lower left corner of residentsâ€™ automobile windshields.
Vehicles registered out of state are not permitted.
Yard
waste must be disposed of in brown compost
bags or open containers. The Town will accept grass clippings,
leaves and brush. As in years past, no branches
or limbs larger than three inches in diameter are permitted.
We
ask all residents to please wear a mask and mainTHE
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REMEMBER | FROM PAGE 8
nally signed him to a one-year
contract for 1995.
Eckersley signed with the
St. Louis Cardinals in 1996,
following La Russa becoming
the new manager. In his
two seasons with the Cards,
he had 66 saves, keeping him
among the best in the game.
Eckersley signed with the
Red Sox for his final season,
1998. He became the setup
pitcher for reliever Tom Gordon
as the Sox made the playoffs,
and he retired at the end
of the season.
His pitching style was unusual
with a high leg kick and
a side-arm toss, with extreme
accuracy. When he became a
reliever, he dropped his style
to two pitches: a sinker and a
back-door slider.
The Sporting News ranked
him number 98 on its list of
the greatest 100 players of
THE SOUNDS OF SAUGUS | FROM PAGE 12
tain and respect social distancing from others while
visiting the site.
Residents may call Lorna Cerbone at the Solid Waste
and Recycling Department at 781-231-4036 with questions
or for more information.
Help the Vietnam Vets â€œRoll To DCâ€
This came in from Joseph â€œDennisâ€ Gould, a Vietnam
War Era veteran who served four years with the U.S.
Navy. He has organized a fundraising drive that will
help area Vietnam Era veterans visit Washington, D.C.,
in the fall of next year.
â€œI am glad to announce that we will have a â€˜Roll to DCâ€™
for Vietnam Era Veterans from Melrose, Saugus, Lynn
and surrounding towns September 2022.
â€œThe managers of this effort will be Saugus VFW Post
# 2346.
â€œGould will be Chair and David Nelson, Saugus American
Legion and Stacey Minchello, Melrose Senior Center
will be Vice Chairs.
â€œStan King, Quartermaster Post # 2346 be Treasurer.
â€œThe trip will be a four night trip to DC staying at Presidential
Inn on Andrews Air Force Base, home of Presidential
Aircraft. It will include a ceremony and laying
of a wreath at the Vietnam Wall and the Tomb of Unknown
Soldier as well as visiting all Military Memorials
and Statues.â€
â€œWe are looking for major sponsorship and donations
from all. The Vietnam Veterans will go on this trip free,
but it will take approximately $70,000 of sponsorship
and donations,â€ Gould said
â€œIf you would like to be a major sponsor, please contact
chairman Dennis Gould cell 617 257 4847 or e mail
â€œJdgould1969@aol.com
â€œIf you would like to send in a donation, please make
check out to:
â€œâ€˜Saugus VFWâ€“Roll to DCâ€™ write â€˜Roll to DC 2022â€™ in
comment Line and mail to:
â€œSaugus VFW Post 2346
â€œ190C Main St
â€œSaugus Ma 01906
â€œAny questions or if you would like to volunteer to
assist the committee, please contact Dennis at contact
info above.â€
Food Pantry still open
The Saugus United Parish Food Pantry will continue
to remain open on Fridays between 9:30 a.m. and
11:00 a.m. despite concerns over the Coronavirus. They
have made adjustments to protect their core of volunteers
and the needy people who receive the food. For
the protection of volunteers & clients, and to limit personal
contact and crowding/gathering, the food pantry
has been distributing pre-bagged groceries.
Even though clients may receive items they donâ€™t
want or need, food pantry organizers feel this is the
best course of action to mitigate the potential spread
of COVID-19. Those in need, even for short-term or onetime
assistance, are encouraged to come.
The food pantry is in the basement of Cliftondale Congregational
Church at 50 Essex St. in Saugus.
Food help for veterans
Saugus offers a Veterans Food Pantry on the third
Wednesday of each month.
all time, and he was named
to the MLB All-Century Team.
On January 6, 2004, he was
elected to the Baseball Hall of
Fame in his first try with 83.2
% of the votes. Washington
High School, where Eckersley
started out, named their baseball
field in his honor.
Dennis Eckersley became a
broadcaster both as a studio
analyst and color commentator
for the Red Sox on NESN
since 2003. In the 2009 season,
Eckersley filled in for Jerry
Remy when Remy had to
stop because of health reasons.
He continued with the
Sox through the 2018 season,
and he also worked for
TBS as a studio analyst from
2008 to 2017.
Eckersley was a League AllStar
six times (1977, 1982,
1988, 1990, 1991, 1992),
pitched for a World Series
Champion (1989), was AL
MVP (1992), won the AL Cy
â€œWe have been holding it in Melrose since the Saugus
Senior Center has been closed,â€ Saugus Veteran Services
Officer Jay Pinette says. â€œThe pantry provides a mix
of fresh produce and non-perishable foods. The pantry
is open to Veterans and/or surviving spouses. Registration
is required and may be done by contacting the Veterans
Services Office.â€
â€œThe food market is generally held at the Saugus Senior
Center, but given the current COVID-19 pandemic,
we are currently offering a contact-free, drive-thru food
pantry at Memorial Hall on Main Street in Melrose. If you
are unable to pick-up, some limited deliveries may be
available. This offering is year round. Please call the Saugus
Veteransâ€™ Service Office at 781-231-4010 or e-mail
VeteransServices@saugus-ma.gov in order to register.
Proof of Veteran status is required.â€
Helping the Vet
During these challenging times, your local Veteransâ€™
Service Officers (VSOs) would like to share some information
on a benefit program that is available to those
who qualify. If you are a Veteran or the surviving spouse
of a Veteran, the â€œChapter 115 Benefits Programâ€ is a
Massachusetts state initiative that provides financial
aid for Veterans and/or their surviving spouses who reside
in Massachusetts and meet certain income and asset
guidelines. Benefits may include monthly ordinary
benefits and/or payment/reimbursement for medical
expenses. Whether you are laid off, in transition or living
on a fixed income, the program is designed to provide
short-term or long-term assistance as needed to provide
relief. The program is overseen by the Massachusetts
Department Veteransâ€™ Services (DVS), which runs
the program in partnership with local VSOs.
Every town or district in Massachusetts has a VSO.
VSOs assist Veterans and their dependents in learning
about, applying for and receiving Chapter 115 benefits.
VSOs can also help you in applying for other benefits
and connecting with local resources. Your local
VSO handles applications, obtains program approval
from DVS and provides local benefits. The program is
funded by a combination of state and local funds. DVS
pays for 75% of the approved benefits, and your city or
town pays for 25%.
There are income and asset limits for the program.
As a general rule, income and asset requirements are:
Family of 1 â€“ monthly income less than $2,081and an
asset limit of $5,000.
Family of 2 â€“ monthly income less than $2,818 and
an asset limit of $9,800.
To determine if you may be eligible for financial assistance
through the Chapter 115 program, visit the
following link and follow the instructions â€“ https://
massvetben.org/ â€“ or call your local VSO for more information.
The
VSOs are also able to help Veterans apply for Federal
VA benefits and local benefits and provide food assistance
monthly. For example, did you know that if you
own a home and have a VA service-connected disability,
you are eligible for a partial or full exemption of your
property taxes?
â€œPlease contact your local Veteransâ€™ Service Officer for
more information on any of the services mentioned. We
are all here to assist. We are regularly checking voicemails
and emails as we continue to work remotely and
in our offices throughout COVID-19.â€
Melrose: Karen Burke, 781-979-4186, kburke@cityYoung
Award (1992), was
ALCS MVP (1988), twice won
the AL Rolaids Relief Man
Award (1988, 1992), had a
no-hitter (May 30, 1977); his
number (43) was retired by
the Aâ€™s and he was inducted
into their Hall of Fame and the
Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame,
and he was selected for the
MLB All-Time Team.
Boston fans will always remember
the great Dennis
Eckersley.
ofmelrose.org.
Wakefield: David Mangan, 781-246-6377, dmangan@
wakefield.ma.us.
Saugus: Jay Pinette, 781-231-4010, jpinette@saugus-ma.gov.
Front
Door Pickup at the Saugus Public Library
â€œWe miss our patrons and look forward to the day
when we can be open to the public once again. In the
meantime, Front Door Pickup makes borrowing books,
movies, and CDs easy. Itâ€™s also a great way to pickup take
and make crafts, supplies for virtual programs, and remotely
printed documents. Please watch our video for
more information about the service.
â€œTo use Front Door Pickup, simply place items on
hold and then, once notified that the item is ready,
contact us to schedule a pickup date. You can call us at
781-231-4168 extension 3102 or email us at SAU@NOBLENET.ORG.
â€œPickup
dates and times are:
â€œTuesday: 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm
â€œWednesday: 10:30 am to 2:00 pm
â€œThursday: 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm
â€œWhen you arrive at the Taylor Street entrance to pickup,
please enter through the door into the hallway (one
at a time, please, and donâ€™t forget to wear a mask!) and
retrieve the bag with your name on it. All bags will be
sealed to protect your privacy.
â€œAnd should you need assistance, a librarian will be
standing by to help.
â€œFast, simple, and easy!â€
Letâ€™s hear it!
Got an idea, passing thought or gripe you would like
to share with The Saugus Advocate? Iâ€™m always interested
in your feedback. Itâ€™s been over five years since I began
work at The Saugus Advocate. Iâ€™m always interested
in hearing readersâ€™ suggestions for possible stories
or good candidates for â€œThe Advocate Asksâ€ interview of
the week. Feel free to email me at mvoge@comcast.net.
Do you have some interesting views on an issue that
you want to express to the community? Submit your
idea. If I like it, we can meet for a 15- to 20-minute interview
over a hot drink at a local coffee shop. And Iâ€™ll buy
the coffee or tea. Or, if you prefer to continue practicing
social distancing and be interviewed from the safety
of your home on the phone or via email, I will provide
that option to you as the nation recovers from the
Coronavirus crisis.
If itâ€™s a nice day, my preferred site for a coffee and interview
would be the picnic area of the Saugus Iron Works.
GUESS WHO GOT SKETCHED! In this weekâ€™s edition,
we continue our weekly feature where a local artist
sketches people, places and things in Saugus. Got
an idea who was being sketched this week? If you do,
please email me at mvoge@comcast.net or leave a
phone message at 978-683-7773. Anyone who correctly
identifies the Saugonians being sketched between
now and Tuesday at noon qualifies to have their name
put in a green Boston Red Sox hat with a chance to be
selected as the winner of a $10 gift certificate, compliments
of Dunkinâ€™ at the 1204 Broadway Saugus location
on Route 1 North. But you have to enter to win!
Look for the winner and identification in next weekâ€™s
â€œThe Sounds of Saugus.â€ Please leave your mailing address
in case you are a winner. (Courtesy illustration to
The Saugus Advocate by a Saugonian who goes by the
name of â€œThe Sketch Artistâ€)
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THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE â€“ FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2021
Annual Touch-A-Truck raises $1K for Relay For Life
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By Tara Vocino
undreds attended the Sixth
Annual Momâ€™s Cancer Fighting
Angels/Touch-A-Truck fundraiser,
raising approximately
$1,000 to benefit the American
Cancer Society Relay For Life, at
Fuddruckers in Saugus on Sunday.
Event Organizer Guy Moley,
who is a cancer survivor, said it
was the biggest year yet â€“ more
than 40 pieces were lined up, including,
but not limited to, construction
equipment, military
equipment, school buses, tree
trucks, Saugus police/fire/patrolman
union cruisers, cancer awareness
cruisers and a fire truck from
the North Pole.
Approximately four years ago
following the event, a parent told
Moley that her young son sat in
the Agganis Construction frontend
loader, and he said, â€œMommy,
look, Iâ€™m a bulldozer driver.â€
â€œIt was at that point that we
knew that this was going to be
an annual event,â€ Moley said, who
added that he included the childrenâ€™s
events to make it more family
friendly. This year, Boston Helicopters
landed a surprise helicopter,
for the first time. Parents and
children alike said they were excited
to see a helicopter up close.
For Saugus resident Brandon
Goodrich, 8, who wants to be a
firefighter, it was his 20th time in
a fire truck, in this case, Saugus
Fire Department spare engine 4,
built in 2007. But that didnâ€™t stop
him from going in it again. It was
the ultimate playground for a kid
with a dream.
Opening the Sixth Annual
Momâ€™s Cancer Fighting Angels/
Touch-A-Truck event was Boston
Bruins singer Todd Angilly
singing the National Anthem at
Fuddruckers on Sunday.
DROPPING IN: The eventâ€™s
big surprise: Saugus brothers
Declan and Jamison Follis sat
in a helicopter, for the first
time.
JUNIOR FIREFIGHTER: Saugus resident Brandon Goodrich, 8,
who wants to be a firefighter when he grows up, inside Engine
4, with Firefighter Donald Blandini, also of Saugus.
Noah Belliveau, 8, liked being
up high in the military cargo
truck.
Parents Louis and Lisa DeMaria, of Saugus, guided their son,
Jacob, 3, into the Cataldo Ambulance bay, for the first time.
Pictured from left to right are Elizabeth, James, 1, wearing an
â€œI dig dadâ€ excavator shirt, and twins Marie and Claire Venezia,
5, inside an Agganis Construction front-end loader bucket.
Conor Marguedant, 2, beeped
the horn in an Export Towing
truck.
Cynthia Rosenfield, 8, said
Santa must have been wrapping
presents, since he wasnâ€™t in front
of the North Pole Fire Truck.
Malden resident August
Maxwell, 2, enjoyed the
bouncy house.
Momâ€™s Cancer Fighting Angels team member Kim Shearing
displayed butterfly wreaths for sale, benefiting the American
Cancer Society Relay For Life.
Melrose Police canine officer
Brian Trainor guided Nero, 5,
during a mock drug bust.
Pictured in the middle row, from left to right, are event organizers Jodi
Comeau, Kim Shearing and Brenda Moley; pictured in back is John
Melanson. In the center are junior team captain Alexis Comeau, John
Gilmore and team captain Guy Moley. (Not pictured: Darlene Coates.)
Nero, 5, bit decoy Melrose
Police Sgt. Nicholas MacIntosh
during a canine demonstration.
Event organizers included Darlene Coates and Keith Meisner
(far right).
(Advocate photos by Tara Vocino)
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~ THE ADVOCATE MOVIE REVIEW ~
â€œA Quiet Place Part IIâ€ â€“ Grade B
By Mitchell Ringenberg
A
lmost two decades after
Newsweek announced M.
Night Shyamalan as â€œThe Next
Spielbergâ€ on their cover, director
John Krasinski (best known
for playing the ever-smug Jim
on â€œThe Officeâ€) earned similarly
bold pronouncements
with his second directorial effort,
â€œA Quiet Place,â€ in 2018.
That horror-thriller was certainly
one in the Spielbergian
tradition: a slick creature feature
with an unabashedly sentimental
(and surprisingly effective)
family story at its center.
It also featured a genuinely
novel concept: a world
overrun by monsters with ultra-sensitive
hearing, forcing
those still living to remain quiet
for the majority of the film,
lest they become lunch next.
That gimmick made for an enthralling
theatrical experience,
forcing the audiences to wait
in silent terror alongside the
characters.
Therefore, few movies seem
more appropriate to lead this
crucial Memorial Day Weekend
charge at the theaters than â€œA
Quiet Place Part II,â€ an early
summer blockbuster that delivers
plenty of killer suspense
sequences and heartfelt character
beats on par with the first
film, even if it ultimately feels
like more of the same. Those
place immediately after the
events of the first â€œQuiet Place,â€
following the central family as
they leave the now-destroyed
farm they called their home
and venture out into the world
seeking a new one. Story-wise,
there really isnâ€™t anything here
one couldnâ€™t find in, say, your
average episode of â€œThe Walking
Dead.â€ Post-apocalyptic
tropes abound here, and yet
Emily Blunt returns in â€œA Quiet Place Part IIâ€ with Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe in the
latest sequel to John Krasinskiâ€™s 2018 horror film, â€œThe Quiet Place.â€
who have missed going to the
movies this past year should
find this a fitting return, as
Krasinski clearly designed his
sequel to be seen on the big
screen: Every ominous creak
and flitter in the sound design,
every creature darting just out
of frame in the background â€“
it all lands with maximum impact
in a theater.
â€œPart IIâ€ opens with a flashback
that gives audiences a
glimpse of life moments before
the alien invasion. Most
importantly, however, itâ€™s a
showcase of what makes Krasinski
such a promising director.
As Lee (Krasinski), his wife
Evelyn (Emily Blunt) and hearing-impaired
daughter Regan
(Millicent Simmonds, who
steals the whole show here)
watches his son, Marcus (Noah
Jupe) during his Little League
game, cinematographer Polly
Morgan frames this mundane
weekend afternoon with palpable
menace. These images
of pure Americana â€“ barbecues,
baseball, nuclear families
â€“ are undermined by eerie
silences and the uncomfortable
open spaces Morgan
Saugus Catholics Collaborative
in-person Mass restrictions lifted
B
lessed Sacrament Parish
and St. Margaretâ€™s Parish
are happy to announce that,
following the new guidelines
from the Archdiocese of Boston
and effective May 29, vaccinated
churchgoers will no
longer be required to wear
masks in church, and the
churches will not be required
to maintain social distancing
in the pews during services.
Both churches are fully open
during services; therefore,
reservations are no longer
required for seating at Mass.
At the same time, the Collaborative
understands that
some people might prefer to
continue social distancing.
So Blessed Sacrament Church
will designate one quadrant
of the church for socially distanced
seating. Anyone who
leaves in every frame. An overthe-shoulder
shot of a kid at
home plate leaves the wideopen
sky in the foreground,
suggesting an incoming alien
invasion that the audience
knows could be coming at
any instant. When chaos does
indeed erupt, the camera remains
on the actorsâ€™ faces, letting
the monsters scutter in
and out of focus. Itâ€™s an ingenious
technique that prioritizes
the human drama while
also elevating the horror of the
alien threat.
The rest of the film takes
SAUGUS | FROM PAGE 3
â€œI was impressed. She
wishes to continue to wear a
mask is, of course, very welcome,
and can sit anywhere
in either church.
We would also like to note
that the dispensation from
the obligation for coming
to Sunday Mass has not yet
been lifted, and even when
it is, if a parishioner is feeling
ill, they should remain
at home.
THIS WEEK ON SAUGUS TV
Sunday, May 30 from 9 to 11 p.m. on Channel 8 â€“ â€œSunday Night Stoogesâ€ (The Three
Stooges).
Monday, May 31 all day on Channel 8 â€“ â€œMovie Mondayâ€ (classic movies).
Tuesday, June 1 at 8:30 p.m. â€“ Finance Committee Meeting from May 26.
Wednesday, June 2 at 7 p.m. on Channel 9 â€“ Finance Committee Meeting ***live***.
Thursday, June 3 at 7 p.m. on Channel 9 â€“ Planning Board Meeting ***live***.
Friday, June 4 at 8:30 p.m. on Channel 9 â€“ School Committee Meeting from May 27.
Saturday, June 5 at 8:30 p.m. on Channel 9 â€“ Board of Health Meeting from May 26.
Saugus TV can be seen on Comcast Channels 8, 9 & 22 (Public, Governmental and Educational).
For complete schedules, please visit www.saugustv.org. ***programming may be
subject to change without notice***
wanted a fair contract. I
donâ€™t blame her a bit and
she was a forceful advocate,
which makes me even more
certain we made the right
choice given the complexities
of the job,â€ he said.
â€œIn resumes and during interviews,
everyone naturally
tries to put their best foot
forward, and certainly anyone
who tuned in during
the public forums and interviews
saw impressive
candidate after impressive
candidate. What impressed
me most from Erinâ€™s references
was that confirmation
from a wide range of
people that she really is the
real deal, that she throws
herself into challenges and
gets the job done and that
she still thinks of herself as
a teacher.â€
Here are some excerpts
from three reference letters
which McMahon provided
â€œPart IIâ€ does just enough to
rise above its more generic
genre contemporaries. First
and foremost is positioning
Millicent Simmondsâ€™ character
Regan as the real lead, subverting
expectations with the
introduction of a grizzled survivor,
played by Cillian Murphy,
named Emmett. Here, Regan
emerges as the determined
leader of the pair, her steely resolve
making up for Emmettâ€™s
frightened skepticism.
In the end, â€œA Quiet Place
Part IIâ€ doesnâ€™t necessarily tell
you anything that the first one
didnâ€™t three years ago. Family
is still a source of courage
in the most dire of situations,
and watching this follow-up is
simply watching these characters
learn that lesson once
again. Nonetheless, â€œPart IIâ€
would stand out as a worthwhile
trip to the theater in
any summer movie season.
In 2021, of course, thatâ€™s now
twice as true.
the School Committee with
her job application:
Jack Chorowsky of the
KIPP Foundation out of New
York City: He hired her three
years ago to help foundation
leaders to reverse the
downward trend among
more than 200 KIPP Schools
in 4th and 8th grade literacy
and mathematics.
She not only succeeded,
but was instrumental in a
reduction of 44 programs
to 21 and a 19 percent savings
amounting to $3 million,
according to Chorowsky,
who noted the following
in his recommendation:
â€œI have never in my life
met an education leader
who is as explicitly focused
on student success and
well-being as Erin.
â€œShe brings that purpose,
that focus, to every meeting,
every interaction, to
everything she does. She
does so both implicitly and
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THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE â€“ FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2021
My Hometown: Saugus, Massachusetts
A
By Tom Sheehan
h, Saugus, the town I took
to Korea many years ago,
savored, brought back! Images
strike here, deadly accurate
in their mark. Metaphors,
booted and buckled and loaded
for bear, ride horseback
through my town, holding
forever in place. At times they
ride roughshod or, taking a
breath, saunter a bit, smelling
new-cut hay over hill, or marsh
grass caught up in light appreciation
of salt about the air, all
Atlantic talking.
Realization comes, too.
Times there were when our
river was like an old man trying
to get into bed, slow climb
at banking, belt or pajamas
astray, slight failures. Some
springs, it would be caught up
in flumeâ€™s rush.
Water talks, the sea, the river,
the pond. The town talks.
It is heard. If you ask a hundred
old-time Saugonians
about our town, those that
have moved about this world
of ours, many still moving,
the chances prevail that youâ€™d
receive many different approaches
to the meaning of a
town, Saugus, Massachusetts,
12 miles north of Boston on
the historic North Shore.
It keeps exclaiming itself in
the back of the mind, again
and again and again. Saugus
it says, in a way that never lets
go. Saugus they say. They say
it by poem and book, by disc
or tape, in words and music,
by a study of our old Indians.
From a corner of Cliftondale
Square by Surabianâ€™s Store the
recalls would spring, or from
the old Morrison Drug Store
on the corner of Smith Road
or a house on Morton Avenue
or Myrtle Street that somehow
wonâ€™t let go its grip even
to this day. Theyâ€™d come from
a cliff-face up in the still woods
of North Saugus or a late skate
on Lily Pond or the Anna Parker
when it used to be flooded
for winter fun. Or from a game
of playing tag on the rising
form of the Post Office when it
was being built in the Thirties.
All this reverie might begin
with the ghost of a fatherâ€™s
lilting voice calling across the
cool air just after darkness
started its descent. The tone
of that voice, its song of airy
stubbornness and care, settling
its primal demand across
a goodly piece of town, across
Main Street to the deep end
of a hayfield near Gustafsonâ€™s
Florist. It would cross a section
of the railroad tracks leaning
from Lynn through the heart
of the town to Revere on the
Linden Branch. It would be a
voice calling more than one
person home, calling more
than one person to memory.
With sound there comes images,
perhaps faint and distant,
but ever real, freewheeling
a stream of consciousness.
The recallers might remember
a summer cottage, and little
more than a shed at that, in
Golden Hills or high on Henshit
Mountain, having a cellar
constructed underneath, getting
elongated, widened, being
winterized, the walls becoming
warmer, becoming
home.
Sometimes, a clubhouse in
those Thirties, in the tough
times, became a full-fledged
home, and stands in place
yet, in part tribute to its young
carpenters. Frankie Parkinson
and the Petitto boys, among
others, used to talk about
their memberships in such
clubs: how they came by their
building materials, how they
got into the real estate business
in the first place. Those
were marvelous stories of another
time, of another liberty
and another persuasion; the
lumber floating across Lily
Pond from a special source, or
hauled by sled on midwinterâ€™s
ice, cover and darkness key
words of the narratives. After
a while taxes were imposed
on these crude structures by
the police chief, which forced
the boys to move, to redraft
plans, to rebuild, architects at
the outset.
Among old-timers, chances
are a number of them might
recall Blind Leonard living
alone in his small shack near
what is now Camp Nihanâ€™s
waters, across from the North
Saugus School. That is now a
professional building at what
is the newest traffic control
point in town. Leonard would
walk again for them along
Water and Walnut Streets, the
cane tapping its steady tap,
coming from the bus stop,
coming from Lynn, from music,
from Danvers where he visited
his brother, or from another
relativeâ€™s house where the
lights were kept low. A survivor
for the longest time, a
marvel for getting done what
could not be done, Citizen
Leonard.
Some of them would remember
an 11-year-old boy
at the wheel of a tractor on the
family farm alongside Spring
Street, where the Full of Bull
sat facing the Turnpike. It was
dear friend Eddie LeBlanc, the
sun beating down on him,
sweat-generating, high August
at its work. The old Ford
tractor went off to war in 1942
as part of a pile of junk metal
collected on the lawn of the
town hall or the pile near the
State Theater and the railroad
tracks. The junk became Corsairs
and tanks and LSTs pointing
straight at Normandy or
the sands of Saipan or Kwajalein,
keeping Saugus boys
company out there in The Big
Noise.
Once, theyâ€™d remember,
there was a freedom and independence
and an initiative
for the young to grow quickly,
to do the manly thing, with
whatever consequences waiting
to happen. War does that,
and the stretch of a town and
its young people towards
the next level of age, citizens
growing.
But in all of these acts of definition
there would be a universal
feeling underlining each
approach. For the truth is you
donâ€™t grasp Saugus outright.
You donâ€™t jump in up to your
knees and know right off what
youâ€™ve jumped into. You donâ€™t
get to the heart of a town as
if a rapid transit has dropped
you at the heartbeatâ€™s center.
You can see a hundred
pictures of what weâ€™ve been,
what weâ€™ve come to be. Lily
Pond and the dam can leap
out at you, as can the Sweetser
School and the Felton and
the Armitage and the Mansfield
and the old North Saugus
School. But theyâ€™re all gone in
their initial sense. The old high
school is gone â€“ the State Theater,
the Adventure Car-Hop,
the Drive-In Theater â€“ all gone.
Tony Scire is gone and Reverend
Gray is gone and Father
Culhane. Dave Lucey is gone
and Buzz Harvey and Hazel
Marison and Walter Blossom
and John A.W. Pearce. Albert
Moylan is gone and Vernon
Evans and William Smith. Art
Spinney is gone and Doug and
Bruce Waybright and Doc Williams
and Jimmy MacDougall
and George Miles and Charlie
Cooper and Soupie Campbell.
And Adlingtonâ€™s and Hoffmanâ€™s
hardware stores. And
Grahamâ€™s Market and Braidâ€™s
and Shermanâ€™s and the Economy
Store and Louis Gordonâ€™s
Tailor Shop and Joe Lauraâ€™s
Barbershop and Ace Welding
and Herb Whiteâ€™s Diner and
the Slop Shop and Warnieâ€™s
Restaurant and Butlerâ€™s Drug
and Tony Coglianoâ€™s and the
Rexall and Charlie Hechtâ€™s in
the Center. Bill Carterâ€™s Bar is
gone and Chickland and Ludwigâ€™s
Cleaners and Heck Allenâ€™s.
The
perishable perish.
Theyâ€™re all gone, veered off
the face of the earth, but weâ€™re
still here. For the time being.
We too shall pass on, yet in the
meantime, in the moments of
pure reverie of recall, we assess
and measure and realize
what weâ€™ve become and what
we came from.
We remember what weâ€™ve
taken out of a place. Taken out
of Saugus! Through the gifts of
Ellis Island, through the pouring
out of people from Europe
and all the continents,
this little town on the North
Shore in its day was becoming
a little piece of America, a
reflection of the larger mirror
of this country. We, as a town,
as a community in the truest
sense, had become an amalgam
at one time; but we were
not complete. At the ports of
Boston and New York and New
Orleans through the terrible
times of fever and along the
cool St. Lawrence Seaway, the
boats unloaded their cargo.
The load of precious charges
was destined to continue the
rising of the New World. With
them, of them, came the character
upon which this town, as
with many other towns along
the North Shore, finally fixed
its form and content.
The enclaves, of course,
came into existence. Almost
like estates of a sort, they
were, like seeking like, economies
of kinship, sea fares being
paid, sponsorships coming
into bloom, cousins coming
from the Old World to help
with the new farms along Walnut
Street and Main Street
and Vine Street and Whitney
Street. They came to help in
the shops and mills at the center
of town and along Lincoln
Avenue. The character of East
Saugus developed beside that
of Cliftondale. West Cliftondale
bloomed in its own way
as did Golden Hills and Lynnhurst,
and North Saugus being
molded in its near-sovereign
outland independence.
Then, eventually, with charisma,
with fusion, the edges
were joined and the amoebae
fully assimilated. We had,
at some point, become Saugus.
Once the core of the
town had come into being,
once the character had been
formed, and the energy flowing
through it was live and vital,
something else happened.
No longer was it what the people
had given to the town.
From its becoming Saugus, the
measurement we had to make,
therefore, came to be what
we took from its being: what
we took away from it when
we left. It became much like
looking back and trying to say
what you carried away from a
school you had attended, that
school continuing long after
youâ€™ve passed through it.
All were pieces of Saugus
carried away from her heartbeat.
Like Lily Pond, as it was,
gone! That those taken pieces
keep getting regenerated is a
marvel of township. It is why
Saugus is loved by so many,
and by so many more who
have not yet found out what
they carry with them, waiting
to steal away in this lifetime.
Old friends come back at me in
many ways in the spell of time,
often special in their wrapping
or in their expression.
Don Junkins (RIP) and
Bart Brady Ciampa and Tim
Churchard and Jim Smith and
Tom Weddle correspond by
letter or book or poem, CD
or tape. All are Saugonians
who had to go away to come
home; now my mouth waters
at correspondence and is full
of Donâ€™s words (â€œwhere have I
been all these years?â€ from his
latest book), and they say Saugus
to me, all the way from the
bull ring he writes about, all
the way from a sweetened Iberia,
all the way from the back
of his head.
Don Junkins was in Deerfield,
Massachusetts, retired
but writing strong as ever,
the metaphor saddled and
ready. Bart Ciampa makes
music in Vancouver and puts
it on CDs and sends them my
way where they curl into soft
and aging nights. So does the
lively music and poetry of Tim
Churchard in cool West Lebanon,
Maine, where he taught
and coached, the Irish drum
and the guitar loose in the
night. In far off Waldwick, New
Jersey, Jim Smith wrote letters
full of music and intelligence
and first choices of a select
mind. They came five and
six pages at a time, robust, explosive,
wandering his tastes,
sorting them out for me with
gunfire delivery. Heâ€™s gone
now, the letters no more except
in rereading.
Lately I read Don Junkinsâ€™
new book, â€œJourney to The Corrida:
Poems,â€ as I am surrounded
by Bart Brady Ciampaâ€™s exquisite
trumpet on his own CD
from Vancouver way, hearing
his â€œLatinas Reflexiones,â€ and
he does all the instruments,
one atop the other, pretending
itâ€™s about the Southern
Desert, and all the time itâ€™s all
about Saugus.
Bart and Don, what a pair!
What a pair! And they level out
with Tim Churchard and his
music, and their long ties, and
how they graced the same field
as Tim and I did. And geologist
Tom Weddle, unfailing communicator,
writing elegantly
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October Baseball
2003 Saugus American Little League All-Star
Team will play in MS4MS fundraiser
(Editorâ€™s Note: The following
info is from a press release issued
this week by World Series
Park.)
W
orld Series Park in Saugus
will host a fundraiser for
multiple sclerosis (MS) on Saturday,
Oct. 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The all-day event will consist of a
ceremony on the field, entertainment,
food, booths, auctions, raffles,
activities for kids, a display
of classic cars, and some surprises.
The day will culminate with a
softball game between the 2003
Saugus Little League team and a
combined team of Saugus Police
and Firefighters.
The coordinator for the event
HOMETOWN | FROM PAGE 16
of Tontoquon, the Indian who
roamed the banks of the Saugus
River a few centuries ago.
And we all, to a man, love Saugus
for what she is and what
she has been in our lives.
It was my son, Timmy, whose
home is in Franklin, Maine,
who said, â€œSo you and your
pals are writing a book about
Saugus in this past century. For
example,â€ he continued, â€œtell
me about the Forties. What
were they like? Why do some
football players from those
times write poetry? Or what in
East Saugus made such music
in the beginning that it now
comes out of your computer,
all the way from the West
Coast? Or how do you hibernate
in the night with an old
teammateâ€™s book of poems,
or anotherâ€™s sheaf of letters?â€
It was not smugness on his
part. But I did not know if that
choice of his was spontaneous
or specifically directed, as if
he had in mind a period related
to his own age, young, impressionable,
bursting, a place
where we all have been.
It was a catch in the throat, I
said. I tried to explain it to him:
There was a time in the
high school corridor when a
girl turned away from me and
walked elegantly off to her lifetime,
smiling to this day, a raving
beauty yet, mother-proud,
bearing regal in her skirts just
cut so, and the perfect edge
of temperament. It was the
time when I slyly tore open
my brotherâ€™s fragile V-mail letter
from the wild Pacific before
is Saugusâ€™s own Dario Pizzano, a
professional baseball player and
a member of the Saugus Little
League team that competed in
the Little League World Series
in 2003. For the last two years,
he has been actively involved in
fundraising for Mission Stadiums
for Multiple Sclerosis (MS4MS).
His mother, Traci, has suffered
with MS for several years, and
Dario wanted to be part of helping
raise money for research to
help find a cure.
MS4MS is a registered 501c(3)
nonprofit organization whose
mission is to raise awareness of
MS at all sports stadiums while
raising funds directly for families
anybody else could get to it, its
onionskin quality like a manuscript
marked up by an editor
serious at life. It was hearing
my cousinâ€™s telephone voice
from a Port of Embarkation
hidden somewhere on the
East Coast, for the lone single
last time. I remembered how
heâ€™d call with that falsetto air
to his brother while skating in
the swamp near Siagloâ€™s piggery
on Longwood Avenue.
He was mimicking Richie and
Sumner Searsâ€™ mother calling
out for them, the night late,
the cold stealing down atop us
mindless except for small joys.
Or it was seeing a neighborâ€™s
son heading home with one
olive drab pant leg sewn much
higher than the other one. It
was watching newsreels, like
PathÃ© News, at the State Theatre
on Friday nights, not really
knowing what the gunfire
and sudden combustion
was all about, that gray mass
of exploding sand or snow up
there on the screen, now and
then body parts in the mix,
or hearing the high screech
of shells or a plane diving off
the clouds as if those sounds
had been artificially appended
to the film. Wondering if
those sounds could be real. It
would be early in the Fifties Iâ€™d
come to know them for what
they were.
It all came down eventually
to my lost brother, locked up
forever in my mind. There is a
catch in the throat, a first order
of breathlessness I remember
behind my eyes with a clarity
that could disturb some
minds.
BATTING FOR MS4MS: Dario
Pizzano, a professional baseball
player and a member of the
Saugus Little League team that
competed in the Little League
World Series in 2003, has been
fundraising for MS4MS for the
last two years. (Courtesy photos
to The Saugus Advocate)
It was suddenly finding
someone whose ear, like mine,
could turn quickly to a cool
jazz musician right after hearing
Puccini at his very best
(â€¦that in New Jersey, Jimmy
Smith once would give anything
to hear the trumpet and
flugelhorn Iâ€™m tending on right
this minute). Or knowing what
Auden had to say about another
poet, â€œIn the nightmare
of the dark/All the dogs of Europe
bark,â€ the words on the
porch on Main Street falling
from my grandfatherâ€™s lips. It
was as if the old gent were
reading from an Old World
cairn, the Red Fergus put away
or one more of the warring
Oâ€™Sheehaughns. The words
were blessed and lovely, full
of a music I vaguely could begin
to hear, to recognize as my
own. And a massive war about
to begin that would change
everything we knew or could
feel, the measurements of that
war forever at hand.
The catch in the throat became
the names in thick black
type in the local newspaper
pages: Basil Parker, Larry Daniels,
Tommy Atkins; boys who
would never again make the
walk along Summer Street or
Appleton Street to Stackpole
Field, a walk that I would make
for four years in the same Forties
they trod it. A walk that
teammate Don Junkins would
write about, the catch again
in the throat, deeper, like a
barbed hook had set, clutching
what was soul.
The list of names came
growing and running through
the streets of the town; the
FLASHBACK: The 2003 Saugus American Little League All-Star
Team that competed in the Little League World Series that
year will be on hand to support Dario Pizzano and multiple
sclerosis research at a fundraising event on Oct. 30 at World
Series Park.
with MS Warriors and for the advancement
of research at Johns
Hopkins Project Restore MS Research
Center, as it hopes to find
a cure.
(Courtesy photos to The Saugus Advocate)
Volunteers are being requested
to help run the event. If you
would like to help or need more
information about the event, contact
Bob Davis at 781-233-4555.
Kasabuski brothers almost in
one pained but exhilarated
breath (them together forever),
Vitold Glinski and his pal
Alexander Chojnowski from
East Saugus practically together
again, Walter Barrett missing
in the Pacific, Charlie Lenox
killed in France, Al DeStuben
wounded in Germany. The
list grew and grew, the catch
in the throat thicker, heavier,
a weight coming with it, like
measurement taking place,
hand spans, armsâ€™ length of
things.
My heart is forever locked
into this town whose streets I
walk the way I might one day
walk another paradise. If there
is one like this, if it is one I can
earn my way to, where the river
comes pale and palpable in
its touch at East Saugus. If it is
one where you can look across
to Lynn, where old pilings and
boats worn out by muscle and
devotion continue their journey
back into the earth. Where
the marsh turns suddenly
brown, then white, and where
friends, the old and the new,
the lost and the forlorn, herald
every corner I turn, telling
me they love what I still have.
Yes, Timmy, here is part of
it, the Forties, the pain, the
grace, the recall, the sound
of anotherâ€™s words, anotherâ€™s
music, coming to me at the
same time. The images sound.
Bart Ciampaâ€™s trumpet or Tim
Churchardâ€™s banjo plays like
one of Don Junkinsâ€™ or one
of Jimmy Smithâ€™s metaphors.
There is no mouth, no voice,
but a placeâ€¦Saugus! God, I
am still here, smack dab in the
middle of it all.
Remarkable, Donny. Remarkable,
Bart. Remarkable,
Tim. Remarkable, Jim. Remarkable,
Tom Weddle. Ah, yes,
Timmy, remarkable, the Forties.
For two years those Forties
and all the years since ran
through our minds as we set
them down in our book, â€œA
Gathering Of Memories: Saugus
1900â€“2000.â€ For two years
we garnered and gathered
and placed them in order and
ordered them in place, scribing
a pass at a collection of
memories. And it came about,
after a total and consuming labor
of love, an endless poke
at the imagination. Saugonians
from 47 states and places
outside our borders ordered
the book. John Burns and Bob
Wentworth and our committee
prepared for them a true
feast for the memories.
The book sold out in a few
months, all 2,000 copies, including
the last five damaged
copies, after doing our own
warehousing, packaging, mailing
for months of pure excitement.
Five hundred more were
printed and sold. A perennial
scholarship stands, The John
Burns Millennium Book Associates
Scholarship for Saugus
High graduates. It was a noble
effort.
Perhaps that, too, will be remembered
as a piece of Saugus.
Like John Burns should be
remembered, he who set this
chapter moving, this piece of
Saugus.
â€”Tom Sheehan is an
award-winning author who resides
in Saugus.
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THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE â€“ FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2021
Prolific Lady Sachemsâ€™ offense leads way to 6-1 start
O
By Greg Phipps
ffense has been the biggest
factor for the Saugus
High School softball team,
as the Sachems have emerged
victorious in six of their first
seven games this season. In
fact, Saugus had scored 59
runs in its last four contests
(nearly 15 runs a game) heading
into Fridayâ€™s home tilt
against Winthrop.
The Sachems outscored the
Vikings by a 16-11 count in
Tuesdayâ€™s battle at Winthrop.
They then proceeded to explode
for the equivalent of
three touchdowns in a 21-7
victory over Swampscott on
Wednesday. Last Friday, Saugus
jumped out to a quick
3-0 lead in the first inning and
eventually broke open a close
game in a 12-5 win at Beverly.
Pitcher Leah Ventre has been
the beneficiary of the strong
offensive support and now has
six wins on the season â€“ one of
those was a season-opening,
perfect, no-hit shutout against
Salem. The Sachems gave her
plenty of support in that contest
as well with 12 runs.
Tuesdayâ€™s game at Winthrop
was a back-and-forth affair before
the Sachems were able to
pull it out. Three RBI efforts by
Kyleigh Dalton and Alexa Ferraro
plus a 4-for-4, three RBI
performance from Lily Ventre
helped lead the way. Kirby
Dalton smacked three hits,
Saugus baserunner Cat Schena slid in safely ahead of the throw
home in last Fridayâ€™s 12-5 win at Beverly.
reached base five times and
scored five times. Leah Ventre
drove in two runs while Kyra
Jones and Devaney Millerick
added RBIs. Ryann Moloney
added a hit also.
Head Coach Steve Almquist
has to be pleased with his
teamâ€™s ability to produce offense
thus far. The Sachems
Saugus pitcher Leah Ventre earned her fourth win of the
season on Friday at Beverly.
continued to swing red-hot
bats against Swampscott on
Wednesday. Leah Ventre was
joined by Fallon Millerick in
earning the win over Swampscott
while the attack was led
by Devaney Millerick with two
hits and three runs driven in.
Moloney and Gianna Costa
each added two RBI, and Ava
Rogers produced a perfect
3-for-3 day with two doubles.
Sachemsâ€™ catcher Lily Ventre prepared to swing at a pitch
during an at-bat against Beverly.
Saugus baserunner Kirby Dalton rounded second base during a three-run first inning outburst
in last Fridayâ€™s victory at Beverly.
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Meet the 2020-2021 SHS Sachems Varsity Baseball Team
The 2020-2021 SHS Sachems Varsity Baseball Team, pictured kneeling, from left to right, are; Mark MacEachern, Sean Oâ€™Rourke, Kyle McLaughlin, Jason
Casaletto, Kyle Surette, Anthony Macone, and Anthony Cicolini. Back row, from left to right, areH Head Coach Joseph Luis, Drew Gardiner, Ryan Mabee, Nathan
Ing, Ryan Anderson, Michael Howard, Matthew MacEachern, Braden Faiella, and Asst. Coach Michael Mabee.
Pictured from left to right are, SHS Head Coach Joseph Luis with seniors Kyle McLaughlin,
Jason Casaletto, and Kyle Surette, with Assistant Coach Michael Mabee.
Sachems Captain Jason Casaletto with Head Coach Joseph
Luis.
(Advocate photos by Tara Vocino)
Late-inning heroics fall short in loss to Swampscott
T
By Greg Phipps
he Saugus High School
baseball team has participated
in four tight games so
far this spring. Unfortunately,
the Sachems have ended up
on the short end in three of the
four matchups. A one-run win
over Gloucester and two close,
late-inning setbacks to Danvers
were followed by a frustrating
3-2 home loss to Swampscott
last Thursday at World Series
Park.
The Sachems worked their
way back from an early 2-0 deficit
and tied the game in dramatic
fashion when Nathan Ing
belted a solo homer in the bottom
of the seventh inning to
send the affair to extra innings.
Ing would finish with three hits
in the game and Anthony Macone
would drive in Saugusâ€™s
other run on a second-inning
fielder's choice. But the visitors
tallied in their half of the 10th
frame to come away on top.
Another solid pitching effort
was wasted for Saugus. Jason
Casaletto, who worked seven
innings and allowed just two
runs (both in the first inning),
had good control, walking just
one batter and fanning seven.
After the game, head coach
Joe Luis cited Casalettoâ€™s fine
effort and admitted his squad
has had its problems generating
offense. The Sachems were
shut out in the two contests
Saugusâ€™s Nathan Ing blasted a game-tying, seventh-inning
homer in last Thursdayâ€™s 3-2 home loss to Swampscott.
leading up to Thursdayâ€™s tilt,
and they had their chances to
tack on more runs against the
Big Blue. â€œWe just couldnâ€™t get
the big hit,â€ Luis told the press.
â€œI donâ€™t know how many times
we had a runner on third base
with less than two outs.â€
The beginning of this week
didnâ€™t trend in a better direction
for Saugus, as it was
blanked by Masconomet, 100,
on Monday and knocked off
at Gloucester, the same team
the Sachems beaten earlier
this spring, by a 10-6 count on
Wednesday. Casaletto homered
and Kyle McLaughlin
drove in three runs against
the Fishermen, as the Sachems
were able to establish some offense
in the loss.
Saugus sits at 2-7 overall and
plays at home against Peabody
on Monday.
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THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE â€“ FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2021
SAUGUS GARDENS IN THE PANDEMIC
Hereâ€™s whatâ€™s blooming in town this week to
make your walks more enjoyable
By Laura Eisener
P
atriotic plantings are popping
up around town as
Memorial Day approaches. Despite
the reduction of parades
and gatherings these past few
years, the tradition of decorating
graves and monuments
with flowers is still being observed,
and small gardens are
being planted at the base of
flagpoles.
The flower we most associate
with Memorial Day is the poppy
(Papaver spp.), but there are
actually many poppy species.
The red flowers that grow in
Flanders Field, Belgium, over
the graves of World War I soldiers,
and the inspiration for
the poem by Canadian soldier
poet John McCrae that is so often
recited on this holiday, refer
to a European annual often
called the corn poppy (Papaver
rhoeas). An American
teacher from Georgia, Moina
Belle Michael, was so moved
by McCraeâ€™s poem that she not
only wrote her own responding
poem but made it her life
mission to make the poppy a
symbol of remembrance for
this country and others. Actual
corn poppies are sometimes
considered weeds, but Shirley
poppies are ornamental variants
available in a variety of
colors. We are more likely to
think of the large and showy
perennial oriental poppy (Papaver
orientale), which thrives
in gardens in our climate. This
species often has geranium
red petals, but can also be
found with pink, peach, white
and other color variations. The
shorter lived Iceland poppy
(Papaver nudicaule) blooms
in delicious pastels of cream,
yellow, salmon, orange and
pink as well as red and white.
We may also have seen garden
variations of the opium
poppy (Papaver somniferum),
which is sometimes known as
the breadseed poppy. It is legally
grown for pharmaceutical
purposes, while the seeds
of milder varieties are often
used in baked goods. These
are usually short-lived in our
climate, but ornamental varieties
come in red, lilac, pink and
white, and the flowers may be
single or multi-petalled.
The flowers we grow in our
gardens come from many continents.
Plants from the large
continent of Asia often grow
especially well because the climate
and soils in some parts of
it are similar to North America.
A BLOSSOM UP CLOSE: the Chinese tree peony in Allen
Humphriesâ€™ Cliftondale garden.
(Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate by Allen Humphries)
A CHINESE TREE PEONY: Pink flowers bloom in Allen Humphriesâ€™
Cliftondale garden.
(Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate by Allen Humphries)
A HOLIDAY FLORAL DISPLAY: A patriotic pot of petunias and
pinwheels commemorates Memorial Day.
(Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate by Laura Eisener)
ICELAND POPPY: An assortment of colors of this flower
(Papaver nudicaule) bloom in a Lynnhurst garden.
(Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate by Laura Eisener)
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard
University was especially
successful at exploring for and
collecting hardy Asian species
and working with Chinese universities
to introduce many
new species to other parts of
the world.
Peonies are among the most
beloved of perennials from
Asia, both there and here. Herbaceous
peonies which bloom
in June are the most familiar,
but tree peonies deserve to be
better known. Despite â€œtreeâ€
being part of the name, these
peonies are not of tree-like
size. They typically will grow to
only about 5' tall, but like trees
the woody stems remain visible
year round and the new
growth will come from these
stems, unlike herbaceous peonies
(Paeonia lactiflora), whose
new growth emerges from
the ground each spring.. Tree
peonies have a delightful fragrance
and bloom several
weeks to a month before herbaceous
peonies in our area. In
China, tree peonies are known
as Moutan and have been cultivated
for centuries. Tree peony
flower colors include many
shades of pink, red, yellow,
purple and white. In addition
to its value as an ornamental
plant, parts of the root are used
for medicinal purposes. They
are a popular subject in Chinese
and Japanese paintings.
Allen Humphries has an unusual
Chinese tree peony (Paeonia
suffruticosa) in his Cliftondale
neighborhood garden.
Allen says, â€œIt was my paMEMORIAL
DAY CENTERPIECE: An unfurling petunia resembles
a star.
ternal grandfatherâ€™s. I donâ€™t
know where he got it. He lived
in Lynn and died long before I
was born. My father Edward J.
Humphries transplanted it to
Saugus after he moved here
in January 1941. Last year I had
â€˜lostâ€™ about 1/3 of it but it still
has the magnificent large blossoms.â€
There are a few gardens
in Saugus that have other varieties
of tree peony, but I have
not seen any others quite like
this one. The pinkish lilac, fluffy
double blossoms on Allenâ€™s
(Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate by Laura Eisener)
plant are very sweetly fragrant.
Editorâ€™s Note: Laura Eisener is
a landscape design consultant
who helps homeowners with
landscape design, plant selection
and placement of trees and
shrubs, as well as perennials. She
is a member of the Saugus Garden
Club and offered to write a
series of articles about â€œwhatâ€™s
blooming in townâ€ shortly after
the outbreak of the COVID-19
pandemic. She was inspired after
seeing so many people taking
up walking.
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S y Senior
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BY JIM MILLER
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for Lung Cancer?
Dear Savvy Senior,
What can you tell me about lung cancer screenings? I was
a big smoker but quit years ago, so Iâ€™m wondering if I should
be checked out.
Dear Still,
Lung cancer screening is
used to detect the presence
of lung cancer in otherwise
healthy people with a high
risk of lung cancer. Should
you be screened? It depends
on your age and your smoking
history. Hereâ€™s what you
should know.
Screening
Recommendations
The U.S. Preventive Services
Task Force â€“ an independent
panel of medical experts that
advises the government on
health policies â€“ recently expanded
their recommendations
for lung cancer screenings.
They are now recommending
annual screenings
for high-risk adults between
the ages of 50 and 80 who
have at least a 20-pack year
history who currently smoke
or who have quit within the
past 15 years. This is a change
from the 2013 recommendation
that referred to patients
ages 55 to 80 with 30-year
pack histories.
A 20-pack year history is the
equivalent of smoking one
pack a day for 20 years or two
packs a day for 10 years.
In 2020, lung cancer killed
more than 135,000 Americans
making it the deadliest
of all possible cancers. In fact,
more people die of lung cancer
than of colon, breast and
prostate cancers combined.
Lung cancer also occurs predominantly
in older adults.
About two out of every three
people diagnosed with lung
cancer are 65 or older.
Youâ€™ll also be happy to
know that most health insurance
plans cover lung cancer
screenings to high-risk patients,
as does Medicare up
to age 77.
Screening Pros
and Cons
Doctors use a low-dose
computed tomography scan
(also called a low-dose CT
scan, or LDCT) of the lungs to
look for lung cancer. If lung
cancer is detected at an early
stage, itâ€™s more likely to be
cured with treatment. But a
LDCT isnâ€™t recommended for
every high-risk patient.
LDCT scans have a high
rate of false positives, which
means that many will undergo
additional (and unnecessary)
screening or medical
procedures, such as another
scan three, six, or even
12 months later to check for
changes in the shape or size
of the suspicious area (an indication
of tumor growth). For
some patients, the anxiety or
worry that goes along with
waiting can be a real issue.
Or you may need a biopsy
(removal of a small amount
of lung tissue), which has risks,
especially for those with underlying
health conditions,
such as chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease or emphysema.
For example, in people
with emphysema, thereâ€™s
a chance of a lung collapsing
during the procedure.
If you meet the U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force criteria
for high-risk lung cancer, the
University of Michigan off ers a
free online tool (see ShouldIScreen.com)
to help you decide
if you should get an LDCT. Itâ€™s
also important to discuss the
benefi ts and risks with your
primary care doctor before
making a decision.
Tips for Testing
If you and your doctor determine
that you should be
screened, look for an imaging
facility whose staff follows
American College of Radiology
requirements when performing
low-dose CT scans.
You can fi nd accredited facilities
at ACRaccreditation.org.
This can help to ensure an
accurate read of your scans
by a highly trained, board-certifi
ed or board-eligible radiologist.
You
may need a referral
from your primary care provider.
Most insurance companies,
including Medicare require
this before theyâ€™ll cover
the cost of screening.
Send your senior questions
to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443,
Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org.
Jim Miller is a contributor
to the NBC Today show
and author of â€œThe Savvy Seniorâ€
book.
The SECURE Act (Setting
Every Community Up for Retirement
Enhancement Act)
was signed into law on December
20, 2019. A significant
provision of the SECURE
Act was the repeal of the ability
of a designated beneficiary
of an IRA account to withdraw
the funds over his or
her life expectancy. Designated
beneficiaries inheriting
IRA accounts after 2019
must now withdraw monies
from the IRA account within
10 years.
The IRS should be issuing
proposed Required Minimum
Distribution (RMD) regulations
soon as a result of the
changes made by the SECURE
Act.
It is no longer necessary to
determine the age of the IRA
owner at the time of death
for distribution purposes as
long as the IRA owner dies
after 2019 and the beneficiary
is a designated beneficiary
under the IRA account (a
Trust or an individual).
For designated beneficiaries
subject to the 10-year
rule, withdrawals from the
IRA account are optional
until December 31st of the
10th year following the year
of death of the IRA account
owner.
The new 10-year rule also
applies to a successor beneficiary
of a designated beneficiary
of the original IRA
account owner, who inherited
an IRA account prior
to 2020, but who dies after
2019. A designated beneficiary
will establish a beneficiary
IRA account and will
then select a beneficiary of
his or her inherited IRA account.
That subsequent beneficiary
would be deemed
to be a successor beneficiary.
If the designated beneficiary,
however, had died prior
to 2020, then the successor
beneficiary would have
the right to withdraw the remaining
balance of the IRA
account over the life expectancy
of the designated beneficiary,
and not be subject to
the 10-year rule.
Former Smoker
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â€œYOUR FINANCIAL FOCUSâ€
JOSEPH D. CATALDO
NEW 10-YEAR RULE
FOR INHERITED IRAâ€™S
Under the SECURE Act, an
Eligible designated beneficiary
is eligible to withdraw
the remaining balance of the
inherited IRA account over
his or her life expectancy. The
following qualify as an Eligible
designated beneficiary:
â€¢ The surviving spouse of
the IRA account owner
â€¢ A child of the IRA account
owner who has not yet
reached the age of majority.
Once the child has reached
the age of majority, the child
then has 10 years to withdraw
the balance in the inherited
IRA account
â€¢ Disabled beneficiary
â€¢ Chronically ill beneficiary
â€¢ An individual not falling
into A-D who is not more
than 10 years younger than
the IRA account owner.
These are complicated new
rules relating to beneficiaries
of IRA account owners. However,
since IRA accounts are
so common, it is important
to understand the new rules.
1. On May 28, 1934, the Dionne
quintuplets were born
on the family farm in what
Canadian province?
2. U.S. Route 50, a transcontinental
highway, has a
portion known as â€œThe Loneliest
Road in Americaâ€ that is
in what state?
3. In May 1915, Babe Ruth
hit his fi rst career home run
against what team that he
was later traded to?
4. On May 29, 1885, in
what Massachusetts city
(â€œShoe Capital of the Worldâ€)
did Jan Matzeliger demonstrate
his invention of a
machine to mass produce
shoes?
5. What is Neapolitan ice
cream?
6. The 1966 what group
released the album â€œFace to
Faceâ€ with the song â€œRainy
Day in Juneâ€?
7. In May 1830, the poem
â€œMary Had a Little Lambâ€
was fi rst published â€“ in Boston;
what editress/writer/
activist and proponent of
Thanksgiving and the Bunker
Hill Monument authored
it?
8. Which U.S. state has the
longest coastline?
9. How are Allyson, Lockhart
and Taylor similar?
10. On May 30, 1821,
James Boyd of Boston patented
a fi re hose of cotton
lined with what substance
(to replace leather hose)?
11. The â€œI want my Maypoâ€
commercials advertised
what?
12. What is the Memorial
Day fl ower?
13. What was the name of
the boyfriend of Geraldine
(Flip Wilson)?
14. On May 31, 1578, the
Catacombs were discovered
in what city?
15. What was Romeoâ€™s family
name?
16. On June 1, 2002, the
fi rst law to prohibit light pollution
in a nation went into
eff ect in what country that
is bordered by Slovakia on
the east?
17. Where would you fi nd
the Lost Boys in â€œPeter Panâ€?
18. On June 2, 1924, what
U.S. president signed into
law the Indian Citizenship
Act?
19. What is Aurora Australis?
20.
On June 3, 1937, what
famous marriage occurred?
ANSWERS
1. Ontario
2. Nevada
3. The New York Yankees
4. Lynn, MA
5. Diff erent ice cream fl avors
â€“ usually chocolate, strawberry
and vanilla â€“ pressed into a
block for slicing
6. The Kinks
7. Sarah Josepha Hale
8. Alaska
9. They are the last names of
entertainers named June.
10. Rubber
11. The first-ever maple-flavored
oatmeal cereal
12. Red poppies
13. Killer
14. Rome
15. Montague
16. The Czech Republic
17. Never-Never Land
18. Calvin Coolidge
19. The Southern Lights
20. Between the Duke of Windsor
and Wallis Simpson
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THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE â€“ FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2021
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By Bob Katzen
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HOUSE AND SENATE:
Beacon Hill Roll Call records local
representativesâ€™ and senatorsâ€™
votes on roll calls from the
week of May 17-21.
$400 MILLION FOR NEW
SOLDIERSâ€™ HOME IN HOLYOKE
(H 3770)
House 160-0, Senate 40-0,
approved and sent to Gov. Charlie
Baker a bill authorizing $400
million to fund the construction
of a new Soldiersâ€™ Home in Holyoke.
The push to construct the
new home follows the deaths of
77 veteran residents last year
as a result of a COVID-19 outbreak
at the current facility. A
House-Senate conference committee
hammered out this compromise
version after the House
and Senate approved different
versions of the measure.
The bill also provides $200
million to increase geographic
equity and accessibility of longterm
care services for Bay State
veterans with a focus on areas
that are not primarily served by
the soldiersâ€™ homes in Chelsea
or Holyoke. The Baker administration
and House and Senate
leaders have urged speedy
passage of the proposal in order
to meet deadlines to apply for as
much as $260 million in funding
from the federal government,
which would leave state taxpayers
with a $140 million bill.
â€œRebuilding the soldiersâ€™ home
in Holyoke and increasing access
to services for our veterans
is necessary and long overdue,
especially after tragically losing
many residents of the soldiersâ€™
home to a COVID-19 outbreak
last year,â€ said Sen. Cindy
Friedman (D-Arlington) who
served as the lead Senate negotiator
of the conference committee.
â€œThis funding will ensure
that the commonwealthâ€™s veterans
are met with the services
that they deserve and that address
their unique and changing
needs.â€
â€œOur veterans throughout the
commonwealth deserve the
very best in care and treatment
as they age,â€ said Sen. Paul
Feeney (D-Foxborough), another
member of the conference
committee. The bill that we enacted
today will ensure that their
needs are met for generations
to come in a safe, comfortable
and welcoming soldiersâ€™ home.
Additionally, it is critical that this
vital taxpayer-funded facility be
built efficiently by a local, welltrained,
safe and diverse workforce
that provides a career
pipeline for skilled craftspeople
in Western Massachusetts.
The bipartisan and collaborative
bond authorization bill we sent
to the governor is reflective of
DCR needs lifeguards for summer season
Apply online; lifeguards earn up to $18 per hour
T
he state Department of
Conservation & Recreation
(DCR) announced that
the agency is actively recruiting
individuals to become a
lifeguard at DCR-managed inland
and coastal waterfronts,
and deep water swimming
pools in Central and Eastern
Massachusetts. DCR lifeguards
are professional rescuers who
are trained to prevent injuries,
and they respond in the event
of an emergency to help save
a life. As part of a team, lifeguards
must work together
calmly and efficiently to manage
potential crisis situations
and ensure the safety of all visitors
at DCR-managed waterfronts.
DCR lifeguards make a
difference and enjoy a fulfilling
summer job while earning $17
per hour â€“ or $18 per hour for
head lifeguards.
â€œEvery year, Massachusetts
residents and visitors travel
to DCR beaches, lakes, ponds,
and pools seeking relief from
the summer heat and time
with friends and family outdoors,â€
said DCR Commissioner
James Montgomery. â€œDCR lifeguards
are absolutely critical to
ensuring the public can safely
enjoy our popular swimming
locations, and make a real difference
by dedicating their
summer days to safeguarding
the public.â€
DCR trains and certifies its
lifeguards prior to opening
designated swimming areas,
and it provides certification
free of charge to those who
commit to working for DCR.
To be considered for a DCR
lifeguard position, applicants
must be at least 16 years of
age, must complete lifeguard
training and must be certified
in first aid and cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR).
Furthermore, candidates
must be able to complete the
following:
â€¢ A timed 500-yard swim
â€¢ Recover a 10-pound object
in nine to 12 feet of water
DCR is currently recruiting in
Central and Eastern Massachusetts
with a focus on the Boston
Metro area, North of Boston
to Salisbury and South of
Boston to the Cape and the Islands.
Candidate training and
certification dates and locations
in these areas can be
found below. Please note that
all interested candidates must
register with DCR aquatics staff
to be placed in the appropriate
course before arriving.
Boston Region
â€¢ May 28 and 30 â€“ Somerville
YMCA in Somerville, Lifeguard
Certification
â€¢ June 12 â€“ Connell Pool in
Weymouth, Lifeguard and CPR
Recertifications
North Region
â€¢ May 30 â€“ Somerville YMCA
in Somerville, Lifeguard Certification
â€¢
June 5 â€“ Somerville YMCA
in Somerville, Lifeguard Recertification
â€¢
June 7 and 10 â€“ North Shore
Swim Club Partnership in Medford,
Lifeguard Certification
(tentative)
â€¢ June 11 and13 â€“ Somerville
YMCA in Somerville, Lifeguard
Certification
South Region
â€¢ June 5 â€“ Horseneck Beach
in Westport, CPR and Waterfront
Certifications
â€¢ June 12 â€“ Houghtonâ€™s Pond
in Canton, CPR and Waterfront
Certifications
Interested individuals can
apply online and are strongly
encouraged to call James Esposito
at 857-214-0400 or visit
the DCRâ€™s lifeguarding webpage
and recruitment flyer,
where certification dates and
locations, application information
and lifeguard requirements
can be found.
our values and consistent with
our focus on providing equitable
and top-notch care to every
veteran in the commonwealth.â€
â€œAs the senator for the city
of Holyoke and the Soldiersâ€™
Home, I know what this new
home means to so many in our
community,â€ said Sen. John Velis
(D-Westfield), Senate chair
of the Committee on Veterans
and Federal Affairs. â€œThis has
truly been a long and emotional
process that started well before
this legislation was first filed.
From the very start, families and
veterans gave me a very clear
message: â€˜Get this done.â€™ We
could not let them down and I
am proud to say that we have
not let them down â€¦ The funding
authorized in this bill will ensure
that the future residents
of the Holyoke Soldiersâ€™ Home
and veterans across our commonwealth
receive the care
with honor and dignity that they
have earned in service to our
nation. Todayâ€™s vote brings us
one step closer towards fulfilling
that mission.â€
(A â€œYesâ€ vote is for the bill.)
Rep. Jessica Giannino Yes
Rep. Donald Wong Yes
Sen. Brendan Crighton Yes
COVID-19 EMERGENCY
SICK LEAVE AND UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE
CHANGES
(H 3771)
House 157-0, Senate 40-0,
approved and sent to Gov. Baker
a bill that would provide qualified
workers with up to five days
of paid leave for COVID-related
emergencies including workers
who are sick with the virus, under
a quarantine order, recovering
from receiving a vaccine
or caring for a family member ill
with the virus.
The measure is also designed
to relieve employers this spring
from expensive unexpected
unemployment system costs.
Many businesses were shocked
when they saw their first-quarter
unemployment contribution bills
and found the solvency assessment
rate had jumped from 0.58
percent in 2020 to 9.23 percent
in 2021, raising costs in many
cases by hundreds or thousands
of dollars.
Under the proposal, the state
BHRC | SEE PAGE 23
would shift all COVID-related
unemployment claims from the
solvency fund into a new COVID
claims fund and the solvency
fund would revert to its original
function. Employers, who
fund the stateâ€™s jobless aid system,
will still be on the hook in
the long term, and a COVID-related
assessment on businesses
will kick into effect for 2021
and 2022.
â€œIn order for us to fully recover
from the pandemic, all Massachusetts
workers need access
to emergency paid sick time if
they are sick with COVID-19,
quarantined or need to care for
a sick family member,â€ said Deb
Fastino, Executive Director of
the Coalition for Social Justice
and a member of the Raise Up
Massachusetts Steering Committee.
â€œMany essential frontline
workers need paid sick time so
they can recover from the side
effects of the COVID-19 vaccine.â€
â€œMassachusetts
workers and
businesses share the same goal
of restoring jobs lost during the
COVID pandemic and getting
back to work,â€ said Steve Tolman,
president of the Massachusetts
AFL-CIO. â€œBy spreading
this yearâ€™s solvency assessment
over the next two decades
using already authorized borrowing,
the House took the necessary
step at this time to enable
that continued economic
recovery. Moving forward, it is
critical that we take a hard look
at the way we fund our Unemployment
Insurance system
to ensure that costs are fairly
spread out across businesses;
that we build substantial reserves
during good economic
times in order to weather the
bad without relying on costly
borrowing; and that workers can
continue to count on UI benefits
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as an economic lifeline to provide
for their families and boost
the Massachusetts economy.â€
â€œThe unemployment benefits
crisis was directly caused by
Gov. Bakerâ€™s shutdown of the
stateâ€™s economy and the Legislatureâ€™s
failure to act,â€ said Chip
Ford, executive director of Citizens
for Limited Taxation. â€œThe
federal government provided
relief with its American Rescue
Plan Act (ARPA), but the House
chose not to use those funds to
mitigate the burden the state
imposed on employers. It is unconscionable
for the state to
further abuse devastated businesses
when federal funds have
been made available to alleviate
that pain.â€
â€œThis proposal is a good step
to help provide employers immediate
unemployment insurance
tax relief, but it is not a longterm
solution,â€ said National Federation
of Independent Businessâ€™s
(NFIB) Massachusetts State Director
Christopher Carlozzi. â€œThe
state forced businesses to close
their doors and rollback operations
resulting in widespread layoffs.
Because of this, employers
alone should not be left to shoulder
the entire UI tax burden and
policymakers must use some of
the billions of dollars in federal
aid to help replenish the UI trust
fund like so many other states
have done.â€
â€œThis legislation is an important
stopgap step to prevent up
to 1,600 percent immediate tax
increases for Massachusetts employers,â€
said Jon Hurst, president
of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts.
â€œIt will amortize the
multi-billion-dollar COVID-related
claims over 20 years, spreading
out, but not eliminating the pain.
Still there needs to be a shared responsibility
with the government
to cover some of the UI Trust Fund
debt. The orders, restrictions, messaging,
emergency benefits and
fraudulent claims were related to
government actions, not that of
employers. So there still needs to
be a determination on how much
of the federal relief dollars under
either the CARES Act or ARPA will
be the governmentâ€™s responsibility
for the debt of approximately
$4 billion. Massachusetts will be
receiving $4.5 billion under the
ARPA. Most other states have used
federal COVID relief dollars to reduce
the overall UI tax hit for their
employers, and Massachusetts
must support their small businesses
and employers in a similar way.â€
(A â€œYesâ€ vote is for the bill.)
Rep. Jessica Giannino Yes
Rep. Donald Wong Yes
Sen. Brendan Crighton Yes
EXCLUDE MUNICIPAL WORKERS
(H 3771)
House 0-158 (Senate on a voice
vote without a roll call) rejected
Gov. Bakerâ€™s amendment that
would exclude municipal employees
from the emergency
COVID-19 paid leave program.
The Baker administration has
defended the exclusion of municipal
workers arguing that they
already have strong leave protections
in place and that many
municipalities can access federal
funds to implement their own
leave programs that could align
with state and federal leave guarantees.
Rep.
Josh Cutler, (D-Pembroke),
House chair of the Committee on
Labor and Workforce Development
disagreed with Baker. â€œAs
the speaker has made clear, the
House stands firm in supporting
COVID emergency paid leave for
all Massachusetts workers,â€ said
Cutler. â€œThat includes our municipal
employees, the teachers, police
officers, firefighters, health
agents, janitors, veteransâ€™ agents
and many others who have been
essential to our stateâ€™s COVID-19
response. Further, our actions today
to address unemployment
solvency account rates will help
stem rising costs for employers
and small businesses.â€
House GOP Minority Leader
Brad Jones (R-North Reading) also
disagreed with Baker, a fellow Republican.
â€œHaving access to emergency
paid sick leave is essential to
workers who are recovering from
the coronavirus, caring for a family
member or trying to schedule
their vaccination,â€ Jones said. â€œMunicipal
employeesâ€”including essential
frontline workers like police
and firefightersâ€”have also faced
numerous challenges created by
the COVID-19 global pandemic,
and the Houseâ€™s vote will ensure
that they are also entitled to
the same paid sick leave benefits
as other non-municipal workers.â€
(A â€œNoâ€ vote is against the
amendment and favors including
municipal employees.)
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THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE â€“ FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2021
OBITUARIES
Richard J. Dow
Age 80, died on
Tuesday morning at
the Kaplan Family
Hospice House in Danvers.
Born, raised and a lifelong resident
of Saugus, he was the
son of the late James J. and
Ada (Mudge) Dow. After serving
for 21 years in the United
States Navy rising to the rank
of Sr. Chief Petty Offi cer, serving
during the Vietnam War,
Mr. Dow retired to Saugus.
For many years Mr. Dow was
known the young fi gure skaters
and hockey players of Saugus
as the man who sharpened
their skates, having a small
business in his home.
Mr. Dow is survived by many
cousins and his best friends;
Wayne & Peggy Basler, James &
Sandy Catizone, Pat Davis and
Beth Hethlethy.
SAUGUS | FROM PAGE 15
explicitly, reminding all who
work with her, why weâ€™re doing
the work we do, what
binds us, what success looks
like, what we must keep front
and center.â€
Brette L. Scott of Denver
Public Schools, who worked
with McMahon for six years at
Denver Public Schools â€“ three
years as her supervisor. Scott
wrote this about McMahon:
â€œWe co-led a district-wide
early literacy initiative that
was responsible for the greatest
K-2 and 3rd grade growth
in one year in DPS history.
â€œTogether, we overcame
challenges inherent in rolling
out a literacy initiative across
110 elementary schools; she
was a partner.â€
Cheri Wrench, executive
director of the Colorado Association
of School Boards:
Wrench worked for McMahon
â€“ who at the time was serving
as the chief academic and innovation
officer of Denver
Public Schools. Here is what
Wrench wrote:
â€œMs. McMahonâ€™s unique systems
thinking perspective will
be advantageous to her as Superintendent.
â€œI
experienced Ms. McMahonâ€™s
support of our academic
technology and our afterschool
programs as demonstration
of her beliefs about
the value of partnerships
between communities and
schools that must be clearly
planned for across the system
in order to be eff ective. â€¦ In
addition, Erin embraces collaboration
with families and
the community to share ownership
of their outcomes with
district initiatives.â€
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HOW LONG WAS LAST
WEEKâ€™S SESSION? Beacon
Hill Roll Call tracks the length
of time that the House and
Senate were in session each
week. Many legislators say
that legislative sessions are
only one aspect of the Legislatureâ€™s
job and that a lot of
important work is done outside
of the House and Senate
chambers. They note that
their jobs also involve committee
work, research, constituent
work and other matters
that are important to their districts.
Critics say that the Legislature
does not meet regularly
or long enough to debate
and vote in public view on the
thousands of pieces of legislation
that have been fi led.
They note that the infrequency
and brief length of sessions
are misguided and lead to irresponsible
late-night sessions
and a mad rush to act on dozens
of bills in the days immediately
preceding the end of
an annual session.
During the week of May 17-21,
the House met for a total of ten
hours and eight minutes while
the Senate met for a total of six
hours and 22 minutes.
Mon. May 17 House 11:00
a.m. to 1:04 p.m.
Senate 11:11 a.m. to 1:08
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MEMORIAL DAY | FROM PAGE 11
until he was within 100 yards
of the enemy position and
even as he fell, he kept firing
his rifle and waving his men
forward. When his company
came up behind him, S/Sgt.
DeFranzo, despite his many severe
wounds, suddenly raised
himself and once more moved
forward in the lead of his men
until he was again hit by enemy
fire. In a final gesture of indomitable
courage, he threw
several grenades at the enemy
machine gun position and
completely destroyed the gun.
In this action, S/Sgt. DeFranzo
lost his life, but by bearing
the brunt of the enemy fire in
leading the attack, he prevented
a delay in the assault which
would have been of considerable
benefit to the foe, and he
made possible his company's
advance with a minimum of
casualties. The extraordinary
heroism and magnificent devotion
to duty displayed by S/
Sgt. DeFranzo was a great inspiration
to all about him, and
is in keeping with the highest
traditions of the armed forces.â€
Saugus By the Numbers
Based on a count of the stars
on local monuments, here are
the numbers of Saugus servicemen
who were killed while
serving their country:
World War I â€“ 14
World War II â€“ 57
Korean War â€“ 2
Vietnam War â€“ 3
Saugus in the Civil War:
Killed in action arenâ€™t noted.
But on the large Civil War Monument
inside a large rotary â€“ a
keystone-shaped roundabout
â€“ two plaques on the right and
left sides of the memorial individually
list the 163 enlisted
men from Saugus, eight of
whom served in the Navy.
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