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Saugus football captains refl ect
on a transformative season,
aim for Thanksgiving win
THANKSGIVING
SPIRIT IN SAUGUS
Saugus football captains shown at a game earlier in the season: Isaiah Rodriguez, Cameron
Preston, SHS Head Coach Steve Cummings, Tommy DeSimone, and Braden Faiella. Missing
from the photo is Danny Shea.
By Dom Nicastro
T
he Saugus High School
football team has simply
made great inroads
this season. A team
that won a combined one
game the last two seasons
won five this season with one
to go â€” Thanksgiving Day at
Peabody (10 a.m.).
The Sachems are 5-5. Beating
Peabody, a Division 2
postseason team that is 9-1
coming into the game, would
surely make their season.
The Saugus Advocate
caught up with each captain
of the Saugus football team
and shared the following
questions. Below are their responses:
Advocate
questions:
1. Tell me about your personal
season and how you
feel youâ€™ve contributed this
year.
2. To what do you attribute
this dramatic turnaround this
season, going from one win
the last two seasons to five
this year?
3. What has it meant to you
to be a captain and what is
your advice to next yearâ€™s
captains?
FOOTBALL | SEE PAGE 5
Saugus High football team captain Braden Faiella carried
a turkey to a waiting car for one of 138 needy families who
received a Thanksgiving meal at the Saugus United Parish
Food Pantryâ€™s annual Thanksgiving food drive last Saturday.
Sachem teammates Ethan Malcom and Tommy Cameron
followed with the rest of the meal. Please see inside
for more photos and this weekâ€™s â€œThe Advocate Asks.â€ (Saugus
Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler)
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levy FY 2024 to be borne by each class of taxable
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November 17, 22, 2023
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Good morning, Saugus!
THE SACHEM SPIRIT BRIGHTENS THANKSGIVING: A group of volunteers from Saugus High
School showed up at the Saugus United Food Pantry last Saturday to help assemble and distribute
Thanksgiving meals for 138 needy families. The volunteers included the following,
pictured from left to right: front row: Greg Bluestein, Isabella Bluestein, Madi Femino, Tommy
Cameron, Braden Faiella and Steve Cummings; middle row: Ethan Malcolm and Shane Rhuda;
back row: Jordan Rodriguez and Tommy Desimone (Courtesy photo of Jessika Rodriguez)
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special. That caring heart of
the community was on full
display last Saturday (Nov. 18)
morning in the basement of
Cliftondale Congregational
Church. Saugus High School
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coaches and core members
of the Saugus United Parish
Food Pantry collaborated under
the guidance of Pastor Joe
and Debbie Hoyle of Cliftondale
Congregational Church.
Pastor Joe has the task of being
director of the food pantry,
which operates on most
Friday mornings throughout
the year and also spearheads
the Thanksgiving Day meal.
It was a rainy day last Saturday.
But that didnâ€™t stop a lot
of volunteers from showing
up. The spirit of Wendy Reed,
who was the heart and soul
of the food pantry for many
years until she passed away
in February 2021, is still alive
and well in the basement of
Cliftondale United Methodist
Church. And there are 138
grateful families counting
their blessings this year that
they were able to take home a
nice Thanksgiving meal. That
says a lot about them and the
community they love.
Food Pantry notes
The Saugus United Parish
Food Pantry will be closed on
Friday, Nov. 24, because of the
Thanksgiving holiday. It will
reopen next week on Friday,
Dec. 1, under normal hours of
9:30-11 a.m.
One-Day Holiday Delay
for trash
The Town of Saugus announced
that trash and recycling
collection will run on a
one-day delay for the Thanksgiving
Holiday. Trash and recycling
will not be collected
on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023,
due to the holiday. Collection
will resume on a oneday
delay on Friday, Nov. 24.
Residents are kindly asked
to leave trash and recycling
curbside by 7 a.m. the day after
their normally scheduled
collection day. The Town of
Saugus would like to thank
everyone for their cooperation.
Please
contact Solid Waste/
Recycling Coordinator Scott
A. Brazis at 781-231-4036 with
any questions.
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Thereâ€™s a good breakfast
deal for Saugus veterans
and other folks who enjoy a
hearty breakfast on Friday
mornings. The American Legion
Post 210 at 44 Taylor St.
in Saugus off ers Friday morning
breakfasts for the 2023-24
season. Doors open at 7:30
a.m., with breakfast served
from 8-9:00 a.m. for an $8 donation.
Veterans who cannot
aff ord the donation may be
served free.
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Nov. 25, from 10 a.m.SOUNDS
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is November 28th.
2021 was our first year sponsoring
this event which had
over 360 wreaths sponsored.
The community really stepped
up and we are grateful for
all the support we received.
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and we are hoping
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and businesses there will be
enough sponsored wreaths to
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School offi cials expect a smooth transition as
Superintendent Michael Hashem assumes a more
permanent leadership role overseeing Saugus Public Schools
By Mark E. Vogler
L
ess than a month after
the firing of Schools
Superintendent Erin
McMahon, the Saugus Public
Schools is moving forward
with her replacement, Michael
Hashem, who had previously
served for 10 months
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At
last weekâ€™s (Nov. 16)
meeting, Hashem briefed
the School Committee on his
plans to prepare for the next
fiscal year, which will begin
July 1, 2024. Hashem told the
committee that he is already
meeting with principals and
school administrators in crafting
next yearâ€™s School Department
budget. Principals are
also preparing their respective
school improvement plans,
which are expected to be presented
at the Nov. 30 School
Committee meeting.
School officials expect a
smooth transition as Hashem
assumes a more permanent
role overseeing the operations
of the school district.
Heâ€™s a Saugus native who
has spent 32 years as a public
school educator in his hometown.
â€œThe
teachers and educators
and leadership team havenâ€™t
taken their eye off the
ball,â€ School Committee Member
Ryan Fisher remarked this
week.
â€œ Theyâ€™ve invested and
worked hard, and thereâ€™s a lot
of hard work still to come, but
amazing things are happening.
Mike is very well respected
across the board. I have every
confi dence in him,â€ he said.
The newly elected School
Committee held its fi rst meeting
last week, an organizational
one, in which the chair
and the vice chair were elected
for the two-year term.
School Committee Chair Vincent
A. Serino topped the
fi eld of seven candidates to
claim his first full two-year
term as chair. Former School
Committee Member Thomas
Richard Whittredge â€“ the
top vote-getter in the previous
two elections â€“ fi nished
just 21 votes behind Serino.
He will serve as the committeeâ€™s
vice chair.
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Stephanie Lauren Mastrocola
fi nished 250 votes behind
Serino to claim the third spot.
Voters reelected John S. Hatch
and Ryan P. Fisher to their third
consecutive two-year terms,
as they finished fourth and
fi fth, respectively.
Two incumbent School
Committee members â€“ Leigh
M. Gerow and Joseph Dennis
Gould â€“ lost their seats. Both
former committee members
drew praise from their colleagues
at last weekâ€™s meeting.
â€œThey will be missed,â€ Serino
said.
â€œBut, I know in my heart, I
will see them both back up
here,â€ he said.
Gerow appeared at last
weekâ€™s meeting and pledged
to continue working to help
the school district.
In his last meeting before
the election, it was Gould who
made the motion that Hashem
be hired as the next superintendent
and added that
committee members begin
working on a contract for him
to keep him in that position.
â€œMr. Hashem has been a very
calming force in the district for
the last few months,â€ Gould
told Committee members at
their Nov. 2 meeting.
Committee Member Hatch
agreed. â€œWhen we were faced
with adversity, we asked a lot
of Mr. Hashem and he stepped
up,â€ Hatch told colleagues.
â€œThe district was in a bit of
turmoil. I think heâ€™s done a
great job at stirring the ship
through diffi cult waters,â€ he
said.
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FOOTBALL | FROM PAGE 1
4. What does it mean to you
to play in the Thanksgiving
Day game, and what are your
thoughts on what it will take
to beat Peabody?
Danny Shea
1. I feel like I had a decent
season even though it was
cut short sadly.
2. It was a huge turnaround
this year winning, five games
so far.
3. Being named captain
means a lot and canâ€™t wait to
be back next year.
4. I wonâ€™t be able to play
Thanksgiving, but it means
a lot to me because itâ€™s these
seniors last game ever, and
theyâ€™re going to carry us to
get this win.
Cam Preston
1. I feel like I had a good
start for the first three games
of the season going 3-0 but
after that just being able to
still help around with the
team was an amazing feeling.
2. A huge turnaround this
season started in the offseason,
being able to get kids
to workouts and 7v7s. Bringing
in a huge addition to our
coaching staff in defensive
coach Greg Bluestein.
3. Being named a captain
meant a lot to me. It was truly
an honor. For next yearâ€™s captains
all the advice I can give
is to make sure the kids listen
to you and actually take it seriously
that you have a â€œCâ€ on
your jersey.
4. I wonâ€™t be able to personally
contribute on Thanksgiving,
but It will take discipline
and drive to beat the Tanners
on Thanksgiving Day.
Braden Faiella
1. I feel like I had a good
season. I wish I didnâ€™t miss
two games, but it happens. I
reached over 400 total tackles
and played both sides of
the ball and special teams so
I feel like playing all of those
were great contributions.
2. The turnaround from the
past years have been great,
and it all started with summer
workouts. Being able
to get many guys working
out was great and helped
so much. Our coaches have
all also been great, and they
really believe in us with everything
we do which is also
very helpful to the turnaround
we had.
3. Being a captain these
last two years has been great,
and I tried to make a great
impact on these younger
guys. And I hope that the
next yearâ€™s captains can see
what it really takes and be
able to lead the future team
to victory.
4. Playing in the Thanksgiving
Day game is a great feeling,
knowing you can get
after it one last time with
your brothers and go to war
against Peabody. They are always
a very good team, so itâ€™s
going to take a lot from all of
us on offense, defense, special
teams and even the sideline.
We are all going to need
to do what we do to get the
job done.
Isaiah Rodriguez
1. The season for me was
great, starting off 3-0, and
I had around 300 receiving
yards in three games. Losing
our starting quarterback
(Cam Preston) hurt me
a lot, but I still gave it my all
when it came on the field
and racked in some touchdowns
and some big plays
that helped my teammates
to put us in the position to
succeed. I started playing
football my junior year, and
it took a turn for the best for
me, as it turned out it was really
fun and gave me many
opportunities to play at the
next level. I couldnâ€™t thank
everyone enough thatâ€™s been
there and helped each other
up in the rough times we had
in the past.
2. The change in expectations
we set this year really
did it for us. We had many
kids on the team in the offseason
put in lots of work
on and off the field. When
you have a team full of guys
working, it gives us success
in what we did this year. We
stayed strong as we are all
family. We all buy in together.
3. It means a lot to be a captain
knowing I can lift others
up and show them right
from wrong. My coaches put
the trust in me to help the
team, and I feel I have done
what they asked from me. I
want Saugus to keep having
the success that we are finally
starting to get. The advice
I could give them is to
always work hard on and off
the field. Classes arenâ€™t hard
to pass. Be a leader: everyone
has their own ways of
doing that. Have respect for
your teammates, and they
will have respect for you; itâ€™s
all a family.
4. It means a lot to me to
play in the game. Itâ€™s one of
the most packed-out games
that we have all year. We just
want to show to the people
what we can do. A lot of people
doubt us which should
fire up the team to prove everyone
wrong, as it fires me
up to put on a show. We have
gone through a lot of ups
and downs this year with injuries
and sudden changes
in lineups, but I feel we can
pull through if we give it our
all on the field. Itâ€™s our last
game.
Tommy DeSimone
1. Personally, I felt like Iâ€™ve
had a great season. Rushing
for over 1,000 rushing yards
13 touchdowns and having
two interceptions this season
exceeded my expectations
for myself this season,
but itâ€™s a team game. My accomplishments
are a reflection
of the everyone else and
the coaching staff. I can walk
away from high school football
knowing I gave my all to
help change this program
forever.
2. The change of the team
came from everyone buying
in. We had 30-plus kids
at workouts all summer long
which has been the absolute
most since Iâ€™ve played here.
Our linemen call themselves
â€œthe brotherhood,â€ and they
embrace working together as
a team and as a family. Last
year we didnâ€™t have chemistry
this year. We had more
than chemistry. We played
as a family. Especially this senior
group as we wanted to
change this program for the
better.
3. Being a captain for two
years has meant more than
the world to me. Coach Steve
Cummings put his trust in
me to lead this team, and
it has been truly an honor.
I want these younger guys
to remember me as a leader
and a role model they can
model themselves after for
when they are a senior/captain
themselves. My advice to
them is to be your own person
and be a natural leader.
Donâ€™t force yourself to be
someone youâ€™re not. Everyone
can offer leadership in
their own unique ways.
4. Playing in the Thanksgiving
game has a lot of history
in my family. My uncle
Rodney Lavoie Jr. also played
Peabody in Peabody his senior
season. It was 2006, and
it was the last time Saugus
was going to play Peabody
for a while. My uncle on a
torn hamstring ran for over
200 yards and led Saugus
to a 13-0 victory over Peabody
to end his senior season
and to bring the trophy
back to Saugus. Itâ€™s my last
high school game. Everyone
wants to end off on a win. Itâ€™ll
be history. Football is one of
those sports where anything
can happen. We know we are
the underdogs in this game,
and weâ€™ve embraced being
the underdogs all season. We
hope they take us lightly so
we can shock the entire conference
and make this game
a rivalry again. The trophy belongs
in Saugus.
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By Mark E. Vogler
F
or more than half a century
now, senior football
players from Peabody
and Saugus have dined
together the week before
the Thanksgiving Day rivalry
game.
â€œI consider myself a veteran
of this banquet,â€ Peabody Tannersâ€™
Coach Mark Bettencourt
declared last week during his
speech at the 51st Annual Saugus
and Peabody Lions Clubsâ€™
Football Meeting and Dinner,
which was held at Prince Pizzeria.
â€œI
have to say I go to a lot of
banquets and this is my favorite
banquet,â€ said Bettencourt,
who has attended two
of them as a player, six as an
assistant coach and 11 as the
head coach.
Sachemsâ€™ Head Coach Steve
Cummings experienced his
fi rst Lions Club senior banquet
in 2019 and also looks forward
to what has become a great
tradition that puts more focus
on the rivalry between Saugus
and Peabody. â€œYou guys had
a great year. Congratulations
on a great year, and Iâ€™m looking
forward to playing at your
place next Thursday [Thanksgiving
Day],â€ Cummings said
during his speech.
Peabody, with a 9-1 record,
will host Saugus at 10 a.m. The
Sachems go into the game
with a 5-4 record.
â€œThis is the best year weâ€™ve
had in recent memory,â€ CumHANGING
OUT WITH A LEGENDARY LINEMAN: Former New England Patriots star off ensive
lineman Peter Brock (front row, far right) with Sachem seniors and coaches last week
at the 51st Annual Saugus and Peabody Lions Clubsâ€™ Football Meeting and Dinner. (Saugus
Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler)
A 51-year tradition
Seniors from Thanksgiving Day rivals Sachems and
Tanners meet again for a pre-game meal
RIVAL HEAD COACHES: Sachemsâ€™ Head Coach Steve Cummings
and Tannersâ€™ Coach Mark Bettencourt and their senior
players got to dine together last week. They will meet
again on Thanksgiving Day in the annual Saugus-Peabody
game. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler)
mings said.
â€œItâ€™s going to be an absolute
privilege to be on the battlefi
eld one more time,â€ he said,
referring to the Turkey Day
clash.
Veteran Saugus Lions Club
Member John Smolinsky said
heâ€™s attended about 35 of the
special football banquets. â€œItâ€™s
always a special night,â€ said
Smolinsky, who has been master
of ceremonies for the last
21 annual events.
â€œThis great event brings two
teams together, year after year.
Weâ€™ve had many good players,
many good teams and many
classic battles,â€ he said.
No matter who wins or loses
tomorrowâ€™s game, the LiTRADITION
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Former New England Patriots
star offensive lineman
Peter Brock recalled how
the Patriots â€œkicked the hell
out of the Miami Dolphinsâ€
in the AFC Championship
game in 1986. (Saugus Advocate
photo by Mark E. Vogler)
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~ The Old Sachem ~
The Sachems in the 1950s
T
By Bill Stewart
he 50s started very well with
the football team winning
the Exchange Bowl.
Iâ€™ve written about the 1950 football
team that won the Exchange
Bowl, beating Brockton with Richie
Nicolo as quarterback. The team
finished with a record of eight wins
and two losses. Also representing
Saugus were many girls I knew as
twirlers â€“ Marilyn Pottito, Gail Watson
and Gretchen Davis.
The 1953 football team won the
North Shore League. In the Jamboree
the Sachems faced a powerful
Haverhill team and lost 18-6. The
Sachems beat Revere, Lynn Classical,
Beverly, Lynn English and Salem.
The Sachems lost to Chelsea
and tied Marblehead. Among the
running backs were Bill MacNeill,
Bob Piwowarski, Captain Doug
MacNeill and Bill Whittredge. Charlie
Lawrence tossed touchdowns
to Dave Donaldso and Mel Rice.
Rich Salerno was injured in the
Chelsea game, returned in the Peabody
game and was outstanding
again. Bob Belyea and Bob Randazzo
were solid on defense. The Sachems
ended with six wins, one tie
â€œThe Old Sachem,â€
Bill Stewart
(Courtesy photo to The Saugus
Advocate by Joanie Allbee)
and a single loss.
In 1959 the football team had a
record of six wins, a tie and a single
loss to New Bedford. They defeated
Revere, Classical, Beverly,
English, Brookline and Peabody.
They scored 44 against English,
and the Swampscott tie was scoreless.
They shut out Classical and
Beverly. Jim Kelleher and Dave
Mathews were the captains, and
the roster included Bob Preziozo,
Ralph DeFronzo, Fran Buccheire,
Townâ€™s Tree Lighting
set for Dec. 1
This yearâ€™s Christmas Tree
Lighting will be held just a
week from Friday â€“ on Dec.
1 from 5 to 8 p.m. in front of
Town Hall at 298 Central St.
Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree
estimates that the Christmas
Tree Lighting â€“ one of the
townâ€™s most popular events of
the year â€“ draws in a crowd of
2,000 to 3,000 people on the
first Friday of December.
This yearâ€™s program will
again feature horse-drawn
sleigh rides, bounce houses,
the trackless train and a petting
zoo. But the main event
gets underway at 7 p.m.,
when Santa Claus arrives
shortly before the annual Tree
Lighting Ceremony. Then he
will spend about an hour accommodating
a long line of
children and grown-ups who
want to share a photo opportunity
with him.
Dick Burt, Jin Samms, Dave Boynton
and Gene DeAcetis.
Field hockey had a good season
in 1960, beating Malden 1-0, lost to
North Shore Country Day School
1-12, beat Lynnfield 1-0, tied
Stoneham 2-2 and Woburn 1-1,
beat Woburn 2-0, lost to Swampscott
4-0, and beat Salem 3-0. They
finished with four wins, two losses
and two ties. The forwards were
Carol Banks, Julie Gavin, Linda Farley,
Lorraine Alexander and Regina
Cahill. Halfbacks were Eileen Holland,
Lucy Cronin and Phyllis Harris;
fullbacks were Nancy Shepherd,
Annette Boisvert and goalie
Nancy Boisvert.
The 1953 basketball team had
a record of five wins and 11 losses,
but was accepted in the Small
Schools Tournament. They lost to
Christopher Columbus, 49-40, to
end the season. Stars on the team
were Nat and Bob Diamond, Billy
MacNeill, Charlie Lawrence and
Bob Piwowarski.
The 1960 girlsâ€™ basketball team
finished with a record of 10 wins
and two losses. With so many underclassmen
on the late 50s team,
the 60s appear to turn the record
around.
Sounds of
Christmas concert
december 17
T
he North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra will
make its traditional visit to Revere on Sunday,
December 17 at 4:00 p.m. when Music
Director Robert Lehmann conducts the annual Robert
A. Marra Memorial â€œSounds of Christmasâ€ Concert
at St. Anthonyâ€™s Church.
The concert has been a staple of Revereâ€™s holiday
season since 1976. Admission is free to everyone
who brings a generous donation of non-perishable
food to benefit the Revere Food Pantry.
Concert co-chair Robert A. Marra Jr. expressed
gratitude to the concert sponsors. â€œWe are grateful
for the support of the East Boston Neighborhood
Health Center, MassPort, Comcast, Astound Broadband,
Action Emergency Services, and of course
Bocchino Insurance,â€ he said. â€œCo-chair of this concert
Dom Bocchino stepped up in 2006 and Bocchino
Insurance has been an integral part of this concert
ever since.â€ Marra also noted that Comcast has
been involved in the concert going back to 1991.
â€œItâ€™s a wonderful time for everyone, and a time of happiness
and generosity,â€ said Marra. â€œThe Revere Food
Pantry does such important work in our community,
and the concert gives so many people the chance
to help our neighbors.â€ The concert program will include
traditional holiday music and an original holiday-themed
narration by a Revere High School student.
â€œThe concert bears my fatherâ€™s name,â€ said Marra, â€œand
I am sure heâ€™d be so pleased that his beloved North
Shore Philharmonic Orchestra carries on this tradition,
and that an RHS student has a role in this concert.â€
Santa addressed the crowd at last yearâ€™s tree lighting. (Saugus
Advocate file photo by Mark E. Vogler)
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Volunteers talk about the community spirit and good will that motivated them to be
a part of the Saugus United Parish Food Pantryâ€™s Annual Thanksgiving food drive
Editorâ€™s Note: We spent some
time last Saturday (Nov. 17)
morning in the basement of
Cliftondale Congregational
Church to observe the operation
of the Saugus United Parish
Food Pantryâ€™s annual Thanksgiving
food drive. The Saugus
Advocate interviewed organizational
leaders, some of
the longtime food pantry volunteers,
several Saugus High
School students who chipped
in to help and newcomers who
have recently begun participating
in this good will project that
brings the community together.
Highlights from last weekâ€™s
interviews follow.
Q: Please tell me a little bit
about this yearâ€™s Thanksgiving
food drive, Pastor Joe.
Cliftondale Congregational
Church Pastor Joe Hoyle,
who organized his third Thanksgiving
food drive during the five
and a half years he has been officiating
the church: We have
138 families signed up this
year, an average of 2.5 people
per family. Last year, we
had 90-plus, so we are serving
about 40 more families
this year than we did last year.
Q: Sounds like thereâ€™s a
greater need for the turkey
meal this year.
Pastor Hoyle: Yes. Thereâ€™s
been a greater demand. Everything
I had projected that we
needed, we exceeded. And we
had to order more turkeys â€“
138 turkeys we got this year â€“
thatâ€™s the most since Iâ€™ve been
director [of the Saugus United
Parish Food Pantry].
Q: So, this is your third year.
Aaron Crawford, the music
director at Cliftondale
Congregational Church,
made the 70 mile-drive
from Concord, N.H., to
Saugus to help out at the
Saugus United Parish Food
Pantryâ€™s annual Thanksgiving
food drive last Saturday.
(Saugus Advocate
photo by Mark E. Vogler)
Youâ€™ve been doing it since
Wendy Reed passed away. Do
the volunteers and the people
who come here to the Food
Pantry still talk about Wendy?
Pastor Hoyle: Oh yes. Wendy
was a legend. We still talk
about her. Wendy is still a part
of our work here.
Q: So, how is it working out
today? How many people do
you have down here helping
out? And whatâ€™s the age
range?
Pastor Hoyle: We have a
total of about 20 volunteers,
ranging from the age of elementary
and high school students
to senior citizens â€“ maybe
from 10 years old to 80plus.
During an average Friday
morning at the Food PanThe
husband and wife team of Pastor
Joe and Debbie Hoyle of Cliftondale
Congregational Church worked behind
the scenes to organize the Saugus
United Parish Food Pantryâ€™s latest
Thanksgiving food drive. (Saugus
Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler)
try, we will average about 10
to 12 volunteers. But for this
event today, itâ€™s at least 20,
maybe up to 25.
Q: So, where do donations
come from to put on a food
drive like this?
Pastor Hoyle: A lot comes
from The Greater Boston Food
Bank. And we get donations
locally from individuals and
various organizations â€“ some
of them that put on food
drives to help us.
Q: So, could you serve more
families in need locally for
something like this?
Pastor Hoyle: Everybody
Mitch Boyer and David Odgers gathered up some of the
138 turkeys that were given away to needy families from
the basement of Cliftondale Congregational Church last
Saturday (Nov. 18) during the Saugus United Parish Food
Pantryâ€™s annual Thanksgiving food drive. (Saugus Advocate
photo by Mark E. Vogler)
has to register ahead of time
and we have time slots for
them to come and pick up
their meals. We do order extra
in case a few people who
didnâ€™t register come in at the
last minute, but we usually
have enough.
Q: So, what does it cost collectively,
to put something on
like this?
Pastor Hoyle: Probably
Joining the volunteers at the annual
Thanksgiving food drive were Saugus
High School seniors Braden Faiella and
Madi Femino. Braden is a captain on the
Sachems football team and Madi is a captain
on the girlsâ€™ soccer team. (Saugus Advocate
photo by Mark E. Vogler)
$7,000 to $8,000 â€“ the fresh
produce comes to about
$3,000 and the turkeys add
up to about $2,500.
Q: And with that, you are
able to put a Thanksgiving
Day meal on the table for all
of the needy families you hear
about?
Pastor Hoyle: We donâ€™t turn
anybody away. They donâ€™t
have to be residents of Saugus,
but the vast majority of
our clientele is from Saugus.
Q: What does the meal you
give out consist of?
Pastor Hoyle: The turkeys
average out to about 11
pounds.
Q: Please tell me whatâ€™s in
the boxes.
Pastor Hoyle: Green beans,
celery, a bag of apples, onions,
carrots, squash, a jug of apple
cider, a bag of potatoes and a
bag of cranberries.
Q: Whatâ€™s in those bags you
are giving out?
Pastor Hoyle: Canned
green beans, canned corn,
stuffing mix, desert mix, cranberry
sauce, cornbread mix
and mashed potatoes.
Q: So, how long have you
been helping needy families
from this basement?
Pastor Hoyle: The Saugus
United Food Pantry has been
supporting our community for
at least 20 years. The Thanksgiving
meals have been going
on for at least the last 10 years
or more; and the planning for
this day starts in early October
when we start taking orders
from needy families.
Q: What kind of feedback
do you get from people who
received the Thanksgiving
meals?
Pastor Hoyle: The people
we serve regularly show gratitude.
They thank us for what
we do here. We do it to serve
and hope that we can help
bring better days to hard situations.
Thatâ€™s what we do it for.
Q: Honestly, could you serve
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A core of volunteers pitched in to help the Saugus United Parish Food Pantryâ€™s annual
Thanksgiving food drive last Saturday. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler)
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Saugus Gardens in the Fall
Hereâ€™s whatâ€™s blooming in town this week
to make your walks more enjoyable
By Laura Eisener
W
e are seeing more
colorful leaves still
on the trees than
we get to enjoy most Thanksgivings.
Leaves are clinging a little
later on most trees because of
the warm weather of October,
but it is also true that Thanksgiving
is earlier than usual. The
fourth Thursday of November
is often the last week of the
month, but since this month
started on a Wednesday, the
holiday fell on nearly the earliest
possible date. It can fall on
November 22, which will happen
in 2029. The full moon of
November, often called the beaver
moon, will occur this year on
Monday, November 27.
A new hardiness zone map
was released this fall, after climate
change and detailed
studies of average winter
temperatures suggested that
the 2012 revision was no longer
accurate for some parts of
the country. Saugus is presently
zone 6b. More information
can be found on the US
Department of Agricultureâ€™s
website: USDA Plant Hardiness
Zone Map, 2023; Agricultural
Research Service, U.S. Department
of Agriculture â€“ accessed
from https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/
Mini
red turban squash (Cucurbita
maxima â€˜Mini-Redâ€™) is
displayed on a porch table in
Lynnhurst. It looks surprisingly
like a mushroom, and the
small size makes it popular
for ornamental use. The leaves
from the nearby maple trees â€“
red maple (Acer rubrum) and
silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
â€“ are still showing colorful
foliage this week. In many
gardens, Japanese maple (Acer
palmatum) leaves have turned
brown before falling in the last
few years due to early snowstorms,
but this fall many are
showing bright red color.
A flock of wild turkeys (Meleagris
gallopavo) at the Saugus
Iron Works seem very much
at home in the photo above.
They would find the site today
much more pleasant than they
would have found the area in
the 17th century, when there
would have been unrelenting
pounding from the trip hammer,
the 24/7 roar of the blast
furnace and the busy daily activity
from the ironworkers and
their families in the surrounding
neighborhood.
The Saugus Iron Works
opened in 1646 and operatA
flock of turkeys check out the Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
lawn. (Photo courtesy of Laura Eisener)
Thanksgiving plants on a side table provide
appetizing fall colors to add to the
celebration. (Photo courtesy of Laura Eisener)
Squash masquerading as mushrooms
adorn a porch table with a few leaves
fallen from the maple trees. (Photo
courtesy of Laura Eisener)
ed for over 20 years. Wild turkey
populations in New England
were much reduced already
by that time. According
to MassWildlife, wild turkeys
went into decline after European
colonization, largely due
to habitat loss but also hunting
until the last wild turkey
in Massachusetts was killed in
1851. In the 1970s biologists
brought turkeys to the Berkshires
from New York to try to
reestablish wild flocks there.
In the next few decades, due
to turkeys being reestablished
into eastern counties from the
west and from adjacent states,
turkeys began to repopulate
eastern Massachusetts and are
fairly common today.
The turkeys are frequent visitors
to the Iron Works neighborhood.
While the buildings
are closed for the season, the
grounds are open year-round
to people as well as wildlife.
The turkeys wander around
town, visiting several neighborhoods
and foraging for
food. They have an omnivorous
diet, which at this time of
Japanese maple foliage has had a chance to turn to its vibrant colors this fall.
(Photo courtesy of Laura Eisener)
year may include acorns, hickory
nuts, beechnuts, walnuts,
small fruits, wild grains and
grass seeds, as well as animals,
such as spiders, small insects,
worms, snails and salamanders.
Turkeys are members of the
pheasant family (Phasianidae).
Indoors, bouquets and potted
fall flowers help set the
mood for traditional Thanksgiving
dinners. Sunflowers are
still popular for fall, and the cut
stems on this table have taken
on some extra vibrant red and
orange colors due to a reddish-purple
food coloring in
the water. When taken up by
the stalks, the blossoms and
sometimes the leaves would
take on that added color after
a few days. Potted plants will
last somewhat longer, and hardy
mums can even be planted
outdoors after Thanksgiving.
We have a few more weeks
before the ground freezes, so
there is still time to plant. Two
of the plants on this table, different
varieties of chrysanthemums,
are good candidates
for outdoor planting, but the
â€˜Pumpkin Spiceâ€™ floristâ€™s kalanchoe has unusual two-tone
flowers and is an easy to grow houseplant in fall colors.
(Photo courtesy of Laura Eisener)
third plant (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
â€˜Pumpkin Spiceâ€™) is not
hardy enough for our climate
outdoors and would have to
remain a houseplant. Floristâ€™s
kalanchoe as the species is often
called, can produce flowers
in pink, red, orange, yellow
or white, but the two-tone
orange and yellow â€˜Pumpkin
Spiceâ€™ variety is somewhat new
and certainly shouts fall in its
name and color combination!
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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SHS Football pancake breakfast
makes a triumphant return
Coaches, shown from left to right: Assistant
Coach Shane Rhuda, Head Coach Steve Cummings,
and Assistant Coach Mark Poto.
Seated, shown from left to right: Chris Mazin, Samy Chahid, Pharaoh Brandenburg, and Pablo de Jesus.
Standing, shown from left to right, Travis Goyecthe, Tommy Cameron, Braden Faiella, Jordan Rodriguez,
Cam Preston, Connor Bloom, Board of Selectmen member Anthony Cogliano and State Rep.
Donald Wong.
Players Laith Haddad, at left, and Wilderson
LaFortune.
Seated, shown from left to right: Board of Selectmen members
Corinne Riley with Anthony Cogliano and State Rep.
Donald Wong.
Belmonte third grader Finley Whittredge,
9, School Committee Vice Chair Thomas
Whittredge, and freshmen teacher Elizabeth
Powers, said itâ€™s a great tradition.
By Tara Vocino
F
Seated, shown from left to right: alumni Susan Perry, basketball
Hall of Fame member Paul Cargill, gymnastics Hall
of Fame member Kathy Cargill and Yasmine Carmona.
or the first time
since Covid in 2019,
the Saugus High
School football team pancake
breakfast returned
on Sunday morning.
School Committee Vice
Chair Thomas Whittredge
said itâ€™s great to have the
tradition back.
Belmonte STEAM Academy
fourth graders Ava
Najem, 9, and Layla Najem,
9, and her grandmother,
Betty Sullivan,
supported the high
school.
Santa greeted Finley
Whittredge, 9, at Saugus
High School on Sunday
during the pancake
breakfast.
Parents Kim Preston, in center, and Katie Faiella, with Head
Coach Steve Cummings, served pancakes.
Belmonte STEAM Academy fourth grader Amelia Clark, 9, far right, and Layla, at left, with
her twin sister, Ava Najem, 9, said hello to Santa. (Advocate photos by Tara Vocino)
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The Sachemsâ€™ surge: Saugus volleyballâ€™s
landmark leap to the postseason
By Dom Nicastro
T
he Saugus High School
volleyball team made
great strides this season.
The Sachems made the postseason
for the first time in program
history and finished with
a winning record in the regular
season at 11-9.
That put the team in the
postseason in Division 3 with
the No. 37 seed out of 40 teams,
earning it a trip to Chicopee
(No. 28 seed, 9-9). Saugus battled
the hosts in that tourney
match before falling, 3-2.
Today, the Saugus Advocate
catches up with the first-year
coach of the team, Mikayla
Niles, and two of her captains.
Coach on her captains: true
athletes, advocates and
leaders
Niles is an alumna of the program
and had served as an assistant
heading into this year.
She rallied her teams to be
competitive in practically every
match, challenging Swampscott
for Northeastern Conference
supremacy before finishing
second in the league.
Her captains â€” Ava Rogers,
Ana Silva and Ashleigh Moore
â€” showed great leadership
throughout the season.
Niles said she saw much of
Rogersâ€™ confidence in herself.
â€œShe was always looking at me
during practice or games to
help fix what was going on or
to give her feedback,â€ Niles said.
â€œShe just has such a true athlete
heart and made sure she
always gave 100% at all times
to help her teammates out on
her good days and bad.â€
Silva is the â€œheart and soul of
the team in my eyes,â€ according
to her coach. â€œShe always kept
the girls laughing and cracking
jokes. The things that came out
of her mouth were nonsense
sometimes but you couldnâ€™t
help but laugh even if you
were mad. She gave her body
so much on that court being a
libero and not letting anything
get by her or around her. Ever.â€
Niles called Moore â€œa true
advocate for leadership in my
eyes.â€
On and off the court, Niles
added, â€œthatâ€™s just the type of
girl you want to have represent
your team and school name.
Her volleyball IQ amazed me all
practically every match. When
the energy from the start of
the game was high, the team
always knew that it was in for
a competitive match, according
to Moore.
â€œOur goal from the start was
to make it to the state tournament,
so we knew that every
single win counted big for us,â€
Moore said. â€œWe went into every
match with the mentality of
wanting the win the same as or
even more than the other team
no matter what our skill level
was compared to theirs.â€
For victories, Moore counts
Beverly and Everett as big ones.
â€œBeverly has been a team
that in past years we have never
even come close to winning
one set, let alone the entire
match,â€ Moore said. â€œWe had
been working hard in practice
knowing we had the capabilities
as a team to win, and we
did. The next biggest team win
I would say was our win over
Everett at home to clinch our
10th win to make it into the
state tournament. We had a
very big talk prior to the game,
and we knew that we had to
put everything on the line, and
this was it to make the tourney,
and it was a very happy and
emotional game.â€
Coach Niles established very
early that this season would be
different from past, according
to Moore.
â€œShe was tough, and we
Saugus volleyball captains left to right, Ava Rogers, Ana Silva and Ashleigh Moore.
season on her decision-making
and what to do with the ball.
She was always upbeat cheering
her girls on and always did
whatever I asked or needed
of her.â€
Ava Rogers: leading with
passion, dedication on the
volleyball journey
Rogers served as an outside
hitter and has been playing
volleyball since seventh grade.
Her proudest accomplishment
was being named Northeastern
Conference All-Star.
â€œThe message I was sending
to the team at the beginning
of the season was that this year
was our year,â€ Rogers said. â€œAs a
senior, all of us wanted to have
a winning season so it was important
everyone was in the
same headspace to do so.â€
The consistent part of the
team that led to such competitiveness
was passion, she said,
adding, â€œwe all wanted to win.
We walked onto every court
with the goal to walk off the
court knowing we gave everything
we have.â€
The biggest team win? Everett
because it got Saugus to
state tournament.
â€œCoach Niles established that
things this year were going to
be different,â€ Niles said. â€œHer
coaching style was the right
amount of criticism while also
boosting our confidence.â€
Her message to the team is to
keep the love for the sport because
that means giving everything
on and off the court. Rogers
will be attending Emmanuel
College on the pre-medicine
path.
Ashleigh Moore: A legacy
of teamwork, triumphs and
tenacity
Moore served as a middle
hitter. She has played volleyball
for four years and made
varsity as a freshman. Individually,
she most proud of being
selected as an NEC All-Star her
junior year from all the coaches
in the conference.
â€œA message I was sending at
the beginning of the season is
that we needed to have confidence
and faith in each other to
go far and do well this season,
and that it wasnâ€™t going to be
easy and we needed to give it
all we had all year,â€ Moore said.
Saugus was competitive in
knew that she was going to be
on us, but it was because she
believed in each of our skills
and gameplay,â€ Moore said.
â€œSomething I like about her
style is her personal connection
and time put into each individual
player. She would find
our strengths and weaknesses
and work with each of us to
become the best we could be.â€
Moore plans to go to college
to get her bachelorâ€™s in nursing.
Moore doesnâ€™t have anything
planned athletically for
the future, but she would definitely
consider joining a club
sport for fun in the college of
her choice. In the winter, sheâ€™ll
be playing basketball.
Mooreâ€™s message to the
team: think about all the fun
and success Saugus had this
season and imagine it becoming
something bigger and better
for the upcoming generations.
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Saugus High School Sachems Varsity Football Team
The Saugus High School Sachems Varsity Football Team are, shown in no particular order: Tommy DeSimone (Capt.); Ameen Taboubi, Samy Chahid, Danny
Shea (Capt.), Dylan Clark, Jordan Rodriguez, Connor Bloom, Cam Preston (Capt), Ryan Shea, Josh Sheehan, Isaiah Rodriguez (Capt), Travis Goyetche,
Ryan Moreira, Pable DeJesus, Jeffrey Murphy, Anthony Clark, Chris Mazin, Brandon Beauge, Pharoh Brandenburg, Tommy Cameron, Cody Munafo, Nathan
Santos, Danny Moreno, Naz Rodriguez, Dwayne Williams, Koby Jette, Laith Haddad, Braden Faiella, Huey Josama, Kiki Raymond, Ethan Malcolm,
Jose Rodriguez, Wilderson LaFortune, Mike Cella, Jandiel Pena, Amar Prkos, Larry Barrows, and Paxton Ferraro
Shown from left to right; Isaiah Rodriguez, Cam Preston, Head Coach,
Tommy DeSimone and Braden Faiella. Missing from photo Danny Shea.
Shown from left to right; Mark Poto, Edlyn Dos Santos, Steven Cummings,
Shane Rhuda, Greg Bluestein
TRADITION | FROM PAGE 6
not taking anything for granted
despite the teamâ€™s great
season. â€œIf thereâ€™s one thing
Iâ€™ve learned, there are no records
on Thanksgiving Day.â€
â€œIn my junior year, we were
5-4 and Saugus was similar.
We won the game 14-13 in the
mud,â€ the coach recalled.
â€œFor me, the passion is still
there. Iâ€™ve been going to
games since I was six years
old. I look forward to a very
great game, a very competitive
game,â€ he said.
â€œJust remember, this is the
last time that some of us will
play football for the rest of our
lives,â€ he said.
When he got his chance
to talk about the upcoming
game, Cummings echoed
Coach Bettencourtâ€™s sentiments.
â€œYou canâ€™t sign up for
a menâ€™s league when you get
older and play football,â€ Cummings
said.
â€œWhen itâ€™s over, you are going
to miss every bit of it,â€ he
said.
Cummings said he has fond
memories of his last High
School Thanksgiving Day football
game. Cummings was a
tight end and inside linebacker
on the Marshfield High
School team in 1995 that won
the state title in its division (3B).
Marshfield beat Duxbury,
40-20, in a game hosted by
Duxbury. â€œWe took the opening
kickoff to the house [for a
touchdown],â€ he said. Marshfield
went on to beat North Attleboro
in the state title game,
26-8.
The Seniors, shown kneeling, from left to right; Ameen Taboubi, Tommy DeSimone
(Capt), Ethan Malcolm. Standing (from left to right) Isaiah Rodriguez
(Capt), Dylan Clark, Jeffrey Murphy, Travis Goyetche, Tommy Cameron, Cam
Preston (Capt), and Braden Faiella (Capt)
Smolinsky said he still remembers
his last Thanksgiving
Day game when he played for
Tewksbury High. â€œWe played
Wilmington in a mud bowl
and it was a 0-0 tie,â€ Smolinsky
recalled.
â€œIt was 50 years ago and I still
remember it,â€ he said.
Saugus School Superintendent
Michael Hashem didnâ€™t
play High School football, but
went to watch the games as
most students did. â€œTake it all
in. Itâ€™s going to happen quickly,â€
said Hashem, who has been
an educator in his hometown
for 32 years.
â€œYouâ€™ll remember this game
for the rest of your lives,â€ he
said.
Former New England Patriots
star offensive lineman
Peter Brock, this yearâ€™s guest
speaker, urged the Peabody
and Saugus seniors to â€œplay
every play like itâ€™s the last play
youâ€™ll ever do.â€
Brock, a native of Beaverton,
Oregon, told the young players
that he â€œlived a dreamâ€ that
he conceived in childhood to
be a professional football player
â€“ an accomplishment that
was also achieved by three of
his four brothers.
In his talk, Brock recalled
how the Patriots as a â€œWild
Cardâ€ team won three road
playoff games â€“ including a
31-14 win over the Miami Dolphins
in the AFC Championship
game (Jan. 12, 1986). â€œWe
kicked the hell out of the Miami
Dolphins,â€ Brock recalled,
noting that the Patriots went
into the game having lost its
last 18 games at Miami.
â€œWe held the ball for 42 minutes
in a 60-minute game and
we rushed for 256 yards that
day,â€ he said.
Brock, who played for 13
years with Patriots, also entertained
the Peabody and Saugus
players with a story about
how he actually gave 110 percent
effort in a game. It was a
Nov. 13, 1983, game in Foxboro
against the Miami Dolphins.
Brock had suffered a serious
knee injury. But his teammate
â€“ and then-future Hall
of Fame offensive guard John
Hannah â€“ kept asking him
â€œCan you go one more play?â€
Hannah kept repeating the
question, motivating Brock to
overcome adversity.
â€œWe played 76 plays from
scrimmage, and I didnâ€™t miss
a snap,â€ Brock said.
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ment of long-term care in the
commonwealth,â€ continued
Stanley. â€œIt is our collective
effort to ensure the highest
standards of care and access
for all individuals in need of
long-term care services.â€
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Beacon Hill Roll Call
Volume 48 - Report No. 46
November 13-17, 2023
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THE
HOUSE AND SENATE:
Beacon Hill Roll Call records
local representativesâ€™ and
senatorsâ€™ votes from the week
of November 13-17.
LONG TERM CARE
CHANGES (H 4178)
House 158-0, approved and
sent to the Senate legislation
that supporters say will â€œtake
a comprehensive approach
towards reforming the longterm
care industry by supporting
and expanding the
workforce, enhancing oversight
of facilities and ensuring
greater access, all while
prioritizing quality of care.â€
R ep. Tom S tanley
(D-Waltham), House chair of
the Committee on Elder Affairs,
said â€œthe comprehensive
measure is a major step
toward enhancing the standards
and care within the
long-term care industry.â€
â€œBuilding upon past successes
and allocations, including
significant funding
for caregiver shortages and
nursing home rate increases,
this bill marks a pivotal
step in the ongoing enhancetor
has long faced workforce
and financial challenges that
have only been exacerbated
by the pandemic,â€ said
House Speaker Ron Mariano
(D-Quincy).â€œAddressing persistent
challenges within this
important sector will not only
improve the quality of care
that residents receive, it will
increase capacity and help
acute care hospitals more efficiently
discharge patients
to the appropriate post-acute
care setting.â€
Mariano continued, â€œBuilding
off of key investments in
the industry in recent budgets,
this comprehensive legislation
takes the necessary
steps to ensure that the commonwealthâ€™s
nursing homes,
and the patients that they
care for, are supported.â€
(A â€œYesâ€ vote is for the bill.)
Rep. Jessica Giannino Yes
Rep. Donald Wong Yes
$2.81 BILLION FISCAL
2023 SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET (S 2502)
Senate 36-3, approved a
$2.81 billion supplemental
budget to close out the
books for fiscal year 2023.
Provisionsinclude $2.1 billion
for MassHealth to cover
end of year deficiencies; $250
million for emergency housing;
$75 million for school districts
impacted by special education
tuition rate increases;
$15 million for disaster relief
for municipalities impacted
by storms and naturals disasters
that occurred in 2023;
funding to support collective
bargaining agreements; and
$500,000 for the Commission
on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender, Queer and
Questioning Youth.
According to Senate President
Karen Spilkaâ€™s office,
â€œThe Senate budget stipulates
that a portion of the
$250 million for emergency
housing be spent on community-based,
broad, and
individualized support services
and resources so that
individuals and families can
address the complex issues
and challenges they face, as
well as reimbursements to
school districts for increased
enrollment costs associated
with an influx of migrant
students. It also authorizes a
portion of the $250 million to
be spent to address costs associated
with sheltering eligible
families, as well as creating
temporary emergency
shelter sites.â€
â€œToday the Senate took
a bold step forward, and
passed a supplemental budget
that not only closes the
books on fiscal year 2023,
but also acts swiftly to meet
the challenges of an unprecedented
humanitarian crisis
that deserves our full attention,
care and assistance,â€
said Sen. Mike Rodrigues
(D-Westport), Chair of the
Senate Committee on Ways
and Means. â€œIn addition, we
allocated $378 million to fully
fund all ratified Collective
Bargaining Agreements, dedicated
$15 million for climate
change disaster relief and deposited
$100 million to fully
pay down the pension liability
from the 2015 Early Retirement
Incentive Program.â€
â€œI voted â€˜noâ€™ on the $250
million that the Healey Administration
requested for
the migrant crisis,â€ said Sen.
Ryan Fattman (R-Sutton).â€If
we continue on this path, it
will cost taxpayers $1.2 billion
this year alone with no end in
sight. This will place substantial
stress on other social safety
net programs intended for
Massachusetts residents.â€
The House has already approved
a different version
of the budget and a conference
committee will eventually
hammer out a compromise
version.
(A â€œYesâ€ vote is for the supplemental
budget. A â€œNoâ€ vote is
against it.)
Sen. Brendan Crighton
Yes
RESIDENCY
REQUIREMENT (S 2502)
Senate 3-36, rejected an
amendment that would
amend the stateâ€™s Right to
Shelter Law which requires
the state to provide shelter
and other necessities to
homeless parents with young
children, pregnant women
and recently the many migrant
families arriving in the
Bay State. Homeless individuals
are not covered by the
Right to Shelter law.
The amendment would require
that people provide
proof that they have lived
in the state for at least one
year to qualify for the program.
It also exempts from
the requirement a victim of
domestic violence or a person
whose living situation
has been affected by a fire or
other natural disaster that occurred
in Massachusetts.
Amendment supporters
said the current interpretation
of residency in Massachusetts
by the Healey administration
is that the person
can be in the state for a
matter of minutes to qualify
to get services.
â€œDuring todayâ€™s Senate session
I proposed an amendment
that would restore the
residency requirement for
the emergency shelter program
here in Massachusetts,â€
said amendment sponsor
Sen. Ryan Fattman. â€œUnfortunately,
the amendment
was not adopted in the Senate.
If we continue on this
path and do not modify the
stateâ€™s Right-to-Shelter Law,
it will cost taxpayers $1.2 billion
this year alone with no
end in sight, placing substantial
stress on other social safety
net programs intended for
Massachusetts residents.â€
â€œWhile apparently intended
to address the migrant issue,
the amendment, in my view,
called for broader changes
to a program that has been
in place helping people for
decades,â€ said opponent Sen.
John Keenan (D-Quincy).
â€œSuch changes to a statute I
believe need greater review
than what the amendment
process provided. Further, an
amendment filed by Sen. Velis,
which was adopted unanimously,
provides an opportunity
for that review.â€
(A â€œYesâ€ vote is for the 1-year
requirement. A â€œNoâ€ vote is
against it.)
Sen. Brendan Crighton
No
PHARMACEUTICAL
ACCESS, COSTS AND
TRANSPARENCY (S 2499)
Senate 39-0, approved and
sent to the House a bill that
supporters say would make
major changes and reforms
to the stateâ€™s pharmaceutical
system by â€œlowering the
cost of drugs at the pharmacy
counter and improving oversight
of the pharmaceutical
industry.â€
â€œThe Senate has made pharmaceutical
cost containment
and oversight a priority for
a long time, and Iâ€™m proud
that weâ€™ve had the opportunity
to pass this bill in three
consecutive sessions, improving
it as we learn more
and more about the industry,â€
said Sen. Cindy Friedman
(D-Arlington), Senate chair
of the Committee on Health
Care Financing. â€œWhile we are
supportive of the work of the
pharmaceutical industry, we
also know that far too many
Massachusetts residents are
struggling to access life saving,
essential medication due
to outrageous and skyrocketing
costs. [This legislation]
will provide necessary transparency
and oversight measures,
so that consumers can
trust that this system is putting
patients and their health
before profits.â€
â€œI am pleased the Senate
has passed this crucial prescription
drug legislation,â€
said Sen. Mike Rodrigues
(D-Westport), Chair of the
Senate Committee on Ways
and Means. â€œHealthcare is
all about accessibility and
affordability, and this reform-minded
consumer focused
bill will allow increased
access to prescription drugs
while also considerably driving
down the cost of everyday
medications.â€
â€œRelief from prescription
drug costs canâ€™t wait when
lives are at stake,â€ said Senate
President Karen Spilka
(D-Ashland). â€œI look forward
to this bill getting signed into
law so that residents and seniors
who go to the pharmacy
counter will finally pay less
for the medications they use
to stay alive and maintain
their quality of life. This reform
is in line with the Senateâ€™s
commitment to addressing
affordability, equity
and transparency and maintaining
the commonwealthâ€™s
competitiveness as a place to
live and work.â€
(A â€œYesâ€ vote is for the bill.)
Sen. Brendan Crighton
Yes
ALSO UP ON BEACON HILL
4-DAY WORK WEEK PILOT
PROGRAM (H 3849)- The Labor
and Workforce Development
Committee held a hearing
on legislation that would
create a voluntary 4-day work
week pilot program in the
Bay State. Participating employers
would transition employees
to a 4-day work week
without any reduction in pay
in return for a tax credit administered
by the Department
of Revenue.
â€œAmericans are over -
stressed and overworked,â€
said Rep. Dylan Fernandes
(D-Falmouth). The data shows
that a 4-day work week creates
a happier workforce, fuels
company productivity
and helps businesses attract
top talent,â€ said co-sponsor
Rep. Dylan Fernandes (D-Falmouth).
â€œThis pilot program
studies its efficacy in Massachusetts
to determine whether
the four-day work week
could benefit commonwealth
employees and businesses.â€
â€œIn this era of tight labor
markets, we need to get creative
to keep our economy
growing,â€ said co-sponsor
Rep. Josh Cutler (D-Duxbury),
House Chair of the Joint Committee
on Labor and Workforce
Development. â€œThis bill
creates new incentives for
Massachusetts businesses to
explore shifting to a 4-day
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work week which can off er a
myriad of benefi ts, including
boosting worker satisfaction
and productivity, and reducing
absenteeism and commuting
time.â€
â€œOur research with hundreds
of companies and
thousands of workers shows
that a 4-day, 32-hour week
with no reduction in pay
not only yields tremendous
well-being improvements for
workers, but is highly benefi -
cial for companies,â€ said Professor
Juliet Schor, a leading
supporter of the measure.
â€œAfter trialing this model, a
mere 6 percent are returning
to the 5-day week. [This
bill] will put Massachusetts
on the map once again leading
the nation, as we have
done on same-sex marriage
and climate.â€
PROHIBIT USE OF NATIVE
AMERICAN MASCOTS IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS (H 477, S 245)
â€“ A bill heard by the Education
Committee would prohibit
public schools from using
an athletic team name,
logo or mascot which is associated
with Native Americans,
or which denigrates any
racial, ethnic, gender or religious
group.
â€œIn the past few years, the
nation has seemed to fi nally
come awake and recognize
the hurt caused by racist mascots
and imagery,â€ said Senate
sponsor Sen. Jo Comerford
(D-Northampton). â€œThis
bill acknowledges the common
humanity of all, corrects
historical wrongs and addresses
the profound psychological
harm caused by perpetuating
racist stereotypes
â€” harm caused to both people
who are of Native American
heritage and those who
are not.â€
â€œI sponsored [the bill] because
of the numerous conversations
Iâ€™ve had with community
leaders that have
been doing the work to protect
students in the commonwealth
from the negative
impacts of Native American
mascots,â€ said House sponsor
Rep. Brandy Fluker Oakley
(D-Mattapan). â€œWe know
based on years of research,
that these mascots lead to
the perpetuation of negative
stereotypes and psychological
ramifi cations like lower
self-esteem and diminished
perceptions of community
worth. This bill will prevent
students from further psychosocial
harm.â€
RENT CONTROL QUESTION
WILL NOT APPEAR ON THE
2024 BALLOT â€“ Itâ€™s the end
of this yearâ€™s campaign to put
on the November 2024 ballot
a question that would allow
cities and towns the right to
impose rent control, a practice
which voters banned
nearly 30 years ago on a 1994
ballot question.
Organizers announced that
they will fall far short of the
74,574 signatures needed by
November 22 to qualify for
the ballot.
â€œWhile this isnâ€™t the outcome
we hoped for with our
petition, I am more confi dent
than ever that if given the opportunity
to do so, Massachusetts
voters will elect to lift
the ban on rent control,â€ said
long time rent control advocate
Rep. Michael Connolly
(D-Cambridge). â€œAt this point,
however, it makes sense to focus
on Tuesdayâ€™s Statehouse
hearing on rent control bills
and other landlord-tenant
matters.â€
â€œMassachusetts property
owners and renters should
wake up this morning knowing
that their futures are
better off ,â€ said Paul Craney,
spokesman for the Mass Fiscal
Alliance which opposes
rent control. â€œRep. Connollyâ€™s
potential ballot question
would have done nothing
but make life more expensive
and miserable for property
owners and renters alike.
Rent control does not work, it
would only stop new housing
development, particularly
new aff ordable multi-family
housing and put a complete
halt in maintenance
and upkeep.â€
In the meantime, the focus
now turns to Beacon Hill
where the Housing Committee
held a hearing last week
on several pieces of rent control
legislation.
â€œThis is not an issue about
the market,â€ testified Rep.
Sam Montano (D-Jamaica
Plain), a sponsor of one of
several bills debated at the
hearing. â€œThis is not an issue
about how we use capitalism.
This is an issue about morals.
Morally, we need to house
people. Thatâ€™s it. Doesnâ€™t matter.
People need homes, they
need a warm place to sleep,
they need a place to shower,
they need a place to feel safe.
And we are failing at providing
that for people by allowing
landlords to try to charge
huge increases year to year
and constantly displacing
people.â€
â€œRent control reduces the
supply of housing which
drives rents up,â€ said Amir
Shahsavari, vice president
of the Small Property Owners
Association. â€œIt makes it
more diffi cult for owners to
keep up with rising operating
costs, it leads to disrepair,
and it makes it nearly impossible
to remove non-complying
tenants, not only to
the detriment of owners and
their properties, but also to
the detriment of the other
tenants who depend on us to
provide them with safe, maintained
living spaces.â€
QUOTABLE QUOTES
â€œThe MBTA is one of the
oldest transit agencies in the
country, and while there are
a number of contributing factors,
itâ€™s clear that years of underinvestment
have added to
the cost of bringing our system
back to a state of good
repair.â€
--- MBTA General Manager
Phil Eng following the release
of the Tâ€™s report noting that it
would take $24.5 billion to fi x
nearly two-thirds of all MBTA
that assets are not in a state
of good repair.
â€œThis program invests federal
funds to make Massachusetts
communities safer
and stronger. [It] allows
towns and cities to identify
their most pressing needs
and direct funding to address
those challenges. The ability
of local public safety leaders
to guide funds toward priority
safety initiatives encourages
a holistic approach to improving
safety in communities
with diverse needs.â€
---Gov. Maura Healey announcing
nearly $5 million in
federal funds awarded to 130
police departments across
the state to address their
communitiesâ€™ unmet public
safety priorities.
â€œItâ€™s chilling to learn what
some of these toys can do.
Smart toys can be useful, fun
or educational, but Interacting
with some of them can
create frightening situations
for too many families.â€
---R.J. Cross, one of the authors
of MASSPIRG Education
Fundâ€™s report which
warns about the dangers of
the smart devices surrounding
kids including microphones,
cameras, connectivity,
location trackers, poor security
as well as several lowtech
threats, including water
beads, button batteries and
recalled and counterfeit toys
for sale.
â€œWith over 130,000 signatures,
the publicâ€™s voice is
loud and clear: They stand
with educators against highstakes
testing. Our stance
against an accountability system
solely based on highstakes
testing resonates with
the community, highlighting
the need for change in how
we evaluate student achievement.
Itâ€™s time to move past a
30-year-old system that narrows
learning and fails to address
diverse student needs.â€
---Massachusetts Teachers
Association President Max
Page on the collection of
more than 130,000 signatures
which, if certifi ed, will place
a question on the 2024 ballot
ending the controversial
graduation requirement tied
to the MCAS exam.
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 latenight
sessions.
During the week of November
13-17, the House met for
a total of 14 hours and fi ve
minutes while the Senate met
for a total of 23 hours and 29
minutes.
Mon. Nov. 13
House11:01 a.m.
to 11:27 a.m.
Senate 11:19 a.m.
to 11:45 a.m.
Tues.Nov. 14
No House session
Senate 11:08 a.m. to 8:11 p.m
Wed. Mon. 15
House11:03 a.m. to 12:42
a.m. (Thursday morning)
Senate 11:00 a.m. to1:00 a.m.
(Thursday morning)
Thurs. Nov. 16
No House session
No Senate session
Fri. Nov. 17
No House session
No Senate session
Bob Katzen welcomes feedback
at bob@beaconhillrollcall.com
Bob
founded Beacon Hill Roll
Call in 1975 and was inducted
into the New England Newspaper
and Press Association
(NENPA) Hall of Fame in 2019.
Wishing you the best
for a safe and happy
Thanksgiving.
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OBITUARIES
Martha L. Elizalde
O
f Saugs. Age 75, died
at the Bear Hill Nursing
Home in Wakefield on
Sunday, November 12th.
Born and raised in Guayaquil,
Ecuador, Martha was the
daughter of the late Edmund
Elizalde and Rosa Elizalde Villalobos.
She came to live in
New Jersey in 1968 and had
been a resident of Saugus for
the past 43 years. Martha was
a former loan officer for State
Street Bank where she worked
for 10 years.
Martha is survived by her
son Edmund Sosa of Saugus;
granddaughter Elizabeth; one
great-grandchild, Lincoln Tatro;
one brother, Carlos Elizalde
of NJ; and two sisters, Isabel
Elizalde and Sylvia ElizalSOUNDS
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2 p.m.at the Saugus Senior
Center at 466 Central St. Because
of last year and continuing
this yearâ€™s craziness,
more families are hurting
more than ever and are in
need of help for Christmas. As
we all know, when times are
tough, toys for the children
may get overlooked.
Retired Capt. Bill Oâ€™Malley of
the Saugus Fire Department
will be collecting the toys and
delivering them to those families
in need. Please share this
information with your family,
friends and coworkers. If we
can all tell a handful of friends
who have found themselves
far luckier than most to donate
one extra toy, imagine all
the toys we can collect.
Also, come meet Lily the
Lion and Mrs. Claus. They will
be there to greet and thank
you. Letâ€™s all try to make
Christmas of 2023 far better
than the rest of the year. Together
we can make a difference
and help put some miles
on many faces. Please feel free
to share this information via
social media, etc.
Special â€œShout Outsâ€
For this weekâ€™s paper, two
of our readers submitted
recommendations for people
they want to publicly acknowledge.
Saugonian
Doris Napier
offered: â€œA huge shout out
to the Saugus Senior Center
and Laurie Davis and her entire
staff as well as all the Volunteers
who make each day
so pleasant and happy there.
It is always an upbeat vibe
with everyone who enters the
front door. I know because Iâ€™m
there four days a week! God
bless them all.â€
Debbie Hoyle of Cliftonde
both of FL. Services were
private.
Mrs. Joh Marie Reed
O
f Saugus, formerly of
East Boston. Died on
Thursday, November
16th at the Melrose-Wakefield
Hospital at the age of 62. She
was the wife of the late Joseph
C. (Frautten) Reed.
Born and raised in East Boston
and a resident of Saugus
for the past 30 years, Mrs.
Reed was the daughter of Lucille
(Frusciante) and the late
Charles Reed of East Boston.
Joh loved taking her nephews
on trips and making them Halloween
costumes. She enjoyed
cooking and crocheting and
loved her dog. In addition to
her mother, Joh is survived by
her brother, Edward Reed and
dale Congregational Church
gave a collective shout out
to the organizations that
held food drives to assist the
Saugus United Parish Food
Pantryâ€™s latest Thanksgiving
food drive: â€œBelmonte STEAM
Academy 5th Grade Class, Girl
Scouts, ATCK Fitness, Hammersmith
Restaurant, Pioneer
Charter School, Corinne Riley,
and the library â€“ in addition
to many individuals who
donated.â€
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 Shout Out.â€ No more
than a paragraph; anything
longer might lend itself to a
story and/or a photo.
Curbside leaf pick-up
ends soon
The Town of Saugus reminds
residents that the final
week for leaf pick-up of
2023 is from Monday, Nov. 27
through Friday, Dec. 1. Residents
may dispose of leaves
curbside on their regularly
scheduled collection day,
between Monday and Friday.
Leaves should be left outside
at the curb by 7 a.m. on the
appropriate days. Please ensure
that leaf containers are
physically separated from
trash and recycling.
Paper leaf bags are the preferred
method of leaf disposal.
If you are using barrels,
however, they must be clearly
marked with yard waste stickers.
Stickers, which are free,
may be obtained at Inspechis
wife Jen of FL; two nephews,
Scott and James; and two
nieces, Emily and Anna. She
was predeceased by her sister
Wendy Reed and nephew,
Stephen.
Relatives and friends were
invited to attend visiting hours
in the Bisbee-Porcella Funeral
Home, Saugus on Tuesday, November
21followed by a service
in the funeral home. In
lieu of flowers, donations in
Johâ€™s memory may be made to
the Northeast Animal Shelter
at northeastanimalshelter.org.
Maria Oâ€™Donnell
O
f Saugus passed away
on November 18, 2023
due to complications
from lymphoma. She was 78
years old.
Maria is survived by her
loving husband John of 57
tional Services in the lower
level of Town Hall at 298
Central St. or at the DPW at
515 Main St. in Saugus. Barrel
covers must remain removed
so that the leaves are visible.
Plastic bags, cardboard boxes,
branches and brush will
not be accepted. Please note
that separate trucks collect
the rubbish, recycling and
leaves, so the leaves may be
collected at a different time
of day. â€œMissed pick-upsâ€ will
not be conducted.
The Old Sachem talks
about subway history
Laura Eisner, who writes
the weekly â€œSaugus Gardensâ€
article for The Saugus Advocate,
wanted to share with
our readers:
â€œFor the November meeting
of the Saugus Historical Society,
Bill Stewart, known as
the Old Sachem, told the fascinating
story of the first subway
system in the U.S., which
was of course in Boston. His
tale of its establishment and
expansion was full of fascinating
details from scientific
controversies to students
waving bones around when
the cemetery on the common
was disturbed. The subway
construction was part
of what was called â€˜the second
industrial revolutionâ€™ as
horse drawn carriages gave
way to gas powered vehicles
and then quickly to electric
cars on trolleys. The new underground
model of transportation
became a solution
to the traffic jams, a result
of many types of vehicles
above-ground and a massive
increase in population, as immigrants
poured in after disasters
in Ireland and several
other countries during the
19th century. Londonâ€™s subway
system had opened, and
years, her son Stephen, her
son Sean and his wife Lisa,
and her grandchildren Katherine,
Abby and Kelsey. She
is also survived by her sisters
Camille and Pauline and many
friends and extended family
members.
A resident of Saugus for 53
years, Maria was a loving and
devoted wife, mother and
grandmother, and always put
her family first. She enjoyed
Paris was working on one but
it was not yet finished when
Boston began this project.
The first section, beneath
Tremont Street, opened to
passengers on September
1, 1897. Later other sections
were added to provide service
beneath other busy sections
of the city. The presentation
ended with a video of the
Kingston Trio singing â€˜Charlie
on the MTAâ€™ with many of the
audience singing along. This
song, written in 1949, tells a
humorous story of the trials of
a man who boarded the subway
in Boston when the fare
was a dime, but could not pay
the remaining fare necessary
to disembark when the price
was raised at noon. It became
a hit in 1959 when recorded
by the Kingston Trio, and remains
well known as the audience
response showed.
Bill writes weekly articles in
the Saugus Advocate about
sports, history, and occasionally
other subjects with the
same attention to detail and
sense of humor.â€
MEG Foundation winners
Hereâ€™s a list of the MEG
Foundation winners from
Nov. 12: Benson, Karen; Manoogian,
Donna; Brammer,
Lauren; Maryquardo, James;
Camuso, Bob; McDougall,
Jomarie; Cannizzaro, Rosetta;
McGonigle, Sarah; Cassarino,
Anthony; Merritt, Janis; Chadwick,
Tonya; Miranda, Josie;
Chainey, D.; Momperousse,
Renee; Clark, Samantha; Moreschi,
Christine; Colaianni,
Tori; Moschella, Dianne; Crawford,
Cheryl; Nadeau, Jessica;
DeCristoforo, Stephanie;
Oâ€™Connell, Joanne; Deon, Brian;
Oâ€™Neil, Debbie; Fanco, Tracy;
Pabon, Pebbly; Ferraro,
Melissa; Phelan, Tricia; Ferrero,
Paxton; Phipps, Harry;
nothing more than being with
her grandchildren. She also
loved cooking, the saltwater
air of Nahant beach, vacationing
in Maine, and the Red Sox.
Maria had tremendous faith
and a heart after God. She
showed amazing resilience
as she never stopped fighting
against her illness. Her positive
attitude and unselfishness
throughout her battle
were remarkable testaments
to her character. She will be
dearly missed.
A memorial service will be
held for Maria at Crossroad
Christian Church located at
15 Lynn St in Peabody, MA on
Saturday December 2nd at
11:00AM.
Donations in Mariaâ€™s memory
may be made to Crossroad
Christian Church or to the
charity of your choice.
Finn, Diana; Price, Tia; Folino,
Donna; Riley, Corinne; Ford,
Mike; Roach, Ginny; Furtado,
Maureen; Sanderson, Gina;
Giannetta, John; Speziale,
Karen; Guercio, Roy; Staples,
Buddy; Hogan, Dawn; Staples,
Patti; Hunter, Margery;
Surrett, Lauren; Jarosz, Haley;
Swanson, Jean; Johnson,
Carol; Wood, Caitlyn; Leonard,
Kathy; Zapolski, Charlie;
Loberg, Ericka; Loberg, Ericka;
Lowell, Holly.
Comedy lineup at the
Kowloon Restaurant
The Kowloon Restaurant,
which is located at 948 Broadway
(Route 1 North) in Saugus,
has set its autumn comedy
lineup continuing into
November. Nov. 24: Mark Riley,
Boston Comedy Festival
Runner-Up, former NHL referee,
Carolyn Plummer, James
Hamilton.
Shows start at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets for reserved seating
are $20. Must be 18 years or
older to attend. For tickets,
call the Kowloon Restaurant
at 781-233-0077 or access
online (www.kowloonrestaurant.com).
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Pastor Hoyle: Thereâ€™s a little
bit of a cushion built in,
but not much. Thatâ€™s why we
have people preregister: for
the costs and logistics of storing
the food and to make sure
we have enough.
Q: I understand you may be
the most veteran volunteer
involved in the Food Pantryâ€™s
Thanksgiving food drive?
Mitch Boyer, 63, who has
lived in Saugus since he was
three years old. He joined the
Cliftondale Congregational
Church in 1978: I started in
1995 and have been doing
this for 28 years â€“ and right
through the COVID years without
a break.
Q: How did you get involved?
Boyer:
I came in here every
Friday morning to make the
coff ee, and I eventually got recruited.
Iâ€™ve spent most of my
life in this town and I graduated
from Saugus High in 1980.
Q: What keeps you doing
this? What do you get out of
it?
Boyer: I feel like Iâ€™m helping
people and giving back
to the community for people
who helped me. Iâ€™m on subsidized
rent. Iâ€™ve had people
who have given me clothes.
The main reason I continue
doing it is that somewhere
along the line, somebody who
Iâ€™m helping is going to pick up
on it and help somebody else.
Q: How long have you been
doing this?
David Odgers, 45, from
Lynn, who has been a member
of the Cliftondale Congregational
Church since 2013:
Iâ€™ve been doing Thanksgiving
[food drive] since 2014.
Q: And what do you get out
of it?
Odgers: I get a lot of satisfaction
from this. I love helping
people, and the people
I help appreciate what I do.
Itâ€™s my chance to give back to
the community for the people
who helped me out.
Q: Please tell me about
yourself and what you get out
of volunteering here today.
Sandy Milano, 84, a U.S
Army veteran who is retired
from the Soldiersâ€™ Home at
Chelsea. She worked as a clerk
typist in Washington, D.C. She
moved to Saugus 38 years ago.
Her late husband was a Marine
who passed away in 2016. Sheâ€™s
been volunteering at the Food
Pantry for about nine years and
also volunteers at the veteransâ€™
food bank at the Saugus Senior
Center: I feel pleased that I can
offer my services here and
say hello to people and help
them. You got to smile a lot,
you know. A smile goes a long
way. And I love to help people
who need help.
Q: What do you get out of
being here today?
Madi Femino, a Saugus
High School senior, and a captain
on the girlsâ€™ soccer team:
Iâ€™ve been doing this since the
eighth grade. Itâ€™s been awesome
and I love doing it. I
just love helping people and
seeing how happy they are
and how grateful they are for
what weâ€™re doing for them.
Itâ€™s nice to see people happy
during the holiday season. I
know when Iâ€™m off to college,
this is something that I want
to come back and do to help
people out.
Q: Please tell me a little bit
about what this event means
for you and your team, coach.
Saugus High School Football
Head Coach Steve Cummings:
This is something
weâ€™ve been doing every year
since Iâ€™ve been here, and weâ€™ve
been doing it before. And I
think the kids like doing this.
Itâ€™s an opportunity for them
to give back to the community.
Students can get community
service credit for participating
in this, but I think a majority
of the kids we have here
today have already completed
their community service. I
think itâ€™s important for kids to
come down and help out on
something like this so they
can understand what itâ€™s like
for people who are less fortunate.
Being able to help out
families like this is a good lesson
learned.
When I was younger, I was
part of a family that needed
help. I lived in Brockton till I
was 12 and moved to Marshfield,
where I lived with my
dad and my brother. We lived
in a summer house year round
and we had clothes from The
Salvation Army. My father had
a paper route that he got up
at two in the morning to do
before he went to work. So,
for my players to come down
here and help out is a good
thing for the kids.
Q: What do you get out of
being here today?
Braden Faiella, 18, Saugus
High football captain, offensive
guard and middle linebacker:
This is my fi fth year doing
this. And itâ€™s just great to help
out some people who are less
fortunate and need the help. I
help to carry out the turkeys,
boxes and bags of food to the
cars outside. It makes me feel
good just to help out people
by doing something like this.
And everybody we help is very
grateful.
Q: What do you get out of
being here today?
Tommy Desimone, Saugus
High football captain, running
back and safety: This is
my third year. This town has
done so much for me my entire
life that I just like to give
back to the community. Being
a senior, I want to leave a legacy
behind. This has become a
tradition for us. We take tradition
to heart and we want to
carry it on as long as possible.
Every time I bring the food
to somebodyâ€™s car, itâ€™s always
a wholesome moment. You
see people smiling and thanking
you. Helping people in
need has been one of my favorite
things to do as a football
player.
Q: What do you get out of
being here today?
Aaron Crawford, 42, of Concord,
N.H., who became music
director at Cliftondale Congregational
Church in July: Itâ€™s
about a 70 mile-drive from
Concord to Saugus, but Iâ€™m
just here to show the love of
Jesus by doing something
good for the community.
Q: How do you think things
went today?
Debbie Hoyle, wife of Pastor
Hoyle: Weâ€™re very thankful to
everyone who came to us on
this rainy day. Weâ€™re always encouraged
by how many people
who off er to volunteer and
come together to help out. So
many people have helped out
this year. The Belmonte Fifth
Grade Class did an awesome
job with their food drive. A lot
of people have been generous
this year.
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by Jim Miller
How an Incentive Trust
Can Infl uence Your Heirs
Dear Savvy Senior,
What can you tell me about creating
an incentive trust? I have an
adult son and daughter that are
both fi nancially inept. Before I die,
I want to put some type of requirements
in place that they will need
to follow in order to receive their
portion of my estate.
Frustrated Father
Dear Frustrated,
If you want to infl uence your
heirs even after youâ€™re gone, an
incentive trust is definitely an
option to consider, but be careful
how you construct it because
it can cause unintended, unfair
consequences. Hereâ€™s how it
works, along with some tips to
help you create one.
Incentive Trusts Basics
An incentive trust is an estate-planning
tool designed to
help encourage your heirs in a direction
you desire when youâ€™re no
longer around.
With an incentive trust, some
or all of your assets are passed to
your trust when you die rather
than directly to your heirs. Your
trustee is empowered to distribute
funds from the trust only if
and when your benefi ciaries do
whatever it is you have specifi ed
in the trust.
For example, an incentive trust
might encourage a benefi ciary to
graduate from college, enter a
particular profession, get married
or even have children. They could
also reward beneficiaries who
do charitable work or supplement
the incomes of those who
choose low paying, yet meaningful
careers like teaching or social
work. Or they could penalize benefi
ciaries who donâ€™t work by cutting
off or decreasing distributions
or placing restrictions on
heirs with addictions by requiring
that payments go directly to
rehab centers.
But be aware that these types
of trusts can also have drawbacks.
A poorly constructed incentive
trust can have a high risk of unintended
consequences. For example,
if your trust provides a fi -
nancial incentive for your children
to be employed full-time,
but one of them gets sick or seriously
injured in a car accident
and canâ€™t work, they would be
punished unfairly.
You also need to know that incentive
trusts arenâ€™t cheap. You
can expect to pay an attorney
$2,500 to $5,000 to draft one.
There are also legal limits on
what you can do with an incentive
trust. While state laws vary,
incentive trusts that encourage a
benefi ciary to join or leave a particular
religion, or leave a spouse
or not marry at all, can be challenged
in court and possibly
struck down.
How to Create One
To create a solid incentive trust
that accomplishes what you envision,
you need to hire an estate-planning
attorney who will
include precise instructions that
clearly spells out your wishes.
Youâ€™ll also want to include language
granting your trustee the
right to use his or her discretion
and that the trusteeâ€™s decisions
should be fi nal and binding.
This allows your trustee to
make common sense rulings,
which will reduce or eliminate the
chances of unintended and unfair
consequences. It also makes
it very diffi cult for benefi ciaries to
successfully challenge the trust
or trustee in court. When a trust
grants fi nal decision-making authority
to its trustee, it becomes
almost impossible for benefi ciaries
to successfully argue that
this trustee is not correctly implementing
the trustâ€™s terms.
The key is to select a trustee
whoâ€™s smart enough to interpret
your intent and has sufficient
backbone to stand up to benefi -
ciaries when necessary. You also
need to select a successor trustee
too if your fi rst choice can no
longer serve. Fees paid to a trustee
vary widely depending on the
stateâ€™s fee schedules, the size and
complexity of the trust, and conditions
laid out in the trust.
To fi nd an experienced attorney
in your area to help you create
an incentive trust, see the National
Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
(naela.org) and the American
College of Trust and Estate
Counsel (actec.org).
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.
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1. On Nov. 24, 1864, what
painter
of cancan dancers,
including â€œAt the Moulin
Rouge,â€ was born?
2. How many eyelids does a
camel have: one, two or three?
3. What play has the name of
a mythical sculptor who fell in
love with his statue?
4. On Nov. 25, 2002, what
Agatha Christie play â€“ with an
animalâ€™s name in its title â€“ had
its 50th anniversary (20,807
performances)?
5. How does an Emperor
penguin father protect the
motherâ€™s egg?
6. What is the home country of
the airline Aer Lingus?
7. On Nov. 26, 1883, American
abolitionist Sojourner Truth
died in Battle Creek, Mich.; in
what state was she born?
8. What social media site has
a new, humorous AI chatbot
called Grok?
9. What disease was the
American Lung Association
founded to fi ght?
10. On Nov. 27, 1942, what
musician who had a hit with
â€œPurple Hazeâ€ was born?
11. How are carving, spork
and fondue similar?
12. What is a wainwright?
(Hint: transportation.)
13. November 28 is National
French Toast Day; what is
French toast called in France?
14. What is the tallest bird
native to North America?
15. What popular board game
with an imaginary railroad
called Short Line had its World
Championship cancelled in
2021 due to covid?
16. What performer is featured
in the concert fi lm with the
subtitle â€œHeart of Goldâ€?
17. On Nov. 29, 1832, what
authoress was born â€“ in the
same month as her character
named Jo?
18. What is the outer layer of
teeth called?
19. Who was the shortest U.S.
president and has a last name
that is also the name of a city?
20. On Nov. 30, 1998, what two
energy businesses merged?
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condo with 4 rooms, fresh paint, and
an inground pool.
SAUGUS $250,000
Conveniently located 3 room condo
offers 1 bedroom, updated kitchen
and bath, and new flooring.
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