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An end date for ash landfi ll?
DEP Commissioner says his agency won’t
allow future expansion at Saugus site
By Mark E. Vogler
S
tate Department of Environmental
Protection
(MassDEP) Commissioner Martin
Suuberg says WIN Waste Innovations
won’t be able to expand
the ash landfi ll near its
trash-to-energy incinerator
in Saugus under current regulations.
In a letter this week
to state Rep. Jeffrey Turco
(D-Winthrop), Commissioner
Suuberg noted that his agency’s
opposition to future expansion
of the landfi ll is based
on its location within an Area
of Critical Environmental Concern
(ACEC).
“While an applicant is free to
propose a site assignment modifi
cation, and MassDEP will review
the information submitted,
based upon the information
presently before MassDEP,
the facility fails to meet the necessary
site suitability criteria to
allow for expansion within the
ACEC and therefore would not
receive a positive site suitability
determination,” Suuberg wrote
Turco in a letter dated Nov. 16.
“Without a positive site suitability
determination from
MassDEP, a proposal to amend
the facility’s site assignment
to allow for vertical expansion
would not advance to the Saugus
Board of Health for consideration,”
the commissioner said.
WIN Waste Innovations Vice
President of Environmental AfQUESTIONING
THE FUTURE OF ASH LANDFILL: Massachusetts
Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) Commissioner
Martin Suuberg says in a letter he wrote this week that
his agency would not allow expansion of the ash landfi ll in
Saugus.
(Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate)
fairs James Connolly issued a
brief statement when contacted
yesterday. “The DEP’s letter
concerns procedural steps
that any proposal involving expansion
would need to follow,
including a lengthy review by
both the town and state,” Connolly
said.
“We have no such proposal
and are currently focused on
working with the landfi ll committee
to explore ways in which
we can continue providing environmental
and economic
benefi ts to the town,” he said.
Suuberg stressed that his letter
as requested by Turco “represents
MassDEP’s position on
any potential future expansion
of the ash landfi ll.”
MassDEP issued a solid waste
major modifi cation permit to
WIN Waste Innovations (forLANDFILL
| SEE PAGE 2
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A Fall Centerpiece
THE VIEW FROM THE SOUTH IS STUNNING with bright color in Saugus
Center as burning bush (Euonymus alatus) and Japanese maple
(Acer palmatum) in the rotary and red maple (Acer rubrum) beside
the library are at their peak of color. Please see inside for more
photos and this week’s “Saugus gardens in the fall.”
(Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate by Laura Eisener)
A subcommittee’s
mission:
Negotiating what town should get for being
a host community for a trash-to-energy plant
By Mark E. Vogler
night’s subcommittee meeting.
“We’re not going to get anyM
embers
of the Board of
Health’s WIN (Wheelabrator)
Subcommittee want
WIN Waste Innovations to
present them with a written
proposal of what they are
willing to include in a potential
host agreement between
the town and the operators
of the trash-to-energy plant
on Route 107.
“Once we get them here, we
need to fi re away,” Board of Selectmen
Chair Anthony Cogliano
said at Wednesday (Nov. 17)
thing unless we ask for it,” Cogliano
told members.
Cogliano and Board of Health
Chair William Heffernan cochair
the subcommittee, which
has been meeting this year
and discussing issues of mutual
interest between WIN and
the town. A major objective of
the subcommittee is to develop
a host agreement for the
town, which is home to the
trash-to-energy plant.
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LANDFILL | FROM PAGE 1
merly Wheelabrator Saugus) on
April 9, 2018, which allowed additional
disposal capacity while
keeping the peak elevation of
the landfill at 50 feet above
mean sea level.
Connolly said earlier this year
that the ash landfill has the capacity
to last through the end
of 2024 and that the company is
interested in future expansion.
“Obviously, we’d like to continue
to use the site,” WIN Waste
Innovations’ James Connolly
told members of the Saugus
Board of Health’s Wheelabrator
Subcommittee. “It’s convenient
and adjacent to the
plant,” 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.
But Rep. Turco – whose 19th
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CONCERNS ABOUT ASH: The trash-to-energy plant of WIN Waste Innovations (formerly Wheelabrator
Technologies) in Saugus has enough capacity at its adjacent ash landfill to last through
the end of 2024. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) Commissioner
Martin Suuberg says his agency won’t allow any expansion of the landfill, which is in
an Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) – a fragile salt marsh.
(Saugus Advocate file photo by Mark E. Vogler)
tor Saugus Ash Landfill continues
to operate in an ACEC,” Turco
said in a statement this week.
“Commissioner Suuberg’s letter
makes clear that the long
overdue closure of the Saugus
Ash Landfill is on the horizon,”
he said.
State Rep. Jessica Giannino
(D-Revere), whose district includes
Precincts 3 and 10 in
Saugus, said the Suuberg letter
is welcome news. “I am so
excited for this important step
forward for Environmental Justice
in the Town of Saugus and
City of Revere,” Giannino said.
“We have been waiting my
whole lifetime for this progress,”
she said.
Stephanie Shalkoski, co-president
of Saugus Action Volunteers
for the Environment
(SAVE), said her group was
pleased with MassDEP Commissioner
Suuberg’s letter. “DEP
clearly shares our long-standing
concern that any plans
to increase the height of the
ash landfill will endanger the
Rumney Marsh ACEC,” Shalkoski
said.
Attorney Kirstie Pecci, director
of the Conservation Law
Foundation’s Zero Waste Project,
declared that “State officials
would be absolutely right
to deny the expansion of this already
massive, polluting landfill.”
“No
new landfills or expansions
of landfills are allowed in
an Area of Critical Environmental
Concern,” Pecci said. “The
Saugus Ash Landfill is in the
middle of one of these areas, so
it is not allowed to expand vertically.
End of story.”
Commissioner Suuberg mentioned
in his letter that during
conversations with the Wheelabrator
plant operators and
community members in 2018,
“MassDEP was clear that additional
vertical expansion was
beyond the limits of the site assignment.”
“Any
future proposals for expansion
would require a modification
to the facility’s site assignment
and approval from
MassDEP and the Saugus Board
of Health,” Suuberg wrote.
“As the landfill is located within
an Area of Critical Environmental
Concern (ACEC), an expansion
of the landfill (including
vertical expansion) would
need to meet the site suitability
criteria in the Regulations with
respect to the site assignment,”
the commissioner said.
But Suuberg added that it
“fails to meet the necessary
site suitability criteria to allow
for expansion within the ACEC.”
Precinct 10 Town Meeting
Member Peter Manoogian
called Commissioner Suuberg’s
letter “an early Christmas present
for the residents of East Saugus
and Revere.”
“I would hope that the WIN
or Wheelabrator subcommittee
would now shift away from
making a ‘more ash for cash’
deal and work towards making
the incinerator meet the highest
and best emission standards,”
Manoogian said.
“To continue to pursue an ‘ash
for cash’ deal is now nothing
more than a fool’s errand that
is contradictory towards what
is best for the public health and
the environment as confirmed
by Commissioner Suuberg. I
would further encourage WIN
to take advantage of the zoning
overlay provided by Saugus
Town Meeting that would allow
them to develop a solar farm on
the soon to be closed ash landfill,”
he said.
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Special Town Meeting
A session to “clean up” the budget is set for Dec. 6
By Mark E. Vogler
T
own Manager Scott C.
Crabtree says a Special
Town Meeting he requested
for next month will enable
Saugus town government “to
complete our budget process.”
The most important of the
four articles on the warrant
– Article 2 – would allow the
town to rescind the vote under
Article 2 of the 2021 Annual
Town Meeting to transfer
an amount not to exceed $1.4
million from the Stabilization
Fund as a funding source for
town charges for the 2022 Fiscal
Year that began July 1. The
money would be drawn from
Free Cash to restore the Stabilization
Fund.
The Special Town Meeting is
set for 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 and will
be conducted via Zoom teleconferencing
at the request of
Town Moderator Steve Doherty.
“We used the stabilization
money to balance the budget,”
Crabtree said at Tuesday’s (Nov.
16) Board of Selectmen’s meeting.
“This will help us maintain
our bond rating,” he added.
The town was able to use the
Stabilization Fund on a shortterm
basis to pass a budget
during an uncertain fiscal climate
affected by the COVID-19
pandemic. “The year before
[2020], we were looking at $2.4
million to balance the budget,”
he said.
The town manager noted
that other communities were
faced with layoffs, cuts in services
and increased fees. Meanwhile,
Saugus has been in “a
good financial situation” deVideo
captures Halloween
vandalism at World Series Park
N
ine cameras which make up the security
system at World Series Park recorded vandalism
at the park on Halloween Night.
“We hope to identify those responsible from
the surveillance video. We will ask for restitution
and prosecution,” World Series Park Superintendent
Bob Davis said this week.
“How ironic, during the day we had a great
community event at which we raised funds for
a dreaded disease and at night these hoodlums
come along and try to destroy the place. The video
shows both boys and girls between the ages
of 13 to 18,” he said.
Davis, who found the damage, turned the video
over to Saugus Police, who are conducting an
investigation.
After a successful fundraiser for multiple sclerosis
that day, vandals struck between 7:00 and
8:30 p.m. Pumpkins left from the daytime event
were smashed all over the place. In addition, the
snack bar serving door was pried open and left
jammed; a camera was stolen; and eggs were broken
on the building.
Anyone who witnessed this vandalism, has
RECOGNIZE THIS PERSON? One of the photos
shot by a surveillance video camera on
Halloween (Oct. 31) night shows a suspected
vandal wearing a striped tie at World Series
Park.
(Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate).
knowledge of it or can identify the suspected vandal
in the photo should contact the Saugus Police.
spite the uncertain times affected
by COVID-19. “We’re
still balancing the budget with
free cash, which is not a great
practice,” Crabtree said. But the
town manager said he hopes
to avoid that practice in future
years as town revenues
increase.
Another article would authorize
the payment of unpaid
bills from previous years. There
are also articles to appropriate
matching funds on a grant and
to make a supplementary appropriation
to be used on a Saugus
Cable TV audit.
The Special Town Meeting
will not be held at Town Hall because
of health concerns over
COVID-19. “Because I do not
foresee any way to safely assemble
our 50 member Town
Meeting, and allow for public
attendance at the same time
while complying with state directives
on public assemblies
during the current health emergency,
I am hereby, requesting
permission from the Saugus
Board of Selectmen to hold the
2021 Special Town Meeting, as
last year, in an on-line format,
using the Zoom meeting platform,
on the evening of Monday,
Dec. 6,” the town moderator
wrote in a letter to selectmen.
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THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2021
Saugus police capture bank robbery suspect
A
man accused of robbing a
Saugus bank on Monday
(Nov. 15) afternoon drew attention
to himself by trying to
hitch a ride, eventually leading
to his arrest, according to police.
Gary Lacey, 48, of Tewksbury,
was charged with two
counts of unarmed robbery. He
was later arraigned in Lynn District
Court.
At 12:27 p.m., Saugus Police
dispatchers received a wireless
alarm from Eastern Bank at 605
Broadway and dispatched officers
to the bank. While officers
were still en route, they were
updated that dispatchers confirmed
there was a robbery at
the bank.
“Upon arrival, officers learned
that a suspect passed a note to
two tellers inside the bank, received
an undisclosed amount
of cash and subsequently fled
on foot toward the parking lot of
a large retailer at 400 Lynn Fells
Parkway,” Saugus Police Chief
Michael Ricciardelli said in a
press release issued by his office.
“A short time later, Saugus Police
received an additional call
reporting a suspicious male asking
people for a ride in the parking
lot at 400 Lynn Fells Parkway,
which is only a few hundred
yards from the bank,” Chief Ricciardelli
said. “Saugus Police located
an individual whom they
later identified [as] Lacey in that
Northeast Metro Tech School District officials will
consider election option for new school project
By Mark E. Vogler
O
fficials of the Northeast
Metropolitan Regional Vocational
High School District still
hope that the Town of Saugus
and the City of Chelsea will reverse
their opposition to supporting
the funding of a new
Northeast Metropolitan Regional
Vocational High School
(Northeast Metro Tech).
“I’m hopeful that they will reverse
their voted, but I’m not optimistic
about that happening,”
Northeast Metro Tech Superintendent/Director
David S. DiBarri
said this week.
“But I’m completely optimistic
that if we do wind up going to a
ballot election, the vote will be
overwhelming in support of the
project,” he said.
Ten of the 12 member communities
support the $300-million-plus
project. But an opposition
vote by just one community
forces district officials to seek
a general election for a popular
vote by residents in each community.
The Northeast Metro
Tech School Committee is set
to meet on Dec. 9 when members
will decide if and when it
will hold an election among the
12 member communities in the
district.
“Unfortunately, it was the leadership
in Saugus and Chelsea
which opposed the project,”
DiBarri said in an interview this
week.
“We’re going to ask them to
reconsider. The next few weeks
are going to give us a little better
road map on what we need
to do,” he said.
“The real challenge in Saugus
has been that even though
we have been attending the Finance
Committee meetings for
six years, the Finance Committee
recommended against the project.
And it’s been clear that the
Finance Committee hasn’t been
communicating with the Town
Meeting,” he said.
But many Saugus town officials
disagree with DiBarri’s characterization
of why Saugus opposed
the project. In a two-hourplus
meeting last month, Saugus
Town Meeting members voted
37-6 in favor of a Finance Committee
recommendation against
approving an article which many
town officials worry could lead
to massive cuts in the town’s operating
budget over the next 30
years. The estimated financial impact
for Saugus over a 30-year
period is $40.6 million. A project
with that kind of price tag should
be funded through a debt exclusion
instead of the town’s operating
budget – and by a vote of the
people, a majority of the members
agreed.
Otherwise, the town would
be faced with having to fund its
share by an average of $1.3 million
from its operating budget
each year.
DiBarri and other district officials
are concerned that the
$140.8 million in state reimbursement
for the project could be
jeopardized if the district is unable
to get extensions of certain
project deadlines later in
the year. Even with extension of
those deadlines, the district has
to mount campaigns in each of
the communities to sell the project
– which could be a challenging
task in the current economic
climate.
The COVID-19 Update:
Town reports 85 newly confirmed cases over
the past eight days, according to town manager
By Mark E. Vogler
T
he number of newly confirmed
COVID-19 cases reported
yesterday (Nov. 18) by
the town over the last eight
days was 85 – an increase of
one from the previous week,
according to Town Manager
Scott C. Crabtree. The recently
confirmed COVID-19 cases
raised the number of total cases
to 5,222 since March of last
year, Crabtree said in a press
release yesterday.
Meanwhile, there was one
additional COVID-19-related
death in Saugus over that period,
raising the death toll linked
to the killer virus to 81.
“Our hearts and prayers go
out to those families affected
by this health pandemic,” Crabtree
said.
THIS WEEK ON SAUGUS TV
Sunday, November 21 at 9
to 11 p.m. on Channel 8 – “Sunday
Night Stooges” (The Three
Stooges).
Monday, November 22 all day
on Channel 8 – “Movie Monday”
(classic movies).
Tuesday, November 23 at 8:30
p.m. on Channel 9 – School Committee
Meeting from November 18.
Wednesday, November 24 at
8:30 p.m. on Channel 9 – Planning
Board Meeting from November 18.
Thursday, November 25 at
8:30 p.m. on Channel 9 – Board
of Appeals Meeting from November
18.
Friday, November 26 at 4:30
p.m. on Channel 8 – MS4MS
Fundraiser from October 31.
Saturday, November 27 at
8:30 p.m. on Channel 9 – Board
of Selectmen Meeting from November
16.
Saugus TV can be seen on
Comcast Channels 8, 9 & 22. For
complete schedules, please visit
www.saugustv.org. ***programming
may be subject to change
without notice***
parking lot, and following up
an on-scene investigation, Lacey
was taken into custody. Saugus
Police recovered the cash
that was taken from the bank.
Lacey was not in possession of
any weapons when he was taken
into custody, and no weapons
were displayed during the
robbery.”
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THE SOUNDS OF SAUGUS
By Mark E. Vogler
Time to address kid vandals
Shame on those kids from Saugus and neighboring towns who
think it’s a blast to smash pumpkins and destroy property at World
Series Park. World Series Park Superintendent Bob Davis puts untold
hours into the maintenance of the park so the town can have a decent
place for baseball. But his volunteer efforts go to waste because
of kids who feel like wrecking a good attraction.
“It’s really unfortunate to see it all get ruined,” Selectman Jeff Cicolinoble
cause that’s underway:
The Saugus Lions will be hosting
a toy drive on Saturday, Nov.
27, from 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
the Saugus Senior Center at 466
Central St. Because of last year
and continuing this years’ 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 O’Malley of the
Saugus Fire Dept. will be collecting
the toys and delivering them
to those families in need.
Please share this information
with your family, friends and
co-workers. If we can all tell a
handful of friends who have
found themselves far luckier than
most during 2020, to donate one
extra toy, imagine all the toys we
can collect.
As a side note, if you don’t
GUESS WHO GOT SKETCHED! In this week’s edition, we continue
our weekly feature where a local artist sketches people,
places and things in Saugus. Got an idea who was sketched
this week? If you do, please email me at mvoge@comcast.net
or leave a phone message at 978-683-7773. Anyone who between
now and Tuesday at noon correctly identifies the Saugonian
who was sketched 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 Dunkin’ 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 week’s “The Sounds of Saugus.” 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 “The Sketch Artist”)
ni told his colleagues at this week’s meeting.
“It’s something that needs to be addressed,” he added.
Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree told selectmen he would like to
see the park’s security cameras linked into the town’s surveillance
camera system.
Crabtree said he’s looking into several things, like sending more police
to patrol the area. “I always like low lighting in the parks. It prevents
people from hanging out in the dark,” the town manager said.
Board of Selectmen Chair Anthony Cogliano suggested one way
that might help minimize the vandalism – while getting the parents’
attention. “If we can identify the kids and pass on the costs to their
parents,” Cogliano said.
“Hit them in the pocket,” he said.
Town Tree Lighting event set
Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree says the Department of Public
Works is gearing up for the Annual Tree Lighting set for Friday, Dec.
3 from 5 to 8 p.m. in Saugus Center. The signature town event that
COVID-19 ruined a year ago is going to be back with all of its popular
features – including a sleigh ride with horses, a petting zoo and
some of the other main attractions of past years. Crabtree loves the
event and said he’s looking forward to town residents of all ages getting
together for a few hours of fun on the first Friday of December.
Stay tuned for more details.
The 2nd Annual Roaring Toy Drive
Anthony Speziale of the Saugus Lions Club passed along this
announcement in hopes of getting the word out about a very
know, one of the main charities
that Saugus Lions supports is eye
research. Should you have any
spare eyeglasses or eye apparatus,
drop them by with the toys.
The used glasses get refurbished
and distribute them to those in
need who cannot afford them.
Let’s all try to make Christmas
of 2021 far better than the rest of
the year. Together we can make
a difference and help put some
smiles on many faces. Please feel
free to share this information via
social media, etc.
The Turkey Trot is back – this
Sunday!
The “Annual” Turkey Trot – a
popular race that’s been going
for more than 20 years – returns
to Breakheart Reservation after
health concerns about COVID-19
led to its cancellation last year.
This fun race, which usually draws
125 to 150 participants from surrounding
towns, is usually held
the Sunday before Thanksgiving
and offers a great chance to win
SOUNDS | SEE PAGE 7
Gerry
D’Ambrosio
Attorney-at-Law
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THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2021
What Fires Us Up
By The Old Sachem,
Bill Stewart
nder Chaim Bloom the
Red Sox finished last in
the AL East in 2020. He was
hired though, to build a strong
farm system and to keep the
Sox competitive each year.
How has he done? He has
moved the farm system from
one of the worst to one of the
tops in the majors. He got Jarren
Duran and Garrett Whitlock
in the draft. Chaim selected
Tanner Houck, and he and
Duran have gone back and
forth to Worcester, brought
U
up when the Sox needed another
pitcher or outfielder. He
also signed Hirokazu Sawamura
from the Chiba Lotte Marines
in 2020; Sawamura had
previously played for the Yomiuri
Giants, both teams in the
Nippon Professional Baseball
league in Japan. Both Whitlock
and Sawamura have contributed
mightily to the Red Sox
this season. Duran and Houck
need more minor league experience
to stay on the Sox roster.
Ok, so this team did not win
the World Series. Their endof-season
grit brought Boston
fans alive, and now we look
forward to next season with a
team capable of making and
even winning the World Series.
But this article is more concerned
with Enrique “Kike” (a
Spanish nickname) Hernández,
Hunter Renfroe, Alex Verdugo,
Christian Arroyo and Kyle
Schwarber whom Bloom traded
for, to add power and defense
to the Sox.
I think Kike Hernández is the
best addition that Bloom acquired.
Kike has played every
position except catcher in the
major leagues after being selected
in 2014 by the Houston
Astros. He was traded to
the Miami Marlins that same
year, traded to the Los Angeles
Dodgers in 2015 and played
there until February 2, 2021,
when he was traded to the Red
Sox. His father was a scout for
the Pirates in Puerto Rico, and
Kike started playing baseball
at six years old, later doing international
youth tournaments
in Venezuela and the Dominican
Republic. He attended the
American Military Academy in
Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Kike hit
a game-tying home solo run in
game seven of the NL Championship
series in 2020; in the series
he had two home runs with
four hits. Hernández signed a
two-year contract in 2021 for
14 million and has earned every
dollar of it. On October 11,
2021, he hit a walk-off sacrifice
fly in game four of the American
League Division Series to
advance the Red Sox to the
American League Championship
series.
Dustin Hunter Renfroe came
to the Sox through a trade with
the Tampa Bay Rays. He was selected
by the San Diego Padres
in the 2013 draft, 13th overall.
He was assigned to the Eugene
Emeralds of Class-A, then
upped to the Fort Wayne TinCaps.
His development continued
through Class AA Texas
League, the Arizona Fall League
and the Class AAA Pacific Coast
League. He was up and down
with the Padres in 2016 and was
on the starting roster for 2017.
He was traded to the Tampa
Bay Rays in 2019, then in 2020
to the Red Sox. Renfroe was a
scholarship baseball player at
Mississippi State University. In
the summers of 2011 and 2012
he played for the Bethesda Big
Train of the Cal Ripken Collegiate
Baseball League, where
he broke the records for runs,
home runs, runs batted in, slugging
percentage and total bases.
The Red Sox selected him in
the 2010 draft, but he decided
to not sign and went to Mississippi
State. He has become a
gifted right fielder for the Sox
and a clutch batter in the playoffs
this year.
Alexander Brady Verdugo
played for Sahuaro High School
in Tucson, Arizona, and was
drafted by the Los Angeles
Dodgers in the second round
of the 2014 MLB draft. He was
awarded a baseball scholarship
to Arizona State University,
but decided instead to pursue
a professional baseball career.
He started with the Class A
Arizona League Dodgers, where
he received All-Star honors and
Rookie League honors. In 2015
he was with the Great Lakes
Loons of the Midwest League
– again receiving All-Star selection.
His next assignment was
with the Cucamonga Quakes
of the California League. He was
promoted to the Double-A Tulsa
Drillers of the Texas League
in 2016. He also played for the
Mexico national baseball team
in an exhibition series in Japan
in 2016. He was chosen to
play for the world team at the
All-Star Futures game in 2017.
The Dodgers moved him up
to the majors and he became
the starting center fielder. He
hit his first MLB home run on
September 10, 2017, against
Adam Ottavino of the Colorado
Rockies. Adam is now also
with the Red Sox. Verdugo was
up and down to Triple-A during
2018 then was the starter for
the Dodgers on opening day
2019. In 106 games, he batted
.294 with 12 home runs and 44
RBIs. He was traded to Boston
on February 10, 2020, along
with Jeter Downs and Connor
Wong, the latter two playing for
Worcester. “Mookie” Betts went
to the Dodgers. In 2020 – playing
all three outfield positions
– in 53 games he batted .308,
hit six homers and had 15 RBIs.
He has contributed on a grand
scale for the 2021 Sox.
Christian Israel Arroyo is the
son of a 20-year U.S. Marine
Corps combat veteran of Puerto
Rican descent. He grew up
as a fan of the Tampa Bay Rays
while attending Hernando High
School in Brooksville, Florida.
He played in the 2013 18U U.S.
national baseball team that
won the World Cup and was
MVP of the tournament as the
United States won gold. Arroyo
was drafted by the San Francisco
Giants in the first round
of the 2013 MLB draft. He had
been committed to play college
ball at the University of
Florida, but decided to go into
professional baseball instead.
They assigned him to the Arizona
League Giants, where in
45 games he hit .326 with two
home runs and 39 RBI. In 2014
he played for the Salem-Keizer
Volcanoes and Augusta Green
Jackets. In the 2016 season he
was with the Sacramento River
Cats, where he batted .446 with
seven doubles, three home runs
and 12 RBIs in 16 games.
His first major league game
with the Dodgers was in 2017,
and he was subsequently sent
back to Triple-A when the regular
third baseman returned
from injury. In December he
was traded to Tampa Bay. The
Rays traded him to the Cleveland
Indians in 2019, and because
of injuries he only played
one game for the Indians. When
Cleveland put him on waivers,
the Red Sox claimed him on
August 13, 2020. He was sent
to the team’s alternate training
site, then on September 8
he was promoted to Boston. In
2020 he played 14 games for
the Sox, batted .240, hit three
home runs and had 14 RBIs. He
was on the injured list on and
off during the 2020 season,
then went on the COVID list. He
was reactivated on September
21. His play in left field and his
batting well when needed have
put him as a prime left fielder
for the Sox.
The last player that Bloom
traded for is Kyle Schwarber,
who came to the Sox in July
of 2021. His baseball statistics
start with Middletown High
School in Middletown, Ohio,
where he batted .408 and hit
18 home runs and 103 RBIs. He
was “scholar-shipped” to Indiana
University Bloomington.
His freshman year he was selected
by Louisville Slugger
and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
as an All-American, after
hitting .300 with eight home
runs and 47 RBIs. In 2013, his
sophomore year, he batted .366
with 18 home runs and 54 RBIs.
The National Collegiate Baseball
Writers Association named
him to their first-team All-American
team. As a junior he batted
.348 with 13 home runs
and was a finalist for the Johnny
Bench Award. In the summer
of 2012, Kyle played in the
Cape Cod Baseball League for
the Wareham Gatemen. Behind
Schwarber the Gatemen won
the league title; he was awarded
the MVP of the playoffs; and
he was inducted into the CCBL
Hall of Fame in the 2019 class.
He was drafted by the Chicago
Cubs in the first round,
fourth overall in the 2014 MLB
draft. An MLB.com analyst
named Kyle as a “game changing
power hitter,” but was critical
of his slow base-running
and his fielding skills. He was
assigned to the Boise Hawks
then promoted to the Class-A
Kane County Cougars of the
Midwest League, then the
Class-A Advanced Florida State
League in the off season. In
72 games between the three
teams, he hit .344 and belted
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SOUNDS | FROM PAGE 5
a turkey for that holiday meal. It’s
also a great chance to get outside
and enjoy some nice fall weather.
The race this year is set for Sunday,
Nov. 21, beginning at 10
a.m. Registration begins at 9:30
a.m. This year’s event features a
5K run or 3K walk on mixed terrain,
rain or shine! A $10 donation
is requested to enter. Proceeds
are used by the Friends
of Breakheart for park activities
and future events. Turkeys will be
awarded to the fastest male and
female runners. Raffle prizes are
open to all who donate.
This year’s sponsors include the
Friends of Breakheart Reservation,
Peter A. Rossetti Insurance,
WHAT FIRES US UP
| FROM PAGE 6
18 homers with 53 RBIs and 18
doubles. He started the 2015
season with the Double-A Tennessee
Smokies of the Southern
League and played in the
All-Star Futures Game, where
he was named MVP after hitting
a go-ahead, two-run triple
for Team USA. He was moved
up to the Cubs in 2015 and
played as a designated hitter
(DH) in interleague play.
Kyle was a substitute catcher
for Niguel Montero, then Kyle
was sent back down to the Triple-A
Iowa Cubs of the Pacific
Coast League when Montero
returned. Kyle returned to the
majors on July 21; in a 5-4, extra-inning
victory against the
Cincinnati Reds, Schwarber
hit a home run that tied the
game in the ninth-inning and
then hit another homer in the
13th for the victory. In the NL
Wild Card game, he hit a long
home run, driving in three runs
for the victory and advancing
to the Division Series against
the St. Louis Cardinals. His two
home runs aided the Cubs to a
3-1 victory over the Cards. The
home run in game four was recorded
as a mammoth smash
to the top of the new Wrigley
Field scoreboard, which was
later encased in plexiglass and
replaced on top of the scoreboard.
In
2016 he suffered injuries
that kept him away from many
games, but he was added to
the roster for the World Series
against the Indians. His prior injuries
forced him to be a DH. In
the series he batted .412, had
an on-base percentage of .500,
had seven hits, one of which
was a double, two RBIs and a
stolen base.
He had a tough early season
in 2017 and was sent back to
Triple-A. He was brought back
up after the All-Star break. He
belted five home runs, three
doubles and a triple by August
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Help us fill the Thanksgiving
baskets
Debora de Paula Hoyle, Administrative
Assistant at the Cliftondale
Congregational Church,
sent along the following request
for help, on behalf of the Saugus
United Parish Food Pantry:
It’s that time of year again!
The Saugus United Parish Food
Pantry is gearing up to provide
Thanksgiving baskets to neighbors
experiencing food insecurity
this holiday. Each basket consists
of a frozen turkey, fresh produce,
and non-perishable Thanksgiv12,
but he had struck out 106
times in 300 plate appearances.
In September he hit .288
with an OPS of .954. To the plate
59 times in September, he hit
six home runs for a season total
of 30.
During the off-season
Schwarber started a very strict
workout program and lost 30
pounds. In the 2018 season he
hit .238 with 26 home runs, 14
doubles and 61 RBIs. In 2019 he
batted .250 with 38 home runs
and 92 RBIs. On defense he had
the worst percentage of all NL
leftfielders with a percentage
of .974 and six errors. In 2020
he batted .188 with the lowest
batting average of all qualified
NL batters. The Cubs non-tendered
Schwarber in December.
In January 2021 the Washington
Nationals signed Kyle to a
one-year contract with an option
for 2022. He played in 72
games for the Nationals, batting
.253 with 25 homers and
53 RBIs.
Kyle was traded to the Red
Sox on July 29, 2021, while ining
staples like cranberry sauce,
gravy, stuffing, boxed mashed
potatoes, and canned vegetables.
We
welcome clients to register
to receive a Thanksgiving basket
by Friday, November 12 at 11 a.m.
Pick up information will be provided
upon registering.
We also count on the generosity
of the community. We are seeking
donations of food items, grocery
store gift cards, and financial
contributions. Deliveries may be
brought to the side door of the Cliftondale
Congregational Church
(the driveway between the church
and the MEG building) on any Friday
morning through Nov. 19 between
8-11 a.m.
The Saugus United Parish Food
jured. He was activated from
the list on August 13. On October
18 in the 2021 ALCS game
three, he whacked a Grand Slam
in the bottom of the third, the
third grand-slam in two games
by the Sox, a record for the
most slams by a team in a playoff
series. Although not a great
fielder, he has performed well
enough at Fenway and away,
and his bat was instrumental in
sidelining Bobby Dalbec from
his first base position. Schwarber
is a formidable hitter who
was undervalued through most
of his career, but he has proven
to be a very valuable hitter for
the Sox.
That is the history of the
added players that Bloom has
brought to the Red Sox. That
brings us to the valuation of
Chaim Bloom. Although his objective
is to secure new young
talent to the Sox, he is adding
older talent in the interim, until
the youngsters in Worcester
and later drafts become able to
swing the pendulum. We pin
our hopes on next season.
Pantry is an all-volunteer, collaborative,
nonprofit, religious organization
composed of the town’s
churches and community members;
donations are tax deductible.
Thank you for partnering with us to
ensure that our neighbors in need
enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving!
For more information, please contact
781 233 2663, or email cliftondalecc.org.
Legion
Hall Fridays for breakfast!
Great
news for people who enjoy
the Friday morning breakfasts
at the Saugus American Legion
Cpl Scott J. Procopio Post 210.
Legion Hall, which is located at
44 Taylor St., has resumed its Friday
breakfasts and will continue
through the last Friday in May
of 2022. The buffet breakfast is
served at 8:00 a.m. for a donation
of $7.
MEG Annual Tree Festival
Mark down your calendar for
Dec. 3, 4, 5, 10 and 11 – which will
feature MEG’s Annual Tree Festival
at the MEG Building at 54-58
Essex St. in Saugus. The Marleah
Elizabeth Graves (MEG) Foundation
is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to the preservation
and restoration of the historic
Cliftondale School. Stay tuned
for more details.
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THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2021
SAUGUS GARDENS IN THE FALL
Here’s what’s blooming in town this week
to make your walks more enjoyable
By Laura Eisener
Y
ou might not want to go
for a walk with me at this
time of year. I take about two
steps and then stop and look
at leaves on the walk ahead
of me, get out my camera
and take some pictures. Then
I go just a few more steps
and do it again! It takes a
while to get anywhere. Fallen
leaves create a beautiful
collage on the pavement
and lawn in every neighborhood.
Often what I see on the
ground makes me look up to
see where the leaves came
from since they may have
blown from a tree in someone’s
backyard I might not
have noticed otherwise.
Unlike last year, when Japanese
maple leaves turned
brown and clung to the trees
well into winter, this year they
are showing a more expected
change from their summer
leaf color to the vivid reds,
yellows and oranges they
are renowned for in Japan.
Last year’s trouble was likely
a combination of a very dry
summer and the early frost
in October. There are many
varieties of Japanese maples
around town. Most of them
have reddish-burgundy leaf
color in summer, but there are
also some green leaved varieties.
As for fall color, there may
be many shades on the same
individual tree. The Japanese
maple beside the monument
in Saugus Center has turned
mostly yellow, but there are
also some orange and red
tones on branches that receive
the most sunlight.
‘AUTUMN ROYALTY’ ENCORE AZALEA BLOOMS AGAIN: This
variety from a line of azaleas bred to bloom in spring and fall
seems undisturbed by the water droplets from thawing frost.
(Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate by Laura Eisener)
FALLEN LEAVES AT THE ROTARY: Red Japanese maple (Acer
palmatum) and yellow thornless honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos
inermis) give plenty of contrast in shape and color.
(Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate by Laura Eisener)
NATURE’S LEAF PRINTS appear on the sidewalk of Essex Street
near Cliftondale Square. Here we see Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
and silver maple (Acer saccharinum) foliage and the
artwork created by rain and dust where leaves settled in the
storm, then blew away.
(Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate by Laura Eisener)
The most vivid red in the rotary
right now is on the burning
bush (Euonymus alata),
a shrub that was very popular
for its fall color for many
years. Due to its invasive nature,
nurseries in Massachusetts
and many other states
are no longer allowed to sell
it. Heavy pruning helps reA
DOUBLE ATTRACTION: The red of Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
and yellow of Norway maple (Acer platanoides) leaves
provide primary colors on a Lynnhurst lawn.
(Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate by Laura Eisener)
duce the development and
spread of seeds. It was introduced
from Asia in the mid19th
century, and it can grow
up to 15 feet tall. It is still commonly
seen in many gardens
and public areas, and while
it is not very showy at other
times of year, it is certainly
hard to miss in the fall. If in a
sunny location, the leaves are
almost always fire engine red,
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Jets run over Sachems, 32-6
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By Greg Phipps
earing camouflage-style
jerseys in honor of Veterans
Day, the Saugus High
School football team was
looking to put forth a spirited
performance against a very
good East Boston Jets squad
last Thursday night. It was the
final game of the season at
newly christened Christie Serino,
Jr. Stadium, but it didn’t
turn out on the positive side
for the host Sachems. Saugus
remained without a victory
in fall 2021 by enduring a
32-6 defeat at the hands of the
Jets, who improved to 8-2. The
game featured a few highlight
plays for the Sachems, but
overall, it was a tough night
for the home team.
From its opening possession,
East Boston established
its running game, which produced
over 200 yards on the
ground and included several
long-gainers. The Jets hurt
Saugus by taking it straight up
the gut and controlling the ball.
The visitors scored two touchdowns
in the first quarter to
take a 12-0 lead.
Another touchdown in the
second quarter increased the
advantage to 18-0 by halftime.
GARDENS | FROM PAGE 8
but in very shady locations
the leaves may be yellowish
or sometimes deep pink.
As late as it is in November,
a few flowers are still blooming.
Some roses are continuing
to flower; several of my
‘Autumn Fire’ sedums have begun
flowering again; and my
reward for going out to rake
leaves was a single white clover
(Trifolium repens) blossom
which appeared in the
lawn! Several kinds of azalea
and rhododendron hybrids
frequently rebloom in the fall
if weather is favorable even
though they are normally expected
to flower in the spring.
My ‘Autumn Royalty’ azalea is
one of a line bred to bloom
twice a year and in fact it has a
few blossoms on it even now.
When I was photographing
the colorful foliage near the
Saugus Civil War monument,
I saw a blossom on the rhododendron
(Rhododendron
P.J.M.) on the south side of the
rotary island, which gets more
sunlight than the north side.
My azalea and that rhododeners
to the end zone. O’Rourke
also connected with Mabee
on a 29-yard pass and hit for
22 and 10 yards to receivers
Tommy Desimone and Mark
MacEachern, respectively.
The plus plays were too few
for the Sachems, however, as
East Boston tallied twice more
in the fourth period to secure
the victory. One consolation for
the Saugus defense was that it
thwarted the visitors on four
of their five two-point conversion
attempts. Lineman Braden
Faiella also recovered a second-half
fumble.
The loss dropped Saugus
Saugus defensive players Rick Noel and Braden Faiella (shown here taking down a Salem ballcarrier
back in October) each had a fumble recovery in last Thursday’s home loss to East Boston.
(Advocate
photos by Greg Phipps)
The Saugus defense did stop
the Jets early in the second
quarter when defensive lineman
Rick Noel recovered a fumble
in Saugus territory. But Saugus
quarterback Sean O’Rourke
was immediately sacked for a
five-yard loss on the first play
of the ensuing drive.
The following play resulted
in an interception (one of three
on the night for East Boston).
That sequence of plays reflectdron
both keep their leaves all
winter, but they tend to develop
a slightly bronze to purple
foliage color in the cold
months rather than green.
Those of us moving fallen
leaves around at this time of
year may notice daffodils and
some other bulbs sending a
few inches of green leaves
above the ground – this is
not unusual and can happen
in November, February or any
winter month when temperatures
are a little warmer than
usual. Sometimes people worry
when they see this, but it
does not reduce the chances
of good bloom in the spring.
Editor’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 “what’s blooming
in town” shortly after the outbreak
of the COVID-19 pandemic.
She was inspired after
seeing so many people taking
up walking.
ed the game as a whole for Saugus.
O’Rourke faced immense
pressure from the Jets defense
all game and often had little or
no time in the pocket.
He did hook up on a few nice
pass plays. The most notable of
these came in the fourth quarter
on a pretty 64-yard scoring
pass to Ryan Mabee, who
reached high to make the catch
and outran three Jets’ defendto
0-10 with only the annual
Thanksgiving Day game left
on the schedule. Saugus travels
to face Peabody, which has
won the last eight meetings between
the two longtime rivals.
Peabody won last year’s
spring game, 24-0. In the most
recent Thanksgiving meeting in
2019, the Tanners broke open
a close contest late and came
away with a 21-7 triumph.
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Beacon Hill
Roll Call
By Bob Katzen
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THE HOUSE AND SENATE. Beacon
Hill Roll Call records local senators’
votes on roll calls from the
week of November 8-12. There
were no roll calls in the House.
Most of the Senate roll calls are on
the $3.82 billion package which
spends the federal money the
state received from the American
Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and the
surplus left over from the state’s
fiscal year 2021 budget on relief
and recovery from the effect of
the COVID-19 pandemic over the
past 18 months.
A LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES
OF THE $3.82 BILLION FOR
COVID RELIEF AND RECOVERY
PACKAGE
All of the decisions on which
senators’ amendments are included
or not included in the relief
and recovery package are made
“behind closed doors in person”
or in the COVID-19 era, “behind
closed Zoom doors.” Many of
the more than 700 amendments
proposed were on local projects
for cities and towns in individual
senators’ districts. Some amendments
were considered individually
but many were consolidated
into “Yes” or “No” bundles, created
by the Democratic leadership, and
were approved or rejected on a
voice vote all at once without debate
and without a roll call vote.
Supporters of this system say
that any senator who sponsored
an amendment that was placed in
the “No” bundle can bring it to the
floor and ask for an up or down
vote on the amendment itself.
They say this system has worked
well for many years.
Critics say this system gives too
much power to the Democratic
leadership and leaves all the decisions
up to a handful of senators
in the leadership whose word
is final.
$3.82 BILLION FOR COVID RELIEF
AND RECOVERY (S 2564)
Senate 38-0, approved a $3.82
billion package which spends
the federal money the state received
from the ARPA and the
surplus left over from the state’s
fiscal year 2021 budget on relief
and recovery from the effect
of the COVID-19 pandemic over
the past 18 months. The plan includes
one-time investments in
health and human services, education,
housing, the environment
including climate mitigation, economic
development and jobs. The
House has already approved a different
version of the measure and
a House-Senate conference committee
will hammer out a compromise
version.
Provisions include $400 million
in mental and behavioral health
support; $118.4 million for public
health infrastructure and data
sharing; $95 million for grants to
local boards of health to be prepared
to respond to future public
health threats; $60 million for food
security infrastructure; $50 million
what kind of bread is popular
in stuffing?
8. What trio of comedy
movies had a pie fight in the
1942 short film “In the Sweet
Pie and Pie”?
9. On Nov. 22, 1869, the
1. On Nov. 19, 1996, the
last part of the Confederation
Bridge was placed,
which is the world’s longest
bridge over ice-covered water
and joins New Brunswick
to what?
2. What Italian sculptor reportedly
said, “Trifles make
perfection and perfection is
no trifle”?
3. How is a tortoise different
from a turtle?
4. How are Britannia, Caledonia
and Hibernia similar?
5. On Nov. 20, 1979, the
first transfusion of artificial
blood to a patient was performed;
why did the patient
refuse real blood?
6. Due to an incident of hitting,
what sport was recently
eliminated from the Olympic
pentathlon?
7. November 21 is National
Stuffing Day; in the South,
Scottish clipper ship Cutty
Sark was launched; her name
came from “cutty-sark” (short
skirt) in the 1790 poem “Tam
O’ Shanter by what poet?
10. Which U.S. president
pardoned the smallest number
of turkeys: Obama, Reagan
or Trump?
11. How are shepherd’s,
houndstooth and buffalo
similar?
12. How are the writers
about Thanksgiving William
Bradford and Edward
Winslow similar?
13. On Nov. 23, 1902, Walter
Reed died, a doctor who
led experiments where in the
Caribbean to prove yellow fefor
nursing facilities; $25 million
for a grant program for community
violence prevention focused
on communities disproportionately
impacted by the COVID-19
pandemic; $500 million for the
Unemployment Insurance Trust
Fund to provide relief to small
businesses; $75 million for equitable
and affordable broadband access
and infrastructure improvements
to close the digital divide;
$75 million for the Mass Cultural
Council; $50 million for grants to
minority-owned small businesses;
$600 million for investments in affordable
and accessible housing;
$25 million for tree planting; $15
million for parks and recreational
projects; $10 million for clean
energy retrofitting in affordable
housing units; and $7.5 million
for community colleges to help
train underserved populations
for green jobs.
“The Massachusetts State Senate
has acted decisively to support
our state’s recovery and ensure
we do not go back to normal
but ‘back to better,’” said Senate
President Karen Spilka (D-Ashland).
“The Senate’s proposal provides
a path towards an equitable
recovery that benefits residents,
businesses and communities
through transformational investments
in public health, housing
and climate change.”
“The Senate demonstrated its
commitment to using the oncever
to be transmitted by mosquito
bites?
14. What popular Yuletide
song is believed to have been
sung first at a Thanksgiving
service in Massachusetts?
15. What utensil did the attendees
at the first Thanksgiving
not have?
16. November 24 is National
Jukebox Day; how much
did it cost to play the first
jukebox (in 1889 at San Francisco’s
Palais Royale Saloon):
a penny, a nickel or a dime?
17. Are yams and sweet potatoes
the same?
18. Which country produces
the most turkey meat: Brazil,
Germany or USA?
19. How many days was the
first Thanksgiving: one, three
or seven?
20. On Nov. 25, 1992, the
Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia
voted to reconfigure
the country into what?
in-a-lifetime opportunity that the
ARPA funds represent to fuel an
equitable recovery and support
the communities most impacted
by the pandemic,” said Sen. Mike
Rodrigues (D-Westport), Chair of
the Senate Committee on Ways
and Means. “The Senate has risen
to the challenge of making
meaningful investments in mental
health, public health, workforce
development, affordable
housing and so much more, ensuring
those hit the hardest by
COVID-19—families, essential
workers and small businesses—
are being helped the most.”
(A “Yes” vote is for the bill).
Sen. Brendan Crighton Yes
UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST
FUND (S 2564)
Senate 5-32, rejected an
amendment that would increase
from $500 million to $1 billion the
amount of money that the bill
would place in the state’s Unemployment
Trust Fund which pays
out unemployment benefits to
jobless residents.
Supporters said that employers
are currently saddled with paying
back the $7 billion the state borrowed
during the pandemic to
stabilize the dwindling amount
of money in the trust fund. Senate
Minority Leader Bruce Tarr
(R-Gloucester), the sponsor of the
amendment said businesses will
BHRC | SEE PAGE 11
ANSWERS
1. Prince Edward Island
2. Michelangelo
3. A tortoise only lives on land and
has tiny, elephant-like feet.
4. They are the Latin names for Britain,
Scotland and Ireland.
5. Due to religious beliefs (a Jehovah’s
Witness)
6. Horseback riding
7. Cornbread
8. The Three Stooges (“The Sweet
By-and-By” is an 1868 hymn.)
9. Robert Burns
10. Reagan (two – Charlie and
Woody)
11. They are types of fabric checks.
12. They wrote the only two eyewitness
accounts of the first Thanksgiving.
13.
Cuba
14. “Jingle Bells” (The song does not
mention any holiday.)
15. Forks
16. A nickel
17. No; they belong to different
plant families.
18. USA (Brazil is second and Germany
is third.)
19. Three
20. Slovakia and the Czech Republic
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OBITUARIES
Carl R. Paradis
Of Saugus, passed
peacefully in Florida
surrounded by his
loving family, on November
11, 2021. He
was 84 years old,
born in Derry, NH,
son of the late Francis
Paradis and Arlamae
(Taylor). Beloved
husband of 65 years
to Beverly M. Paradis
(Berry). Loving father
of two daughters, Heather Darois and Holly Reisdorf,
and one son, Jay Max Paradis. He adored his five grandchildren
and seven great grandchildren.
Carl was the founder and owner of Paradise Burial Vault
Co. in Saugus, proudly serving families and businesses
in the funeral industry for over 60 years.
MISSION | FROM PAGE 1
The subcommittee has scheduled
its next meeting for 6:30
p.m., Jan. 19 in the second floor
auditorium at Saugus Town
Hall. The panel plans to invite
WIN Waste Innovations representatives
to come with a written
proposal to begin negotiations
on a draft agreement that
will be submitted to the Board
of Health.
“I’d like to see Saugus get everything
we ask for,” Cogliano
said in an interview after the
meeting.
“Personally, I’d like to see any
agreement include a Westside
Fire Station, a lowering of the
plant’s NOx (nitrogen oxides)
emissions and free tipping fees
as the host community,” he said.
During meetings over the
past year, members have suggested
that any agreement
BHRC | FROM PAGE 10
find it difficult to bring on new
employees while coping with
Mary L. Williams (Gagan)
Formerly of Saugus
survived by her devoted
and loving
husband of 57 years,
Joseph Williams
who cared for her
during a long illness.
She was able to die
with the love of her
life Joseph by her
side.
Mary spent her life
with her husband
raising and caring for their children, her loving eldest
daughter Suzanne Williams and daughter Renee.
She
cared deeply for her beloved grandson Matthew
and received her nickname “Poppy” from him.
She encouraged his loving caring nature and love
should also include continued
efforts to modernize and improve
the plant, a comprehensive
health study of how the
plant affects residents, testing
of the air and water surrounding
the plant, an emphasis on
clean quality air coming out of
the stacks and a process and
timetable for closing the ash
landfill.
Jackie Mercurio, one of the
toughest plant critics on the
subcommittee, said she had
some concerns about the subcommittee
going into negotiations
with WIN regarding the
ash landfill. She presented copies
of a letter written by Massachusetts
Department of Environmental
Protection (MassDEP)
Commissioner Martin Suuberg
which said the state would
not allow WIN to expand the
ash landfill (see related story).
Mercurio said the letter was the
the added costs of repaying the
$7 billion. “It was not possible to
plan for a global pandemic that
would cost $7 billion in the cost
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result of a meeting held at Suuberg’s
office several weeks ago
“with a bunch of people doing
their due diligence.”
Cogliano said he wasn’t aware
of Suuberg’s letter, but planned
to call the commissioner to find
out more about it. He stressed
that there wasn’t any current
landfill expansion plan before
MassDEP to deny.
“When I put this committee
together, I always thought
the emissions were worse than
what they were putting into the
ground,” Cogliano said.
“Even if they are going to
close that landfill, they’re never
going to go away. I think there’s
more to gain here than to lose
here,” he said.
Cogliano said he is satisfied
that the subcommittee has improved
relations between the
plant operators and the town.
“I would say – over the past two
of the unemployment insurance
trust fund,” said Tarr. “They’re going
to say, ‘Can I afford that new
employee, can I afford that new
group of employees, when I have
my share of this $7 billion mortgage?’
It’s hard enough. We don’t
need that additional obstacle to
be any higher than it has to be.”
“Employers have experienced
great hardship and I support
funds to reduce unemployment
costs, but the underlying bill dedicates
nearly 10 percent of our total
ARPA funds to this purpose.” said
Sen. Pat Jehlen (D-Somerville)
who voted against the amendment.
“The [Baker] administration
has presented no evidence
to justify the added money, given
the current positive trust fund balance
of $3 billion, with only $2.2
billion outstanding debt. Until we
receive that justification, I believe
the level of contribution offered in
the bill is sufficient for now.”
(A “Yes” vote is for the additional
$500 million. A “No” vote is
of God.
She is survived by her caring sisters Carole Gagan
and Jane Perez who she loved very much.
Although her illness prevented her from attending
family functions in the past years she had many
fond memories of cooking and spending time with
her beloved surviving brothers-in-law Ralph, Fredrick
and Ronald Williams and her beloved Daughter
in-laws Judy, Marsha and Susie Williams and her
many cherished nieces, nephews and their children.
She had a caring relationship with Suzanne’s fiancé
Richard Lemerise, Jr. who she was able to welcome
into the family.
Mary loved music, art and literature and encouraged
that in her children and grandchildren Matthew
and Calvin. She was thoughtful and kind always
encouraging those around her to do good in
the world. She enjoyed watching her soap operas
daily but had varied tastes that included Saturday
night live, PBS and the Hallmark Channel. She is now
an angel watching over us as she did in life.
years – I think they’re better
than years past,” he said.
Saugus Fire Department Lt.
and Precinct 8 Town Meeting
Member William E. Cross
III – one of the subcommittee
members – said he’s seen evidence
of improvements at the
plant through his job as a veteran
firefighter. “It’s a lot better
now than the last 26 years [he’s
worked at the Saugus Fire Department],”
Cross said.
“They’ve done a much better
job – just the way it’s run.
They’ve done a good job at
safety. They just spent hundreds
of thousands of dollars on
a new sprinkler system,” he said.
But Cross said the town needs
to remain vigilant in its oversight
of the plant. “We’ve got
to do what’s in the best interests
of the town. We’ve got to
make sure what’s coming out
of there is safe,” he said.
against it.)
Sen. Brendan Crighton No
TWO-WEEK SALES TAX HOLIDAY
(S 2564)
Senate 3-34, rejected an
amendment providing $210 million
for a two-week sales tax holiday
in 2022 allowing consumers
to buy most products that cost
under $2,500 during a two-week
sales tax holiday without paying
the state’s 6.25 percent sales tax.
State law currently calls for a twoday
sales tax holiday every year.
Amendment supporters say
this longer tax-free holiday would
boost retail sales and noted that
consumers would save millions
of dollars. They said this is a reasonable
way to provide relief to
taxpayers who suffered during
the pandemic and are now dealing
with inflation, the high cost of
gas, groceries and so many other
things.
Amendment opponents said
extending the holiday is more of
a feel-good policy that does little
WIN doesn’t have any issue
with a comprehensive health
study being conducted. “I think
there are some things that they
agree on,” Cogliano said.
“I don’t think there was anything
brought up at a meeting
that they said ‘no’ to,” he said.
Board of Health Chair Heffernan
couldn’t make Wednesday
night’s meeting. But in a cell
phone call to the subcommittee
from Columbus, Ohio, he
told members “everything is on
the table at this point.”
“They need to pitch us. We
don’t need to pitch them,” Heffernan
said.
Subcommittee Member Diane
Serino said she and her
colleagues have covered a lot
of ground over the past year.
“Haven’t we talked to them
enough?” she asked.
“I think it’s in their court to
give us something,” Serino said.
to help families. They noted the
extension would actually generate
little additional revenue for
stores because consumers typically
buy the products even without
the tax-free days.
(A “Yes” vote is for the additional
$210 million and the two-week
sales tax holiday. A “No” vote is
against it.)
Sen. Brendan Crighton No
$5 MILLION FOR COLLEGE
STUDENTS’ BEHAVIORAL AND
MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS (S
2564)
Senate 37-0, approved an
amendment that would provide
$5 million for grants to public
higher education institutions to
address student behavioral and
mental health needs.
“College is the first time many
young adults experience living
on their own, which can certainly
be a challenging transition,” said
sponsor Sen. Julian Cyr (R-Truro).
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SOUNDS | FROM PAGE 7
en heroes
Please remember Saugus’s fallHonor
those who serve and
teach our children the value of freedom.
Remember the Fallen.
On Dec. 18, at noon, the Parson
Roby Chapter, National Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
(NSDAR) (MA0136P), will
be sponsoring their first Wreaths
Across America Project: helping
Riverside Cemetery to Remember
and Honor our veterans by laying
Remembrance wreaths on the
graves of our country’s fallen heroes.
Please help us honor and remember
as many fallen heroes as
possible in several ways: sponsoring
remembrance wreaths, volunteering
on Wreaths Day or inviting
your family and friends to attend
with you. All are welcome!
Please forward this article to
friends that may be willing to also
join us in honoring our servicemen
and women. The deadline for orders
is November 30, 2021.
To order your wreath and to learn
more about the Wreaths Across
America Project, go to http://www.
wearthsacrossameria.org/MA0136P.
Thank you for supporting our
newly formed Parson Roby Chapter,
NSDAR, Saugus, Mass. For further
information contact Regent
Charlotte Line at linejj@comcast.net.
We have a winner!
Congratulations to Janice Littlefield
for getting her name drawn
from the green Boston Red Sox hat
as the winner in last week’s “Guess
Who Got Sketched” Contest. Here’s
last week’s answer, offered by the
person who goes by the name of
The Sketch Artist:
“Last week’s sketch was done
in honor of Veteran’s Day celebration
and the Spirit of Patriotism
this Leader leads with ….The answer
to Last week’s sketch is Saugus
Veterans Council Commander
Steve Castinetti .
“One of Commander Castinetti’s
many duties is orchestrating and
coordinating programs for the Saugus
Veteran’s Day Celebrations, Parades
and Memorials.
“On 11/11 at 11 a.m. (usual Annual
protocol for Commander Steve),
he was front and center at the podium
to commence Veterans Day
ceremonies.
“Commander Steve is full of Morale
for our Country and those who
serve and have served! Commander
Steve served in the Navy and is
a Veteran.
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BUYER1
Francavilla, Deborah A
BHRC | FROM PAGE 11
“With the increased isolation and
stress from the pandemic, there
has been an unprecedented increase
in the number of college
students who report that they
suff er from anxiety, depression
and suicidal thoughts. Simply put,
young adults are suff ering. [This]
amendment will help address and
support the mental health needs
of students in our public higher
education institutions.”
(A “Yes” vote is for the $5 million).
Sen.
Brendan Crighton Yes
GIVE MEDAL OF LIBERTY
TO PEOPLE WHO DIE DURING
BUYER2
Francavilla, John
SELLER1
Blaeser, Bart F
TRAINING EXERCISES (S 2564)
Senate 37-0, approved an
amendment that would expand
eligibility for the Medal of Liberty
to include families of service
members who died during training
exercises. Current law awards
the medal to Massachusetts service
men and women who have
been killed in action or who died
in service while in a designated
combat area in the line of duty or
who died from wounds received
in action.
Sen. John Velis (D-Westfield)
told the story of Air Force Lt. Col.
Morris “Moose” Fontenot Jr., a
Longmeadow resident who died
in 2014 after his F-15C Eagle fi ghtSELLER2
er
jet crashed during a routine
flight. Under 2014 and current
law, Fontenot was not and is not
eligible for the Medal of Liberty.
“There is an expression in the
military,” said Velis. “‘Train as you
fi ght, fi ght as you train.’ In order to
be the best, you need to train to
be the best and with that training
comes its own set of dangers. Lt.
Col. Fontenot’s story is not alone.
We have service members completing
missions and trainings like
him every single day. It is imperative
that we recognize the dangers
that these even routine missions
present and properly honor
the sacrifi ces of all of our service
members.”
(A “Yes” vote is for the amendment).
Sen.
Brendan Crighton Yes
ALLOW AMBULANCES TO
BE USED FOR INJURED POLICE
DOGS – NERO’S LAW (S 1606)
Senate 38-0, approved legislation
that would require EMS
personnel to provide emergency
treatment to a police dog and
use an ambulance to transport
the dog injured in the line of duty
to a veterinary clinic or veterinary
hospital if there are not people requiring
emergency medical treatment
or transport at that time.
Sponsor Sen. Mark Montigny
(D-New Bedford) fi rst fi led the bill
in 2019 following the tragic death
of Yarmouth Police Sgt. Sean Gannon
who was shot and killed in
the line of duty. His K-9 partner
Nero was severely injured and had
to be rushed to the animal hospital
in the back of a police cruiser.
Nero survived. Montigny also cites
the heartbreaking loss of the beADDRESS
6
Vine St
CITY
Saugus
loved K-9 Kitt of the Braintree Police
Department.
“K-9 offi cers protect the men
and women in law enforcement
as well as the community at-large,”
said Montigny. “These animals endure
extreme danger from gun violence,
narcotics and even explosive
materials. Allowing our emergency
personnel to provide basic
treatment and transport is a
commonsense measure that honors
their contributions across the
commonwealth. Sgt. Gannon was
a native son of New Bedford and
therefore his K-9 partner Nero is
part of our community’s extended
family. Words cannot describe
the gratitude we have for the Gannon
family for their tenacious and
compassionate advocacy to get
this bill done.”
“With Nero’s Law, we have the
opportunity to save K-9 members
of law enforcement where
the opportunity to do so would
not place a person at risk,” said
Sen. Susan Moran (D-Falmouth).
“K-9s are their offi cers’ partners,
shields and scouts. Like Nero and
Kitt, their job is to put themselves
in danger to protect us, and despite
the K-9’s service to our commonwealth,
an archaic law stood
in the way of measures that could
save these valued members of law
enforcement. This has gone on
long enough.”
(A “Yes” vote is for the bill.)
Sen. Brendan Crighton Yes
CONTINUE SESSION BEYOND
8 P.M.
Senate 35-2, approved a motion
to suspend Senate rules to
allow the Senate session to continue
beyond 8 p.m. Under Senate
rules, the Senate cannot meet
after 8 p.m. unless the rule is suspended.
The session lasted almost
three hours beyond 8 p.m. and adjourned
at 10:40 p.m.
Supporters of rule suspension
said that the Senate has important
work to fi nish on the $3.82
billion COVID relief and recovery
package and should stay in session
to work on it.
DATE
26.10.2021
PRICE
$387 000,00
Opponents of rule suspension
said it is irresponsible for the
Senate to debate and vote late at
night when taxpayers are asleep.
(A “Yes” vote is for meeting beyond
8 p.m. A “No” vote is against
it.)
Sen. Brendan Crighton Yes
HOW LONG WAS LAST
WEEK’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 Legislature’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 November
8-12, the House met for a total of
one hour and 24 minutes while
the Senate met for a total of 12
hours and 25 minutes.
Mon. Nov. 8 House 11:04 a.m.
to 12:18 p.m.
Senate 11:15 a.m. to 11:23
a.m.
Tues. Nov. 9 No House session
Senate 1:13 p.m. to 1:24 p.m.
Wed. Nov. 10 House 11:03
a.m. to 11:13 a.m.
Senate 10:34 a.m. to 10:40
p.m.
Thurs. Nov. 11 No House session
No
Senate session
Fri. Nov. 12 No House session
No Senate session
Bob Katzen welcomes feedback
at bob@beaconhillrollcall.com
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