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A Haircutting Heritage

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George’s Barber Shop has been a center of Saugus business and social life for 115 years

School Committee votes to return athletic director to full-time position after members spar over collateral issues

By Mark E. Vogler

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ike his father and grandfather before him, Mike Moriello knew before he graduated from Saugus High School that he would always have a job for life. Unlike them, Moriello would never see his first name attached to the family business that began in 1902 as George’s Barber Shop – unless he wanted to mess with tradition. “The three guys who owned this before me were all ‘George’ – but then I came along and ruined it with ‘Mike,’” Moriello quipped in an interview this week. “There are no more Georges, but the name lives on. And I’ll never change it. I plan on keeping it the way it’s always been – for 115 years,” he said.

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A LEGENDARY CHAIR: Mike Moriello, of George’s Barber Shop, says this green barber’s chair dates back more than a century and has seated thousands of customers at the 115-year-old Cliftondale Square business that promotes itself as America’s oldest family owned and operated barbershop. George’s, which recently expanded at its 57-59 Jackson St. location, welcomes the public to a “Grand Re-Opening” Monday at 6 to 8 p.m. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler)

“My great grandfather was George. He came from Genoa, Italy. He started a place right here in Cliftondale Square. The second generation was George – my grandfather – followed by George, my father. They both

went to Saugus High School,” said Moriello, 43, a 1992 Saugus High School graduate. George’s, which promotes itself as America’s oldest family-

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t was supposed to be a simple vote to restore the athletic director’s position to a fulltime job. “This is not a debate,” School Committee Chairman Jeannie Meredith advised colleagues at the outset of Tuesday night’s special committee meeting. “There will be no back and forth from committee members,” she said, in an effort to clarify the sole purpose of the session. Committee members voted 4-0 to restore athletic director to a full-time position, with member Elizabeth Marchese abstaining to avoid the appearance of a possible conflict of interest – voting on a salary increase for a position for which she is a candidate. But a majority of the members deviated from Meredith’s specific instructions on the task at hand in a meeting that was marked by acrimonious discussion and lasted about 45 minutes. • Members Linda Gaieski and Marchese, each reading from prepared statements, accused one of their colleagues – without naming him (Arthur Grabowski) of improperly involving himself

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in the recent interviews of candidates and later violating confidentiality. • In her statement, Marchese also accused “certain members of this committee” of disparaging her character, ethics and integrity. She was referring to colleagues Grabowski and Peter Manoogian. • Marchese also accused another member of trying to pressure Saugus Public Schools Superintendent Dr. David DeRuosi, Jr. of trying to change the job description of athletic director before the position was posted. She didn’t name, but was referring to Manoogian. • Manoogian denied allegations that he tried to make “demands” of DeRuosi to change

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