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A Valentine’s heart to heaven Lynnfield boy dedicates a valentine to his late “Great-Grammie”
By Mark E. Vogler
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nthony Sazo made two Valentine’s Day hearts out of red and white construction paper as he sat in the children’s section of the Saugus Public Library recently. He took one heart home and had the other one stapled on the bulletin board that was already decorated with cardboard doves of all colors to celebrate this year’s library theme of “Love, Peace and Joy.” “This is for my Great-Grammie,” the six-year-old Lynnfield boy said as he held up the small red heart dedicated to his 96-year-
old great-grandmother, Rose DiMinico, who passed away in September 2016. “I love Great-Grammie,”Anthony said, repeating the words he scribbled in crayon on the heart he signed. “I feel like she’s in the clouds – in the side of the clouds and in the middle of the clouds. My Great-Grammie is in heaven. I feel like she’s there, up in the sky somewhere,” Anthony said during an interview. Anthony’s handmade valentine came straight from the heart, according to his mother – Saugus native Tammy Sazo, a 1991
Saugus High School graduate and a second-grade teacher at the Veterans Memorial Elementary School who has been teaching in her hometown school system for 19 years. She graduated in 1995 with cum laude honors from Lesley University in Cambridge, with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education while specializing in mathematics. She received her master’s degree in education from Lesley in 1998. While working on her master’s degree, Sazo taught at St. An- A PAIR OF HEARTS: Six-year-old Anthony Sazo of Lynnfield thony’s School in Everett. She lat- makes a Valentine’s Day heart for himself and one for his late great-grandmother this week at the Saugus Public Library.
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(Saugus Advocate Photo by Mark E. Vogler)
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olice Chief David Breen and Fire Chief Mark Tetreault shared a common thread as they went before the Finance Committee to present their budgets for fiscal year 2019: They both need additional staff. During the Feb. 12 meeting, Breen said the Police Department needs an administrative supervisor and proposed a yearly salary of $73,274. He said many of his officers are constantly busy completing a myriad of tasks that take them away from their regular duties. “It’s almost like we’re not police officers – we’re firefighters, we’re putting out fires everywhere,” said Breen. Committee Chairman Jack Dahlstedt wanted to know what triggered the staffing problems. “How is it that we got to this point; what got us here?” he asked. In response, Breen said there are a number of tasks every day that are related to public records requests. “Public records requests have gone through the roof since the public record laws have changed,” said Breen. He also said the North Reading Police Department has a lieutenant with a similar administrative role. In terms of size, Breen said North Reading has 28 officers whereas Lynnfield has 22 officers. “We’re the only department around
here that doesn’t have a dedicated administrative supervisor,” he said. In addition, he said an administrative supervisor would be particularly beneficial for his patrol officers. “It’s very difficult for one patrol officer to tell another patrol officer what to do; officers respect rank,” he said. Regarding the department’s Capital Budget request, Breen said he would like to have a new Chevrolet Tahoe to replace one of the two remaining Ford Crown Victorias. “We will soon have no more Crown Vics,” he said. Committee Member Nancy Alexander asked if the new vehicle could be purchased through financing. Dahlstedt said that would not be possible. “Year to year, this is coming out of capital,” he said. Other capital requests include a cruiser radar unit for $2,561 and police server equipment for $7,500. For the fourth year, Tetreault once again made a request for clerical support with a yearly salary of $45,000. “Right now, we have a lieutenant who spends the majority of the day doing clerical work,” he said, adding that similar size fire departments have a clerical staff and “This is pretty critical to our department; it would fundamentally change how the Fire Department works.”
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