THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE - Friday, July 21, 2017

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Horse of Honor

Friday, July 21, 2017

Marijuana bill headed to Governor’s Desk would allow Saugus to “opt out” of commercial sales Saugus Police Lieutenant Detective Gecoya gets a special

tribute for act of heroism – a horse named after him

By Mark E. Vogler

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augus last fall voted against the state law that eventually legalized the sale of commercial marijuana throughout Massachusetts. But state Rep. Donald Wong (RSaugus) said the bill that law-

makers passed this week and sent to Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk will protect the local option of communities like Saugus – which voted against legalizing commercial marijuana by 53 percent. Voters state-

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GETTING ACQUAINTED: Saugus Police Lieutenant Detective David Gecoya gets to meet the horse that was named after him during a special ceremony held on Tuesday by the Horses and Heroes Foundation at the Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site. The horse, which will be nicknamed “L.T.,” will be going to Washington, D.C., next month to become part a mounted unit in the nation’s capital. Gecoya was honored for his heroics in March 2012, in which he pursued a robbery and carjacking suspect from Saugus into Malden. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler)

By Mark E. Vogler

Washington, D.C., next month to work in a mounted police augus Police Lieutenant unit. Detective David Gecoya “We do this to keep the memshares a special bond to a horse ory of a hero alive,” Karen Benthat will bear his name and nickname when it heads off to

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GOOD LUCK, DEB: Sand Sculptor Deborah Barrett-Cutulle of Saugus prepares her sand for the annual International Sand Sculpting competition taking place on Revere Beach this weekend. Deborah won “The People’s Choice” award for her duo piece in the 2016 competition. (Advocate photo)

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