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The Spirit of Christmas Angry mother helps raise 14 times the amount of money stolen from classroom closet of Special Needs students

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electmen spent several months reviewing the contracts, salaries and benefits of top level town officials in area communities comparable to Saugus before voting to give Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree a $30,000-a-year pay

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A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS: Selectmen and Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree recently signed a new contract that gives Crabtree five more years overseeing town government. Here, he helps Santa Claus celebrate the town’s annual Tree Lighting Ceremony and Festivities. (Saugus Advocate file photo by Mark E. Vogler) ANGRY MOM TO THE RESCUE: Lori Coleman, left, with her son, raise during the initial year of a sation package,”Board of Select- Jacob, in their Saugus home; men Chairman Debra Panetta they are in good spirits for new five-year contract.

“We looked at salaries, bene- said this week.

Christmas just a couple of days “We thoroughly reviewed the after a thief broke into Saugus fits, population, budgets, direct reports, etc. of surrounding cit- information of the other com- High School and stole about ies and towns in order to arrive $1,000 from a closet in the Saat a fair and reasonable compenchem Buddies: Learning For Life classroom at Saugus High Wan t to kno w the a valu School. Coleman spearheaded r e of you fo r hou s se u Contact ation in toda y’s real esta te a fund-raising drive to replace mar g ket? li b No O the money earned by her son and other Special Needs students from selling scarves and holiday ornaments. The GoFundMe page Coleman created drew more than $13,000 in Market Analysis Of Your Home! contributions during its first two days. (Saugus Advocate photos by Mark E. Vogler)

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Buddies: Learning For Life classroom at Saugus High School last weekend and stole $1,000 that was earned by Special Needs students. Coleman, the mother of an autistic boy who was one of the victims of the theft, figured the public would be plenty outraged, too, when word got out.

They were – all 500-plus of the people who donated more than $14,000 in replacement money in response to the social media appeal that Coleman launched on the online site GoFundMe. “I just wanted to get the money back that was lost for these kids,”said Coleman, who also said she was“humbled”and“amazed,” as she sat in her living room Wednesday, describing the outpouring of support generate by

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CONTRACT |frompage1 munities to ensure that we are compensating our town manager fairly,” she said.

But Crabtree’s current contract – which would increase his pay by about $10,000 next August – still keeps him the lowest paid among the nine town managers and five town administrators that selectmen compared. (See related story.)

“I think the most important thing about the contract – we have secured Scott Crabtree for the next five years,” Selectman Jennifer D’Eon said, while noting that Crabtree is still the lowest paid I still feel like he’s the lowest paid town manager in the surrounding communities, but we’re doing the best we can.

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D’Eon recalled a couple of years ago when two officials from Stoneham approached her over breakfast to discuss Crabtree and whether he was available. “They asked. That was [in] the back of my mind – that other communities are looking for town managers,” she said.

These are the most significant new components of the town manager’s contract signed earlier this month by selectmen and Crabtree: • For the first time, the town manager will have a vehicle of his own, which he will be able to use for personal business because of the requirement that he be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. But the car must still be approved by Town Meeting. The police chief, fire chief, DPW director, building inspector and assorted captains also have cars.

• He will receive a cost of living increase of 3 percent during the third year of the contract.

• The salary and compensation package will be reviewed and discussed annually with surrounding towns, and comparative positions adjusted as mutually agreed by the parties.

• For the first time, he will be subject to an annual performance review. The town manager will meet in Executive Session with selectmen to discuss town goals and objectives and progress for achieving those town goals and objectives.

“One of the most important

aspects of the contract was including an annual review, setting goals and objective for the town manager,” Panetta said.

“Doing evaluation is new,” D’Eon added. “He’ll be evaluated by his peers, the fire chief and the police chief – many department heads.”

Here’s what Crabtree and each of the five selectmen had to say about the contract they negotiated and recently signed.

Panetta “Scott has been an excellent Saugus town manager. For years, Saugus has had a ‘revolving door’ of town managers, which resulted in instability for our town. Signing Scott on for another five years will ensure the continuity and continuous growth in our town, enabling us to continue as a full-service community.

“Our financial position has never been stronger, where our bond rate is the highest it’s ever been in Saugus’ history. We are moving Saugus forward with economic development, new parks and playgrounds, and a new middle/high school. Being a fourth generation Saugonian, Scott is truly vested in our town. This is an exciting time for Saugus, and there is no doubt that we will continue the successes in Saugus with Scott as town manager. With Scott’s education, experience, dedication and commitment to the people of Saugus, I supported his new contract.”

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A GIFT FOR THE TOWN: Selectmen say hiring Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree for another five years is the best thing they could have done for the town. Here they are celebrating the town’s annual Tree Lighting Ceremony and Festivities. Pictured from left to right are Mark Mitchell, Jennifer D’Eon, Board of Selectmen Chairman Debra Panetta, Board Vice Chair Jeff Cicolini and Scott Brazis. (Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate)

THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, December 22, 2017

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Rev. Martha Leahy talks about how a fire that endangered the First Congregational Church-UCC ignited the spirit of Christmas Editor’s Note: For this week, we sat down Rev. Martha Leahy, who is the pastor of the First Congregational United Church of Christ, which is located at 300 Central St. across from Saugus Town Hall.

She completed her ninth year at the church on July 1, and earlier this month she faced the biggest challenge of her tenure when a fire threatened to burn down the historic church. Rev. Leahy is a 1973 graduate of Stoneham High School. She and her husband, Barry – both Stoneham natives – have been married for 35 years. They have a daughter, Margaret Leahy, and they live in Newbury, Mass.

Rev. Leahy was raised Catholic, but she had fallen away from the church. Years later the tragic death of her niece in a car accident initially caused her to question God, but she made a career as a member of the clergy as she sought solace about her niece’s death. She has worked in churches for 20 years; her first job was as an administrative assistant in the Central Congregational Church in Newburyport. She attended Andover-Newton Theological School in Newton Centre, Mass., gradu-

OVERCOMING ADVERSITY: Rev. Martha R. Leahy during an interview this week in a Groveland coffee shop said the Dec. 8 fire that threatened to destroy the First Congregational Church of Christ in Saugus has helped deepen her faith as well as that of the members of her church. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler)

ating in 2007 with a Master of Divinity Degree. She trained in Rowley, Mass. and at Union Congregational Church in North Reading.

She served as a chaplain intern at Salem Hospital. She was called to Saugus in 2008. She currently serves as Chairperson of the Saugus Faith Community.

Some highlights of the interview follow.

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It seems the Christmas spirit has demonstrated itself in Saugus

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How has it been?

A: Well, of course – to almost lose your church – it’s very devastating. It’s devastating when you think of what might have happened. We’re so thankful that the firefighters caught it in time and were able to save the rest of the building. And I think about that. And I haven’t been with my congregation to process all of this. We’ve been invited to attend the East Saugus United Methodist Church, and I’m very grateful to them.

They’ve been wonderful inviting us to worship with them, so I haven’t been with my own community to really process what’s happened. And I would love to get their impressions. How did they feel? Imagine, people who have been here their whole lives born into that church. They must have thought “That’s my family’s history that’s going to be lost, you know … Where will I be without my family history?” And the sacred objects that people have donated to the church over the years – that history would have been lost.

But, fortunately, that didn’t happen. I think it would be more emotional processing what could have happened. And I hope a realization that even the things we have – the things we hold precious, the possessions we hold precious – aren’t really the important things. The important thing is that we are still together as a faith community, and that’s the message that I we take away from this almost tragedy.

Q: I understand that you have gotten a lot of support from churches.

A: Our sister churches across Massachusetts have been so wonderful: reaching out and praying for us, asking us what they can do for us. In fact, I got a wonderful email from a Congregational Church in Weymouth just yesterday that said their Board of Deacons voted to give us $250 toward expenses. I wrote them back and said that’s pretty perfect, because every year we give gift certificates to a local elementary school in Saugus, just to help out families

that don’t have much at Christmastime. And we were unable to do that this year, but now with that gift, we can do that; we can pay that forward, so I’m so grateful to them.

Just about every house of worship in Saugus invited us to come and worship with them. That’s wonderful. We had a Christmas concert scheduled there [First Congregational Church-UCC] for the First Baptist Church of Saugus. And we have been talking about it since August. They wanted to use a bigger space than their church. We said, “Great. Come on down.” But the fire happened a week before the concert, so we scrambled to get our wonderful friends at East Saugus Methodist Church to invite them there, so they were able to hold the concert. It was just a lovely outpouring. All of us were pulling together to make sure we were okay and other churches were okay, because all of us were affected by the same tragedy.

Q: So what’s the best thing that’s come out of this adversity?

A: I think, for me it’s the realization that many groups of people – the church included – sometimes have petty disagreements about things that are happening inside the church. And, to me, this was like a wake-up call. You know.

What is really important? And we focus on ministries, people in Saugus who are in need … alcoholic anonymous … divorce support group or our meditation group. Can we just focus on that? And if we can focus on that, the rewards will come. We don’t have to worry about that.

We don’t have to be arguing too much about small things. Let’s look at the bigger picture. We’re still here, and for me, I think that was the biggest message that I took away from this fire.

Q: How many people in the church?

A: We have about 60 members.

Q: So, in the early days [soon after the fire], there was chaos, I guess, because of the timing of the fire …

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Q: It was a big shock at first …

A: Oh yes. Sure. On Friday night on the day it happened, a woman who goes to our meditation group happened to be driving by the church at 4 o’clock … She called me. She said, “I think there’s a fire behind your church. It’s either you or your neighbors.” So, it turns out that was the exact time when the 911 calls were coming in, so I immediately called one of our trustees and they went down there. I asked, “Should I come down?” And they said, “No, you won’t be able to get in. It’s all blocked off.” They sent me pictures and it looked devastating. It was scary. But the next day when I went there – on Saturday – and saw it for myself, that’s when I kind of got the chills, and I realized “Wow. This could have been a lot worse.”

The vinyl siding looked like melted ice cream, and all the pallets in the back of the church were blackened and melted. It really was a big shock; just the sight of it was a big shock.

Q: What’s been the extent of the damage? Do you have any estimates?

A: No. I think your article told me more than I have heard from our insurance company. We’re still waiting to hear from them. It was surprising to

me that it would be that much money [$100,000 to $300,000], but the money would be for the siding and the windows that would have to be replaced.

But all of the damage from soot and smoke inside. That’s the worst, because the soot extended from the backside of the church and got sucked through the building all the way to the sanctuary – that was nowhere near the fire. So, that’s what’s been taking the longest time … getting all of that cleaned up. So, I’m hoping to hear pretty soon what the estimate is going to be, maybe by the end of this week.

Q: So that soot has gotten all over the building?

A: All over the building.

Q: And into the Masonic Lodge?

A: Even upstairs into the Masons’ Lodge. But the cleaners were cleaning everything.

We had the church decorated for Christmas, and all of the wreaths on the wall and the tree that was decorated and the poinsettias that were out – all of those had to be cleaned. Every little thing had to be cleaned.

And they started the Tuesday after the fire; they put air filter cleaners in there – powered by generators because we had no power at first – just to get the smell out as soon as they could.

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“They literally saved our church” First Congregational Church of Christ Members thank firefighters for stopping a two-alarm blaze from destroying their historic building

By Mark E. Vogler (Editor’s Note: This is an updated version of a story that was posted on last Friday’s Advocate Newspapers Facebook Page, but did not get published in the Saugus Advocate because of a production problem.)

A two-alarm blaze on Dec. 8 has taken a costly toll on the First Congregational Church.

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homeless is not a lot of fun. It’s hard work to lose your home and it’s difficult to cut through all the red tape necessary to get back home again. When things don’t go as planned, we start to lose hope,” she wrote.

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The heat was so intense, the fire spread to the side of the church, melting the siding and popping some of the glass, enabling black, odorous smoke to find its way into the building. It also burned a power line, which left the church and the bank without power for several days.

“If those pallets were against the building, you would have had a completely different outcome. The fire would have broken through the building and probably would have destroyed the church,” D’Eon said.

“We were blessed” In an interview last week, Rev. Leahy told The Saugus Advocate that after talking to several firefighters she and many of the 60 church members now realize that the church was spared imminent destruction because of a series of favorable circumstances and a “great response” by the Fire Department. “Like one of

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many initiatives in his fairly short tenure as town manager: economic development, investment in our public safety and equipment, DPW and related equipment, community events, community roundtables for public input, the New High School/Middle School project and a move to financial sustainability, to name several.

I feel he has the unique ability to balance the needs and wants in our community with the need to continue to maintain profitability and financial success.”

town manager. This board used comparative data from other communities to establish parameters for the contract. I also stood by my promise to make sure the contract included the key components I felt were important.

“Our town has flourished operationally and financially under Scott’s leadership, and I am excited to see it continue. I feel Scott’s vision for Saugus is very much based on the public’s desire. As a lifelong resident with children in the Saugus schools system, he is vested in the town Selectman Mark Mitchell Board of Selectmen Vice “I’m extremely pleased that Chairman Jeffrey Cicolini and he cares about its long term we have extended our Town “I am proud to have support- success and its future.

“Scott has moved forward Manager Scott Crabtree for five ed a contract extension for our years. Scott has done a tremendous job for the Town of Saugus. The progress Saugus has made in the past few years with this leadership team in place is unmatched in any period of the town’s history. We are fortunate to have someone as passionate and innovative as Scott.

DJ's Spin Friday, “He is building for not only tothe Dance Hits December 29 - 8 PM day but for years to come. It’s a in our Lounge very exciting time for Saugus, Friday & Saturday Night! and I’m confident that this extension gives us the stability we Ring in 2018, Celebrate Make Your need in this very important role. ns Reservatio I’m looking forward to working Now! Scott Brazis “I’m very happy for Town Manager Crabtree and his family in being given a five-year contract.

This will bring stability to the town while continuing to better the bond rating (already a AA +), increase the certified free cash the town has, and improving our parks and playgrounds. I’m proud to be working with such a great town manager who is making our community a place where people want to live and raise a family.”

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along with Scott and our leader- Town Manager Crabtree ship team as we take Saugus to “My goal has always been to heights it has never seen before.” create a vision for higher standards and expectations in the Selectman D’Eon Town of Saugus. In working “Good town managers are in alongside the residents, Board demand and Scott Crabtree has of Selectmen, Finance Commitworked tirelessly for Saugus. tee, Town Meeting Members, From the first day we discussed boards and commissions, and extending Scott Crabtree’s con- other Town officials and emtract, I never had any doubt he ployees, we have helped enwas the best fit for Saugus. Scott sure that decisions are made in has done an amazing job with the best interest of the commuthe town’s finances. The town nity, and we have seen that vilooks terrific. sion become a reality.

“His commitment is obvious “Everyone should be truly for all to see. No matter the sub- proud of what we have accomject, Scott is easy to talk to and plished together. I would like to he is always honest. I was proud thank the Board of Selectmen and excited to offer Scott an for their continued support and agreement that benefits our leadership in helping to change town. He is such a great lead- the culture and vision in the er. Negotiating is difficult, but town. I am extremely thankful for I found Scott very reasonable everyone’s hard work and dedicaand pleasant during the process. tion to this town and our vision.

“To be sure, we were doing “It is amazing what can be acdue diligence – we took time complished for our town when to compare other towns’ TM we all put our energy and efforts contracts to Scott’s. We took into working together collaborour time and had legal counsel atively on common goals that look it over – to be sure all par- are in the best interests of Sauties were protected. We thought gus. I look forward to continuing this would be news to celebrate! to serve the Town of Saugus and We wanted a solid agreement its residents, continuing to creto show the public – that show- ate higher standards and expeccased our thoughtfulness for tations and providing our comSaugus and appreciation to our munity with a continued sense town manager.” of Saugus pride.”

How the towns compare Andover: Population (33,201), Town Manager, $204,000 in annual salary and other compensation Belmont: Population (26,171), Town Administrator, $181,832 in annual salary and other compensation.

Burlington: Population (24,498), Town Administrator, $204,703 in annual salary and other compensation.

Danvers: Population (26,493, Town Manager, $181,889 in annual salary and other compensation.

Dedham: Population (24,729), Town Manager, $190,6000 in annual salary and other compen-

sation.

Lexington: Population (31,294), Town Manager, $214,117 in annual salary and other compensation.

Lynnfield: Population (11,569), Town Administrator, $191,636 in annual salary and other compensation.

North Andover: Population (28,352), Town Manager, $191,682 in annual salary and compensation.

Reading: Population (24,747), Town Manager, $170,560 in annual salary and compensation Stoneham: Population (21,437), Town Administrator,

$169,500 in annual salary and compensation.

Wakefield: Population (24,932), Town Administrator, $185,000 in annual salary and compensation.

Wa t e r t o w n : P o p u l a tion (35,025), Town Manager, $185,500 in annual salary and compensation.

Wi l m i n g t o n , Po p u l a tion (22,325), Town Manager, $162,373 in annual salary and compensation.

Winchester, Population (21,374),Town Manager, $179,000 in annual salary and compensation

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Santa Claus plans Saugus visit on Christmas Eve! Town receives official parade route notice from the North Pole Editor’s Note: Here’s a letter and Elm Streets 5:40-5:55 Fairmount Avenue, one of Santa’s elves sent to the Town of Saugus regarding San- Sherman, Garfield, Newcomb ta’s annual Christmas Eve visit and Edison 5:55-6:05 North Saugus to Saugus.

School, Indian Rock Drive and Arrowhead Drive Dear Children of Saugus, 6:05-6:20 Walnut Street, CenSanta Claus has agreed to visit Saugus once again on Christ- tral Street, Jane Drive, Diane mas Eve. The parade will start at Drive, Pearl Road 6:20-6:35 Central, Appleton, 5:30 p.m. at the Central Street Fire Station with a Police & Fire Summer, Taylor Street 6:35-7:05 SAUGUS CENTER IN Department escort and some really neat vehicles. Santa will FRONT OF TOWN HALL 7:05-7:20 Main Street, Nemake a special visit to Saugus Center in front of Town Hall, be- whall Avenue and Forest Street 7:20-7:35 Fellsway, Main, tween 6:35-7:05 p.m. to wish your townspeople a Very Mer- Hickory, Juniper Drive 7:35-7:40 Howard, Main, ry Christmas! Santa would like to see as many children as pos- Pierce Drive 7:40-8:00 Highland, Talbot, sible, so listen for the sirens and come out and greet Santa as he Heritage House, Vine Street 8:00-8:05 Essex Street to passes by!

Santa’s route will be as follows: Fire Station with visit from San5:30-5:40 Hamilton, Saville ta from

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On Friday, December 1, 2017, from 5 to 8:30 p.m., thousands of Saugus residents gathered outside the Town Hall to ride a trackless train and horse-drawn sleigh, jump in the bounce houses, pet animals, meet Santa, lis-

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Town Manager Scott Crabtree announces highest-ever amount certified in free cash T

he state Department of Revenue (DOR) recently certified the largest amount of free cash the Town has ever seen – a whopping $4.1 million. Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree, the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee announced that this historic Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 free cash amount of $4,124,074 surpasses the Town’s previous record amounts of $2,945,413, which was certified by DOR in FY 2016, and $2,101,223, which was certified by DOR in FY 2015. This free cash amount from FY 2017 will help to maintain financial stability within Saugus and sustain efforts towards continuing to upgrade Saugus’s bond rating.

Last year the bond rating increased from a Moody’s Investors Service A1 rating to the second-highest tier, an AA+/Stable rating with national rating agency S&P Global Ratings. This ranking, which is the highest in Saugus’s history, is now saving the taxpayers and Town of Saugus substantially on current and future borrowing costs.

“For the past five and a half years, it has been a goal of this administration to build up the Town’s free cash reserve,” Town Manager Crabtree said.

“Now, the Town of Saugus has the largest amount of free cash that has ever been certified. With this historic amount of free cash and with the Town’s S&P AA+/Stable bond rating, the taxpayers will save millions of dollars in borrowing on capital improvement projects, such as an estimated $7.2 million for the grades 6-12, new Massachusetts School Building Authority Middle-High School and District-Wide Master Plan Solution.”

The Town of Saugus began recovering from long-term fiscal instability and being in the middle of a crisis when Crabtree became town manager in 2012. After implementing sound financial practices and policies, a goal of having free cash certified between 3-5% of the Town’s annual budget has been consistent with Crabtree’s administration.

It was this formal financial management policy that helped the Town reach its free cash goals.

LETTER | from page 10 Following the lighting, Santa, Mrs. Claus, and the elves rode up on Santa’s sleigh and spent the rest of the evening greeting the good little girls and boys of Saugus before returning to the North Pole. It was truly a night to remember.

The evening would not have been so memorable without the help of countless volunteers, residents, employees, and businesses.

I would like to give a special thank you to the Tree Lighting Committee, including Youth and Recreation Programs Coordinator Crystal Cakounes, Youth and Recreation Director Greg Nickolas, School Committee Chair Jeannie Meredith, Chamber of Commerce Director Julie Mitchell, and Chief Administrative Aide Christine Moreschi for their planning and preparations.

Without them, the Tree Lighting Ceremony and Festivities would not be able to run.

I would also like to thank all of the generous sponsors, including Wheelchair, Wilmar, American Ambulance, Armstrong Ambulance, Home Depot, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Hammersmith Family Restaurant, Big Y, Harrows Chicken Pies, TrueVine Church/Saugus Community Events, radio station WROR, and Showcase Cinema de Lux Revere. Your generous contributions made this beloved festival possible.

Thank you to the Town’s Building Maintenance Department and custodians for making the Town Hall and grounds look so sharp.

Thanks to the Department of Public Works for their excellent job in decorating the Town. With the wreaths, banners, lights, and bows, the Town truly looked like

The certified free cash has partially been used to help fund deposits in the Town’s stabilization (or rainy day) fund and contributed to the Town’s bond rating increases, which has boosted the overall financial stability and sustainability of Saugus.

Free cash consists of unanticipated revenues, account balances and other miscellaneous receipts that were obtained throughout the previous year.

The certified free cash of $4.1 million was obtained from higher than projected revenues in the form of permits, excise taxes, tax title revenue, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reimbursement from previous years’ storms, and other nonrecurring economy-driven sources.

“Saugus has benefitted from a modest uptick in economic activity, and we did experience some unexpected, onetime, nonrecurring revenues,” said Crabtree.

Additionally, spending reversions and turnbacks from various Town of Saugus accounts and departments re-

flect the conservative approach to spending used by the various municipal departments.

Crabtree thanked the Town of Saugus employees, the Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee and Town Meeting for accepting and working within the established financial man-

agement policies that made this possible. “Our Town has obtained and now maintains a healthy and sound financial outlook, thanks to the continued support of those serving our community and working towards a unified vision,” Crabtree concluded.

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My deepest thanks to Electrical Inspector Chris Coviello and the Inspectional Services Department for helping us light up the Town. This year’s lights were more breathtaking than ever before.

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Lola Lepiere hides under the table as Santa makes his way in the room.

The gang of kids at Kelly’s last Monday night had a great time with Santa.

“Funny running into you Aniston and Lulu Hill had on their best Brennan Stowell had a pic here, Santa” was on Keira Christmas outfits. with Santa.

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Lady Sachems hoops team takes down Marblehead, Everett

By Julian Cardillo

T

he Saugus girls’ basketball team rolled to a 50-27 victory over Marblehead on Monday night. Sterling defense paved the way for the Sachems, who took a 25-5 lead into halftime and are now 2-1 on the young season.

“We were really disciplined on defense,” said Coach Mark Schruender. “It was a nice team win. I was able to get all 12 players into the game, so everyone did something good.”

Taylor Bogdanski and Alessia Salzillo led scoring with

nine points. Rachel Nazzaro added another seven, while Marissa Stockwell had six.

Scoring was spread out, but, as Schruender put it: “The same can be said of defense.

It was a combination of kids contributing. A lot of times the stats tell one story, but I looked back at the game on film, and there were so many little things happening. The pass before the pass that makes a shot doesn’t get credited with an assist, but these are all good quality plays. The little things matter.”

Last Friday, Saugus also de-

feated Everett. Salzillo had a banner night, shooting 12 of 18 from the field and five of six from the free throw line. She had 29 points and a careerhigh 13 steals.

“We’re 2-1 on the season,” Schruender said. “It was good to get a win against Everett, especially given how we started, which was down, 8-1 …

Alessia said before the game that we needed to be positive in moments when it was hard to be positive. Down 8-1, we did that. No one panicked.

I think that’s a good sign of growth.”

Bertrand steps in as Moran takes medical leave

By Julian Cardillo

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t’s been a frenetic start to the season for the Saugus boys’ basketball team. Their longtime coach, Paul Moran, stepped down from his coaching post due to health reasons in the wake of the team’s season-opening loss to Everett last Friday. In his place is his longtime assistant and former Saugus High School basketball standout and Hall of Famer, Mark Bertrand.

“It’s been tough; I coached with Paul for 10 years. He brought me into the program,” said Bertrand. “I’m close with him and it was a very tough

day when he stepped down.

It was very emotional.”

The players are still adjusting as well. Saugus followed up with an 82-39 loss to Marblehead on the road on Monday night.

“They’re a good team,” said Bertrand. “They’re tremendously well coached. I think the guys were still buzzing about coach Moran. I’m not worried about wins and losses, I just want to get them in the right frame of mind.

When you open the season to Everett and Marblehead, it’s tough.”

Mason Nickolas stood out against Marblehead, with 12

points and three blocks. “A freshman, coming in off the bench – I couldn’t have asked for more,” Bertrand said.

Bertrand is hoping for the team to turn the corner. He’s been in head coaching situations before. In 2013, he coached 12 games for Saugus when Moran was again on medical leave.

“I’m fundamentally driven,” Bertrand said. “I was taught that at a young age, here, in Saugus. I believe in structure and discipline. I try to bring a lot of energy, and I just want our guys to bring their best all the time. We’re growing together as a group.”

Saugus girls’ hockey team takes down Peabody

By Julian Cardillo

T

here’s been hardly a hiccup for the Saugus girls’ hockey team so far in the young season. They defeated Peabody, 5-2, last Saturday and are now 1-0-1.

“It was a good battle, very back and forth in the first period, but then we turned it on,” said coach Anthony Martucci.

The Sachems scored five second-period goals. Sophia Kennedy, an eighth grader, scored twice; additional goals came from Gemma Demento, senior captain Caitie O’Shea, and captain McKayla Norris.

“We’re a fast skating team,” said Martucci. “Our speed kind of takes over. We’re well conditioned, and in the second period we just got on them a little more … Demento set up Norris on her goal, and Norris returned the favor on Demento’s. A real beauty on both. Stuff like that was missing last year.”

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THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, December 22, 2017

THE SOUNDS OF SAUGUS

By Mark Vogler

H

ere are a few tidbits that you might want to know about this week in Saugus.

In the spirit of Christmas If you look hard enough, you’ll see the Christmas spirit in the strangest of places.

I couldn’t help but get a little misty-eyed shortly before noon on Tuesday after I completed my interview with Rev. Martha Leahy at the Groveland Diner, a landmark breakfast joint up in Northern Essex County.

A lady who sat in the table across from us has apparently been listening with great interest as Rev. Leahy talked about the Dec. 8 fire that could have destroyed the First Congregational United Church of Christ. The woman walked toward and extended her arm, handing the pastor a $50 check.

So what do you make of that, I asked Rev. Leahy.

“I think that is God at work. This is what happens when people hear stories like that. They give. They want to give and support the good work that churches do,” she said.

“That is amazing. I don’t know who that woman is. I never laid eyes on her before. I haven’t been in this diner for over 20 years and she heard the interview and she just walked over and handed us a check for $50. Thank you God! “That’s how people are. That’s the good in the world. That’s what God is creating, even amidst all of the tough times that people are having, God is still at work.”

There was more welcome news for Rev. Leahy at the church yesterday. News that she and church members have been waiting for.

“Our church will be open on Christmas Eve!” she wrote on the church Facebook page.

“We will celebrate this wonderful gift at two services, one at 10 a.m. for the 4th Sunday of Advent, and one at 4 p.m. for Christmas Eve with our traditional scripture readings of the Christmas story, special guest musicians, and the singing of Silent Night by candlelight.This is the best gift any of us will receive this year!”

“There is still some work to be done, especially in Community Hall.

Ceiling tiles are still down in order to clean out the soot thoroughly.

So, a walk-through area will be roped off for us so we can use the restrooms, but we will not be allowed to venture into the greater part of that room.But that is a small price to pay to be able to use our beautiful, welcoming sanctuary.We have heat, lights, running water and the Christmas Spirit to help us create a gorgeous celebration of word, prayer, and song.What more do we really need?

“Thank you to our Trustees, Brenton Spencer, Scott Davis, Carl Spencer, Carolyn Davis, and Steve Rich, for shepherding the recovery process.They attended many meetings with the cleaners, inspectors, and insurance reps, and kept a daily watch on the work being done.Thank you to the Saugus Fire Department for coming to our rescue in the nick of time.Thank you to our friends at East Saugus United Methodist Church for providing us temporary sanctuary while we were church-homeless.Thank you to Facebook friends and the many churches who offered us their prayers and assistance.

“Most of all, thank God for bringing us through this fire and on to the most sacred day of all, Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ, the Light of the World.

tion will run on a one-day delay for the next two weeks in observance of Christmas and the New Year.

Trash and recycling will not be collected on Monday, December 25, due to the holiday. Collection will then resume on a oneday delay on Tuesday, December 26, and run through Saturday, December 30.

The following week, trash and recycling will not be collected on Monday, January 1, due to the holiday. Collection will then resume on a one-day delay on Tuesday, January 2, and run through Saturday, January 6.

Residents are kindly asked to leave trash and recycling curbside by 7 a.m. the day after their normally scheduled collection day.

The Compost/Recycling drop-off site is now closed for the season. This site will re-open to residents on the third Saturday of the month in January, February, and March, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Town of Saugus would like to thank everyone for their cooperation.

Please contact Solid Waste/Recycling Coordinator Lorna Cerbone at 781-231-4036 with any questions.

Election workers sought Saugus Town Clerk Ellen J. Schena’s Office is looking for Election Workers for the Feb. 6th and March 6th Special Primary and Special Election.

“We specifically need those people who can step up and be a Warden and Clerk for both elections,” the clerk said.

These elections are necessary to fill the seat that will be vacated

by State Sen. Thomas McGee’s election as the next mayor of the City of Lynn. The Lynn Democrat will be leaving his Third Essex District seat in January.

Another terrific toy drive Everything went perfect Retired Saugus Fire Department Capt. Bill O’Malley says the Saugus Fire Department Christmas Toy Drive was another smashing success.

Town Hall seeks volunteers The Saugus Board of Selectmen is searching for a few good civicminded men and women to serve their local government.

There are vacancies on the following boards: Affordable Housing Trust Board of Trustees Cemetery Commission Cultural Council These are volunteer / non paid positions for Saugus residents.

Those interested may submit letter of interest / resume through Jan. 9 to: Saugus Board of Selectmen Saugus Town Hall, Suite #4 298 Central Street.

Annual Food for Fines The Saugus Public Library wants to strike a deal with those readers who are procrastinating in paying their overdue fines.

You can reduce the fines in return for donations of food which will be given to local food pantries.

The standing offer from the Saugus Public Library Board of Trustees and staff is that your fine will be reduced by a dollar for each item donated.

Food items that are needed include cereal, pasta, rice, tuna, dry milk, pancake mix, baked beans, baking mix, peanut butter and jelly, canned fruit or juice, canned vegetables, canned or dry soups, macaroni and cheese dinners, instant potatoes, canned tomatoes The Calendar is coming!

This just in from George W. Brown, who was busy this week put- or sauce and canned meat. ting the finishing touches on the 2018 Saugus Historical Society Time to vote for SHS Hall of Fame Calendar.

Do you know of a former Saugus High School athlete who deIt will be out sometime next week, just in time for the New Year.

Those nice calendars with the historic photos of Saugus people serves to be inducted into the Saugus High School Hall of Fame?

Well, the nomination process has begun. and scenes will be available at Town Hall, the Saugus Public Library Anyone looking to nominate a former Saugus High athlete into and the Saugus Senior Center.

The calendars are available to the public for free. But, these cal- the Athletic Hall of Fame can mail their nominations to: Saugus High School endars are nice and big and certainly worth a donation.

1 Pearce Memorial Drive “It’s been a family thing for years, George told me this week.

Saugus Ma. 01906 “My son, Eric is the guy who does all the work. Nobody knows Attention: Athletic Hall of Fame-Mike Hashem how much time is involved. If you have an old scratchy photograph, Or, you could also mail your nomination to: that has to be cleaned up,” Brown said.

Don Trainer “My wife Carolyn is one of these who goes over every word and 5 Appleton Place corrects all the errors in spelling and grammar. It just takes a lot Saugus Ma. 01906 of time.

Nominations can also be emailed to: SaugusHSAthelticHOF@ “My son Eric Brown has done all the layout on the calendar since 2000, he cleans up all the photos and makes sense of all of my non- gmail.com.

Stay tuned for more details. sense.

Students helping students Holiday trash delays Here’s an example of great collaboration between the Saugus The Town of Saugus announces that trash and recycling collec-

Public Library and a Belmonte Middle School teacher -- and, of course, Junior National Honor Society students from the Belmonte Middle School.

Each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from 3 to 5 pm, the library provides tutoring and homework help for the Town’s elementary school students. The elementary school students get help, the Belmonte students get credits for community service.

The library again will be partnering with the Belmonte Middle School to offer free, drop-in homework help in the Community Room to Saugus elementary school students to help foster strong academic and study skills outside of school hours.

No registration is required, but students must be signed in/out by a parent or guardian. The parent or guardian must remain on library grounds while student is receiving homework assistance pursuant to our unaccompanied minors policy.

This program is open to students in grades K-5. The subjects students can get help with include: math, science, grammar, reading, social studies, geography and more. Hey parents, here’s some help if you child needs it.

Let’s hear it!

Got an idea, passing thought or gripe you would like to share with The Saugus Advocate. I’m always interested in your feedback. It’s been 20 months since I began work at The Saugus Advocate. I’m always interested in hearing readers’ suggestions for possible stories or good candidates for The Advocate Asks interview of the week. Feel free to email me at mvoge@comcast.net XMAS Time at Square One Square One Mall, a Simon mall is inviting families to experience the joy and magic of the holiday season with Santa and a variety of holiday programming taking place throughout December.The full line-up of holiday events, community partnerships, entertainment, and more are open to the public, and Saugus-area families are encouraged to join in the festive fun!

Simon® Santa Photo Experience Through Sunday, December 24th During Regular & Holiday Mall Hours Center Court Children and their families can experience the joy and magic of the holiday season with a visit to the Simon® Santa Photo Experience. Children will have a chance to visit and have their picture taken with Santa.For a complete list of Santa’s photo hours visitwww.Simon.com/ squareoneand click on “Santa’s Waiting” under “News and

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THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, December 22, 2017

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MAKING CHRISTMAS MICKEY

The strangest year

The Fire Department’s Administrative Assistant Michele Wendell has an enormous Mickey Mouse Disney character collection that becomes part of the Christmas tree display in the Fire Department offices over the holidays. (Saugus Advocate Photo by Mark E. Vogler)

SOUNDS

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events” (OR) http://www.simon. com/mall/square-one-mall/ stores/where-is-santa/stream/ santas-waiting-5403564.

Save time, avoid the line with Santa by Appointment! Now you can reserve your magical moment with Santa online by visitingsimonsanta.com (photo packages and pricing vary). Visitors can get more information at the Santa set.

The Simon Santa Photo Experience is again sponsored by GYMBOREE GROUP. The GYMBOREE GROUP is a specialty retailer operating stores selling high-quality apparel and accessories for children under the Gymboree, Gymboree Outlet, Janie and Jack, and Crazy 8 brands.

The 2017 Simon Santa Photo Experience is also sponsored by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment which is celebrating the highly-anticipated release of “Despicable Me 3,” available on Digital and Digital 3D November 21 and on 4K Ultra HD, Bluray™, DVD and On Demand December 5. Come visit the Simon Santa Photo Experience and receive a fun-filled Despicable Me 3 activity sheet and watch highlights from the movie.

Guests to every Simon Photo Experience will have another opportunity to share Santa’s heart by making a donation via The

Cherry Hill Programs to Save the Children. For nearly 100 years, this non-profit has given underserved children in the U.S. a healthy start, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm.

Since this program began five years ago, Cherry Hill Programs has collected over $1,000,000 largely due to the generosity of Simon shoppers.

Caring Santa Charity Giftwrap Through Sunday, Dec. 24th Near Macy’s Lower Level Students from Saugus High School will provide holiday gift wrapping which will benefit Saugus High School. Visithttp:// www.simon.com/mall/squareone-mallfor gift wrap hours.

Seasonal Giftcard Booth Through Sunday, Dec. 24th During Select Mall Hours Center Court, Upper Level Shoppers buying for those who may want to pick out their gifts themselves with a Visa or American Express Simon Giftcard®, as well as dozens of other retailer and restaurant gift cards, can purchase gift cards throughout the season at a special holiday booth set up on the upper level of Center Court.

Square One Mall is located at 1201 Broadway in Saugus, MA. For more information, and up to the minute event updates, please visitwww.simon.com/ SquareOneMall.Follow Square One Mall on Twitter at@ShopSquare1Malland on Instagram atshopsquare1mall.

The year 1982 will go down in NFL history as the strangest year.

For 57 days the owners and players argued over finances before the players went on strike two weeks into the season. The season was cut to nine games instead of the scheduled 16. Marcus Allen ran for a record high of 11 touchdowns, and Dan Fouts passed for 2,883 yards and 17 touchdowns. The Oakland Raiders behind this pair won eight of the nine season games before losing to the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVII. Allen deserved the MVP except the voters decided that Mark Moseley deserved the title more, the first and only placekicker to grab the MVP. Moseley kicked six consecutive field goals before the strike then finished the season with a record 20 straight, and Allen or Fouts were denied the MVP. But before that Foxboro surprised the world with a decision that forced the NFL to put a new restriction on the home team.

The Patriots were coached

by Ron Meyer in 1982. Ron was born on February 17, 1941, in Columbus, Ohio, and he died recently at 76 in Austin, Texas.

His college career was at Purdue University in 1961 and 1962, where he played quarterback on offense and cornerback on defense. In 1964 he coached Penn High School in Indiana, and in 1965 he moved to Purdue as an assistant coach. He left Purdue in 1971 to be a scout for the Dallas Cowboys. He was the head coach at UNLV in Las Vegas from 1973 to 1975 then moved to Southern Methodist in 1976.

After five years at SMU, he was hired by the New England Patriots in 1982.

With all these experiences you would have thought that he had seen everything on the gridiron, but a chance to force the NFL to create a new rule fell into his hands. From then on, the game would be played without any interference regardless of the weather. As you probably guessed by now, if you were a fan in 1982 you know of the “snowplow incident.” With the game on the line, neither team had scored until just over four minutes remained; the Patriots lined up for a field goal. The date of December 12, 1982, will live in infamy in the NFL. The night before heavy rains had fallen on the turf, then the cold of the night froze the surface.

The game had been played under a heavy snowstorm, and the field was covered with snow, ice and slush. Meyer did not like his chances with the conditions on the field. He called for a worker at the stadium to bring a plow on the field to clear an area for the kicker, John Smith, who became a story unto himself. The worker was Matt Cavanaugh, who was on a prison work release program. Smith kicked the field goal and the Patriots won the game, 3-0, over the Dolphins. According to Meyer it was the Patriots quarterback, Steve Grogan, who came up with the idea to clear a path. At first the crowd, referees and players assumed that the plow would clear the area across the field so the yard marker could be determined, but the plow veered up the field to where the holder was expected to place the ball for Smith. Henderson received a game ball from Meyer for his special activity which contributed for the win. This got the Patriots into the playoffs for the first time since 1979, but the Patriots were defeated in their play-

Bill Stewart

The Old Sachem

off game, and Henderson, Smith and Meyer will live in a special place for Patriot fans, and in infamy to the fans of every other team in the league, which is still in place today.

On to Sachemville. Jonathan Rodrigues was chosen by the Boston Globe for the Boys’ Soccer All Star team. As an attacking midfielder he scored 20 goals and 14 assists.

The hockey team opened the season with a four-all tie with Gloucester. Nick Moore scored two; John Torres and C.J. Graffeo added goals.

The girls’track team dropped a decision to Somerville as Lizbeth Minaya won the shot put with a toss of 26 feet. Olivia Tapia-Gately won the 60-meter hurdles, and Jada Okoye placed second.

Serena Cacciola placed first in the 50-meter dash, and Jennifer Costa placed second in the 300.

The girls’ basketball squad scored a 65-53 victory over Everett. Alessia Salzillo tossed in 28 points to lead the Sachems to victory.

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CHURCH | from page 6 the firefighters said, it was divine intervention that saved the church. All of these circumstances coming together. We were blessed,” she said.

For starters, a passerby showed up at the Saugus Public Safety Building to initially report the fire. “This guy stopped by here about 4, shouting and screaming at the window that

the bank was on fire,”D’Eon said.

“The guy who reported it, he was instrumental. Here’s a concerned person who actually took the time to report it. That was huge. There was a time gap between the dispatch and when we got the first phone call. And he just happened to be passing through,” D’Eon said.

“We received the first call at 4:01 p.m. We were pulling up to the fire scene when that phone

UNDER INVESTIGATION: The state Fire Marshal’s Office and Saugus police continue to investigate the circumstances that led to the Dec. 8 fire at the First Congregational Church-UCC. Reportedly, a fire that began in a stack of wood and plastic pallets spread to the siding of the church. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire in about 20 minutes. Officials estimated the property damage at between $100,000 and $300,000. Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler)

LETTER | from page 11

call came in. It spread pretty fast.

It was fully involved when we got there,” he said.

The entire outside back wall, by the back entrance to Community Hall, went up in flames, according to fire officials. Engine 3 quickly arrived and began to put the fire out. But Capt. Tom Nolan struck a second alarm, as there were arcing electrical wires that stretched out and fell down. Fire crews and apparatus responded from Melrose, Wakefield, Revere, Lynn and Malden.

“Our ladder truck was pinned in because of the live wires.

The ladder truck was on Foster Street, and those wires took the truck out of play until we could get the power shut off,” D’Eon said.

“The rapid response was key to putting the fire out – and Capt. Nolan’s leadership at the scene. It took about 20 to 25 minutes to get it under control,” he said “Our guys did a great job.

We’re very fortunate because … so many things went in our favor. We got early notification.

The trucks weren’t out of position or on another call. They were in quarters just a hundred yards away, and we had people

PRAISE AND PRAYERS: Rev. Martha R. Leahy of the First Congregational Church of Saugus said she can’t thank the Saugus Fire Department enough for keeping her church from burning down. (Saugus Advocate file photo by Mark E. Vogler)

at the station.”

Best of all, nobody was hurt and the firefighters had enough time to knock down the fire, according to D’Eon. Fire officials said the church’s double-paned windows prevented the fire from breaking through to the inside of the church and causing more serious damage.

Fire threatened the oldest part of the church The church is an important town landmark. The part of the

Company of Saugus and the Saugus High School Band and Chorus for providing wonderful entertainment for the community.

A big thank you to Santa, Mrs. Claus, and Santa’s elves, all of whom broadened the smiles of hundreds of people young and old. Despite being incred-

ibly busy around the holidays, Santa always makes time for the Town of Saugus and we truly appreciate it.

Lastly, I would like to thank the residents of Saugus for their support and tremendous showing.

Without all of you, the evening would not be nearly as magical as it is today.

out the goodness in people,” her fund-raising efforts.

“Sometimes bad things bring Coleman said.

“I think it really shows how the community came together quickly and said ‘This isn’t okay,’” she said.

“This time of year, people are always looking to help somebody out. And after learning about this sad situation, it was just so incredible how a community ral1. Who won the only Winter Olym- 11. According to Dr. Seuss, who stole lied around these kids who didn’t pics U.S. gold in 1968?

Christmas? deserve to be taken advantage of 2. What is thought to be the first 12. On Dec. 22, 1943, what children’s the way they were,” she said. fruit used to make marmalade? book author/illustrator died?

The Saugus High School Spe3. Who was Increase Mather, who 13. What are two plants that have opposed anything that disChristmas in their name? cial Needs students earned the tracted from Christian beliefs, 14. What does TTY mean? money through several fundincluding Christmas?

15. On Dec. 23, 1970, what building raisers – selling items such as 4. In 1942 what Christmas song reached its highest point (1,353 scarves they made, holiday orwas debuted by Bing Crosby in feet)? naments and signs and fudge – “Holiday Inn”?

16. What has Lloyds of London isand through money raised while 5. What was the name of the ship of sued to Santa until Dec. 25? working at the Learning Café, acJason and the Argonauts?

17. On Dec. 26, 1865, Franklin, Mass.

6. Kwanzaa was originated by a native James Nason received the cording to a posting on the GoBlack Studies professor after first U.S. patent for what type of FundMe website. Money raised what riots? brewer? from the sales helps fund after7. Saint Nicholas, a Bishop of Myra, 18. What country does the poinsetschool activities for the students, is whose patron saint? tia come from? including programs that allow 8. “Gimme Some Lovin’” and “I’m a 19. In 1902 animal crackers were young adults to practice travMan” were hits for what group? made in a box to hang on a 9. What Hershey Chocolate Co. emChristmas tree and were identiel training, to go on community ployee quit and opened another fied with what circus? outings, to go to the supermarcandy factory in Hershey, Pa.?

20. On Dec. 28 in what year was the ket to learn money exchange and 10. In December 2010 what remake NFL’s 1st sudden-death overtime skills and various life skill opporof a John Wayne movie opened? game: 1936, 1943 or 1958? tunities, the posting said.

Coleman said she was also Answers on page 22 hoping to raise public awareness

about Special Needs kids like her son, Jacob, 18. “I’m not going to be there forever to help my kid, so I am trying to empower him with independence and to lean the ability to navigate the world … I also wanted to get a real message out about something positive that’s going on, too,”she said.

Coleman and her husband Paul, both graduates from the Revere High School Class of 1989, moved to Saugus 17 years ago.

The success of Sachems Buddies hinges on the involvement of “great teachers” and collaborating students, like Jacob’s senior mentor, Chanelle Ratts, according to Coleman.

“All funds raised will go directly back to this program and help these kids be all they can be!” she said.

One of those who has publicly embraced the fundraising effort to Sachem Buddies is Saugus native Jared Carrabis of Barstool Sports. “With the holidays right around the corner, I understand it’s a really difficult time of the year to come up with something to give, but this is my hometown, my former high school, and my community, so I had to ask the Stoolies for some help here,”

everyone safe by providing officers and firefighters at the event. Thank you to American Ambulance and Armstrong Ambulance for your presence and support.

Thank you to Justin Tabbi of Saugus Emergency Management for his help in setting up

the event, and thank you to our DJ, Alex Martino.

I would also like to thank the Saugus Public Library and the readers who volunteered to hold story time for our children, and the School PTOs for providing goodie bags.

Thank you to the Theatre

SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS | from page 1

building that caught fire was built in 1852, according to Rev. Leahy. It’s made of old post beam construction covered by vinyl siding.

During the ongoing cleanup, church members worshipped the last two Sundays at 10 a.m. at East Saugus United Methodist Church (85 Chestnut St. at the corner of Chestnut and Winter Streets).

“I am grateful for the outpouring of support we have received from the Saugus Faith Community, especially the many invitations to worship with our sister churches,” Rev. Leahy said. “We thank our neighbors who gathered to express their support and relief no one was hurt. We gave out pocket prayer shawls to the Saugus firefighters to thank them for answering the alarm so quickly.”

While the church awaits the official results of the state fire marshal’s investigation – there were rumors of children playing with matches, setting the pile of pallets ablaze – one thing is certain. “They’re not going to be able to store pallets there anymore,” Deputy Chief D’Eon said. “It’s not a safe situation,” he said.

Thank you to everyone else that I may have forgotten.

Next, I look forward to the Christmas Eve parade on Thursday, December 24, 2017. We hope to see you all there!

Very truly yours, Scott C. Crabtree, Esq. Town Manager

CREATING CHRISTMAS GIFTS: Jacob Coleman, 18, a Special Needs student at Saugus High School, relaxes on the couch with scarfs he made as part of a fund-raising project to help pay for activities of the Sachem Buddies: Learning For Life program.

Carrabis wrote on his website It’s situations like this one when the Barstool community shows how awesome it truly is. Even if it’s a dollar, it would be greatly appreciated and I’m sure it would really help to turn an unfortunate incident into a really positive message for these kids that not everyone out there is like the person who broke into their classroom,” he said.

THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, December 22, 2017

ASKS | from page 5 Christmas spirit that you have experienced?

A: I did a sermon one time for Christmas called “Expect the Unexpected.” It was about Who knew the birth of this little child is going to change world history? And so I thought about that a lot. Sometimes that’s how God works. With this God that we have, you can expect “the unexpected.” You don’t know what life is going to throw at you.

And challenges come, but you kind of have to see past them sometimes and say “What am I supposed to learn from this?”

And I think that’s what God has in mind for us, once we’re past this and see what gifts he may bring for us.

Q: Have you gotten any generous contributions from some of the people who have responded since the fire … you know, donations?

A: None that I’m aware. We didn’t really want to solicit donations. The offer we got from Weymouth was totally unasked for. When I made my Facebook post, people asked if we need donations, and I said not for us, because we’ll be taken care of, but for the ministries that we have, like homeless people, especially at Christmastime [during] the week, we usually get a lot of visits from people who are down and out, or they’ve lost their job or some medical tragedy happened and they’re out of work. And they come looking for grocery money. They ask can we help them with rent or help them find a place to live. And so we have been serving a lot of people like that. So, the gift cards for the elementary school. I ask people if they know somebody who is homeless if they can serve in a soup kitchen or if they can serve in a drop-in center for homeless or at food pantry, please do that.

That’s how you can contribute to the healing [of ] our church and the healing of the people in Saugus. That’s what I would like to have happen.

Q: So, like in-kind contributions or rather volunteer service?

A: Yes. To homeless ministry, whatever that might be. In fact, our Sunday School children had planned to make “Blessing Bags.” They’re like street survival kits for homeless people. Their whole effort was disrupted because we weren’t at our own church. This past Sunday when we were at East Saugus United Methodist Church, I asked the Sunday School teacher to please bring supplies there because they have a lovely children’s room.

And she did, and our four little kids put the bags together – and there’s a picture of them on Facebook putting the bags

together. And so those are going to be dropped off at the Grace Center in Gloucester. A friend of mine runs the homeless drop-in center there. Those are the kinds of things that I would like to see people pay attention to this time of year, especially Christmas.

Q: So, your faith has been deepened by this experience?

A: Yes, it really has. I’m sure now. Even before, tragedies that I have experienced in my life and tragedies that I have experienced in the church. It is beautiful to see people come together when things like this happen, and you receive outpourings of love and support from people you know and people you don’t know. And when I was out in front of the church on that Saturday that I first came down to look at the damage, a jogger happened to jog by. And he stopped and he said “How is it going? How are you? Is everything going to be okay? Is the church going to be okay?” And I thought, “Isn’t that lovely” … that this guy who doesn’t even know us – I never saw him before – and he just stopped and shared a few warm thoughts with us. It’s things like that, that are really heartening. And to go to the fire station and thank the firefighters in person.

Q: So you went to the fire station to thank the firefighters personally?

A: We did and we took pocket prayer shawls – we knit prayer shawls at our church and we have small size pocket prayer shawls, so we took a basket of them over to the firefighters.

And they were appreciative, and we thanked them so much for what they did. Yeah, so that was really a great connection; so now we have a personal connection with them. It’s all been really bringing us together in our little community. I really think it has.

Q: Now you mentioned earlier to me how you got into the clergy. It was from some personal adversity?

A: Yes. Q: Could you share that story?

A: Yes. Speaking of how your faith is deepened by adversity, my own experience … I was brought back to the church by a personal tragedy. I was raised Catholic. I was a church-going child and young person, and I fell away for a long time, then my niece was killed in a car crash in 1996. Her name was Sara.

She was 14, and when she was killed, it was an accident with a young man driving – dangerous driving. She was in the back cargo area of a Range Rover. He swerved off the road and hit a tree, and she was ejected.

So, walking through that period of grief with my sister, I really began to wonder who this God was that would do such a thing. Why would the God who is supposed to be good take

away a young life like that? And so some people might turn away from God – I kind of turn toward and I went looking for this God. I felt at the time I almost had a chip on my shoulder. Who do you think you are doing this? And so, it kind of got me to this career of ministry, because where else are you going to learn about theology except at a theological school? And that’s the question that drove me. Now I feel solid in my answer that God doesn’t do things like this. God would never send a tragedy like that to anybody. But God is there when these tragedies happen, and God is there through other people – acts of kindness, generosity – just through a simple “Are you okay?” or “How are you doing?” That’s God. That’s God working. And, so my faith deepens every time that something like this happens. I can’t help but think, “God, I know you are here.

I know you are with me. I can feel it. I can feel it in the things that are happening and the wonderful people you are sending right now, at this moment.”

Q: And there’s a good possibility of you having your Christmas Eve services?

A: Yes. Christmas Eve will be wonderful when we are all back in our building. We can all process it together, and we can be joyful – a great Christmas gift. It could be the best Christmas gift of all – to be back in our sanctuary together, again, to tell those old, beautiful stories of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Q: Anything else that you would like to share about the Christmas season, about the church, about this adversity that you are overcoming?

A: I’m hoping that it brings us closer together. I think that it will. I hope that it brings joy to the elders of the church who love the building so much and have so many memories from the building and from things that have happened in the building. And I just wish everybody a happy, and joyful and safe and lovely holiday.

Q: How old is that church?

A: Well, the church has been in Saugus since the late 1700s, in different buildings. The oldest section of the church that we’re in today was built in 1852, and it’s a post-and-beam building, later covered with vinyl siding some years ago, of course.

But the firefighters told how dry it was in the wooden part. And the sanctuary was added on in 1963. So we have the blending of two generations there, together in one building.

Q: The 1700s for the church as an organization, so you go back to the early days of the history of the town.

A: Yes, we do. The first pastor was Pastor [Joseph] Roby [in 1750]. The Roby School was named after him, and he’s also on the town seal.

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Q: Yeah, that’s an interesting building [the Roby].

A: Yes, a very interesting building. Yes. Full of history.

Q: A lot of people call your church “The Pumpkin Church,” because of the pumpkin patch every year around Halloween.

That’s become quite a tradition and attraction, so how long has that been going on?

A: That’s been going on for 14 years. It’s a funny story how it began. It began as a youth group fundraiser. One of the youth group leaders read about it and said,“We can handle a truck load of pumpkins.”She thought it was going to be a pickup truck full.

When the tractor-trailer showed up at the front of the church with thousands of pumpkins, they were overwhelmed and they had to call for emergency help, and they asked for everybody in town who wasn’t working that day to come down and help unload them. But it turned out to be quite a success, and it has been growing and growing through the years. We now offer a yearly scholarship to a Saugus High School student – a $500 scholarship from the proceeds of the pumpkin patch. And that’s a wonderful community event.

People tell us they wait every year for that to happen and they don’t buy their pumpkins anywhere else. They just come to us.

Q: That’s quite a tradition.

A: Yes, it is. It’s also a partnership with the Navajo Nation of New Mexico.

Q: Since the inception of the program?

A: Yes. They grow the pumpkins on their land, and they sell

them through a nonprofit called “Pumpkins USA.”And so they are sent out on faith. No money is exchanged hands until they are sold, and they’re trusting us to send the right amount of money, and we get to keep a certain percentage and they get a certain percentage. It’s wonderful that it supports a Native American–owned business and also a nonprofit church.

Q: So, your church, as institution, is one of the oldest churches in town?

A: That’s right. It might be the oldest.

Q: And also the oldest church building in town?

A: I think it is.

Q: Anything else that you would like to share?

A: I’m just grateful that our building will be back soon to be used by all of our healing groups: narcotics anonymous, divorce support group, our healing circle meditation group, yoga. We administer to a lot more people in the community through our activities. We love that. We consider those people part of our congregation. Again, East Saugus has been able to host them while we haven’t been able to use our building. I just want to give a big shout out to them and thank them so much. And I want to thank the Fire Department especially! Yes, they were are saviors for sure! As I said, we are 90 percent sure we will be in our sanctuary for Christmas Eve. People should watch our Facebook page or our sandwich board out front of the church for the latest news.

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• Superintendent DiBarri • Principal Scuzzarella • Jay Picone, Director of Finance • School Committee Chairman Davis, Woburn • School Committee Vice Chairman Judith Dyment, North Reading • School Committee Treasurer Larry Means, Stoneham • School Committee Secretary Peter Rossetti, Saugus • School Committee Member Robert McCarthy, Reading • School Committee Member Dawne Armistead, Winthrop • Teachers Association President Joseph Papagni, Northeast Metro Tech “We’re beyond excited for this opportunity to continue the process of building a new school,” said Davis. “We typically have a waiting list of 400-600 students, and this new school will allow us to keep turning out the best vocational students in the state, and I dare say, in the country. We’d like to thank the MSBA for their consideration on this and also the administration, faculty and my fellow school committee members for all their work that’s brought us this far.”

DiBarri would also like to thank Governor Charlie Baker, Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo, state Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, House Minority Leader Bradley Jones and State Senator Jason Lewis for their leadership and support for public and vocational education.

With acceptance into the Core Program, the MSBA will reimburse Northeast for 71.84 percent of costs associated with the new building. The remainder will be paid by the cities and towns in the school district – mortgaged over a 30-year period. Local cost will be divided among communities based on the prior year Oct. 1 enrollment, as agreed to in the district’s charter.

Northeast submitted their statement of interest for a new building project to the MSBA in April. School officials first looked into the possibility of a new building two years ago when a feasibility study called for a complete replacement of all mechanical systems and electrical systems, along with a full code and regulations update to the current building.

The study also revealed that Northeast’s building requires modernization to comply with state regulations in terms of size and program demands, and is in need of more special education accommodations and better designated public meeting areas.

Northeast will now begin the process of completing a design study to determine the cost and timeline of the new building, which will be built on adjacent school land.

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