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Friday, June 23, 2017
Cops aid teen’s cancer fight
“For the children of Saugus”
Police Department – and Cops for Kids with Cancer – team up to help 15-year-old Zachary Cummings
In what town officials are hailing as “historic,” voters pass new school project and education plan by landslides By Mark E. Vogler
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tudents in the Saugus High School Class of 2021 can stop dreaming about going to class in a brand-new building where roofs don’t leak and summer-like heat in the spring doesn’t create unbearable learning conditions. “They’ll be the first class to graduate,” Selectman Jennifer D’Eon told her colleagues at Wednesday night’s meeting as board members savored a pair of decisive votes in this week’s Special Election that will turn
THANKING HIS HELPERS: Zachary Cummings, center, joined by his parents – Sean and Beth Cummings – expressed his gratitude to all who have helped him in his battle to beat cancer. On Wednesday, Saugus Police presented him with a $5,000 check on behalf of Cops for Kids with Cancer.
By Mark E. Vogler
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achary Cummings got the ride of his life late Wednesday morning as he got help from some new friends in his battle against cancer. The 15-year-old Saugus boy was the reason for the commotion caused by a dozen police cruisers with flashing blue lights and sirens blaring as they circled the rotary and made their way to the Public Safety Building on Hamilton Street.
“That was awesome,” Zachary declared as he exited Police Chief Domenic J. DiMella’s cruiser and found himself surrounded by a small group of news reporters and television camera operators. “This is cool,” he said. After a rousing police escort that attracted public attention near Town Hall, the chief accompanied Zachary and his parents – Sean and Beth Cummings – upstairs to his office where a representative from
A SIGN OF VICTORY: The morning after Saugus town officials, school officials, Parent Teacher Organization leaders, youth group leaders and children assembled for a Tuesday night post-election celebration at Prince Pizzeria, the restaurant gave its toast to the town’s landslide vote to finance a new middle-high school and renovations of two other buildings. (Saugus Advocate
the nonprofit organization Cops for Kids with Cancer™ gave him a baseball cap and tshirt bearing the group’s patch. Zachary, who was diagnosed photo by Mark E. Vogler) with lymphoblastic lymphoma in January, is one of six Massachusetts youths who received a $5,000 check this month from the organization. Chief: “He’s going to beat it.” “It has been a rough journey, Zachary said, as he stepped up
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