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and keep everyone home. Please visit Healthy Students-Healthy Saugus facebook page and send a message to be added to the delivery list.

“Grab-n-go breakfast/lunch meals will be distributed every Monday (three days of meals) and Thursday (two days of meals) from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Please wear a mask/face covering when picking up food. Again, these changes are to help reduce contact and limit how many times people are leaving their home.

“Please visit Healthy Students–Healthy Saugus Facebook page for updates.” SOUNDS | from page 12

Food help for Veterans

This just in from Saugus Veterans’ Service Officer Jay Pinette:

“We want to share a couple of opportunities with you for food assistance that are being offered to Veterans and/or their surviving spouses. First, the Melrose-Wakefield-Saugus Veterans’ Services Offices partner with the Greater Boston Food Bank to provide food to Veterans and their surviving spouses on the third Wednesday of each month. The food market is generally held at the Saugus Senior Center, but given the current COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently offering a contact-free, drive-thru food pantry at Memorial Hall on Main Street in Melrose. If you are unable to pick-up, some limited deliveries may be available. This offering is year round. Please call the Saugus Veterans’ Service Office at 781-231-4010 or e-mail VeteransServices@saugusma.gov in order to register. Proof of Veteran status is required.

“In addition, there is now another offering for food assistance on the North Shore. Many of you may have heard about the food distribution for Veterans that was held recently at Gillette Stadium. In order to make this more accessible to Veterans on the North Shore, the Veterans Northeast Outreach Center and Massachusetts Military Support Foundation Food4Vets are bringing the food drive to the North Shore and Merrimack Valley! They have partnered together with local VSOs to offer assistance to Massachusetts Veterans experiencing limited access to food due to COVID 19. They will be holding drive-through food distribution events on Wednesdays beginning this week on April 22 nd , 2020 in Haverhill. Distributions will be held on alternate weeks at Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill, and North Shore Community College in Danvers. The distribution will take place in the college parking lots. Veterans will need to pre-register using the respective Danvers and Haverhill links below.

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“If you are a Melrose, Wakefield or Saugus Veteran and are unable to pick up food in either Haverhill or Danvers, please register and then contact Melrose Veterans’ Services at KBurke@ cityofmelrose.org or SCaffey@cityofmelrose.org to arrange delivery assistance.”

To register: Danvers: https://clearpathnewsengland.formstack.com/forms/food_supply_request_vneoc_danvers

Haverhill: https://clearpathnewengland.formstack.com/forms/food_supply_request_vneoc_haverhill

Buy a brick to honor your vets

The Saugus War Monument Committee once again is sponsoring the Buy A Brick Program to honor all those who have served their country. If you would like to purchase one in the name of someone who is presently serving or has served, in the memory of a loved one, or just from your family, school, etc., the general pricing is $100 for a 4” x 8” brick (three lines), $200 for an 8” x 8” brick (five lines) and $500 (five lines) for a corporate brick. Each line is a maximum of 15 characters.

The improvement and upkeep of the monument on the corner of Winter and Central Streets rely on the generosity of donors through fundraising.

The brick application must be in by Sept. 30 to ensure the bricks will be ready for Veterans Day. Please contact Frank Manning at 781-929-9723 for more information and applications.

Veterans’ Service Officer still on duty

With the ongoing shutdown of Town Hall – which could last many more weeks or even months – Saugus veterans shouldn’t feel ignored because they can’t get in the front door of the old wooden government building.

“I wanted to let you know that, like the other offices in Saugus Town Hall, Veterans’ Services will still be available to assist

SHS CLASS OF 2020 ROCKS! Special painted #BeLikeGeorgie rocks – created by Susan Curry – are showing up as a tribute to this year’s Sachems graduates.

Veterans and their dependents during the COVID-19 emergency,” Veterans’ Service Officer Jay Pinette wrote in an email to us. “Might be worth sharing!”

Okay, veterans who need help can contact Jay at (781) 231- 4010 or by emailing him at Veterans.services@saugus-ma.gov.

So, no need to feel isolated, all of you veterans out there.

Annual Town Meeting Warrant remains open

Because of COVID-19, selectmen are unable to set a date for the Annual Town Meeting – which is usually scheduled for the first Monday in May. This year that would have been May 4.

So, Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree says Town Counsel John Vasapolli has advised the Board of Selectmen not to close the Warrant yet. That means residents who are interested in submitting Articles to be included on the warrant for this year’s Annual Town Meeting have additional time.

And to make things easier and safer during these times where communities are observing the practice of social distancing, Crabtree says, anybody who is going to submit Articles doesn’t need to collect signatures. “Just put them in the box,” Crabtree said, referring to the box near the steps of Town Hall, where residents are also able to submit envelopes containing payment for taxes.

For more information you may contact the Selectmen’s Office at (781) 231-4124 or wreed@saugus-ma.gov

Recyclers won’t touch contaminated bins/barrels

Due to increasing contamination rates in curbside recycling, JRM will not collect any bin/barrel with contamination, according to Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree’s Office.

Bins should contain aluminum/steel cans, food and beverage cartons, bottles and jars, mixed paper, newspaper, magazines and cardboard, kitchen, laundry and bath plastic containers.

Please empty and rinse containers. Please remember: Noplastic wrap or bags, clothing, hoses, Styrofoam, rigid plastic, kids’ toys, electronics, metal pans or glass dishes. These items would cause your bin/barrel to be rejected.

Please contact Solid Waste/Recycling Coordinator Lorna Cerbone at 781-231-4036 with any questions. For JRM Customer Service, please call 1-800-323-4285.

CHaRM Center/Compost/Recycling site closed indefinitely

The Town of Saugus’s CHaRM Center/Compost/Recycling site will be closed indefinitely due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns. This is based on the Governor’s stay-at-home orders and the social distancing and other recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH). The Town of Saugus hopes to open the center as soon as possible. A notification will be sent with details when the CHaRM Center/Compost/Recycling site reopens.

This is a reminder that the Town of Saugus Health Department has received notification of more than 50 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 from the DPH. The Health Department is actively investigating and following up on these cases. The Saugus Health Department strongly believes that additional unrecognized cases do exist in town as does the county, state and country. Due to the fact that they are undetected, some of these infected individuals might not be properly isolated or quarantined, which is why the Health Department continues to strongly request that everyone stay at home unless it is essential to go out, practice diligent social distancing, avoid gatherings of more than 10 and follow the guidelines set up by the DPH and CDC.

Residents may call Lorna Cerbone at the Solid Waste and Recycling Department at 781- 231-4036 with questions or for more information. The Department thanks you for your patience during this time and hopes the CHaRM Center will be open for the season as soon as possible.

A message from the Town Clerk

Residents can’t get in to see Town Clerk Ellen Schena these days because of social distancing protocols. But the Town Clerk’s Office has left a special COVID-19 virus message on the Town Website: “The Town Clerk’s office will be processing all Vitals Records via mail. Please submit a mail-In request form or a letter requesting Birth, Death or Marriage Certificates and enclose a check or money for $10.00 (each copy) with a self-addressed stamped envelope. The Mail in request form can be found on the Town’s website under the Town Clerk’s page. The vital records request will be processed and mailed back to you.

“The Town Clerk’s Office will be processing Dog Licenses via mail. Please submit your dog application and a copy of your rabies certificate with a check with the appropriate fee of $12.00 or $15.00 per dog and with a self-addressed stamped envelope. The dog license will be processed and mailed back to you.

“The Town Clerk’s Office will be accepting Marriage Licenses by appointment only. If you are getting married within the next 60 and require a marriage license, please call the Town Clerk’s office during Town Hall hours at 781-231- 4102/4103/4104 to schedule an appointment to come