By Matthew Robare Town Meeting Member Wayne Brooks has led the way in reviving an article establishing rent control for the mobile home parks in Saugus. Rent control for apartments was abolished in 1994, but the legislature has allowed…
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Pioneer Charter School of Science II obtains school board approval
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By Matthew Robare The Pioneer Charter School of Science II (PCSS II), which has provoked controversy based on allegations of plagiarism in its application process and ties to a Turkish religious movement called Gulun, was approved Monday night by…
Sachems boys’ hoop fall short to Wayland
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By Jerry DiStefano The Saugus High Sachems boys’ basketball team traveled to Wayland to play a Division 3 North first round game. The Sachems came out on fire and had a lead as big as 17 in the contest. But…
Annual Corned Beef & Cabbage Supper at First Congregational
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The First Congregational Church in Saugus Center will host its popular, annual Corned Beef and Cabbage Supper Saturday, March 9. There are two seatings: 4pm and 6pm. There’ll be raffles as well. The cost is a $10 donation. Children 10…
Incidents & Accidents
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Tuesday, February 19 Have gun will travel… Area residents alerted police to people possibly hunting in the woods off Travelers Rd. Dispatched officers arrived on the scene and discovered that the unknown hunters had left in a vehicle,…
The Old Sachem: End of Winter
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By Bill Stewart The winter season is winding down but we have a few tourneys to liven things up. The Sachems ended their regular season with a journey to Everett and were squashed 82 to 44. Joe Bertrand tosses…
Former drug war hostage urges locals to fight against drugs, “stay the course”
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By Matthew Robare In 2003, still a few weeks before the invasion of Iraq, American military contractors Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell and Thomas Howes were flying in a single engine Cessna over the mountains of Columbia. They used sophisticated…
Selectmen to send budget to finance committee; Crabtree anticipates Chapter 70 funding in state aid
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By Matthew Robare Tuesday night the Saugus Board of Selectmen voted to send budget recommendations to the Finance Committee: a general fund of $41,593,814, $26,310,250 for Saugus public schools, $5,504,470 for the water enterprise fund, $3,818,136 for the sewer…
Sachems boys’ hoop starts hot, ends cold
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By Jerry DiStefano It was a tale of two halves for the Saugus High Sachems boys’ basketball team. The Sachems started red hot shooting the ball on the road against NEC rival Winthrop last week. Saugus went ice cold…
Everett’s Pioneer Charter School of Science eyes new school in Saugus
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The Pioneer Charter School of Science (PCSS) in Everett today received a favorable recommendation from the state Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to open a new charter public school in Saugus that would serve children in Saugus, Salem,…