THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2021 Page 11 2020: Year in Photos JULY: Saugus High School graduate Michelle Lee Barowksi, wearing a mask and carrying her 5-month-old son Josiah, crosses the stage to get her diploma during the school’s 149th Commencement Exercises at Stackpole Field, where the audience was limited and observing social distancing protocols because of COVID-19. The Class of 2020 was the last one to graduate from the old Saugus High School, which was torn down and replaced with the new Saugus Middle-High School. (Saugus Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) AUGUST: “Montowampate, the Sachem of Saugus” greets voters of Precincts 1, 3, 4 and 8 when they go to the polls to vote in the new Saugus Middle-High School. Voting booths are set up in front of this reproduction of an illustration of one of the town’s famous native Americans, which is part of the Helen Cutter Collection, Courtesy of the Saugus Public Library. This is an example of some of the town history which is incorporated in the new building (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler) SEPTEMBER: Anna Parker Field Supervisor Paul Furey shows off a fall decoration display on the six-acre lawn that he mowed recently. The mums in the autumn display are being sold to benefit the Saugus Youth Soccer Association, which is gearing up for some pickgames during a season altered by COVID-19. (Saugus Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) OCTOBER: Eleanor Bourque, of Saugus, knits one of her beige and brown slippers for servicemen and women. She’s a member of the Saugus Knitting Club which meets in the parking lot of the Saugus Senior Center on Tuesday afternoons and creates items that will go to troops, the homeless and others during the challenging days of COVID-19. (Saugus Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) NOVEMBER: About 20 Saugus High School Sachem football players turn out as a team to help deliver close to 200 turkey meals to needy Saugus homes. Contributing to the Saugus United Parish Food Pantry’s annual Thanksgiving food drive are, left to right, Doug Clark, Tommy Cameron, Braden Faiella, Saugus High Football Coach Steve Cummings and Chase Ledbury. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler)
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