SAUGUS Founders Day Rescheduled to Sept. 14 ADVOCATE Vol. 22, No. 36 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday Founders Day Fun 781-233-4446 Friday, September 6, 2019 ~ THE ADVOCATE ASKS ~ Saugus Youth & Rec Dept. staff discuss Founders Day preparation DATE CHANGED: A local dance group performs on a makeshift stage at the bottom steps of Saugus Town Hall during last year’s Founders Day. The 39th Annual Saugus Founders Day will be celebrated with food, entertainment, fundraising and community pride next Saturday, Sept. 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in front of Town Hall. For more photos and a listing of the events, see page12-13. (Saugus Advocate file photo by Mark E. Vogler) Special Town Meeting Selectmen set Sept. 23 session to consider articles worth $1M-plus for SCTV By Mark E. Vogler here will be another layer of local government overseeing the future finances of Saugus Cable TV in addition to what the Board of Selectmen has already been doing. That’s why the board called for a Special Town Meeting for D T Sept. 23 to consider three articles totaling more than a million dollars – the primary expense being $550,000 to build a Public, Education and Government (PEG) access studio/ facility in Saugus. The 50-member body will also convene at 7:30 p.m. in the second-floor auditorium that night (Sept. 23) to vote on two other SCTV-related articles – one of them a $275,000 request to buy equipment for the studio. A third article seeks $215,088 for the operating budget of the PEG access studio. All of the funds would come TOWN MEETING | SEE PAGE 6 Founder’s Day moved to Sept. 14 ue to the impending storm, town officials have decided to postpone this year’s Founder’s Day Celebration. The event will now be held on Saturday, September 14. All times and information will remain the same. ~ Home of the Week ~ SAUGUS...Affordable Colonial offers 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, living room with wood floors and recess lighting, great open concept eat-in kitchen to dining area, finished lower level with electric heat offers one room, full bath and walk out to large back yard with pretty river views, off street parking, close to shopping, transportation and restaurants. A little TLC will make this gem shine! Great starter home for the first time home buyer! Offered at $319,900 335 Central Street, Saugus, MA 01906 (781) 233-7300 View the interior of this home right on your smartphone. View all our listings at: CarpenitoRealEstate.com FOUNDERS DAY’S HEART AND SOUL: Crystal Cakounes, center, Program Coordinator at the Saugus Youth & Recreation Department, flanked by Emily Grant, left, and Emily Kay, right, constituted the core of the planning and organization for this year’s Founders Day, which will be next Saturday, September 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in front of Saugus Town Hall. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler) Editor’s Note: For this week’s interview, we sat down with Saugus Youth & Recreation Department program coordinator Crystal Cakounes and her help to find out how the town puts together Founders Day. Cakounes oversees the planning and preparation. For this year’s event she worked closely with Emily Grant and Emily Kay, 2017 Saugus High School graduates who are part-time staff at Saugus Youth & Rec. Saugus Youth & Rec. Director Gregory Nickolas also shared a key involvement in the Founders Day Planning. Highlights of this week’s interview follow. Q: How many hours and how many people went into putting this year’s Founders Day together? A: The whole office has probably been working on this since early April. They do a huge amount helping, so it’s the whole staff here. The Youth Commission helps us. The DPW Building Maintenance has been decorating, building the stage and everything. The Police Department and the Fire Department are all involved, because this is a town-wide thing. Q: A labor of love, right? A: Yes. Everybody helps out and everyone works together to come together, and it’s a lot of work. Everyone has a place and role in it. Q: So, what’s the toughest or most challenging thing about planning and organizing this and getting it set up? ASKS | SEE PAGE 8 ANGELO’S FULL "Over 40 Years of Excellence!" 1978-2019 Regular Unleaded $2.439 Mid Unleaded $2.799 Super $2.859 Diesel Fuel $2.759 KERO $4.759 Diesel $2.399 SERVICE HEATING OIL 24-Hour Burner Service Call for Current Price! (125—gallon minimum) DEF Available by Pump! Open an account and order online at: www.angelosoil.com (781) 231-3500 (781) 231-3003 367 LINCOLN AVE • SAUGUS • OPEN 7 DAYS Prices subject to change FLEET
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