THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 2024 Page 5 YEAR IN REVIEW | FROM PAGE 4 birthday party. The weekend rains didn’t keep the crowds away from this longtime Saugus festival that was imported from Portugal. Visitors get to tour the 331-yearold Boardman House. Ex-Boston guitarist rocks into Saugus for Veterans Benefit Concert. Murder on Essex Street. Police charged a 64-year-old man in connection with the killing of his housemate. Police end standoff peacefully with man who barricaded himself in bedroom. The town’s Marijuana Establishment Review Committee recommends two Route 1 locations for marijuana sales. Six couples celebrate their Golden Anniversary together at a Saugus pool party. August Parson Roby Chapter DAR restores Appleton’s Pulpit Historical Marker and cleans up area. Saugus High 1938 graduate Gloria Prezioso celebrates 103 birthday. A Saugus man who coached soccer at Lynn Classical High School is charged with sex crimes involving students. Town Counsel Vasapolli revised legal opinion, stating that Cogliano can serve as Michael R. Maruzzi (right), joined by his wife Arlene, in June greeted the crowd at Kowloon Restaurant, where he did a book launch for “Walking is Overrated,” his inspirational story of overcoming life’s challenges 36 years after a hockey injury left him a quadriplegic. (Saugus Advocate Photo by Mark E. Vogler) a selectman and still be a Charter Commissioner. Police Chief Michael Ricciardelli recognized by Massachusetts Legislature for his Anti-Defamation League of New England & Ed Community Service Award. Four SauFormer Saugus Selectman Mark D. Mitchell, shown here at his July 2019 arraignment on 18 criminal counts after being charged with a $1.3-million embezzlement scheme, pleaded guilty on all counts in late September and received an 18-month jail sentence. (Saugus Advocate fi le photo by Mark E. Vogler) gus firefighters are among 23 graduating from Massachusetts Firefighting Academy. Investigators believe hiker died in a fall at Breakheart Reservation. YEAR IN REVIEW | SEE PAGE 6
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