THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2021 Page 5 THE SOUNDS OF SAUGUS By Mark E. Vogler H ere are a few tidbits that you might want to know about this week in Saugus. Holiday delays trash and recycling schedule All town municipal buildings – including Saugus Public Schools – will be closed on Monday, as Saugus observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Town of Saugus announced this week that the trash and recycling collection will run on a oneday delay from Tuesday, Jan. 19, through Saturday, Jan. 23, due to the holiday. There will be no collection on Monday, Jan. 18, due to the holiday. Services will resume on a one-day delay from Tuesday, Jan. 19, through Saturday, Jan. 23. Residents whose collection day falls on Monday will be collected from on Tuesday. Collection will continue to run on a one-day delay for the remainder of the week. The Town of Saugus would like to thank everyone for their cooperation. Please contact Solid Waste/ Recycling Coordinator Lorna Cerbone at 781-2314036 with any questions. A COVID-19-tempered contract extension When the local historians look back on the history of the town manager years from now, the upcoming contract extension talks between Town Manager Scott Crabtree and the Board of Selectmen should have an asterisk for the year 2021. Selectmen have scheduled an executive session for Jan. 25 to begin talks with Crabtree, whose current contract will run through August of 2020. But to the chagrin of Board of Selectmen Chair Anthony Cogliano, who preferred to have the contract talks done in-person at Town Hall, the talks will take place via Zoom video conferencing. Selectman Michael Serino emphasized that he doesn’t want to meet until the summer, noting that he’s afraid of possible exposure to the Coronavirus. “This is not going to be a ‘one-and-done’ thing. It’s going to take several sessions,” noted Selectman Jeffrey Cicolini at Tuesday night’s (Jan. 12) meeting. There is some sentiment that it may take several months. This week on Saugus TV Sunday, January 17 from 9 to 11 p.m. on Channel 8 – “Sunday Night Stooges” (The Three Stooges). Monday, January 18 all day on Channel 8 – “Movie Monday” (classic movies). Tuesday, January 19 at 8:30 p.m. on Channel 9 – Board of Selectmen Meeting from January 12. Wednesday, January 20 at 8:30 p.m. on Channel 9 – School Committee Meeting from January 14. Thursday, January 21 at 7 p.m. on Channel 9 – Planning Board Meeting ***LIVE***. Saugus TV can be seen on Comcast Channels 8, 9 & 22 (Public, Governmental and Educational). For complete schedules, please visit www.saugustv.org. ***programming may change without notice*** GUESS WHO GOT SKETCHED! In this week’s edition, we continue our weekly feature where a local artist sketches people, places and things in Saugus. Got an idea who’s being sketched this week? If you do, please email me at mvoge@comcast.net or leave a phone message at 978-683-7773. The first reader to respond between now and Tuesday morning and correctly identify the Saugonian who was sketched is the winner of a $10 gift certificate, compliments of Dunkin’ at the 1204 Broadway Saugus location at Route 1 North. But you have to enter to win! Look for the winner and identification in next week’s “The Sounds of Saugus.” Please leave your mailing address in case you are a winner. (Courtesy illustration to The Saugus Advocate by a Saugonian who goes by the name of “The Sketch Artist”) Crabtree, who is expected to receive an extension, will become the first town manager in the history of the community’s town manager/Representative Town Meeting form of government (which dates back to 1948) to have his contract negotiated with selectmen by a method other than in-person. Crabtree, who was originally hired in April 2012, is also on pace to become Saugus’s first town manager to serve the community a decade at the conclusion of his current contract. Former Town Manager Andrew Bisignani (2003-2012) served about nine years. We have a winner! We have a winner in last week’s “Guess Who Got Sketched” contest. Congratulations to Ralph Williams, who contacted us first and offered the correct answer. Thanks to other readers who responded by email or phone message. Try again this week. Here’s last week’s answer, offered by the person who goes by the name of The Sketch Artist: “The sketch is of Warm & welcoming couple Eugene & Arlene Decareau. Talking with this couple was an enjoyable experience, it was enjoyable, laughter came easily with such phone hospitality! (If there is such a word ... if not, one was just created to describe this couple.) Eugene was awarded a “Dedicated Humanitarian Services “award from the Lions Club! “We all know that saying ‘behind every great man, there’s an even greater woman!’ “Faithful Volunteers of the Food pantry, Arlene knits shawls, scarfs, hats, afghans for various causes and Veterans. Eugene has a hobby of baking pies; he said banana cream pie is his specialty. “Eugene and Arlene are frequently in the papers as high achievers and for various volunteer endeavors. They were on the front page with an interview in The Saugus Advocate Feb. 14 2020, if you would like to read more. “They have three sons, Stephen, James and John. “John won first place in the 2019 [Rumney] Marsh Art Exhibit With his wood burning of an Eagle. What a spectacular piece of Art, I too voted for his Eagle at the show! “Eugene, Arlene and John’s first place winning piece is in The Saugus Advocate September 27, 2019 front page news! “Yours Truly, “The Sketch Artist” A “Shout-Out” for Coach Joe Bertrand We didn’t receive any nominations this week from our readers for somebody in the community who is worthy of praise in this column, so we will adopt some remarks made by Board of Selectmen Chair Anthony Cogliano during this week’s memTHE SOUNDS OF SAUGUS | SEE PAGE 7
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