Page 2 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FrIDAy, FEBrUAry 6, 2026 Celebrating the Super Bowl This Saugus fan will cheer the Patriots from afar at the Super Bowl; Dennis Gould followed the team to the big game for years By Gabriella Galbadis J oseph “Dennis” Gould has been at the New England Patriots’ most iconic moments in Super Bowl history. He was in New Orleans when the Patriots had their very first big win in Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002. He watched Malcolm Butler’s famous game-winning interception in Super Bowl XLIX in 2015 in Arizona. And he was there to witness the team’s overtime comeback in Super Bowl LI in 2017 in Houston. For the past 10 Super Bowl games that the Patriots have WIN WASTE | FROM PAGE 1 will impact the remaining site life,” it noted. WIN Waste Facility Manager Elliott Casey told the Board of Health at its meeting on Monday (Feb. 2) that the company is “planning on 75 percent” shipment of the ash generated by competed in, Gould and his wife, Janice Gould, have made the trip. “Every time the Patriots went to the Super Bowl, I’d look at her and tell her, ‘You know, if they go we go,’ ’’ he said in a recent interview. But this year the Goulds, like most of Saugus, will be watching the Patriots face off against the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl LX at home. Ticket prices for the game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, are upwards of $7,000 — out of reach for the Goulds, who are in their 70s. Still, that won’t stop Gould and the rest of Saugus from the plant offsite to prolong the life of the landfill. Current state environmental regulations do not permit expansion of the ash landfill, which a majority of town officials oppose. Casey this week issued a statement reiterating the company’s position that continued use of the landfill would be a better option than trucking the reveling. At Kane’s Donuts, for instance, the company has been in full Patriots mania since the playoffs. “I’m so happy the Patriots are back in the Super Bowl. It’s been a tough two years for Boston sports not being in a championship,” said Courtney Beaulieu on Saturday after walking out of the Kane’s on Route 1 with her donuts. “Couldn’t be more excited.” Gould has long been a Patriots fan. He’s lived in Saugus his whole life aside from his time serving in active-duty in the military from 1969 to SUPER BOWL | SEE PAGE 3 ash out of town. “We will continue to ship ash and increase the quantity as necessary as we strive to find a solution with the Town on a mutually beneficial plan for continued use of the monofill that keeps thousands of diesel trucks off the road and provides significant financial resources to the town and state.” Board of Health member JoJoseph “Dennis” Gould, left, and his wife, Janice Gould, stand in front of Reliant Stadium in Houston, Tex. wearing New England Patriots attire on Feb. 1, 2004, during Super Bowl XXXVIII. (Courtesy photo of Joseph “Dennis” Gould to The Saugus Advocate) seph Dorant, who presided over the meeting in the absence of the board’s Chair, Maria Tamagna, read excerpts from the highly technical report. From Oct. 11, 2024, to Oct. 18, 2025, about 32,200 cubic yards of disposal capacity were consumed at the Monofill, according to the WIN Waste progress report. As of October 18, 2025, about 33,000 cubic yards of permitted disposal capacity remains at the Monofill. This volume includes ash and operational cover materials. “It looks like you guys put 32,200 cubic yards into the landfill,” Dorant noted. “And there’s approximately 33,000 cubic yards remaining as capacity. So if you were to put the same amount of cubic yards into the landfill this year, as you did last year, probably around October of next year you would reach capacity. Is that safe to say?” WIN Waste representatives acknowledged that is a possibility based on the report’s estimates. The progress report, prepared by Brown and Caldwell, was the 41st in a series of reports submitted to MassDEP during the active life of the Saugus Monofill. It stems from a consent order between Wheelabrator (formerly RESCO) and MassDEP, dated June 29, 1989. The report includes an updated site plan that shows the existing horizontal and vertical configurations, elevations and contours of the Monofill. The capacity and volume analyses contained in this APR are based on the updated site plan, as well as ash tonnages received at the Monofill. WIN Waste began trucking ash to a company disposal site in Shrewsbury in April of 2024.
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