Page 16 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, FEbrUAry 17, 2023 Saugus Cheerleaders Senior Night Saugus senior Saugus senior cheerleader Alex Couseillant and family cheerleader McKenna Zell and family Saugus senior cheerleader Keira O’Keefe and family WIN WASTE| FROM PAGE 3 FREE STUFF! FREE STUFF! Free Yard Sale Giveaway Saturday, Feb. 18th 12 Noon - 5 PM 134 Cottage Street, Everett Everything Must Go - FREE! Chairs, Furniture, Metal, Wood, Tools, Garden Tools, etc! First Come, First Served! ~ LEGAL NOTICE ~ SAUGUS BOARD OF SELECTMEN PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Saugus Board of Selectmen will conduct a public hearing on the application of Mr. Charles Arakelian, 65 East India Row, Unit 7C, Boston, MA 02110 for a Special Permit (S-2) to operate Stretch Zone, at 171 Broadway, first floor, Unit 5, Saugus, MA 01906. This public hearing will be held at the Saugus Town Hall, second floor, 298 Central Street, Saugus, MA 01906 on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 7:15 PM. Anthony Cogliano, Chairman Janice K. Jarosz, Temp. Clerk February 17, 2023 residents to confirm there are no odor or dust impacts from our Saugus facility. As part of that process, a representative of WIN Waste asked Mr. Cogliano, a lifelong resident of the neighborhood nearest the facility, to voluntarily ask fellow residents if they had experienced any such impacts, and, if not, would they be willing to provide a statement to that effect. “When attorneys for WIN learned that Mr. Cogliano, after speaking with residents, had signed some of the declarations for them, we immediately notified the plaintiff’s attorneys. WIN Waste then requested that Mr. Cogliano ask the same residents to personally sign the declarations, which they did, indicating there were no odor or dust impacts. “We value our relationship with the town and will continue to search for opportunities to have mutually beneficial partnerships. Working with the Landfill Committee and Board of Selectmen, we have advanced the concept of continuing to use our landfill and share the resulting environmental and economic benefits with the Town. We look forward to making the environmental case for the project and engaging in a thorough, transparent and fact-based evaluation by state and local officials. “The essential work of diverting waste from landfills and creating renewable energy will continue at the Saugus waste-to-energy facility. We hope to continue the use of our adjacent monofill so that we can avoid truck traffic over local roads and continue supporting Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary.” Cogliano’s response to allegations Cogliano presented the following statement to the newspaper, in response to the court motion and allegations that he forged the signatures on documents in a federal lawsuit. “As part of the process in defending itself from a proposed class action lawsuit, I was approached by representatives of WIN Waste to see if I could find Saugus residents willing to say they are not and have not been negatively affected by the facility. I then called some friends and neighbors and asked if they had any negative quality of life issues as a result of WIN’s operations. Everyone I spoke with said that they had no negative impact from WIN. I then asked if they would put their names on an affidavit about this; if they said yes I wrote their names down. Later I was asked by the attorney for WIN if I could have each person sign for themselves, so I drove from house to house and each person I spoke with was willing to sign the affidavit. The final papers were then submitted back to the attorney. “I believe this is an attempt to attack my integrity and my commitment to Saugus. I have been dedicated to my hometown for my entire life, serving on the Selectboard for 14 years, or as an active parent and grandparent also served as a coach in this town for 25 years. There are some in town who would rather tear down a person who they disagree with rather than even trying to work together. For over 46 years, our town has had no relationship with WIN Waste, and we have not received any of the most basic benefits that virtually any other town gets through a host community agreement. 46 years of lost revenue and yet WIN continued its operations under the rules and regulations of the state – that’s millions of lost dollars for an operation that has been continually renewed by the town every year. So now, after we have completed a community driven process to begin the conversation on an HCA, when the town has taken its first steps in getting some benefit from the plant on the Salem Turnpike, this lawsuit pops up and I get personally attacked. “As to questions about my commitment to the town I have spent my entire life in and serving - I find it offensive. If you have spent any time looking at my work, you will see that I have always put Saugus and its residents first. Those who would say otherwise are pushing the failed agenda of the last 46 plus years to stick their head in the sand and pretend that ignoring WIN Waste will make them go away. “No one in this town has done more than me to get our fair share out of WIN Waste financially and environmentally....and I will continue to lead the charge for a better Saugus.”
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