SAUGUS Daylight Saving Time! Spring Forward Your Clocks One Hour Saturday Night! Vol. 28, No.9 -FREE- www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday A SUPER STAR CITATION HONORING A SACHEMS SPORTS LEGEND: Saugus High girls basketball star Peyton DiBiasio posed with a ceremonial ball on Jan. 29 after breaking the school’s all-time career scoring record for girls and boys. Please see inside for a photo of her being honored by selectmen Tuesday night. (Saugus Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) 781-233-4446 Friday, March 6, 2026 A quest for information The Board of Health will seek an “Ash Landfi ll Closure Update” from WiN Waste at all future meetings By Mark E. Vogler T he Board of Health plans to pursue something that the town’s Ash Landfi ll Closure Committee was unable to do: have a conversation with WIN Waste Innovations about its plans for fi nally closing the ash landfi ll adjacent to its trash-to-energy plant. After listening to a presentation at Monday’s meeting from committee representatives, Board of Health members voted unanimously at Monday’s meeting to adopt a committee request to include “Ash Landfi ll Closure Update” as part of their monthly meeting agenda. The Board of Health also agreed to adopt two other committee requests: · Include discussion, comments and any documents related to closure updates in future meeting minutes · Invite Brown and Caldwell ~ Home of the Week ~ CHELSEA - GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE 7 CORNER UNITS ALL 2 BEDROOMS, 2 FULL BATHROOMS, WITH LAUNDRY IN UNIT AND ALL WITH A DEEDED PARKING SPACE. LOCATED AT MILLCREEK CONDOMINIUMS DIRECTLY ON THE SILVER LINE JUST MINUTES TO BOSTON AND LOGAN AIRPORT. Each unit features kitchens with granite counters, laundry in unit, balconies, and a separate storage area. This complex offers on site management, an outdoor heated inground pool (in season) fitness center with saunas and locker rooms and club room, visitor parking and much more. Perfect investment opportunity to collect rents or 1031 exchange. Offered at $3,100,000 335 Central Street, Saugus, MA 01906 (781) 233-7300 View all our listings at: CarpenitoRealEstate.com representatives to an upcoming meeting to present their January 30, 2026, annual Monofi ll Progress Report fi led with the state Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) and the town’s Board of Health on behalf of WIN Waste. The report noted the projected site life of the Monofi ll (ash landfi ll) ranges between 0.42 to 1.5 years based on historic usage. “Closure is not a question of ‘if.’ It’s a question of ‘when’ and ‘when’ is approaching quickly,” Board of Selectmen Chair Debra Panetta told the Board of Health at its Monday meeting. She is a member of the Town Meeting-created Ash Landfill Closure Committee, and was joined by Precinct 10 Town Meeting Member Peter Manoogian – the committee’s chair – in making requests for the board to seek more information about the future closure of the ash landfi ll. “Given that WIN Waste declined to attend or participate in our Landfill Closure Committee meetings and is not really engaged in any meaningful conversation at the Board of Health level on the closure of this unlined landfi ll, it’s essential that the landfi ll closure become a discussion point for all future meetings,” Panetta said. “The public deserves transparency and the town deserves a clear closure process. We respectfully ask that this board – our Board of Health – to ensure QUEST | SEE PAGE 2 Established 1978 Mid-grade Regular 2.99 3.48 4.24 $3.57 Full Service ULS $4.10 9 Order online at angelosoil.com Kerosene Now Available! FLEET CARD Check Out Our LOW PRICES!
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