THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, MArCH 14, 2025 Page 15 SOUNDS | FROM PAGE 14 gesture. Just send an email (mvoge@comcast.net) with a mention in the subject line of “An Extra Shout Out.” No more than a paragraph; anything longer might lend itself to a story and/or a photo. Meetings on Stocker Playground dog park The Conservation Commission is scheduled to meet next Wednesday (March 19) at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall Annex Meeting Room at 25Main St. to resume last month’s consideration of a Notice of Intent (NOI) for the proposed dog park at Stocker Playground. In preparation for that meeting, the ConCom has scheduled a site review at Stocker Playground at 9 a.m. tomorrow (Saturday, March 15). At last month’s meeting, ConCom members heard testimony from citizens who support or oppose the dog park project at Stocker Playground. The ConCom will consider whether the project is environmentally safe and does not harm the wetlands near the project site. The SHS Alumni Association announces scholarships The Saugus High School Alumni Association will be awarding Scholarships to graduating seniors again this June. Applications for Alumni Association Scholarships may Saugus Little League Parade April 12 Saugus Little League President John Benoit was at Tuesday night’s Board of Selectmen’s meeting to request permission to hold a parade to celebrate Opening Day on Saturday, April 12. For the second year in a row, Saugus Little League will join up with Saugus Softball Little League for the parade, which will exit the parking lot of the Belmonte STEAM Academy at 9 a.m., turn left onto Adams Avenue, onto Central Avenue and left onto Hurd Avenue up to Grabowski Field. Selectmen approved the parade route. Guy Moley is working on getting 20 show cars to join in the parade, according to Benoit. Student Government Day returns Board of Selectmen Chair A LONG TIME COMING: Two Marines were surprisingly reunited after 60 years at the Corporal Scott Procopio (USMC) Saugus American Legion Post 210 weekly Friday morning breakfast on March 7. Rick Pearson (left, Wakefield) met Carmen Fino (right, Saugus) for the first time since boot camp, Platoon 277, at Parris Island, South Carolina. (Courtesy photo Paul J. Cancelliere, Saugus Veterans Service Officer) be obtained from the Guidance Office. Students need to complete the application at home. Seniors should attend a brief meeting in the school library on Thursday, May 1, between 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to answer two questions and attach their application. Scholarships will be awarded to successful candidates in the amounts of $1,000 to $5,000. Seniors are encouraged to apply. There will be a minimum of 10 Scholarships awarded this year. Students pursuing further education at the college/university level, nursing and trade schools are encouraged to participate. Debra Panetta announced this week that Saugus High School students will get to participate in a Student Government Day on May 1 in the second floor auditorium at Saugus Town Hall. The program will include a mock Board of Selectmen’s meeting with students acting as selectmen based on an agenda. There will also be a mock School Committee meeting as well as a mock Town Meeting, with students acting out their roles as tomorTHE SOUNDS | SEE PAGE 17 MEN AT WORK: workers moving the new waterwheel shaft into place inside the opening of the forge building. The second photo shows the outside portion of the shaft that will hold the new waterwheel, which is expected to be completed this summer. (Courtesy photos of Paul Kenworthy)
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