THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, MAy 2, 2025 Page 11 Rev. John Beach presides over final service at St. John’s Episcopal Church Rev. John Beach chats with parishioners at the luncheon following the service. (Photo courtesy of Julia Aston) By Laura Eisener T he Sunday after Easter (April 27) was the farewell service for Rev. John Beach and his wife Denise Beneteau, who are retiring from St. John’s Episcopal Church. They will be fondly remembered by many people from Saugus, as they helped people get through the pandemic and beyond. John’s career spans many locations, including time in Switzerland and several other U.S. locations, before coming to Saugus. John will be remembered for his sunrise Easter services COUNTDOWN TILL | FROM PAGE 10 to effectuate it. Peter Manoogian: The top priority for Precinct 10 will be how to best face the chronic environmental issues such as more frequent flooding and the desire of WIN Waste to double the height of its unlined ash landfill to 100 feet. A plan was brought forth to revisit the floodgate project first proposed over 30 years ago which would stop the destructive floods that have occurred with increasing frequency. Although Saugus took the lead in this and was willing to fund its share of a study, our state delegation has not followed Worship Leader Denise Beneteau reads during the service. (Photo courtesy of Julia Aston) in the garden, his encouraging messages every Sunday, his frequent book discussion groups, special holiday service and many other things. He started the vegetable garden, which provided fresh produce for the Saugus food pantry for several years, and worked in it every week from spring through fall. Denise was a worship leader and participated in many aspects of the community activities. Rev. Beach was often seen bicycling around town to visit parishioners and on other errands. He took a summer sabbatical to bicycle across the through with a coordinated effort to have the state provide matching funds for the study. Relative to WIN Waste’s efforts to interfere in Saugus elections and to groom a narrative that will encourage Saugus to accept lower performance standards that are not accepted anywhere else in Massachusetts or the United States, Precinct 10 sent a strong message to candidates for Selectmen that “fell on the sword” for WIN Waste’s desire to dump more ash for another 20 years. Carla Scuzzarella: The top priorities for the residents of Precinct 10 remain the closure of the WIN unlined Ash Landfill and flood mitigation. COUNTDOWN TILL | SEE PAGE 12 country, from the West Coast to the East Coast, visiting many communities along the way, which provided him with many stories to bring back here, and Denise accompanied him on sections of his trip. Rev. John Beach and his wife Denise Beneteau receive blessings for their future endeavors from Rev. Canon Gregory Perez. (Photo courtesy of Julia Aston)
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