SAUGUS Baseball Sachems Capture Postseason Berth — See Page 12 ADVOCATE Vol. 22, No. 20 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday Sewer rates rising Selectmen approve 7 percent increase for the 2020 fiscal year 781-233-4446 Friday, May 17, 2019 ~ THE ADVOCATE ASKS ~ Vietnam War veteran Gordon Shepard discusses completion of his Civil War Restoration project at Riverside Cemetery SETTING THE SEWER RATES: Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree briefs Board of Selectmen at an early Wednesday night meeting before the board voted to increase sewer rates by 7 percent for the 2020 Fiscal Year that begins July 1. (Saugus Advocate Photo by Mark E. Vogler) By Mark E. Vogler T he annual sewer bill for the average residential user will increase by $22 to $328 – a 7 percent hike, according to the new sewer rates approved by selectmen for the 2020 fiscal year that begins July 1. The average commercial user would pay $3,050 – an increase of $200 a year under the option selected during a meeting held Wednesday. Board of Selectmen Vice Chair Jeffrey Cicolini noted the 7 percent increase “sounds dramatic.” However, he added, “We stand to lose almost $900,000 in the sewer fund in one year.” “That’s as minimal as you can go,” Cicolini said of the new sewer rates. “If we did no increase, then we’d be broke,” he said. Consultant Matt Abrahams of the Abrahams Group told selectmen he didn’t have a recommendation for increasing the sewer rates. But if he did, “it would definitely be north of 7,” he said. The 7 percent increase was the lowest of four options considered by selectmen, with the highest of 10 percent. The annual bill for the average residential user would increase to $338 – an increase of $30 – under that option. RATES | SEE PAGE 15 ~ Home of the Week ~ ANGELO’S FULL "Over 40 Years of Excellence!" 1978-2019 Regular Unleaded $2.679 Mid Unleaded $2.799 Super $2.899 Diesel Fuel $2.899 KERO $4.759 Diesel $2.699 SERVICE HEATING OIL 24-Hour Burner Service Call for Current Price! (125—gallon minimum) DEF Available by Pump! Open an account and order online at: www.angelosoil.com (781) 231-3500 (781) 231-3003 367 LINCOLN AVE • SAUGUS • OPEN 7 DAYS SAUGUS...AMAZING Custom built 7+ rm Colonial features 3-4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, dramatic two story foyer, formal living room with bright & sunny bow window, spacious eat-in kitchen with French door leading to formal dining room, entertainment-size family room with fireplace, custom walls & slider to sunroom, master suite offers private bath with shower and double sink vanity, convenient 1st floor laundry, ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, custom woodwork, crown molding and custom doors throughout, THREE gas heating systems (one for each floor), central vacuum, central air (2 units), sprinkler system, two car garage, semi-finished lower level with separate entrance and laundry hook-up offers great space for the extended family, NEW (2018) roof & security system. INCREDIBLE ATTENTION to details in & out! Super convenient location - close to shopping & all major Routes. Very rarely is a home available in this much sought after neighborhood - The Woodlands! You won’t be disappointed!! Offered at $689,900 335 Central Street, Saugus, MA 01906 (781) 233-7300 View the interior of this home right on your smartphone. View all our listings at: CarpenitoRealEstate.com READY TO READ: Vietnam War veteran Gordon Shepard, this week at the Civil War veterans’ burial plot in Riverside Cemetery, showing one of the timeworn plaques that couldn’t be identified next to the new plaque. Joseph Wiggins was one of 25 Civil War soldiers and sailors who received new plaques in the final phase of a three-year volunteer restoration project that Shepard completed recently. For more photos, see inside. (Saugus Advocate Photos by Mark E. Vogler). Editor’s Note: For this week’s interview, we went to Riverside Cemetery to interview Gordon Shepard about the recent completion of his three-year project of restoring the Civil War veterans’ burial plot – the latest of several veterans’ gravesite projects he’s worked on at the cemetery on a volunteer basis for more than a decade. Shepard, 72, is a 1965 Saugus High School graduate. He is a retired letter carrier who worked out of the Lynn Post Office for 34 years. A U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, he and his ASKS | SEE PAGE 10 Prices subject to change FLEET
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