Page 2 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, MAy 29, 2026 MS4MS Fenway Fundraiser for Multiple Sclerosis returns June 13 FUNDRAISER | SEE PAGE 3 By Joe McConnell O n Saturday, June 13, the Boston Red Sox will host the fourth annual Multiple Stadiums for Multiple Sclerosis (MS4MS) Fundraiser at Fenway Park. The fundraiser’s supporters will see them face the Texas Rangers. The game will TOWN MEETING | FROM PAGE 1 “We’re hoping to meet again on June 8th,” Doherty said. “That’s contingent upon the Board of Selectmen voting on the sewer rate and the Finance Committee completing its work. They are supposed to meet next Wednesday. If we don’t meet on the 8th, we will meet on the 15th” he said. Selectmen were scheduled to meet again at 7 pm next Tuesday (June 2). Prior to discussion of the sewer rates, selectmen usually meet with the town’s longtime consultant, The Abrahams Group LLC, which usually does a presentation on its recommended water and sewer rates and other options for the upcoming fiscal year. “We are trying to schedule a meeting, but a date has not begin at 4:10 p.m. This event will once again bring the MS community together for a powerful day of awareness, hope and fundraising in support of those impacted by this dreaded disease. Dario Pizzano, a 2003 Saugus American Little League Williamsport World Series hero, prebeen confirmed yet,” Board of Selectmen Chair Debra Panetta said just before the newspaper’s deadline. Panetta said selectmen still planned to meet next Tuesday night. Last year, selectmen approved a 5 percent increase in the sewer rate for the second consecutive year. Town Meeting members voted 38-5 in support of a 6 percent increase in the water rate last year. Big night for Parlante Precinct 2 Town Meeting Member Matthew Parlante walked out of Session 3 of the Annual Town Meeting last week (May 18) with a huge smile. He was happy about what would easily be his best night since getting elected as a Town Meeting member back in 2023. sides over everything connected with the charity as its longtime MS4MS Director of Fundraising. Fans attending the game through MS4MS will be seated in a dedicated section of Fenway Park — with plans to turn the entire area orange in support of MS awareness. For tickParlante introduced several warrant articles during his first two years as a Town Meeting member. All of his measures failed. He had two more articles fail last week. But two other articles he initiated passed on unanimous voice votes as did the amendment he offered to support an article introduced by Selectmen Anthony Cogliano and Michael Serino to support a 13-member Town Meeting Charter Review Committee. Members voted 41-6 in support of creating the committee. “I made the amendment to Mike Serino’s charter review committee to have town meeting members picked by lottery rather than his original idea which was for each precinct to elect one person. My amendment passed as well et information, check out the website at the end of this piece. Leading up to the June 13 game, MS4MS will be featured on NESN’s pregame show the night before prior to the first game of the Texas series. Jared Carrabis, another Saugus native, is also planning to promote the fundraiser on his popular Secas the article,” Parlante noted later. “I feel really good about tonight,” Parlante said, adding that it was very satisfying to have colleagues finally vote in support of one of his warrant articles. Members voted unanimously in support of Article 42, a measure that Parlante initiated to create an 11-member Bylaw Review Committee. They also approved by unanimous voice vote Article 44, which Parlante authored as a new bylaw prohibiting the placement and operation of cryptocurrency automated teller machines (ATMs) and virtual currency kiosks. Parlante said he was able to confirm four active listings of cryptocurrency ATMs in Saugus. They are located at Stop & Shop on Main Street, Nasty Nonni’s on Main Street, tion 10 podcast that’s dedicated to serving Red Sox Nation and beyond in the baseball world. Following the Saturday game against the Rangers, MS4MS supporters will be invited to continue the celebration at the popular Cask ‘n Flagon sports CVS on Broadway and Speedway on Broadway. The bylaw would need approval by the state Attorney General’s Office before it becomes effective. He noted that several communities in the state have already taken steps to ban the machines because of problems they encountered in their communities. Parlante cited the case ofHaverhill, which earlier this year adopted its own regulations after reported local scam losses, including reports of more than $1 million in crypto scam losses across 33 incidents in 2024 and 2025. “It prohibits anyone from installing, operating, maintaining, hosting, or allowing a cryptocurrency ATM or virtual currency kiosk in Saugus. Existing machines would have to be removed within sixty days, and violations would be subject to a $300 daily fine per device,” Parlante said. “This is not anti-technology, and it is not anti-crypto. People who want to lawfully buy or sell cryptocurrency still have other ways to do that. This article focuses only on cash-to-cryptomachines in public locations, because those machines are being used as the final step in scams that can wipe out someone’s savings before police ever have a realistic chance to intervene,” he said. “At the end of the day, this is a simple question: do we want to leave these machines in place and wait until more residents are harmed, or do we want to act now, the way other Massachusetts communities already have? I believe Saugus should act now to protect residents, especially seniors, from a type of fraud that is growing, fast-moving, and very difficult to reverse once it happens.”
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