SAUGUS Your Local News & Sports! Scan & Subscribe to Advocate Online! OCAT D Vol. 27, No.23 CAT -FREE- www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday SAUGUS HIGH GRADUATION A CLASS OF 2025 LEADERS: Left to right, Salutatorian Anowar Mahabub, Class President Hannah Duong and Valedictorian Victor Phan enjoyed Field Day with their classmates earlier this week. Tonight they will deliver speeches at graduation ceremonies set for 6 p.m. at Christie Serino Jr. Memorial Stadium. Please see inside for more coverage of the 154th commencement exercises. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler) TE 781-233-4446 Friday, June 6, 2025 Town Meeting 2025 Members vote 35–2 at Special Town Meeting in support of multifamily overlay district article to comply with state law By Mark E. Vogler t least on paper, the Town of Saugus is doing its part to address the state’s housing aff ordability crisis while showing an effort to comply with a state law requiring communities served by the MBTA to have at least one reasonably sized zoning district where multifamily housing can be built. Members voted 35-2 at Monday’s Special Town Meeting in support of a warrant article amending the town’s Zoning By-laws to add an MBTA Communities Multi-Family Overlay District (MCMOD). There were 12 members absent. Precinct 2 Town Meeting Member Peter A. Rossetti, Jr. and Precinct 6 Town Meeting Member Jeanie Bartolo opposed the measure in a roll call vote without explaining why. But it was clear from the few members who spoke on the warrant article that an overwhelming majority were convinced its approval was necessary to avoid a potential lawsuit by the state Attorney General’s Offi ce with the potential for possible fi nes and loss of millions of dollars in state funding. Saugus is one TOWN MEETING | SEE PAGE 2 Mid-grade Regular 2.79 24 $3.37 24 Over 47 Years of Excellence! 1978 - 2025 Full Service ULS $2.73 Order online at angelosoil.com FLEET CARD Check Out Our LOW PRICES!
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