SAUGUS Vol. 28, No.25 Your Local News, Sports & More! Scan & Subscribe to Advocate News Online! -FREE- www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday SAUGUS CELEBRATES AMERICA A cast of Saugonians prepare for the town’s 250th Birthday Celebration on July 4 at the Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site. This is a scene from the recent Saugus TV promotion of the upcoming event that will highlight Saugus’ role in the Revolutionary War and the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence. Please see inside for more photos and coverage. (Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate) Home of the Week Offered at $659,000 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Commonwealth Real Estate Formerly Carpenito Real Estate SAUGUS - Welcome Home to 19 Juliette Road – located in desirable Iron Works neighborhood! 7 room 3 bedroom 1 & ½ bath Cape Cod style home. Wellmaintained open concept kitchen features Vinyl flooring and modern appliances with side egress to a porch and deck overlooking the inground pool, yard and driveway. Newly refinished hardwood floors throughout living room and dining area. 2nd floor primary bedroom has wall to wall and a walk-in closet which is above the 1st floor bathroom. Finished heated lower-level family room with ½ bath walks out to the covered patio area, fenced in back yard and pool. Have fun this summer entertaining with a beautiful inground pool and back yard. Home has a new roof in 2025. Newer furnace 2019 and new side steps. Pool liner roughly 2 years old. Located just outside of Saugus Center. (781) 233-7300 335 Central St. Saugus commonmoves.com ©2024 BHH Affiliates, LLC, An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Affiliates, LLC, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of Columbia Insurance Company, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. Equal Housing Opportunity. B 781-233-4446 Friday, June 26, 2026 Town Meeting 2026 A lottery generated controversy over the way Town Meeting members get assigned to committees; nine members got picked for multiple committees while some members who volunteered were not selected By Mark E. Vogler efore concluding its business earlier this month, the Annual Town Meeting decided a lottery – not the town moderator – would determine which members serve on special committees. Advocates for a departure from the traditional practice of the moderator making committee assignments argued that members randomly selected from a pool of volunteers provides for a more fair process. But shortly after announcing the results of last week’s lottery (June 18) conducted by the Town Clerk’s Offi ce, Town Moderator Stephen Doherty said he found himself fielding “a lot of complaints” from members who questioned the fairness of this year’s selection process. Nine Town Meeting members were selected from the lottery for multiple committee assignments. Two of those members drew three assignments. Meanwhile, several members who volunteered to serve were not selected. “I’ve received texts, emails and phone calls from people who aren’t happy with the way it turned out,” Doherty told The Saugus Advocate this week. “There were some members who volunteered to serve on committees who didn’t get picked. Unfortunately, that’s what a random lottery does. We’re stuck with the process, right now. But, it’s what Town Meeting voted for. Doherty, who has presided over 13 Town Meetings as moderator, said he can’t recall a lottery replacing a moderator’s responsibilities for fi lling assignments of Town Meeting committees. In an email that he sent to Town Meeting members over last weekend, Doherty shared his sentiments about the lottery’s shortcomings. “One of the duties of the Town Moderator is to appoint all Town Meeting Committees, unless otherwise directed by the body, per section 209 of the Town By-laws. This has been a process that has worked well for decades,” Doherty wrote. “It gives the moderator discretion to choose from availTOWN MEETING | SEE PAGE 4 Summer is Here! Established 1978 Mid-grade Regular 3.73 4.35 4.73 $4.47 Full Service ULS $3.649 Order online at angelosoil.com Kerosene Now Available! FLEET CARD Check Out Our LOW PRICES!
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