Page 4 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, JUnE 26, 2026 FUN-damental Basketball Camp Open to Boys and Girls in Local Area T he FUN-damental Basketball camp, open to boys and girls in local area cities and towns, will be held July 20-24, 2026, at the Immaculate Conception Parish Center, located at 51 Summer Street in Everett. The camp will take place between the hours of 9:00 TOWN MEETING | FROM PAGE 1 able volunteers and make sure that the workload is fairly and evenly distributed. This process would have eliminated the outcome of some people serving on multiple committees while others were given no opportunity to serve,” he said. Two Town Meeting members who lobbied in Town Meeting a.m. and 1:00 p.m. for boys and girls entering grades 3 through 8 as of September 2026. The cost of the camp is $125.00. Tony Ferullo, boys’ varsity basketball coach at Mystic Valley Reginal Charter Schol in Malden, will be the Camp Director. debate this year for a random lottery selection responded to the moderator’s email, emphasizing why they thought a lottery was the most fair way to fill committee assignments. Precinct 10 Town Meeting Member Jenna Nuzzo, who succeeded in the creation of Vacant School Facilities Assessment Committee, acknowledged that the lottery’s outcome raised some issues. “I completely understand why The purpose of the camp is to: provide all campers with the fundamental tools to help them become better basketball players; create a positive atmosphere where the camper will learn and have fun at the same time; instill the spirit of the game into all campers; and inspire them to consome members are frustrated that willing volunteers were left without a committee assignment while others were selected for multiple committees. That’s a fair concern that I agree with and something worth addressing in the fu50 ture,” she wrote. “What I disagree with is the suggestion that supporting a lottery was somehow unreasonable. Town Meeting debated the issue and voted for the process,” she said. “At the end of the day, the reason I supported a lottery is simple: public trust should not depend on who happens to be making appointments. Government works best when processes are open, transparent, and applied equally to everyone. People should never be asked to simply trust that the right people were chosen or that personal relationships, politics, or preferences played no role. 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An awards actly why I supported it.” Precinct 2 Town Meeting Member Matthew Parlante, who received unanimous backing on his article to create a Bylaw Review Committee, agreed that lottery results “exposed something we should improve going forward: if a member is selected by lottery for one committee, their name should likely be removed from any remaining committee drawings so that opportunities are spread more evenly among the body.” “I think that is a reasonable refinement to consider in future articles,” Parlante wrote in his email. But Parlante continued to support the lottery as the most fair way to make committee appointments. “Historically, many of the same people tend to end up on these committees. Whether that is intentional or not, it creates a perception issue and leaves a lot of members feeling that ceremony will take place on the last day of camp, and parents and friends are welcome to attend. For more information about the FUN-damental Basketball Camp, please contact, Camp Director Tony Ferullo at 857312-7002 or tferullo099@ gmail.com. opportunities are not evenly available. The purpose of the lottery proposal was to create a process that was transparent, impartial, and open to all interested Town Meeting Members, rather than relying on the judgment of one person to decide every appointment,” Parlante said. “I also believed that approach was especially appropriate this year, with so many newer members who may not be known personally to the Moderator or to town leadership. In a town where politics often plays a large role in public perception, I think it is healthier for the body to use a process that removes as much subjectivity as possible and gives every interested member an equal chance to serve.” Precinct 8 Town Meeting Member Arthur Grabowski was among those benefiting the most from the lottery. He TOWN MEETING | SEE PAGE 6 Summer is Here!
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