Page 8 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, JUnE 28, 2024 Read, Renew, Repeat! Saugus Public Library launches its Kids 2024 Summer reading Program (Editor’s Note: The Saugus Public Library recently issued the following press release.) H ey Saugus parents of school-aged children! If you’re looking for fun, educational activities, and summer programming to support your kids’ learning, stop by the Saugus Public Library. This summer, the Library presents “Read, Renew, Repeat!” the 2024 Summer Reading program. Activities include literacy support, storytimes, discounted museum passes, Massachusetts park passes, and take & make crafts. Families are encouraged to register their kids for the conservation-themed program using the Beanstack app. It’s easy - just download the Beanstack app, register under the Saugus Public Library, and you’re on your way. For more information, or to register in person, stop by the Children’s Room at the library or visit the Kid’s Summer Reading page on our website. The Saugus Public Schools recommend that students read at least 20 minutes a day this summer. The program is open to young people, preschool through 6th grade. We’ll have their favorite titles, plus free ebooks, audio books, comics, magazines & music you can download using the hoopla and libby digital collections. COMMITTEE | FROM PAGE 2 monitoring, post-closure economic reuse possibilities and other related issues that may be identified, according to the article that was approved. “I was pleased with the fact that not a single Town Meeting Member voted against this article,” Manoogian said after the Annual Town Meeting passed his article. “The formation of this committee for the stated purpose of closure of the ash landfill sends a strong message that Saugus wants to see closure of the landfill and explore other uses that will neither burden the public health or the environment,” Manoogian said. “The work of this committee will be serious and non-adversarial. It is therefore my hope that WIN will have a company representative with authority participate in the meetings, someone that is not a PR person, a hired political consultant, or a local fixer. Town MeetSummer Reading Program graphic Did we mention prizes? We’ve once again partnered with local businesses to reward summer reading. Many thanks to those businesses who have generously donated! We’ll have a full prize cart plus free books to give away. In addition, we’ll run drawings for ice cream, donuts, cookies, pizza, roller skating, bowling, mini golf, sports merch, and grand prize drawings for tickets to Canobie Lake Park and the North ing has offered them a seat at the table. Let’s hope they will fill that seat responsibly.” Precinct 6 Town Meeting Member William S. Brown was the lone member who declined to support the measure – by abstaining from the vote. Brown, who previously told The Saugus Advocate that he supported an extension of the ash landfill as part of an HCA, said he could not support the creation of a closure committee. “It’s not town property,” Brown said of the landfill. “How do we make plans for other people’s property? It’s not ours to make plans for. I can’t support this. That’s why I abstained from the vote,” he said. What it will take for WIN to prevail WIN’s chief spokesperson Urban and other company representatives have advocated tenaciously in support of expanding the ash landfill near the trash-to-energy incinerator Shore Music Theater’s production of Beauty and the Beast - and more! In addition, there will be special visits by WildLife Encounters, Vinny the Bubble Guy, the Saugus Fire & Police Departments, Star Wars characters, Toe Jam Puppet Band, plus bubble, magic, and puppet shows. Check out the Library’s online event calendar for up-to-date information. The library is here to help famon Route 107. But under current state environmental regulations, expansion of the ash landfill in Saugus would not be allowed. The HCA, which selectmen supported a year ago on a 3-2 vote as a precautionary measure in case the state weakens environmental regulations, has no legal basis. Furthermore, any HCA would have to be negotiated by the town manager and wouldn’t take effect unless the state allowed the company to expand its ash landfill. The last two state Department of Environmental Protection Commissioners have said that no expansion of the ash landfill would be allowed under the current state environmental regulations. If the state loosened the regulations at the ash landfill, the Board of Health would have authority to conduct site modification hearings to ultimately decide whether and how expansion of the ash landfill would proceed. Then ilies create a summer reading routine that is fun for kids and their families. Turn off the media before bedtime, sit with a child, share a book, or read alongside them. Ask them questions, but above all, make it fun! Research shows that children who read during the summer months maintain literacy skills that they’ve worked hard to build during the school year. According to Reading Rockets.org, research with 116 first, the town manager would have authority to negotiate an agreement with WIN Waste; Saugus would receive $20 million over the next 20 years while WIN Waste could continue use of the ash landfill, according to the nonbinding HCA supported by a majority of the selectmen. It would be up to Crabtree to dictate the terms of any agreement. Several months ago, WIN Waste began trucking ash to a company disposal site in Shrewsbury in an effort to prolong the life of the ash landfill. The company announced that six trucks a day were leaving the plant, traveling from Route 107 South to Route 60 East to Route 1A South to Route 90 West. WIN Waste officials told the Board of Health that the trucks would transport about 4,500 tons of ash offsite per month, adding life to a landfill that one company official said last year was expected to second, and third graders in a school in a middle class neighborhood found the decoding skills of nearly 45% of the participants and the fluency of 25% declined between May and September. So, stay smart! Have fun! Stop by the library to register for summer reading, or to find a just-right book for your child. It’s all free, all summer at the Saugus Public Library! reach its capacity by the end of 2025. Selectman Michael Serino told Town Meeting members “Saugus, you can do better” than expanding the landfill for another two decades. “Continued dumping of toxic ash is not in the best interests of our public or environmental health,” Serino said. He noted that instead of accepting $20 million from WIN as part of an HCA, the town could receive a potential $1.2 million a year from a solar farm being located at the ash landfill site. An industrial park was another possible option. Serino and Panetta both opposed the HCA supported by a majority of the selectmen last year. Now they will play key roles in advocating the timetable and terms for closing the ash landfill. Meanwhile, WIN could continue trucking its ash to a properly lined landfill in Shrewsbury “with zero impact on Saugus,” Manoogian said.
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