THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, AUGUST 28, 2026 Page 7 The most contested primary race R esidents voting Democratic in the 6th Congressional District will Six Democrats running for Moulton’s seat Nguyen immigrated from have six candidates to choose from in the Sept. 1 State Primary to fi ll the seat vacated by Congressman Seth Moulton, who decided to run against incumbent U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey. The 6th Congressional District covers most of Essex County and parts of Middlesex County and has candidates Beth Andres-Beck, John Beccia, Jamie Belsito, Dan Koh, Mariah Lancaster and Tram Nguyen. • Andres-Beck is from Oregon and moved to Middleton in 2022. They serve on two appointed volunteer boards in Middleton: the Master Plan Committee and the Affordable Housing Trust. They began their career working as a programmer at the Harvard School of Public Health and are now a Software Engineer. • Beccia is from Lynnfi eld and has worked in fi nance, government and fi nancial technology as the cofounder and chair of FS Vector. • Belsito was born in Wakefi eld and raised in Reading. She became the fi rst Arab-American woman elected to the Massachusetts Legislature and currently serves as the Topsfi eld town moderator. • Koh, of Andover, worked as the White House senior aide to President Joseph Biden. He also worked as chief of staff to former U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and as his chief of staff when Walsh served as mayor of Boston. Koh currently serves as an Andover Select Board member. • Lancaster, of Salem and formerly of Lexington, worked as a veterinarian and a director of congressional aff airs for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. She served as a foreign affairs offi cer at the State Department and a science policy advisor and legislative staff er in the Where to vote in Saugus on Election Day Most of Saugus’ registered voters in the town’s 10 precincts who will cast their ballots in the state Primary Election will go to six diff erent polling locations on Tuesday, Sept. U.S. House of Representatives. • Vietnam to the United States and currently resides in Andover. She serves as the representative for the 18th Essex District in the Massachusetts House. Nguyen has also worked as a lawyer at Greater Boston Legal Services. The winner will face Republican candidate Micah Q. Jones in the Nov. 3 General Election. Jones is from California and currently resides in Essex. He is a veteran who was part of the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, N.C. He also worked as a lawyer at Morgan & Bockius’ Boston offi ce. 1. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. that day. If you are a registered voter and don’t know where you can vote, please call the Town Clerk’s Offi ce or drop by Town Hall if you are near Saugus Center and request to see the Street List, which lists all town residents broken down by precincts and according to the streets where they live. Here are the current polling locations: Precinct/Polling Locations 1 and 9: Saugus Middle/ High School Complex,1 Pearce Memorial Dr. 2 and 6: Veterans Early Learning Center, 39 Hurd Ave. 3 and 5: Saugus Senior Center, 466 Central St. 4 and 8: Belmonte STEAM Academy, 25 Dow St. 7: Knight of Columbus, 57 Appleton St. 10: Italian American Club,1 Beachview Ave. TRIBUTE | FROM PAGE 5 took those images and incorporated them into the interior of the casket, creating a blackand-white collage that would surround Drella. “I did the whole inside of the casket with all black-and-white fi re photos,” Sica said. “I put a lot of attention to detail in there. I really went the extra eff ort for Damian.” When he fi nished the project, he sent a photo to Drella’s family, and he said they were moved by it. Tuesday night (Aug. 18), Sica visited Drella and shared photos of the casket with him. He said Drella was delighted with it. “It made him smile.” Drella passed away Wednesday night (Aug. 19). “This is exactly how he would want it,” Sica said. “This is defi - nitely how I would want to go.” Peter Matthews is the editor-in-chief of Firehouse, where he has worked since 1999, serving in various roles TRIBUTE | SEE PAGE 11 SABATINO/MASTROCOLA INSURANCE AGENCY 519 BROADWAY EVERETT, MA 02149 Auto * Home * Boat * Renter * Condo * Life * Multi-Policy Discounts * Commercial 10% Discounts * Registry Service Also Available PHONE: (617) 387-7466 FAX: (617) 381-9186 Visit us online at: WWW.SABATINO-INS.COM
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