THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, September 13, 2019 Page 7 Finance Committee will consider articles for Special Town Meeting, set for Sept. 23 T he Finance Committee will review three articles totaling more than a million dollars to improve the operations of Saugus Saugus Cable TV when it members meet next Wednesday (Sept. 18) at 7 p.m. in the first floor conference room at Saugus Town Hall. One of several articles on the warrant for a Special Town Meeting set for Sept. 23 would provide $550,000 to build a PEG (public, education and government) Access studio/facility in Saugus. Current plans call for SCTV to move into the Saugus Historical Society building at 30 Main St., once it vacates its current quarters at the back of the existing Saugus High School, which is set to be demolished next year. Representatives of the Saugus Historical Society and Saugus Cable TV have been talking about mutual arrangement that would satisfy the needs of both groups since last summer. ASKS | from page 5 A: It was less than a week – less than a week that the information trickled back that he was gone. It was tough to get information quickly back then. With the internet and social media, now you know things instantly; back then it took a little slower to find things out. I went to several funerals in the following two years after that. I made a few trips down there. You make as many as you can, but you can’t get to all of them. There were over 300 firefighters. At one point, they were having maybe four, five or six funerals a day. Q: What’s the thing you remember most about that day? A: When I think of that day, I think of how quickly it escalated … the magnitude of it. At first you think, my goodness, a plane crashed in New York City, which isn’t uncommon. It doesn’t happen every day, but it’s happened before. I think there was a World War II plane that crashed right into the Empire State Building. A B-52, I think. So it happens. But this was significant. When the second plane hit, you kind of thought something was up. It felt like, “What’s next?” And, of course, other things happened: with the Pentagon and Pennsylvania. I actually watched a show last night – a remembrance of the day’s events. To get your head wrapped around everything that went on that The Special Town Meeting is set to convene at 7:30 p.m. in the second floor auditorium that n night (Sept. 23) to vote on two other SCTV-related articles -- one of them a $275,000 request to buy equipment for the studio. A third article seeks $215,088 for the operating budget of the PEG Access studio. All of the funds would come from the PEG Access Enterprise Fund and distributed under the authority and direction of the Board of Selectmen. The funds constitute the money received from ratepayers under the current Cable Television Renewal License Agreement and held in the enterprise fund. In addition to the three articles related to SCTV, the Special Town Meeting will consider a fourth measure proposed by Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree to appropriate money to replace air conditioning units in the Public Safety Building and Town Hall. day, it’s tough. Who knows whether the fourth plane that was supposed to be headed to Washington that day was going to the White House or the Capitol? The jury is still out on that. But I always think of the magnitude of that day and how quickly things escalated from “Oh boy, a big fire in New York City,” which isn’t uncommon. Those guys deal with some pretty big stuff. Any big city does. … And then to watch this unfold and think of the tremendous amount of resources and things that needed to be done to deal with two skyscrapers ASKS | SEE PAGE 10 A.B.C. CIGAR 170 REVERE ST., REVERE Gift Cards OPEN: Mon.-Sat. 8 AM - 8 PM Sun. - Holidays: 8 AM - 6 PM (781) 289-4959 Rewards Program Chris Dan Steve OUR 48th YEAR ALL MAJOR BRANDS OF CIGARS * Desktop Humidors * Travel Humidors * Boxes of Cigars * Bundles of Cigars * Singles * Torch Lighters * Zippo Lighters * Cigar Cutters * VAPES * JUICE * JUULS * BONGS PIPES * GRINDERS * HOOKAHS SEPTEMBER SPECIAL Deep Discounts on Box Sales featuring BACCARAT CIGARS known for their mildest, unique flavor, and popularity. C.B.D. PRODUCTS Creating Better Days * Nature’s Supplement * All Natural * CBD Infused Products * Edibles * Concentrates * Topicals * A Delta Dental Premier Provider Dr. Mario Abdennour, Dr. Bhavisha Patel, Dr. Priti Amlani, Dr. Bruce Goldman and team.
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