Page 12 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, SEpTEmbEr 19, 2025 The Sounds of Saugus By Mark E. Vogler Good morning, Saugus There are only two more days until my favorite season of the year – on Monday, we begin autumn. I love the colors of the fall foliage. I love the comfortable sleeping weather. I love the festive celebrations of Halloween and Thanksgiving. It’s a great time of the year to be walking around outdoors, clad in a sweatshirt or fall jacket. If you are a Boston sports fan, we have the World Series to cap the long baseball schedule, and college and professional football, and the beginning of the professional basketball and hockey seasons. What’s not to like about the fall, except for raking and blowing leaves. But there’s even a side benefit of exercise that goes with that time-consuming household task. And, of course, if you are a local political junkie, there’s the town elections, which are held every two years in Saugus. Sixty-one elected positions are up for grabs on Nov. 4 – 50 seats in Town Meeting, five seats on the Board of Selectmen, five seats on the School Committee and one on the Housing Authority. Imagine, we are just six weeks away from Election Day (Nov. 4). Stay tuned. Mums’ the word! The 7th Annual Saugus Youth Soccer Mums Fall Fundraiser starts today (Friday, Sept. 19). Saugus Youth Soccer will be selling beautiful, hardy mums at Anna Parker Field at 124 Essex St. (next to the Fire Station). There will be multi colors to choose from. The fundraiser will run through Sunday (Sept. 21), while supplies last. The mums are priced at $9 each or three for $25. “We have ordered over 250 hardy Mums, so don’t hesitate and come down to the field to support Saugus Youth Soccer!!! “Thank you and if you have any questions please contact Paul Fureu at paulsgs3@yahoo.com 617-548-4993” Free Health Fair Sept. 19 The Saugus-Everett Elks Drug Awareness Committee and the Saugus Senior Center are teaming up once again for their 2nd Annual Health, Wellness and ReCANDLE BURNING BRIGHTLY: This is a photo of a 16x20 acrylic painting by Joanie Allbee dedicated to Debra Dion Faust. Debbie was a candle burning brightly for all to see. She passed away on August 7 at 73 years old. The painting is for all to sign at Debbie’s Celebration of Life on Thursday at Kowloon’s. (Photo Courtesy of Joanie Allbee) source Fair to be held on Friday, Sept. 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Saugus Senior Center (466 Central St.). There will be a variety of health organizations that will offer free health screenings, educational tables, giveaways, raffles and much more. This is a free event and open to the public for all ages. 21 Jimmy Fund Craft Fair Sept. The Jimmy Fund Craft Fair is set for Sept. 21, from noon to 4 p.m., at the MEG Building, 54-58 Essex St., Saugus. Attention political Candidates! As the most widely read newspaper that covers Saugus exclusively, we consider it an important public service to our readers to cover local election campaigns comprehensively. In this week’s paper, we published the list of candidates who are expected to appear on the Nov. 4 Town Election Ballot. As a courtesy to our readers, we are publishing information that will enable the candidates to make themselves known to the public on SaugusTV. Michelle Fox, the Executive Director of Saugus TV (Saugus Community Television, Inc.) submitted this information to us and we are sharing it with the candidates: TO ALL CANDIDATES RUNNING IN THE 2025 SAUGUS LOCAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 4, 2025 “It is election time once again in the Town of Saugus, and Saugus TV offers a number of different ways for candidates to get information out to Saugus residents. ● Campaign Slides: Any candidate, for any Board or Seat, can place a campaign slide on Saugus TV, that can be seen on Comcast Channel 8, during scheduled and non-scheduled Community Bulletin Board times. Please email all slides to m.madar@saugustv.org “There is NO COST to place a Campaign Slide. Campaign Slides will air in alphabetical order. Campaign Slides will run from October 6th until November 4th at 8PM. ● Candidate Statement Video: Saugus TV invites candidates for the Saugus Board of Selectmen and the Saugus School Committee to schedule a time to come to the studio, located at 30 Main Street, to record their candidate statements. Each candidate is allowed three minutes of air time to let viewers know who they are and why they are running for office. This statement is intended to be shot in one take. We allow for on-site review of your take and will reshoot if necessary. This time-slot is for one hour, all takes will be completed during that hour slot. “There is no cost to the candidate for participating in this taping. “Candidates running for Saugus Board of Selectmen or Saugus School Committee who are interested in recording a candidate statement are invited to contact Saugus TV to schedule a filming session. “Filming will take place between September 15th and October 10th. To book a time slot, please contact Michelle by email at m.madar@saugustv.org or call the studio at 781-231-2883 to coordinate with our staff. “Deadline to record your video statement is October 10th at 5PM so we can air the program for a full two weeks. “All candidate statements recorded will then be compiled into a single program that will air on Comcast Channel 8 starting October 13th. This program will air three times a day, at random times in the morning, afternoon, and evening until the election is over on November 4th. Air date and times TBD. Saugus TV program schedules are available at www.saugustv.org . The program will also be available to view on our Vimeo page at www.vimeo. com/saugustelevision. ● Candidate Forums: Saugus TV may tape and cablecast other organization’s forums and/or THE SOUNDS | SEE PAGE 13
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