Page 2 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 ELECTION | FROM PAGE 1 Meanwhile, Saugus politicians and campaign organizers are gearing up for the town’s biennial election, which features three contested townwide races: • Ten candidates are vying for two-year terms on the Board of Selectmen. The five incumbent board members are all running for reelection. • The five School Committee members who were swept into office during a purge of incumbents back in 2019 are also seeking two more years in office. They face two challengers. (Please see this week’s “The Advocate Asks” for the first in a series of pre-election interviews of the candidates for selectmen and the School Committee.) • There are three candidates competing for the one seat up for grabs on the Saugus Housing Authority. In addition, voters in each of the town’s 10 precincts will elect five members to the 50-member Town Meeting. Of the 59 candidates running for Town Meeting seats, 42 are incumbents and 17 are challengers. There is very little competition in most of the precincts. In four of the precincts (1, 2, 6 and 7), only five candidates are running for the five seats. In four of the precincts (3, 4, 8 and 9), only six candidates are running for the five seats. The most competitive Town Meeting race is in Precinct 10, where there are three candidates challenging the five incumbent members. In Precinct 5, there are seven candidates running. SAVE announces a “virtual” candidates forum So far, no traditional candidates’ forums similar to those in past years have been scheduled. Saugus Action Volunteers for the Environment (SAVE) has recently announced that it will hold its biannual Environmental Candidates Night for Board of Selectmen candidates on Thursday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. This year’s event will be conducted in a virtual format, using the Zoom videoconferencing platform for participating candidates. The event will be broadcast live on Channel 8 by Saugus Community TV (SCTV) at 7 p.m. for public viewing, and the recording will be made available on https://vimeo.com/saugustelevision within a few business days. “As we have in the past, SAVE provides this public service forum so that each candidate for the Board of Selectmen has the opportunity to share their views on the critical environmental issues facing our Town,” SAVE said in a recent press release. “While this year's virtual format is a departure from our usual in-person event, we feel that giving the candidates an opportunity to share their environmental goals and concerns, in any format, is so important for informed voting,” the SAVE statement continued. “Due to the virtual format, From foundation to finish, let’s make it happen. TALK TO JOE ABOUT OUR COMMERCIAL AND CONSTRUCTION LOANS. WE’RE READY TO HELP YOU GET STARTED. SAVE will accept environmental questions for consideration from the public. Please submit questions to SAVE01906@ gmail.com no later than Oct 7th.” Event invitations for Board of Selectman candidates are sent on or shortly after Sept. 20. For more information about SAVE, please visit the group’s website at http://www.SaugusSAVE.org and follow the link to its Facebook group. Student election help needed In addition to student election workers, the Town Clerk’s Office is looking for regular election workers. “We are looking for student election workers,” Town Election Coordinator Andrew DePatto said. “It is a great way for them to learn how their government functions and how important it is to vote. 16-year-old students are eligible to work ½ day (6-8 hours). 17-18 year old students may work a full day (8-12 hours). All students can receive community service which is imperative to them in order to satisfy their High School requirement mandated for graduation,” DePatto said. “Or, they can be paid for their hours worked. In addition, we are able to write letters of recommendation for National Honors Society, Colleges, etc.” The candidates by office Saugus Town Clerk Ellen Schena has released the following list of names of candidates who received the required number of certified signatures of registered voters to appear on the Nov. 2 Town ElecELECTION | SEE PAGE 6 JOSEPH D. KEOHANE EVP & SENIOR LOAN OFFICER JKEOHANE@EVERETTBANK . COM 61 7-381-3622 419 BROADWAY, EVERETT MA 02149 WWW.EVERETTBANK .COM/FOUNDATIONTOFINISH Member FDIC Member DIF
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