SAUGUS Your Local News, Sports & More! Scan & Subscribe to Advocate News Online! Vol. 28, No. 38 -FREE- www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday 781-233-4446 Friday, October 2, 2026 IT’S PUMPKIN PATCH TIME AGAIN Eager to help Saugus Veterans After four weeks on the job, the town’s new Veterans Service Offi cer, Joseph Connell, said he’s exploring ways to make life easier for the veterans and families he represents By Mark E. Vogler V eterans who are looking for work now have access to more job openFEELING THE “ORANGE GLOW”: Mango Realty owner Sue Palomba and her threeyear-old granddaughter Liliana Tam enjoyed a special family moment on a rainy day at Saugus Center as “The Pumpkin Patch” came to life for the 24th consecutive year. Please see inside for more photos and a story about the truck that traveled 2,400 miles from the Navajo Reservation in Farmington, New Mexico, to deliver 4,600 pumpkins to the lawn of First Congregational Church. (Saugus Advocate Photo by Tara Vocino) Home of the Week Welcome Home to Pleasant Hills Offered at $535,000 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Commonwealth Real Estate Formerly Carpenito Real Estate SAUGUS – 1st AD - Wonderful Complex and Corner Unit! 5 Bright and sunny rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths, galley kitchen with granite counter tops open to dining area with slider to private balcony, living room with gas fireplace, wood flooring and crown molding, primary bedroom with private bath with walk-in shower, convenient laundry in unit, gas heat, central air, elevator in building from 1 car garage parking #18 with storage area and 1 exterior parking space #14. Very desirable complex located just outside of Saugus Center. Great opportunity - Great investment! Enjoy carefree living at its best! (781) 233-7300 335 Central St. Saugus commonmoves.com ©2024 BHH Affiliates, LLC, An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Affiliates, LLC, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of Columbia Insurance Company, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. Equal Housing Opportunity. ings by going to the Veterans’ Services Office page on the Town of Saugus website. Saugus’ new full-time Veterans Service Officer (VSO), Joseph R. Connell, said he recently included a new link that will put applicants in contact with Veterans-friendly companies all over the North Shore that had posted 122 job openings this week, including several GE Aerospace positions in Lynn. That’s one of several new initiatives that the retired U.S. Army Colonel has done so far since fi lling the VSO position at Saugus Town Hall about a month ago. “I’m glad to be here,” the 65-year-old Lynnfi eld resident said as he sat at his desk in the small, fi rst fl oor offi ce at Saugus Town Hall. “I’ve been wanting to do this job [VSO] for a long time. And the opportunity opened for me in Saugus. And I don’t have to go far to work because it’s so close to home,” he said. Connell spent much of his fi rst month getting oriented to the Saugus veterans community, getting to meet the leaders of the various veterans organizations in town and to learn about the buildings and programs that serve veterans. He said one of his top priorities in the early months of his job is to reach out to the Saugus veterans and their families to see what the offi ce he’s in charge of can do to enhance local veterans’ lives. “I would like to start a once-amonth ‘Veterans Welcome Meeting’ so I can get to know everyone in town better,” Connell said. He envisages setting up an informal meeting over coff ee where local veterans and their families can come and ask questions about local services and also off er feedback on how to improve local veterans services. In addition to that meeting, he said, he would like to off er a monthly message from the VSO to keep local veterans and EAGER TO HELP | SEE PAGE 2 Established 1978 Mid-grade Regular 4.09 4.60 5.99 $4.91 Full Service ULS $5.359 Order online at angelosoil.com Kerosene Now Available! FLEET CARD Check Out Our LOW PRICES!
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