SAUGUS D Vol. 27, No.41 Your Local News, Sports & Information Online! Scan & Subscribe Here! OCAT CAT V Members of Saugus Girl Scout Troop 63628 kicked off Fire Prevention Month with the Saugus Fire Department by hopping into a fi re truck. Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 5-11) concludes tomorrow, with lithium-ion battery safety this year’s theme. The rest of the month will focus on fi re prevention. Please see inside for another photo and mention of the girl’s trip in “The Sounds of Saugus.” (Courtesy photo of Patty Montano) TE E -FREE- www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday 781-233-4446 Friday, October 10, 2025 PRACTICING FIRE PREVENTION Town Election 2025 Candidates know their places on the Nov. 4 ballot after their names were drawn from a wooden hexagonal cylinder By Mark E. Vogler eteran Saugus School Committee Member Ryan Fisher said he had already made a decision not to run for a fourth two-year term. But his name was selected from the wooden hexagonal cylinder to be the top name on the Nov. 4 election ballot for the School Committee candidates. As soon as Fisher’s name was read, Town Clerk Ellen Schena notifi ed the gathering of political candidates in the second fl oor auditorium at Town Hall that it was a mistake because the veteran School Committee Member had already given offi cial notice that he had already pulled out of the race. “I got to cross being fi rst on the ballot off my bucket list for about fi ve seconds, although I had just pulled in the driveway when the texts started rolling in and was pretty confused,” Fisher told The Saugus Advocate later. “I told my wife and she thought I got back into the race without telling her. That took explaining,” he said. Shannon McCarthy was temporarily the next candidate up. But the name for one of the seven other candidates running in the race wasn’t drawn. That required another drawing for the School Committee candidates. This time, veteran School Committee Member Thomas Whittredge – a former two-time chair – had his name drawn. Incumbent School Committee Member Stephanie Lauren Mastrocola was followed by former School Committee Members Joseph D. Gould and Arthur Grabowski, and candidates Brian Joseph Doherty, Andrew T. Finn, Shannon McCarthy and Roberto F. Bruzzese. There’s always great interest among the candidates when it comes to the formal drawing of the ballot positions for a town election. Some candidates think it gives them an edge for voters to see their name fi rst. Candidates whose names are drawn fi rst in a particular election race like to cite it in their campaign literature, while othTOWN ELECTION 2025 | SEE PAGE 2 Mid-grade Regular 2.83 3.37 3.44 $3.57 Over 47 Years of Excellence! 1978 - 2025 ULS Full Service $2.99 Order online at angelosoil.com FLEET CARD Check Out Our LOW PRICES!
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