SAUGUS Check out the NEW ADVOCATE ONLINE: www.advocatenews.net OCODDV C TECATAT Vol. 25, No. 41 -FREE- www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday 781-233-4446 Friday, October 14, 2022 “PINK NIGHT OUT” IN SAUGUS A Crash Course on Saugus Saugus Middle-High School will host “Saugus 4-1-1” tomorrow – to teach newcomers and old-timers about their hometown By Mark E. Vogler A dults living in Saugus will get a chance to go back to school tomorrow. Even if they’ve never been inside the new Saugus Middle-High School, they will be invited to take a tour while taking in a few classes, where they will get to learn a lot of things they never knew about their hometown. “Saugus 4-1-1,” a special open house intended to welcome and orient newcomers to town, is set for tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 15), from 9 a.m. to noon at the Saugus Middle-High School. But even residents who are Ryan Mannetta, number 41, decked out in a uniform featuring pink socks and pink sleeves, joined other Saugus Youth Football players last Sunday (Oct. 9) in a special fundraising eff ort to fi ght cancer. Please see inside for story and more photos of Sunday’s Second Annual Pink Night Out at Saugus High School. (Saugus Advocate photos by Tara Vocino) ~ Home of the Week ~ SAUGUS - GREAT FAMILY COLONIAL features 7+ rooms with room for the whole family -This one-owner home boasts 4+ bedrms, 3 1/2 baths, entertainment-size great rm w/slider to deck & yard, open to kitchen w/center island w/seating & ceramic tile flooring, dining room, wonderful, open & versatile floor plan, convenient 1st floor laundry, master suite w/walk-in closet & private bath, finished lower level with 5th bedrm, den, full bath, 2nd laundry hook-up & convenient, summer kitchen for great outdoor entertaining, level lot w/heated inground pool w/solar cover surrounded by cement patio, storage shed, double dog pen & NEW vinyl fencing, updated roof, 5 yr old gas heating system, worryfree generator, 2 car attached garage w/loft storage, located on great cul-de-sac in desirable Indian Valley. Offered at $799,900 335 Central Street, Saugus, MA 01906 (781) 233-7300 View the interior of this home right on your smartphone. View all our listings at: CarpenitoRealEstate.com 5.25 well-rooted in the community – and old-timers included – are welcome to participate in the event, too, according to Selectman Corinne Riley, the architect and chief organizer of this special event. “I hope that many residents will show up for information or just a tour of the new Middle-High School that people haven’t seen before,” Riley said in an interview this week. “We started planning this before COVID, during COVID and fi nally it’s happening and I hope for nothing less than this to be successful, especially for the new residents to be involved in their community and feel that this is their town whether they have been here Selectman Corinne Riley 50 years or 50 days,” Riley said. How an idea became an event “Saugus 4-1-1,” the title of this event, incorporates the old-fashioned way that people used to get telephone numbers many years ago – by dialing 4-1-1. Riley said she borrowed “a very good idea” from the Town of Wakefi eld and modifi ed it to suit Saugus. A few years ago, while working with state Rep. Donald Wong’s (R-Saugus) campaign, she attended a “Wakefield 101” event. The Wakefield Chamber of Commerce worked with the Town of Wakefi eld on a program to help new residents. “They provided basic information about the town, and had businesses that gave “welcome bags,” of gift certifi cates, coupons, etc. It CRASH | SEE PAGE 2
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