SAUGUS D Vol. 27, No.42 Your Local News, Sports & Information Online! Scan & Subscribe Here! OCAT CAT CANDIDATE NIGHTS IN THE HALL T A FISHBOWL FULL OF QUESTIONS: Board of Selectmen candidates at last week’s (Oct. 8) SAVE environmental forum wait for a handwritten question to be drawn from the bowl. Another forum being organized by a group of citizens and The Saugus Advocate is set for 7 p.m. on Oct. 29. Please see inside for details and more Town Election 2025 campaign coverage. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler) TE E -FREE- www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday 781-233-4446 Friday, October 17, 2025 Town Election 2025 The candidates running for the board of Selectmen share their environmental vision at a forum sponsored by SAVE By Mark E. Vogler he operations of WIN Waste Management’s trash-to-energy plant will continue to be a major cause of concern and discussion for the next Board of Selectmen, which will convene after the Nov. 4 Town Election. Four of the nine candidates running for the Board of Selectmen – including three incumbent selectmen – cited their opposition to expansion of WIN’s ash landfi ll in their environmental vision statements submitted last week to Saugus Action Volunteers for the Environment (SAVE). Two of the candidates wrote in their statements that they would advocate for the state to end the policy of allowing WIN to purchase pollution credits so the plant on Route 107 could meet emission standards. That issue was the subject of additional discussion at SAVE’s candidates’ forum held in the second fl oor auditorium at Town Hall last week (Oct. 8). The forum was broadcast by SaugusTV and can be viewed on YouTube. SAVE, which has been in existence since 1973, is a nonprofi t organization dedicated to promoting a better quality of life in Saugus through environmental concern and action. Its selectmen’s candidates forum on environmental issues has been held during town elections for many years, in addition to the group soliciting environmental vision statements from each candidate. During the forum, candidates have an opportunity to give opening and closing statements. They also fi eld questions drawn randomly from a fi shbowl on a wide range of environmental topics like recycling and composting, preserving and protecting open space, conservation, land use, pollution and protection of the town’s natural resources. All nine candidates for the Board of Selectmen have agreed to participate in another forum on townwide issues set for 7 p.m. on Oct. 29 in the second fl oor auditorium at Saugus Town Hall. (Please see this week’s TOWN ELECTION 2025 | SEE PAGE 10 Mid-grade Regular 2.78 3.37 3.37 $3.47 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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