SAUGUS Your Local News, Sports & More! Scan & Subscribe to Advocate News Online! E Vol. 28, No. 42 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday PET DRESSED FOR HALLOWEEN 781-233-4446 Friday, October 23, 2026 Town Meeting at Work Four new committees bring renewed focus to various Saugus priorities By Alex Burns F our Town Meeting Committees formed in the spring are working to answer questions Saugus residents have asked for years, about the vacant schools, outdated rules, and a charter last reviewed over a decade ago. While the committees — the Zoning By-Law Review Committee, Vacant Schools Assessment Committee, Charter Review Committee, and the Town By-Law Review Committee — are taking proactive steps to be ready for the next Town Meeting come May 2027, their progress is varied. One committee has been waiting months for the town to answer basic records requests, while others have met multiple times and built out schedules to complete their work. The Vacant Schools AssessLIVING A FAIRY TALE: Jenny Scacca, 31, of Melrose, was dressed as Cinderella and held her 14-year-old Chihuahua, Gilbert, who was costumed as Prince Charming, at the Fourth Annual Halloween Pet Parade held at Breakheart Reservation last Sunday, Oct. 18. Please see inside for more photos and the story. (Photo to The Saugus Advocate by Alex Burns) Home of the Week Offered at $529,900 SAUGUS OPEN HOUSE: Sat., Oct., 23 & Sun., Oct. 24 - 12:00 – 2:00 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Commonwealth Real Estate Formerly Carpenito Real Estate SAUGUS – Welcome to 40 Stone Street. This beautiful Cape features 5 rooms 2+ bedrooms and 1 full Bath, located in the heart of Saugus on a corner lot. This home shows very well with its newer vinyl flooring and fresh paint. Large open living room, formal dining room with a beautiful chandelier and chair rail. Quaint eat in kitchen with walk out to the back yard. Primary bedroom has a sitting room for added space. Bathroom offers a new toilet and fixtures. No worries with the bones of this home with a newer furnace, hot water holding tank and roof. This home is in move-in condition and perfect for the first time homebuyer. This property has a large driveway with access from Stone st and Catalpa St. Great yard for outdoor fun. One street over from the early learning Veterans Memorial School and park. Seller has a new door for the basement outside egress. A must see! (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. ment Committee is charged with determining whether the former Ballard, Evans, Oaklandvale, Lynnhurst, and Waybright schools have ever been professionally assessed. Some of these buildings have been closed for several years. “Right now we are here to assess: Can these buildings be saved? Can they be fixed? Can they be rehabilitated?” Precinct 10 Town Meeting member Jenna Nuzzo, who chairs the committee, said. “I would love to get in all of the buildings to physically see where they stand.” Nuzzo emphasized that the committee’s purpose is not to decide the fate of these vacant buildings, but to gather enough information to initiate the conversation, allowing the town to make that decision. The committee had its first meeting at the end of last month, where the focus was the two public records requests Nuzzo filed in April and June seeking expense information on the six vacant schools. Both remain unanswered. “The residents of this town have been asking for years what’s going on with these buildings, and nobody has a single answer,” Nuzzo said. “We’re losing money just sitting on them, letting them rot away.” Nuzzo said she has researched state grants other communities have used to reTOWN MEETING | SEE PAGE 2 Established 1978 Mid-grade Regular 3.99 4.60 6.04 $4.91 Full Service ULS $5.559 Order online at angelosoil.com Kerosene Now Available! FLEET CARD Check Out Our LOW PRICES!
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