SAUGUS D Your Local News, Sports & Information Online! Scan & Subscribe Here! OCAT CAT CHRISTMAS TREE TIME AT THE MEG F A “WICKED” FAVORITE: Last Sunday (Nov. 16) at the opening weekend of the 15th Annual MEG Foundation Festival of Trees, Belmonte STEAM Academy fourth-grader Mila Cogliano, 9, wanted to win this Wicked tree since she is on a cheering team called Wicked. Please look inside for more coverage of the festival, which continues this weekend. (Saugus Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) TE E Vol. 27, No.47 -FREE- www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday 781-233-4446 Friday, November 21, 2025 Town Election 2025 A recount is scheduled for tomorrow morning to determine the fi fth-place fi nisher in the Town Meeting Precinct 5 race By Mark E. Vogler or most of the candidates who ran for public office in the Nov. 4 Town Election, the results posted the next day by the Town Clerk’s Offi ce are offi cial. Those offi ce holders who were elected already have begun serving their two-year terms in Saugus local government. But veteran Town Meeting Member Ronald M. Wallace, who nosed out former Town Meeting Member Karli McConaghy Brazis by just two votes for the fi fth and fi nal Town Meeting seat in Precinct 5, won’t know until tomorrow whether he will get to serve a sixth consecutive term on the 50-member body – or watch Brazis return to offi ce. “I received an email from the Town Clerk saying a recount for Precinct 5 is scheduled for next Saturday (Nov. 22) 8:30 am at Town Hall,” Wallace told The Saugus Advocate this week. “I’m trying to educate myself on the rules and procedures of a recount.” “Votes have already been counted twice – unoffi cial on Election Day and posted at Town Hall as official on Nov. 5. So, I’m not expecting any changes,” he said. The Board of Registrars and the Town Clerk’s Offi ce will assemble tomorrow (Saturday, Nov. 22) morning in the second-fl oor auditorium at Town Hall to oversee a hand recount of all of the ballots cast in Precinct 5 to determine the fi fthplace fi nisher for Town Meeting, according to Town Clerk Ellen Schena. “A recount petition for Town Meeting Precinct 5 has been submitted and certified. Karli Brazis lost by 2 votes to Ron Wallace and asked for a hand count,” Schena told The Saugus Advocate. Brazis, who works as a clerk for the Board of Health and who previously served two terms as a Precinct 5 Town Meeting member, said the election results were close enough that she decided to request a recount. “Computers do make mistakes,” said Brazis, who was fi rst elected in 2015 and was reelected to a second term. She put aside plans to run again unTOWN ELECTION | SEE PAGE 2 Over 47 Years of Excellence! 1978 - 2025 2.83 Full Service ULS $3.25 Order online at angelosoil.com Kerosene Now Available! 3.37 3.57 Mid-grade Regular $3.59 FLEET CARD Check Out Our LOW PRICES!
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