SAUGUS Vol. 27, No.48 -FREEHave a Safe & Happy Thanksgiving! e a Saf VOC TATE DV CAT DV www CAT A ublished Every Friday ub A SAUGUS HIGH INSPIRATION 781-233-4446 Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Town Election 2025 recount confi rms results in Precinct 5 Tm race: Wallace reelected by two votes over brazis for fi fth seat By Mark E. Vogler I t took about 75 minutes last Saturday for a crew assembled by the Board of Registers and the Town Clerk’s Offi ce to confi rm the slim twovote margin of victory by Town Meeting Member Ronald M. Wallace over former Town Meeting Member Karli McConaghy Brazis for the fi fth seat in Precinct 5. Both candidates hugged each other immediately after Town Clerk Ellen Schena read the results of the recount, which refl ected hardly any change in the offi cial results posted the morning after Sachems senior Josh Sheehan received the Saugus Lions Club “Heisman Award” during the 53rd Annual Saugus and Peabody Lions Annual Football Meeting and Dinner last week at Gametime sports bar and restaurant in Peabody. Saugus High School Head Coach Steve Cummings congratulated the player he chose for the award. Please see inside for more photos and coverage of the banquet and tomorrow’s Thanksgiving Day game between the Sachems and the Tanners. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler) the Nov. 4 Town Election. “The only change from the Hand count is that Pam Goodwin went from 246 to 245 and the blanks went from 1033 to 1034,” Schena said in a statement to The Saugus Advocate. “Everyone else remains the same,” she said. Goodwin still topped the fi eld of eight candidates by more than three dozen votes. “I’m very happy with the process. It seemed very fair,” Wallace said in a brief interview following the recount. “I do not blame Karli for requesting the recount, seeing how close the vote was. I thank Ellen [Schena] and her crew and everybody for coming in on a Saturday morning to do this for us both,” Wallace said. “I also want to thank my three agents for coming in on Saturday – Precinct 2 Town Meeting Member Robert J. Camuso, Jr., former School Committee Member Ryan Fisher and Former Selectman Corinne Riley. They were there to observe the process – one at each table.” As a result of the recount, Wallace said, he can offi cially begin his sixth two-year term and focus on next year’s Annual Town Meeting. There were three tables set up at the front of the auditorium, just in front of the Board of Selectmen’s table. Each of the 2,545 votes on the ballots cast in the precinct were counted by hand, with the work distributed across the three tables. There were 1,034 blank votes cast as voters TOWN ELECTION | SEE PAGE 2 Over 47 Years of Excellence! 1978 - 2025 2.83 3.37 3.57 Have a Safe & Happy Full Service ULS $3.25 Thanksgiving! $3.59 Order online at angelosoil.com Kerosene Now Available! Mid-grade Regular FLEET CARD Check Out Our LOW PRICES!
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