THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, DECEmbEr 12, 2025 Page 15 SOUNDS | FROM PAGE 13 • National Grid for giving a substantial donation to support the Tree Lighting Ceremony.” Gas main work underway at Riverside Court The Saugus Department of Public Works announced that National Grid began gas main work on Riverside Court this week. National Grid will replace approximately 600 linear feet of gas main on Riverside Court. Work will take place between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays, and the project is expected to take about two months to complete. Police details and detours will be established if necessary. Please call Town Engineer Kevin Hallion at 781-2314032 with any questions related to this project. Wreaths Across America Dec. 13 On December 13 at noon, the Parson Roby Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (MA0136P) is sponsoring a Wreaths Across America event helping both Riverside and Old Burying Ground Cemeteries to remember and honor veterans by laying remembrance wreaths on the graves of our country’s fallen heroes. There will be a brief ceremony at noon to honor all branches of the military followed by laying wreaths on our fallen heroes. Invite your friends and family to join us in honoring our servicemen and women. In 2021, our first year sponsoring this event, we had over 360 wreaths sponsored. The community really stepped up and we are grateful for all the support we received. The Daughters of the American Revolution’s mission is to preserve American history and secure America’s future through education and promoting patriotism. For more information on how to participate or “What We Do,” email the Parson Roby Chapter DAR at parsonroby.saugusdar@gmail.com – www. wreathsacrossamerica.org/ MA0136P – this ensures your wreath(s) are placed at Riverside Cemetery. SANTA’S MAILBOX: For the second consecutive year, Saugus Town Hall will serve as a surrogate Post Office for kids in town who want to write letters to Santa Claus. The red metal mailbox set up on the porch near the Town Hall entrance is the place for parents to drop off their kids’ letters to the North Pole between now and Christmas Eve. Karen (Perullo) Coburn, the retired postal worker who enjoys writing letters back to Saugus kids in response to letters they mail to Santa Claus, nearly had to end a 20-year-plus tradition last year when the Cliftondale Branch office of the Post Office notified her that she could no longer set up her “LETTERS FOR SANTA” mailbox in the lobby of the Cliftondale Post Office. But Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree, the father of three kids, helped the Santa scribe out by telling her she could place her mailbox at Town Hall. The mailbox was already set up last Friday at the town’s Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony and Festivities. So, for at least another year, Coburn will continue to be a pen pal to dozens of kids in town and a few others in surrounding communities who want to write letters to Santa Claus. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler) Creative Craft Group at library Dec. 18 The Saugus Public Library will host a Creative Craft Group next Thursday (Dec. 18) from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Brooks Room on the second floor. Bring your own project to work on while relaxing and knitting, painting, beading, doing needlework or any other craft. Available spots are limited, so visit the library’s online Events calendar to register. Free health insurance enrollment help at the mall Enrollment for 2025 health insurance through the Massachusetts Health Connector is open now. On Dec. 14, certified Navigators will be onsite at Square One Mall to help residents sign up for Health Connector plans. Navigators offer free, expert, in-person help comparing plans, understanding subsidies and choosing licensed coverage that meets Massachusetts’ Minimum Creditable Coverage requirements – protecting residents from unexpected medical bills and potential tax penalties. Residents who want coverage starting January 1 should complete enrollment by December 23. This year, getting covered is especially important. Starting in January 2026, more than THE SOUNDS | SEE PAGE 16 ACTOR DONNIE WAHLBERG AT THE KOWLOON: Boston’s Donnie Wahlberg dined at the Kowloon Restaurant this past Monday night (Dec. 8) and stopped for selfies, too. The Route 1 North landmark in Saugus welcomed him with rounds of Chinese cuisine. Kowloon wrote on its social media page, “Great seeing Donnie Wahlberg, star of the hit TV show, Boston Blue, as Danny Reagan and NKOTB at Kowloon! Thank you for taking a picture with Kowloon’s own Donna.” That was a reference to Donna Bosse, of Saugus, a longtime employee of the Kowloon Restaurant. Kowloon invited the movie star back for lunch or dinner anytime during his stay in Boston and while filming. (Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate) den mium c of $425 million in f c c t tinues t aff i and families acr mon N One M nec 6765 t e - - - s - A NEW CLOCK AT TOWN HALL: Former Saugus resident Marilyn Carlson still has her heart in Saugus. She emailed Town Meeting Member Peter A. Rossetti, Jr. with some exciting news last week: “At long last, there is a working clock in the Town Hall Conference Room, thanks to the Friends of Town Hall…The Chelsea Clock Company did the repairs and I picked it up and delivered it.” (Courtesy photo to The Saugus Advocate)
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