Calling all town residents — it’s civic duty time By Gayla Cawley | April 25, 2022 6:07 PM For roughly a month every year, as trees blossom and bees hustle from flower to flower, Town Meeting and town
Vecchione establishing himself as Saugus’ forward thinker By Gayla Cawley | April 15, 2022 7:26 PM No question about it — Saugus Planning Board member Joseph Vecchione has established a reputation as a forward-thinking civic-minded town
Jonathan W. Blodgett: Successful diversion programs make a difference in changing lives By Gayla Cawley | April 5, 2022 6:55 PM The most commonly understood role of the district attorney is prosecuting crime and speaking for crime victims in criminal cases.
Shining a light on COVID-19’s student mental-health impact By Gayla Cawley | March 31, 2022 6:33 PM Dawn Trainor, Saugus Public Schools’ executive director of pupil personnel services, did not mince words when she described COVID-19’s collateral
Saugus schools’ journey to excellence can pass through the Iron Works By Gayla Cawley | March 24, 2022 4:40 PM Call it a happy confluence: The National Park Service has launched a restoration project at the Saugus Iron Works National
Mantell: YMCA of Metro North is evolving By The Editors | March 15, 2022 9:13 PM During the pandemic, many American workers took a collective pause to reevaluate what their work means to them. Millions decided
It’s time for Saugus to move on from court battles and treat WIN like a good neighbor By Gayla Cawley | March 14, 2022 5:50 PM After a state Appeals Court ruling yet again affirmed WIN Waste Innovations’ right to deposit ash in its Saugus landfill,
Taking a step on the road to success in Saugus By Gayla Cawley | March 1, 2022 5:38 PM Saugus Superintendent of Schools Erin McMahon is taking concrete steps toward meeting her goal of propelling town students into the
Letter: Wongs deserve respect and consideration on Kowloon request By The Editors | February 16, 2022 8:16 PM To the editor: I am responding to a piece that ran in Feb. 16’s Item, “Saugus continues Kowloon discussion.” From
Something’s brewing in Saugus By Gayla Cawley | February 15, 2022 5:53 PM In tone and actions, Saugus Town Manager Scott Crabtree projects the image of a confident, my-way-or-the-highway administrator. But comments Crabtree
Let’s be careful about turning our backs on COVID-19 By Gayla Cawley | February 9, 2022 9:16 PM Anyone who has ever watched a horror movie knows that the serial killer lying lifeless on the floor is about
Welcome to the age of hyper-local politics By Gayla Cawley | February 1, 2022 5:34 PM There was a time when elected officials considered their responsibility to be confined to the public sector — streets, parks,
Saugus superintendent is on the path to excellence By Gayla Cawley | January 20, 2022 5:27 PM Saugus Superintendent of Schools Erin McMahon has taken another positive step on the path laid by town residents in 2017
Letter: Northeast Metro Tech desperately needs a new building By The Editors | January 13, 2022 5:20 PM To the editor: On Tuesday, Jan. 25, voters in Northeast Metro Tech’s 12 sending communities will be asked to approve
Northeast Voke vote is important to Saugus By Gayla Cawley | January 10, 2022 5:46 PM A vote by Saugus residents on Jan. 25 to join 11 other communities in spending $317.4 million on building a
Cawley: A local ’21-fun salute By Gayla Cawley | December 30, 2021 8:20 PM Given the COVID-19 pandemic, local elections, crime and sports, there was no shortage of news on the North Shore this
Jourgensen: They shed light on a dark year By Thor Jourgensen | December 30, 2021 8:02 PM I could wrap up my thoughts for 2021 by expounding on COVID-19’s relentless slaughter and the widening American political chasm
Jourgensen: Let’s never forget ‘a date which will live in infamy’ By Thor Jourgensen | December 6, 2021 7:44 PM “A date which will live in infamy — that is the way President Franklin D. Roosevelt described the Japanese attack
Saugus special Town Meeting on spending is timely By Gayla Cawley | November 18, 2021 6:08 PM Saugus Town Manager Scott Crabtree has navigated the town through rough municipal financial waters for almost nine years. But we
It’s Election Day. Get out and vote. Please. By Gayla Cawley | November 1, 2021 8:04 PM Tuesday is Election Day. The polls in Lynn, Peabody, Salem, Saugus and other communities across the state close at 8
