THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, April 24, 2020
SOUNDS | from page 12 and keep everyone home. Please visit Healthy Students-Healthy Saugus facebook page and send a message to be added to the delivery list. “Grab-n-go breakfast/lunch meals will be distributed every Monday (three days of meals) and Thursday (two days of meals) from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Please wear a mask/face covering when picking up food. Again, these changes are to help reduce contact and limit how many times people are leaving their home. “Please visit Healthy Students–Healthy Saugus Facebook page for updates.” Food help for Veterans This just in from Saugus Veterans’ Service Officer Jay Pinette: “We want to share a couple of opportunities with you for food assistance that are being offered to Veterans and/or their surviving spouses. First, the Melrose-Wakefield-Saugus Veterans’ Services Offices partner with the Greater Boston Food Bank to provide food to Veterans and their surviving spouses on the third Wednesday of each month. The food market is generally held at the Saugus Senior Center, but given the current COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently offering a contact-free, drive-thru food pantry at Memorial Hall on Main Street in Melrose. If you are unable to pick-up, some limited deliveries may be available. This offering is year round. Please call the Saugus Veterans’ Service Office at 781-231-4010 or e-mail VeteransServices@saugusma.gov in order to register. Proof of Veteran status is required. “In addition, there is now another offering for food assistance on the North Shore. Many of you may have heard about the food distribution for Veterans that was held recently at Gillette Stadium. In order to make this more accessible to Veterans on the North Shore, the Veterans Northeast Outreach Center and Massachusetts Military Support Foundation Food4Vets are bringing the food drive to the North Shore and Merrimack Valley! They have partnered together with local VSOs to offer assistance to Massachusetts Veterans experiencing limited access to food due to COVID 19. They will be holding drive-through food distribution events on Wednesdays beginning this week on April 22nd, 2020 in Haverhill. Distributions will be held on alternate weeks at Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill, and North Shore Community College in Danvers. The distribution will take place in the college parking lots. Veterans will need to pre-register using the respective Danvers and Haverhill links below. “4/22/2020 Northern Essex Community College Haverhill, MA “4/29/2020 North Shore Community College Danvers, MA “5/6/2020 Northern Essex Community College Haverhill, MA “5/13/2020 North Shore Community College Danvers, MA “If you are a Melrose, Wakefield or Saugus Veteran and are unable to pick up food in either Haverhill or Danvers, please register and then contact Melrose Veterans’ Services at KBurke@ cityofmelrose.org or SCaffey@cityofmelrose.org to arrange delivery assistance.” To register: Danvers: https://clearpathnewsengland.formstack.com/forms/food_supply_request_vneoc_danvers Haverhill: https://clearpathnewengland.formstack.com/forms/food_supply_request_vneoc_haverhill Buy a brick to honor your vets The Saugus War Monument Committee once again is sponsoring the Buy A Brick Program to honor all those who have served their country. If you would like to purchase one in the name of someone who is presently serving or has served, in the memory of a loved one, or just from your family, school, etc., the general pricing is $100 for a 4” x 8” brick (three lines), $200 for an 8” x 8” brick (five lines) and $500 (five lines) for a corporate brick. Each line is a maximum of 15 characters. The improvement and upkeep of the monument on the corner of Winter and Central Streets rely on the generosity of donors through fundraising. The brick application must be in by Sept. 30 to ensure the bricks will be ready for Veterans Day. Please contact Frank Manning at 781-929-9723 for more information and applications. Veterans’ Service Officer still on duty With the ongoing shutdown of Town Hall – which could last many more weeks or even months – Saugus veterans shouldn’t feel ignored because they can’t get in the front door of the old wooden government building. “I wanted to let you know that, like the other offices in Saugus Town Hall, Veterans’ Services will still be available to assist
SHS CLASS OF 2020 ROCKS! Special painted #BeLikeGeorgie rocks – created by Susan Curry – are showing up as a tribute to this year’s Sachems graduates.
Page 13 reopens. This is a reminder that the Town of Saugus Health Department has received notification of more than 50 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 from the DPH. The Health Department is actively investigating and following up on these cases. The Saugus Health Department strongly believes that additional unrecognized cases do exist in town as does the county, state and country. Due to the fact that they are undetected, some of these infected individuals might not be properly isolated or quarantined, which is why the Health Department continues to strongly request that everyone stay at home unless it is essential to go out, practice diligent social distancing, avoid gatherings of more than 10 and follow the guidelines set up by the DPH and CDC. Residents may call Lorna Cerbone at the Solid Waste and Recycling Department at 781231-4036 with questions or for more information. The Department thanks you for your patience during this time and hopes the CHaRM Center will be open for the season as soon as possible.
Veterans and their dependents during the COVID-19 emergency,” Veterans’ Service Officer Jay Pinette wrote in an email to us. “Might be worth sharing!” Okay, veterans who need help can contact Jay at (781) 2314010 or by emailing him at Veterans.services@saugus-ma.gov. A message from So, no need to feel isolated, all of you veterans out there. the Town Clerk Residents can’t get in to see Annual Town Meeting Warrant remains open Because of COVID-19, selectmen are unable to set a date for Town Clerk Ellen Schena these the Annual Town Meeting – which is usually scheduled for the days because of social distancing protocols. But the Town first Monday in May. This year that would have been May 4. So, Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree says Town Counsel John Clerk’s Office has left a special Vasapolli has advised the Board of Selectmen not to close the COVID-19 virus message on Warrant yet. That means residents who are interested in submit- the Town Website: “The Town ting Articles to be included on the warrant for this year’s Annu- Clerk’s office will be processing all Vitals Records via mail. al Town Meeting have additional time. And to make things easier and safer during these times where Please submit a mail-In request communities are observing the practice of social distancing, form or a letter requesting Crabtree says, anybody who is going to submit Articles doesn’t Birth, Death or Marriage Cerneed to collect signatures. “Just put them in the box,” Crabtree tificates and enclose a check said, referring to the box near the steps of Town Hall, where res- or money for $10.00 (each idents are also able to submit envelopes containing payment copy) with a self-addressed stamped envelope. The Mail in for taxes. For more information you may contact the Selectmen’s Office request form can be found on the Town’s website under the at (781) 231-4124 or wreed@saugus-ma.gov Town Clerk’s page. The vital records request will be processed Recyclers won’t touch contaminated bins/barrels Due to increasing contamination rates in curbside recycling, and mailed back to you. “The Town Clerk’s Office will JRM will not collect any bin/barrel with contamination, accordbe processing Dog Licenses via ing to Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree’s Office. Bins should contain aluminum/steel cans, food and beverage mail. Please submit your dog cartons, bottles and jars, mixed paper, newspaper, magazines application and a copy of your rabies certificate with a check and cardboard, kitchen, laundry and bath plastic containers. Please empty and rinse containers. Please remember: No plas- with the appropriate fee of tic wrap or bags, clothing, hoses, Styrofoam, rigid plastic, kids’ $12.00 or $15.00 per dog and toys, electronics, metal pans or glass dishes. These items would with a self-addressed stamped envelope. The dog license will cause your bin/barrel to be rejected. Please contact Solid Waste/Recycling Coordinator Lorna Cer- be processed and mailed back bone at 781-231-4036 with any questions. For JRM Customer to you. “The Town Clerk’s Office will Service, please call 1-800-323-4285. be accepting Marriage Licenses by appointment only. If CHaRM Center/Compost/Recycling you are getting married withsite closed indefinitely The Town of Saugus’s CHaRM Center/Compost/Recycling site in the next 60 and require a will be closed indefinitely due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns. marriage license, please call This is based on the Governor’s stay-at-home orders and the so- the Town Clerk’s office during cial distancing and other recommendations of the Centers for Town Hall hours at 781-231Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Massachusetts De- 4102/4103/4104 to schedpartment of Public Health (DPH). The Town of Saugus hopes to ule an appointment to come open the center as soon as possible. A notification will be sent with details when the CHaRM Center/Compost/Recycling site SOUNDS | SEE PAGE 14
