Crabtree Issues Air Quality Alert, Sets Sewer Rehab Design to Start July 20

SAUGUS -- Town Manager Scott Crabtree issued an air quality alert for Saugus on Wednesday, and the town announced Thursday that design work will begin Monday, July 20, on the rehabilitation of Sewer Subsystem 1D.

TOWN HALL Crabtree's air quality alert, posted Wednesday on the town's official CivicAlerts page, is the second such notice from his office in recent weeks following earlier warnings about extreme and high heat forecasts for Saugus. The town did not specify pollutant levels or a duration for the alert in the posted notice.

Separately, the town announced Thursday that design work will begin July 20 on the rehabilitation of Sewer Subsystem 1D, an infrastructure project intended to address the sewer system in that section of town. Further details on project scope, cost, and timeline were not included in the announcement.

COMMUNITY & ARTS The Saugus Public Library's Summer Concerts at the Iron Works series continues Wednesday, July 22, with a performance by the band Memorylaners on the library's Iron Works lawn, the library announced Thursday. The free outdoor concert series has become a summer fixture at the Central Street library.

Also on view through August is "Forged in Saugus: Donna-Marie Mironchuk," an exhibit in the library's Reading Room spotlighting the local artist's work.

According to a report by Advocate Newspapers, the Red Sox mascot Wally is scheduled to appear at World Series Park, with a fishbowl collecting donations payable to the park at 8 Holden Ave. (read it at https://advocatenews.net/saugus/news/wally-coming-to-world-series-park/)

COMING UP The library hosts a CFCE Storytime for ages 0-6 (registration required) Friday, July 17, at 9:30 a.m., and will be closed Saturday, July 18. On Monday, July 20, the library offers free Summer Reading Enrichment Programs, one for grades 1 and 2 at 9:30 a.m. and one for grades 3 through 5 at 10:30 a.m.

At Town Hall, the Retirement Board meets Tuesday, July 21; the Conservation Commission meets Wednesday, July 22; and the Zoning Board of Appeals meets Thursday, July 23.