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We've now started to post the winners in our third annual Halloween Ghost Story Contest. We'll be continuing to post them throughout the night, category by category. Generally speaking, it was somewhat more competitive this year than last year. While prior to this year we had never received a single High School entry, this year we received two, and as with last year, the Adult category was extremely competitive. The big event however this year was at the Middle School level, where no fewer than 120 stories were written in the Belmonte Middle School alone (and of course entries were by no means confined to the Belmonte Middle School).

Highlights from tonight's Special Saugus Town Meeting include the passing of an article to purchase more books and materials for the library, articles to fund repairs to the schools and the Essex Street Fire Station, an article funding the opening of the Pranker Pond Reservation in May (rather than June), and an article funding a new position for a zoning / general by-laws enforcement officer.

Remember that this Sunday is the 29^th, the last chance to enter the Halloween Ghost Story Contest.

The Computer Terms Page was updated today.

Just a reminder that when you enter the Halloween Ghost Story Writing Contest, please be sure to let us know which age category you fall into and give us a means of contacting you afterwards should you win. Also, if you e-mail us an entry we'll respond saying that we received it within a couple of days. If you don't get such a response (or haven't gotten such a response), please let us know.

The Non-Profit Saugus web site was updated today.

Pictures from this year's Hammersmith Quilters' Guild Quilt Show & Contest are now online.

The deadline for this year's Halloween Ghost Story Writing Contest is coming up; the 29^th is just a little over a week away. Why not spend a little time this weekend patching together that story that you've been meaning to put to paper?

Just a reminder that for us to enable people to click your name in your Guest Book entry to send you e-mail, you must give us a proper e-mail address. It must have a name followed by the at sign and a domain name (something like name@domain.com or name@domain.net or similar). We'll make an attempt to figure out malformed entries, but it delays the posting and we often end up not including the e-mail address.

The Computer Terms Page was updated today.

The Town of Saugus Inspectional Services Department asked us to post the following:

The Inspectional Services Department in conjunction with the Board of Health will begin leaf pick-up during the following weeks; November 6, November 27, and December 4, 2000, on your regular rubbish day. Leaves must be out by 7 AM, in composting bags (no limit) or open barrels only, and should be separated from your trash: no plastic bags or cardboard boxes will be accepted.

Leaves, grass clippings, small branches (no larger than 3" in diameter), or other easily raked materials will be accepted at the Town Composting Facility (515R Main Street). The facility is open every Saturday from 8 AM to 3 PM and also every Wednesday from 8 AM to 11:30 AM and will remain open until the first snowstorm.

Remember, the deadline for this year's Halloween Ghost Story Writing Contest is just a couple of weeks away; Halloween is right around the corner! Be sure too to check out the Community Events Calendar for upcoming local Halloween events (and of course if you are organizing such an event, don't forget to post it).

The Organizations page and Education page were both updated today.

One of the Saugus Cemetery Commission members, Gene Leighton, asked us to point out a couple of facts in response to the note Ed & Karen Guarino asked us to post last week:

All the active State Representative candidates have now responded to the "Questions to the Candidates".

The office will be closed for the holiday on Monday. It will also close a little early today as one of the people behind the scenes here at Saugus.net is getting married (those of you who have called in may know her by voice). Please join us in wishing life-long Saugonian Heather Brown and former Saugonian Paul Cole all the best in their upcoming marriage. We'll miss Heather around here.

Of course, Halloween Ghost Story Contest entries can still be submitted during this time.

Ed & Karen Guarino asked us to post the following:

The Saugus Inspectional Services Department asked us to post the following notice:

The Inspectional Services Department in conjunction with the Board of Health will begin leaf pick-up during the following weeks: November 6, November 27, and December 4, 2000, on your regular rubbish day. Leaves must be out by 7:00 AM in composting bags (no limit) or open barrels only, and should be separated from your trash. No plastic bags or cardboard boxes will be accepted.

Leaves, grass clippings, small branches (no larger than 3" in diameter), or other easily raked materials will be accepted at the Town Composting Facility (515R Main Street). The facility is open every Saturday from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM and also every Wednesday from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM and will remain open until the first snowstorm.

The Community Events Calendar also has the leaf collections posted.

Another answer to the "Questions to the Candidates" for the State Representative candidates has now been posted. Only one active candidate still has not responded.

As usual, the Most Popular Pages Countdown has been updated with the most popular pages of last month.