Ex-Veterans Service Officer Cancelliere wants his job back on a full-time basis

By Mark E. Vogler

Veterans Service Officer Paul J. Cancelliere finds himself temporarily out of work. He learned he had lost his 18-an-hour-a-week part-time job on June 30 – the end of the 2025 Fiscal Year.

But Cancelliere, who has worked in the position for about two years, has applied for the full-time VSO position that the town recently began advertising for. “If somebody asked me to come back as the full-time VSO, I’d say ‘absolutely,’” he told The Saugus Advocate this week.

The elimination of Cancelliere’s part-time position happened because of the collapse of the Regional Veterans Service District, which also included Melrose and Wakefield. Under the previous arrangement, Cancelliere was hired by the City of Melrose to work in Saugus. The City of Wakefield previously pulled out of the district.