Shining Lights of Everyday People

“Not All of us can do Great Things but we can do Small Things With Great Love”—Mother Teresa

By Joanie Allbee

Laura Eisener is The Saugus Advocate’s “Saugus Gardens” weekly columnist. Laura loves her Town and happily contributes to its many beneficial causes.

“I have a strong attachment to Saugus, having grown up here. My maternal grandparents moved to this town when they got married, and my mother was born in a house (yes, house, not hospital) just a few streets away from where I currently live, ” Laura said.

On her off-duty times, as an Adjunct Instructor at North Shore Community College and also working at Northeast Nursery as a Landscape Design Consultant, she enjoys her passion of photography and writing. Frequently, she’s seen photographing and checking out landscapes and floral arrangements throughout neighborhoods. Ms. Eisener often forest bathes in Breakheart and captures the wildlife images and attends festivities.

Laura enjoys picnics, birdwatching and strolling through Saugus Iron Works, which has a piece of her heart and where her husband Paul Kenworthy is a Park Ranger. She enjoys the trails, scenery and her husband Paul’s professionally guided Tours. Sometimes she may be found on one of the many Adirondack chairs as she writes and enjoys the summer breezes.

“Saugus has had a greater influence on American history than most residents realize. If it weren’t for Saugus Ironworks and its establishment of industry in the colonies, we would have been in no position to fight for our independence. When the original ironworks closed, its workers, with their marketable skills, helped establish ironworks elsewhere in New England and in turn taught others,” Laura said

Laura was our Saugus Woman of the Year 2022. She is a Garden Club member and President of Saugus Historical Society.

Every Wednesday during the Summer Concert Series at the Saugus Iron Works, she is nested next to Paul (if he is not on duty) for the concert that evening . Sometimes if her niece Moniques has some free time she accompanies.

When Laura settles in she’s busy reviewing the weekly concerts for her column “The Bands of Summer” for The Saugus Advocate.