A new place to play in Nahant
NAHANT — A small crowd gathered along Nahant Road at noon Tuesday to watch town officials — and 4-year-old Amelia Carrasco — cut a ceremonial ribbon to open... Read more.
Swampscott commemorates Indigenous Peoples’ Day
SWAMPSCOTT — For the first time in the town’s history, the Select Board read a proclamation commemorating Monday, Oct. 9 as Indigenous Peoples’ Day at... Read more.
Swampscott’s Pitman House gone in an hour after 250 years
SWAMPSCOTT — Spectators gathered along Pitman Road on Friday morning to watch as the former home of town founder Samuel Pitman — which has sat on its lot for... Read more.
Swampscott won’t save Pitman House
SWAMPSCOTT — The Select Board rejected a last-minute proposal to allocate $150,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds toward the relocation and preservation of... Read more.
Swampscott settles on bike path project
SWAMPSCOTT — The town has settled its lawsuit with National Grid, which in 2021 accused Swampscott of taking the company’s property for construction of a bike... Read more.
Swampscott DAV members go national
SWAMPSCOTT — Cmdr. Jeffrey Blonder and Adjutant Andrea Gayle-Bennett, of the E.F. Gilmore Disabled American Veterans post, were chosen to serve on national committees... Read more.
State Police under the gun for surveillance
After discovering 250 cases in which the Massachusetts State Police allegedly used covert surveillance technology in investigations without turning over the evidence,... Read more.
Swampscott students hung up on cell-phone pilot program
SWAMPSCOTT — The School Committee is reviewing a controversial pilot program that would require students and teachers to keep their cellphones in magnetically... Read more.
A rock-solid playground in Nahant
NAHANT — A group of elementary-school students erupted in applause behind the Johnson School this week as they watched G/J Carting Inc. owner Gennaro Angiulo use... Read more.
Moulton speaks out on King’s Beach
WASHINGTON — Congressman Seth Moulton, whose district includes Lynn and Swampscott, asked a panel of water and wastewater infrastructure experts about proposed... Read more.