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Its election season in Swampscott, with townwide elections to be held at the High School on April 26.

The developer is applying for 40B status for its proposed Atlantic Bay View Residences.

Sarro will be Swampscott’s finance director; Luddy will be the town’s treasurer and tax collector.    At its Monday, May 3 public meeting, the Swampscott Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to permit Fitzgerald to enter into contract negotiations with the two employees.   Sarro has been Swampscott town accountant for a year.  According to her LinkedIn page, she has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Massachusetts, Boston and is pursuing a master�...

Swampscott selectmen question safety of Glover House property Call for inspection comes after the Jan. 26 basement fire Sign up  for the Swampscott Reporter’s newsletter. The Swampscott Board of Selectmen has asked local public safety officials to determine whether or not the town should condemn potentially unsafe structures on the old General Glover House site after a small fire broke out on the town-deemed blighted property. Selectmen’s informal charge follows more than a year’s worth...

The Year In Portraits Share The People We Met In A Year Like No Other Three months into 2020, the world shut down. A pandemic upended daily life as streets emptied, schools closed and businesses shuttered. Millions lost jobs. Our health care system was tested like never before. And more than 300,000 Americans lost their lives, including over 11,000 here in Massachusetts. The pandemic also exacerbated existing inequities in our society, as those already struggling battled additional challenges: ...