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Swampscott news in brief for the week of Jan. 18 Wicked Local Volunteers needed  Swampscott boards and committees are seeking new members to help lead projects and programs in Swampscott. See a list of committees with vacancies and fill out a volunteer form at http://swampscottmaboards.vt-s.net/newcaf.php to express interest.  Swampscott Commission on Disability  Swampscott Historic District Commission  Swampscott Rail Trail Design and Construction Advisory Committee  Swampscott Renewable Energy Committee  Swampscott Town Hall is by appointment only  Due to a dramatic rise in positive ...

In partnership with Cataldo Ambulance, Swampscott is offering COVID testing to residents, but each test will come with a $70 cost for now, town hall announced in a COVID update on Monday.

Vaccinations are the ultimate solution. But widespread, recurring COVID-19 testing in schools is the bridge solution.

FRAMINGHAM — A free walk-up COVID-19 test site in downtown Framingham will close after Wednesday because the city's contract with the testing provider is expiring. The test site, at the South Middlesex Opportunity Council on Bishop Street, was originally operated by the state through Gov. Charlie Baker's Stop The Spread initiative. But Framingham recently took over management of the site after the state closed the Bishop Street location in favor of opening a high-throughput, appointment-only, drive-through test site at 484 Franklin St.  The city used CARES Act funding to contract with t...

FALL RIVER — Free COVID-19 testing in Fall River is not going away. That’s according to Mayor Paul Coogan, who said Thursday that the city will continue to be included in the statewide Stop the Spread initiative that began last July. The mayor said he’d been informed by his health department director Tess Curran that a “professional company” will assume the responsibility of collecting test samples after Jan. 15. That date marks the contractual expiration of a months-long agreement between the state and Seven Hills Foundation and Stanley Street Treatment and Resources, or SSTAR. Bot...