SWAMPSCOTT -- April 15, 2026, Swampscott Select Board censures member Mary Ellen Fletcher 4-0 for code of conduct violations involving town staff. Acting on an independent investigation by the law firm Clifford and Kenny,
SWAMPSCOTT -- April 13, 2026, Swampscott Planning Board continues roof-expansion permit over third-floor math concerns, approves new flood-zone home. The board voted unanimously to continue Petition 2521 for 80 Puritan Road, where
SWAMPSCOTT -- April 13, 2026, Swampscott Finance Committee reviewed sweeping Capital Improvement Committee ranking changes and debated a contested school revolving fund surplus at its April 13 meeting. The CIC graded the $600,000 89
SWAMPSCOTT -- April 9, 2026, Swampscott School Committee unanimously approves a new five-year tuition agreement with Nahant, replacing a 2.5 percent annual increase cap with escalating rates reaching 3.75 percent by FY32.
SWAMPSCOTT -- April 9, 2026, Swampscott's Finance Committee reviewed a first-of-its-kind multi-year budget forecast warning the town will exhaust its unused levy capacity within three fiscal years. Town Administrator
SWAMPSCOTT -- April 8, 2026, Swampscott Select Board votes to pursue state funding for middle school overhaul, approves immigration enforcement resolution. The board voted unanimously Wednesday to authorize Superintendent Jason Kalishman to submit a statement
SWAMPSCOTT -- April 7, 2026, Four Swampscott Select Board candidates debated Kings Beach, the Rail Trail, and the long-stalled Hawthorne-by-the-Sea site at an April 7 forum ahead of the April 28
SWAMPSCOTT -- April 7, 2026, Swampscott School Committee candidates squared off Tuesday over budget transparency, racism in schools, and the fallout from a former chair's resignation. Incumbent John Jantis, seeking a third term
Swampscott School Committee voted to file a Statement of Interest for a Swampscott Middle School rebuild with the state. The committee and the Finance Committee met jointly to review a school budget trimmed from a $3.96 million increase request to $3.25 million.
Swampscott's Select Board voted 5-0 to back a plan to save the Glover Farmhouse under a 99-year, dollar-a-year lease tied to a National Development housing project.
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