Government · Select Board
Swampscott Select Board Unanimously Backs Middle School MSBA Application
Swampscott Select Board votes to pursue state funding for middle school overhaul, approves immigration enforcement resolution.
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Government · Water & Sewer Infrastructure Advisory Committee
Water and Sewer Committee approves testing recommendation, adds steering committee seat.
Water and Sewer Infrastructure Advisory Committee approves testing parameters for bacterial analysis. Chair Kelley C. Begin and seven committee members approved a recommendation drafted by Scott L. Morello on statistical sampling parameters for water-quality testing, voting unanimously. DPW
Government · Climate Action & Resilience Committee
Climate Committee Approves Hawthorne Property Letter to Select Board
Climate committee approves Hawthorne response to Select Board. The Climate Action and Resilience Committee voted unanimously to approve a multi-committee letter to the Select Board on the Hawthorne property, to carry CARC signatures after finalization with an Executive Summary. The committee
Schools · School Committee
Swampscott School Committee Candidates Debate Budget Transparency and Community Trust
Swampscott School Committee candidates squared off Tuesday over budget transparency, racism in schools, and the fallout from a former chair's resignation.
Government · Select Board
Four Swampscott Select Board Candidates Clash Over Hawthorne Site, Kings Beach
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
Government · Board of the Public Library
Library board addresses Marblehead decertification impact and FY27 budget cuts
The Swampscott Board of the Public Library discussed Marblehead's pending decertification and a functionally reduced operating budget. Chair Neal Dechillo, Treasurer Johannah Morgen, and Member Jonathan Nichols attended. The FY27 budget increased 2.2 percent but fails to cover cost of living
Government · Finance Committee
Finance Committee flags track, fence, Recharge requests
Swampscott's Finance Committee pressed for more documentation on several fiscal 2027 capital requests. Capital Improvement Committee representative Ryan Hale said the CIC ranked a roughly $1 million track repair a "nice to have" and had seen no written vendor quotes.
Schools · School Committee
School Committee OKs Middle School MSBA Bid
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.
Government · Retirement Board
Retirement Board approves three new members and one retirement
Swampscott Retirement Board unanimously approves three new members, one retirement. The Board enrolled Kylie Gates as Town Assistant Town Accountant, Liam Brailey as Town Treasurer/Collector, and Darby Dechristopher as Swampscott Public Schools ABA Tutor; all effective in early March. The Board
Government · Select Board
Select Board votes 5-0 to back Glover Farmhouse plan
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.