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.
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Government · Select Board
Select Board approves budget framework with $179 tax-impact reduction, defers capital plan.
Select Board unanimously approves FY 2027 Preliminary Budget update with $179 tax-impact reduction and $1.9M estimated remaining levy capacity. Town Administrator Nicholas Connors reported $365,000 in healthcare savings from updated group insurance rates offset by departmental reductions totaling
Government · Zoning Board of Appeals
ZBA Approves Scaled-Back Huron Street Permit
The Swampscott Zoning Board of Appeals voted 4-0 to approve a limited permit for a vertical addition at 5 Huron Street after the applicant withdrew plans to convert it into a two-family home.
Government · Open Space & Recreation Plan Committee
Open Space Panel Votes to Support Rail Trail Preservation
Swampscott open space panel votes to preserve rail trail. The committee unanimously approved a letter supporting the abandoned railroad rail trail after learning the state's Transportation Improvement Plan may remove the project. Chair Tania Lillak led the effort after Director of Community and
Schools · School Committee
Committee reviews honors classes, financial policy plan
The Swampscott School Committee reviewed plans to bring back honors-level courses and weighed a draft financial policy, with no votes taken on either.
Government · Water and Sewer Infrastructure Advisory Committee
Water committee advances sewer bylaw 6-2
Swampscott's Water and Sewer Infrastructure Advisory Committee voted 6-2 to send a revised sewer lateral inspection bylaw to town counsel ahead of the May Town Meeting.
Government · Water & Sewer Infrastructure Advisory Committee
Water & Sewer Committee approves lateral inspection bylaw revision
Water & Sewer Infrastructure Advisory Committee approves lateral inspection bylaw amendment. Chair Kelley C. Begin led the seven-member panel in a 5-2 vote to accept the revised bylaw incorporating Select Board Liaison Wayne Spritz's written and verbal comments. The measure advances to Town Counsel
Government · Planning Board
Planning Board advances site-plan shortcut for warrant
The Swampscott Planning Board voted unanimously to send a new administrative site-plan review process to the town meeting warrant.
Government · Board of the Public Library
Library board discusses staffing challenges and network funding risks
Swampscott Public Library board addresses major staffing vacancies and rising network funding risks. The Board of the Public Library discussed significant ongoing staffing challenges: the Head of Circulation is on FMLA leave for a minimum of 12 weeks while the Reference Librarian remains on
Government · Swampscott For All Ages Committee
Committee approves Rail Trail funding letter, finalizes wellness conference
Swampscott For All Ages Committee approves Rail Trail funding letter to regional planners. The Committee backed correspondence to the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization supporting Transportation Improvement Program funding for the Swampscott Rail Trail, which faces jeopardy. Members