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
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.
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
The Swampscott School Committee reviewed plans to bring back honors-level courses and weighed a draft financial policy, with no votes taken on either.
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.
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
The Swampscott Planning Board voted unanimously to send a new administrative site-plan review process to the town meeting warrant.
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
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
Planning Board approves residential permits and administrative zoning streamline. Swampscott's Planning Board unanimously approved Site Plan Special Permits for an accessory dwelling unit pool house at 68 Puritan Lane and conversions to two-family dwellings at 5 Huron Street and 39 Estabrook Road.