Swampscott Poet Laureate Selection Committee plots a summer recruitment and publicity campaign. Committee Chair Stephen Iannaccone submitted a list of five potential judges for approval, with four to be selected by early September to begin accepting applications. Publicity efforts include a
Select Board continues Amrize quarry permit hearing to June 17 over air quality concerns. The board held a joint public hearing with the Earth Removal Advisory Committee on the annual earth removal permit; residents and Board of Health members raised concerns about the adequacy of air quality
Swampscott Select Board advances Hawthorne performing arts licenses and opens long-term RFP planning for town-owned waterfront property.
Swampscott Community Preservation Committee opens FY27 funding hearing. The Committee held a public hearing on June 2, receiving requests from the Clifton Improvement Association (approximately $500,000 for Beach Bluff Park sea wall replacement), the Church of Spiritualism (historic window and
Swampscott Climate Committee adopts sustainability rubric for development permits. Martha Schmitt's Climate Action and Resilience Committee finalized the rubric for Planning Board use in permit evaluation, with a CARC team designated to score projects during review.
Swampscott Earth Removal panel unanimously backs permit for Select Board review. The Earth Removal Advisory Committee voted unanimously on May 27 to approve a finalized permit and two memoranda for presentation to the Select Board on June 3. Present were Chair Joe Markarian, John Picariello, and
Swampscott's Zoning Board of Appeals continued an attic-expansion hearing to June 16 after finding the plan needs a variance, not a special permit.
Water & Sewer Infrastructure Advisory Committee approves prior minutes, plans summer beach testing. Chair Kelley C. Begin and the committee, working with Board of Health representative George Allen, outlined protocols for weekly water bacteria testing at all six town-owned beaches during FY 2026.
Swampscott Retirement Board grants 3 percent COLA to system retirees effective July 1, 2026. Chair Thomas H. Driscoll Jr., Vice Chair John F. Behen Jr., Kevin F. Breen, Robert J. Powell III, and Patrick Luddy unanimously approved the increase along with two new members and financial warrants.
Swampscott Town Meeting approved an $87,041,794 fiscal 2027 budget that uses $1.6 million in excess levy capacity.
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