Government · Select Board
Swampscott Select Board approves Hawthorne lease, advances sewer inspection bylaw
Swampscott Select Board unanimously approves Hawthorne property lease in departing members' final session.
Section
Government
The Select Board, Finance Committee, Town Meeting and every other town board, from the meeting record.
Government · Finance Committee
Swampscott Finance Committee Recommends Budgets, Cuts Excess Levy Use to $1.49 Million
Swampscott Finance Committee votes to recommend operating, enterprise, and capital budgets for Town Meeting.
Government · Harbor & Waterfront Advisory Committee
Harbor Committee pursues improvements as regulatory reviews continue.
Harbor Committee pursues improvements as regulatory reviews continue. The committee received updates on multiple waterfront projects April 22, including an $82,500 contract award to T4 Construction for seawall and ramp repairs at Eisman Beach and the Fishhouse, which will begin once the
Government · Zoning Board of Appeals
Zoning Board approves setback relief for Puritan Road porch.
Zoning Board approves setback relief for Puritan Road covered porch project. The board unanimously granted a Dimensional Special Permit allowing applicant B. Scott Miller's covered porch to remain six feet from the side property line where code requires 7.5 feet, with Chair Heather L. Roman
Government · Finance Committee
Swampscott Finance Committee Clears Recreation Fund Spending Hike, Hands Budget to Select Board
Swampscott Finance Committee releases a nearly $88.6 million FY27 operating budget to the Select Board and votes to expand recreation spending authority.
Government · Select Board
Select Board censures Fletcher on staff conduct violations
Select Board censures member Fletcher for Code of Conduct violations. The board voted 4-0 to formally censure Mary Ellen Fletcher for violating the section governing conduct toward town staff, based on findings from an independent investigation; Fletcher did not participate in the vote. The
Government · Earth Removal Advisory Committee
Earth Removal Committee Reviews Amrize Permit Application
Earth Removal Committee reviews Amrize permit application for 2026-27. Joe Markarian, Chair, oversaw discussion of Amrize's proposal to merge and relocate benches closer to Swampscott Road during the permit year, with proposed 80-foot blasts limited to a maximum of 10 during fall months. Committee
Government · Select Board
Swampscott Select Board Censures Member Fletcher 4-0 for Code of Conduct Violations
Swampscott Select Board censures member Mary Ellen Fletcher 4-0 for code of conduct violations involving town staff.
Government · Open Space & Recreation Plan Committee
Open Space Committee approves new member, endorses winter salt letter
Open Space Committee approves new member and endorses multiple initiatives. The Open Space and Recreation Plan Committee voted unanimously to add Victoria Kelleher as a member and approved an updated maintenance plan for Harold King Forest. Chair Tania Lillak led the committee in endorsing a winter
Government · Recreation Commission
Recreation Commission plans summer events, establishes nonprofit partner
Swampscott Recreation Commission approves nonprofit partner, plans summer slate. The Recreation Commission unanimously approved the March 9, 2026 meeting minutes and approved establishing a "Friends of Recreation" 501(c)(3) nonprofit to support departmental fundraising, with a board of directors
Get Swampscott's town government news by email, free. One briefing each morning.
Check your email to confirm. One tap and you are in.
Something went wrong. Please try again.