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Planning Board approves three special permits; reviews multifamily pre-application and zoning changes.

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.

Select Board awards Hawthorne property reuse contract to performing arts group.

Select Board backs Swampscott Center for the Performing Arts for Hawthorne temporary reuse. The board voted 4-1 to award a lease authorization through June 30, 2028, to SCFPA for a cultural hub with performing arts, restaurant, café, family programming, and local retail, committing approximately

Climate Action Committee approves prior minutes, tracks multiple resilience initiatives

Swampscott climate committee approves prior meeting minutes, advances grant work for school and beach projects. The Climate Action and Resilience Committee unanimously approved its February 3 minutes at its March 3 meeting. The committee is pursuing additional contractors for Fisherman's Beach

Solid Waste Advisory Committee approves prior minutes, reviews RFP and survey work.

Solid Waste Advisory Committee approves prior minutes and advances work on waste services vendor RFP and multi-family recycling survey. Chair Wayne Spritz led the two-hour meeting, where the RFP Contract Workgroup reported near completion of the proposal with an expected vendor start date of July

Select Board votes to pursue refined FY27 budget with $2.8M excess levy capacity.

Select Board reviews $2.8M-levy-capacity FY27 budget amid rising pressures. The preliminary plan, presented by Town Administrator Nicholas Connors at a joint meeting with the School Committee and Finance Committee on March 2, relies on conservative revenue forecasting and faces 14.5 percent health