Swampscott Board Votes to Cut Recycling Pickup to Every Other Week Starting January
Swampscott Select Board votes 4-1 to shift to every-other-week curbside recycling beginning January 1, 2027, projecting $168,000 in annual savings.
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Select Board
Members: Katie Phelan, Danielle Leonard, Mary Ellen Fletcher, Ted Dooley, Wayne Spritz, Patrick Luddy, Katie Dupont
Swampscott Select Board Votes to Cut Recycling Pickup to Every Other Week in January
Swampscott Select Board votes unanimously to move curbside recycling to every other week beginning January 1, projecting $168,000 in annual savings.
Swampscott Boards Unanimously Adopt and Endorse Master Plan 2035
Swampscott adopts its Master Plan 2035 and approves an entertainment license for a new downtown performing arts venue.
Swampscott Select Board approves liquor license for new performing arts center
Swampscott Select Board unanimously approves liquor license for new performing arts center while tabling its entertainment license over noise concerns.
Swampscott Board Continues Hawthorne Performing Arts Licenses to June 8 Special Meeting
Swampscott Select Board advances Hawthorne performing arts licenses and opens long-term RFP planning for town-owned waterfront property.
Swampscott Select Board Approves Trinity Ambulance Deal and $503K Street Contract
SWAMPSCOTT — May 6, 2026 — Swampscott Select Board approves ambulance contract, $502,900 street redesign deal, and five department head employment agreements in wide-ranging May 6 session. The board unanimously approved a one-year agreement with Trinity Ambulance, with up to two renewal options, formalizing an arrangement that had lapsed
Swampscott Select Board approves Hawthorne lease, advances sewer inspection bylaw
Swampscott Select Board unanimously approves Hawthorne property lease in departing members' final session.
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.
Swampscott Select Board Unanimously Backs Middle School MSBA Application
Swampscott Select Board votes to pursue state funding for middle school overhaul, approves immigration enforcement resolution.
Four Swampscott Select Board Candidates Clash Over Hawthorne Site, Kings Beach
SWAMPSCOTT — April 7, 2026 — Four Swampscott Select Board candidates debated Kings Beach, the Rail Trail, and the long-stalled Hawthorne-by-the-Sea site at an April 7 forum ahead of the April 28 election. Charlie Patsios, Ted Dooley, Wayne Spritz, and Wayne Godfrey — competing for two open seats — converged