Ruth Kemelman Rooks
Ruth Kemelman Rooks passed away peacefully on Friday, August 21, 2026, surrounded by her family. Ruth was born in Boston, the eldest daughter of author Harry Kemelman and local icon Anne (Kessin) Kemelman….
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Meet the Candidates: 6th Congressional District
The Swampscott Tides had the opportunity to interview the seven candidates running for 6th Congressional District Representative, presented below in alphabetical order. Click a link to read an interview and…
Meet the Candidates: Governor’s Council
The Swampscott Tides had the opportunity to interview the two candidates running in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts Governor’s Council District 6, presented below in alphabetical order. Click each link…
Edith Elizabeth (Ingalls) Richardson, 85
Edith Elizabeth (Ingalls) Richardson, 85, of Nahant, Massachusetts and Bar Harbor, Maine, passed away on July 13, 2026, having battled Parkinson’s Disease. She was born on May 10, 1941, in Calais, Maine, to Curtis J. Ingalls and Lucy Kenison Ingalls…
Barbara Enid (Cohen) Blander, 87
Barbara Enid (Cohen) Blander, 87, died on June 20, 2026. Born in New York, NY, she moved to the North Shore in 1966 (Marblehead, then Swampscott in 1967) with her…
Joseph and Mary McHugh
The family of Joe and Mary McHugh Invite friends and loved ones to a Memorial Mass service.We will gather together at 10am, on Monday, June 29th atSaint Thomas Aquinas Church,…
Tree Falls, Striking Pine Street House
A tree hit a house on Pine Street on Saturday, as Swampscott and the rest of the North Shore region are facing very high winds. The Swampscott Police Department did…
Joan Bartram Sawyer, 92
Joan Bartram Sawyer passed away on May 20, 2026. Joan was the eldest of three children, born to Glenn and Doris Bartram. With the exception of a five-year overseas adventure,…
Gail Woodrow, 85
Gail (George) Woodrow, 85, passed away on June 6, 2025, at Clarendale Senior Center in Chandler, Arizona. She was born September 25, 1939, in Swampscott and graduated from Swampscott High…
Nancy Dana Palmieri, 91
Although she was so strong in life as to seem indestructible, Nancy Dana Palmieri passed away peacefully on April 16, 2026, at age 91, with her husband John by her…
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