Government

Swampscott Public Library Director Jonathan Nichols called repeated jokes about toilet paper during the Town Meeting budget debate insulting. “I found that line incredibly offensive,” Nichols said at a Board…

Amid increased reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) activity in Massachusetts towns and cities, the Swampscott Police Department urges the public to not interfere. “The advice we have for…

Some Finance Committee members said during a meeting on Monday that they found the first night of the Town Meeting’s budget debate “difficult.” There was also the suggestion that town…

The Swampscott Public Library will lose access to its research databases on July 1 due to federal funding cuts, according to Director Jonathan Nichols. “We’re going to be losing every…

Amy Sarro, Swampscott’s director of finance and administration, will step down from her role at the end of June after months of “back and forth” contract negotiations with the Select…

After a two-hour meeting Wednesday night, the Hawthorne Reuse Advisory Committee agreed that the building at the Hawthorne Street property will need to be torn down. However, there seemed to…

The Town Election Review Committee will discuss, and possibly take action on, lowering the age to vote in local elections during its Wednesday meeting. The proposal stems from an initiative…

Swampscott held the second and final night of the spring 2025 Town Meeting on Tuesday, during which voters acted on 13 articles. Here’s a summary of the outcomes.  Article No….

Town Meeting Members voted to keep participation open to any Swampscott resident, rejecting a proposed article that would have required write-in candidates to receive at least five votes to be…

Swampscott voters approved an article on Tuesday to establish a biannual Town Meeting.  Town Meeting Members passed Article No. 21, creating a fall annual Town Meeting in addition to the…