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All Aboard: Volunteers Knock on 1,700 Doors to Grow Swampscott Tides Readership

Monica SagerJune 4, 2026June 4, 202603 mins

The Swampscott Tides launched its “All Aboard” campaign to encourage residents to sign up for the newspaper’s free weekly newsletter. Over the weekend, 18 volunteer canvassers fanned out across town…

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All Aboard: Swampscott Tides Takes to the Streets to Rebuild Local News

Monica SagerMay 12, 2026May 13, 202603 mins

The Swampscott Tides is hosting an All Aboard campaign at the end of May, to encourage people to subscribe to the paper for free. The paper will run a door-to-door…

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Fish Tales Hooks Record $30K for Local Journalism at Swampscott High School

Devosha PearceMarch 30, 2026March 31, 202604 mins

This year’s record-breaking Fish Tales event earned the Swampscott Tides over $30,000 in donations supporting its mission to bring accessible local journalism to the Swampscott community. On Saturday, March 28,…

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Fish Tales Spotlight: Fran Sheehan

Monica SagerMarch 27, 2026March 27, 202604 mins

Fran Sheehan is well known as the bass player for the band Boston. What might be less widely known, however, is that his music career began in Swampscott. Sheehan is…

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Fish Tales Spotlight: Naina Alves Varela

Monica SagerMarch 26, 2026March 26, 202603 mins

Naina Alves Varela is a freshman at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. To get there, however, her high school career was a bit non-typical. Alves Varela commuted from Dorchester to…

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Fish Tales Spotlight: Misha Trubnikov

Monica SagerMarch 25, 2026March 26, 202602 mins

Misha Trubnikov has always been known as the class clown. Trubnikov works at the Peabody Essex Museum and hosts walking tours around Salem.  “It becomes a percentage. You can do…

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Fish Tales Spotlight: Student Volunteers

Monica SagerMarch 24, 2026March 25, 202602 mins

About 15 Swampscott students in the National Honor Society and Student Council are volunteering to support the Swampscott Tides’ Fish Tales event on Saturday. “The people who helped out last…

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Fish Tales Spotlight: Jo Ann Simons

Monica SagerMarch 23, 2026March 24, 202603 mins

Jo Ann Simons’ career changed after her son Jonathan was born. Jonathan was diagnosed with Down syndrome and heart defects. Simons realized the resources for her son were not in…

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Fish Tales Spotlight: Robert Jauron

Monica SagerMarch 20, 2026March 25, 202603 mins

When Robert Jauron was in high school, his family moved from Lynn to Swampscott, where he played football, basketball, and track. Jauron’s younger brother, Dick, was a letterman in football,…

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Fish Tales Spotlight: Turtle on a String

Monica SagerMarch 19, 2026March 19, 202602 mins

Four Swampscott High School students will take center stage at the Swampscott Fish Tales: An Evening of Community Storytelling on Saturday, March 28. Jazz band, Turtle on a String, is…

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