Swampscott News

The school is grateful that its PTO Cultural Arts Committee brought this program to Stanley once again.

Isa still is. But the 1-year-old Spaniel mix could easily have become a was. The difference makers were many and now she is safe at Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem.

Saturday, May 18th 11 a.m. to noon at the Swampscott Library, second floor conference room Thousands of dollars are spent to replace original windows, but are they as beautiful, functional and money saving as the originals you already have? Can replacements look and perform as well as the ones built with the house? The Window Woman, Alison Hardy, ... (more)

The incident began early Monday with a suspect fleeing a shooting on Essex Street in Lynn just over the Swampscott line.

The Powerball jackpot will hit $350 million for Wednesday's drawing. Though not the largest Powerball cash payout, the jackpot is inching closer to the $384 million that was given out in November 2012 in Arizona and Missouri.

Congratulations to senior Maggie Upham. Maggie is headed to the University of Maine in the fall where she will study nursing.

The lecture will take place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22 at the Swampscott Yacht Club, which is on the second floor of the Fish House at Fisherman's Beach in Swampscott.

Will Denzel Washington be the next star to make a movie in Swampscott? Bill Laganas, owner of Lynn Meatland - a meat market, sandwich shop and catering company in Lynn - said yesterday he got a call late last week from movie crew members saying movie scouts were looking at locations in Swampscott for a Denzel Washington film.

Chat with Board of Selectmen Chairman Jill Sullivan: What will your priorities be? My first priority as Chairman this year is to continue to improve the functioning and effectiveness of the Board of Selectmen.

Once seated, they'll witness a preview of "Night Creatures," the second choreography in the new "Creatures" piece created by Artistic Director Sallee Slagle, who founded Forty Steps Dance 20 years ago.

In the coming months, the two massive power stacks that have dominated the Salem skyline for more than 60 years will come down and the one-of-a-kind view of Salem seen above will be gone forever.

Ryan January and Brendan McDonald belted home runs and senior lefthander Alex Zuchero stifled batters all afternoon as Swampscott rolled to a 12-1 win over Bedford Saturday, avenging the Big Blue's 13-0 season-opening loss to the Buccaneers.

A comic who talks onstage about her parenting skills risks being judged for them by the audience.

Twenty-eight firefighters converged on Riverhead Beach Wednesday running a network of lines through fire trucks and sending streams of water arcing into the harbor.

Movie stars who made Swampscott home last summer have been traveling the promotional circuit with only two months before Grown Ups 2's opening.

On April 1, Harding Mudge Bush opened a store at 30 Main St. to sell his watercolor paintings and note cards.

The Loop The May 20-23 cable auction is home base on a loop that is the television production education for Swampscott High students.

By Steven A. Tolman, President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Former U.S. Speaker of the House and Massachusetts titan, Thomas "Tip" O'Neill famously said that, "All politics is local." Perhaps no greater demonstration of that slogan of democracy exists than the Town Meetings that occur in municipalities across our commonwealth.

The following story was provided by AOL.com By Debra Auerbach for CareerBuiler Have you ever had an itch to quit your job and instead do work that makes a real difference in the world? In honor of Earth Day on April 22, we've compiled a list of seven jobs that help people live a better life - from the buildings they work and live in, to the energy ... (more)

On the second and final night of Town Meeting, Tuesday, members gave a thumbs up to Capital Improvement Committee sponsored items in Article 13 including odor mitigation for the new police station.