Sarro will be Swampscott’s finance director; Luddy will be the town’s treasurer and tax collector.
At its Monday, May 3 public meeting, the Swampscott Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to permit Fitzgerald to enter into contract negotiations with the two employees.
Sarro has been Swampscott town accountant for a year. According to her LinkedIn page, she has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Massachusetts, Boston and is pursuing a master’s degree in accounting from Salem State University.
“I have come to see Amy as a real strong colleague, she is somebody that I frankly, believe gives good advice. She s clear with her analysis. She s got a strong background in finance,” Fitzgerald told selectmen. “She can really help us build upon the foundation that we ve laid over the last few years to help Swampscott balance our financial priorities.”
Swampscott selectmen question safety of Glover House property
Call for inspection comes after the Jan. 26 basement fire
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The Swampscott Board of Selectmen has asked local public safety officials to determine whether or not the town should condemn potentially unsafe structures on the old General Glover House site after a small fire broke out on the town-deemed blighted property.
Selectmen’s informal charge follows more than a year’s worth of enforcement actions from the office of the Swampscott Building Commissioner to force the property’s owner, Sunbeam Development Limited Partnership (Sunbeam), to put the rundown commercial property, 299 Salem St., in compliance with Swampscott’s blighted property bylaw.
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The People We Met In A Year Like No Other
Three months into 2020, the world shut down. A pandemic upended daily life as streets emptied, schools closed and businesses shuttered. Millions lost jobs. Our health care system was tested like never before. And more than 300,000 Americans lost their lives, including over 11,000 here in Massachusetts.
The pandemic also exacerbated existing inequities in our society, as those already struggling battled additional challenges: isolation, a lack of resources, profound levels of stress and deep personal loss. COVID-19 exposed long-standing stresses within and among our communities. We experienced a national racial reckoning in the wake of police killings of Black men and women, a rise in unrest around the country and an ever-deepening political and social divide.