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Environment Massachusetts executive director points to filthy, bacteria-laden discharges from Lynn and Swampscott at Stacey Brook
Colin A. Young
State House News Service
Though two environmental non-profits have released differing reports on water quality at Boston-area beaches in recent weeks, both agree that sewage discharges continue to be significant contributors to unsafe swimming conditions.
Environment Massachusetts on July 13 released its annual report highlighting local beaches where water samples tested for concentrations of fecal bacteria greater than the Environmental Protection Agency s highest warning level. That threshold is associated with an illness rate of 32 per 1,000 swimmers.
Of the 556 locations examined (some beaches have more than one sampling location) in Massachusetts, the report concluded that 264 tested beaches were potentially unsafe for swimming on at least one day in 2020 and that 29 beaches were potentially unsafe on at least 25 perc
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Louie Gallo, beloved historian to Swampscott residents, dies at 78
Native recalled for his contagious passion for and love of the town
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Louie Gallo, an erudite and passionate Swampscott historian whose encyclopedic knowledge of town history made him a local fixture, died in a house fire in Saugus on Saturday morning. He was 78.
“Considered our town historian, he was a fountain of knowledge, a well-known, well-respected and larger-than-life character,” Angela Warren Ippolito, a former Swampscott Historical Commission member, told The Swampscott Reporter on Sunday morning. “He was my friend and colleague for many years, and I am devastated that he was a victim of such a tragedy.
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