Swampscott news in brief for the week of March 1, 2021
Town offices closed
Papers to run in 2021Swampscott election now available
For the spring 2021 municipal election, Swampscott residents can pull nomination papers to run for town-officer positions and Town Meeting seats.
Eight town-officer positions and at least 108 Town Meeting seats are up for grabs in the Tuesday, April 27 municipal election.
Due to the COVID pandemic, Swampscott Town Hall, 22 Monument Ave., is operating by appointment-only until further notice. Residents must make arrangements with Swampscott Town Clerk Susan Duplin s office either by calling 781.596.4167 or by emailing sduplin@swampscottma.gov to pick up nomination papers
Swampscott Town Meeting opens Monday, March 1
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A special Swampscott Town Meeting – presided over by Town Moderator Michael McClung – opens virtually at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 1.
The idea of a Town Meeting convening two months before the annual one? Officials argue that plans to repair Swampscott Middle School roof cannot wait.
Elected Town Meeting members will work their way through three articles (or agenda items) packaged in the town warrant (the meeting’s agenda).
Two of the three articles listed relate to financial town matters, and the other is a boilerplate article to allow officials to make presentation on the Town Meeting floor - or in this case, the virtual Town Meeting floor.
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Swampscott s 2021 election season is earnestly getting underway: As of press time, a half-dozen residents had pulled nomination papers from Swampscott Town Clerk Susan Duplin’s office for town-officer seats.
In this election cycle, eight town-officer seats and at least 108 Town Meeting member seats open up in the Tuesday, April 27 municipal election.
For the three-year term opening on Swampscott Board of Selectmen, Mary Webster of Elmwood Road pulled nomination papers, setting up a potential challenge against Peter Spellios.
Spellios, the chairman of and the most senior member serving on the Swampscott Board of Selectmen, has pulled papers for re-election to a third terms.
Papers to run in Swampscott election available
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Swampscott residents can now pull nomination papers to run for town-officer positions and Town Meeting seats for the 2021 municipal election.
Eight town-officer positions and at least 108 Town Meeting seats are up for grabs in the Tuesday, April 27 election.
Due to the COVID pandemic, Swampscott Town Hall, 22 Monument Ave. is operating by appointment only until further notice. Residents must make arrangements with Swampscott Town Clerk Susan Duplin s office either by calling 781.596.4167 or by emailing sduplin@swampscottma.gov to pick up nomination papers
People running for a town-officer position must obtain 50 viable signatures from registered voters to land on the local-election ballot.