Swampscott reports 71% of residents fully vaccinated against COVId-19 wickedlocal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wickedlocal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Swampscott School Committee mulls social-distance change
Leigh Blander / Correspondent
Sign up for the Swampscott Reporter’s newsletter.
The School Committee is discussing possibly changing the distancing rule in Swampscott schools from six feet to three feet – to bring more students back into classrooms.
“This is such a year of loss,” said School Committee Chair Amy O’Connor at a Feb. 10 public meeting. “The completely dulled experience that everyone’s having; we did not imagine this was going to be a year in the making. Everyone’s exasperated and parents of the younger kids are really burnt out.”
School Committee member Ted Delano added, “I had a conversation with a parent today and they were describing their daughter’s academic progress as dying on the vine and that to me is a lot.”
Reply
Here are some of the top stories Patch covered in Swampscott in 2020. (Patch Graphics)
SWAMPSCOTT, MA A year that brought unprecedented challenges to Swampscott residents and small businesses also brought out the resolve and fighting spirit of the North Shore town. As we all look forward to the hope of a brighter 2021, here are some of the stories of how Swampscott battled through the coronavirus health crisis and social justice debates with innovation, resilience and a collective eye toward a better tomorrow.
Subscribe
Carolina Velasquez spent her days this spring trying to help North Shore residents through some of the most unexpected and toughest circumstances of their lives as a social worker for the state.
The Swampscott Reporter s top 10 stories of 2020
Most read articles are an eclectic mix in a year like no other
Sign up for the Swampscott Reporter’s newsletter.
From ‘Vinnie the turkey grinding traffic to a halt in Vinnin Square to the town’s initial Black Lives Matter protest, the Swampscott Reporter’s most-read stories are a wide-ranging bunch.
They were written in a year like no other, so without further adieu, find the newspaper’s most-read stories in 2020 in a countdown from 10 to one below.
The children combated isolation and social-distancing drawing pictures with chalk on the Orchard Circle sidewalks and asphalt.