The Swampscott Reporter s top 5 stories from April 25 to May 2, 2021
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The following are the top five stories at Wicked Local Swampscott from April 25 to May 2, 2021
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Support for Swampscott Senior Center lacking, local advocates argue
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Acting Director of Swampscott Senior Center Gina Bush is leaving the town’s employ on Wednesday, May 12, she told The Swampscott Reporter on Saturday afternoon.
Bush said she sent her resignation to Swampscott Town Administrator Sean Fitzgerald on April 28, adding her name to what some have characterized as an unusual succession of employee departures over the past couple months.
But for the town agency in particular, the news represents a blow to the backbone of institutionalized, trusted support for one of Swampscott s largest and most vulnerable populations since the senior center’s activities director, Anne Quagrello, tendered her resignation last month.
In Swampscott, civil service resurfaces with a price tag
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On Nov. 16, Swampscott Town Meeting members passed Article 7, officially kicking off the legislative process to end local police and firefighters’ participation in the Massachusetts Civil Service.
Now, the financial cost associated with that affirmative vote – cumulatively totaling more than $300,000 to Swampscott police and firefighters – is slated to come before the 2021 Swampscott Town Meeting in mid-May.
Some Town Meeting members have expressed anger and disappointment that town officials did not fully disclose the financial implications (in the hundreds of thousands of dollars) when they voted on Article 7 - even if they agreed with the merits of revoking the town’s civil-service participation.
For municipal election, Swampscott polls open Tuesday
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If they have not already cast ballots, Swampscott voters get to weigh in on candidates running in the Tuesday, April 27 on Election Day.
Election Day will arrive after Swampscott Town Clerk Susan Duplin offered a solid week of in-person voting inside Swampscott Town Hall, 22 Monument Ave. – which wraps up on Friday from 8 a.m. to noon.
Absentee ballots must be dropped off at the town hall before 8 p.m. on Election Day. Early-voting ad absentee ballots can be turned in either to Duplin’s town-hall office or dropped in a secure 24-hour ballot box, checked and emptied frequently throughout the day, outside town hall’s main entrance.