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Swampcott hires Salem resident to lead HR department

Balloons prohibited on Swampscott conservation land until September

Environmental nonprofits alarmed about 'bacteria-laden' King's Beach

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

Louie Gallo, beloved historian to Swampscott residents, dies at 78

Louie Gallo, beloved historian to Swampscott residents, dies at 78 Native recalled for his contagious passion for and love of the town Wicked Local 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.

Swampscott Conservancy provides pollinator's paradise

Conservancy garden helps protect and maintain balance of area’s native species Wicked Local Learning honeybees are not native to North America felt similar to the day we all learned Pluto was no longer a fully-fledged planet.    “Yes, our most well-known bee is not native to North America,” said Swampscott resident Suzanne Hale over the phone in a recent interview.  “It’s OK, like honeybees still provide us with a lot – because they are very important for our agriculture.”   The Swampscott Conservancy member supplied the honeybee factoid when the Swampscott Reporter picked her brain about the environmental organization’s pollinator garden on the lawn of the Elihu Thomson Administration Building. She is the architect behind the panoply of native plants rooted in the spot where the Thomson estate formerly planted flowers.