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Swampscott businesses trying to survive COVID era Linda Werbner Sign up for the Swampscott Reporter’s newsletter. “I’m hanging on by a shoestring,” said Lisa Boemer, owner of The Hiccup, Inc., a quirky Swampscott gift shop when asked how her fledgling business is faring nearly a year into the pandemic. “It’s day by day.” To add to her worries, Boemer recently learned that she does not qualify either for the small business loans or small business grants being administered through the Swampscott Community and Economic Development Department because she opened her shop on Feb. 29, two weeks after the Feb. 15 cut-off date. ....
VINELAND - Sheree Coccaro, a 27-year member of the Vineland Public School District family, died Friday after a battle with COVID-19. Two days later, the virus claimed her father, Charles J. Scarpa Jr., a retired electrician and Vineland volunteer firefighter. “I don t think I can say a prayer big enough to cover my cousins who have lost so much this weekend with the comfort and strength they will need to move forward,” wrote Robert Scarpa of Vineland in a Facebook post. Sheree Coccaro launched her Vineland Public School career in 1993 taking a job as a playground aide. Six years later, she joined the school’s security crew where she made her mark. ....