1) Newsbit of the Day: The School Building Committee will host a community open forum to discuss a proposed new elementary school building. The forum is at 7 pm, Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Swampscott High School. 2) Swampscott Scholars: Kathy Vu of the Swampscott High Class of 2012 was awarded the Darlene Pye Memorial Scholarship.  3) Poetry Lines:  All cries are thin and terse;The field has droned the summer’s final mass;   A cricket like a dwindled hearse      Crawls from the dry grass.  Richard Wilbur 4) Weather Watch: The National Weather Service is predicting a partly sunny day with a high …

  1) Newsbit of the Day: Selectmen meet tonight. Agenda items include Humphrey Street paid parking. The meeting starts at 7 at Town Hall. 2) Swampscott School News: Today is a professional development day for Swampscott teachers as they ready classrooms for students. 3) Food For Thought:   I am not one of those who in expressing opinions confine themselves to facts. Mark Twain 4) Weather Watch: The National Weather Service is predicting showers and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then showers likely. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog. High near 73. 5) Business …

  1) Newsbit of the Day: The Athletic Field Study Committee meets tonight at 7 at Town Hall. Agenda items include organization of the committee and subcommittee assignments. 2) Swampscott School News: Don't forget tonight's ice cream social at the Swampscott Middle School at 7 pm. All students are invited. The new principal and vice principal will be there. 3) Food For Thought:  When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.  Mark Twain 4) Weather Watch: The National Weather Service is predicting a chance of showers before 10 am, then a …

  1) Newsbit of the Day: Closed today for Labor Day Banks Post office Swampscott library Swampscott Senior Center Town Offices 2) Swampscott School News: At Swampscott High the student services position will be held by Lisa Rostoff, who is replacing Christine Dzedulionis  3) Food For Thought:  The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot. Mark Twain 4) Weather Watch: The National Weather Service is predicting a sunny day with a high near 74. 5) …

  1) Newsbit of the Day: State Primary election voting will take place on Thursday, Sept. 6, not Tuesday, which is traditionally the voting date. The SEC’s Office petitioned the Legislature to change the date due so as not to conflict with Rosh Hashanah. 2) Swampscott School News: State colleges in Massachusetts will require four years of mathematics for admission beginning in 2016. 3) Food For Thought:  The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. Mark Twain 4) Weather Watch: The National Weather Service is predicting a sunny day with a high near 88. 5) Business Listing …

  1) Newsbit of the Day: The Swampscott High Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Program coordinator, Brandy Wilbur, is scheduled to meet with the Swampscott Renewable Energy Committee tonight at 7 at Town Hall. 2) Swampscott School News: The Swampscott High Guidance Department has a new counselor, Joseph McLaughlin, who is replacing Anna Skillings and Judy Pressler. 3) Food For Thought:  In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language. Mark Twain 4) Weather Watch: The National Weather Service is predicting…

  1) Newsbit of the Day: The Harbor Advisory Committee will talk about an eel grass study when they meet tonight at 6:30 at Town Hall in the first-floor conference room. 2) Swampscott Scholars: Casey Bohannon recently graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Bohannon earned a BFA degree in Film and Television. 3) Food For Thought: The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession, what there is of it. Mark Twain 4) Weather Watch: The National Weather Service is predicting showers and thunderstorms likely before 3 pm, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog before 9 …

  1) Newsbit of the Day: Developers for the housing project at the former Temple Israel will present their new plan to the public tonight at 7 pm at the high school in the auditorium. 2) Swampscott Scholars: More than 3,000 students graduated from Tufts University on May 20. The graduates from the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering included Kathryn Booras of Swampscott, who earned a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering. Author and former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens was the commencement speaker. 3) Food For Thought: A human being has a natural desire to have more …

  1) Newsbit of the Day: Bring the kids to the Swampscott Farmers' Market this Sunday and they will see a monster lobster from Cherry Street Fish Market. Kids will be able to touch the lobster. The market will also unveil its new weekly free raffle. Stop by the information table and grab a raffle ticket to drop in the fish bowl. Each week the market will give away T-shirts, market bags and merchant voucher tickets which can be turned in for merchandise from one of the Sunday market's fantastic vendors. The market is at the high school in the parking lot and open from 10-1. 2) Swampscott …

1) Newsbit of the Day: The last outdoor movie of the summer will play tonight at 8 at Linscott Park. The movie is the 1975 thriller Jaws. 2) Swampscott Scholars: Courtney Collier '14 is spending the fall 2012 trimester abroad studying in York, England. Courtney is a psychology major.  3) Food For Thought: Familiarity breeds contempt - and children. Mark Twain 4) Weather Watch: The National Weather Service is predicting a sunny day with a high near 81.  5) Business Listing Watch: VIDEO: Businesses: Time to Claim Your Listing on Patch! It's Free! And Comes With Extra Cheese! Business owners can…

  1) Newsbit of the Day: Big Blue FALL SPORTS SEASON 2012 PRACTICE / TRY OUT TIMES AND LOCATION FOR PRE-SEASON GOLF – THURSDAY, AUGUST 23 AT OLD SALEM GREENS AT 8:45AM AND MONDAY, AUGUST 27 AT TEDESCO AT 8:30AM  BOYS SOCCER – THURSDAY, AUGUST 23 AT UPPER JACKSON FIELD FROM 7AM – 9AM & 2PM – 4PM (PLEASE ARRIVE AT 6:30AM TO HAND IN PAPERWORK AND BE READY TO GO AT 7AM).  FRIDAY, AUGUST 24 AT UPPER JACKSON FIELD FROM 7AM – 9AM & 3PM – 5:30PM. BOYS & GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY – THURSDAY, AUGUST 23 AT UPPER JACKSON AT 5PM.  FRIDAY, AUGUST 24 AT UPPER JACKSON AT 5PM.  SATURDAY, AUGUST 25 AT UPPER JACKSON …

  1) Newsbit of the Day: Big Blue fall sports teams are gearing up for the season with some of their first practices this week. 2) Swampscott Scholars: Curry College's Chief Academic Officer David Potash is pleased to announce that Swampscott resident Marissa LeBlanc attained membership to the Curry College Dean's List for the Spring 2012 term. 3) Food For Thought: By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean. Mark Twain 4) Weather Watch: The National Weather Service is predicting isolated showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.  5…

  1) Newsbit of the Day: Visiting hours for Johnny Pesky are Sunday from 2-8 pm at the Solimine, Landergan and Richardson Funeral Home, 67 Ocean St. (Rt 1A), Lynn. 2) Swampscott Scholars: David R. Hebert was named to second honors on the Clark University Dean's List. This selection marks outstanding academic achievement during the Spring 2012 semester. 3) Food For Thought: We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. Mark Twain 4) Weather Watch: The National Weather Service is predicting a mostly …

  1) Newsbit of the Day: The deadline for registering to vote in the state primary election is Friday, Aug. 17. The Town Clerk's Office will be open until 5 pm on Friday (not the entire Town Hall, just the clerk's office). If you want to know whether you are registered to vote call the office at 781-596-8855. 2) Swampscott Scholars: Monica Mendal was named to the Dean's List for the spring 2012 semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Hyman is enrolled in the university's College of Arts & Sciences. 3) Food For Thought: All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then …

  1) Newsbit of the Day: The Swampscott Golf Tournament at Tedesco Country Club is today. Lunch is at 11:45 a.m. and the tournament shot gun is at 12:30 p.m. For more, call Dave Castellarin @ 781-596-8811. 2) Swampscott Scholars: Elise Knopf was named to the Dean's List for the spring 2012 semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Hyman is enrolled in the university's College of Arts & Sciences. 3) Food For Thought:  It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to …

  1) Newsbit of the Day: On Sept. 11, at Swampscott High School, the Swampscott School Building Committee will hold its second community forum on the proposed building of a new elementary school. We will post more information including the time as it becomes available. 2) Swampscott Scholars: Nathaniel Hyman was named to the Dean's List for the spring 2012 semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Hyman is enrolled in the university's College of Arts & Sciences. 3) Food For Thought: Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising. Mark Twain 4) Weather Watch: The…

  1) Newsbit of the Day: The Friends of the Swampscott Public Library will host “A Tour of Massachusetts & Maine Craft Beer Tasting” on Friday, Aug. 10, from 7:30-9:30pm.  The tasting lineup will include an array of limited-release, specialty and unique year-round beers from regional craft brewers such as Pretty Things, Harpoon, Notch, Samuel Adams, Baxter Brewing and more. Admission is $20 per person  Everyone must be 21 years old to attend. Light appetizers will be served. We will also hold a raffle for specialty beers during the evening. Tickets for the raffle will be $5.00 each. Proceeds …

  1) Newsbit of the Day: Tonight at their meeting, at 7 pm, Town Hall, selectmen are scheduled to appoint four members to the Harbor Advisory Committee — Jackie Kinney and Susan Raiche as members and Michael Garvey and Daniel Cobbett as associate members. 2) Swampscott Scholars: Micaela Gambale was named to the Merrimack College spring dean's list as a senior majoring in athletic training. 3) Food For Thought: There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice. Mark Twain 4) Weather Watch: The National Weather Service is predicting a mostly sunny day with a …

  1) Newsbit of the Day: The Athletic Field Committee meets tonight at 7:15 p.m. at Town Hall in the first-floor conference room. 2) Swampscott Scholars: Daiva N. Slotkus Miksyte was named to first honors on the Clark University Dean's List. This selection marks outstanding academic achievement during the Spring 2012 semester. 3) Food For Thought: Truth is more of a stranger than fiction. Mark Twain 4) Weather Watch: The National Weather Service is predicting a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 5 pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly …

  1) Newsbit of the Day: This is scheduled to be the last week of filming at the Grown Ups 2 sound stage at Phillips Park. 2) Swampscott Scholars: Monica Mosho was named to the Dean's List at Fairfield University this spring. Fairfield, a Jesuit university in Fairfield, Conn., challenges its students to lead inspired lives of leadership and service. To be selected for the Dean's List, a student must attain a grade point average of at least 3.5, of a possible 4.0. 3) Food For Thought: Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. Mark Twain 4) Weather Watch: The National Weather Service is …