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Photograph or short video of a Swampscott scene.This is one of the few times you will see the DPW garage parking lot empty.Vehicles and equipment were moved to make room for paving.
This is a photo of Lynn English JROTC members at VFW Post 1240 in Swampscott on Sunday after the 9/11 Heroes Run. It was taken by Allin Skiba, a sophomore at Masconomet Regional High School in Topsfield.
The three small flags tucked at Monument Avenue’s far end are easy to miss. At least compared to the huge flag that sails at the avenue’s ocean end. They sit more than stand at the ankles of a lilac tree dedicated to Swampscott’s Robert Jalbert who was aboard Flight 175 on Sept. 11, 2001. The lilac tree itself is easy to miss, one of two lilac trees in a grove of lilac bushes. The three flags were mostly still Sunday afternoon. They stirred when wind found a path close to the ground. Whoever pushed them there made a simple gesture. It came in a week that will see many gestures simple and …
The boys and the girls' high school soccer teams were out for their first day of practice Thursday at Phillips Park. Here are some goalie shots.
We'd like to include your photographs in our Photo of the Day (POD) feature. Each weekday we will post a photo for the POD. It may be by a Patch photographer or by you. Send us one. You don't need fancy equipment. A point-n-shoot digitial camera is just fine. Email us the photo, along with your name and the information for the caption and we will publish it. It can be a photo of people or a landscape or animals ... whatever you want. The only requirements are that it be a photo either taken in Swampscott or the photo must include a Swampscott resident. All submissions should be emailed to …
Today's lead photo is of Swampscott artist Ruth Rooks' award-winning watercolor Evening is Approaching. The watercolor of Preston Beach took first place at the Swampscott Arts Association summer exhibit, which opened on Sunday. The art work is hanging at Grosvenor Park , 7 Loring Hills Ave., Salem. The exhibit will be open through Sept. 8. See Ruth Rooks' work at her website: http://www.ruthrooks.com/
A sweet family of otters was found on Phillips beach. This family is made out of sand. Anyone have a clue who built them? Update: The mystery is solved. The family of otters were a birthday present for a Somerville resident who has family in Swampscott. The artist is Sean Fitzpatrick of Saugus. Fitzpatrick's website is http://www.fitzysnowman.com.
Neighbors rally to support Katie Coffey and two other Swampscott High School students, Nora and Scott Walker. The high schoolers are in Haiti on a mission trip with Sovereign Grace Community Church, Peabody in conjunction with Mission of Hope (www.mohintl.org/tag/grand-goave).
Swampscott Civil War Monument was erected in 1883. It's inscription says: "In Memory Of The BraveAnd Heroic Soldiers WhoDied In Defence Of TheirCountry. This Monument IsErected By The Town OfSwampscott.'Our Nations DefendersDead But Not Forgotten.'"
A seagull flies through the cloudy sky on King's Beach. Many people enjoyed the sun earlier in the day, until the clouds started to come in. A few stragglers stayed behind.
Jessica Xiong lost both her business, Jessica’s Nails and Spa, and her upstairs apartment in the March blaze at 132 Humphrey St. Three weeks ago she opened her new shop. It's a couple doors away from her old shop. Six business owners and 13 people lost their businesses and homes in the March fire.
Robert Spaziano, an Army veteran, collects donations outside Stop & Shop for homeless veterans. He was collecting for the nonprofit Veterans Support Organization. The national group offers a program that includes on-the-job training, transitional housing and financial support for homeless veterans.
George Gallup and Maureen Kenney and their dog Schooner were preparing to shove off for Boston on Sunday afternoon at the end of the pier at Fisherman's Beach. They were aboard Resolute, their 1979 Island Trader ketch sailboat. First they were headed to Boston for the Fourth to watch the USS Constitution turnaround, Gallup said. Then they were headed to Provincetown for about four days. The USS Constitution turnaround typically takes place once a year. The wooden three-masted frigate is towed into Boston Harbor where she fires a 21-gun salute to the nation before she is returned to her dock, …
