Friday, May 18, 2012
Big Blue Fall in Last Home Game
At Blocksidge Field, Swampscott took on Division 3 Arlington Catholic (13-4) in a non-league game Thursday. The game was important for the seeding for the upcoming State Tournament. The Big Blue fell behind early and despite tying the game, eventually fell 8-6. The Arlington Catholic Cougars jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead before the Big Blue could get going. Swampscott seniors Patrick Kennedy and Matt Gambale would cut the lead in half. Kennedy first from Gambale and then Gambale from Kennedy to make it 4-2 at the end of the 1st quarter. Josh Rothwell cut the lead to 4-3 with an unassisted second quarter goal. It looked like things would be tied at the half as Gambale scored as the horn sounded, but the referee ruled that the goal had …
Water service is expected to be restored by at least day's end.
Friday before 9 am resident Victor Foresta looked down from his kitchen window and saw a stream gushing across Puritan Road. The stream, an estimated 8-inches deep, coursed to the nearby Whales Beach path and poured into the ocean. "It looked like a tsunami going backwards," he said, surveying a layer of silt in front of his house. Police, fire and DPW crews arrived to the scene and barricaded Puritan Road, set up details and closed line gates to shut down the flow of water. DPW Director Gino Cresta said about 20 homes are without water. The homes are on Puritan Road and Lincoln House Point. The director called in Meninno Construction to dig up the road and repair the line. He expects water service to be restored before day's end. On …
Looking to move to Swampscott?
Looking to move to Swampscott? Here are some of the open houses on the calendar for the weekend. If you're a realtor and don't see your listing on the site, feel free to add it to our gallery. Click through the images and check below the photo for information about Sunday's open houses. Courtesy AOL Real Estate
The man and woman allegedly broke into a fellow resident's apartment and removed a convection oven and other items.
Two Swampscott residents are scheduled for hearings in July in Lynn District Court on breaking and entering charges. Robin Kelly, 48, and John Furey, 45, both of 246 Humphrey St., Floor 3, were arrested by Swampscott police on May 7, and charged with breaking and entering in the night for a felony and receiving stolen property over $250, police said. They were arraigned the following day in Lynn District Court and released on personal recognizance bail. The pair allegedly entered a second-floor apartment in the same complex where they live and removed items including clothing and a convection oven, according to court documents. The victim told police that she had been away from her apartment for about a week. Upon returning, she …
Stacked container cars will form a building for the set, enclosing the pool which will be set off the ground.
The Grown Ups 2 movie set at Phillips Park will include an "in-ground pool" set well above ground. Ten-foot-high shipping container cars stacked at Phillips Park Thursday were forming walls for the Hollywood set being constructed on the practice football field behind the Bertram House. The set will host multiple days of filming pool scenes. These scenes were once targeted for Piper Field in Marblehead but are now to be shot in Swampscott. The set construction has a long ways to go before any stars in the movie cast that includes Adam Sandler, David Spade, Taylor Lautner, Chris Rock and Salma Hayek float, flop or swim in a pool. When they do take to the water, the action will be off the ground on an elevated pool set inside those shipping…
The fair is from 11 am to 4 pm on Sunday.
Information for this article was submitted by the Clarke School PTO Come out Sunday and stick around for the down-home celebration that is the Clarke School Country Fair and Cow Plop. Actually, many of the estimated 500 visitors will stick around until the end of the fair, if the past is any gauge, says Carin Marshall, an event organizer. This is the fair's 20th anniversary. It runs from 11 am to 4 pm. For many, the finale is the arrival of the cow to the field toward the end of the fair, Carin said. Kids especially enjoy the pony rides and rides. An added attraction for parents is that the fair is contained within a fenced and walled area. The hometown feel comes partly from the many departments in town that pitch in to make it possible…
The Swampscott girls won their meet; and the boys lost to Marblehead.
The Big Blue split their meet with rival Marblehead Wednesday as the girls won but the boys lost. Here are the results from the girls' meet, courtesy of Joe Tenney: 400lh 2nd Vy Le 75 3rd Nikki Gateman 78 2 mile 3rd Emily Cerra 12:58 Long jump 1st Haley Irwin 16'3" 2nd nancy do 15' 10 1/2" Triple jump Haley Irwin 34' 6" High jump 2nd Nancy Do 4' 8" 3rd Nikki laskaris 4' 8" Shot put 1st Tiara Smith-Matthews 31'2" 2nd Melinda Wilson 30' 3" Disc 1st Melinda Wilson 110' Javelin Nikki laskaris 3rd 75' 100m 1st Tiara Smith-Matthews 13.0 3rd Nancy Do 13.3 Mile 1st Sarah Kelley 5:30 3rd Nikki Laskaris 5:48 4x100m Melinda Wilson Tiara Smith-Matthews Lauren Moran Nancy Do 51.9 100hh Vy Le 17.0 400m Emma Walsh 61.9 Aisling Dennehy 62.1 800m …
The public safety officers are running in Sunday's Run-Walk to Home Base, ending at Fenway Park.
Here's how the firefighter and police officer found out they both would be crossing home plate at Fenway Park on Sunday: About two months ago officer Candace Doyle asked firefighter Richard Blake to donate to her Run-Walk to Home Base fundraiser for veterans. The firefighter told her he was also running in the fundraiser for veterans who have returned from Iraq or Afghanistan with combat stress or brain injuries. The firefighter and police officer will be among 4,000 runners and walkers in Sunday's event. Each of the participants will raise at least $1,000 to provide clinical care for the vets, support for their families and research to prevent these kinds of injuries and improve treatments. Combat stress and brain injuries effect as …
Dr. Lawrence Block of the Board of Health would support a safe and sound Blocksidge Field renovation.
Two news stories were published on May 17 which made me think about how I hope the renovation plan to install artificial turf at Blocksidge Field progresses. The first report was that the Centers for Disease Control lowered the threshold for lead poisoning in children, from 10 to 5 mcg/dl. Overnight, the number of children in the US with lead toxicity doubled to 450,000 cases. Of course, there has never been a safe level of exposure to lead or to any other heavy metal; it just took until now for studies to prove such low levels to be toxic. Similarly, of the 80,000 chemicals approved for sale by the US government, few have been studied to demonstrate their long-term safety. Concern for possible lead (present in some artificial …
The excitement continues. Godspell continues tonight at Swampscott High School. The school's drama club will also present the musical on Friday and Saturday nights at 7.
1) Newsbit of the Day: The excitement continues. Godspell continues tonight at Swampscott High School. The school's drama club will also present the musical on Friday and Saturday nights at 7. 2) Swampscott Scholars: Swampscott High inducted 29 National Honor Society members this year. The society honors students for excellence in four areas: scholarship, leadership, service and character. One of the 29 students was Carrie Stairman. 3) Swampscott Athletics: The varsity girls tennis team go face-to-face with Danvers today at 4 pm on the Forest Avenue courts. 4) Weather Watch: The National Weather Service is predicting a sunny day, with a high near 69. North wind 5 to 11 mph becoming south. 5) Business Listing Watch: VIDEO: Businesses: …
Ernist Lubivitch
9:56 am on Friday, May 18, 2012
what a nice group these movie people are. Stopped by the old temple sinai where all the trucks were parked and asked a few questions...was told "this is private property get out of here." Nice way to treat the neighbors. more ›