Letter to the Editor

Neighbor Rallies For Different Greenwood Development

Resident Freddy Phillips would rather see small homes and a park on the Greenwood Avenue school site.

  Letter to the Editor from Freddy Phillips Are you satisfied with the building that replaced Captain Jack's?  Well I can honestly say that it is overwhelmingly obtrusive.   For those of you who feel the same way, it is too late.  We are stuck with it.   Swampscott got what it wanted, it sacrificed a potential beautiful space, that had a feeling of making Swampscott an attractive town with the old buildings and replacing it with revenue to help the tax base. You will never see this money help your tax situation or bring back services that we once had.   For a town to even consider a plan to put artificial turf in a play area, has me flabbergasted, estimated at TWO TO THREE MILLION DOLLARS to build.  Which brings me to the main reason why I…

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7:15 am on Friday, July 27, 2012

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Photo Gallery: The Machon School

Ivy covered walls make this old school on Burpee Road an inviting looking property.

The fifth photo gallery in a series on empty buildings in town looks at the former Machon School on Burpee Road. Patch photographer Bob Roche turns his lens on the old school and sees promise and a nice location near Jackson Park and the high school.

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