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Local Connections
Swampscott Farmers' Market
LAST WEEK AND A SUCCESSFUL SEASON ! Swampscott Farmers’ Market – Set to close for the season, October 14th with cookie decorating and more. This is the final week of...
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Local Connections
Final Town Metal Recycling Drive is Saturday, Oct. 27
The Jackson Park Playground committee's last FREE metal recycling event of the year is Saturday, 8 am to noon, Oct. 27. Residents of Swampscott and surrounding communities are in...
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Local Connections
National Fire Sprinkler Association Observes National Fire Prevention Week
October 7-13, 2012, Marks Annual Public Awareness Campaign on the Dangers of Fire The National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA), the longest-tenured fire sprinkler advocacy organiz...
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Count Us In
Two Days of Volunteering For Veterans
Recently, quite by accident, I stumbled on an Internet request from Patrick Burke and Dave Reese asking for volunteers to help with some repair work of veterans' property in Lynn. ...
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Local Connections
Tell Us: Is America Safer Since the September 11 Attacks?
Today we remember those who died in the September 11 attacks and their families. In the past 11 years much has changed, but are we any safer? The attacks served as the startin...
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Local Connections
5 Things to Do This Weekend
Here are five things to do in Swampscott this weekend. Cheer: Big Blue football opens its season on the road Friday night at 7 against Somerville. The game will be played at Dilboy ...
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Local Connections
LIVE: Continuously Updated Democratic National Convention Blog
Here are dispatches from Swampscott's Margaret Somer and Ralph Edwards. Margaret and Ralph Edwards are excited to be among 81 members of the delegation from Massachusetts who ...
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Schools
Swampscott Sophomore Sinks a Hole In One
Two weeks ago 15-year-old Anthony Springthorpe swung his 6-iron from the tee on the 8th hole at Salem Municipal Golf Course. You can't see the pin from there. It's uphill from...