20 years later, 9/11 still vivid for Jalbert family
For some, it will be hard to believe that the 9/11 terrorist attacks are already two decades in the past. It’s a wound that is still fresh for those who lost a loved one in the horrific tragedy. That’s certainly the case for the Jalberts, who are still grieving the loss of their family patriarch. […]
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Responders to Ground Zero reflect on 20 years
Those who responded to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 still remember the devastation, smells, chaos, and heartbreak that filled Manhattan. Killing 2,977 people, including Swampscott resident Robert Jalbert, the attacks hit close to home for many. Several Swampscott residents traveled to New York City to assist shortly after the […]
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Spurring good ideas into action
Swampscott resident Lynne Krasker Schultz has big plans for the community nonprofit SPUR after being selected as the organization’s new executive director. Krasker Schultz joined the team in early August. Founder and current Executive Director Jocelyn Cook will remain with the organization as a member of the Board of Directors and will lead development and […]
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A one-stop shop comes to Nahant
Residents will no longer have to travel across the Causeway to get a carton of eggs and a gallon of milk thanks to Turnstone Market’s mid-summer opening. The cozy store is filled with local, high-quality products like meats and seafood, as well as fresh vegetables and handmade pasta. Store Owner Leslie Intoppa also stocks curated […]
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He’s creating a buzz in Swampscott
When Joe Douillette isn’t teaching at the high school or buzzing around local government meetings to broadcast them on Swampscott Cable Access TV, he can sometimes be found in his yard with a few hundred bees surrounding him. The media arts teacher and cable TV coordinator is also an amateur beekeeper. Despite the fact that […]
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Little island, big history
If you stand on the shore of Marblehead, Swampscott, Lynn or Nahant and look out to sea to the northeast, you’ll see a small nondescript island about a mile away. That three-acre piece of land — Egg Rock — has a rich history. In the mid-1800s, Swampscott was home to a growing fleet of about […]
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Mounting a comeback
At the beginning of the pandemic, the Rev. Dr. Victoria Weinstein ― who has been the Unitarian Universalist Church Of Greater Lynn’s minister since 2013 ― was on sabbatical and home between travels. As the news came in about the COVID-19 contagion, cancellations and closures, she called the congregation’s board president, who said that staffers […]
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Who was the man behind the town’s seal?
What does $12 buy you? How about the original design used in the town seal seen on signs, badges, and official documents? Already a Civil War hero and famous illustrator, Charles Wellington Reed was hired by the town in 1881 to create its seal. Town Meeting members authorized the Board of Selectmen to pay Reed […]
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Warriors in the fight against hunger
Douglas Flores and Greg Perez may have only moved to the North Shore last year, but they are already making an impact. The Swampscott couple both work to address food insecurity locally and throughout Massachusetts, with Flores serving as chief operations officer for Project Bread and Perez as reverend at St. Stephen’s Memorial Episcopal Church […]
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Pisano had a hand in history
In August, a formal reveal of the Frederick Douglass sculpture by 99-year old Nahant artist Reno ‘Ray’ Pisano highlighted the official dedication of a new Lynn park named after the prominent African-American abolitionist. The park and Pisano’s work is adjacent to the location where Douglass was thrown off a train on Sept. 29, 1841 for […]
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