From the publisher: Home is where this issue is
My old Kentucky home? Nope. Sweet Home Alabama? N/A. Homer? I am. (Without an Iliad or an Odyssey.) And I totally agree with Dorothy: There’s no place like home. My home is the North Shore.
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Pawsitively radiant
Murphy, a Labradoodle, gets a trim from Pooch Pawlor owner Erin Ago. New salon pampers Swampscott’ s four-legged friends By SANDI GOLDFARB Clients come to Swampscott’s newest spa for a day of beauty. They leave with glossy hair, manicured nails, sparkling smiles, wagging tails and a jaunty bandana. At The Pooch Pawlor, proprietor Erin Ago […]
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A pattern of endless style
Interior designer and Swampscott resident Anita Clark. Local designer embraces traditional patterns for timeless elegance By MEAGHAN CASEY Gingham may be fashion’s go-to print for spring for designers like Prada, House of Holland, Dolce & Gabbana and Carolina Herrera, but it’s a fabric that interior designer Anita Clark has embraced for years.
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Telling stories
Local journalist presents a collection that celebrates the Greater Boston middle class By RICH FAHEY As a staff writer for The Boston Globe, Steve Rosenberg covered the suburbs from 2001 to last December, and along the way has documented many of the traditions and rituals that make the Greater Boston area what it is.
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Raising the barre
Town Barre owner Michelle Nigro opened a new Marblehead studio in late February. The trendy workout finds a new home locally By MEAGHAN CASEY Women of all ages are flocking to a new bar in town — where fitness, not alcohol, is served. Swampscott resident Michelle Nigro opened her own studio, Town Barre, on Tioga […]
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Talk of the town
Lou Gallo, the town’s unofficial historian, meets with other history buffs on the first Friday of every month at the Swampscott Library. Unofficial historian shares stories of Swampscott’s past By SANDI GOLDFARB Although he now lives in Saugus, Louie Gallo’s heart remains in Swampscott. “When I moved to Saugus in 1995, I had mailing labels printed […]
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Writing his next chapter
Author James Hankins, outside of his Swampscott home. | Photo: Paula Muller By RICH FAHEY When it came time to lay down the law, James Hankins was happy to do it. It proved to be a wise choice. Now Hankins, a Swampscott resident, is a best-selling author who has a deal with a major publisher […]
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Not a drill
Dr. Ronald Plotka takes pride in his practice, North Shore Center for Family and Cosmetic Dentistry. He is holding the hand piece of the Solea laser that he uses to perform procedures painlessly without needing to inject Novocain. Plotka’s taking the pain out of dentistry By STACEY MARCUS It was the family dinners in Atlantic City, N.J., watching […]
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For six sailors, it was Bermuda or bust
From left to right: Peter Barba on the bow of the The Tioga; the boat approaching Bermuda; Josh Antrim washes a coffee pot; crew members, from left, Josh Antrim, Tom Gutermuth, John Fulghum, Peter Barba, Philip Kersten and David Liscio mark their arrival on land with a flash of a HOOMPA bumper sticker; and, Philip […]
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