WASZPS on sail in Swampscott
Sailors from across the continent congregated in Swampscott this summer to compete in the 2023 WASZP North American Championship Regatta, a four-day, high-speed sailboat race. From Aug. 3-6, spectators lined the portion of Humphrey Street overlooking Fisherman’s Beach as 22 brightly-colored 3.4-meter-long sailboats zoomed past one another hull-to-hull, skipping the surface of Nahant Bay and […]
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49 minutes of madness
What a summer it was for a group of kids, their parents, their fans, and their community – all because of a baseball team. Representing a town that loves its Little League, Swampscott’s 12-year-old All-Star team did it again, capturing the District 16 Championship. “We didn’t get any easy games in the district,” coach Dave […]
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SHS alumna comes back to lead the Big Blue
Recently, Swampscott High School hired Jaymie Caponigro, Class of 2017, as its next girls varsity soccer coach. Though Caponigro is only 24, she believes she’s ready for this challenge of leading the Big Blue for her first big coaching job. Caponigro was born and raised in Swampscott. Because of her father, Joe, Caponigro mentioned that […]
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Riding the wave of Nahant’s surf culture
It may come as a surprise to those who aren’t experienced surfers that there is a specific method of preparing when, where, and how to catch waves on any given day. What may be more surprising is that surfers are finding Nahant to be a more-than-adequate answer to the question of “where.” Amber O’Shea and […]
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An Olympian holds court
She calls it “The Gigi Method,” and tennis players got an on-court tutorial in early August at the Nahant Tennis Club with former two-time Olympic gold medalist and 17-time major winner in doubles tennis Gigi Fernández. “It was an awesome day from start to finish,” said Andrea Gogolos, who is on the Board of Directors […]
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Swampscott native caught first glimpse of a star
Kim Hughes-Floutsakos remembers the first time she met NBA superstar Giannis “The Greek Freak” Antetokounmpo. It was 2001 and the Swampscott native was teaching English in a suburban Athens private school called Athens College, and all of a sudden one of the male faculty members walked into her classroom with a tall, skinny 7-year-old. “Giannis […]
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Ocean House Surf and Skate ride a wave of success
Amber O’Shea and Tim Oviatt have come a long way as owners of Ocean House Surf and Skate. The surf-and-skate shop had humble beginnings. The business started in Salem in 2011, with Oviatt selling gear out of his truck and garage. One year later, Oviatt moved his base of operations to Beverly Port Marina, and […]
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Field of vision: Town’s foresight helps make new Blocksidge a ‘point of pride’
By STEVE KRAUSE On Sept. 2, 1918, just over two months before World War I would end on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, Cpl. John Enos Blocksidge of Swampscott, who had enlisted into the U.S. Army the previous April, was killed in action by enemy shell fire at the […]
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Born to run: Peter Hale considered ‘the best Williams College track distance runner ever’
By Brion O’Connor Peter Hale, one of the most decorated track and field athletes in Swampscott High School and Williams College history, was no overnight success. His first competitive foray into running was one he’d probably rather forget.
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The tragedy of Tony C.
Boston Red Sox outfielder Tony Conigliaro is carried off the field on a stretcher by teammates and the trainers of both the Red Sox and the California Angels after he was beaned by Angels pitcher Jack Hamilton in the fourth inning of their game at Fenway Park in Boston, Mass., Aug. 18, 1967. (AP Photo/Bill […]
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