People & Places

Big Blue, bigger impact. If you walked into the Dick Lynch Gymnasium at Swampscott High School ahead of the boys basketball game against Winthrop on Jan. 16, you would have witnessed lots of hugs, … [Read more...] about Frankly, Swampscott got it right

Sam Snitkovsky, a senior at Swampscott High School, is the youngest member of the town’s Climate Action Plan Committee.  Appointed to the committee in the fall of 2022, the 16-year-old is in … [Read more...] about A young voice on the Climate Action Plan Committee 

The lifelong resident of Nahant has spent most of her career in art, working first as a silversmith before launching “Sea Hag Studios” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sea Hag Studios is an embrace of … [Read more...] about Heather Goodwin is a self-proclaimed sea hag — and proud of it!

Retired pharmacist Thomas Keenan of Swampscott grew the largest pumpkin in Massachusetts this year, earning him and his more than one-ton gourd second place at the 2023 Topsfield Fair’s Giant Pumpkin … [Read more...] about Fair to say: Pumpkin spices up Swampscott

After Bass Points Apartment Grounds Manager Steven Thibeault lost his 21-year-standing job, Nahant residents raised more than $3,610 to help Thibeault continue living in town with his famous feathered … [Read more...] about Nahant raises 3,000 bills for Cheerio The Duck