Swampscott News

Not a single member of last night's Special Town Meeting objected when a speaker described the present station as "a dump." But when they voted overwhelmingly to send voters a $6 million plan to build a new one, they did it with Selectman Anthony Scibelli's Cassandra-like warning ringing in their ears.

Students, teachers, and specialists on aggressive behavior filled a State House hearing room yesterday with personal stories about bullying at school and in cyberspace and offered opinions on several antibullying bills under consideration by lawmakers.

Want to see four young Marblehead chicks strutting through their daily routines on the Internet? There's plenty of drama, including watching statuesque Zoe establish her dominance over the shy Henrietta.

Not simply inefficient, the cramped quarters at the Swampscott police station is potentially dangerous, says Chief Ron Madigan.

One of the drivers involved in a two-car crash on Lafayette Street on Thursday night that sent both drivers to a Boston hospital will be charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, Salem police said.

Alice Nunes was last heard from Dec. 15, when she spoke to a relative by phone and said her car was filling with water.

A cold wind was blowing hard yesterday down Monument Avenue, rustling the leaves that still lay on the ground and whipping the American flags that lined the wide street.

Love is in the air - and not much else is on the minds of white-tailed deer. It's peak breeding season, and the animals aren't paying much attention to potentially deadly objects like cars.

A 44-year-old Swampscott man will be arraigned today on a parental kidnapping charge after police said he took his son from a hospital exam room.

Swampscott artist Dianne Jenkins will show her people, houses and drawings at an exhibit at the Abbot Public Library in Marblehead this November.

Ipswich High 1979 graduate Deahn Berrini will read from her novel "Milkweed" on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Swampscott Public Library, 61 Burrill St.

Jeff Grayson, who lost the race for Ward 4 city councilor by a single vote, confirmed yesterday that he will ask for a recount.

Flynnies on the Avenue is now Ataraxis Tavern, thanks to an unusual arrangement that sends the liquor license to new owner Dean Santamaria-Capetanelis. After more than a decade at both the Atlantic Avenue restaurant and, until recently, Flynnies on the Beach, owner Jeff Flynn is retiring from the business - or so he hopes.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on Thursday outlined his plan to reduce the state's $600 million deficit and help struggling municipalities by, among several other revenue raising measures, installing red light cameras.

One of the nation's most patriotic towns is attracting national attention after Marc Shea of Gravity Fitness reported that a few of his customers have rejected the appearance of the American flag in their gym.

A small number of Swampscott High School and Middle School students have been staying home the last few days with what doctors describe as H1N1 flu symptoms.

A lawyer from Swampscott has been nominated to the state's Parole Board by Gov. Deval Patrick.

Beauty doesn't have to be expensive, as floral designer Bill Graham will show in "Holiday Decorating on a Dime" on Wednesday, Nov.

Boston has the Emerald Necklace, a string of linked parks designed by Frederick Law Olmsted that provide green oases in what is often a concrete and asphalt urban desert.

Leave it to six big "Star Wars" fans to name their band The Force. Well, to be fair, the group's name was originally A Force to be Reckoned With, according to lead singer Vic Foresta, but it was abbreviated to its current name soon after members got together three years ago.