Community Corner

Swampscott Town Yard Sale, PorchFest Set For Saturday

The town is hosting two events this weekend after a successful Swamptoberfest this past Saturday.

SWAMPSCOTT, MA — Swampscott residents are encouraged to get out and about in their neighborhoods on Saturday with a full day of activities beginning with the Townwide Yard Sale in the morning and PorchFest in the afternoon.

The Swampscott Recreation said 70 households are set to take part in the yard sale, including 34 at private homes and 36 vendors on the Town Hall lawn.

The yard sale runs from 8 a.m. to noon with an interactive map of all home locations available here. Some locations include items that will be sold that day.

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Hard copies of the map are also available on the first floor of Town Hall. Residents can stop by and pick one up during normal business hours (Wednesday 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. — closed on Fridays.)

Residents may also stop at Town Hall on Saturday morning to pick up a map.

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PorchFest — where residents are encouraged to stroll from porch to porch to listen, sing, dance, and connect with their neighbors — will run from noon to 6 p.m.

More information on specific PorchFest locations can be found here.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)

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