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Swampscott Select Board Squabbles Extend Past Town Election
Swampscott Select Board members traded budget barbs this week in the first meeting following the annual town election.

Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.
Swampscott Select Board members traded budget barbs this week in the first meeting following the annual town election.

More than two dozen vendors will be at Old Town Hall and Derby Square to provide interactive recycling and sustainability tips.
The 33rd Annual Healing Abuse Working For Change Walk and 5K is set for June at the Salem Common.
Musicians from Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott are among those who will perform on May 18.
The course starts and finishes at Dane Street, with ocean views along the way.
Sue Gabriel will replace the retiring Joanne Scott as the executive director of the Salem Boys & Girls Club.
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Town meeting voters approved bonding for the capital projects involving the high school and Mary A. Alley Municipal Building.
Danvers siblings Jackson and Taylor Skane talked about their experience and message of autism awareness with Great Oak School 5th-graders.
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Town meeting members voted to accept the zoning changes bringing the town in compliance with the state law.
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The city was recognized at Triangle, Inc.’s Annual Awards Ceremony and Fundraiser in Peabody.
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The annual town meeting will be moved to the Marblehead High field house with a capacity of 3,500.
The Arbor Day Foundation recognized Peabody for its commitment to urban forestry.
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Those who need a REAL ID to travel as of Wednesday can still get one during walk-in appointments at the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
A $10 discount clinic is being held at the Salem Police Department.