Swampscott

A couple from Swampscott, Massachusetts, is in trouble with the law after police say a party with alcohol and as many as 400 teenagers got out of hand at their home over the weekend. David and Wesleini Potter are charged with furnishing alcohol to minors and disturbing the peace. Police say the couple told them they didn’t know underaged party-goers…

Two people were hospitalized, including a person who was shot, in Swampscott Sunday, police said. Details on what took place in the shooting weren’t immediately clear. Swampscott police said it took place in Lynn, but didn’t have the location or time. Lynn police said they weren’t able to comment on what took place in the incident amid an active,...

A climate change protest was held outside of Gov. Charlie Baker’s home in Swampscott, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning. Photos showed protesters chained to a large pink boat with “Climate Emergency” spray-painted on it. The protest started around 7 a.m. State police said they ordered the protesters to unchain themselves and disperse, and when they refused and continued obstructing traffic,...

It was in a parking lot of the Whole Foods in Swampscott, Massachusetts, that a man described by police as a “career criminal” got into trouble with the law yet again. “He was wearing camo shorts, a green shirt, a camo hat with veterans’ pins on it,” said Swampscott Police patrolman John Cassidy. Cassidy says the man appeared to be…

A volunteer setting up for an annual end-of-summer event in Swampscott, Massachusetts, had to be rescued Friday after their forklift fell through the floor of the historic town hall’s garage. The person was rescued and taken to a hospital, and is expected to survive, the town announced. The incident took place about 11:30 a.m. at the garage of the...

Swampscott, Massachusetts, is now requiring people to wear masks in municipal buildings regardless of vaccination status.   The partial mask mandate, which the town announced Friday and went into effect Monday, comes after the town ended a seven-week stretch without any new cases of COVID-19. Over the past two weeks, 18 new cases have been reported, a rise attributed to the…

Traffic safety has been troublesome in Swampscott’s densely populated neighborhoods. Speed bumps were installed to slow drivers down and keep people safe, but they soon led to new safety concerns after two bikers got into accidents. The temporary speed bumps have since been removed.

Police are conducting an air and ground search for a suspect in connection with an incident in Swampscott, Massachusetts, on Thursday morning. Swampscott police said they are “searching for a person involved in an earlier incident” in the area of Puritan Road. State police dogs and a helicopter were brought in to assist in the search. Police said there is…

Despite calls to dismiss assault charges stemming from a protest in Swampscott, Massachusetts last year, the case of Ernst Jean-Jacques is going to trail.

Swampscott has been the site of a number of political protests in recent months. For weeks, however, supporters of 32-year-old Ernst Jean-Jacques have gathered in town to demand that an assault case stemming from one of those protests be dismissed — and the case is going to trial. Jean-Jacques disputes a police report that alleges he “clenched and closed his…

Police in Swampscott are looking into a rope found dangling from a tree, which people in the area said looked like a noose

Swampscott High School is going fully remote for the next two weeks in what district officials are calling the “largest outbreak of COVID cases,” the Massachusetts town has seen throughout the entire pandemic. About 100 high school students and parents have either tested positive for COVID-19 or were in close contact with somebody who did, according to town officials. “These…

A Massachusetts high school has switched to remote learning after what officials are calling the largest coronavirus outbreak in Swampscott since the start of the pandemic. Swampscott High School is closed to in-person learning until at least April 5 after the potential exposure of about 100 students and families. “This week, the high school was forced to switch back to…

At least four people were arrested Thursday morning for trespassing outside Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s home in Swampscott calling for all votes to be counted in the election.

A harassment order against a Boston activist accused of leaving hypodermic needles at Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s home in Swampscott earlier this month was upheld in Lynn District court Monday. The needles were part of a protest about drug use in the area of Boston known as “Methadone Mile,” and Domingos DaRosa said he and his group were only...

DeRosa has been ordered not to go within 100 yards of Gov. Baker’s house. However, he intends to appeal the decision.

Dozens of protesters made their voices heard on Massachusetts’ eviction moratorium Wednesday evening outside Gov. Charlie Baker’s home, despite heightened security since it was broken into last week. The protesters gathered both outside the governor’s Swampscott home and nearby to call on Baker to extend the moratorium on evictions amid the coronavirus pandemic. The moratorium ends Oct. 17 and...

Dozens of people protested outside of Gov. Charlie Baker’s Massachusetts home Wednesday to make their voices heard on the state’s eviction moratorium.

The man accused of breaking into Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s home faced a judge, saying it was a misunderstanding, while the governor offered his first comments on the incident. And a security expert sounded off on the ramifications of the break-in.

All that matters to Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker after a break-in at his Swampscott home last week is that everyone is safe, he said Wednesday, refusing to elaborate further. “Everybody’s safe. That’s the only thing that really matters and that’s all I’m going to say about it,” Baker said when asked about the incident during a news conference on...