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Hey there, Swampscott! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How will Swampscott's new senior center director change services for residents?
  • Want your family's heritage featured in Swampscott's new storytelling series?
  • Meet the Swampscott grad turning quirky Banana Ball into film art

Also on today's calendar: Deric Dyer - Music & Stories from a Life of Touring with Tina Turner and Joe Cocker and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: An afternoon shower; warmer, with a high of 85 and low of 65 degrees.
  • Monday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 75, low: 66.
  • Tuesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 71 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• New Senior Center Director Keeps Focus on Both Present and Future (swampscotttides.org) — Swampscott's new director of aging services, Sabrina Clopton, is steering the Senior Center through a leadership transition while expanding programs like Friday van transportation and intergenerational work with Swampscott Public Schools. She's also eyeing future improvements, from better use of space to potential woodworking areas and outdoor patio options, all aimed at serving local seniors more effectively.
   

• S.U.R.E. – Tell Us Your Story: Irma Zarinsky (swampscotttides.org) — Swampscott residents are being invited to share their family heritage stories through the S.U.R.E. Diversity "Tell Us Your Story" series, now running regularly in the Swampscott Tides and archived at the public library. The latest vignette, by Dr. Irma Zarinsky, traces her Jewish family's journey from Russia to Massachusetts and highlights themes of family, faith, and education.
   

• Swampscott Native Turns Love of Baseball Into Documentary on Banana Ball Player (swampscotttides.org) — A Swampscott native and Swampscott High School graduate, Brendan Norton, has turned his lifelong love of baseball into a documentary about Banana Ball player Jonathan "Sunshine" Luders. The film grew from Norton's early media experiences in town to his studies at Savannah College of Art and Design, and now he's interning in North Carolina while dreaming of more baseball-centered storytelling.
   

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  • GE Aerospace posted a job opening for Manufacturing Associate- Bench Hand 2nd and 3rd Shift in Lynn. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Salem

  • Salem State First-Year Students Volunteer Across 6 North Shore Communities (patch.com)
  • Salem To See Rolling Roadblocks During North Shore Runfest (patch.com)
  • Salem Sound Coastwatch Awarded $30K To Help Build Witch City Tree Canopy (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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