01907 The Magazine Summer 2016

HOOK, LINE,
AND SWAMPSCOTT
PIERING INTO THE PAST
SEASING AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR LEARNING
DISHING FISH
SUMMER 2016 / $5.00

F R O M T H E P U B L I S H E R
A publication of Essex Media Group
Publisher
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CEO
Beth Bresnahan
Vice President, Finance
William J. Kraft
Editor
Paul K. Halloran Jr.
Directors
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John M. Gilberg
Edward M. Grant
Gordon R. Hall
Monica Connell Healey
J. Patrick Norton
Michael H. Shanahan
Design
Tim McDonough
Advertising
Ernie Carpenter
Bob Gunther
Phil Ouellette
Contributing Writers
Amy Brackman
Meaghan Casey
Rich Fahey
Sandi Goldfarb
David Liscio
Stacey Marcus
Photographers
Mark Garfinkel
Spenser Hasak
Paula Muller
Owen O’Rourke
Mark Sutherland
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INSIDE THIS EDITION
A design on Karen Hallion …....……………8
Making strides for Stella .…………………..10
Mission (finally) accomplished ……………...12
An excercise in honor ………………………..16
Piering into the past ………….............…..18
A full House ..................……………………20
Swampscott seas opportunity for learning..22
Surf’s up …………………...............………...24
50 years later, still going nuts ………………28
A teaching career Rich in history .....……...32
5 things you didn’t know …..………………34
Getting a read on the library ……..………..35
Nancy is on duty........................................36
A taste of Swampscott ……………………....38
Simple summer beauty tips ………………...40
Nauti by nature .............................................42
Scene in Swampscott ………………………44
Walking a wine line …………......…………..46
To the Editor:
Another story of a lovely lady
I enjoy 01907 and was interested to read in the last edition the story about
the Swampscott mention on an episode of “e Brady Bunch.” I remember that
episode but have a different recollection of the circumstances surrounding Mrs.
Brady (Florence Henderson) invoking the name of our town.
I’ll preface my remarks by noting I am 101 years old, so I can’t guarantee my
memory is 100-percent correct. But this is the story I have always thought to
be true:
My good friend, the late Natalie Gelbert, had a sister, Mildred, who was
married to Sherwood Schwartz, the creator of the show. Natalie told me that
on a visit to Swampscott, Sherwood Schwartz made note of the funny-sounding
name of the town and that led to his using it in the script when Mike Brady
asked Carol about her lisp as a child.
As for Carol’s line that she grew up in Swampscott, perhaps that was
Sherwood’s way of recognizing his sister-in-law, Natalie.
Keep up the good work with 01907.
Elinor B. Rose
Swampscott
Something fishy in Swampscott
So. A magazine about Swampscott focusing on water-related activity.
What’s the big deal?
Good question – and one we think is answered in this edition of 01907.
Sure, everyone knows Swampscott was a big fishing town, and the Fish House,
by nature of its name and location, speaks to the role fishing has played in the
history of the town.
But ... e oldest active fish house in the country? An industry dating
back to the 1600s? And 5.6 million pounds of cod caught in one year?
We know that not everyone in 01907 grew up riding the waves of Phillips
Beach, but it never hurts to be versed in the history of your hometown. You
never know when you’re going to run into a FLOS (For the Love Of Swampscott)
member at a cocktail party; she’ll be impressed.
Not as impressed as we are with our Beth Bresnahan, who felt compelled
to don a wet suit and take a surfing lesson – in the icy waters of the Atlantic,
no less.
at’s going to great depths for the readers of 01907. Which leads me to
wonder why Paul Halloran didn’t also choose to go the Walter Mitty route with
his story on CrossFit e Swamp. He apparently thought that idea was all wet.
All of our writers and photographers dove head first into their work for
01907: Meaghan Casey, Rich Fahey, Sandi Goldfarb, Dave Liscio, Stacey
Marcus; Spenser Hasak, Paula Muller, Owen O'Rourke, and Mark Sutherland.
But the ultimate sacrifice for the magazine was made by our cover model,
handled with a kid (orange rubber, actually) glove by Neil Donnenfeld,
Swampscott Yacht Club director of Social Events, and photographed by
Mark Garfinkel, two Swampscott guys who went knee-deep to catch the
perfect cover shot for our fish story.
As for me, I’ll take mine with fries and cole slaw, please.
R E A D E R F O R U M
Cover photo: Mark Garfinkel
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“
I think my skills
were better. I had
never stepped away
from art, even
while teaching.
”
A design on
Karen Hallion
Above: Hallion’s Queen and Princess
was featured at the 2015 Star Wars
Celebration in Anaheim, Calif.
By Rich Fahey
s much as she loves her life jetting to places such as London and
San Diego – and as her fame and success as an artist and designer
continue to grow – Karen Hallion still misses the classroom.
“I would have been happy to have stayed teaching, or taught three days a
week and worked as an artist the other two,” she said.
Hallion, 42, a former art teacher at the Hadley and Clarke elementary
schools, le teaching in 2009 aer failing to obtain a waiver that would
have allowed her to continue teaching while she finished the requirements
for her master's degree. She had the backing of her school principals and
had the necessary elementary certifications, but was unable to get past the
state requirements.
Photos: Courtesy of Karen Hallion
Above: Midtown exclusive comic book
cover (Doctor Who12th Doctor #1 released
in October 2015).
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Hallion sketches while
at a convention in 2014.
Hallion lost her teaching job at a time when she had a lot going
on in her life. Besides teaching and art, she was waitressing, attending
grad school and caring for a four-year-old son. “I didn't want to
go back to waitressing full-time, so I decided to give freelancing as a
designer another shot for six months,” she said.
About four months into the six months, a T-shirt design she sold
resulted in a $2,000 profit and boosted her confidence that Karen
Hallion could make a living selling Karen Hallion.
For the Nahant native and 1990 graduate of Swampscott High,
it has been a heady rise in the ranks of artists and designers in the
field of digital art, where she designs such items as T-shirts, note
cards and games, or features her art in limited-edition prints.
Hallion is a self-described “geek” or “nerd” and a fan of pop
culture icons such as all things Star Wars, the TV series “Firefly,”
Harry Potter, Buffy from the TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,”
and the British TV series “Dr. Who.”
e designing success came around the time of the birth of a
second son in 2010, and Hallion now shares custody of her two sons
with her ex-husband. It also makes for a hectic schedule. It was heady
stuff when she was one of a group of artists selected for the 2015
Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, Calif., where she sold 250
limited-edition prints and was recognized by fans and asked to pose
for photos at a gathering that included Star Wars icon Carrie Fisher.
She was a part of the Emerald City ComicCon in Seattle, and in
mid-July she will spend a week selling her wares and promoting her
work in London at the 2016 Star Wars Celebration Europe. She will
fly home for a day and then head to San Diego for the Comic-Con
International, where she served as a guest panelist in 2014 and 2015.
She is also scheduled to make appearances this year at additional
gatherings in Orlando, Denver, California and Boston.
“I get recognized at these events and it’s a great way to connect
with your fans and get to know them,” she said.
Hallion’s list of clients is impressive. She has done licensed work
for Marvel, Lucas, Cartoon Network, DreamWorks Studios,
Cryptozoic, TOPPS, Her Universe and Disney.
Some of her most popular works are pop culture “mash-up”
designs that match Disney characters such as Belle and Cinderella
with Dr. Who from the cult classic science-fiction series. She earned
the grand prize in the 2013 DreamWorks Studios “How to Train
Your Dragon” T-shirt design contest, which earned her a tour of the
DreamWorks studios.
She is a member of WeLoveFine’s League of Artists and has had
T-shirt designs featured on websites readless, Tee Fury, Tee Turtle,
teeVillain, RIPT, and Qwertee.
Hallion attended the University of Vermont for two years before
completing her BFA in Illustration at the Ringling School of Art
and Design in Sarasota, Fla. in 1997. She spent six years aer college
graduation as a special education aide and design free-lancer without
really catching on.
When she returned to it and found success, she attributed it to
a combination of things.
“I think my skills were better,” she said. “I had never stepped away
from art, even while teaching.”
Hallion also credits her adroit use of social media, where she has
cultivated a Facebook following that now numbers 74,000 strong.
“Use it (social media) right and use it smart,” she said.
e Internet has allowed entrepreneurs to get up close and
personal with their customers and cut out the middle man. Hallion
has an Etsy store (etsy.com/shop/khallion), an online marketplace
where her designs grace note cards, postcards and prints.
Her business has grown enough that sister Amy Chambers came
on board as her business manager, handling e-mail requests, the
Etsy store, her schedule and keeping her on track with impending
deadlines.
A large project that consumes much of her time these days
involves designing game cards for DFTBA Games “Wizard School,”
a game created by Internet celebrities Hank and John Green (also a
noted author) aer a successful Kickstarter campaign raised
$450,000. She is designing 200 playing cards involving 12 different
characters of all ages in the game set in a high school, and has
occasionally used Swampscott Middle School as a backdrop as she
designs up to five game cards a day. e project organizers have high
hopes that Target will pick up the game.
Tom Kurzanski of Tee Fury LLC of Irvine, Calif., a T-shirt design
firm that caters to “pop culture, nerdy and geek” tastes, is an
unabashed fan of Hallion and her work.
“Karen has tapped into something that resonates with fans of
pop-inspired design,” said Kurzanski. “She connected the dots
between the Princesses and Doctor Who (the Disney designs that
went viral) at the peak of its popularity, prior to the influx of
Princess-inspired memes, and drew from her passion as a fan
of both.”
On March 29, TeeFury declared “Karen Hallion Day,” and she
quickly worked up a few designs that the firm was able to feature
alongside her existing portfolio.
Hallion advises young artists seeking advice to “find artists you
love, and study what they do, and learn from them. Take advice and
critiques, ignore the haters. Draw what you love, not necessarily what
you think will sell. Help out other artists when you can. Do good
work, produce it on time, and be easy to work with.” n
Right: “Geek Girl” –
Hallion’s homage to
all the geeky girls in
the world.
On the web:
karenhallion.com
SUMMER 2016 | 9

Making strides for Stella
By Stacey Marcus
Nicole Puzzo believes in paying it
forward. One conversation with the
Swampscott mother of two daughters,
Chloe and Stella, is a reminder of that
when you combine positive perspective
with the language of love, the wheels of
motion move in amazing directions –
especially if your father is an engineer.
Stella, who turns 7 in July and is in
kindergarten at the Clarke School, has been
able to enjoy family trips apple picking and
to Loon Mountain. “We love walking
around the neighborhood with Stella,” says
Nicole, who notes the all-terrain buggy
was essential for transportation in last year’s
wicked winter.
While fundraisers have helped Stepping
Stones for Stella provide buggies for 200
families, there is still a waiting list of 50.
Nicole was thrilled to share that New
England Cable News (NECN) has chosen
Stepping Stones for Stella as its charity for
the next three years with a goal to create a
signature event for the nonprofit.
Here’s Stella’s story. When Stella was
diagnosed with Spastic Diplegia Cerebral
Palsy at 8 months old, Nicole and her
husband, Stephen, knew it was important
to continue enjoying the outdoor activities
they treasured. Living in Swampscott and
going to the beach was a summertime joy
when Stella was a baby and toddler, but as
she grew Nicole’s dad, John Banda, noted
that navigating the craggy coastline
with Stella’s wheelchair was becoming
increasingly difficult for Nicole. e retired
engineer created a sturdy, lightweight,
all-terrain buggy to allow Nicole and Stella
to access the beach and ride through the
sand and rocks with ease.
Soon families with children with disabilities
began inquiring about the buggies, which
inspired Nicole to create a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit organization whose mission is “to
provide buggies to children with disabilities
to ensure they and their families experience
the joy and freedom of the great outdoors
to its fullest.”
e organization hosts grassroots fundraisers
so that they can provide buggies to families
of children with disabilities at no cost. e
buggies are designed for children 2-10 years
old with a 60-pound weight limit. Nicole
notes that the buggies do not recline and
that the child must have independent head
and trunk control.
Nicole’s dad and his retired friend made
10 buggies at a time, however, last September
aer producing their 100th buggy, they
decided it was time to pass the torch and
outsourced the production to a company in
Indiana. Meanwhile requests continue to
pour in from the United States, Canada
and beyond.
“We get inquiries from Australia,” says
Nicole, noting that in June Stepping
Stones for Stella will reach a 200-buggy
milestone. n
A road race at the Jewish Community
Center of the North Shore in Marblehead
and a beach volleyball tournament on Long
Beach in Nahant will also raise needed
funds.
“We love walking around the neighborhood with Stella,”
says Nicole, who notes the all-terrain buggy was essential
for transportation in last year’s wicked winter.
Stella enjoying
the beach on a
buggy constructed
by her grandfather,
John Banda.
To donate to Stepping Stones for Stella or for more
information, visit steppingstonesforstella.org
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Photos: Courtesy of Nicole Puzzo

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Mission
( finally )
accomplished
A look inside 01907’s
new restaurant
By­Meaghan­Casey
A sampling of cocktails from
Mission on the Bay’s vast drink menu.
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Walking into Mission on the Bay just a few days after its official opening,
two things were obvious: All of Swampscott had turned out for one of the
most anticipated restaurant openings in recent decades, and both the new
design and the cuisine were well worth the wait.
Continued on page 14
Below: Highlights from Mission on the Bay’s menu include: lobster dumplings ($15), mussels ($12) in a broth of Thai coconut curry,
tomatoes, garlic and fresh ginger, and the grand cheeseburger ($15), topped with Canadian bacon, cheddar and smoky aioli.
A packed dining room days after
the restaurant’s official opening.
Summer 2016 | 13

Continued from page 13
The waterfront space, which formally housed Red Rock
Bistro, has been transformed into a nautical oasis,
with jute rope pendant lighting and maritime signal flags
adorning the walls and ceilings. The project has been in the
works since spring 2014, after developers demolished the
entire existing building. The new restaurant offers much
more seating, expansive views of the water and Boston
skyline, an open-kitchen setup, two large bar areas inside
and a rooftop deck and bar.
Principal Owner Martin Bloom, the founder and former
CEO of Italian chain Vinny T’s, said the focus of the menu is
on seafood, but there are a variety of options for
everyone. Together with partners Robert Hoffman and
Wellington Augusto, Bloom also co-owns Mission Oak Grill
in Newburyport.
“As an oceanfront restaurant, there’s an obligation to
make seafood the center of the plate,” Bloom said. “We’ve
sold copious amounts of the mussels and redfish, which are
extraordinarily good, but the hamburger has been
really popular as well.”
Starters include New England favorites such as clam
chowder ($6), lobster bisque ($9), fried clams ($15) and
crispy calamari ($12) with a citrus-pepper tartar sauce. The
kitchen draws from some Asian influences in its seafood
preparation, best highlighted in the lobster dumplings ($15),
which are stuffed with delicate chunks of lobster meat,
steamed and served with a soy caramel glaze. The mussels
($12) also shine with a broth of Thai coconut curry,
tomatoes, garlic and fresh ginger, as does the tuna tartare
($14), served with sushi rice, wakame, soy and sriracha aioli.
Raw bar offerings include East Coast oysters ($3 each) and
littleneck clams (6 for $13), while chilled options include
lobster tail ($17) or shrimp ($6 each) cocktail. Diners can also
opt for the shellfish platter ($120) with two lobster tails,
eight shrimp, eight littlenecks and 18 oysters.
Dinner entrées include an array of grilled or fried seafood
choices (ranging from $20 to $32), and the fried dishes are
cooked in a pleasantly light batter. One of the
signature plates is the blackened redfish ($29), served with
coconut rice and jalapeño corn tartar. Options such as the
lobster roll ($28), baked haddock ($22) and clam roll ($18)
round out the traditional fare, while pasta dishes such as
linguine with lobster meat ($34) and spaghetti carbonara
with jumbo lump crab meat ($26) present diners with an
Italian twist on their favorite seafood.
Steak-lovers will also be pleased with the menu, which
includes a 12 oz. sirloin ($29), 5 oz. or 10 oz. filet mignon
($21/$36), 24 oz. porterhouse (MP) and churrasco ($28), in
addition to the grand cheeseburger ($15), which is served
with Canadian bacon, cheddar and smoky aioli. Bloom said
the kitchen relies on a top beef supplier out of Boston for
their selection.
Mission on the Bay owners, from left,
Robert Hoffman, Wellington Augusto and Marty Bloom.
A view of the Boston skyline from the oceanfront roof deck.
Cocktails ($12) take some creative inspiration from
a day at the beach or the islands. The signature tropical rum
punch is made with two types of rum, orange and lime
juices, peach purée and bitters, while the shandy is made
with sweet tea vodka, wheat beer and lemonade. “El
Diablo” was a refreshing twist on a spicy tequila cocktail with
lemonade, lime, ginger beer and crèmede de cassis.
The list also features a number of infused options, such
as house-infused chamomile vodka with elderflower liquor,
lemon and ruby red grapefruit juice; peach-infused bourbon
with crème de peche and bitters; jalapeño-infused tequila
with orange liquor, mango and lime; and cucumber-infused
tequila with orange liquor, agave nectar, lime juice and
celery bitters. n
Located at 141 Humphrey St., Mission on the Bay is open from
4-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 4-11 p.m Friday and Saturday
and 3:30-10 p.m. Sunday. In the near future, Sunday brunch will be
offered from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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HHH H H
An exercise in honor
crossFit workouts
to pay tribute to
fallen heroes
By Paul Halloran
The CrossFit movement has exploded in the last 10
years, from 13 affiliates in 2005 to almost 13,000
worldwide today. And while the grueling workouts
are ostensibly for anyone, they are especially
popular with the military. In fact, it is not
uncommon to find a CrossFit gym set up on a
military base.
On Memorial Day, thousands participate in the
annual Murph Challenge, a CrossFit workout in
memory of Navy Lt. Michael Murphy, who was
killed in Afghanistan in a 2005 operation that
became the basis for the movie “American Sniper.”
(In case you’re wondering, the Murph workout
consists of a mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200 pushups,
300 squats and another mile run – all while wearing
a 20-pound vest.)
Photos: Mark Sutherland
Continued on page 17
Top: Colleen Sachar completes a heavy lift.
Bottom: CrossFit The Swamp owner Mike Dudevoir, left,
and class participant Jonny Shannon.
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Continued from page 16
“CrossFit has dedicated
workouts to
military killed in
action and police
killed in the line
of duty,” says Mike
Dudevoir, who owns
CrossFit The Swamp
on Essex Street
along with his wife,
Jenna. “There’s a strong military presence
within CrossFit.”
The harsh reality of war had hit home and hit
hard in Swampscott twice within six months
in 2006-07.
On Sept. 19, 2006, U.S. Army Specialist Jared
Raymond, 20, was killed in Iraq when an IED
exploded near his tank. On Feb. 7, 2007,
Marine Capt. Jennifer Harris, 28, was killed
when the helicopter she was piloting crashed
in Iraq while supporting combat operations.
Swampscott High. Thus on July 2 at CrossFit
The Swamp, there will be a Jen and a Jared
workout. Donations will be accepted and
given to the respective scholarship funds at
Swampscott High.
The Jen workout will consist of a 2.007 mile
run (signifying the date Harris was killed) that
will take participants by Harris’ childhood
home on Burpee Road. The run, which will
start and end at CrossFit The Swamp, is open
to anyone. After the run, CrossFit members
who want to further honor Harris will do two
burpees and seven squats.
After a break, CrossFitters who want to tackle
the Jared will take part in a 20-minute
AMRAP (as many reps as possible), which
will consist of one deadlift (Raymond was in
the First Battalion), 66 double unders (66th
Armored Regiment), one hang clean (1st
Brigade) and four front squats (4th Infantry
Division).
than a dozen years before buying the CrossFit
affiliate. “Jared loved July 4, so we picked that
weekend.”
Dudevoir was hooked on CrossFit from the
first class he took in Natick in 2011. Two years
later – on Veterans Day 2013 – he and Jenna
opened CrossFit The Swamp in 8,000 square
feet of space that formerly housed the Hit
Zone indoor baseball and softball facility.
They started with 10 members and are up to
150. CrossFitters are notoriously passionate
about their workouts. “It’s a place for people
to go to form new relationships while they
get stronger and healthier,” Dudevoir
said, “and form bonds through sweat,
fitness, exercise and mental toughness.”
On July 2, it will be a place to establish a new
and unbreakable bond with a native son and
daughter who made the ultimate sacrifice for
their town and their country. n
“We do so much to honor people we have
no connection to, I thought we should do
something for Jen and Jared,” said Dudevoir,
who was two years ahead of Harris at
“This is meant to be a tribute to both of them,”
said Dudevoir, a Trinity College grad who
worked in executive recruiting and
medical device and software sales for more
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A calm, early morning moment on Fisherman’s Beach.
Photos: David Liscio
Piering into the Past
swamPscott heritage steePed
in commercial fishing industry
By David Liscio
Paul Garcelon began commercial fishing in
Swampscott in the 1960s aboard his 42-foot
lobster boat, the Susan C, named for his wife. It
was a good time to join the fleet because the town
had just built the pier behind the Fish House,
which allowed the boats to bring in their catch
even when the tide was relatively low.
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Garcelon, 74, who retired at the end of last season
after 55 years on the water, said the 1952 government
dredging of the harbor temporarily helped the
fishermen, but the sand inevitably returned.
“A lot of the big fishing boats would moor off
Whale’s Beach because the harbor was blocked by
a sand bar. You couldn’t cross it at low tide
because the water was no more than a foot deep.
You would run aground,” he said. “And not just
that, the sand bar caused a big storm swell.”
The dredged sand was piped to Lynn’s beaches,
but a nor’easter soon washed it away. “And now
the sand bar has come back. I guess nature wants
Fishermen head out to their boats
on prams just after sunrise.
it there,” he said, blaming the sand bar, in part,
for the diminished size of Swampscott’s present
commercial fishing fleet.
“The town did some spot dredging in the ’80s and
’90s, but it wasn’t enough. It’s still too shallow. So
a lot of the fishermen left. The fleet is down to
about eight lobster boats and one gill netter,” he
said, noting his son, Paul Garcelon Jr., is among
the lobstermen and owner of the Jacqueline Bess.
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Continued from page 18
“Fishing’s in my blood. It’s all I’ve ever
done. Unfortunately, it turned up in my
son’s blood as well. He has a degree in
business and finance, but he likes to fish.
He’s not cut out for indoor work,” the
elder Garcelon said.
Interestingly enough, not much has
changed along the waterfront in terms
of fishermen setting off each morning at
dawn from Fisherman’s Beach and
returning hours later with what is hopefully
a good day’s catch. In the 1600s and
early 1700s, the fishermen used dories –
essentially double-ended sailboats ranging
in length from about 12 to 20 feet,
with one mast and one sail – to transport
them to the coastal fishing grounds.
Dozens of dories plied the waters off
Swampscott, typically two men per boat,
leaving enough room to fill the bilges
with freshly caught flounder, mackerel
and, in those days, haddock and
cod. Fishermen preferred the dory because
its seaworthiness and stability
allowed them to haul a heavy wooden
trap over the side and not capsize.
“The old-timers fished from dories that
they pulled up on the beach,” said
Garcelon, recalling his predecessors
would us e a series of wooden logs to roll
the boats down to the water’s edge
where they could row out. If boats
couldn’t be rolled, there were horses
available to drag them. “Now pickup
trucks have replaced the horses and
outboard engines mean they don’t have
to row.”
Three hundred years ago, the fishermen
wore leather and later oil-impregnated
canvas as foul weather gear, garments
which since have been replaced by
waterproof high-tech fabrics such as
Gortex, or the orange, rubberized
Grundens trousers and rain jacket like
those popularized by the television show
“Deadliest Catch.”
According to the Massachusetts Historical
Commission’s (MCH) Reconnaissance
Survey Report of 1985, Swampscott’s
fishing industry was thriving by the late
1700s, a trend which continued for another
century. Swampscott fishermen
relied entirely on dory fishing until 1795
when the first Pinky schooner, Dove,
was purchased by a group of wealthy
area residents, including James Phillips.
The purchase allowed local fishermen
for the first time to follow their potential
catch farther from the coast.
“When historians refer to the town’s
fishing fleet in those days, they’re
talking about Swampscott’s fleet of
pinky schooners, which was considered
second only to Gloucester,” said Louis
Gallo, an associate member of the
Swampscott Historical Commission and
board member of the Swampscott
Historical Society.
Gallo explained that the schooners had
two masts to carry more sail, were much
larger than dories and capable of
employing a full crew. “These boats went
to the Grand Banks and stayed out two
or three days,” he said. “They were an
important part of the town’s fishing
history. The town seal shows old man
Phillips with the Dove.”
Paul Garcelon Jr.’s crew on the Jacqueline
Bess drop lobster traps overboard.
Clearly there was no shortage of fish.
The numbers tell the story. The MHC
survey notes that in 1832 there were 10
schooners and 80 men employed in
winter fishing, while another 60
dorymen fished in summer.
To illustrate those golden years, the late
author Waldo Thompson in his 1885 book
about Swampscott entitled “Historical
Sketches of the Town” states that by
1855 there were 39 Swampscott
schooners employing 226 men. Their
catch totaled 5.6 million pounds of cod
and 5,000 barrels of mackerel worth
almost $250,000.
Historical records further revealed on
Feb. 25, 1863 the local fleet landed
150,000 pounds of fish on Blaney’s
Beach. However, by 1878 the industry
had begun to decline, with only 17
vessels and 115 local fishermen as crew.
Each year, when the fishing season
tapered off, many of the town’s commercial
fishermen and their wives went to work
in 10-square-foot, one-room shoe “factories”
in Lynn simply known as Ten Footers.
(One has been preserved at the Lynn
Museum.)
Although fishing continued to be a
primary source of employment, new
resort hotels were springing up to
accommodate the growing influx of
beach-loving tourists and with them
came changes in the town’s economy.
“In the late 1800s, the town decided that
the summer estates and hotels were
becoming a big thing, so they took the
land where the fishermen had their
shacks by eminent domain and tore
them down. They then built one building
for all the fishermen to use,” said Gallo.
The Fish House was outfitted with
equipment lockers and bait storage
rooms, which dramatically reduced the
pungent odors emanating from the fish
shacks. “It’s still the only municipal fish
house on the entire East Coast from
Maine to Texas,” Gallo said.
During this economic transition, many
of the town’s new residents took up
pleasure sailing by narrowing the
Swampscott dory’s hull profile. Sailing
quickly became the most popular sport
on the waterfront.
By 1915, as World War I raged in
Europe, only 29 Swampscott fishermen
worked aboard the schooners. The total
value of their catch that year had
dwindled to a mere $22,790.
Time marched on, with dramatic
changes occurring between 1915 and
1940 as the town morphed from fishing
village to seaside resort with luxury
hotels, and was on its way to becoming
a middle-class Boston suburb. The Fish
House remained the hub of waterfront
activity as lobstering replaced
traditional gillnetting and long-lining.
“A lot of the old guys are gone. We used
to call them the Fish House Boys,” said
Garcelon, rattling off names like Lucky
Williams, Tiger Parish, the Publicovers,
Rodeo Joe Hennessey and Black Ace
Pagnotta –the latter known for his Fish
House punch that ensured you couldn’t
stand up after a single glass. “But
the lobsters and the flounder are still
there.” n
Summer 2016 | 19

A full house
By David Liscio
If buildings could talk, swampscott’s landmark fish house
would have plenty of tales to tell from its colorful 120-year history.
These days, the three-story, shingle-style structure nestled
on fisherman’s Beach off humphrey street is the epicenter of
waterfront activity. several evenings each week, a core group
of sailors, powerboaters and fishermen can be found at the
swampscott Yacht Club (sYC), which occupies the entire second
floor. The club members gather to socialize, knock back a few
drinks at the small bar and enjoy the majestic view of the
Boston skyline, egg Rock and Massachusetts Bay.
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“No religion, no politics,” says Commodore Ken Hahn,
who frequently tends the bar and keeps the
organization running. “The club has been in this
building since 1933. It’s the kind of place where you
can stop in for a beer after work.”
According to Hahn, the club rents the space from the
town and currently has 126 regular members, 24
spousal members and 30 lifetime members.
During the summer, children between age 8 and their
late teens attend classroom sailing lessons on the third
floor of the building where the town’s youth sailing
program makes its home. When the lessons are over,
the students drag their sailing dinghies off the sandy
beach and into the water for practical instruction. If it
rains heavily, the yacht club allows the instructors to
use the more spacious second-floor dining room.
Amid this activity, the town’s small fleet of commercial
lobster boats can be seen laying and hauling traps and,
on a good day, bringing their catch to the pier just
behind the Fish House. Through a lottery system, the
fishermen are allowed to store their gear in the several
lockers that run along the ground-floor perimeter of
the building. When the fishing day is done, the
lobstermen moor their boats in the harbor and pull
their blunt-nosed Swampscott prams onto the beach.
The town harbormaster office is also located on the
building’s ground floor.
“The building is what ties us all together,” says SYC
member and avid sailor Steve Eckman, who has
supported the youth sailing program since its
inception. “Every group that uses the Fish House has
an interest in its preservation.”
The yacht club holds sailing races on Thursday nights
and its 10th annual season-long striped bass
tournament is under way. A club launch ferries
members to and from their vessels. Fisherman’s Beach
is also the site of the town’s annual Polar Plunge on
New Year’s Day, which brings thousands of
participants and spectators to the water’s edge.
In recent years, kayaking and paddle boarding have
gained popularity among local residents. To accommodate
the small watercraft, another town-sponsored
lottery determines who can store their kayaks or paddle
boards on the beach, chained to iron rings
embedded into a row of heavy stone blocks near the
dinghy rack.
The SYC was originally located in a second-floor room
that overlooked Humphrey Street rather than the sea.
The sailing program shared the remaining space on
that floor on the ocean side.
Commodore Ken Hahn tends bar at the SYC.
“The club needed more space,” explains Hahn, noting
today the club includes a dining room, bar with pool
table, a small kitchen and outdoor deck. “We worked
it out so that the sailing program could have the entire
third floor, which at the time was being used to store
antiquated or broken fishing equipment. That allowed
the yacht club to expand into the ocean side of the
building.”
The town’s fishing heritage preceded construction of
the Fish House by more than 200 years. As far back as
the 1600s, Swampscott was known as a fishing outpost
just beyond the shoe-making center of Lynn. Over the
years, shacks sprang up along the coastline where the
dory fishermen lived and worked. The seaworthy,
double-ended dories were fitted with a single
gaff-rigged sail with room enough aboard for two
fishermen and a plentiful catch. The shacks stretched
from King’s Beach in Lynn to Fisherman’s Beach in
Swampscott.
While the fishing may have provided income for the
fishermen in good weather, the town in the mid-1800s
was also experiencing an upswing in tourism. Many of
those tourists hoping to claim Swampscott as their
resort town of choice remarked on the pungent odor
emanating from the beach shacks.
Public debate ensued and through an eminent-domain
taking by the town, the shacks in Swampscott were
removed to clear the beach and make way for the Fish
House. Designed by architect Henry Wade Rogers,
construction began in 1895 and was completed the
following year. It has been described as the oldest
active fish house in the country and in 1985 was added
to the National Register of Historic Places.n
Photos: David Liscio
Summer 2016 | 21

Swampscott seas
opportunity for learning
By David Liscio
When Danielle Strauss took the helm of the
Swampscott youth sailing program 11 years ago, she
was confronted by what might be described as rough
seas. From the sandy shore at Fisherman’s Beach, all
appeared under control, the small fleet of sailboats
bobbing in the breeze, the children laughing and
shrieking with joy.
But upon closer inspection, Strauss realized a
few key components were missing.
For starters, there was only one motorized
safety boat, and more often than not, its engine
town’s recreation director was to oversee all activities.
“We increased the safety so that now we have
three chase boats,” she said. “And with each new
director, we also added more curriculum.”
Katie Kimball was a freshman at Swampscott
High when she joined the sailing program. “I was 15
and wanted to sail. I quickly became an instructor and
spent the next eight years there,” said Kimball, who
later served as director of the town’s adult sailing
program that offers evening classes. “When I started,
there was only one safety boat. We made a lot of
Photos: David Liscio
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proved unreliable. Some of the children were out on
the water without lifejackets. The teaching curriculum
was a hodge-podge of lesson plans cobbled together
by volunteer adult sailors.
Concerned residents watching the chaos eventually
summoned the U.S. Coast Guard out of concern the
children might drown or be otherwise injured. That visit
prompted several changes, perhaps most important the
addition of experienced, on-water sailing instructors
and the appointment of a sailing program director.
Until then, Strauss was helping teach the sailing
classes, although her primary responsibility as the
changes. We got more boats. Lots of kids from the
sailing program ended up on the Big Blue sailing team.”
Three years ago, the Swampscott High sailing team,
which was formed in October 2008, relocated to the
Pleon Yacht Club in Marblehead, mostly because that
facility provides additional safety measures and is less
impacted by the daily tides.
Although the youth sailing program has grown, it
has not been without setbacks. The severe winter of
2015 brought what might be dubbed the Snowplow
Tragedy. The program’s fleet of 420s – a competitionclass,
fiberglass sailing dinghy that is 4.2 meters long
and capable of carrying a crew of two – was laid out

neatly for winter storage outside
Swampscott Middle School. A succession
of storms left the boats blanketed by
snow, but the overturned white hulls
were all but invisible to the plow drivers
attempting to clear the parking lot.
Unfortunately, the entire fleet of six
420s was destroyed.
“It was devastating,” Strauss
recalled. “We didn’t have the funds to
replace the boats but I knew we had to
do something quickly before the sailing
season began.”
Strauss contacted the Nahant
sailing program, which was in the
market for a Rhodes 19 – a vessel
significantly larger than a 420 dinghy
and more often used to teach cruising
skills rather than racing.
“We just happened to have a
Rhodes 19 and Nahant was looking to
get rid of its older 420s, so we made
a trade,” she said.
These days, the sailing program is
housed on the third floor of the historic
Fish House on Fisherman’s Beach. The
high-ceilinged loft with its wide-plank
floor is used for storing masts, booms
and other sailing gear. It’s also where
the children meet for classroom sailing
lessons, or what are better known as
“chalk talks.”
The program fleet includes seven
14-foot Americans, six 13-foot 420s and
six single-person Optimist dinghies.
There are three motorized safety boats,
a sailing director, racing director and a
lead instructor, along with a gaggle of
assistant instructors.
Last year, 164 children and more than
20 adults were enrolled in the
program.
As the season evolves and skills are
gained, some of the fledgling sailors
will take the boats on a supervised sail
to Short Beach in Nahant or along the
coast toward Marblehead.
“It’s a great program,” said
Kimball.
“You learn so much about sailing
and about yourself. It teaches you to
handle emergencies and to think.
After you’ve been in a boat with a
lightning storm all around, nothing
fazes you.”
Students must be at least 8 years
old, able to swim, and entering the third
grade upon enrollment. A Coast Guardapproved
lifejacket and proper footwear
are required.
The Swampscott Sailing Committee
initially provided support and fundraising.
The organization later morphed into
the Friends of Swampscott Sailing,
which continues to help purchase
boats and equipment.
As the sailing season gets under
way in June, supporters are making
plans for next year’s 50th anniversary
celebration of the Swampscott youth
sailing program. According to Strauss,
it’s all part of the town’s one-day
Harbor Festival, which is expected to
include a lobster bake, pirate storytelling,
Zumba on the beach, a blessing
of the fleet, kayak and paddle board
races, and the Duct Tape Regatta in
which racers fashion boats out of
makeshift materials.
“We want people to come to the
waterfront,” said Strauss, explaining
that the festival will be held on the
green near Town Hall.
Eagle Scout Lars Purcell, whose
project involves organizing the festival,
is slated to demonstrate how to rig
a sailboat.
The late Francis J. Cassidy, a
former selectman and insurance
man, believed sailing was a skill local
children should learn. As a result, he
founded the youth sailing program
in 1967 and introduced a fleet of
O’Day Widgeons.
“We hope those who learned to sail
here will come to the Harbor Festival,”
said Swampscott resident and sailor
Steve Eckman, a longtime supporter of
youth sailing. “Cassidy was inspired by
the thought that the children in town
lived close to the sea yet most of them
had no opportunity to sail. If 100 kids
were in the program each year for 50
years, that’s 5,000 potential alumni.
It would be great to have 200 of them
come back.” n
The girls, left, and boys, top, of
Swampscott's youth program set sail
in the water at Fisherman's Beach.
Summer 2016 | 23

Surf ’s up
01907’s CEO was down for lessons
By Beth Bresnahan
Irecently booked the trip of my lifetime: a two-week
vacation to Hawaii with a group of friends. Almost immediately
after purchasing the tickets, I downloaded a Jack Johnson
album and began fantasizing about how I would soon be
dancing the hula, frolicking in a bikini on the sandy beaches
of Maui and catching waves alongside champion surfer
Kelly Slater.
The ukulele and chill lyrics of my new playlist helped
me temporarily escape the reality that I have zero rhythm,
not to mention I’m Irish-girl pale and not quite in bikini-ready
shape. Oh, then there's the issue that I had no idea how
to surf.
Now, I figured I could fake my way through the dancing
with the help of a couple of Mai Tais, and a spray tan along
with a few extra spin classes could help me get closer to my
desired look. But pretending to know how to surf would be
taking the "fake it ’til you make it" mantra to a whole 'nother
level (not to mention potentially dangerous). The closest
attempt I'd ever made at the sport is watching the movie
Point Break whenever it was on TV.
Despite my lack of experience, I couldn't let myself go to
Hawaii without at least trying to surf. But, I also felt I couldn't
go unless I had at least a little experience under my belt.
My friends felt similarly, so I searched the Internet for a place
we could take lessons. They preferred that we find an indoor
wave pool, like those offered at theme parks, but my search
came up short. Then I stumbled upon a place on Humphrey
Street – Ocean House Surf Shop. Their site said they offer a
surf camp and private lessons in the waters off King’s and
Long beaches. I shared the info with my friends, Allison and
Frank, who thought it looked fun but passed due to the water
temps. Still feeling determined, but also a bit
apprehensive about getting into the water, I opted to email
the shop about a potential lesson rather than call.
I awkwardly e-introduced myself through the address
listed on the shop's "contact us" page as a 40-year-old
woman who wanted to take up surfing in advance of a Hawaii
trip and was willing to brave the chilly mid-May Atlantic
waters to do so, but didn’t want to die in the process. I also
shared that I’d like to write about the experience for 01907's
water-themed summer issue, provided I survived.
The response couldn't have been more enthusiastic
and encouraging.
Left: Ocean House’s Tim Oviatt and Amber O’Shea
work on a board. Right: Instructor Lindsay Egan, left,
demonstrates proper surf stance to Bresnahan.
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"We'll get you in a warm wetsuit, it won't be any colder
than skiing, I promise!" wrote a woman who identified herself
as Amber.
Eeek ... I gave up skiing a few years ago after a particularly
cold weekend in Stowe. But following several pleasant email
exchanges, Amber had convinced me that, based on surf
reports, the second week in May would be good for a lesson.
And the timing lined up perfectly with the return of their surf
camp's newly hired director, Lindsay, who had spent the last
six weeks abroad teaching camps.
It was two weeks out from the lesson and I was anxiety
ridden, so I arranged to go into shop and meet with Amber
and her partner, Tim, to talk things through.
Tim Oviatt opened Ocean House Surf Shop in May 2013.
The Ohio native grew up vacationing on the beaches of North
Carolina where he first learned to boogie board and fell in love
with the ocean. He also grew fascinated with surfing, which
as a skateboarder seemed like a sport he could naturally grasp.
His intuition was spot on as he not only learned to surf over
the years to follow, but also developed a deep technical
understanding about the science of the sport to the degree
that he now crafts his own boards.
Lindsay spotted my wave and gave me an extra push as she
enthusiastically yelled, “Paddle!” I felt the board pick up speed
and as instructed, I lifted my body and popped up onto my feet.
Photos: Owen O’Rourke
and Mark Sutherland
After attending college in Massachusetts, Tim moved to
the North Shore. He brought with him his affinity for the surf
scene, which he says, "is still somewhat of an underground
culture in Massachusetts, but has a strong New England
presence, especially in New Hampshire, Maine and
Rhode Island."
Tim saw a growing, but unfulfilled, demand for
surf-related gear and activities in the region and seized it.
He started the first iteration of the business out of his apartment,
renting and selling stand-up paddle boards (aka SUPs) online
and out of his truck. Selling a board a day, Tim soon realized
he needed a showroom. The makeshift "showroom"
was a storage unit, until a retail spot opened in Beverly Port
Marina which allowed him to expand the merchandise
offerings; however, it was still cramped and very much a
seasonal business. A year later, he found beachfront
space in the new Gateway building on the corner of
Humphrey and Redington streets, which had been
completely rebuilt following a 2011 fire. The location
put him right across from King’s Beach – a prime spot for
paddle boarding, and a quick drive to the surfing waves
in Nahant.
Ocean House initially opened as a surf shop with a cafe
to help sustain business during the off-season and alleviate
Tim’s share of the rent. The partnership on the cafe side of
the business proved to be a lot more work than it should be
in order to be profitable. That's when Tim’s friend, Amber,
entered the picture. Continued on page 26
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Continued from page 25
Amber O'Shea grew up in Lynn, and has since trekked
around the globe. In her travels, she gained extensive
experience managing coffee houses and sourcing organic
foods. She began to help Tim with the cafe, both managing
the front and back end of the operation. But, operating a
100-percent-organic, gluten-free cafe in an area where
organic farms are scarce is not only expensive, but extremely
time consuming. Between the surf shop and cafe, Tim and
Amber were working non-stop and stressed out, which was
not ideal because the duo also began dating.
"Our relationship was great," said Amber. "The only time
we'd fight was over the cafe."
"We separately came to the conclusion that things
would run much more smoothly if we just closed the cafe,”
Tim shared.
Amber added, “Neither of us said anything because we
didn't want to disappoint the other."
Tim finally brought up the topic and the couple could not
have been more relieved to find that they agreed on the cafe's
future. They negotiated a partnership, with Tim concentrating
on the technical surf side and Amber on the business side
and design of the shop. They permanently closed the cafe
in September 2015, with a brief pop-up appearance in
December for the holidays, and it proved to be a wise
decision – the business has grown each month since.
The shop has undergone some renovations and added
off-site warehouse space to accommodate more product.
This season Ocean House will be carrying as many as 200
surf and paddle boards (establishing the shop as one of the
largest SUP retailers in the Northeast), a full selection of surf
gear and supplies, as well as high-quality clothing from surf
lifestyle brands like O'Neill, RipCurl, Maaji, Olukai, Rainbow,
Roark Revival, The Beach People, and Xcel.
While Tim and Amber are currently the shop's only
full-time employees, they are adding 20 seasonal staff
members to assist inside with sales and out on the water
with camps and lessons. They anticipate anywhere between
60 to 100 kids a day will be partaking in surf camp. The camp,
which is geared for youths age 7-17, begins the fourth week
in June and runs through the first week of September.
An adult surf camp is in the works for the end of July and
August. In addition to the camps, lessons, rentals, repairs
and sales now offered, Ocean House will soon be adding
fitness classes, like beach yoga, to its program lineup and
sponsoring free networking events.
"We will be organizing paddle board meet-ups and other
social events," Amber said. "We're selling much more than
just merchandise. We're selling a lifestyle and looking to
build a surf community here in Swampscott."
On the day of the lesson, I got to the shop about an hour
early so I could be fitted for a wetsuit, boots, gloves and a
hood to shield me from the cold water. But not before I took to
Google to ask, "What do I wear under a wetsuit?" I learned a
bathing suit would be sufficient, but also read several stories
of meltdowns some first-time wetsuit wearers had trying to
get the snug one-piece on. Some got stuck in theirs. Others
put it on backwards. So, it didn't come as a complete surprise
when Tim warned me to not get discouraged if I had issues
suiting up; however, I was shocked to find that the sizing for
women's wetsuits run similar to that of bridal gowns – 2 to 3
times your street size. Oddly enough, men's wetsuits run true
to size. So much for vanity sizing.
It was a gorgeous 70-degree day, but the water temps
were somewhere in the 40s. Tim handed me a winter wetsuit,
known as a 5mm, which is the thickness of the material, to try
on. A summer wetsuit is 3mm or lighter.
I successfully shimmied into the wetsuit on the first try
and it was a perfect fit. I can almost guarantee that wasn't
beginner's luck. As a fashion-challenged teenager in the ‘90s,
I owned a similar spandex catsuit that I wore to school, paired
with a baby doll dress and Doc Martens. It was just as
awkward to get in and out of. After getting into the boots,
the lobster-claw shaped gloves and tight hood, I resembled
Spiderman's evil twin sister but at least the tight, all-black
ensemble was kind of slimming.
Lindsay Egan walked in just as I was done suiting up.
The athletic, tanned instructor was fresh off a six-week trip
to South Africa and Indonesia where she was teaching youth
to surf. Originally from Beverly, Lindsay spent most of her life
living between the South Shore and New Hampshire, both
prime surfing spots. She seemed to be extremely laid back,
but radiated excitement and enthusiasm when talking about
her work – especially the sky-high waves she rode in Bali just
a few days earlier.
After answering a flurry of my questions – which included
several iterations of: “Am I going to die out there?” – we were
off to ride the waves at Long Beach. As Tim loaded up a 9-foot
longboard into the van, Amber wished me luck. She also told
me not to get discouraged if I wasn’t able to “pop up” on the
board in my first lesson.
Bresnahan looking like a surfing pro.
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Before we got in the water, Lindsay and I did several
stretches to limber up, then she went over basic moves like
positioning myself on the board (toes almost to the tail of
the board), focusing on where to look (chin up and straight
ahead), paddling (cupped hands, scooping the water), popping
up on the board (quickly and carefully) and standing on the
moving board (front foot in the middle of the plank, knees
slightly bent and body “hanging loose”). She also went over
some safety precautions: when I fall off the board, which is
guaranteed to happen, be sure to fall to the side or behind it
so it doesn’t hit me in the head. And if I’m not certain
where the board is when I fall, always protect my head
with my arms.
As nervous as I had been at the shop about getting into
the water, Lindsay had done a tremendous job of dissipating
my fears. She helped to channel my anxiety and apprehension
into excitement as we waded waist-high into the empty
Atlantic with the board attached to my leg with a leash. I was
shocked that I wasn’t shocked by the water temperature – in
fact, I couldn’t feel the water at all through the thick neoprene
wetsuit and accessories.
Lindsay instructed me to pull my body onto the board
and paddle out to a spot she deemed would be best to catch
a breaking wave. She met me at the spot and positioned my
board so it faced the shore.
“I will watch for the wave and tell you when to start
paddling,” Lindsay explained. “When you feel the board pick
up momentum, that’s when you’ll pop up and ride the wave
in.” Lindsay spotted my wave and gave me an extra push as
she enthusiastically yelled, “Paddle!” I felt the board pick up
speed and as instructed, I lifted my body and popped up onto
my feet.
I got up on the first try and rode the wave about 15 feet
toward shore before ungracefully falling back into the water.
Then, I wiped out on the subsequent half dozen tries. But,
Lindsay was patient and I didn’t give up. We spent the next
hour in the water. She coached me when to paddle and pop
up, and I successfully did as instructed.
I may have swallowed more salt water in that hour than
I ever have in my lifetime, but I actually surfed. And not only
didn’t I die in the process, I really enjoyed it.
It was five days into our stay in Maui before I could
convince Allison and Frank to go surfing.
When Barker, our instructor at the Royal Hawaiian Surf
Academy in Laihaina, asked, “Have any of you guys surfed
before?” I was the only one who proudly exclaimed, “Yes!”
I was also the only one in our group who popped up on the
first try thanks to my lesson at Ocean House Surf Shop. n
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50 years later,
still going nuts
By Stacey Marcus
The year was 1966. President Lyndon B. Johnson was in charge
of the country. Miniskirts, flowered shirts and patterned pants were leading
the fashion parade. The Beatles, The Four Tops, and The Monkees were
topping the charts on the radio. “The Sound of Music” won the Academy
Award for Best Picture, and the first episode of “Star Trek” aired on
television. Fifty years ago friends did not text each other. They walked a
lot, talked a lot and wove a blanket of memories that would warm them
for five decades.
In the seaside town of Swampscott, high school seniors were planning
their graduation activities. The senior class outing would be held at
Castle Hill in Ipswich and include a hypnotist, a barbecue and a dance with
a live band. The old Surf Theater would be the site for graduation
ceremonies. MaryAnn Phelan Forsyth, class secretary, recalls the
class taking a vote to move the prom from the auditorium, where
they held the junior prom, to an outside venue. (Back in the 1960s
proms were held in the schools.)
“We had a very talented class of artists our junior year who
dropped the ceiling with wiring and decorations but we didn’t
want to look at the roof for the senior prom,” says Forsyth.
“We took a vote and got the support of our parents. ”
The prom was held at the New Ocean House the evening of
graduation with parents chaperoning. “We always pulled
together,” she says, adding that the Beatles song “We Can Work It
Out” could have been the class song.
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From the top: Senior year portraits of
Douglas Volk and Andrea Liftman; falling
from the nut, bursting balloons provide
a bang at the football rally in 1965;
classmates from ’66 celebrate the 45th
reunion in 2011. Standing, from left: Diane
Cerone O'Higgins, Merry Scheft Kurtz, Ellen
Goodman Morse and husband, Bill.
Seated, from left: Andrea Liftman, Laura
Whitman New and Reeva Goodman
Oppenheim; 1966’s senior class officers.
Seated: MaryAnn Phelan, secretary,
and Arthur Clippinger, president.
Standing, from left: Robert Smith, vice
president, and Michael Collins, treasurer.
Below: Carol Pagano Wilson, Lana
Kaufman, Linda Riddell McElhannen,
Jean Ronzano Boylan, Vaneita O'Brien
McKenney and Claire Houghton Girard
enjoy the 45th class reunion.

Classmates depict their high school years as
idyllic, full of school dances, football games and
gatherings at Friendly’s Fribble drinking, horn
honking and walking around town were favorite
pasttimes. Andrea Liftman remembers walking
up Greenwood Avenue in the snow to get to the
high school and peering out the window of study
hall to see the beautiful ocean views. “There was a
real sense of community,” notes Liftman, who echoed
her classmates’ proclamation that Swampscott was a
great place to grow up. “Swampscott was just a nice
town,” notes Laura Whitman New. “We didn’t have
the best football team, but we had a lot of spirit.”
She fondly recalls decorating for the Thanksgiving
football game. “Our theme was squirrels cracking
nuts and we chanted “Go Nuts Big Blue!”
Marla Rosenthal Belostock, who is the chairperson
of the 50th reunion, (classmate Douglas Volk noted that she
is the glue that holds the class together), says the class of 1966
had a real camaraderie and was very inclusive. Belostock, like
some of her classmates, raised her family in Swampscott and
still lives in 01907. Continued on page 30
From the top: Mark Hatch and Leslie Moore dance at the
senior prom; a scene from the stands at the 1965 Thanksgiving
football game; Ken Bogus, left, and Robert Smith at the 45th
reunion; ice hockey coach Ty Anderson presents team captain
Tony Benevento with a trophy at a fall 1965 sports banquet; a
group of law class students on a trip to Salem District Court;
senior portraits of Douglas Volk and Marla Rosenthal; Richard
Pierro, Dori Gray Rifkin, Diane Cerone O'Higgins and Stephen
DiPietro at the 45th reunion; and, Irene Wezdecki Dalton and
Ava Abromowitz at the most recent (45th) class reunion.
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“We were all so happy back
then hanging around in our
neighborhoods. We had things to
do without having to do anything,”
says Carol Pagano Wilson. “We lived
for the dances and went wherever
the boys were.”
Classmate David Gustavsen
remembers enjoying ice hockey on
frozen ponds, cooking potatoes and
hot dogs on coals and sledding down
snowy hills in the winter. He also
recalls playing baseball on the
streets and using the sewer covers
as bases. A couple of highlights from
his high school years include playing
drums in the high school band at
halftime for the Patriots in Fenway
Park and going to the 1964 World’s
Fair when playing in an exchange
concert on Long Island.
“I just love the family atmosphere
and that you know your neighbors,”
says Gustavsen, who only left the
town for two years that he spent
in Vietnam.
Many of the classmates recalled
their friend Tony Benevento, a
lifelong Swampscott resident and
three-sport captain (hockey, football
and baseball) who died in a traffic
accident in Florida in April.
Although Douglas Volk has
moved to Portland, Maine, he still
has family in Swampscott (his
brother Roger is the long-time PA
announcer at the Big Blue football
games) and lots of memories.
Little League and ten-pin bowling
were big along with hitting golf balls
for free on the driving range on
Paradise Road. “We were a class
with a lot of spirit,”says Volk.
Classmates looking to learn more
about the 50th reunion being held
at the Kernwood Country Club on
September 24 are welcome to
contact Marla Rosenthal Belostock
at mbelostock@comcast.net. n
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A teaching career Rich in memories
By Sandi Goldfarb
Photos: Spenser Hasak
Meryl Rich, right, accepts the Edith Block Award from Cohen Hillel Academy Head of School, Amy Gold.
Rich gives her acceptance speech at Hillel event on May 15. Eliot and June Tatelman deliver the event’s keynote speech.
Meryl Rich likes to catch
kids doing something right.
Throughout her almost 50-year career in education, the
longtime Swampscott resident has encouraged her students to
“Think Beyond Yourself.” But this is not an instance of “do as
I say, not as I do.” Rich has dedicated her life to caring for
others. Long before she became an active and committed
volunteer, Rich set her sights on a career in education.
Rich’s dream of a becoming a teacher began at age 5 when
she created lesson plans and report cards for a “classroom”
filled with dolls in her Bronx home. Since then, Rich has taught
countless students and made a lasting impact on their lives.
According to Amy Gold, head of school at Marblehead-based
Cohen Hillel Academy, along with creative thinking and a strong
foundation in math and language arts, Meryl also instilled in her
students the importance of giving back by befriending the
elderly, collecting funds, clothing, books and food for those in
need or mentoring young children in underserved communities.
“Generations of Meryl’s students now live out that value
and trace it back to the lessons they learned from her and
the example she sets in her own life,” said Gold.
Although she retired in 2015 after teaching at Cohen Hillel
Academy for more than 30 years, Rich continues to tutor
children, helping students from first to eighth grade gain skills,
confidence and a love of learning. In addition to
engaging her students in mathematics, scientific inquiry,
literature and history, Rich, who has taught at both public
and private schools in Massachusetts, New Jersey and
Wisconsin, has— by example— encouraged her students
to make the world a better place through service.
Rich is widely recognized by friends, family, neighbors
and colleagues for her commitment to the community and
its most vulnerable citizens. Since moving to Swampscott
in 1978, Rich has helped raise much-needed funds for the
town’s public schools, provided healing, help and hope to
children, volunteered at the Shapiro-Rudolph Adult Day
Center and served as a trustee of the Marigold Charitable
Trust Foundation, which supports children who have
experienced abuse.
For the past 12 years, Rich has volunteered at Camp
Miracles and Magic, which serves children and teens infected with
or affected by HIV/AIDS. According to longtime friends and
camp founders June and Eliot Tatelman of Jordan’s
Furniture fame, themselves hands-on philanthropists, Rich
understands the importance of giving back. Continued on page 33
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Continued from page 32
“Every year, without fail, Meryl shows up at camp
ready to work. Meryl knows it’s not about how big a
check you write, it’s your willingness to give
of yourself and your time that matters,” Eliot
Tatelman said.
Like the Tatelmans, Rich sees the benefits and
blessings of community service. “Volunteering
changes who you are and how you view the world,”
she said.
As much as Rich loves engaging with students,
she finds working with older adults especially
rewarding. “I love being with the elderly. Sadly,
in our culture, the elderly are often ignored and
not revered.”
Community service is deeply embedded in
the Rich family. “Our kids grew up in this lovely
seaside town. My husband and I knew it was
important to instill values in them so they knew how
lucky they were,” said Rich. Nathan, 36, and
Howard, 33, both graduates of Swampscott High
School, saw their parents take part in community life,
so it’s not surprising that they too found ways
to contribute.
Nathan and his wife, Miriam, partners in an
architecture firm in New York, have been involved
in pro-bono projects for low-income housing, while
Howard— who lives in Boston and works in
pharmaceutical sales— coaches inner-city Little
League teams and is active with the Jimmy Fund.
“Think Beyond Yourself,” the phrase coined by Rich
many years ago in an effort to connect her students
with the world around them, has become an
enduring tradition at Cohen Hillel Academy. “I’m
hoping that ‘Think Beyond Yourself’ gets passed on
to students and teachers for years to come. I want
it to become part of their lexicon,” Rich said.
One year after retiring, Rich remains a beloved
figure at Hillel. She keeps in close touch with
colleagues and former students, many now
parents with young children of their own. In May
of this year, the Hillel community came together
to honor Rich and her “Think Beyond Yourself”
initiative, presenting her with the Edith Bloch Award
for her “commitment to learning and the pursuit
of knowledge.”
For Rich, giving back is not always concrete.
“Showing empathy and understanding people who
are different from you is a way of giving back. Giving
back is a way to live one’s life,” she said. n
Summer 2016 | 33

5 things
you didn’t know about
Bill DiMento
By Paul Halloran
Photo:
Owen O’Rourke
A 45-year Town Meeting
member and go-to attorney for
matters concerning land use and
zoning, Bill DiMento is a familiar face
in Swampscott, where he has lived
since 1970 with his wife of 49 years,
Attorney Carol A.G. DiMento. If there
is a controversial issue in town,
DiMento is sure to have a strong
opinion and typically be unafraid
to share it.
Even though DiMento may appear
to be an open book, 01907 managed
to come up with some factoids you
may not have known.
1. He is originally
from Winthrop.
It may seem like DiMento has been in
Swampscott forever, he grew up just
down the coast in Winthrop, where he
was a member of the Winthrop High
Class of 1957 (and a classmate of the
subject of last edition’s 5 Things, Frank
DeFelice). DiMento served in the Army
for three years, then went to Mass Bay
Community College. He graduated
from Salem State and earned a law
degree from Suffolk. He passed the
bar in 1972.
2. He got his start in
politics by working for
the Kennedys.
DiMento worked on presidential
campaigns for John F. Kennedy
and Robert F. Kennedy and on
Ted Kennedy’s senate campaign
vs. Ed McCormack in 1962. DiMento
also helped Kevin White run
in Boston.
3. He was an accomplished
tennis player, which led to
his own political career. As a young
adult, DiMento was angry that the
tennis courts in Winthrop were in poor
condition. He often complained to his
mother, Marian, who eventually told
him to put up or shut up. “My mother
had nine children, seven boys, all
athletes,” he said. “She told me to
stop bitching and do something about
it, if I didn’t like it.” So, at age 22,
DiMento waged a successful campaign
for Winthrop Parks and Recreation
Commission. His first initiative
as an elected official: build new
tennis courts.
4. He based a political
campaign on firing
a coach.
DiMento ran for Winthrop School
Committee in 1966 on the platform of
firing the football coach Ed MacFaland.
DiMento was successful on both
counts – winning the election and,
in his second year on the committee,
leading the charge to replace MacFarland,
who was subsequently elected
to the Mass. Football Coaches Hall
of Fame. That led to the hiring of Bob
DeFelice, who won two Super Bowls in
Winthrop. Ironically, as a Swampscott
School Committee member, DiMento
voted to fire legendary football coach
Stan Bodelevitch. He was voted out
of office in the next election.
5. He was a teacher before
he was a lawyer.
DiMento taught geography and sex
education at Swampscott Junior High
from 1966-72. He said he wrote a
grant that brought $100,000 in federal
funding for drug-prevention education.
He ran for School Committee after he
left teaching. n
34 | 01907

getting
a read
on the
library
ByStaceyMarcus
If you have a garden
and a library, you have
everything you need.
~Marcus Tullius Cicero
Ican still remember the glee I felt as a child skipping to
the public library to find a book. I loved disappearing into
the shelves and unearthing some treasure of a tome that
opened a whole new world of wonder. My love affair with
libraries continued though high school and college. I felt safe
enough inside walls lined with wisdom to rummage around
ideas and exercise the muscles of mind.
ose were the days when you would actually turn the pages
of page-turners and dog ear books to return to a favorite
passage. When Swampscott Public Library Director Alyce
Deveau joined the library in the early 1980s there wasn’t a single
computer in the library and patrons would check out one of the
200,000 books using the Gaylord system. (I loved when the due
date was stamped onto the book card.) In 1983 the librar y
began to go online and one year later everything was computerized.
Swampscott became part of the North Of Boston
Library Exchange (NOBLE), a consortium of 28 area libraries
founded to improve library service through automation.
“It opened a whole new world for our patrons, literally
giving them access to millions of books,” says Deveau. Fast
forward to 2016 and note that the bandwidth of benefits due
to technology continues to widen. “We don’t have many
independent book stores le in the area. People still love the
magic of walking around and looking for a book,” says Deveau,
noting that by no means is her team anti-technology.
Today the library has 17 public computer terminals and
offers patrons myriad ways to connect including downloadable
books and audio books. is summer patrons will also be able
to download magazines. You can also keep connected to the
library through its website and Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest
pages. Looking to find out the weekly bestseller, new video,
latest audio book or top music CD? Check out wowbrary.org
where you can access the new arrivals at the library each week.
e real connection at the Swampscott Library (thank goodness)
is the wonderful staff who plan a robust roster of activities
and foster a sense of community through engaging initiatives
including five book groups, a knitting group that meets twice a
week, a history group, weekly writing groups, a new art group
and an adult coloring group that convenes twice a month.
“e intention of a book is to turn the page,” says library
children’s director Izzi Abrams, who notes the joy parents
receive when reading a book to their child. One cannot imagine
surrendering that magic to an iPad when viewing the colorful
mural painted in the Children’s Room by area artist Yetti
Frankel that beautifully illuminates the colorful joy of reading.
Abrams notes the library encourages parents to read 1,000
books to their children before kindergarten giving them a
special tote to carry books where they can also track their
progress through coloring a rainbow. e Children’s Room is
organized with bins by categories for easy browsing.
Sandy Moltz, reference young adult director, is brimming
with ideas to keep teens engaged. Along with a popular teen
band concert for the last decade, young adults have enjoyed a
teen poetry contest and teen book clubs. STEM programming
and a 3D printer keep the young adults engaged. Moltz loves
that a couple of high school girls come to the library each week
to hang out and take out books. “ere are very few institutions
that are geared to all ages and free,” says Moltz. n
SWAMPSCOTT
LIBRARY’S
ReCOMMended
SuMMeR ReAdIng
LIST
............................................
Adult Fiction
.............................................
nAnCY ThAYeR
The Island house
The guest Cottage
BILL CLegg
did You have a Family
JOnAThAn evISOn
This is Your Life
harriet Chance
gLORIA gOLdReICh
The Bridal Chair
by goldreich
ChRISTOPheR nIChOLSOn
Winter
eLIzABeTh STROuT
My name is Lucy Barton
JudY BLuMe
In the unlikely event
TAMMY gReenWOOd
The Forever Bridge
MeLAnIe BenJAMIn
The Swans of Fifth Avenue
JILLIAn CAnTOR
The hours Count
............................................
Adult nonfiction
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STeve KuRKJIAn
Master Thieves
eRIC J. dOLIn
Brilliant Beacons
SAndY eISenBeR
Jewish Stories of Love
and Marriage
geOFFReY COWAn
Let the People Rule
KATe LARSOn
Rosemary: The hidden
Kennedy daughter
Summer 2016 | 35

Nancy
Escalada
IS ON DUTY
By Rich Fahey
If the day ends in a “y,” Nancy Escalada is on duty.
In October, the Swampscott resident will mark 14 years
as executive director at Grosvenor Park Health Center, a
rehabilitative and long-term care facility just over the
Salem line in Vinnin Square.
It’s a 24/7 job in a 24/7 world, and being responsible
for a healthcare facility means the world – federal and state
authorities as well as residents and their families and the
community at large – is looking over your shoulder all
the time. Escalada said she would have it no other way.
e facility, which opened in 1994, was owned for
many years by the Bane and Salter families – who once
shared a two-family home at the site – and was sold in July
2015 for $10.8 million to Synergy Health Systems, which
has acquired other properties in the area. Grosvenor Park
offers individualized rehabilitative care for patients recovering
from injury, illness or surgery, and some of its services
include post-acute rehabilitation, long-term living, respite
care and hospice care.
Escalada was heartened when Synerg y told her
Grosvenor Park, a 123-bed facility with 250 staff, would
operate as a “stand-alone” facility and that the carefullyhoned
culture wouldn’t change.
“We have maintained the same identity,” Escalada said.
“The culture of the building hasn’t changed. We’ve
maintained our standards.”
Grosvenor Park had four consecutive years of
deficiency-free surveys until the latest one revealed four
minor problems; Eslcalada said she has already moved to
address them.
e health center has been awarded the prestigious
CARF accreditation (Commission on Accreditation of
Rehabilitation Facilities), designating it as a service
provider with a commitment to continually improving
services, encouraging feedback, and serving the community.
Escalada says she takes that responsibility seriously,
as seriously as when her late mother, Diana Corin; late aunt
Lee Rosenthal and other relatives were rehab patients in
the facility.
Photos: Spenser Hasak
Employees at Grosvenor Park said Escalada sets the tone by having an open
door and always being available to staff, patients and families.
“ere are staff members in her office all the time,” said Carol LaTulippe,
who has worked with Escalada for 14 years and serves as an MMQ nurse
(Management Minutes Questionnaire), helping to determine reimbursement
rates for Medicaid patients. “Everyone in every job is important. She’s
approachable and you can ask her anything and she can work it out. It creates
a good work environment,” LaTulippe said.
Sheila Palleschi is a concierge at Grosvenor Park, meeting and greeting
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patients upon their admission and tending to their needs. “Nancy puts her
patients first. She is always popping into a room talking to patients and
addressing their concerns and she makes sure they have everything they need,”
Palleschi said. “She’s involved in every aspect of the facility.”
Escalada said she knows the experience of patients depends on the morale
of her staff, and she tries to go the extra mile to support them. e facility has
an employee appreciation program called PROPS — People Respecting
Other People at Synergy — that rewards employees at all levels for providing
exceptional care to residents. It is believed to be the most comprehensive of its
kind in the industry.
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Escalada offers her staff lunch, dinner
and coffee, so they don’t have to leave the
building if they don’t want to. “ey’re
small things but they make a difference,”
she said.
She also does everything she can to
support the CNAs – certified nursing
assistants – who do much of the most
physical and demanding work in the
facility. “ey’re the ones who answer
that call when the patient buzzes,” said
Escalada.
Escalada said if she has had success as
an administrator, it’s because she’s hired
good managers who have the right values
while recognizing they all have lives of
their own. “Nancy gets it,” said LaTulippe.
“She knows sometime we have to be there
for someone or do something outside the
building and she helps us work it out.”
Born in Boston, Escalada was raised in
Lynn before coming to Swampscott 20
years ago, where she has raised two
children. She spent four years at the
Woburn Nursing Center and then ran the
office for the three healthcare facilities
owned by the Salter family before she
returned home to run Grosvenor Park.
She feels her responsibility deeply
because she oen has a personal connection
to patients and their families. “In many
ways, Swampscott is a small town,” Escalada
said. “I have some sort of a connection to
almost every patient who comes through
the door.” n
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A TASTe OF SWAMPSCOTT
Dishing fish
Pescetarians rejoice: There’s an amazing array of fish dishes to choose from when dining in
Swampscott. We’ve reeled in tasty plates featuring the flaky, mildly sweet-tasting fish, haddock,
from three Humphrey Street restaurants.
So if you’re looking to catch a bite in 01907, take the bait on these picks – we’re sure you’ll
fall for them hook, line and sinker.
What: Fish Tacos
This small plate features crispy fried haddock wrapped
in a soft tortilla, topped with habanero aioli, napa cabbage
slaw and hot oil.
Where: G Bar and Kitchen
256 Humphrey St.
Price: $13
What: Fried Haddock
Flaky, fresh filets are coated in a light batter and deep
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coleslaw and homemade tartar sauce.
Where: Mission on the Bay
141 Humphrey St.
Price: $21
What: Oven Roasted Haddock
On the entrée menu, this white fish filet is topped with olives,
tomato, basil, and white wine, served with jasmine rice.
Where: Anthony’s Pier 4 Cafe
& Hawthorne by the Sea Tavern
153 Humphrey St.
Price: $25.95
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Amy Brackman
Eleven Simple Summer Beauty Tips
ExpErT
“Happy girls are the prettiest girls.” ~Audrey Hepburn
One day I looked out the window of The Beauty Loft and saw the sun sparkling on the Fisherman’s Beach. Lucky me!
From my vantage point, I see 01907 in the best light possible. We are so blessed to live on the coastline, especially in the summer.
When asked to give some summer beauty tips, I thought I would lead with two words, “Go bare!” Summer is the season to travel
light in everything you do. Here are 11 simple beauty tips to help you shine.
1. Declare a bare summer
Take a hiatus from wearing makeup. Revel in the feeling of revealing your natural beauty and letting your inner light shine.
2. Bid adieu to your mascara
If you want a no-fuss way to showcase your eyes, try lash tinting or eyelash extensions. Jettison the daily mascara applications and
enjoy batting your long beautiful lashes.
3. Get your bronze on
Airbrush tanning is a great solution to get a healthy glow without exposing yourself to the sun’s harmful rays. It’s a simple and quick way to look
refreshed all summer long.
4. Sun kiss your hair
Summer is a great time to lighten up your hair. Sprinkle in a few highlights or go a shade or two lighter. Want to know how the celebrities
achieve that naturally sun-kissed natural look? It is a process called balayage where the highlights are painted on by hand from the base to the
tip of the hair. The chunky highlight look is a natural sun-kissed look that lasts from eight weeks to four months.
5. Eat fruits ripe with Vitamin C
Boost your immune system by enjoying fruits high in Vitamin C like guava, citrus fruits, kiwi, pomegranate and papaya. Vitamin C is an essential
component of skin care providing a powerful antioxidant protection and you shielding skin from sun damage.
6. Add olive oil to your diet
Did you know that adding olive oil to your diet can benefit your health and counter the oxidizing effect of the sun? Looking to reduce stretch
and increase your overall health? Google “health benefits of olive oil” and check out its magic.
7. Block the sun
By now you know that you need to protect your skin by applying sun block daily. Check out the new serum products you can layer to help keep
your skin moist and fresh.
8. Tighten your skin
Why avoid the mirror and the beach when there are non-surgical skin tightening solutions? Our clients are loving their treatments with the Viora
Reaction that are non-invasive and affordable. They pop by on their lunch break and even have time for a quick stroll on the beach
9. Get on the nail express
While it’s cozy to spend time in the spa getting your nails done in the cold weather, who wants to come in every week in the summer? Gels
and shellac allow you to enjoy your favorite summer colors and spend the season painting the town instead of your nails!
10. Smile
There is nothing like a summer day to make you smile. Don’t let imperfect teeth impair your natural desire to crack a wide smile. There are
plenty of great dentists here in Swampscott that can help you whiten and brighten your smile.
11. Drink lots of water
Toast to good times with a tall glass of fresh spring water. It will quench your thirst, it’s great for your skin and it will improve your overall skin.
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nauti by nature
You don’t have to set sail to don the crisp navy and white stripes, bold red hues, anchor prints, canvas and even
denim fabrics that embody a classic nautical style. The look is timeless and defies trend, and often makes its most
fashionable appearances during summer. So whether you’re a seafarer or more of a land mariner, 01907 staff
thinks these “nauti” pieces selected from stores throughout Swampscott should float your boat.
Rope-style statement necklace in white metal
with gold accent chain, $25.00.
Available at Infinity Boutique, 427 Paradise Road.
Gap 1969 denim slip-on sneakers
in washed denim, $39.95.
Available at the Gap, 450 Paradise Road.
Tommy Hilfiger canvas tote in red stripe,
$29.99 (originally $99.00).
Available at Marshalls, 1005 Paradise Road.
Alex and Ani sailboat charm expandable wire bangle
in Rafaelian silver finish (also available in gold), $28.00.
Available at The Paper Store, 435 Paradise Road.
Shell Pottery, made by Ipswich, artist Jane Ward.
Large shell, $25.00. Small shell, $15.00.
Available at Kats Boutique, 212 Humphrey St.
Time World chevron anchor water-resistant watch with
faux-leather band, buckle clasp, stainless steel back, and
quartz movement, $19.99.
Available at The Paper Store, 435 Paradise Road.
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Cotton Country Ships Ahoy anchor sweater in
white with navy and hot pink accents, $110.00.
Available at Infinity Boutique, 427 Paradise Road.
Nautical-inspired summer-weight scarf in
bold blue featuring allover lobster print, $25.00.
Available at Infinity Boutique, 427 Paradise Road.
Gap sailor stripe shift dress in navy stripe,
$34.99 (originally $51.99).
Available at the Gap, 450 Paradise Road.
(shown with rope-style statement necklace from Infinity Boutique.)
Calypso St. Barth Kimberly racerback dress in red
silk with braided neck detailing, $79.99 (originally $160.00).
Available at Marshalls, 1005 Paradise Road.
Gap everyday men’s shorts 10" length in
blue and white stripe, $49.95.
Available at the Gap, 450 Paradise Road.
Buckley K. Ipanema Top, $138.00, and
Red Coral Cha-Cha Skirt, $125.00.
Available at Kats Boutique, 212 Humphrey St.
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Scene in Swampscott
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On April 30, the Monument Music Concert
Series welcomed the return of Swampscott
resident and Professor Jackson Schultz, with
his 10-piece jazz ensemble from the Berklee
College of Music to the Church of the Holy
Name. The concert, performed annually since
May 1998, was the catalyst that launched
the concert series. The musicians and others
involved donate their time and talents so
that all proceeds generated from the concert
can be used to help fund future events.
1. Professor Jackson Schultz addresses a packed
audience during the Monument Music Concert
Series at the Church of the Holy Name.
2. Nicholas Mosca, left, on the alto sax and Luis
Garcia on the baritone sax jamming during
the concert.
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On April 29 and 30, the Recreation Department held its inaugural Swamp Challenge Road Races. The one-mile event, which 64 runners participated
in, was followed by an ice cream party on Friday night. A four-mile course drew 30 runners on Saturday morning. Both races started at King’s Beach on
Humphrey Street and ended at Linscott Park. Race proceeds benefit Swampscott Summer Concert Series.
3. Overall winner of the one-mile contest, Robert Drake of Lynn, crossed the finish line in a time of 7:00. 4. James Kimbro (16), of Swampscott, in
full stride with Jay Domelowicz (18), of Swampscott, and Molly Lytje in hot pursuit during the one-mile race. 5. Nine-year-old Kimbro placed third
overall in the one-mile race. Lucy Siefken, of Swampscott, enjoys an ice cream sundae after running the race.
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The Clarke Elementary School tradition continued on May 15 with the 23rd annual Country Fair & Cow Plop. The event, organized by the Clarke School
Parent Teacher Organization (PTO), featured tons of activities for children and their families including face painting, a magician, bounce houses, a DJ,
raffles, and a chance to win $1,000 in a very unconventional manner – cow plop bingo. The event raises money for school programs and field trips.
6. Ashley Duncan, of Lynn, on “Pearl” the pony owned by Donny Piso of the McDonny Farm in Derry, NH. 7. Swampscott’s Monica Baer
and her son, Lucas, feed “Ellie” the cow. 8. Kids meet a variety of farm animals – a goat, geese, bunnies, chickens – at the fair’s petting zoo.
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Photos: Spenser Hasak
and Paula Mul ler
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Walking a wine line
By Sandi Goldfarb
M
aia Gosselin’s students love learning. ey even welcome homework.
at’s because the Swampscott resident’s classes focus on the joy
of wine, from crisp Italian whites to earthy reds from Spain to elegant French
Champagnes. e founder of Sip Wine Education wants everyone who
attends her programs — restaurant pros and “civilians” alike — to relax, have
fun and most of all, ask questions. “e world of wine is so dynamic and diverse
and there are such high quality wines you can get for a little money.
But if you don’t know where to look or what to ask, you won’t ever discover
them,” said Gosselin.
Sip Wine Education was launched in June of 2011 when she assembled
a group of 20 friends for an in-home wine tasting that included some of her
favorites, a selection she has dubbed “Hidden Gems,” high-quality, low-cost
wines, many priced between $7 and $12.
Five years later, Gosselin parlayed what began as a lively social gathering
into a thriving business. “I make wine fun, friendly and approachable. I am
not in the business of fine wine education; I aim to help the average wine
drinker become more adventurous and confident.” During her classes
Gosselin covers a lot of territory, enthusiastically discussing the many wine
producing regions around the globe, new trends, old favorites and food and
wine parings.
In addition to at-home parties for small groups, Gosselin offers classes
and seminars in a variety of settings including bridal showers, fundraisers
and corporate functions. She has lectured at Endicott College’s School of
Hospitality Management, trained bartenders and waitstaff at restaurants
such as Blue Ox in Lynn and served as a featured speaker at conferences,
including the annual Nightclub & Bar Show in Las Vegas.
Sip Wine Education’s popular programs have been offered locally at the
Swampscott Public Library, the Swampscott Yacht Club and at a Recreation
Department-sponsored event at Town Hall as well as at senior living
residences in Massachusetts and Maine. According to Tara Cloutier of Piper
Shores in Portland, Gosselin’s programs are engaging, appealing and
accessible. “I was looking for a fun, informative experience for my residents.
Maia is everything I expected and so much more. Her level of expertise is
incredible, but she presents wines in such a way that makes it fun and
comfortable and everyone walks away with more knowledge than when they
entered the room.”
Gosselin has worked in the food and beverage industry since she was
16 years old. While earning a Bachelor of Arts in English at UMass Boston
and a Masters in Children’s Literature at Simmons, Gosselin, who grew up
in New England, spent several years bartending in and around Boston. In
the late 1990s, Gosselin worked as a freelance writer before
becoming the managing editor of the industry trade journal, Massachusetts
Beverage Business Magazine, in 2004, where she continues to collaborate
with a coterie of wine aficionados. “Because of my job with the magazine,
I have access to terrific resources, industry experts and the best wine writers.
And I learn from them all.”
Fees for Sip Wine Education programs vary based on the size of the
group. For example, two-hour private parties for a minimum of 14 guests—
which include six different wines— are priced at $30 per person. Discounts
are available for organizations such as retirement communities.
Now hosting as many as 40 events each year, Gosselin’s business has
grown steadily with the help of a long list of happy customers, including the
First Lady of Massachusetts, Lauren Baker. “I am a small business, so word
of mouth is huge. Almost everything I do is a referral from a past client.”
ough Gosselin, 46, loves many varieties of reds, whites and rosés, she is
particularly fond of sparkling wines. “Over the last few years, sparkling wine
sales have skyrocketed, for good reason. High quality bubbles from regions
all over the world are delicious, very affordable and pair beautifully with so
many different foods.”
Gosselin, the mother of two daughters, Lilian age 11 and Clara age 8, is
clearly excited about her business, and it shows. “A client once said to me,
‘it’s obvious that you are passionate about your work.’ My success has really
been a result of hard work and luck. And I’m really lucky that I love what
I do.”
Maia Gosselin pours glasses of rose
for guests ather Swampscott home.
Photo: Owen O’Rourke
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Maia’s Sip
Picks
“Your vision is our focus”
Gosselin often lists some
of her favorite wines on her
website, sipwineboston.com.
Here are a few of her current
recommendations.
Sparkling Wines
and Champagnes
Bailly LaPierre Cremant de
Bourgogne (France)
Gerard Bertrand Cremant
de Limoux ( France)
Gruet Sparking Rose (New Mexico)
90+ Cellars Lot 50 Prosecco (Italy)
Casteller Cava, Graham Beck
Sparkling Rose (South Africa)
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