5 Stories That Made Waves This Week

Here are our top five stories of the week. They are listed in no particular order.

: Local residents lined a fenced-off section of Pleasant Street Monday afternoon, watching in amazement as a crane continued to lower into place the steel beams that will be the foundation of the new Warwick Building.

: After 20 years in business, the owner of appeared before the Board of Selectmen Wednesday night to discuss the recent closure of his restaurant on Washington Street.

: A routine traffic stop on Pleasant Street Monday morning ended in the arrest of a Swampscott woman after officers reportedly discovered needles, heroin and drug paraphernalia under the driver's seat.

: After hearing from Fire Chief Jason Gilliland Wednesday night, the small crowd inside the Selectmen's Meeting Room of rose to their feet to give Gary Orellana a standing ovation. Gilliland was on hand to present Orellana, 21, of Lynn, with a plaque recognizing his quick response to a fire that was by two local teenagers outside of in January.

: Freedom Rider Paul Breines had questions long before he boarded a bus in July of 1961 to challenge the Jim Crow segregated south. He wondered what it meant to be a Jewish person - what it meant to be a white person. He pondered what it would feel like to be a black person.

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