During a hearing Tuesday in Peabody District Court, Baker admitted to sufficient facts to warrant a guilty finding.
The town meeting also voted to postpone an article that would have prohibited plastic and styrofoam food containers for further study.
The zoning changes could open up opportunities for mixed-used retail and housing at the town's main commercial district.
In passing the operating budget on Monday, town meeting members also engaged in a lengthy discussion on the senior town planner salary.
The budget to be presented at next week's town meeting saw the allocation rise from $6,000 to $100,000 for the director position.
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Incumbent David Grishman and Doug Thompson prevailed in the three-person race for the two open Select Board seats.
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The upcoming town meeting warrant is set to include new rules designed to mitigate climate impact and protect the coyote population.
The town is in talks to keep a restaurant open at the newly acquired property at least one more summer while a long-term plan is determined.
The Town of Swampscott has designed this program to support public art and to beautify the community and neighborhoods using murals.
The purchase of the property at 12-24 Pine Street is still subject to approval at the annual town meeting.
While the Select Board has authorized further studies on commercial use for the property no decision has been made on the school's future.
Openings include the Harbor & Waterfront Advisory Committee and the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Representatives from the Swampscott/Lynn Disabled American Veterans Post attended the DAV National Mid-Winter Conference in Washington D.C.
Select Board members pushed for the full-time position to be re-prioritized after it was relegated to a staff stipend position.
All Swampscott residents are invited to hear the residents speak to the Disabled American Veterans Chapter on April 15.
Planning Board architects of the expanded ADU bylaw allowance were pushed to loosen barriers to building so-called in-law apartments.
The second forum is to discuss concepts from the initial January meeting and their feasibility for the town-owned oceanfront site.
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Thompson enters a three-person race for two seats on the Select Board in the April 25 annual town election.
David Grishman said he is running for a second, three-year term in the annual town election set for April 25.
A new $310,000 stabilization fund is designed to help bridge the gap between the district and town administration for Fiscal Year 2024.
The recent death of a bald eagle in Arlington from eating poisoned rats has rekindled the call to restrict anticoagulant rodenticides.
The Swampscott native and biomedical engineer is seeking her first public office in the April 25 annual town election.
The Select Board is eyeing a revenue-generating hotel or mixed retail with community space as a possible future for the Hadley building.
The school budget initially put forth by the town to the Finance Committee is below what the School Committee approved.
The Select Board announced an agreement in principle to buy 12-24 Pine Street, create 30 to 40 housing units, and renovate VFW Post 1240.
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The Lynn, Marblehead and Swampscott representative will serve on the environment, higher education, climate change and steering committees.
A Select Board meeting on excess overtime turned toward long-standing tensions between the town officials and the unions.
Buildings at both town-owned properties will be vacant and available for use within the next 16 months.
The Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth presented the 3rd Essex District state senator with its inaugural award.
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The Select Board extended the current permit through June 30 as the town and company remain apart on imposed blasting restrictions.
Those interested in running for office this spring can obtain nomination papers at the Town Clerk's Office.
Swampscott is the latest North Shore community to consider expanding so-called "in-law apartments" to ease the affordable housing crunch.
The Select Board took the action at Wednesday's meeting ahead of a "No Place For Hate" rally at Linscott Park on Thursday.
The Swampscott Select Board agenda Wednesday will include the swastika found spray-painted on a town sidewalk on Friday.
Gov. Charlie Baker drew plenty of attention to his Swampscott home during his eight years in office.