Summer Arrives in Swampscott

By the time residents began funnelling into the walkways surrounding the Sun Circle at 's Beach Bluff Park early this morning, a sense of much-welcome change was in the air. As dawn approached, a small crowd of area residents began streaming into the ring of monoliths, where the smell of incense and lightly playing tribal music set the tone. 

It has already beensince a crowd of residents huddled together in the same spot, looking to move on from what was certainly a trying winter. There were fewer sweatshirts at this celebration, far more smiling faces - and in the minutes before the sun rose everyone on hand became an amateur photographer.

Here is a video gallery for those of you who could not be on hand. Although the crowd was at Preston Beach, we left a little early to capture this morning's sunrise from a vantage point at Chandler Hovey Park. Happy Summer!