Swampscott Candidates Forum Set For Thursday Night

SWAMPSCOTT, MA — Swampscott residents can find out more about some of the candidates running for office in the April 26 annual town election during a candidates forum on Thursday night.

The Swampscott Democratic and Republican Town Committees are hosting the forum that will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. at Swampscott High School.

Those who would like to submit questions for consideration can do so at candidateforum@gmail.com.

Residents can also watch the forum on Verizon Ch. 41 and Comcast Ch. 22 as well as on Facebook here, and YouTube.

Kimberly Martin-Epstein, MaryEllen Fletcher and Katie Phelan are running for two open spots on the Select Board after Select Board Chair Polly Titcomb said she is instead running for the 8th Essex state representative seat and Don Hause said he is not running for re-election.

The Swampscott School Committee will have two candidates up for re-election in an uncontested race for two seats with Amy O'Connor and Carin Marshall on the ballot. There is also a contested race for the one open Housing Authority spot between Charles Patsios and Sean Regan.

Swampscott residents will also vote for the Planning Board, Constable, Library Trustees, Board of Assessors, Board of Health and Town Moderator.

All voting will take place at Swampscott High School.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)