Thanks to the VFW Post 1240

September 27, 2013
Dear Editor,
You may be aware that several residents on Muriel and Lodge roads in 
Swampscott have had dirty (often brown, yellow, tainted, or milky) water coming from their taps, toilets and showers for over fourteen months. At a recent Board of Selectmen's meeting the residents presented evidence of the situation and asked for a fair remedy and abatement from the town.  
Fortunately, Roger Carroll from the Swampscott Disabled American Veterans 
(DAV) Chapter 64 was in the audience and heard about the problems.

    Roger had heard that Swampscott Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) Post 1240 possessed 50 cases of 16 ounce bottles of water which they wanted to donate.  Roger told Selectmen Glen Kessler about the surplus water. Both Roger and Glenn were generous and made sure that the water was received by Muriel/Lodge spokesman Ruel Longfellow who in turn 
has been kind enough to deliver it to us and our neighbors. We wish to take this opportunity to thank  DAV Chapter 64, Swampscott VFW Post 1240,  and selectman  Glenn Kessler for this kindness. Town administrator Thomas 
Younger has been very civil in working with this situation.  We also thank Gino Cresta for flushing the system periodically, and we are grateful for Gino’s long-term plan which we are told will be implemented in the spring.  Again we, the Swampscott residents listed below, wish to thank all concerned  who provided the bottled water for their act of neighborly concern and generosity.   

Respectfully, 
Paul and Kelly Bilodeau
Tom Cooper and Eileen Flanagan
Shannon Cudmore
Dale Euga
Mario Grasso 
Francisco and Maria Karmely
Monica and Eric Lagerquist
Ruel and Mercedes Longfellow
Laura McDonough
Adele Ruthman
William Savino
Ryan Schaiberger
Amanda Smith