An Update from Patch

This evening and part of Saturday, Patch will be undergoing site maintenance that will increase the speed at which pages load and allow us to make future improvements to the site more rapidly. This is a first step toward reintroducing popular Patch features such as local calendars and discussion areas.

You can still read Patch while the maintenance is underway, but Patch editors won’t be able to post new stories until Saturday evening.

We will be posting vital breaking news in the meantime on the Swampscott Facebook page. (To stay in the loop there, be sure to like the page so the latest updates show up in your news feed.)

Thanks for supporting Patch, and thanks for your patience. We’ll let you know when the site is updated. In the meantime, we’ve pulled together some of the top stories from the past week from Swampscott Patch.

• Andrews Chapel Will Be Open for Public Viewing in Late May
• Swampscott Resident Named National Merit Scholar
• Swampscott Firefighters Respond to 5-Alarm Lynnfield Brush Fire
• Swampscott Public Library is Hiring
• Fine Arts Department to Present Free Spring Concert, Art Show
• Swampscott Public Library Adds New Selections
• ‘Irate’ Customer Flings Bottle of Wine; Rollover Crash Leads to Arrest
• Town Meeting Adjourned after Passing 30 Articles
• Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce to Celebrate Official Launch of International Committee
• Swampscott Joins Mass. Walk and Bike to School Day
• Habitual Traffic Offender Arrested for Operating on Suspended License
• Voters Approve Artificial Turf for Blocksidge Field
• An Announcement from Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce
• Van Drives Unresponsive Woman to Police Station, But She Was ‘Just Sleeping’
• Annual Town Meeting Agenda to Include Proposed Balanced Budget
• Swampscott Town Meeting Convenes Monday