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Out of the Blue, another dynasty 

Another dynasty is developing in 01907. Not that 01907; this 01907. Not in the town; in the magazine. 

In the 1960s and ‘70s, the dynasty was Swampscott High Big Blue football — and the Jaurons played a 

prominent role. The developing dynasty is the Jaurons themselves. Jaurons not as football greats, but as coverboys. 

You are reading the 11th edition of 01907 The Magazine. It’s also the second one with a Jauron on the 

cover. OK, as dynasties go, it may not be John and John Quincy Adams; or George H.W. and George W. 

Bush; or even Blake and Krystle Carrington (Google it, children). But in the tiny universe that is Essex 

Media Group, it’s dynastic. 

Dick Jauron graced the second edition, Winter 2015. The cover story chronicled a legendary football 

career: high school star; first team All America at Yale; 8 years as a player in the NFL, and 28 as a coach 

(including 9 as a head coach; 5 with the Bears, 4 with the Bills). 

This time it’s Bob Jauron, Dick’s older brother. We chronicle the chronicle and chronicler. Bob wrote a 

book, “Big Blue Days,” that details Swampscott’s decades of dominance. 

Growing up in these parts in the 1960s and ‘70s, as did I, one seemingly couldn’t help but get wrapped 

up in Swampscott High football. As was the case with any team that won as often as the Big Blue, you 

probably either loved or hated them. I was an exception, I guess; as a St. Mary’s kid I didn’t care one way 

or the other. But I digress. 

Bob Jauron’s book relives the glory days — defined as from the time Coach Stan Bondelevitch came 

to town in 1953 through his first departure after the 1976 season. The book is filled with the types of 

anecdotes and facts and figures that only an insider could possess. 

But allow me to focus on our guy Steve Krause, the cover story’s author. He has a unique perspective 

on all this. He’s a Lynn guy and a 1971 graduate of St. John’s Prep — and on Halloween 1970, his senior 

season, the Prep stormed into Swampscott and snapped the Big Blue’s unbeaten streak of 32 games, which 

dated back to the opening game of the 1967 season. 

Krause isn’t an in-your-face guy. But it’s a wonder he doesn’t walk up to everyone he meets, stick out his 

hand, and say, “Hi. I was on the team that ended Swampscott’s 32-game unbeaten streak.” I know I would. 

Krause has written more stories about those days than he can count, yet keeps that detail all but hidden. 

A true gentleman, he. 

The Big Blue piece isn’t the only reason to enjoy this edition of 01907. Elsewhere inside, Realtors Phyllis Sagan 

and Michael Cannuscio discuss the merger of their firms in what was an interesting real-estate market this 

spring. Having lived next door to Phyllis for 15 years, I’m confident she’ll make the partnership a powerhouse. 

Interested in breakfast? Bella diGrazia has a story about the opportunities for beach-goers along 

Humphrey Street to get their days going in the right direction. Gayla Cawley writes that the efforts to 

keep the fish house up and running could use a little tender loving care; and, finally, find out things you 

never knew about school superintendent Pamela Angelakis. 

As is the case with Phyllis, I’m a Pam fan. Maybe that can count as a sixth thing you didn’t know about 

Pam. (And definitely one you didn’t care to know.) 

Anyway, enjoy 01907. 

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04 A Real powerhouse 

09 Breakfast on Humphrey 

10 5 things you didn’t know 

12 Thinking Big Blue 

16 Fish House gets some TLC 

INSIDE 

18 The Rum Runners 

22 Locally imported prosecco 

26 The art of Swampscott 

28 A matter of principal 

30 Styling tips 

Cover photo of 

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“Big Blue Days,” 

taken by 

Spenser R. Hasak, 

outside of the new 

Blocksidge Field. 

02 | 01907

SUMMER 2018 | 03

OPEN FOR BUSINESS 

Sagan and Harborside Sotheby’s 

form real estate powerhouse 

BY STACEY MARCUS 

It was an interesting spring for the 

real estate market this year. Along 

with higher mortgage rates, tax 

changes and a supply-demand disparity, 

the spring brought the news 

that two real estate firms, Sagan Realtors 

and Harborside Sotheby’s ’s International 

Realty, were merging to form Sagan 

Harborside Sotheby’s International Realty. 

We sat down with President Phyllis Sagan 

and Partner Michael Cannuscio to hear 

about the firms’ histories, merger and their 

thoughts about 01907 and 01945. 

When and how did the firms begin? 

PS: Thirty five years ago I left my job as a 

teacher and decided to go into real estate. 

Our team of five worked in my basement 

using a typewriter and carbon paper. I have 

been blessed through the years with fabulous 

agents, great customers and amazing 

clients. 

MC: I grew up in New York on Long 

Island where my father was a developer, 

appraiser and broker. I came to Boston 

after graduating to work and go to law 

school but knew I would end up in real estate. 

After working as a corporate attorney 

for several years I finally made the move. 

I opened a small brokerage in Marblehead 

in early 2002 and later founded Harborside 

Realty with Dick McKinley and 

Matt Dolan. We affiliated with Sotheby’s 

International Realty in 2014 and merged 

with Sagan Realty this spring. 

Why did the merger make sense? 

PS: We wanted a more global opportunity 

to equip our agents with elevated marketing 

tools to get more exposure to a broader 

market. 

MC: We wanted to combine our leadership, 

experience and resources to create a 

dynamic infrastructure for our agents to be 

even more competitive and dominate our 

the Swampscott and Marblehead markets. 

What do the towns of Marblehead and 

Swampscott mean to you? 

PS and MC: 

The towns of Swampscott and Marblehead 

Realtors Phyllis Sagan and Michael Cannuscio. 

are meaningful to us because (it’s where) 

many of our Sagan Harborside colleagues 

and clients live and love and where all of 

our partners at Sagan Harborside reside. 

PS: Marblehead is where I raised my 

family and Swampscott is where I now 

live and has been home to my business. 

They are idyllic towns to live and where my 

heart resides. 

MC: Marblehead is where I have lived 

most of my adult life since the mid 1990s 

and it is where my children are growing up. 

I moved to Marblehead because it reminded 

me of where I grew up on the East End 

of Long Island. 

PHOTO BY SPENSER HASAK 

What is your favorite landmark? 

PS and MC: Beach Bluff Park in Swampscott 

is a shared favorite landmark because 

it is an entryway to both Swampscott and 

Marblehead and illuminates the beauty of 

living in these seaside communities. 

What is something people don’t know 

about you? 

PS: Wednesday mornings are my favorite. 

After so many property tours I still feel 

excited about seeing all the new houses on 

the market. 

MC: I am an identical twin and my brother 

Aubrey is also in real estate. I wish we 

were the first twins to start a show on 

HGTV. Maybe radio is the right medium 

for us. 


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WHO: Town of Swampscott 

WHAT: Parade and Strawberry 

Festival 

WHERE: The parade steps off at 

4 p.m., running from Blocksidge 

Field to Town Hall. 

WHEN: July 1, 4 p.m. 

CONTACT: Janell Cameron, 

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WHAT: Fireworks 

WHERE: Lynn Shore Drive, 

WHEN: July 3 at dusk. July 5 

rain date 

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WHAT: Farmers Market 

opening day 

WHEN: July 10 and every 

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WHO: Marblehead Little Theatre 

WHAT: “Mary Poppins” 

WHERE: PAC Center in Veterans 

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WHEN: June 23- July 1 

HOW MUCH: $15, $25 $30 

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WHO: Chamber of Commerce 

WHAT: Marblehead Open Golf 

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shotgun start at 1 p.m., followed 

by a barbecue 

WHERE: Tedesco Country Club 

WHEN: July 16 

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THINGS YOU DIDN’T K NOW ABO UT 

Pamela Angelakis 

BY PAUL HALLORAN 

Superintendent of Schools 

Pamela Angelakis has spent 

her entire professional career 

in Swampscott Public Schools, 

starting as an aide at the Clarke 

School in 1990. She taught for 

14 years before becoming a principal, then 

assistant superintendent. She was named 

superintendent in December 2013 and has 

received overwhelmingly positive reviews 

from the School Committee in its annual 

reviews of her job performance. The middle 

child of Ted and Shirley Angelakis, she 

was president of her class at Salem High 

School. She earned her bachelor’s degree at 

Salem State University and holds master’s 

degrees from Columbia University and 

Salem State. 

1 

She grew up in the restaurant 

business. 

As a young child, her father ran Ted’s 

Walnut Spa in Peabody and then the West 

Lynn Creamery Dairy Bar, where she was a 

waitress, cook, and bookkeeper through her 

college years. 

2 

She is musically inclined, having 

started playing the viola as a 

fourth-grader in Salem Public Schools. 

She played right through college and, at 

the age of 16, while in high school, she 

played with the North Shore Philharmonic 

Orchestra and the Cape Ann Symphony 

Orchestra. That’s one of the reasons she felt it 

so important to bring the elementary school 

band back to Swampscott Public Schools. 

3 

She has an adventurous side. 

She has been on a hot air balloon 

ride in the deserts of Arizona, whitewater 

rafted several times down the Kennebec 

River in Maine, and once rode in a snowcat 

at night to groom the black diamond trails 

at Sunday River Ski Resort. 

4 

She is an adoptive mother, having 

welcomed 5-year-old Olivia into 

her home in 2007. 

Angelakis had become interested in adoption 

after watching the “Wednesday’s Child” 

feature on WBZ and frequently reading the 

MARE (Massachusetts Adoption Resource 

Exchange) binder of children in the custody 

of the Department of Children & Families 

waiting to be adopted. “I always wanted to 

be a mom. When I wasn’t married by the 

time I was 35, I decided to pursue adoption 

through DCF. My daughter, Olivia, is my 

world,” she said. 

5 

She loves children’s literature. 

and has written a children’s picture 

book that she would like to get published. 



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Blue streak 

For decades, Swampscott ruled high school football 

BY STEVE KRAUSE 

It was an athletic camelot 

– a time right out of mid- 

20th century Americana. 

Year after year, from 

the early 1950s through 

the mid-'70s, Swampscott 

was the high school football 

capital of Massachusetts. 

In the fall, you set 

your watch by when the 

Big Blue were playing. 

And while there were 

other sports that made 

the town famous, such as 

its basketball victory at the Boston Garden 

in the old Tech Tourney -- the off-season 

was mostly reserved for projecting how 

the next football season was going to go. 

And why not? 

For 23 years, the football team was 

synonymous with championships, and the 

coaching staff with greatness and innovation. 

The Big Blue compiled undefeated 

seasons in 1957, 1958, 1963, 1967, 1968, 

1969, 1971 and 1972. And its 1970 team 

only lost once. And in more than a small 

touch of irony, that loss came thanks to a 

Swampscott kid -- Dana Hughes -- who 

caught the game-winning pass for St. 

John's Prep. on Halloween. 

They were great days, says Robert E. 

Jauron, the oldest of the three brothers 

who played – and helped – put the town 

on the football map. 

“I recall crowded, loud and colorful pep 

rallies,” he said recently. “Cheerleaders, 

pep squad and band members marching 

through town, and to players' homes on 

Friday nights to put up signs and decorations.” 

“But my best memory,” he said, “is 

having my younger brother, Dick, as a 

teammate. Dick was an exceptional talent, 

but more important, he was an exceptional 

teammate, and was, and is, an exceptional 

brother. He was my biggest fan, and I was 

his.” 

Bob Jauron chronicles all this in his 

recently-released book “Big Blue Days,” 

which traces the history of Swampscott 

football to the appointment of the legendary 

Stan Bondelevitch as coach in 1953 to 

his departure in 1976. 

The family theme comes back often 

when it comes to Swampscott football. 

Although the sport is known for having 

entire sets of brothers compete, the Big 

Blue was fortunate to have some powerhouse 

families perform, said Mike Jauron, 

the youngest of the three, who was the 

quarterback when the team won the 

first-ever state Division 2 Super Bowl in 

1972. 

“My best memory is that: families,” 

Mike Jauron said. “Not just us, but the 

Toners, the Beatrices, Hoffmans … I 

played with two of the Beatrice brothers 

and was a waterboy when Peter was playing. 

They were the best teammates.” 

Among Bob Jauron's fondest memories 

at Swampscott were “the various 

ways in which Bondy could motivate and 

entertain.” 

Bob and Dick Jauron are two years 

apart while Mike graduated in 1973. Bob's 

final game was on Thanksgiving 1966 -- a 

loss to Marblehead. It was the last game 

the Big Blue would lose until that Halloween 

defeat at the hands of St. John’s. 

For the next two years, Dick Jauron 

made sure the Big Blue wouldn't lose 

again while he was there. 

By anyone's estimation, Dick Jauron 

is among the best high school football 

players the state has produced. The Boston 

Globe put him as eighth-best, behind such 

luminaries as Doug Flutie, Bobby Leo and 

Charlie Brickley of Everett, Howie Long, 

Ken MacAfee of Brockton, and Harry 

Agganis. 

Jauron kept it up after high school, 

going to Yale and winning awards such as 

the Bulger Lowe, signifying the best player 

in New England; Ivy League Player of 

the Year; And the William Neely Mallory 

Award, the most prestigious athletic award 

giving to a senior at the school. 

He attributes much of his success – 

which later saw him coach in the NFL for 

the Chicago Bears and Buffalo Bills, and 

be named Coach of the Year in 2001 – to 

both the examples his coaches and parents 

set, and the demands they made. 

“I had good role models,” he said, 

“particularly Barry Gallup. He was a great 

example for all of us to look up to an 

emulate.” 

Gallup, a 1964 graduate, first ran 

across Jauron when he was working for 

the recreation department in the summers 

while he was in high school and Jauron 

was a participant in the program. Gallup 

would later become a coach and a recruiter 

at Boston College, where he is currently 

director of football operations. 

Dick Jauron said what made things 

work in Swampscott was “parents and 

coaches setting rules, and demanding behavior 

and performance, sports, academic 

and social, that lived up to their expectations.” 

Jauron also led a trio of players from 

that era who ended up in the NFL. The 

list also included Bill Adams (Buffalo 

Bills) and Tom Toner (Green Bay Packers). 

In addition, Mike Lynch became a 

kicker at Harvard, and parlayed his notoriety 

to his current status as perhaps the 

most visible and well-known sports broadcaster 

in Boston. “More than anything 

else,” Bob Jauron said, “what made those 


Scenes from the glory days of Swampscott Big Blue football as chronicled in Bob Jauron’s recently -released book “Big Blue Days.” 


Jauron brothers 

Mike, Bob and 

Dick reflect on the 

Big Blue streak. 

days so special was community, or ‘family.’” 

And the family grew. One of Mike 

Jauron's teammates was Billy Vousboukas, 

“and the next time Swampscott won a Super 

Bowl (in 2007), Vousboukas’ son (Paul) 

was on the team.” 

“I think Bondy fostered an inclusive 

‘all-in’ environment that set the stage for 

something special," said Bob Jauron. “But 

it was never just one man, or one anything 

… it was a family of coaches and 

players, students and teachers, parents and 

boosters, all joining together in common 

cause to support the efforts of a group of 

teenagers playing as a team.” 

And of course, there was more than one 

man giving direction too. Most notably, 

there was Dick Lynch, who died in April 

at the age of 91, and who, most observers 

from the era say, played a major role in 

fashioning the Big Blue dynasty. 

“I was so fortunate to have coached 

with him,” said Frank DeFelice, the 

other rock of granite on the Swampscott 

coaching staff. “We shared the same office, 

and he was a mentor. I worked alongside 

of him, and I learned a lot from him. He 

guided me along pretty well.” 

If Bondelevitch motivated his players 

to run through the proverbial brick wall, 

Lynch told them what to do once they 

got through. And his toughness served as 

a counterpoint to Bondelevitch's general 

optimism and joie de vivre. 

Even his own son wasn't immune. 

“I didn't get my driver's license until 

late," he said. "So if we had a good practice, 

he'd drive me home. If we had a bad 

practice, I walked (from the high school 

on Greenwood Avenue to the bottom of 

Banks Road).” 

Bob Jauron delves into the move from 

Lynn to Swampscott in the book, recounting 

the tremendous amount of help certain 

people from the town — one a lawyer and 

one a businessman (neither of whom he 

“I recall crowded, loud 

and colorful pep rallies, 

Cheerleaders, pep squad 

and band members 

marching through town, 

and to players’ homes on 

Friday nights to put up 

signs and decorations.” 

- ROBERT E. JAURON 

names) — for getting his father back on 

his feet after a tough stretch. 

The family eventually moved into a duplex 

owned by Myron Stone (who is still 

very much involved in the Swampscott 

Gridiron Club, and helps run the annual 

Marblehead-Swampscott pre-Thanksgiving 

dinner at the Gerry 5 in Marblehead). 

Jauron takes pains to recount the early 

days of the Bondy era, his arrival to the 

town from Hudson, and the fact that 

he met his future wife, Dot, after jousting 

with her over the use of the gym in 

Maynard, where they were both coaching 

at the time. 

Though the Swampscott story has a 

plethora of glittering stars (Dick Jauron 

being perhaps the biggest), there's no 

denying that the true luminary in this 

Swampscott story is Bondy himself, whom 

Jauron portrays as a combination pied 

piper and tent preacher. 

Bondelevitch, Jauron said, knew how 

fragile even the toughest kids were. There 

are several stories in the book where 

Bondy senses (or outright knows) that 

some of his players are having difficult 

home lives, and makes it his point to look 

out for those boys. 

Also, he said, Bondelevitch had the 

right touch for knowing when to push the 

throttle down on a kid and when to ease 

up, Jauron said. His only consistent motivation 

was to keep the program vibrant 

and stocked with talent. 

Could it happen today? 

Of course, said Dick Jauron. All it takes 

is commitment. 

“Commitment precedes everything 

else," he said. "It is no mystery. Without 

commitment nothing of value occurs.” 

“If you mean the incredible run of win 

streaks and championships in that small 

town, it might be possible but it's highly 

improbable.” he said. “I've heard a number 

of folks say that it will never happen again 

in Swampscott. At the very least it would 

take an almost miraculous combination of 

organizational and motivational skill. 

“But if you mean the aspects that were 

most important in making those times 

so special, I'm guessing that it may have 

already happened a number of times in 

Swampscott and many, many other places. 

“What was most special about those 

times was not all the winning, it was all 

the learning,” he said. “The most valuable 

sports lessons sometimes have nothing to 

do with final scores or records. When 

coaches know that their most important 

job is to teach essential life 

lessons; when players commit 

to the team concept and, in 

so doing, develop a unique 

confidence in themselves 

and their teammates; and 

when an entire community of 

students, parents and Boosters, 

positively support the efforts of 

the team - win, lose, or draw, the 

stage is set for such special times in 

a special place.” 


14| 01907


The historic 

Swampscott Fish 

House is in dire 

need of repairs. 

A real Fish-er-upper 

There’s a local effort to 

preserve the historic 

Swampscott Fish House, 

the oldest active fish 

house in the country, 

which is in need of a 

little TLC. 

The shingle-style 

Repair wish list is long for town-owned structure 

BY GAYLA CAWLEY 

building, was built in 1896 and is on the 

National Register of Historic Places, is the 

only known municipally-built fish house 

in the state. Six full-time fishermen, who 

mainly catch lobster, work out of the structure, 

according to Gino Cresta, department 

of public works director. 

Swampscott's fishing industry has been 

an important part of its economy from the 

17th century, and remains active today. 

“These fishermen, this is their fulltime 

job,” Cresta said. “That's how these 

guys make a living. Whoever deeded 

this property to the town, (there's) some 

deed restrictions that it has to be used for 

fishermen.” 


PHOTOS BY OWEN O’ROURKE 

Public Works Director Gino Cresta, above, surveys the inside of the building and talks about restoration projects that are needed for the pier, 

top right, the water-stained ceiling on the third floor, and storm damage to the exterior siding. 

The town owns the Fish House, but 

has leased the second floor to the Swampscott 

Yacht Club, which is responsible for 

interior renovations, since 1933. The third 

floor is home to the town’s sailing program. 

Cresta said the town is going out to bid 

for a new roof this month – the current 

roof is 18 years old and leaks. The project, 

expected to cost $90,000, could including 

replacing the widow’s walk railing, 

repairing balcony posts and restoring the 

balustrade at the high roof and balcony. 

Wood shingles on the back of the 

building came off in the March 3 Nor’easter, 

which also gutted the harbormaster’s 

locker. There's also evidence of rot on the 

third floor ceilings. 

Larry Sweazy, vice-commodore of the 

Swampscott Yacht Club, is one of the 

driving forces behind a local grassroots 

effort, "Save the Fish House." As the 

March storms pounded the Fish House, he 

became concerned about the facility and 

decided to become involved. 

“I was so afraid this building was going 

to go down the path of other old buildings 

(in town),” Sweazy said. “Swampscott 

is becoming condo alley. I feared that it 

would be torn down and become four 

condos and a bad restaurant.” 

If someone came for the Fish House 

with a wrecking ball, people would be out 

in front with signs protesting, said Sweazy. 

The Yacht Club spent $85,000 for construction 

of a back porch in 2011, $16,000 

on repairs in 2017, and plans to spend 

another $7,000 to repair the deck. 

He’s hooked up with the Essex County 

Community Foundation about setting up 

a fund for repairs to the Fish House. And 

the town hopes to secure Federal Emergency 

Management Agency funding to 

repair the storm damage. 

“It’s an ocean community and how do 

you save one of the precious things that 

makes this community what it is, not just 

a drive-through between Marblehead and 

Salem,” Sweazy said. 


The police department in front of Swampscott Town Hall in 1926 after the firing of the police chief and reorganization of the department. 

THE RUM DIARY 

Spirited bootleggers cruised coast during Prohibition 

BY BRIDGET TURCOTTE 

Swampscott made headlines nationwide 

in the 1920s for a scandal involving members 

of the town’s police force, who were 

in cahoots with bootleggers storing illegal 

liquor along the shore during Prohibition. 

Months after voters in the town sought 

the help of legislatures to allow alcohol to 

be consumed at more establishments, the 

illegal transport of liquor put the town under 

a microscope and led to an overhaul of the 

police department. 

Nearly a century ago, Swampscott became 

a popular landing place for rum-runners. 

The act was not unique to the oceanfront 

town, but some say Swampscott was 

under more scrutiny because it was where 

then-President Calvin Coolidge had chosen 

to spend his summer months. After a scandal 

unfolded surrounding police involvement 

Police Chief William L. Quinn. 

with rum-running, it has been said that 

Coolidge chose not to return. 

During the early days of Prohibition, 

liquor was often smuggled into the United 

States by sea. The boats carrying thousands 

of dollars worth of forbidden cargo were 

dubbed “rum-runners.” 

Ships followed the shore line and eventually, 

cargo would be unloaded and hidden 

on a deserted beach or vacant summer estate, 

as was the case in Swampscott, according to 

“Swampscott, Massachusetts Celebrating 

150 Years,” a book created by the Swampscott 

Historical Society in 2002. 

The illegitimate industry of smuggling 

spirits from other countries became lucrative, 

especially in the Boston area, which was 

littered with hotels and speakeasies where 

alcohol was easily accessible to customers 


who wanted it. 

Swampscott’s scandal began during a 

cleanup that preceded Coolidge’s stay at 

White Court, an oceanfront mansion. 

The property, which later became 

known as Marian Court College and 

is now being transformed into housing 

units, is located on Littles Point Road in 

Swampscott. 

It was rumored that rum-runners 

could be easily seen from the lawn on a 

clear summer day that year. 

“All the homes were closed up for the 

winter,” said town historian Lou Gallo. 

“In general, it was deserted. Nobody was 

on there except for caretakers (for the 

properties).” 

More than $50,000 of liquor stored 

in vacant homes on Littles Point Road, including 

White Court, was soon discovered 

during a raid and confiscated by Swampscott 

Police, said Gallo. 

“At some point in time, they went to 

get it from the police station and it was 

gone," he said. “The chief of police and a 

couple of other cops lost their jobs.” 

It is unclear whether former Chief 

William L. Quinn was fired because of 

his involvement or simply because he was 

tasked with overseeing the department, 

said current Swampscott Police Chief 

Ronald Madigan, but Quinn was only 

chief for about two years before he parted 

ways with the town. 

“When I think back to that time - if 

the officers were involved, they probably 

made a lot more money than what they 

made from the department,” said Madigan. 

"Police weren't paid well back then.” 

According to the Swampscott Historical 

Society's book, which quotes town 

documents, Swampscott had become “a 

habitual landing place for rum-runners 

who operated without any genuine interference 

on the part of the police.” 

The 1925 report of the Board of Selectmen 

says that on April 29, 1925, the board 

preferred charges against Quinn. Hearings 

were held to determine whether the action 

of removing him from office was justified. 

The courts ruled that the board was 

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Quinn was paid a substantial amount of 

money by one or more people. In return, 

they concluded, he allowed them “to land 

large quantities of intoxicating liquor 

upon the shores of Swampscott” and also 

allowed them to “transport large quantities 

through the town of without interference 

by the police.” 

The chief knew other members of the 

department were also accepting money to 

turn a blind eye. 

The claims stated that Quinn knew 

where the liquor was being stored, and 

that cars were transporting it in town, and 

did not act “faithfully as a member of the 

Police Department upon the knowledge 

that he possessed.” 

Quinn reportedly had telephone conversations, 

helping to land ships and store 

the booze. He put off executing search 

warrants and gave those in possession of 

the contraband time to remove it before 

raids, according to the document. 

It was suspected that on one occasion, 

an officer informed him of a proposed 

landing on the shore only for Quinn 

send a warning to the boat with a search 

light after the officer set out to catch the 

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Quinn and several officers were terminated, 

leading to a complete reorganization 

of the police department. 

Quinn was convicted of violating 

national Prohibition and Customs acts by 

a federal court jury and sentenced to 15 

months in federal prison, according to an 

article that appeared in The Item in 1926. 

Robert H. Brown, a Lynn and Swampscott 

fisherman, was also found guilty to 

the same charges and sentenced to one year 

and three months in the Worcester House 

of Correction, as was David Siegal of Chelsea. 

Patrick A. McDonnell, a Boston hotel 

keeper and real estate operator was found 

guilty as a co-conspirator and sentenced to 

one year and one day in the New Bedford 

House of Correction and fined $3,000. 

“After bidding a smiling adieu to his 

wife and child and friends in Swampscott, 

Quinn, accompanied by his father, Martin 

L. Quinn, former State senator and U.S. 

Marshal Everett Pevear visited a Lynn 

restaurant, enjoyed a hearty dinner and 

then departed for Salem, where he was 

received by Sheriff Arthur E. Wells,” the 

article reads. 

He allegedly greeted many Lynn friends 

and handed out cigars at the restaurant. 

“Observers not knowing his destination 

might have assumed that he was leaving on 

a business trip, according to the story. 

Quinn was originally from Lynn and a 

prisoner of war during World War I. He 

was captured and held prisoner for seven 

months by the Germans. For a year after he 

was released, he spent time in various U.S. 

Army hospitals recovering from the effects 

of gas. He was appointed chief of police in 

Swampscott at age 29. 

After he was removed from the department, 

he started his own detective agency 

in Lynn and was active in veterans’ affairs. 

Members of the Lynn force were 

brought in, including Lynn Deputy Chief 

Edward Calahan, who became Swampscott's 

acting chief for somewhere short of 

a year, said Madigan. 

Later in 1925, Swampscott welcomed 

Lynn's Walter Reeves, who remained chief 

until 1943. 

The repeal of the 18th Amendment by 

the ratification of the 21st Amendment to 

the U.S. Constitution in December of 1933 

was the end of Prohibition, and over time, 

the tale was slowly forgotten. 

“I don't think it's widely known,” said 

Madigan. “It's kind of an urban legend.” 

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the Jules Rose, below. The beverage is made with grapes grown in Italy. 

verytime Juliann 

Next came Gambino Gold Prosecco. 

Gold-Gambino 

“It uses our two last names,” said Juliann, 

traveled to Italy with 

whose nickname is Jules. “It's drier and is 

her beau Tommaso 

the grand cru of prosecco.” 

Gambino to spend time 

The most recent addition is Jules Rose 

with his family, she was 

prosecco, a pink bubbly that has a hint of 

welcomed with warmth 

strawberry. 

and good cheer. 

Locally, Gambino proseccos are available 

by the glass in Strega, Davio’s and 

And a glass of homemade prosecco. 

“Tommy's family makes their own 

other fine dining establishments. Bottles 

wine and prosecco, and it's fabulous,” said 

are sold in Kappy’s, Vinnin Liquors, 

Juliann. “We'd come back to the states and 

Lynnway Liquors and many other North 

I'd crave their prosecco. I love it.” Prosecco 

Shore package stores. Gambino Prosecco 

is a sparkling wine that's lighter and generally 

sweeter than champagne. 

and Jules Rose are in the $19-$25 range. 

retails for about $12.99 a bottle; the Gold 

“One time, we were in Italy drinking 

The couple has been together for 17 

this fabulous prosecco and I said to Tommy, 

‘We need to make this and bring it to 

Swampscott, Los Angeles and Italy. They 

years, and jet-sets between homes in 

the United States.’ ” 

are seldom in one location for very long, 

Tommaso agreed right away, and 

though they plan to spend most of the 

Gambino Prosecco was born. 

summer in Swampscott. 

“I thought it was a great idea,” said 

Juliann and Tommaso both relish the 

Tomasso. “We are both passionate about 

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about Gambino Prosecco. This is fun. It Sylvester Stallone and Tony Bennett, good 

I always wanted to have something here, a 

doesn't even seem like work.” 

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That was just shy of three years ago, The original product, Gambino Prosecco, 

is crisp and bubbly, with an elegant dry 

Swampscott, added Tommaso, “has a 

and now the couple’s prosecco is available 

real European feel that I love. It's a beautiful 

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Juliann, her four sisters and mom — 

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moved to LA in 1991, working as a 

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Tommaso met in the City of Angels and 

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Recently, Gambino products were 

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“We are really hands-on,” said 

Juliann. “When we launch in a new 

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restaurants.” 

“We're not officially married, but 

when we do, Gambino prosecco will 

certainly be served at our wedding,” said 

Juliann, with a laugh. 

“We don't have children, but we 

always say these are our three babies, 

because they all carry our name.” 

And now, when the couple visits 

family in Italy, it's the Gambino proseccos 

that are served. 

“This is all we drink now in Italy, my 

immediate family and extended family 

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PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE 

Within Reach 

Community arts group works toward town-wide cultural district 

BY BILL BROTHERTON 

The stately building at 89 

Burrill St. was in terrible 

disrepair when ReachArts, 

Swampscott's community 

arts group, moved in a little 

more than a year ago. 

The cleanup and demo work was only 

the beginning. 

“We had to de-raccoon the place. It 

was a little like ‘Grey Gardens,’” said Jackie 

Kinney, co-president of ReachArts, the 

nonprofit group of artists and residents 

that are turning the long-vacant building 

into a cultural, economic hub. The group 

signed a two-year lease with the town in 

April 2017, at $1 per year, to restore the 

place. 

These days, the former senior center is 

looking mighty spiffy. The porch has been 

rebuilt, the exterior has been painted and 

the gallery in the basement just housed a 

successful exhibition of works by young 

local artists. 

Kinney praised the efforts of “hero 

volunteers,” including contractors Leland 

Hussey and Bruce Paradise, electrician 

Jesse Kuhlman, plumber Rick Massey, 

carpenter Todd Flannery, demo expert 

Eric Zakanini and landscape designer 

Will Godin who absorbed the labor costs 

of various projects. 

There's still plenty of work to do in the 

3,500-square-foot structure, which was 

originally a circa 1885 single-family home 

until a fire shuttered it and it was bought 

and rebuilt by an American Legion post. 

A capital campaign is in the works to 

raise $300,000 to install an elevator and 

sprinkler system, set up a kitchen next to 

the gallery and renovate the second-floor 

“jewel” of a ballroom with its coffered ceilings 

and art deco touches. The basement 

gallery space is now the building's only 

ADA-compliant space. 

“The library is just down the street and 

the waterfront with its restaurants and 

shops is just a block away. There is great 

enthusiasm from artists in town, and town 

officials too,” said Kinney. “There is a focus, 

too, on the revitalization of Humphrey 

Street, which has been identified as the 

'downtown' of Swampscott. That means 

more foot traffic, stimulation of a cultural 

economy, pop-up galleries and public 


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The ReachArts building on Burrill Street sports a fresh coat of paint and a new porch. 

art installations, getting the community 

involved.” The train station, she added, is 

about a 10-minute walk away, making it 

accessible to day trippers from Boston, 

Rockport and Newburyport. 

“Beyond Walls in Lynn was a real game 

changer. A cultural arts district is doable 

here.” 

Ingrid Pichler, a glass designer who 

serves as ReachArt's artist liaison, said 

the group “is starting small and building, 

building, building. Good things take time. 

The arts community is really responding in 

a big way. 

“This is not just a gallery. What's 

happening here is a community. I feel 

comfortable. I'm part of a community 

of artists.” A small-works exhibition is 

planned for the fall. 

Tereza Swanda, an art teacher whose 

work has been shown throughout the 

country, curated the recent “Emerging” 

young artists exhibition. ReachArts is 

emerging too, finding its identity. 

Swanda said ReachArts “is creating a 

stir in Swampscott. There's a vibe happening. 

I've lived in town for 30 years or so, 

and the arts community has yearned for 

years for this. This building is incredible. 

It's home. This is a place you can feel free 

to do what you want, whether you're a 

poet, or visual artist, or experimental or 

traditional. It's home to all.” 

“I really think there's an appetite in 

town for this,” added Kinney. “I see art on 

all the walls. I envision a gift shop. I see 

teaching happening in here. Watercolor 

classes. Poetry groups … the possibilities 

are endless. 

“Everything is within reach.” 


A matter of 

PRINCIPAL 

Lois Longin to the rescue at Stanley School 

BY BRIDGET TURCOTTE 

When children 

at Stanley 

Elementary 

School needed 

stability, 

calling retired Swampscott teacher 

and administrator Lois Longin was 

a no brainer. 

“I think more than anything I 

was asked to come back because 

I knew the system and there had 

been a lot of concerns around here,” 

said Longin, who came out of retirement 

to be the school's interim 

principal. 

Superintendent Pamela 

Angelakis announced she would 

not renew the contract of former 

Principal Shannon Daniels in 

March, about a month after the 

administrator announced he would 

transition from male to female. 

“They were looking for 

somebody who could bring some 

stability to the building and I 

wasn't the unknown, coming into 

a system that had just been through a lot 

of turmoil,” said Longin. “It was really the 

teachers who held this building together 

during a difficult year. They worked in 

such a way that their children had no idea 

there was any turmoil going on - only 

that they were learning.” 

Longin grew up in Swampscott and 

went through the public school system. 

After graduating from Boston University, 

she took a gig at a school in Brockton 

for a half a year, then later at a private 

school for a year. Soon, she found herself 

returning to her hometown. 

Longin began her lengthy teaching 

career in Swampscott at Stanley Elementary 

School in 1985, where she remained 

for 15 years. She starting as a kindergarten 

teacher, then moved on to first grade, 

and later second. 

A student in her first grade class was 

an immigrant from Iran who had been in 

a severe car accident that took the lives 


When a temporary principal was needed at 

the Stanley School, Lois Longin answered 

the call. 

of both of his parents. The child was burnt 

over 80 percent of his body, including his 

face. 

“The first thing I said was did you 

hire an (english language learner) teacher, 

because he only spoke persian,” said 

Longin. “They said no, they hadn't found 

anybody. The second question was whether 

the guidance person was going to be in the 

building for that first day of school, and 

the answer to that was ‘no, it wasn't a day 

that she would be there.’ And this was not 

all that uncommon back then.” 

Longin made a call to the guidance 

counselor's house to request she be there 

for the student's first day, and requested 

the student start on the second day to give 

her time to prepare the other students. 

“It was a good thing that we did 

because it was scary for them,” she said. 

Initially, there were kids who were 

scared but after a week or two 

everyone was fine and eventually, he 

learned english.” 

Longin pushed herself to earn 

master's degrees in guidance counseling 

and school administration, 

feeling like she needed to be better 

prepared for unique situations like 

she had experienced. 

“I felt ineffective as a teacher to 

get things done,” she said. “And as 

a teacher, I knew there were some 

very specific holes in the needs of 

students in the Swampscott school 

system.” 

Her career eventually led her 

administrative roles. She left the 

town for a year to take an assistant 

principal role in Nashua, New 

Hampshire, and returned to be the 

principal of Hadley Elementary 

School for nine years. 

The district experienced turmoil 

when, under former Superintendent 

Matthew Malone, it lost a 

neighborhood school in the closing of 

Machon Elementary School. 

“It was a difficult and difficult time 

in the history of the school system,” said 

Longin, who was brought in to merge the 

former Machon student with the children 

at Clark Elementary School. 

“(Malone) asked me to go over there 

and help unify the community and actually 

develop a new community - one where 

Machon and Clark came together,” she 

said. 

For two-and-a-half years before she 

retired in 2016, Longin finished her career 

as director of curriculum and instruction 

for the district. When she got the call to 

come back, she said the decision wasn't 

hard because she missed the students. 

“I loved retirement, I did all kids of 

things, but I've always missed the kids,” 

she said. 

Longin will return as principal for the 

next school year. 


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Odds are that if you walked around 

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Street or Lynn Shore Drive, either grabbing 

a bite to eat or take a stroll by the 

beach, you've noticed the bright green 

bicycles lining the area. 

These dockless bikes are from a Boston-based 

company called Ant Bicycle 

and it hasn't taken long for residents to 

take advantage of a cheap ride around 

the area in the early summer months. 

“It's not the best looking thing,” Lynn 

resident Emmanuel Patterson said about 

the green bikes which are equipped 

with white plastic covering some of the 

wheels and a basket in the front. 

“I enjoy it though. I've enjoyed riding 

mine today and I'm sure I'll be back to 

do it again.” 

The bikes, which can be placed in any 

public area and cost a dollar to ride for 

one hour, are activated through the Ant 

Bicycle app. 

Swampscott local Jake Rondini regularly 

rides his personal bicycle through 

the area and encourages the extra twowheeled 

traffic. 

“It's very welcome,” he said. “A great 

way to enjoy the area and get active.” 

For some, the bikes provide a perfect 

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some time with friends, like Stephanie 


Swampscott is piloting a dockless rental 

bike-sharing program from Ant Bicycle. 

Michelle and Tony Stevens. The two 

enjoyed a ride from the far edge of the 

beach to Mission on the Bay. 

“My bike broke a few weeks ago,” she 

said. “It’s nice to be able to ride one here 

and hop on and go from one end of the 

beach to the other.” 

“It's nice to support a local business,” 

Stevens said. “It's a real affordable ride.” 

For Ant Bicycle, local business has 

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“Normal our bikes will not stay in one 

place for over 78 hours. They're always 

moving to a new location,” she said. 

A quick download of the free app will 

reveal a screen full of green circles marking 

the location of the bicycles through 

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