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02 | <strong>01907</strong><br />
A publication of Essex Media Group<br />
Publisher<br />
Edward M. Grant<br />
Chief Executive Officer<br />
Michael H. Shanahan<br />
Directors<br />
Edward L. Cahill<br />
John M. Gilberg<br />
Edward M. Grant<br />
Gordon R. Hall<br />
Monica Connell Healey<br />
J. Patrick Norton<br />
Michael H. Shanahan<br />
Chief Financial Officer<br />
William J. Kraft<br />
Chief Operating Officer<br />
James N. Wilson<br />
Community Relations Director<br />
Carolina Trujillo<br />
Controller<br />
Susan Conti<br />
Editor<br />
Thor Jourgensen<br />
Contributing Editors<br />
Gayla Cawley<br />
Cheryl Charles<br />
Contributing Writers<br />
Mike Alongi<br />
Elyse Carmosino<br />
Gayla Cawley<br />
Daniel Kane<br />
Steve Krause<br />
Guthrie Scrimgeour<br />
Ann Marie Tobin<br />
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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER<br />
04 What's Up<br />
06 Fun Facts<br />
08 Note by note<br />
12 House Money<br />
14 Hard hitters<br />
18 Write Stuff<br />
A foodie's delight<br />
INSIDE<br />
20 Town slice<br />
23 Bakery way<br />
26 Hope's Anchor<br />
28 History's house<br />
30 Pastor Power<br />
TED GRANT<br />
What is it about food anyway? We seem to pay an awful lot of attention to it. I know I do. Maybe it's<br />
because one of the few things we have left as this pandemic careens toward its first anniversary is food.<br />
We have three articles in this month's <strong>01907</strong> devoted to food -- two about the fun of it and one about<br />
the seriousness of it.<br />
We could call this first article "Hello, Newman's." In this case, it's Deb Newman, sister of Jessica, who<br />
is part of the family that ran Newman's Bakery on Humphrey Street since 1966. The bakery is closed, but<br />
Deb has opened "The Baker's Daughter," a meatless diner farther down the street, closer to Marblehead,<br />
than the bakery was.<br />
"I wanted people to see you could eat yummy food and it doesn't have to have meat in it," she says. So<br />
far, the response has been very positive.<br />
Gayla Cawley has the story.<br />
Next we take a peek into an old town standby -- Cindy's Pizza and Subs, another Humphrey Street<br />
eating establishment. Cindy's has been around for more than 40 years, and about the only thing that's<br />
changed is that it's middle school kids now, and not high school students, who patronize it.<br />
"It's been great living and working in town for this long," said Cindy's owner Nunzio Freddo. "You get<br />
to see kids who you saw when they were little, now bringing in their own kids."<br />
Guthrie Scrimgeour has the story.<br />
Now for the serious. When the Anchor Food Pantry was ready to open last year, nobody had any idea<br />
just how vital a place like that would be. But then COVID-19 pandemic swept through the North Shore,<br />
bringing with it business closures and loss of jobs, and all of a sudden, the food bank became a necessity in<br />
the town.<br />
Elyse Carmosino has the story.<br />
Elsewhere, Swampscott resident Carolina Velasquez is encouraging the community to "Adopt a<br />
Grandparent," a national initiative she has joined that aims to bring joy to seniors during the COVID-19<br />
pandemic.<br />
Gayla Cawley has the story.<br />
When town residents Eddie and Carley Alvarez opened the doors to Alvarez Family Boxing back in<br />
late November, it was a culmination of a lifelong dream and a full year’s worth of hard work.<br />
Mike Alongi has the story.<br />
For Swampscott native Douglas Volk, getting his novel, "The Morpheus Conspiracy," from his mind<br />
onto paper was a long process — 39 years long to be exact.<br />
Daniel Kane has the story.<br />
Is Swampscott home to the oldest wooden structure in North America?<br />
The answer is complicated but comes down to this — unless and until the John Humphrey Memorial<br />
House on Paradise Road undergoes a dendrochronology examination, nobody knows the answer.<br />
Anne Marie Tobin has the story.<br />
If you crossed the treacherous intersection of Humphrey Street, Atlantic Avenue and Puritan Road as<br />
a child sometime in the past 40 years, you met Irma Rubin.<br />
Guthrie Scrimgeour has the story.<br />
Also, The Rev. Jeffrey MacDonald is bringing new perspective to Nahant Village Church. Elyse<br />
Carmosino tells how; In the year since the pandemic shutdown, Edi Rovi and the Swampscott band have<br />
had to undergo many adjustments and changers. Mike Alongi explains it; and among some of the town's<br />
fun facts, learn the history of the Gen. Glover House on Salem Street.<br />
The menu is pretty diverse in this issue. Grab yourself something to eat and dig in.<br />
COVER<br />
A pandemic can't keep<br />
Swampscott High<br />
senior Kiki de Melo<br />
away from her music<br />
PHOTO BY<br />
SPENSER HASAK
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