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02 | 01907 A publication of Essex Media Group Publisher Edward M. Grant Chief Executive Officer Michael H. Shanahan Directors Edward L. Cahill John M. Gilberg Edward M. Grant Gordon R. Hall Monica Connell Healey J. Patrick Norton Michael H. Shanahan Chief Financial Officer William J. Kraft Chief Operating Officer James N. Wilson Community Relations Director Carolina Trujillo Controller Susan Conti Editor Thor Jourgensen Contributing Editors Gayla Cawley Cheryl Charles Contributing Writers Mike Alongi Elyse Carmosino Gayla Cawley Daniel Kane Steve Krause Guthrie Scrimgeour Ann Marie Tobin Photographers Spenser Hasak Julia Hopkins Design Sean Casey Advertising Design Sean Casey Edwin Peralta Jr. Advertising Sales Ernie Carpenter Ralph Mitchell Eric Rondeau Patricia Whalen ESSEX MEDIA GROUP 110 Munroe St., Lynn, MA 01901 781-593-7700 ext.1234 Subscriptions: 781-593-7700 ext. 1253 01907themagazine.com LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER 04 What's Up 06 Fun Facts 08 Note by note 12 House Money 14 Hard hitters 18 Write Stuff A foodie's delight INSIDE 20 Town slice 23 Bakery way 26 Hope's Anchor 28 History's house 30 Pastor Power TED GRANT What is it about food anyway? We seem to pay an awful lot of attention to it. I know I do. Maybe it's because one of the few things we have left as this pandemic careens toward its first anniversary is food. We have three articles in this month's 01907 devoted to food -- two about the fun of it and one about the seriousness of it. We could call this first article "Hello, Newman's." In this case, it's Deb Newman, sister of Jessica, who is part of the family that ran Newman's Bakery on Humphrey Street since 1966. The bakery is closed, but Deb has opened "The Baker's Daughter," a meatless diner farther down the street, closer to Marblehead, than the bakery was. "I wanted people to see you could eat yummy food and it doesn't have to have meat in it," she says. So far, the response has been very positive. Gayla Cawley has the story. Next we take a peek into an old town standby -- Cindy's Pizza and Subs, another Humphrey Street eating establishment. Cindy's has been around for more than 40 years, and about the only thing that's changed is that it's middle school kids now, and not high school students, who patronize it. "It's been great living and working in town for this long," said Cindy's owner Nunzio Freddo. "You get to see kids who you saw when they were little, now bringing in their own kids." Guthrie Scrimgeour has the story. Now for the serious. When the Anchor Food Pantry was ready to open last year, nobody had any idea just how vital a place like that would be. But then COVID-19 pandemic swept through the North Shore, bringing with it business closures and loss of jobs, and all of a sudden, the food bank became a necessity in the town. Elyse Carmosino has the story. Elsewhere, Swampscott resident Carolina Velasquez is encouraging the community to "Adopt a Grandparent," a national initiative she has joined that aims to bring joy to seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gayla Cawley has the story. When town residents Eddie and Carley Alvarez opened the doors to Alvarez Family Boxing back in late November, it was a culmination of a lifelong dream and a full year’s worth of hard work. Mike Alongi has the story. For Swampscott native Douglas Volk, getting his novel, "The Morpheus Conspiracy," from his mind onto paper was a long process — 39 years long to be exact. Daniel Kane has the story. Is Swampscott home to the oldest wooden structure in North America? The answer is complicated but comes down to this — unless and until the John Humphrey Memorial House on Paradise Road undergoes a dendrochronology examination, nobody knows the answer. Anne Marie Tobin has the story. If you crossed the treacherous intersection of Humphrey Street, Atlantic Avenue and Puritan Road as a child sometime in the past 40 years, you met Irma Rubin. Guthrie Scrimgeour has the story. Also, The Rev. Jeffrey MacDonald is bringing new perspective to Nahant Village Church. Elyse Carmosino tells how; In the year since the pandemic shutdown, Edi Rovi and the Swampscott band have had to undergo many adjustments and changers. Mike Alongi explains it; and among some of the town's fun facts, learn the history of the Gen. Glover House on Salem Street. The menu is pretty diverse in this issue. Grab yourself something to eat and dig in. COVER A pandemic can't keep Swampscott High senior Kiki de Melo away from her music PHOTO BY SPENSER HASAK
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