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INSIDE THIS EDITION
Swampscott blueprint .............................. 6
Leagues of their own .............................. 12
Faces around town ................................. 16
Swampscott’s Pulitzer Prize ................... 18
‘Tis the season ....................................... 20
Reaching the masses ............................. 22
Biggest of the Blue ................................. 24
Senior role in developing Vinnin Square. 28
5 things you didn’t know ........................ 30
Who was Vinnin? .................................... 31
Swampscott’s Sentinel ........................... 32
A taste of Swampscott ........................... 34
Sew talented........................................... 36
Harmony in Swampscott ........................ 38
Stay fit this winter ................................... 42
Tips from a wine guru ............................. 44
Holiday gift ideas .................................... 46
Hair apparent .......................................... 48
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I
grew up in Lynn and went to St. Mary’s, so I never got the whole Dick Jauron
thing.
Now I do.
I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know the guy somewhat over the past couple
of years, and would best describe him as dignified and understated. Mutual
friends who have known him since his Swampscott High days talk about him in
almost reverential terms.
But I still didn’t truly get it — until a few weeks ago, when I went to
Blocksidge Field for the 01907 cover shoot. Then I saw him through the eyes of a
Swampscott kid who grew up idolizing Dick Jauron.
Mark Garfinkel is an extraordinarily gifted photographer whom I’ve known for
maybe 30 years. If I remember correctly, when I was sports editor at The (Lynn)
Item, I gave Garf his first job out of Salem State. He was such a good guy, it
almost seemed phony — until it became apparent it was genuine.
Anyway, Garf hustled and did phenomenal work as a freelancer for The
Item, and went on to the Boston Herald, where he truly came into his own as
a photographer. From 1993-2014, he won 19 Boston Press Photographers
Association first-place awards. In 1991 he won first place and in 2001 second
place in the National Press Photographers Association; and in 1995 first place in
the International Association of Firefighters awards.
Plus, he grew up in Swampscott, so who better to shoot for 01907?
The day of the shoot, we met at Blocksidge, and from the outset something was a
little off. Garf, ever the cool professional (I watched him shoot Governor and Lauren
Baker for the first 01907 cover, and he couldn’t have been more at ease; and he has
shot the Pope -- the Pope -- twice), was on edge. Fidgety. Couldn’t stop talking,
apologizing to both of us for even the tiniest request or instruction.
And it struck me: Garf was meeting his boyhood idol for the first time and he
was in awe.
He spoke of meeting Dick’s father, Bob (himself a renowned coach); of playing
football at Swampscott High for the legendary Stan Bondelevitch, Dick’s coach;
of Swampscott games and players past.
At the end of the shoot, Garf asked if Dick — with an apology, of course —
would mind posing for a photo with him. (Garf handed me his phone to click the
shot and I never felt more pressure to get something right.) Garf beamed.
Then came the clincher.
Dick walked over to a bag and some equipment Garf had left on the field, picked it
up, and handed it to Garf.
As we walked off the field, Garf whispered to me, “Did you see that? He actually
picked up my stuff and handed it to me.”
Yes, I saw it. And it was at that moment, I finally got the whole Dick Jauron
thing.
Dick Jauron. First-team All-America at Yale. Eight years in the NFL as a
player and 28 as a coach (including 9 as a head coach — 5 with Chicago, 4 with
Buffalo).
Arguably the greatest football player this area has ever seen.
Inarguably among the finest gentlemen.
Read Paul Halloran’s story beginning on Page 24 for a closer look at Dick
Jauron and see for yourself.
Ted Grant
Cover photo by Mark Garfinkel
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I
f done correctly, a master plan is a bold
statement of a vision of what a
community is, and what it could be. It is also a
statement of a community’s values and priorities.
If not done correctly, well, it makes an excellent
paperweight on a shelf in the back room of the
town clerk’s office.
During the time that it takes to develop, refine
and finalize the plan, it is a living document,
subject to both the whims and wishes of citizens
and the push and pull of the political process.
The Town of Swampscott is near the end of the
path to Swampscott 2025: The Master Plan. Town
officials and residents believe it will produce a
blueprint to point the town in the right direction.
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At a public forum on Dec. 1, residents were to
decide on the final priorities to be included in the
plan before it was expected to go before selectmen
later in December, before seeking the approval of
the Planning Board in January 2016.
It is the first comprehensive master plan the
town has attempted since 1971, the so-called
“Now or Never” plan. In 1983, the town adopted
a more narrowly focused Open Space and Recreation Master Plan.
The planning process began when Town Meeting approved spending $125,000 in 2014 to develop a plan, and selectmen used the funds to hire
the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
as a consultant in January 2015.
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Matthew Smith, MAPC’s project coordinator,
said the town has benefitted from the agency’s
experience and understanding when it comes to
communities such as Swampscott.
“We help the community get to the heart of the
matter with strategic, achievable planning,” he
said. “We can show the community how smaller
steps can lead to bigger steps.”
As an example, he cited making improvements
to the infrastructure of the Humphrey Street
business district, which could lead to more
restaurants opening in the area, which in turn
would feed into the town’s share of the meals
tax, as well as boosting property tax revenue.
Town Planner Peter Kane said he believes
the current buy-in from all stakeholders in the
process will ensure its success.
“The process is a true self-examination of the
current state of the town,” Kane said. “Where
does the community want to go?”
Kane said the data collected by the MAPC as
part of the process has been equally important,
a comprehensive snapshot of the town. “They
spent a lot of time listening and surveying the
community on what it wanted,” he said.
“They synthesized what that meant, what the
community was saying, and are translating it
into very specific recommendations.”
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BLUEPRINT
WHAT’S OUR MASTER PLAN?
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Kane said the MAPC’s experience and expertise
have also helped with the focus of the plan. “They
can provide a reality check and remind us that a
10-story hotel on the waterfront might not be
realistic,” he said. “When it comes to resources,
they know what grants might be available and
how to access them.”
The process has included community input at
every step. The first was an anonymous survey of
residents, followed by a series of public forums:
• On May 21, a visioning forum was held at
Swampscott High, and the resulting mission
statement presented a vision for Swampscott
in 2025.
• More than 70 residents came to Swampscott
High June 18 for public forum 2 on housing,
history and economic development.
• Public forum 3 on July 21 at the Swampscott
Senior Center focused on transportation,
public facilities and services and open space.
• On Oct.15, more than 30 residents came to
the senior center to provide input for the
Swampscott Housing Production Plan (HPP),
a planning process separate from, but running
parallel with, the master plan.
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On Dec. 1, the fourth public forum at
Swampscott High was to decide on the final
priorities the plan would include. Some of the
items that residents have already suggested be
included in the final plan:
• roadways that are safe for pedestrians, with raised
crosswalks and other pedestrian safety measures
built into the design;
• improved access to MBTA commuter rail services
in town with better parking, bike facilities, and
pedestrian access, as well as enhanced bus service
to the station and Salem;
• bike lanes and a paved rail trail — with benches
and other amenities;
• finding a way to put town-owned properties
(e.g. old schools) back on the tax rolls;
• preserving town history, called “critical” to its
future by some residents;
• making residents better informed and more
involved in decision-making around facilities
and services;
• improving existing facilities and amenities; and
• creating more open space and recreational
opportunities.
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At the center of the action has been the Master
Plan Committee, an 18-member board that includes representatives from town boards and
commissions, town employees from several
departments, as well as members of the public
at large.
Because of their composition, master-plan
committees can be a series of competing agendas,
with members jockeying for position to use limited
resources to advocate for their own particular issue.
While town roadways are made safer and more
accommodating for pedestrians and cyclists – as
many residents have already suggested — can the
needed traffic flow for economic development still
be maintained?
“We were lacking synergy between departments,”
Ippolito said. “No common goals were being
articulated.”
The approval of the Humphrey Street Overlay
District bylaw by voters in May has given the town
the chance to get it right as part of the master-plan
process. Ippolito said the Planning Board would
like to see a mixed-usage downtown with highquality retailers and restaurants.
The master-plan process has also given the town
the chance to examine what’s been
happening in recent years
and whether it’s been in
the long-term interest
of residents.
“Everyone has to understand that everything
plays together and we’re
all in this together,”
said Angela Ippolito,
chairperson of both
the Planning
Board and the
Master Plan
Committee.
“There’s been
a lot of tearing
down of existing
structures and
rebuilding,” Ippolito
said. “Is that what
we really need?”
“This committee is an amazing, energetic, bright
group and they’ve invested a lot of energy and
determination, and there’s a great will behind this
to get it right.”
The MAPC’s Smith said the amount of
involvement in the process has been heartening
and encouraging, because a strong master
plan is a “weaving together of priorities” and
reaching a level of consensus, and that requires
having many people involved.
Ippolito said she believes this newest plan won’t
meet the fate of the 1971 plan: “I would agree that
to some extent the 1971 plan just sat on the shelf.”
She said the impetus for creating a new master
plan came because of a spate of development in
town in recent years, with projects that weren’t
part of any long-range vision or planning.
“The more people involved the better,” he said.
“Debate creates solution. I don’t want to see the
same faces at each meeting. I like seeing different
faces at each meeting.” ■
Photo by Mark Garfinkel
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MASTER PLAN — FINANCIAL IMPACT
Swampscott residents know the story all too well. Despite
paying high property taxes, the yearly budget is always
tight, and balancing the budget leaves little money for new
initiatives, expansion of services, or capital projects.
Otherwise, the budget gap would reach $630,000 by
2020, $1.06 million by 2025, and $1.785 million by 2030.
A total of $12,650,000 of revenue from new growth will
be required over the next 15 years.
That’s the good news. Going forward, there’s a strong
possibility things will get even worse, if you believe the
figures and projections put together by two town residents
as part of the process for finalizing Swampscott 2025:
The Master Plan.
“Even if we could keep the annual increase in our fire,
police, education, and insurance costs below 2.5 percent,
we still face the realities of our unfunded pension
liabilities and retiree health care benefits,” said McClung.
“These required payments will add $7 million to our costs
over at least the next 15 years. We also face the need to
reinvest in our municipal infrastructure (roads, drainage,
schools).”
Selectman Peter Spellios, who won a seat on the board
in April, said he can’t find anyone who thinks the town has
too many services or too many teachers, and he believes
the only solution is to grow the revenues.
Spellios and former Finance Committee Chairman
Michael McClung, now a member of the Article 6
Committee looking into regionalizing services to reduce
the cost of town government, have completed an
extensive analysis of the town’s financial condition over
the past 15 years. Using the data they have gathered,
they have made what they say are informed projections
about what the town’s budget will look like for the next
15 years.
Because revenue sources such as property taxes are
limited by Proposition 2½ and other revenue sources such
as state aid are out of the town’s control, they have come
to the conclusion that the town should seek to increase
the amount it gets each year from new growth.
Spellios made a presentation to the Master Plan
Committee on Nov. 16 after providing a preview of his
projections to other town officials as well as Angela
Ippolito, chairperson of the Planning Board and the
Master Plan Committee, and Matthew Smith, the
coordinator of the master-plan process for the
Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC).
“We have to make sure that the master plan reflects
the economic reality that new growth is needed,” Spellios
told the committee. He also presented graphs
reflecting research he and McClung did on the town’s
financial condition.
Spellios and McClung aren’t the only ones who are
hopeful that Swampscott 2025: The Master Plan will
include financial projections going forward, and a plan to
meet revenue needs. Ippolito had already signaled her
willingness to include a financial component in the final
document and described the committee as “very
supportive” of his presentation.
“We’d like to weave into the plan a realistic structure of
revenue projections and an implementation strategy for
meeting our needs,” she said.
According to the figures researched and put together by
Spellios and McClung, the town has averaged $335,000
in revenue from new growth each year from 2003-13.
Because 91 percent of budget expenses continue to
increase at a rate higher than 2.5 percent per year,
Spellios and McClung concluded that the town will
suffer from a growing structural deficit unless the
amount of new growth increases by 11 percent
year over year for the next 15 years.
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Only 12.6 percent of the town’s total revenues are not
subject to the constraints of Proposition 2½, and thus
allowed to grow at more than 2.5 percent.
Spellios said planned, predictable and controlled growth
is the best way for the town to be able to raise the
revenues needed implement the final recommendations
of the master plan. “The Master Plan Committee is on the
right path by promoting enhanced amenities and an
improved quality of life — which will make Swampscott
more desirable and raise property values — but a more
specific controlled growth plan is needed to address our
structural financial deficiency.”
McClung is hopeful the Article 6 Committee he chairs
will be able to find cost savings, but that won’t eliminate
the problem.
“Even if the Article 6 committee’s work were able to result
in a sweeping 10-percent reduction in police, fire, DPW,
and other non-education items, we would still only be a
fraction of the way to solving our problems,” said McClung.
“This is why Peter’s work to address the revenue
side of the ledger — and to do it in the context of a
comprehensive, coordinated master plan — is so
important.”
The devil, of course, is in the details. Any plan for growth
has to be politically palatable, and not seen as a threat to
the town’s quality of life or housing values. Spellios said
he hoped that agreement on the financial numbers would
allow the debate to move forward on growth.
“The numbers are the numbers and they can set you
free when it comes to finding a solution,” he said.
“The numbers shouldn’t be controversial.”
Spellios said much of the new growth in recent
years cannot be sustained. “It’s not accidental but it’s
unplanned,” he said. “I wouldn’t be comfortable going
forward with one-off projects.”
McClung said appropriate, controlled growth corridors
can protect and enhance “what we like about
the town” and be consistent with
neighborhoods’ infrastructure.
Growth, both say, is the solution.
Let the debate begin on how
best to get there.
By Rich Fahey
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LEAGUES
OF THEIR OWN
By Paul Halloran
They are linked by their year of graduation from Swampscott High School
and the fact that they have fashioned successful careers in sports. But the tie
that binds Todd Kline, Todd McShay, David Portnoy and Peter Woodfork the
tightest is a hyper-competitive streak that manifested itself in virtually
everything they did growing up together.
Clockwise, from top left: Todd Kline, Todd McShay, Peter Woodfork and David Portnoy. Photos: 1995 SHS Yearbook.
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“Probably too hyper of a level when
you look back at it,” said Woodfork.
“We would compete over batting
practice,” McShay added. “We competed
relentlessly with each other.”
They are among a tight group of
classmates who have all turned out
pretty well. Jason Calichman is vice
principal of Swampscott Middle
School and varsity baseball coach;
Matt O’Neil is the owner and head
chef at the Blue Ox in Lynn, considered
one of the finest restaurants in the
area; Brendan Nolan is director of
operations for ESPN.com’s college
basketball recruiting division; Traeger
DiPietro is an accomplished artist on
Martha’s Vineyard.
Kline, McShay, Portnoy and
Woodfork — who played on a state
championship baseball team as
sophomores — have established
themselves as major players in the
world of professional sports, albeit one
of them in a somewhat nontraditional
manner.
Todd Kline
Senior VP & Chief Commercial Officer
Miami Dolphins
Kline said there was a time he
thought he would join the family
business — Lynn Ladder.
“It wasn’t until I went off to college that my eyes were opened. I was
always attracted to business. When I
learned about sports business, I was
completely intoxicated by it,” he said.
After graduating from the University
of Maryland in 1999, Kline worked
in marketing for the NFL Players
Association for five years. He moved
on to a senior VP position at AEG,
which owns sports teams and venues
worldwide. After seven years with AEG,
Kline joined the Dolphins last March.
Kline is responsible for all sponsor
revenue, including corporate partnerships.
There is naturally a lot of competition
for corporate dollars, which means
Kline feels right at home.
NFL scout Gary Horton, who started
the War Room, an independent
scouting bureau that effectively served
as a cross-checker for NFL teams that
subscribed to the service.
“Swampscott had a huge impact
on me,” he said. “I got lucky to grow
up with a great group of guys. We
only had 140 kids in the class but we
competed like we were at a big school.
It was a special place at a special time.
We played Wiffle ball at Clarke Park
and kept stats. We wouldn’t have it
any other way.”
“I was working 15 hours a day and I
was broke,” said McShay, who moved
to New York when Horton relocated
the business from Arizona. “I was
living on his couch and making $1,000
a month. My parents weren’t thrilled.”
Kline joked that he was McShay’s
first player evaluation: “He told me
I was a role player in recreational
sports.”
Kline said baseball coach Frank
DeFelice left a lasting impact on him
and his teammates. “He was not easy
to play for, but he set us up to deal
with authority figures and discipline
our whole lives.”
He and his wife, Megan, live
in Miami.
Todd McShay
College Football and
NFL Draft Analyst
ESPN
There are blessings in disguise, then
there is the injury McShay suffered
as a back-up quarterback at the
University of Richmond in 1996.
“I had a heart-to-heart talk with
Coach (Jim) Reid and he told me
the staff needed extra help and asked
if I wanted to be an undergraduate assistant coach,” McShay said. “I
realized that was my best chance to
stay involved with the program.”
McShay started watching film —
and he hasn’t stopped. His work at
Richmond led to an internship with
The business — which was renamed
Scouts, Inc. — drew the interest of
ESPN, which signed a five-year
contract to receive the information
exclusively. One year into the deal,
ESPN bought the business and
McShay has been with the Worldwide
Leader since 2006.
McShay has been front and center
for the explosion in popularity of the
NFL Draft. He starts his film work in
May, one month after the draft and
11 months before the next one. He
is a major presence on the air, serving
as a sidekick — and sometimes
antagonist — to Mel Kiper. McShay
added sideline analyst on college
football broadcasts to his
responsibilities last year, working
with Sean McDonough and
Chris Spielman.
McShay said growing up in
Swampscott prepared him for
future success.
“Because it was a small town, we
always had a little chip on our shoulder,”
said McShay, who was the starting
quarterback in football and a
pitcher/first baseman in baseball (he
volunteers the fact that he suffered the
only loss in what would have been an
undefeated season in 1993).
“Outsiders looking in may have
thought we were spoiled kids with a
lot of money, but that wasn’t the case
at all. Every free moment we had we
were competing in something.
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That helped shape us, for better or
for worse.”
anti-Barstool rhetoric has quieted
considerably.
McShay and his wife, Lauren (Sullivan) — to whom he was introduced
by Portnoy — live in Boston with
their 14-month old son, Tate. They are
expecting a second child in January.
“We’re so mainstream now,” he said.
“We’ve become not nearly as risqué as
what’s out there. We almost blend in.”
David Portnoy
Founder and El Presidente
Barstool Sports
In 2011, Portnoy was paid a visit by
the State Police, who strongly suggested
he take down the naked picture of
Tom Brady’s toddler son he had posted
on his website.
“They said they would make sure
my life is very difficult if I didn’t take
it down. I acquiesced. It was a
headache I didn’t want to deal with,”
he said.
Fast forward four years and there
is Portnoy staging a sit-in at NFL
headquarters in New York to protest
the league’s shoddy treatment of the
same Tom Brady in the Deflategate
affair. He and three of his fellow
“Stoolies” were arrested by the
NYPD and spent the night in jail.
That’s Portnoy — a man of principle
and a man of the people, at least
the millions of people who visit his
website every month.
Yes, millions. Portnoy said there
are eight million unique visits every
month to barstoolsports.com, which
has been described as a satirical sports
and men’s lifestyle blog. Others aren’t
so kind, calling it a virtual frat house
and claiming it exploits women in
an attempt to appeal to its primary
demographic: college-age males.
Portnoy said problems arise when
people take the site seriously. “It
would be like walking into a comedy
club and taking the jokes literally,”
said Portnoy, who claims the
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That’s something Portnoy has rarely
been accused of. Anyone who knew
him growing up is not in the least
surprised he has become a polarizing
figure who basically makes his living
being a wiseass.
“We were coaching the Powder Puff
football game when we were seniors
and we went out for the pre-game
meeting with the referees,” Kline
recalled. “They asked if we had any
questions and Dave said, ‘Is there
any limit as to how many points we
can score?’ ”
After graduating from Michigan in
1999, Portnoy was making a decent
living in technology market research
sales. “It wasn’t horrible,” he said, “but
I always wanted to try my own thing.”
He tried unsuccessfully to find
something in the marketing side of
gambling, but offshore casinos told
him if he could produce a printed
publication focusing on gambling and
fantasy football, they would advertise.
That led to the creation of Barstool
Sports, which started as a 4-page
newspaper but quickly morphed into
an online powerhouse, which Portnoy
said has been valued at about
$15 million.
Portnoy and his wife, Renee, live
in Boston.
Peter Woodfork
Senior VP Baseball Operations
Major League Baseball
Woodfork was by far the best athlete
(football, basketball, baseball) in the
Class of 1995 and considered by
many one of the best in Swampscott
High history. He played baseball at
Harvard and has been involved with
Major League Baseball his entire
professional career.
After working three years in the
labor relations department in the
commissioner’s office, Woodfork was
assistant GM of the Red Sox from
2003–05 — yes, you can give him a
little credit for breaking the 86-year
jinx — and Arizona Diamondbacks
from 2006–10.
He returned to MLB in 2011 and
reports directly to Chief Baseball
Officer Joe Torre. Woodfork is in
charge of major league and minor
league operations, and he oversees
the 76 major league umpires.
“You have to be a little lucky to
get there and you stay there by
grinding it out,” Woodfork said.
“It’s a lifestyle choice.”
Woodfork said the competitive
nature of his formative years has
served him well.
“The standard was set when we were
growing up. Swampscott is driven
by sports, but not just sports. The
academics were tough, too. We had
a lot of people helping us to be
successful.”
Woodfork called DeFelice “as
hard-nosed and old-school as there
is. He had a great impact on me.”
The late Andy Holmes was Woodfork’s first coach — with the Swampscott Little League Indians — and
Woodfork said he was “as competitive
as anyone I ever played under.”
He called his parents, Nelson and
Ann, “the most impactful people
in my life, and I probably don’t say
that enough. It’s not easy to be
successful and they gave me all the
tools necessary.” Woodfork and his
wife, Rebecca, live in Connecticut
with their daughters Makena (4)
and Everly (1). ■
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Below and right: Woodfork,
McShay at ESPN
McShay with Mel Kiper Jr.
at ESPN
Below:
Woodfork
at bat
Below: McShay,
Portnoy and
Woodfork
Left to right: Portnoy arrested
in New York City outside NFL
headquarters; Kline; and McShay
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FACES AROUND TOWN
On Sept. 28, 2015,
Swampscott came out to
celebrate the launch of 01907:
The Magazine. Massachusetts
First Lady Lauren Baker, the event’s
featured guest, as well as her husband —
Gov. Charlie Baker — graced the
cover of the inaugural edition.
More than 100 attended
the launch party at Anthony’s
Hawthorne-By-The-Sea
Tavern and Pier 4 Cafe
in Swampscott, where
they enjoyed
Lauren
a spectacular
Baker
view of the
ocean and
sunset.
Left to right:
Pat Lausier, Tom
and Lynn Moulton
and Bob Green
Nancy and
Jim Hughes
Photos: Paula Muller
Left to right:
Rich Doucette,
Danielle Strauss,
and Matt Strauss.
EMG Chairman
Mike Shanahan
talks about the magazine.
From left:
Dick Coppinger,
Thor Jourgensen,
and Attorney Jim
Smith
Launch
at
Hawthorne
by the
Sea
From left: Amy O’Connor,
Una Dennehy and Laurie Nash
From left: Gordon Hall,
Matthew Leahy and Colton Eaton
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By Paul Halloran
He is one of the foremost political columnists in the
country, the executive editor of a major newspaper and
a Pulitzer Prize winner. He graduated summa cum laude
from Dartmouth, studied at Cambridge in England and
lectured at Notre Dame. And David Shribman is ever
mindful of where the foundation for his expansive
knowledge base was laid.
“In that period, Swampscott High was one of the
preeminent high schools in the Commonwealth,” said
Shribman, a three-time class president and member of
the Class of 1972. “The teaching was superb. The care
of the teachers was evident to all.
“There were veteran teachers with a lifelong commitment
to secondary education, and it showed every day. They
provided all of us with a remarkable background in
literature and math and science and history. I was
marked deeply by the experience.”
So deeply, Shribman immediately lists two teachers
who had an especially profound impact on him: Sanders
Stephens and Charlie Kimball, his U.S. History teachers
in 10th and 11th grade.
Swampscott’s Pulitzer prize
As a high school senior Shribman was sent to New
Hampshire to cover the presidential Democratic primary,
in which Ed Muskie of Maine defeated the eventual
nominee, George McGovern.
“I got to meet Ed Muskie and George McGovern, and
I knew McGovern until the year of his death (2012),”
said Shribman, for whom the experience solidified his
career goals.
“I was a kid who knew what he wanted to do even as a
child,” said Shribman, who grew up in Swampscott with
his parents, Norma and Richard, and younger siblings Jeff,
Peter and Cindy (Liptrot). “The very first book I bought
with my own money was The Making of the President by
Theodore White at the Shaw Junior High book sale. I
wanted to cover the president and, in fact, I’ve covered five
or six.”
After graduating from Dartmouth in 1976, Shribman
traveled to England to study African and European
history. He considered becoming a history professor, but
the pull of journalism was too strong, and he landed a job
at the Buffalo Evening News. It was in Buffalo that he met
his wife, Cindy Skrzycki, to whom he has been married
35 years. She teaches in the English department at the
University of Pittsburgh after a long career as a columnist
at the Washington Post. They have two adult daughters, Elizabeth, general manager of the Philharmonia
Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco, and Natalie,
a first-year rabbinical student in Israel.
DAVID SHRIBMAN
“In a career in journalism that has spanned almost 50
years, I draw upon those lessons every
day. Being steeped in American history
is a great advantage for a political
reporter,” Shribman said.
As a teenager, Shribman fell in love
— with the newspaper business —
and he consummated the
relationship while he was still in
high school, landing a job as a
summer fill-in at the Salem News.
“I had the opportunity to find
a career even as a high
school student.
That’s a great
advantage in life,”
he said.
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When Skrzycki went to graduate school
at American University, the Buffalo News assigned
Shribman to its Washington, D.C. bureau. He stayed in
the nation’s capital for a quarter-century, working for the
Washington Star, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and
Boston Globe.
Shribman volunteers the fact that he was fired as
Washington bureau chief by the Times, and hired
by the Wall Street Journal two weeks later. He was
Washington bureau chief for the Globe when he won
the Pulitzer for his coverage of Washington and the
national scene. He left the Globe in 2003 to become
executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Shribman is perhaps best known for
his “National Perspective” column,
which appears in newspapers
nationwide.
How many? “I have no idea,”
he said, though he is keenly
aware of a more important
statistic. “I’ve written that
column without missing one
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in 23 years, even with open-heart
surgery” in 2006.
Asked how covering national politics
has changed over the last 40 years,
Shribman points to an obvious
difference. “When I started it was a
great advantage to know where every
pay phone was in New Hampshire,”
he said. “Today that’s not such a
prized attribute.”
It did come in handy in 1987, when
Shribman was in Hanover, N.H. as
Gary Hart’s presidential campaign
imploded. “After that press conference,
I was the only reporter who knew there
was a pay phone in the basement of
the Hopkins Center (at Dartmouth),”
he said.
Harvey J. Michaels would have been
proud. Michaels was chair of the social
studies department when Shribman
was a student at Swampscott High.
Shribman considered him a mentor
for more than four decades.
“I talked to him at least once a
week until he died earlier this year,”
Shribman said. ■
David Shribman and his wife, Cindy Skrzycki,
with President George H.W. Bush
Photo courtesy of David Shribman
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´Tis the Season
With winter’s cold, gray days and long frosty nights, it’s no wonder we come together around glowing
candles, twinkling lights and tables laden with festive meals to help lift our spirits. We asked several Swampscott
residents to tell us about their holiday traditions, the lasting rituals that make the season bright.
By Sandi Goldfarb
For Anita Clark, there really is no place like home for the
holidays. The warm and welcoming household the interior
designer shares with her husband, Bill, and their three dogs —
Henry, Duke and Sophie — is where friends and loved ones
enjoy lively Christmas and New Year’s gatherings. Food is
clearly the star of the Clarks’ annual soirees. Christmas
dinner showcases Italian favorites such as ravioli and stuffed
artichokes, while the New Year’s menu features crab cakes
with a Dijon mustard sauce, spinach soufflé, a grilled beef
tenderloin flavored with ground coffee and lemon chiffon
pie, all made from scratch by Bill. Long before fall becomes
winter, friends begin checking in with the Clarks to confirm
that cherished holiday plans are in place. “People look forward
to our parties and call to make sure that we’ll be celebrating.
They say, ‘You’re having the party, right?‘ But it’s really not a
question. They’re just making sure the party is on.”
***
For Sara Lee Callahan and her family, holiday traditions
are rooted in the past. Some customs go back to her childhood home in Chelsea. Others were created with her
husband, Michael, — when their children Larissa, 25, and
Ben, 22, were very young. For many years, the Callahans
transported their winter celebrations to Smuggler’s Notch
Resort in Vermont where they skied, decorated their condo,
lit Chanukah candles and watched colorful fireworks
rain over the mountains. “It was a peaceful, beautiful place,”
said Sara Lee. “Smugglers Notch meant family time. I don’t
think that presents have ever been the most important part
of the holidays for us.” As college and burgeoning careers
took Larissa and Ben far from their Swampscott home, the
Callahans were determined to come together at least once
during the eight days of Chanukah.
And though many parents lament the role that smart
phones and laptops play in their children’s lives, Sara Lee
appreciates the way that technology has helped keep her
family close, especially during the holidays. “Sometimes we’re
all at home, other times we rely on Skype,” said Sara Lee.
“We would be lost as a family if we didn’t have
this connection.”
***
Eddie Knopf has a lot in common with the legendary
cookbook author and restaurant critic, Craig Claiborne, who
believed that “…cooking done with care is an act of love.”
For longer than the couple can remember, Eddie has created a
sumptuous Valentine’s Day meal for his wife, Diane. His
romantic menu features Steak Diane, a classic dish
traditionally made with tender cuts of beef sliced or pounded
very thin, shallots and Cognac. Eddie chose this elegant
entrée — which in restaurants is often flambéed at tableside
for dramatic effect — to honor his wife of more than 25 years.
But no holiday meal is complete without dessert. So each
year, Eddie bakes and decorates a decadent chocolate cake, the
finale of a special evening for two. “Every February Eddie
pulls the heart-shaped pan out of retirement, just for me,” said
Diane. “This kind of tradition is a wonderful gift to pass on to
our daughter, Elyse, and her new husband, Sam.” ■
The Clarks’ home
is prepared for their
annual Christmas
and New Year’s soirees.
Photo: Anita Clark
Eddie Knopf and his
heart-shaped cake pan
that he uses once a year
Photo: Owen O’Rourke
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By Paul Halloran
F
ather Robert Reed, the most recognizable
face on the foremost Catholic television network
in the country, credits Boston’s favorite TV cowboy
with instilling in him a love for the media.
“I always loved TV,” said Father Reed, president
of the CatholicTV Network. “I was on ‘Boomtown’
with Rex Trailer twice when I was a kid. I went into
WBZ and I was totally taken by TV. I fell in love
with the media.”
That may have been his first love, but it was not
his greatest.
Father Reed was only 7 and a student at the former
St. John’s elementary school in Swampscott when
his father, Bill, was tragically killed in a car accident.
Among those who came to the aid of Reed, his
mother, Jeanne, and four siblings was Father Richard
Little of St. John the Evangelist parish.
“What he did for my family when my father died
was very inspiring,” said Father Reed, who grew up
on Walnut Road. “That put the idea (of one day
becoming a priest) in my head.
“I was very involved at St. John’s. I always
considered the school and the church my
second home.”
Above: Students participate in “WOW: The CatholicTV Challenge,” a game show with host Father Robert Reed.
Photos: CatholicTV Network
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Father Reed continued a family
tradition and attended St. John’s Prep.
It was as a high school student that
he decided to give the priesthood a
chance. He went on to study at St.
John’s Seminary and the Pontifical
North American College in Rome.
He was ordained and celebrated his
first Mass at St. John the Evangelist
on July 6, 1985.
Almost three decades after
graduating from The Prep, Father
Reed has become a Catholic media
star, celebrating Mass, leading the
Rosary, and hosting a game show
and a talk show on CatholicTV.
“The network is a virtual parish,” he
said. “It’s a parish of the airways. It serves
to connect people to the Church.”
You might call his career in media a
delayed vocation, as Father Reed spent
20 years as a parish priest before getting
called in to see Cardinal O’Malley one
Sunday afternoon in 2005. “He asked
me to direct the TV station,” Father
Reed recalled. “I said, ‘Great.’ I had
worked at the station periodically, so it
was like coming home. I’ve been there
ever since.”
Father Reed oversaw a rebranding
of the network in 2006 from Boston
Catholic Television to the CatholicTV
Network. When he took over, there
were 500,000 cable TV subscribers;
there are now 14.3 million. He is one
of 31 full-time employees.
“We made the decision to rebrand
and expand into other markets,”
he said. “It’s not something that can
exist in every diocese.”
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What began on Jan. 1, 1955 when
Cardinal Cushing celebrated the first
TV Mass in the archdiocese of Boston
from a studio near Kenmore Square
has evolved into a multimedia
success story, with the faithful
accessing programming on TV,
radio and the Internet.
“I don’t see us competing with any
other Catholic media enterprise,”
Father Reed said. “We’re competing
with broadcast and cable networks.
We have a message to present and we
want to do it as professionally as any
cable or broadcast network.”
Father Reed is clearly the face of the
network, from celebrating Mass to
co-hosting “This is the Day,” a talk
show, and “WOW: The Catholic TV
Challenge,” a game show. He still finds
time to help out at parishes in Newton
and Plymouth.
His primary job remains, however,
what Cardinal O’Malley asked him
to do almost 10 years ago: direct the
TV network.
“I always felt the Church should
be doing more with TV and the
Internet,” he said. “Not much has
changed. The only change is we’re
doing it better.”
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a niece living in Swampscott and he
returns occasionally and enjoys
walking along Fisherman’s Beach.
“I love Swampscott,” he said. ■
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Cover Story
Dick Jauron
Biggest of the Blue
By Paul Halloran
K
acy Jauron recalls visiting Dick and Joann Lynch and seeing a
photo in their living room. The picture was taken at a basketball
game at the old Boston Garden. Three players are airborne, one just a bit
higher than the others. No. 34 in white.
“Who’s that?” she asked Dick Lynch.
“That’s your father, scoring the winning basket in the Tech Tourney,”
Lynch replied.
“My dad had never told me about that,” Kacy Jauron said, and doesn’t
that perfectly capture the man who is Dick Jauron.
Let’s start with the obvious: Dick Jauron, Class of 1969, is the greatest
athlete ever to play at Swampscott High School. And that’s saying
something, considering there were two other players on his high school
football team who also made it to the NFL (Bill Adams and Tom Toner).
Swampscott is a town steeped in sports tradition. There have been many
great players over the years – even when employing the literal meaning of
the adjective as opposed to how haphazardly it is thrown around these
days. We’re talking GREAT. And Dick Jauron was the greatest.
Just ask Lynch. Or Frank DeFelice. Or Andy Rose. Or anyone.
“He made me look very good,” said Dick Lynch, who was the offensive
coordinator in football and head basketball coach — and thus the beneficiary
of Jauron’s tip-in of his own missed shot with four seconds left in the
1968 Class B Tech Tourney championship game. “Whenever the game was
close, you put the ball in his hands. He was a tremendous clutch player.”
“He was the greatest player to play here,” said DeFelice, the line coach
in football and JV basketball and head baseball coach. “He could block, he
could tackle, he could run over you, he could run around you and he
could catch the ball. He was way ahead of everybody physically and
mentally. And he was a great teammate.”
Photo by Mark Garfinkel
The Boston Globe tabbed him as one of the top 10 Massachusetts
high school players ever.
Continued on next page
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If you want statistics, try these: 3,284 yards rushing
in three years at Swampscott High and 246 total points
his junior and senior years when the Big Blue were
undefeated. DeFelice, who led the baseball team for 35
years, amassed 465 wins and coached several future pros,
said Jauron is the best baseball player ever in
Swampscott. Basketball was arguably his third-best sport
and we’ve covered his exploits on the court.
At Yale, Jauron was a three-time All-Ivy League
selection and first-team All-American in 1972 as a
senior. He rushed for 2,947 yards in three years, becoming the first Yale back ever to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark
in a season. He was the starting shortstop on the baseball
team and was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals
in 1973.
Drafted by a professional team in his second sport.
Any questions?
When the Detroit Lions took Jauron in the fourth
round of the 1973 NFL draft, he was bright enough to
realize that football presented the best opportunity for
him to play at the highest level, and he would know
fairly quickly if it were going to work out that way.
“I knew I could go to (training) camp and I would
know in one practice if I had a realistic chance to make
it,” he said. “If I couldn’t, then maybe I would give
baseball a try.”
“I watched my dad (Bob) coach. He was the best
coach I’ve ever seen,” Jauron said. “I thought it was a
very honorable profession. He could coach anything.
I admired that and I knew I would coach some day.”
Jauron spent 28 seasons years in the NFL: 19 as an
assistant and nine as a head coach. He was the 2001
NFL Coach of the Year with the Chicago Bears. The
Chicago Bears. A successor to George Halas, who
founded pro football.
Though he played and coached at the very highest
level, that does not tell half of the Dick Jauron story.
His is a story about the All-American boy who became
the All-American man, and even that is an insufficient
description of Richard Manuel Jauron.
“I always thought he could have been arrogant because
he could back it up,” said Andy Rose, a high school
teammate and close friend since Jauron moved from
Lynn to Swampscott in the ninth grade. “You look at
players today and see how they are. Dick is what you
would hope everyone would be in that respect.”
“He is a great father, great husband and great citizen,”
DeFelice said.
He went to that first practice and “I knew I had a
chance,” he recalled. When two safeties were injured,
Jauron was moved to defense. That was the start of a
career that spanned eight seasons – five with Detroit and
three with Cincinnati — including a Pro Bowl selection
in 1974. He had 25 career interceptions.
After retiring in 1981, Jauron co-owned a few fitness
centers in Ohio and Kentucky. In 1985, Buffalo Bills
secondary coach Dick Moseley had a heart attack and
defensive coordinator Hank Bullough, who had coached
Jauron with the Bengals, offered Jauron the job. He
did so at the suggestion of Dick Lebeau, the secondary
coach in Cincinnati in Jauron’s last year as a player.
“I always felt like I wanted to coach; it was a question
of when and where. That was an opportunity to get my
foot in the door at the NFL level,” said Jauron, who had
the benefit of growing up with the best football coach
around living in the same house.
Dick Jauron (34) tips in the winning basket to
give the Swampscott High basketball team the Class B
championship in the 1968 Tech Tourney at Boston Garden.
Photo courtesy of Dick Lynch
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Dick Jauron, center, in blue hat, is surrounded by family and friends who travelled to Connecticut Nov. 21 to see him honored at the Harvard-Yale game.
Photo courtesy of Kacy Jauron
There is no better testament to that than the sheer
grace and dignity with which Jauron has handled
significant tragedy in his life. His brother, Wayne, died
suddenly in 1989 at the age of 44. In 2014, he lost his
28-year-old daughter, Amy. The reason Jauron has been
absent from NFL sidelines the last two years is that he
has been caring for his wife, Gail, who is ill.
Jauron politely declines to talk about any of that.
“That’s the type of person he is,” said Kacy, who
moved to Swampscott a year ago. “I don’t think
anybody in his life who knows him well is shocked at
what he has done. It is exactly what you would expect
him to do. He is an amazing husband and partner.”
Moving to town has been an enlightening
experience for Kacy, who at age 30 continues to hear
stories about her father for the first time.
“I’m still hearing about incredible accomplishments I
would have never known about,” she said. “He would
never tell me.” Of course he wouldn’t.
On Nov. 21, a bus filled with 40 of Jauron’s friends
and family traveled from Swampscott to New Haven,
Conn., to see him honored during the Harvard-Yale
game, in recognition of his Dec. 8 induction into the
College Football Hall of Fame.
That honor reflects his designation as a hall-of-fame
player, which is not even close to his status as a
hall-of-fame person. ■
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A senior role in developing Vinnin Square
By Rich Fahey
Y
ou are a lifelong Swampscott resident, but caring
for the home you’ve always lived in has become
a physical burden that you can no longer handle. Or,
perhaps you or your loved one is at the very beginning
of memory loss, early dementia or Alzheimer’s that can
place you at risk if you stay at home.
Sometime in early 2017, seniors in town will have a
new option. LCB Senior Living is building The
Residence at Vinnin Square at 224 Salem St., a $17
million assisted-living complex with 84 units on 76,000
square feet. The units will be a mix of studio, onebedroom and two-bedroom apartments and will be
taxed at the residential rate.
The town has one assisted-living center already, the
Bertram House of Swampscott on Humphrey Street.
The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) gave final
approval in June 2015 for the new complex, and Ted
Doyle, a spokesman for LCB Senior Living, said the
company closed the deal for the property in late
October from former owners Harold J. Keating Jr. and
Eileen M. Keating. The company broke ground in
November with a 14-month timeline to completion.
The independent-living units will offer meals, full
baths, light housekeeping, and a kitchenette to prepare
light meals. The facility will also include a variety of
common areas: living rooms, a library, computer room,
cafe, and a dining area, and will offer entertainment
and recreational opportunities to residents. Landscaping
plans include walking paths for residents, sitting areas,
and gardens.
“It has been a 100-percent collaborative positive
process with the town,” said Doyle. “The town had
reasonable concerns and asked the questions we
expected to be asked.”
The building will be primarily accessed from
Salem Street, but a service entrance will have access via
Sunbeam Lane, the road that connects Salem Street to
Marshalls. The developer also committed to making
improvements to the Sunbeam Lane access to the
property, in coordination with the Department of
Public Works and abutters of the road.
Doyle said security and the fact that staff will be on
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the premises 24 hours a day in case of an emergency
are two appealing features. The traffic impact will
be limited due to the likely makeup of the residents;
although all people age 55 and over are eligible, most
will be much older, Doyle said.
“The typical resident is likely to be 85 and may no
longer be driving,” he said, adding that residents are
grateful to be freed of tasks such as snow shoveling
and home maintenance.
Assisted living facilities are not skilled nursing
communities, and no medical procedures take place in
them. Doyle said certain medical specialists will come
on-site, but more typically people will continue to see
their regular doctors at their offices, with a community
shuttle available to bring residents to appointments.
The ZBA, after a series of public hearings, decided on
June 17 to grant the necessary Use Special Permit and
Site Plan Special Permit after a favorable Planning Board
recommendation, which called the development “well
thought-out and planned.” Both boards conditioned
their approval on the developer being willing to contribute
$10,000 towards a traffic study of the Greater Vinnin
Square area before a building permit is issued.
Opposition to the project was limited and centered
on traffic concerns and its location in an already busy
location. Attorney Ken Shutzer opposed the plan over
traffic issues and asked for a peer review and that a
Development Impact Statement be required and
prepared, but the ZBA believed that the elements that
would have been included in the statement had been
adequately addressed by LCB Senior Living during
its presentation.
“An assisted living facility at that property is a great
use of it,” said Town Planner Peter Kane. “It’s in a
perfect location where the residents of that building will
have great views of the (Tedesco) golf course while also
having easy access to the Vinnin Square shopping area,
including the grocery stores and the new Walgreens that
will be built next door at 505 Paradise Road.” Kane said
it also fills a need by allowing long-time residents to stay
in town instead of moving.
Doyle said the facility will offer a full range of cultural
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and educational programs while also offering residents
transportation to shows and museums. He estimated the
facility will create 75 full- and part-time jobs with about
$1.8 million in annual salaries.
LCB Senior Living developed and manages 11 similar
facilities in every New England state but Maine. The
firm’s other Massachusetts facilities are in Ipswich,
Watertown, Dedham and Wayland.
The part of the facility that deals with memory loss is
called the Reflections Memory Care neighborhood, and
Doyle said LCB has developed programs and care in
conjunction with Brigham and Women’s Hospital and
Harvard Medical School.
“Obviously there’s more care and the units themselves
are slightly different,” he said. “We don’t include
kitchenettes because of the safety factor.”
Doyle has said he expects most of those to move into
the new complex to be Swampscott residents, and that
the company intends to live up to the standards
expected by the town.
“We design each community based on local architecture
and the quality of the community,” he said. “A town like
Swampscott is used to a certain standard of refinement
and beauty, which we have tried to emulate.” ■
Photo courtesy of LCB Senior Living
“It’s in a perfect location where the residents of that building will have
great views of the (Tedesco) golf course while also having easy access to the
Vinnin Square shopping area...”
~Town Planner Peter Kane
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Photo: Paula Muller
By Stacey Marcus
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Who was
Vinnin?
We all know Vinnin Square
as the bustling nexus of restaurants, shops and businesses,
but can you identify for whom
Vinnin Square was named?
After quizzing many longtime residents and historians,
I was given a tip by Louie Gallo that
our friends in Salem may know the
answer. Thanks to Betty Covino in
the Veterans Office for connecting
me with Kim Emerling, who
provided documentation that
Vinnin Square was in existence as
far back as the 1700s. It appears
that Vinnin Square may have been
named after a Thomas Vinning/
Vinnen/Vinnin Jr., born in Salem
on Jan. 17, 1747. He served in
the Revolutionary War defending
Marblehead under the command
of Captain Edward Pettyplace. A
source of reference was the book
Massachusetts Soldiers of the
Revolutionary War.
-Stacey Marcus
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SWAMPSCOTT’S
SENTINEL
That’s Anthony Amore
By Stacey Marcus
It makes perfect sense that a gentleman with the last
name of Amore would be a purveyor of many passions. In
the event that you are unfamiliar with his myriad talents
and titles, allow us to introduce you to Anthony Amore
by way of five fast facts:
• An expert in security matters, Amore is the head
of security and chief investigator at the Isabella
Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
• He is a former staffer with the United States
Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation
Security Administration (TSA).
• He was a special agent with the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA).
• A co-author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller,
Stealing Rembrandts, Amore recently released a new
book, The Art of the Con, that tells the stories of
some of the most notorious fakes, frauds and forgeries
in the art world.
• He has been a resident of Swampscott since 2003.
Amore began his career in immigration as a special
agent for the FAA at Logan International Airport after
graduating from University of Rhode Island and
Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He left his
work with the government to branch out on his own
shortly before 9/11 and was asked to come back by the
FAA to handle unique assignments, one of which was
federalizing security baggage screenings at Logan.
“We went from having no employees to having 1,200
direct reports the next day,” said Amore. The successful
overhaul created a system whereby more than 1.5 million
bags were checked per month.
So how did Amore go from his post as a federal
investigator to being at the helm of security for one of
Boston’s most beloved art museums? He was intrigued
when he learned of the opening at the Gardner Museum
and originally applied with the intention of not taking
it, but ultimately transitioned his obsession with checking
baggage to a passion for protecting art and filling
empty frames.
He is proud of the fact that during his 10-year tenure
at the Gardner Museum there have been no incidences
and remains committed to protecting Mrs. Gardner’s
beloved collection of more than 2,500 objects of art, and
recovering the 13 masterpieces stolen in the infamous
1990 heist, including works by Degas and Rembrandt,
valued at more than $500 million.
“It’s like looking for 13 needles in 13 haystacks, but
every day the haystacks get smaller and we get closer to
recovering the paintings,” Amore said.
His knack for
investigative work and
foray into the art world
coupled with a talent for
storytelling and writing led
him into writing about art
crimes.
Photos courtesy of Anthony Amore
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“Every year tens of millions of
dollars in illicit art changes hands
around the globe. This mysterious and
high-stakes business of art fraud is a
centuries-old practice, and its lure is
irresistible, both to the con
artists who profit from it, and the
unsuspecting patrons who fall prey to
fakes and forgeries in their
overwhelming desire to possess a slice
of greatness,” according to a release
promoting the book.
“The book idea came to me over
lunch,” said Amore, who feels there
are many lessons learned through
studying stolen art. “Art theft and
forgery are not what you see in the
movies. I am struck by how many art
frauds have emerged in recent years.
It seems like success is measured not
in how good the artist is, but in how
good the forger is.”
Something that is true and genuine
is the way Amore feels about his
daughters, Gabriela and Alessandra,
and his affinity for Swampscott. He
and his former wife, Elsa, moved
to Swampscott in 2003 from East
Boston, where they had been living
to be near his job at the airport. The
couple chose Swampscott because of
its great reputation for education and
its close proximity to the water.
“I love a community where you can
really get involved in things. I also
love the beach, parks and Vinnin
Square. It’s a checkerboard of choices
of restaurants,” said Amore, who
lists Lincoln Landing as one of his
favorite spots.
He is also impressed with the
plethora of extracurricular activities
in the public schools. “Gabriela was in
the band for four years and Alessandra
is active in theater,” he said.
“Swampscott is a very safe community. I am very impressed with
the police chief (Ronald Madigan). I
read the police log and never have any
concerns.” ■
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A TASTE OF SWAMPSCOTT
Two plates, two prices
A rich comfort food for the winter months, risotto is a classic Italian rice dish cooked
in a broth to a creamy consistency. We sampled two versions, both featuring seafood,
at different price points.
What:
Shrimp Risotto
The dish featured sautéed shrimp with garlic, herbs and a hint of hot pepper,
simmered in a savory broth with Arborio rice. It was tossed with fresh asparagus,
tomatoes and roasted artichokes.
Where: Bertucci’s, 450 Paradise Road
Price: $16.99
What:
Risotto Di Mare
Shrimp, scallops and lobster meat were a decadent treat over risotto,
mixed in a garlic white sauce.
Where: Paradiso Ristorante, 15 Railroad Ave.
Price: $25
Compiled by Meaghan Casey
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Above: Hosts Tim Gunn and Hannah Davis welcome the
Project Runway Junior contestants, including Swampscott’s
Jesse Hansen (center in bright blue).
Below: Tim Gunn served as a mentor to Jesse during the show.
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Sew talented
P R O J E C T R U N WAY J U N I O R
By Meaghan Casey
Most aspiring fashion designers only dream of their first runway show. Swampscott
resident Jesse Hansen, 17, has already checked that off the list. Hansen is one of 12
young fashionistas competing on the inaugural season of Lifetime TV’s Project Runway
Junior, which premiered on Nov. 12. As an offshoot of the popular Project Runway
series, Project Runway Junior features designers ages 13–17 taking on an
array of fashion challenges. They are mentored by Emmy Award winner Tim
Gunn, who co-hosts alongside supermodel Hannah Davis. Kelly Osbourne,
designer Christian Siriano, and executive fashion editor at Cosmopolitan and
Seventeen magazine Aya Kanai, serve as judges.
Hansen has been a fan of Project Runway since he began watching 10
seasons ago, but never expected he would have the opportunity to compete
while in high school. He was still 16 during production.
“I’ve always been inspired by the contestants making dresses in one
day,” he said. “I never thought I could do it, but sometimes the best work
comes out of that pressure. You always need to believe in yourself and go
with your gut.”
It was a thrill for Hansen to live in New York City during filming in July
and meet the other talented designers, but he said the highlight was having
everyday interaction with fashion industry icons.
“Meeting Tim Gunn was incredible,” said Hansen. “That really made all of
our dreams come true.”
Born in Cambodia, Hansen was adopted when he was 7 months old.
His fathers, Tim Hansen and Jonathan Zand raised him in Swampscott,
along with younger brother Ben.
“Growing up here was fantastic,” said Hansen. “I loved it, especially
being right by the beach.”
Hansen, a student at Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, said he
became interested in fashion design at a young age, especially after
watching his father doing photo shoots. Zand worked as a fashion stylist
for companies such as Talbots and J.Jill.
Hansen started out drawing and sketching and then moved on to sewing.
For five years, he took sewing lessons at a quilt shop in Beverly. When
he was 12, he designed and stitched a ball gown made entirely out of
sailboat flags for the storefront window of a boutique in Rockport, Maine.
“The moment that dress sold was the moment I started taking fashion
as a business seriously,” Hansen said.
Influenced by the style of Alexander McQueen, Hansen designs polished,
ready-to-wear with a modern and avant-garde twist and likes to use
unconventional items in his garments.
Over the years, he has fulfilled many requests for prom gowns or special
gifts. As a junior at Walnut Hill School, he is studying visual arts and is in
his third semester of apparel design studies. In his first semester, he created
a headdress out of crushed Coca-Cola cans and gray jersey material,
bringing together techniques he had learned in design and sculpture
classes into a single project.
“I definitely used techniques I’ve learned in school on the show,”
Hansen said. Project Runway Junior airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. on
Lifetime. The winner will receive a scholarship to the prestigious
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in California, a complete home sewing
and crafting studio provided by Brother, a feature in Seventeen magazine and a $25,000
cash prize, to help launch his or her line. ■
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“Meeting Tim Gunn
was incredible,”
said Hansen.
“That really made
all of our dreams
come true.”
Photos by
Barbara Nitke
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Harmony in Swampscott
North Shore
Philarmonic Orchestra
By Meaghan Casey
As the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra
approaches its 70th year, its mission remains the
same: to provide access to quality classical music to
communities on Boston’s North Shore.
“Accessibility in the 1940s meant geographically,”
said Bob Marra, who serves as the president of the
NSPO Board of Directors. “Today, we still want the
venue to be easy to get to, but it’s more about
affordability. Families or seniors can come and enjoy a
symphonic show at a reasonable price, and in an
approachable setting. A child can talk to a violinist or
flutist before or after a concert and get a sense of
what it’s all about.”
Marra is not a musician, but his involvement with
the NSPO has been lifelong. His father, Robert, was a
violinist and founding member of the orchestra in 1946.
Initially named the Lynn Philharmonic Orchestra, the
group assumed the name North Shore Philharmonic
Orchestra in the fall of 1947.
The NSPO grew and prospered in its first 25 years
under Music Director Rolland Tapley, a first violinist with
the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Tapley established
a tradition of Sunday afternoon concerts frequently
featuring soloists of international renown. After his
Music. “When I work with a community orchestra, I try to strike the
right chord between discipline as a professional and enjoyment of the
process. We’ve built a nice relationship of trusting one another, and
I think that’s allowed us to extract the best qualities and make some
powerful music over the years. I enjoy sharing that with the community.”
Above: Music Director Robert Lehmann conducts the orchestra.
Top right: Vernon Fritch on the bass (standing)
retirement in 1973, his Boston Symphony deskmate
Max Hobart was appointed music director and
challenged the orchestra with monumental works such
as Verdi’s Requiem, Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 and
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
Since 1996, Music Director Robert Lehmann has
continued the tradition of grand classical performances
and community involvement for which the North
Shore Philharmonic has become known.
“Growing up, my grandparents and father were
amateur musicians and that’s how I came into music,”
said Lehmann associate professor of music and
director of string studies and orchestral activities
at the University of Southern Maine School of
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Lehmann has collaborated with local arts groups such as the
Paul Madore Chorale and introduced audiences to talented soloists,
among them violinists Yuri Mazurkevich and Peter Zazofsky, flutist
Renee Krimsier and oboist Neil Boyer. Other soloists throughout the
years have included violinist Joseph Silverstein and guest conductors
including Arthur Fiedler and Harry Ellis Dickson. The NSPO comprises
approximately 65 musicians, mostly volunteers, and includes students,
freelance musicians and retirees whose talents and love for the
classical repertoire are unmatched.
“The musicians have other professions but do what they do out of
love,” said Marra. “They have a wonderful avenue to showcase their skill.”
Swampscott resident Mark Wolinski describes the orchestra as “one of
the best-kept secrets in town.”
“Swampscott has always been a sports town, but I think there’s an art
presence that’s growing,” he said. Wolinski joined the NSPO 35 years
ago, while he was a music student at the Berklee College of Music. He
has served on the NSPO Board of Directors for the past eight years.
Wolinski, who spent time working in audio production and at Berklee,
also plays in jazz and rock bands and performs children’s music.
“As a musician, I enjoy every opportunity to play,” Wolinski said.
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The orchestra is staffed by an all volunteer administrative staff which oversees all
non-musical aspects of every performance. Marra, a Revere resident, has served as
board president since 1992.
“I have a personal attachment to the orchestra that emanates from my father, but I
also just love classical music as a listener,” said Marra.
The NSPO typically hosts three major concerts each year — in the
winter, spring and fall — and has rehearsed and performed at Swampscott High
School since the new school opened in 2008. The orchestra welcomed singers from
the Swampscott High School Chorus in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for its opening
concert at the school.
“It’s been fantastic as a home base,” said Wolinski. “The stage is huge, there’s plenty
of parking and over 800 seats.”
“We’re blessed to be at Swampscott High School,” said Marra. “The facility itself
really feels like a concert hall, and beyond that, we’ve had students who have gotten
involved playing with us.”
“Arts and music education in this country has taken a hit and anything we can do to
excite young musicians is absolutely in our mission,” said Lehmann.
The orchestra has also performed at local events such as the 350th
commemoration of the Salem Witch Trials, the Bicentennial celebration of
the birth of George Peabody and the 100th anniversary of Revere Beach. In
addition, it holds special holiday concerts each year, such as the Robert A. Marra
Memorial Sounds of Christmas Concert at St. Anthony’s in Revere, which collects
donated food for needy families. The last performance this season will be on
Dec. 13 at St. Richard’s in Danvers.
On Feb. 21, the NSPO will stage its winter concert at Swampscott High
at 3 p.m. with a performance of Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait.” Media personality
and Swampscott resident Kim Carrigan will serve as narrator. The spring concert is
scheduled for April 10. ■
Below: Violinist Ashley Offret; Photos courtesy of Robert Marra
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•–• BUILD A SUPPORT NETWORK
Find a friend, a group, or hire a trainer who will commit
to joining you for workouts and hold you accountable for
showing up.
KP: The number one motivator to get into the gym, no matter what
the weather is outside, is to connect with people that will help
to push you and to reach your goals. A classroom environment,
like our Monday morning boot camp, really builds camaraderie.
Clients don’t want to let the others participating down by not
showing up — there is a real fear of missing out on the fun.
NM: We call it “exercise FOMO.”
From left: Paradise Gym’s Allison DiLisio, Nancy Moran, and Kelly
Piperidis provide tips on staying motivated this winter.
Photo: Paula Muller
Stay fit
Winterize your workout motivation
By Beth Bresnahan
Oh the weather outside is frightful. And if you are like most
people, it is difficult to motivate yourself to get outside, let alone
get outside to work out during the winter months. Let’s face it,
when the temperature falls below freezing, who isn’t tempted to
hit the snooze button instead of hitting the gym? We spoke with
Nancy Moran, owner of Paradise Gym & Fitness, along with the
gym’s manager Kelly Piperidis and front desk/sales manager
Allison DiLisio, to get their tips for maintaining your workout
motivation this winter.
•–• SET GOALS
Establish goals or a target to work toward, but also
make sure they are realistic.
NM: Working out with a partner is key. Allison and I have been
working out together for six years and we are accountable to
each other. When one of us thinks we can’t complete a particular
exercise, we push each other to reach new levels.
AD: Buddying up with Nancy has not only motivated me to come
work out, but also helped me to get over fears of things that I
thought I couldn’t accomplish. If I watch her finish a set, I can see
that it’s possible that I can do it, too. The partnership has led to us
stepping out of our comfort zones and to try new things.
A great story of support happened here last winter. We had a
client who was training for the Boston Marathon. Because of the
weather, she couldn’t get in long runs outside. She would call
ahead to let us know when she was coming in to do 20 miles
on a treadmill. We (staff) and other clients would run in intervals
on the machines beside her. We all worked together to keep her
motivated on those days.
KP: Also, try to stay engaged with your workout friends through
social media. This is especially important on those days that you
can’t make it in to the gym. Share challenges and workouts with
your network so you stay motivated together.
•–• FIND YOUR GROOVE
Schedules and preferences vary. Find a time that
works best for you and stick to it.
NM: It is important to set goals to work toward that are actually
attainable. If your goal is to lose 10 pounds in two weeks, you’re
surely setting yourself up for failure. Instead, pace yourself in
working toward that goal. You will be increasing your chances of
success and lessening the likelihood of getting discouraged and
quitting.
NM: The best time to hit the gym is really subjective to the
individual and what type of person they are. Not everyone is a
morning person. Other people like to relax at night. No matter
what time you go, just remember how good it is going to make
you feel when you’re done.
KP: I suggest training for an event. Signing up for a spring race,
like a 5k or more. It is a great way to stay on focused and on
course all winter long.
KP: I make my workout my “morning cup of coffee” — it gets my
day started right. But for others, a lunchtime or after-work gym
visit works best. If that’s the case, my biggest piece of advice is:
Don’t stop at home in between. Have your bag packed and be
gym-ready to avoid losing momentum.
AD: We take pride in getting to know our clientele, understanding
their goals, and monitoring their progress. When we see a client
walk by the front desk and can see they’re making strides, we
make a point to let them know that their hard work is paying off.
It’s not only a motivator to continue working hard, but it’s also a
compliment that they’ve earned.
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AD: Some people feel that their work schedule or family life is to
hectic to fit in a workout. I like to remind them that it’s important to
do something for themselves. Getting to the gym for “me time” can
help to ease distractions, de-stress and re-energize.
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•–• MIX IT UP
Don’t always repeat the same workout.
Try new things to avoid boredom or
getting stuck in a rut.
NM: The gym can be a great boredom
buster in the winter. It gets you off the
couch. But, it’s easy to lose the motivation to keep coming back if your workout
is repetitive. Don’t do the same thing all
of the time. Step out of your comfort zone
by trying new classes or lifting weights.
KP: Your workout has to be fun — as do
the people you work out with and the
environment you work out in. Otherwise,
there is little motivation to continue.
•–• FINAL WORDS OF ADVICE
Don’t stop. Working out has positive
effects on your life.
NM: A friend shared a saying with me
a while ago that I love to tell people
because it’s the ultimate motivator: “You’ll
never regret a workout, but you will regret
not working out.”
KP: Many people will put their workouts
on hold during the holidays with the goal
of starting again on January 1. If you put
it off until the New Year, then you will be
starting from behind. You can cheat, but
don’t go overboard. To really see
results, you must make consistent
lifestyle choices.
AD: Don’t be afraid to try new things. And
don’t be afraid to laugh at yourself too.
Not everyone is an expert when they
start a new class or exercise. Pace yourself. Everyone must start somewhere.
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Heard It Through The Grapevine:
Tips from a wine guru
Vinnin Liquors Manager Neal Zagarella
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Swampscott, MA
781-598-4110
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By Sandi Goldfarb
For the uninitiated, selecting a bottle of wine to
accompany a holiday meal or as a special gift can be
daunting. Some mistakenly assume the more expensive,
the better. Others are easily swayed by a beautifully
designed label. Then there’s the fear factor. Just the
thought of perusing a wine list under the watchful eye
of a stuffy sommelier is enough to turn burgeoning
enthusiasts into teetotalers. Almost.
Forget the hefty price tags, the ceremonial swirling
of glasses and sniffing of corks. Local expert Neal
Zagarella, manager at Vinnin Liquors, wants
you stop and smell the rosé.
Zagarella, who has spent more than 25 years gently
guiding customers, says when it comes to wine there are
really no rights or wrongs. The North Shore native points
out that developing a palate — a real sense of your
personal preferences — can lead to greater enjoyment.
And while the old rule that calls for reds with meat,
whites with poultry and fish, has merit, Zagarella believes
people should drink the style or variety of wine that tastes
best to them.
“If you like red wine, drink red wine! Just
remember, wine should complement, not overpower
food,” he says.
For “newbies,” Zagarella suggests experimenting
with lighter styles. “With reds, first try a pinot noir, then
move on to bolder flavors like red zinfandel or cabernet.”
The wine afficionado encourages those who
prefer whites to sample “softer, fruitier wines
like rieslings or moscatos.” From there, Zagarella
recommends that would-be oenophiles give Pinot
Grigio a try. The more adventurous, he says, can
graduate to a sauvignon blanc or buttery chardonnay.
At this time of year, with the holidays in full swing,
wines with a hint of effervescence can add pizazz to
any celebration. “People used to reserve champagne for
special occasions. Not anymore,” says Zagarella, who is
also a fan of prosecco from Italy and cava from Spain,
which are less expensive, but no less pleasurable
alternatives to the pricier bubbly.
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These days, there are countless resources available
for those seeking insights on wine, from mobile apps to
magazines and websites. Zagarella is a fan of The Wine
Advocate and The Wine Spectator as well as his shop’s site,
www.vinninliquors.com, which provides information, tips
and trends.
According to Zagarella, a smart phone can be a wine
lover’s best friend. “When you find a wine you like, take a
picture of the label. Then talk to someone who can help.”
By sharing that image and the information it conveys,
your waiter or local merchant can help you select wines
with similar qualities and characteristics.
But, says Zagarella, despite the
abundance of information, there’s
no substitute for taking
a sip or two.
When it comes to
entertaining, Zagarella
offers a bit of sage advice.
“When you invite people
over, serve the best bottle
first. After a glass or two,
your senses are dulled.
That first glass really does
taste much better than
the last.” ■
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Italian genuine leather handbag by
Arcadia, $104, available at Marshalls,
1005 Paradise Road
Brioni men’s tie, $59.99 (originally $215),
available at Marshalls,
1005 Paradise Road
Chavez for Charity glass and crystal
bracelets in cobalt blue, $12 or 3 for $30 at
The Paper Store, 435 Paradise Road
Blue Christmas
There’s something magical
about the color blue during
the holiday season, and even
more so in a town known for
its Big Blue. These gift ideas,
shown in all shades, would
make even Elvis smile.
Compiled by Meaghan Casey
Vintage Inspired toy plane, $16.99, available
at Home Goods, 450 Paradise Road
Blue seaglass earrings designed by
Sonja Grondstra, $72, available at Kats,
212 Humphrey St.
Pursecase smartphone case in periwinkle, as
seen on Shark Tank, $35, available at Infinity
Boutique. 427 Paradise Road
Vera Bradley satchel in classic navy, $128.95, with
accordion wallet in classic navy, $58.95, available
at The Paper Store, 435 Paradise Road
Blue ceramic pottery, $15, available at Kats,
212 Humphrey St.
Vogue clutch, $55, available at Infinity Boutique,
427 Paradise Road
Wine, beer, gift certificates and gift baskets
by Sea Glass Wine & Beer, 130 Humphrey St.
Wine baskets begin at $25.
Intraceuticals rejuvenate course, $175,
cleansing gel, $39, daily serum, $149
available at LuxeBeautiQue, 410 Humphrey St.
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Seaglass bracelet, designed by Sonja Grondstra,
$240, available at Kats, 212 Humphrey St.
Periwinkle by Barlow starfish earrings, $9.95,
and bracelet, $14.95,
The Paper Store, 435 Paradise Road
Long sleeve t-shirt in white or navy, child
$12 adult $15, with 5” circular magnet, $5,
available at: fortheloveofswampscott.org
Nauti and Nice
These nautical-inspired gifts are
too nice to pass up.
Compiled by Meaghan Casey
Whale bottle opener from the Mariposa High
Seas collection, $32, available
at The Paper Store, 435 Paradise Road
Block initials by Cynthia Rowley, $5.99,
at Marshalls, 1005 Paradise Road
Anchor and pearl hand-stamped necklace
by the Vintage Pearl, $38, available at
The Paper Store, 435 Paradise Road
A-Z Initial Charms by Rembrandt, $26,
Kenneth Jon Jewelers, 425 Paradise Road
Block initials by Cynthia Rowley, $9.99,
at Home Goods, 450 Paradise Road
Initially Inspired
Whether it’s jewelry or home
accent pieces, there’s something
extra special and personal about
giving someone a gift with
his or her initial.
Candle votive with initials, $4.99,
at Marshalls, 1005 Paradise Road
WINTER
2015
Compiled by Meaghan Casey
Spartina monogram locket necklace, $39,
at The Paper Store, 435 Paradise Road
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HAIR APPARENT
SPINALES MIX
BUSINESS &
MARRIAGE
Photos: Paula Muller
By Michele Durgin
When Dan and Lisa Spinale met in the early ’70’s neither
imagined that close to 40 years later they would be a happily
married couple, the proud parents of two wonderful daughters,
Marissa and Dominique, and four grandchildren, and the
dedicated owners of a popular hair design studio in Swampscott.
They are indeed all of those things – and more. Dan begins
recounting the journey.
“I was working as a stylist at a salon in Boston and Lisa was an
assistant buyer for Filene’s,” he said. “We hit it off right away and
before we knew it we were married. Soon after, I was working at a
salon in Malden and Lisa and I were starting a family.”
After a few years and the birth of two daughters, Dan encouraged
Lisa to enroll in hairdressing school, which she did part-time in
the evenings. “She has such great fashion and style sense and is
business-savvy. I knew she would be a terrific hair stylist,” he said.
Now, close to 40 years later, Dan and Lisa are the proud
proprietors of a salon that bears their name, Spinale and Company,
on Humphrey Street.
According to Lisa everything seemed to come together at the
right time and in the right way. “We teamed up and would alternate
days working so that one of us was always home for our girls,” she
said. “We would work 10-hour days and 50-hour weeks, and in this
industry you have to constantly reinvent yourself and keep up with
the times. There is so much competition out there.
“We began with the old fashioned mom-and-pop philosophy in
the way that we treated our clients and employees. We still hold on
to that philosophy today because it has worked.”
Spinale and Company is 10 years old and one of the most successful
hair salons in the area. It is a full-service salon that includes a team
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of six hair stylists, two assistants, and a manicurist, who are all “rock
stars,” according to Dan.
Dan said haircutting and styling have long been his passion and he
has been in the business long enough to know that there are a couple
of rules that need to be followed in order to stay in the business. He is
adamant about Rule No. 1: “There is no ego here. That is why some
salons have a high turnover rate of stylists. We are a team first and we
are all here for each other.”
Dan also believes that providing opportunities for continued education
is important and is the essence of Rule No. 2 when it comes to staying
current and marketable through education he leads by example.
“We bring educators to the salon for workshops, each of us attends
professional development/hair design classes on a regular basis and
we all fly to New York City every year to attend the International Hair
Show.”
One of the stylists asked if she could add a comment to our discussion.
Without hesitation, Dan and Lisa answered “yes” in unison.
“My name is Angela and I want to tell you that it all works here because
everyone on staff really loves each other and that’s huge. We all get along
and care about clients and staff alike. We are all here for each other and
that doesn’t happen everywhere.”
“It’s true. We are like a family here, both staff and clients,” Dan said. “I’ve
had clients since Day One and loyalty is key. We love the community so
much that we settled here and brought our kids up in this town. Both of
our daughters are proud Swampscott High graduates.”
Lisa echoed those sentiments. “Yes, we do care very much about each
other here. It’s an awesome small community and we are happy to be
accommodating to our neighbors. We will make home visits if necessary,
and even go to hospitals and rehab centers or nursing homes. We
especially love to work with brides and their wedding parties on the big
day.” ■
WINTER
2015