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Swampscott

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Swampscott (swŏmp`skət), town (1990 pop. 13,650), Essex co., E Mass., a residential suburb of Boston Boston, city (1990 pop. 574,283), state capital and seat of Suffolk co., E Mass., on Boston Bay, an arm of Massachusetts Bay; inc. 1822. The city includes former neighboring towns—Roxbury, West Roxbury, Dorchester, Charlestown, Brighton, and Hyde
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, formerly an exclusive summer resort, on Massachusetts Bay; settled 1629, set off from Lynn Lynn, city (1990 pop. 81,245), Essex co., E Mass.; inc. as a town 1631, as a city 1850. Lynn is an old industrial center. The first ironworks (1643) and the first fire engine (1654) in the country were built there.
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 and inc. 1852. The Mary Baker Eddy Eddy, Mary Baker, 1821–1910, founder of the Christian Science movement, b. Bow, N.H. As physical frailty prevented her regular school attendance, she spent the early part of her education learning at home from her brother Albert Baker.
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Ron Landman, who's been a middle school principal for the past 28 years, the last 17 at the Swampscott Middle School in Swampscott, Massachusetts, points to a recent attempt by his world languages teacher who used math manipulatives to help his students grasp a foreign language.
Tapping pioneer and professor of tapology Brenda Bufalino has written a memoir that covers her Swampscott, MA background, her apprenticeship and partnership with tap legend Honi Coles, her love of nature as a source for creativity, and her vision for the future of tap.
 
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