Plenty to say in Swampscott

PHOTO BY PAULA MULLER Patrick Jones, Matthew Strauss and Donald Hause, from left, participate in the Item’s forum for Swampscott selectmen. By GAYLA CAWLEY SWAMPSCOTT – Three candidates for a pair of seats on the Board of Selectmen talked taxes, reuse of the former Machon Elementary School and regionalization in a forum Tuesday night.