Check it out boys & girls

I got this today, from a Port person, and it came from a Lynn newspaper. Read it ... especially paragraph #4.

Swampscott's Maylor a finalist again for Winthrop town manager
By Debra Glidden / The Daily Item

SWAMPSCOTT - Once again, Town Administrator Andrew Maylor is a finalist for the town manager position in Winthrop.

Maylor said it's still early in the process and the town council would not be interviewing the three finalists until next week, but he confirmed he is one of three finalists. Maylor admitted Winthrop holds a special appeal for him.

"The first thing that needs to be stated is I spent 35 years of my life in Winthrop," he said. "My parents still live there. It is home. The place where you grew up is home. This presented an opportunity to be part of the government process in the place where I grew up. The ability to participate in what you love to do in the place you grew up is something that doesn't come along very often."

The other two candidates are Newburyport Mayor John Moak and James McKenna, a trial attorney and two-term administrative assistant to former Gloucester Mayor John Bell.

Maylor said the list of 35-40 candidates was winnowed down to five people, who were interviewed by the screening committee.

The screening committee than recommended three finalists to Town Council President Thomas Reilly.

"Under their charter the council president will make his selection and make a recommendation to the full (town) counsel," Maylor said. "It is up to the council whether to ratify his selection. From what I've been told I don't expect that to happen before Memorial Day."

Maylor said the job posting for the Winthrop position indicated a salary range of approximately $125,000 and it is comparable to what he makes in Swampscott.

Oh, and I just saw it on the Daily News website, as "Breaking News," here.

This is what I get for cavorting around town, gardening and drinking, instead of being home reading my email ... ah what the hell, what I was doing was much more fun!