The Board of Selectmen unanimously favored Mitch Ruscitti for the next town administrator, citing his municipal leadership skills and his long-game financial literacy, among other “top qualities” that rival the legacy of Swansea’s previous administrator, Mallory Aronstein. 

At the board’s May 21 meeting, the “burdensome” ordeal of choosing one of three finalists up for the job of managing Swansea’s daily operations was put to rest as Chairman Michael Beaudette led his fellow board members Robert Medeiros and Alanna Solitro in explaining why Ruscitti rose to the top of the candidate pool.

Solitro said there were two of the three candidates that could “do what we need” at a time when Swansea faces financial turbulence, the kind that Ruscitti’s “chops for handling money,” said Medeiros, could calm.

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