Meet Clinton Swett - At Freeport Town Hall

Clinton Swett is the Assistant Freeport Town Assessor and someone you will enjoy getting to know. He is knowledgable, helpful, organized and calm amidst all the demands on his job. Clint and I spoke about his Maine roots, education and career development in his very attractive corner office at Freeport town hall. Clinttold me that there are many Maine residents with the last name of Swett just as I know that there are many Drakes located throughout Maine. His mother is from Calais and his grandfather is from the Houlton area. There is a Canadian family connection too with several family members in the Bangor area. Clinton's mother remarried a Pharmacist in the Portland area which is how Clint arrived here in southern Maine. H graduated from Portland High School, one of the oldest and prestigous urban American public school systems in the US. He attended the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Technical School where he focused his studies in the Travel industry. He obtained his first job as a computer operator for a Research and Development firm in Columbus Ohio where he worked for 18 years. Clint and I both share work experience in computer operations back in the days when computers were large behemoths requiring special air conditioned rooms. Clint joked about working a CDC mainframe computer that was water cooled. Clint moved back to Maine in 1998 and took a job at CMP in their computer operations department. When CMP outsourced their computer operations department to New York, Clint had been working a part time job in the town of Freeport Finance department. When Lynn Anderson, the assistant assessor, left her position, Clint was a natural choice especially with his extensive and highly developed computer skills. When he is not working, he enjoys dabbling at golf. He says it is a good day on the golf course when he doesn't lose too many balls and no one gets hit by one of his shots. He and his wife love to travel, especially to Quebec City. He also loves living in Freeport and marvels that he and his wife live in a town that attracts thousands of tourists from all over the country and the world. He and his wife are within easy walking distance from their Kendall Road home to local restaurants and shopping.