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Back in time to Nov. 17, 1993
The “Spirit of ’76” is undoubtedly one of the most iconic images in Marblehead, a town full of historic iconography. The painting looms large ...
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Back in time to Nov. 1, 1983
It was this week 40 years ago that the administrator of the Mary Alley Hospital rebuffed a report from the Finance Committee deeming its finances “critica...
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Back in time to Oct. 25, 1983
A few weeks ago, over in the A section of this paper, my colleague Ben Pierce chronicled the ongoing saga of the Coffin School, with the Select Board and the Sc...
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Back in time to Oct. 18, 1983
After abandoning this column each of the last two weeks, I felt it was my obligation to return with a bang, so to speak. And, thankfully, Marblehead delivered f...
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Back in Time to Sept. 28, 1983
There’s no doubt that the Neck and Chandler Hovey Park are among Marblehead’s most cherished natural resources โ and, this week 40 years ago a ...
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Marblehead postal worker pleads guilty to conversion of government funds
BOSTON โ A Saugus man who worked as a postal worker in Marblehead pleaded guilty to one count of conversion of government money in federal court Wednesday, th...
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Back in time to Sept. 15, 1993
As I sit down to write this column, Pennsylvania State Police and other law enforcement officials have taken convicted killer Danelo Cavalcante back into custod...