HOW THEY MET: The tinsel and the glitter
While taking classes at Boston University, Judy Dufresne, of Shrewsbury, met Bonnie Freedson, who was from Marblehead. The two found an apartment in Boston and ...
HOW THEY MET: The woman I never met
I never met a woman named Sally Carson, yet she’s been with me every day for more than 25 years. While dining with my mother at a coffee shop in Manchester-by...
HOW THEY MET: Giving them their glory
As a volunteer for FOMAA (*Friends of Marblehead’s Abandoned Animals), Dyan Katz was instrumental in a 2005 rescue of a feral cat colony. She would become the...
HOW THEY MET: The blind date
Laura K., born and raised in Westchester County, New York, was working as an elementary school teacher in Chappaqua when a coworker made a suggestion. “She an...
HOW THEY MET: A post-Peace Corps safe haven
In 1966, Margaret Franck was stationed in Punjab, India, serving the second year of her two-year volunteer term in the Peace Corps. She was eagerly anticipating...
HOW THEY MET: Sophie and me
In the late summer of 2018, Jess Burton received an urgent request regarding an aggressive pit bull. Training dogs, and their owners, was something he was good ...
HOW THEY MET: Just Sally and Dave
Sara (Sally) Gallet remembers the excitement in her friend Adelaide’s voice one afternoon in the summer of 1955. “Get on your bike and ride over — Dave Pe...
HOW THEY MET: When passion fuels destiny
Diane Treadwell of Marblehead has a carry-on bag that sits at her front door. The contents include only essentials, along with LUNA bars, nuts, a hammock, and a...
HOW THEY MET: Be good to yourself
It was 1942 when 13-year-old Carol Ann Paresky met 16-year-old Joseph Malcolm Paresky on a double-date. They were from neighboring towns, she from Newton, he fr...
HOW THEY MET: The Mentor/Mentee Connection
If you’ve attended Marblehead sporting events over the past twenty years, you’ve likely encountered one of the town’s most ardent supporters. Michael Simm...