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Back in time to Jan. 25, 1979

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So much for Dry January. It's been a wild, wet month in Massachusetts so far in 2024, with snow, wind, and rain pummeling the coast on what feels like a near-daily basis. In 1979, a late January storm wreaked havoc up and down the coast, giving residents flashbacks to the Blizzard of '78. Flooding cut off the Marblehead Neck at high tide and debris was strewn across the … [Read more...] about Back in time to Jan. 25, 1979

Back in time to Dec. 23, 1988, and the fall of the ‘Condo King’

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My jaw tumbled to the floor when I stumbled upon a story from the Dec. 23, 1988 edition of The Daily Evening Item featuring a photo of a home on Marblehead Neck known simply as "Carcassonne," and a headline dramatically blaring "Paradise Lost." The image was so striking — essentially a castle carved into the Neck overlooking the ocean — that it compelled not just the writing of … [Read more...] about Back in time to Dec. 23, 1988, and the fall of the ‘Condo King’

Back in time to Nov. 1, 1983

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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 "critical." At a meeting of the FinCom, members examined a report that found the hospital had a net loss of $142,000 across the first two months of fiscal year 1984, July and August, seemingly refuting the notion that the hospital … [Read more...] about Back in time to Nov. 1, 1983