“Fall Go Green and Help Clean” was the mantra this past Sunday, as my dad and I participated in the annual SPUR cleanup. Organized by SPUR volunteer organization, this was a large scale effort to pick up trash and debris from selected beaches and open spaces in Marblehead, Salem, Nahant, and Swampscott, to keep our…
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Halloween in Salem, MA
There are plenty of things and places you can go during the halloween season but Salem is where it’s all happening. In Salem, you will experience a one of a kind Halloween. There are many activities to do in Salem throughout the spooky month of October. Some things you can do in Salem is visit…
The Best Local Restaurants
Best for Breakfast The Driftwood Restaurant is about as ‘local’ as a restaurant can be. Take a walk outside and you are standing looking out over the harbor. Opening at 5:30 in the morning, it is a beautiful place to dine and watch the sun rise over the water. Extraordinary service comes with experience as…
Secrets of Salem
In the past few months, I’ve been spending quite a bit of time in Salem. My friends and I like to hang out in Salem on the weekends, because there is so much to do and always a funky event happening! As Halloween approaches, venturing into Salem becomes increasingly time-consuming, due to the Halloween traffic….
Sustainability Fair Empowers Marblehead
In 2018, adolescents have inspired dramatic change across the country. Sustainable Marblehead believes Marblehead High School students can create their own impact, this time on the environment. Just as the organization’s name implies, this movement is here to stay. The environment has consistently been an important issue to Marblehead residents. Marblehead Conservancy just reached their…
Black Lives Matter Banner Revealing At UU Church
On Sunday, May 6, The Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead revealed their Black Lives Matter banner in front of the masses. Men, women, young and old came to participate in the celebration that was filled with peace, love, and prosperity. The milestone was a beautiful hymn in times where racial inequality rings high. The revealing…
Boater’s Bucket List
“The boats are in.” My dad makes this declaration every year at some point towards the end of April, and every year hearing it makes my heart flutter with excitement. Like many Marbleheaders, I tough it out through our gruesome, gray winters, impatient for that first day back out on the water. And when that…
Marblehead Needs to Shovel
In Marblehead, a town where 8,144 households have at least one person under age eighteen, it is inevitable that there will be hundreds of children walking to and from school each day. In addition, the lack of school buses increase this number. Walking to school is great exercise, and often gives children a great way…
What We Look for in our Local Businesses
After eleven years of serving caffeine-craving Marbleheaders, the classic coffee-shop Atomic Cafe has officially shut its doors. The last year has been tough on the cafe, between a drainage project that shut down Pleasant Street, the road allowing access to Atomic, and a pipe-break that led to water damage. However, Marbleheaders wanted the business to…
The Turkeys Are Back
In many areas around the world, it would be fairly uncommon to see a flock of wild turkeys strolling across a main road at 7:30 in the morning. In Marblehead, however, wild turkeys are practically members of the community. While they have not been sighted regularly around town for several months, Marblehead’s mascots have returned….