April 23, 2024 - Marblehead Current

23 Apr

OBITUARY: Barbara (Bonnie) Jones, 67

Will Dowd0 CommentsObituaries

Bonnie passed away on April 12 at her home in Key West, Florida, surrounded by love and gratitude. She was a native New Englander, having grown up in Marblehead and graduating from Northeastern University in 1973. She taught at Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School until moving to Key West in 1981 with her life partner of 50 years, Mitzi Krabill. Bonnie was proud to be the southernmost courier for Fedex until her retirement after 20 years. She was a high school and college athlete, a…

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets

Leigh Blander0 CommentsArt, Culture, Entertainment, Local News, Marblehead Public Schools, Recreation, Sports

Current Events spotlights exciting happenings in the coming days. If you’d like to contribute a listing, please email Current Editor Leigh Blander at lblander@marbleheadnews.org. Get ready for ‘The Prom’Friday, April 26 through Sunday, April 28 Don’t miss the Marblehead High School spring musical, “The Prom.” The production tells the story of four washed-up Broadway stars who are looking to repaint their image as celebrity activists. When they catch wind that the bigoted PTA of a small town in Indiana has canceled the high school prom,…

LETTER: ‘Civil War’ is not ‘paranoid thinking’ but a wake-up call

Will Dowd0 CommentsLETTERS, Opinion

To the editor: While I very much appreciate Virginia Buckingham’s commitment to local journalism, and the role that she plays in bringing the Marblehead Current to us each week (I am a regular reader and view the Current as a quality news source and publication), I respectfully and strongly disagree with the conclusion that she reached in her column last week regarding the film “Civil War” (“Everything will be okay”: Civil War nonsense). I saw the film (it is showing at the Warwick) and like…