Kris Olson

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MARBLEHEAD FESTIVAL OF ARTS: After two-year hiatus, Crocker ready to rock once more
30 Jun

MARBLEHEAD FESTIVAL OF ARTS: After two-year hiatus, Crocker ready to rock once more

Kris Olson2 CommentsLocal News, Top Stories
No one has been driven crazier by the sound emanating from Marblehead's Crocker Park the past two Fourth of July weekends than Brian Wheeler. That sound? Silence. Wheeler, longtime chairperson of the performing arts portion of the Marblehead Festival of Arts, is beyond excited that he and his team of volunteers will once again this year be bringing an eclectic array of accomplished performers to the stage at the "gorgeous sandbox" that the Parks and Recreation Department and other town officials have allowed them to…
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MARBLEHEAD FESTIVAL OF ARTS: A primer
30 Jun

MARBLEHEAD FESTIVAL OF ARTS: A primer

Kris Olson1 CommentLocal News, Top Stories
Thanks to throngs of dedicated volunteers, the annual Marblehead Festival of Arts has long been a sprawling event. There are so many features for young and old, it can be hard to wrap your head around all of them. The Marblehead News thought it might be helpful to put together a quick primer for visitors, those new in town or anyone in need of a bit of a refresher. For a complete listing of all things MFoA, visit the Festival's website. Exhibits One centerpiece of…
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Seascapes, shorelines by Homer, Hopper to be part of virtual talk
30 Jun

Seascapes, shorelines by Homer, Hopper to be part of virtual talk

Kris Olson0 CommentsPress releases
From artist colonies to robber baron “summer cottages,” the New England shoreline has inspired countless creative works. Jane Oneail, founder of Culturally Curious, will present a virtual program that will look at seascapes and shorelines by beloved American artists Wednesday, July 20, 2-3 p.m. Register at tinyurl.com/Zoom-Seaside-Escapes. Winslow Homer's 'West Point Prout's Neck' will be among the works discussed by Jane Oneail, founder of Culturally Curious, in a virtual program Wednesday, July 20. COURTESY PHOTO/Clark Art Institute Oneail's presentation will touch on Winslow Homer and…
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Marblehead Police to institute traffic, safety plans for Fourth
29 Jun

Marblehead Police to institute traffic, safety plans for Fourth

Kris Olson0 CommentsLocal News, Top Stories
The Marblehead Police Department has announced the following traffic and safety plans for events in town over the Fourth of July weekend. Horribles Parade Date: Monday, July 4 (rain date Sunday, July 10) Time: From approximately 9 a.m. on Location: Pleasant Street between Spring and Washington streets, Essex Street Details: Beginning at approximately 9 a.m., Pleasant Street will be closed between Spring Street and Washington Street (South) by 3 Cod Tavern, and Spring Street will become one-way from Pleasant Street to Sewall Street. Essex Street…
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Meetings on Marblehead mask mandate violated Open Meeting Law, AG finds
29 Jun

Meetings on Marblehead mask mandate violated Open Meeting Law, AG finds

Kris Olson0 CommentsLocal News, Top Stories
The rise in COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant and the possible need for a town-wide mask mandate late last year was not the type of "emergency" that permitted the Marblehead Board of Health to meet without providing the 48 hours' notice required under the state's Open Meeting Law, the Division of Open Government in the Attorney General's Office ruled June 23. The division also faulted the board for not doing more to ensure public access once it began to realize that a meeting…
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Rankled by transfer station overruns, Waller finds Open Meeting Law outlet
29 Jun

Rankled by transfer station overruns, Waller finds Open Meeting Law outlet

Kris Olson1 CommentLocal News, Top Stories
The Marblehead News' coverage of the town is free, and we'd like to keep it that way. Please consider a tax-deductible donation to the Marblehead News Group, Inc. by visiting https://bit.ly/3NxZ0yJ. The recent complaint that helped prompt the Attorney General's Office to order the Marblehead Board of Health into an online refresher course on the Open Meeting Law was not Allen D. Waller's first. Waller told the Marblehead News he has filed roughly a dozen Open Meeting Law complaints against town boards over the past…
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Marblehead town clerk acknowledges not ordering enough ballots
28 Jun

Marblehead town clerk acknowledges not ordering enough ballots

Kris Olson0 CommentsLocal News, Top Stories
In response to an inquiry from the Elections Division of the Secretary of the Commonwealth's Office, Marblehead Town Clerk Robin Michaud has acknowledged that her office violated G.L.c. 54, §45 by not ordering at least one ballot for each registered voter for the June 21 town election. "This will never happen again," Michaud vowed in her response to the Elections Division, sent June 27. Michaud assured that, in the future, her office would make sure to order one ballot for every registered voter in the…
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Marblehead Light Commissioner may seek recount
27 Jun

Marblehead Light Commissioner may seek recount

Kris Olson0 CommentsLocal News, Top Stories
Incumbent Marblehead Light Commissioner Walter Homan has picked up the forms and has until 5 p.m. Friday, July 1 to obtain the necessary signatures and return them to the town clerk's office to request a recount formally. According to unofficial results posted by the Marblehead Town Clerk's Office, Homan fell 19 votes short of being re-elected to a three-year term on the commission in the June 21 annual town election, receiving 2,605 votes to challenger JeanJacques Yarmoff's 2,624. The election was affected by a town-wide…
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Shelter My Soul benefit set to rock Marblehead Veterans Middle School
24 Jun

Shelter My Soul benefit set to rock Marblehead Veterans Middle School

Kris Olson0 CommentsLocal News, Top Stories
The Chad Hollister Band is set to headline the Shelter My Soul benefit concert Saturday, June 25, 7 to 10 p.m. at Marblehead Veterans Middle School to benefit the Lynn Shelter Association. Tickets will be available at the door. The Chad Hollister Band will headline Shelter My Soul, a benefit concert for the Lynn Shelter Association, Saturday, June 25, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Marblehead Veterans Middle School Performing Arts Center, 217 Pleasant St. This benefit concert will also feature Deb Larkin and…
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Glover’s Marblehead Regiment to bring 18th century back to Fort Sewall Saturday
23 Jun

Glover’s Marblehead Regiment to bring 18th century back to Fort Sewall Saturday

Kris Olson0 CommentsLocal News, Top Stories
Glover’s Marblehead Regiment is pleased to announce the return of its Revolutionary War Living History Encampment to Fort Sewall in Marblehead this Saturday, July 9. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., visitors can travel back in time to the 18th century. Admission is free. See the fort: See Fort Sewall will be transformed into a busy military camp, bustling with soldiers and sailors as well as civilian townspeople and camp followers. Visitors can explore newly restored fort structures and learn about the role of the…
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