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09 Mar

LETTER: Vote for candidate who will fight for lower energy costs

Submitted ContentLETTERS, Opinion

Massachusetts pays the third highest electricity prices in the country according to the EIA (the U.S. Energy Information Administration). And voters have noticed: the cost of living is the most important issue facing the state in the University of New Hampshire’s most recent Bay State poll. The basic problem facing Massachusetts is that we do not have significant domestic energy resources. Our solar and wind potential is paltry compared to plains states like South Dakota and Kansas. That is why despite the state’s high conviction…

09 Mar

LETTER: An ‘urgent call’ to Generations X,Y and Z

Submitted ContentLETTERS, Opinion

The war in Iran is an urgent call to members of Generation X, Y and Z that we must rise to our destiny, or risk disappearing, as previous generations have, into the mythology of American exceptionalism. Members of Generation X lost brothers, cousins and friends in a useless war in the Iraq desert, like our parents did in the jungles of Indochina. Yet, around 1980 or so, our parents got on board the gravy train of individualism, high technology and financial engineering, and it’s been…

09 Mar

OBITUARY: Lance M. Belostock, 63

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Lance M. Belostock, 63, of Marblehead, passed away peacefully on March 3 after a courageous seven-month battle with cancer, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Lynn on July 21, he was the son of the late Sidney and Natalie Belostock. Lance was the devoted husband of Kathleen (Walker) Belostock and the loving father of Jamie Holt and her husband Zachary of Salem, and Sydney Belostock of Marblehead. He was a proud and devoted grandfather to Mackenzie Belle Holt of Salem. Lance is also survived…

09 Mar

OBITUARY: Paul Misoda

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Paul Misoda was born in 1937 in Nesquahoning, Pennsylvania, to Mary and John Misoda. After high school, he left home to join the US Air Force. He was proud of his time in the Air Force which was the catalyst for his interest in engineering and afforded him the ability to pursue his dream of going to college at Penn State; and then eventually earning a master’s in aerospace engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic. In his early years he worked at Pratt & Whitney aircraft in…

09 Mar

Thomas Joseph Sheridan, 89

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Thomas Joseph Sheridan, 89, of Marblehead, passed away peacefully on March 2, just six days shy of his 90th birthday. Born on March 8, 1936, in Providence, Rhode Island, Tom was the eldest of three children born to proud Irish immigrants, Thomas and Rose Sheridan. He was raised in Barrington, Rhode Island, in a home grounded in deep faith and a strong work ethic that shaped the course of his life. Tom was married for 64 years to his high school sweetheart, Mary Jane Traficante…

08 Mar

LETTER: A message to the community from the Marblehead Chamber of Commerce

Submitted ContentBusiness, LETTERS, Opinion, Top Stories

For more than five decades, the Marblehead Chamber of Commerce has proudly served the town of Marblehead and its vibrant business community. Since the 1960s, the Chamber has worked to promote local commerce, strengthen community ties and celebrate the unique character that makes Marblehead so special. Over the years, the business landscape has evolved dramatically. The rise of the internet, the growth of online retail and national “category busters,” the shift to social media marketing, economic downturns and most recently the challenges of COVID-19 have…

05 Mar

PUBLIC HEALTH: Mental health concerns in wellness survey

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By Marblehead’s Board of Health members Dr. Tom Massaro, Dr. Amanda Ritvo and Tom McMahon “Social disconnection puts us at increased risk for depression, anxiety and suicide, as well as heightening our risk for stress-related physical ailments …. Its impact on our risk of premature death is on par with smoking 15 cigarettes daily,” said Vivek Murthy, former U.S. surgeon general. Today’s world is marked by what the former surgeon general has described as a growing “social disconnect.” Marblehead has certainly experienced its share of…

02 Mar

Honor an excellent teacher today

Submitted ContentEducation, Local News

Nominations are being accepted for the Margaret Voss Howard Teacher Recognition Award, a fund of the Essex County Community Foundation. The yearly award honors the contributions of one teacher from the Salem schools and one from Marblehead schools, with each receiving $1000. Teachers, other school employees, parents, students and citizens may nominate a teacher by submitting a detailed letter explaining why the teacher should be honored and sending it to howardteacheraward@yahoo.com. Nominations are due April 10. Nominators should include the teacher’s name, school and assignment,…

02 Mar

‘A Few Good Men’ underscores that the law applies to everyone

Submitted ContentArt, Local News, Press releases, Theater

By Lisa Fama, MLT board member and co-producer of "A Few Good Men" Directed by Billy Lewand, “A Few Good Men” opens Friday, March 6, 7:30 p.m. at MarbleheadLittle Theatre. Aaron Sorkin’s groundbreaking debut tells the story of a group of military lawyers assigned to defend two Marines in Guantanamo Bay. During the course of the trial, they uncover a high-level conspiracy designed to eliminate weaker soldiers in the name of patriotism. Many know this story by way of the 1992 Rob Reiner film but…

02 Mar

LETTER: Congressman Moulton is wrong about the SAVE Act

Submitted ContentLETTERS, Opinion

To the editor: Last month, I asked Seth Moulton’s office what was his rationale for voting against the SAVE ACT. According to the Pew Research Center, 84% of US adults support VOTER ID. Seth is more concerned with political gamesmanship than serving his constituency. Not only is he not serving us by voting for what he was sent to congress to do, but he adds the irony of this statement with his recently proposed safe election legislation, “Election security is vitally important.” His primary objective…