Community Service - Marblehead Current

07 Apr

Observer Corps Report: Task Force Against Discrimination

Submitted ContentCommunity Resources, Community Service, Nonprofit corner

In-person Meeting — Glover School Meeting Room, March 27LWVM Observer: Shari PressmanMembers in Attendance: Helaine Hazlett, Diane Gora (co-chairs), Marblehead Chief of Police Dennis King (ex-officio), Deacon John Whipple, Chris Bruell, Reece DahlbergUpdate on Marblehead Police Department News — Chief King made it clear that the MPD always responds to incidents and must believe that schools are handling “impactful” incidents internally and appropriately. He noted that incidents used to be kept quiet but are more likely to be addressed now. It’s rare to have an…

20 Jan

Celebrating MLK Day with community breakfast, service

Leigh BlanderCommunity Resources, Community Service, Nonprofit corner, Top Stories

Dozens of people shoveled out early Monday to attend the town's first MLK Community Breakfast, hosted by the Marblehead Racial Justice Team at Old North Church. Others came out to SPUR to make soup jars for local families facing food insecurity. https://videopress.com/v/jyFmiSn1?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Donna Pearl Cotterell, right, and Cheryl Boots lead the MLK Community Breakfast in song. CURRENT VIDEO / LEIGH BLANDER At Old North, it was standing room only as Marblehead resident and the town's new grant writer Donna Pearl Cotterell led a community sing…

14 Dec

PHOTO GALLERY: Wreaths Across America honors Marblehead veterans this holiday season

Leigh BlanderCommunity Service, Top Stories

The Marblehead chapter of Wreaths Across America welcomed people to Waterside Cemetery on Saturday to lay holiday wreaths on the graves of veterans. Today's event was organized by longtime Marblehead dispatcher Teresa Collins. Wreaths Across America started in Arlington National Cemetery in 1992. This year, more than two million volunteers gathered at 4,600 locations in all 50 states, at sea and abroad. Marblehead 9-1-1 dispatcher Teresa Collins leads the national Wreaths Across America ceremony at Waterside Cemtery. CURRENT PHOTOS / GREY COLLINS Ann Powers places…

22 Apr

Earth Day celebrations underway in town

Leigh Blander0 CommentsCommunity Resources, Community Service, Environment, Nonprofit corner, Top Stories

Today marks the 54th annual Earth Day, but the celebration started early here in Marblehead. On Saturday, April 20, the Marblehead High School National Green School Society raised $770 in an Earth Day 5K. The students will donate the money to local environmental causes. Two dozen MHS students came out for the race, which started and ended at Devereux Beach. William Herlihy came in first, followed by Henrik Adams, Nate Assa and Will Cruikshank. MHS students at the rainy starting line of an Earth Day…

16 Apr

There are several local ways to celebrate Earth Day

Leigh Blander0 CommentsCommunity Resources, Community Service, Environment, Local News, Nonprofit corner, Top Stories, Volunteerism

Earth Day is Monday, April 22, and several local organizations are celebrating this year. Here’s a quick preview of some events. Join SPUR on Saturday, April 20, 10-11 a.m. and 3-4 p.m., to clean up beaches and parks in Marblehead, Swampscott, Salem, Lynn and Beverly. Learn more and sign up HERE. * Marblehead High School’s National Green School Society is hosting an Earth Day 5K walk/run this Saturday, April 20, at 10 a.m. The event begins and ends at Devereux Beach. Proceeds will support the…

03 Apr

Physical therapist goes on global adventures

Will Dowd0 CommentsCommunity Service, Culture, Health, Local News, Top Stories

For 30 years, Marblehead resident Patricia Sullivan traversed the globe, bringing her skills and compassion as a physical therapist to patients in far-flung locales from Asia to the Middle East. Now, the PT has chronicled her experiences in a new memoir titled, "Boston, Bangkok, Bombay & Beyond: The Journeys of a Physical Therapist." Dr. Patricia Sullivan teaches a young patient Mandarin by singing ‘Old MacDonald’ together. COURTESY PHOTOS "The book is written for those who love to or want to travel; for those who want…