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13 May

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets

Leigh Blander0 CommentsCommunity Resources, Culture, Entertainment, Local News, Nonprofit corner, Religion

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. Jazz at the Arts with Akiko AokiThursday, May 16, 7 p.m. The Marblehead Arts Association and Gene Arnould present Jazz at the Arts, a concert series at the Marblehead Arts Association featuring Akiko Aoki. The singer, voice instructor and Japanese teacher is known for her “jazzy phrasing and pitch control,” according to the MAA. For more info or to buy tickets,…

29 Apr

Current Events: Carnival tops Marblehead’s best bets

Leigh Blander0 CommentsCommunity Resources, Culture, Entertainment, Environment, Local News, Recreation, Religion, Top Stories

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. Devereux Beach CarnivalMay 2-5 The Marblehead High junior class is hosting its annual Devereux Beach Carnival. The hours are: Thursday, May 2, 6-10 p.m.; Friday, May 3, 6-10 p.m.; Saturday, May 4, 1-10 p.m.; and Sunday May 5, 1-6 p.m. The carnival features rides, games and food. Cash and credit are accepted. ‘The Most Epic Birthday Party Ever’Four performances May 3-5…

01 Apr

‘The Mother of the Maid’ opens at MLT Friday night

Leigh Blander0 CommentsArt, Community Resources, Culture, Entertainment, Local News, Nonprofit corner, Religion, Theater

Marblehead Little Theatre will open its production of “The Mother of the Maid” this Friday night at 7 p.m. The play, written by Jane Anderson, tells the story of Joan of Arc through the perspective of her mother, Isabelle, and explores familial relationships through realistic humor and remarkable moments in the lives of ordinary women. “The Mother of the Maid” will run for two weekends, April 5-14, and tickets are available at mltlive.org. Director Hannah Schuurman is especially excited to share this story, and incredibly…

25 Mar

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets coming up

Leigh Blander0 CommentsCommunity Resources, Culture, Entertainment, Environment, Life Style, Local News, Religion, Top Stories, Views & Reviews

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. Marblehead’s Got Talent finalsWednesday, March 27, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Ten students, $15,000! Come watch this year’s Marblehead’s Got Talent finals, put on by the Marblehead Rotary Club. The event is at the Cabot Theater, 286 Cabot St., Beverly. $50 adults, $25 at the door. Learn more at marbleheadrotary.com. VFW fundraiser with the Guy Ford BandSaturday, March 30, 8 p.m. Come rock…

13 Mar

Four years later, leaders reflect on COVID’s impact

Leigh Blander0 CommentsBusiness, Community Resources, Education, Health, Local News, Marblehead Public Schools, Municipal Matters, Nonprofit corner, Public safety, Religion, Science, Top Stories

Four years ago today, on March 13, 2020, Marblehead students left school as a deadlypandemic began to shut down the world and change lives forever. They didn’t return toclassrooms for months. On this anniversary, the Current spoke with education, service, business and faith leadersaround town, asking them to reflect on how COVID affected Marblehead and whether thoseeffects are still being felt today. Town leaders are reflecting on COVID's impact, four years after its outbreak. COURTESY PHOTO / CDC “The impact on our town was huge,…

24 Jan

Local temple hires Marblehead’s first female lead rabbi

Leigh Blander0 CommentsLocal History, Religion

After saying goodbye to Rabbi David Meyer last summer after his three decades of service, Temple Emanu-El is welcoming a new spiritual leader, Marblehead’s first female rabbi, Jenn Mangold. Rabbi Jenn Mangold will begin working at Temple Emanu-El this summer. COURTESY PHOTO “I just clicked so well with the people,” Mangold told the Current. “From my Zoom interview to my visit, I felt this chemistry with them. I truly wanted to be their rabbi and share the joyful events of life and the hard times…

14 Dec

St. Michael’s to hold ‘listening session’ after report of former priest accused of assaulting boy

Leigh Blander0 CommentsLocal News, Public safety, Religion, Top Stories

St. Michael's Episcopal Church announced today that it will hold a "listening session" after its usual Sunday morning service, in response to a Current report that former priest Richard Losch, who served at St. Michael's from 1969-1983, is indicted on charges he raped a Marblehead boy in the '70s. Losch also worked as an assistant headmaster at Tower School and a Boy Scout leader. Some current parishioners at St. Michael’s knew Richard Losch when he served there in the ‘70s. CURRENT PHOTO by LEIGH BLANDER His alleged…

13 Dec

Former Marblehead priest, teacher, Scout leader indicted for allegedly assaulting boy in ’70s

Leigh Blander0 CommentsEducation, Local News, Nonprofit corner, Public safety, Religion, Top Stories

A former Marblehead Episcopal priest, Boy Scout leader and assistant headmaster at Tower School is set to go on trial this summer for allegedly raping a 12-year-old Marblehead boy whom he took across state lines to a Boy Scout camp in New Hampshire in 1976. Richard Losch was an Episcopal priest, Tower School teacher and Boy Scout leader in Marblehead and is now indicted on charges he sexually assaulted a young Marblehead boy in the 1970s. On Aug. 18, 2023, a New Hampshire grand jury…

08 Dec

Marblehead holds inaugural community menorah lighting on first night of Hanukkah

Will Dowd0 CommentsCommunity Resources, Culture, Local News, Religion

Over 100 community members gathered outside the National Grand Bank to celebrate Marblehead’s inaugural community menorah lighting ceremony, ushering in the first night of Hanukkah. On Dec. 7, more than 100 people watched as Rabbi Michael Ragozin of Congregation Shirat Hayam in Swampscott joined Select Board member Jim Nye in lighting a menorah’s first candle to widespread cheers and applause. CURRENT PHOTOS / WILLIAM J. DOWD Interim Select Board Chair Moses Grader expressed his delight in welcoming residents and visitors to this new tradition, emphasizing…

06 Dec

Shrine of St. Nicolas leaders savor vindication

Will Dowd0 CommentsCulture, Local News, Religion, Top Stories

With federal charges dropped after a months-long investigation, the leaders of the Shrine of St. Nicholas, based on Pleasant Street, hope to reclaim their standing in the community even as they continue to contend with what they say is a pattern of unfair treatment and disrespect by town officials. On Nov. 8, acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy filed a motion to drop charges against the Rev. Andrew Bushell, an Orthodox Christian monk, and the shrine’s general counsel, Tracey Stockton, citing “the interests of justice,” which…