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Need your “Nutcracker” fix but don’t want to trek into Boston? The nonprofit Greater Salem Ballet Company has your answer. On Saturday, Dec. 10, at noon and then again at 4 p.m., the company of more than 110 young dancers–including dozens from Marblehead–will take the stage at the Lynn Memorial Auditorium for their ninth annual performances of the holiday classic. Mouse King Grace Turner and Baby Mouse Adeline Desgrosseilliers are two of the Marblehead dancers who will be performing in the Greater Salem Ballet Company’s…

The exchange between former Marblehead Select Board member Harry Christensen and the lawyer-turned-author began cordially enough. The author had already written one book about a Massachusetts murder and told Christensen that he was toying with the idea with making the killing of Marblehead elementary school teacher Beryl Atherton his next subject. “Don’t bother,” Christensen told him. “My book is already well underway.” Christensen Technically, that was not untrue. After giving countless lectures on the topic over years, Christensen had essentially written the book about the…

***Editor’s note: This story was written before weather forced the cancellation of the Christmas Walk Parade and the relocation of Santa’s landing to Marblehead High School on Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. For the updated schedule, click HERE. All your favorites will be back, plus there will be a few new twists when the Marblehead Christmas Walk returns this weekend.The “marquee” events will again include a pair of Friday night tree lightings, first in the National Grand Bank parking lot on Pleasant Street and then…