The 51st Marblehead Christmas Walk Parade has been canceled for Saturday, Dec. 3, due to a stormy forecast and will not be rescheduled. Santa and Mrs. Claus will move to Marblehead High School from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., instead of arriving by lobster boat at The Landing. Children will be able to take photos with Santa at the high school. "Unfortunately, we have made the decision to cancel the parade this year due to severe weather conditions forecast for Satrday afternoon," Marblehead Chamber of…
Kids learn a lot of important life skills in elementary schools: How to correctly brush their teeth. How to wait patiently for their turn to speak. And studies show early exposure to eating and growing vegetables and fruits can create lifelong healthy eaters; in Marblehead, a so-called delicious-education program, in part, aims to do just this. Brown Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization members Cara Whelan, far left, Abby Brack Lewis, Meaghan DeSoto, Kristen Pratt and Nora Connerty volunteering during the November Harvest of the Month…
Students at the Brown School participate in Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day Students across Marblehead joined the national Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day on November 14 and learned about the little girl who made history in America’s civil rights movement by integrating her elementary school. “I think there were lots of students who understood it and found it meaningful,” said Principal Amanda Murphy at the Village School, where about 500 students and teachers participated. On Nov. 14, 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges became the…
Marblehead Select Board has laid out a timeline and process to fill the School Committee seat vacated by Emily Barron in late October. Select Board Chairman Mosses Grader made the public announcement during a Nov. 16 meeting in Abbot Hall’s Select Board Room - with School Committee members and Superintendent John Buckey present. Press-ReleaseDownload More details on how and where residents can submit application materials surfaced on Thursday in a press release. Candidates will need to concurrently send application materials to the School Committee and…
Marblehead Select Board plans to intervene in the School Committee vacancy created when Emily Barron resigned late last month. The Select Board plans to convene a Wednesday meeting and take up the matter. Members will lay out how the appointment process plays out in accordance with state law and Marblehead Public Schools policy. The Select Board’s decision to start the vacancy-filling process runs contrary to a split vote among the four School Committee members on Nov. 1. That resulted in the vacancy remaining unfilled. “The…
The Marblehead High School volleyball team (15-4, 15th seed) won the first two games in its Round of 32 Division 2 matchup against visiting Nashoba Regional (14-7, 18th seed) on Nov. 3. Unfortunately for the home team, the Wolves elevated their play and won the next to knock the Magicians out of the state tournament. The Magicians were solid in the opening set, leading from start to finish, while winning it, 25-14. Nashoba grabbed an early lead in the second set, but the Magicians picked…
For the next eight months, the recent Marblehead School Committee seat that resident Emily Barron vacated will remain empty until the 2023 municipal election. The School Committee made the call on a split vote among the four remaining members during a Tuesday evening meeting. School Committee members Alison Taylor and Sarah Fox voted to keep the seat vacant, arguing the Marblehead voters should decide. "It would be my recommendation at this time to leave the seat open, to be determined by the voters," said Fox,…
If you attended Marblehead High School, you may have wondered what ever happened to some of your favorite — and not so favorite — teachers. The group Forever Marbleheaders has launched a campaign spotlighting educators at Marblehead High from 1950 to 1980. It's getting a lot of attention. Members of Forever Marbleheaders, from left, Marge Gallo Armstrong, Dan Dixey, Bill Goodwin and Maureen Graves Anderson. “People are having fun participating,” said Maureen Graves Anderson, a 1980 MHS graduate who is leading the MHS Teachers Project,…
Henry Dembowski going through newspaper clippings and posters for his past productions PHOTO: Leigh Blander Henry Dembowski, the educator and theater director who changed lives and launched careers, passed away Sept. 25. He was 83. “Henry was such an enormous presence in my personal and professional life,” said Charlie Semine, who starred in two theater productions at Marblehead High School directed by Dembowksi in 1999. Semine is now a professional actor living in New York City, appearing in several TV series. “Henry fostered an environment…
I started covering the Marblehead sports scene for the Marblehead Reporter back in 2000. Alex Kulevichwas the Marblehead High School athletic director at that time, and some 22 years later I’m now coveringhis granddaughter, Georgia, as she continues to progress on the national amateur tennis circuit. There was a brief time that I left Marblehead to cover sports in another Community Newspaper Companytowns. But I returned in 2008, just in time to witness a sports renaissance at the high school. It allstarted with Bobby Jackson’s…
