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Restoration efforts continued at Old Burial Hill Cemetery last week as workers finished resetting historic gravestones following extensive repair work. STORY: MARBLEHEAD CHRONICLES: The Marblehead Academy (1788-1865)URL: https://marbleheadcurrent.org/2024/09/18/marblehead-chronicles-the-marblehead-academy-1788-1865/TIMING:  Wednesday before 8   Michael Gallagher, owner of Village Green Restoration, and his team wrapped up a project that included repairing and resetting approximately 10 grave markers at the Colonial-era burial ground. "We cast extensions to some of them," Gallagher said, indicating a headstone where a missing piece had been recreated. "When the monument is missing a large…

The Current welcomes submissions (150-200 words) to the news in brief. Send yours to wdowd@marbleheadnews.org. COVID-19 tests available The Board of Health announced it has received another limited supply of COVIDat-home test kits for residents. The kits are available at the Health Department office on Widger Road. Officials request that residents take only one kit per family member. The last batch of 900 tests were handed out in fewer than three days. For more information, contact the Health Department at 81-631-0212 or health2@marblehead.org.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Care Dimensions…