From coaching one sport to the next
Mike Giardi has been coaching since the late 1990s. Since 2017, Giardi has been the head coach for basketball, baseball, and an assistant coach for football at Marblehead. Once one season ends, Giardi quickly has to reset and get ready to coach the next sport. Giardi feels coaching other sports helps him during this transition. […]
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As the ball rolls close, the people get closer
The backyard of the Council on Aging center sports, unexpectedly, a fully-fledged bocce court. Complete with a scorekeeping device, stands for the 2-pound balls, and tables for spectators, it gets no shortage of use from its dedicated players. The club of more than 60 members meets up to three times a week to play against […]
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History made simple
Eric Jay Dolin, a full-time author since 2007, was born in Queens, New York, but has resided in Marblehead since 2002. It was love at first sight when Dolin went on his first date with his future wife Jennifer Rooks, whose family lived in Marblehead. “I fell in love with the town from the beginning,” […]
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No tricks, just truth from this Magician
He drinks a water bottle per class to stay hydrated, eats steak and eggs every morning before a game, watches film before bed, and his leg shakes beneath his desk in excitement for Friday nights at Piper Field. Meet Marblehead High’s biggest competitor, football and lacrosse star Connor Cronin. The senior and Marblehead native caught […]
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History lives on at F. L. Woods
F. L. Woods wasn’t always in the clothing business. The oldest continuously operating store in town traces its roots back to 1935, and is deeply intertwined with Marblehead’s history as a maritime destination. When Fred L. Woods Jr. opened the store, it quickly became a destination for mariners after he was awarded the first U.S. […]
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Counselor helps applicants enter queue for college
Savanah Harshbarger, a Marblehead native, was approaching her junior year at Scripps College in Claremont, Calif. when she decided on a change of direction. She wanted to transfer — not because she was unhappy at Scripps, but because she wanted to a program with an exceptional neuroscience pathway. Compared to the resources provided for the […]
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Pam Peterson peels back the myths of Marblehead
From fables of pirates and haunted shores to soothsayers and witches, Historical Commission member and former Marblehead Historical Society Executive Director Pam Peterson knows her town’s past — real and fictional — inside and out. Long before she wrote “Marblehead Myths, Legends and Lore,” a tapestry of historical and mythological stories, Peterson kicked off her […]
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Jacie Broughton of MHD Auto School
Jacie Broughton, the owner of Marblehead Auto School, has been teaching the town’s teens how to drive for the past 16 years. “I love this. I wouldn’t want to do anything else,” Broughton said. Teaching teens how to drive is an important job, she said. “You drive forever, and it’s the most dangerous thing you’ll […]
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