A Michelle of all trades
What do sailing, painting, writing, and clothes-designing all have in common? They’re all talents of Marblehead resident Michelle Brown. While Brown’s main passion is sailing, which she has done since she was a young teenager, she has also started her own clothing line using her paintings and drawings, and she even has plans to write […]
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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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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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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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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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