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Marblehead man cleared of pandemic fraud charges

By adamg - 11/25/23 - 10:56 am

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly reports the US Attorney's office in Boston has dropped charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and unlawful monetary transactions against a Marblehead man who runs a Greek Orthodox shrine and his longtime attorney. Read more.

Man who runs a Marblehead shrine named for the patron saint of 'repentant thieves' charged in Covid fraud scheme

By adamg - 10/13/22 - 2:51 pm

Update: Charges dropped.

A man the feds call "a purported Orthodox Christian monk" and his live-in lawyer were arrested today on charges they defrauded the government out of $3.6 million in Covid relief funds by filing bogus applications filled with lies about how many employees they had to obtain money that they then used to upgrade the properties they already owned and to buy a new one, rather than using the money to keep employing workers they did not, in fact, have. Read more.

Coastal Christmas

By adamg - 12/20/21 - 9:33 pm
Dinghy tree off Marblehead

Rick Macomber watched the sunrise over Little Harbor in Marblehead - and the First Harbor Company's Christmas-tree dinghy.

Marblehead police officer quits after news surfaced he'd carved a swastika in another officer's personal vehicle

By adamg - 12/16/20 - 10:43 pm

The Salem News reports.

Maskless asshole tells Marblehead diners he hopes they die

By adamg - 9/24/20 - 11:10 pm
Guy with sign wishing death on people eating dinner outdoors in Marblehead

5 Corners Kitchen in Marblehead reports an unexpected challenge in running outdoor seating: A right-wing asshole with a sign: Read more.

In Marblehead, a 911 caller was having nun of it

By adamg - 3/1/20 - 5:50 pm

Wicked Local Marblehead reports that on Feb. 20, somebody called 911 to report a nun walking out of a store. Yeah, and? Well, "it wasn’t a correct uniform for this time" and the caller wanted to alert police "how out of place the nun appeared not wearing the typical garb."

H/t Stefan E.

Sugar coated in Marblehead

By adamg - 12/12/19 - 12:05 am
Marblehead snow

Rick Macomber took in the view of Gas House Beach in Marblehead after some snow.

Light fades over Marblehead

By adamg - 7/16/19 - 10:29 pm
Sunset over Marblehead Neck

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Rick Macomber (and a drone, we assume) captured the sunset over the causeway to Marblehead Neck this evening.

Anti-Semites post fliers on doors of Marblehead synagogue

By adamg - 7/15/19 - 5:45 pm

Marblehead Police report somebody posted the fliers on the entrance to Temple Emanu-El on Atlantic Avenue sometime over the weekend, and that they are looking for any tips from people who might have seen something. Read more.

Walking into the sunset

By adamg - 5/26/19 - 10:11 pm
Marblehead sunset

Rick Macomber watched the sun go down from Village Street Landing in Marblehead. Read more.

The distant city

By adamg - 9/8/18 - 2:34 pm
Boston as seen from the shore in Marblehead

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Rick Macomber took a walk along Marblehead Neck this morning.

Trumpland, MA: Anti-semitic graffiti sprayed on Marblehead seawall

By adamg - 7/3/17 - 8:57 am

Marblehead residents are scheduled for a No Place for Hate rally at Riverhead Beach at 10 a.m. today to protest the anti-Semitic graffiti (with a couple of pro-Trump, anti-Moulton tags) found on a seawall there over the weekend.

Bicycling while black in Marblehead

By adamg - 9/5/15 - 10:34 am

The Lynn Item police log for Sept. 2 includes the following item from Marblehead:

A report of two kids bike riding at 9:34 a.m. Monday at Indianhead Circle. Caller reports it is suspicious because the kids on the bikes were black.

Via Bradley.

A new thing to worry about: Debris from crashing drone hits two in Marblehead

By adamg - 5/26/15 - 7:39 am

WBZ reports on an incident during Marblehead's Memorial Day parade.

Washington slept here, Marblehead edition

By adamg - 10/30/09 - 8:37 am

Chris Klein follows the president on his trip to Marblehead.

If you can't say anything nice ...

By adamg - 5/7/08 - 1:03 pm

Move to Marblehead and get an honorary mention in a photo competition so you can tell the woman who won first place how the judges blew it because her photo is obviously inferior.

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a pizza!

By adamg - 3/31/08 - 9:30 am

Pepperoni pizza, to be exact.

Light dawns ova Mahblehead

By adamg - 3/25/06 - 8:08 am

Literally.

Figuratively.

Light dawns over Marblehead

By adamg - 1/25/06 - 7:43 pm

Roberto writes that when he went to Marblehead Light yesterday to eat lunch, he noticed another car in the parking lot. And then he saw there were two people in the car. And then he thought: Is that woman doing what he thinks she's doing to that man? Yes, she was.

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