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BYC expands junior sailing Young sailors will have more choices this summer as the Boston Yacht Club expands its summer sailing program for Marblehead youths. It’s 25 degrees outside and the harbor is a cobalt blue, but inside the Yardarm building, BYC Sailing Director Gareth PetosBunney is thinking about the balmy days of summer. “We will be expanding our junior sailing program this summer offering four, two-week courses for advanced junior sailors,” he said. In the past the junior sailing program offered a series of two-week courses. The young sailors go onto the harbor aboard Sonars and Optis to learn the basics. PetrosBunney says the goal is for them to develop a lifelong love of sailing. He is also revising the adventure curriculum to be
more STEM oriented. “This will include science, technology, engineering and math. We will show the youngsters the different shapes and sizes of sails, for instance, and what it takes to move the boat forward in the water.” After-school sailing in June will be another new offering. “We are excited about our expanded programs this year,” Petros-Bunney The program will be run by six staff members, all residents of Marblehead, according to PetrosBunney. He says he is excited that some of the staff were students in the junior sailing program before. The program has grown since 2021. In 2020 it was cancelled because of the COVID pandemic. Last year, there were 84 kids through the summer. The goal is to have 90 youngsters sign up
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this year. The 2023 schedule: » Session 1 June 26-July 7
COURTESY PHOTO » Session 2 July 10-July 20 » Session 3 July 24-Aug. 3 » Session 4 Aug. 7-Aug. 17
99TH EPISODE
‘Up for Discussion’ features town administrator Marblehead Town Administrator Thatcher Kezer makes a special guest appearance on the latest “Up for Discussion” program. Kezer discusses his annual financial report to the town and the need to come up with a balanced budget with no
more reliance on free cash. “Up for Discussion” is an award-winning panel discussion program which is co-produced by Ed Bell and Vicki Staveacre and was first started in May 2012. In the latest edition, which is number 99, Kezer
joins host Ed Bell and regular panelists Anthony Silva of WBZ News, retired, and Will Dowd, managing editor of the Marblehead Current. “Up for Discussion” is recorded in the studios of MHTV and can now be viewed on
Vimeo, vimeo.com/796652565. The show will air throughout the month of February on Comcast Channel 8 and Verizon Channel 2128 in Marblehead on Monday, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Thursday, 6 p.m.; and Sunday, 10 a.m.
CREATIVITY
Youth is served 13-year-old Barr youngest winner of Festival of Arts logo contest in 57 years BY WILLIAM J. DOWD A 13-year-old has won the Marblehead Festival of Arts logo contest, becoming the youngest person to achieve the honor in 57 years of the annual event. The MFoA unveiled Fiona Barr’s design before supporters and volunteers during a Landing Restaurant fundraiser on Feb. 8. “That the winner is so young is phenomenal,” said Susan Randall as she and her friend, Marguerite Frank-Peper, finished their meals. “They’ve done the same thing for some 50-odd years; it’s good that they’re getting the youth involved.” Barr’s logo depicts the clock tower of Abbot Hall, the seat of municipal government and the tallest building
community a four-day, town-wide panoply of creativity. From outdoor music at Crocker Park and a photography exhibit in the Old Town House to an artisans’ fair on the sprawling lawn of Abbot Hall and galleries in the Marblehead Arts Association, thousands of COURTESY PHOTO Seventh-grader Fiona Barr’s design featuring the Abbot red and white buoys, people will descend upon Hall clock tower framed by a Fourth of July fireworks and Whelan’s depicts Marblehead over the display won the Marblehead Festival of the Arts logo Chandler Hovey and Fourth of July weekend. contest. the Marblehead Light in MFoA’s new board in Marblehead, with two other finalists, yellow and blue. president, Jodi-Tatiana a fireworks display capturing the most “This is just something Charles, said the logo exploding in the support in a public vote. that I decided to enter contest kicks off the first backdrop. Frank-Peper Before that vote, a panel on a whim because I had of many “exciting events” and Randall called the of judges selected the extra time,” said Whelan, in 2023. design “fabulous.” three finalists from 61 standing near a wall of “We have a goal to get “It captures the submissions. submitted logos and our entire community vibrancy in town during The two other finalists praising Barr’s design. “I — in Marblehead and the Marblehead festival,” were Cara Grazado, a was shocked I was even throughout Essex County said Frank-Peper. “It’s University of Maryland considered.” — involved and excited turned into such a happy student, and Denis Whelan, Founded in 1962, the about the festival’s fun place.” a technology executive and MFoA is run by hundreds events so that together The Marblehead Marblehead parent. of volunteers. This year’s we can continue to Veterans Middle School Grazado’s design festival will take place support our local artists seventh-grader beat features whimsical from July 1-4, offering the and provide scholarships to deserving TOWN OF MARBLEHEAD students,” she said. BOARD OF APPEALS The MFoA will The Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Tuesincorporate Barr’s day February 28, 2023 at 7:30 PM on the request of Tanis logo into promotional Yannetti to vary the application of the present Zoning By-law and previous special pe1mit conditions by allowing a Special materials, the official Permit to construct a detached garage as an accessory to programs, T-shirts, an existing single-family dwelling on a conforming property hats, among other located at 45 Pleasant Street in the central residence disitems. trict. The new construction will reduce the open space ratio to less than required. This hearing is held in accordance Bill Smalley, who with the provisions of the Marblehead Zoning Bylaw, and chaired the logo Chapter 40A of the General Laws as amended and Pursuant contest, praised the to Governor Baker’s Order allowing suspension of Certain “emotion” captured Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, § 18, this public hearing of the Board is being conducted via remote in Barr’s design. participation. The public can attend this meeting via the re“It captures the mote participation platform through the following ways: Join Festival’s movement Zoom Meeting and liveliness,” he https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87878347282?pwd=enlwRXd3V2xmdHE3cy92SklTU1BTUT09 Dial in + 1 646 558 8656 said. “It vibrates.” Meeting ID: 878 7834 7282 Passcode: 404568 Those only And it resonates, dialing in will not have access to the visual presentation at too, said MFoA the meeting, but can follow along with the project materials board member Gene available for download at https://www.marblehead.org under the zoning board of appeals page and the date of meeting. Arnould. Members of the public attending this meeting virtually will “Abbot Hall is be allowed to make comments if they wish to do so, during iconic, and it’s got the portion of the hearing designated for public comment. the Fourth of July Interested persons may also submit comment in writing electronically and send to lyonsl@marblehead.org and the comfirework, so there you ments, will be included in the record. go,” Arnould said. “It Alan Lipkind says it all.” Secretary
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Education....................................15 History.......................... 1, 5, 12, 16 Obituaries..................................16 Opinion.....................................6-7 Public safety......................1, 4, 13 Recreation................................2, 5 Seniors.................................... 3, 14 Sports.......................................9-11