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Fall features food and fun and fashion 

O1945 

Marblehead's 

Kathy O'Toole is 

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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER 

04 What's up this fall 

06 We tell how to Eat Well 

08 It's a pirate's life retold 

12 Doorways into the past 

14 The Renaissance man 

A towering 

presence 

INSIDE 

15 Woman in blue 

18 Landing on their feet 

22 Falling into fashion 

26 On the money 

29 Town folk heroes 

TED GRANT 

A couple of weeks ago marked the 17th anniversary of 9/11. Many remember where 

they were, I among them. 

I was driving to a client meeting. With me was a woman who then was a public-safety 

consultant and who would become arguably the top woman cop in America, Kathleen 

M. O’Toole. 

Kathy O’Toole (then Horton) and I went to Boston College together but never met until 

Sept. 11, 2001. But even though I didn’t know her, I knew her. She and my wife graduated 

Marblehead High together (and, according to the note Kathy wrote in Jansi’s yearbook, 

Jansi “made Teresa and Woo just a little more bearable” — whatever that means); and my 

friend of 50 years, Attorney Kevin J. Calnan, as an MDC cop worked under her command 

(and who agrees it's not hyperbole to term her America’s top woman cop). 

The morning of 9/11 was unforgettable, but for me it was especially so because of 

Kathy O’Toole. As we drove north and listened to events play out on the radio, Kathy sat 

in the passenger seat telling me what she’d be doing were she still a police commissioner 

or a secretary of Public Safety (she was both). Within minutes, a radio commentator 

would offer updates and detail moves being made by public officials — and it would be 

precisely what Kathy described moments earlier. 

When we met with the clients — all men — they hung on every word she said as we 

sat around a giant conference table and watched TV as the towers fell. It was much the 

same on the hour-long drive back to the North Shore: I sat in awe as Kathy predicted 

every move that soon would be reported by newscasters. 

I thought about all this a few weeks ago when I sat in as Steve Krause interviewed 

Kathy for the 01945 cover story. He had to drag things out of her as she glared at 

me, saying she didn’t like to talk about herself. I told Counselor Calnan about the 

conversation and we agreed that if we’d accomplished half what she has, we’d issue (at 

least) daily press releases. 

Read Steve’s story, and decide for yourself if she’s not America’s top woman cop. 

Meanwhile, the rest of the edition isn’t too bad, either. Thor Jourgensen chronicles two 

famous handtubs in town. (I had to read the story to find out what a “handtub” is. How 

about you?) Bill Brotherton takes us inside perhaps the most underrated musical venue 

on the North Shore. And Krause opens the book on two accomplished authors who live 

in town. 

I hope you find this edition of 01945 arresting. 

Cover photo of 

Marblehead High 

grad Kathy O'Toole, a 

pioneer in police work 

who has many career 

highlights to her credit. 

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WHAT’S UP 

Rotary after hours 

What: Join us after work for a fun 

gathering with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. 

Bring a friend. 

Where: Turtle Cove, 165 Pleasant St. 

When: Oct. 2, 5-7 p.m. 

Free 

Contact: Alexander Falk, Rotary Club of 

Marblehead 

Channel your creative 

spirit 

What: Join instructor 

Peyton Pugmire for a fun 

introduction to the art of theatre 

improvisation. Sessions will 

include games and exercises 

designed to help participants 

be creative and spontaneous 

with their bodies, voices, and 

imaginations – all within a safe 

and collaborative setting. 

Where: Creative Spirit, 80 

Washington St. 

When: Wednesdays, Oct. 3-24, 

6:30-8 p.m. 

$120 

Contact: contact@creativespiritma.com 

Marblehead Sustainability 

Fair 

What: The Sustainability Fair will offer our 

town models, ideas, and practices for living so 

that meeting our needs will not outweigh the 

ability of future generations to do the same. 

There will be an electric vehicle show, speakers 

and performers, vendors, family-friendly 

workshops, and an education showcase 

featuring our area schools’ initiatives. 

Where: Marblehead Community Charter 

School, 17 Lime St. 

When: Saturday, Oct. 6, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Free 

Contact: www.sustainablemarblehead.org 

Get some soul power 

What: Come rediscover the true you and 

access your unique soul powers through 

creativity and intuition. Activities will include 

Soul Power card making, collage, drawing, 

meditation, journaling, and more. 

Where: Creative Spirit, 80 Washington St. 

When: Saturday, Oct. 6, 10 a.m. to 5:30 

p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 7, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

$185 

Contact: https://www.creativespiritma.com/ 

A deadly evening 

What: Deathtrap, with its many plot twists, 

is a well crafted “play within a play.” It holds 

Sunflowers grow up the side of a house on Mechanic Street in Marblehead. 

the record for the longest-running comedythriller 

on Broadway, and was nominated 

for four Tony Awards, including Best Play. 

Where: Marblehead Little Theatre, 12 

School St. 

When: Oct. 5-21, Fridays and Saturdays at 

7:30 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m. 

Contact: Purchase tickets online at www. 

mltlive.com, 781-631-9697. (Tickets are also 

available in limited quantities at the Arnould 

Gallery, Washington Street, Marblehead). 

Strut your stuff 

What: All high-school age students who 

live in Marblehead are eligible to participate 

in the performing art scholarship auditions 

for Marblehead's Got Talent. Students 

PHOTO BY SPENSER HASAK 

attending Marblehead High School, 

Marblehead residents who attend a private 

high school outside of town, or students are 

home-schooled may participate. 

Where: Marblehead High School 

auditorium, 2 Humphrey St. 

When: Auditions for freshman and 

sophomores are Saturday, Oct. 21, 10 a.m. to 

noon. Auditions for juniors and seniors are 

Saturday, Nov. 4, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. 

Contact: marbleheadsgottalent.com or pick 

up an entry format at the event. 

Take a bite out of 

Marblehead 

What: Taste of the Town: Eat Local, Drink 

Local. In addition to delectable food from 

local restaurants and an amazing auction, 

Taste of the Town: Eat Local, Drink Local will 

highlight local breweries and spirit distillers 

on the North Shore. 

Where: Corinthian Yacht Club 

When: Nov. 2 

Contact: Marblehead Chamber of 

Commerce, 781-631-2868, https://www. 

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easy to make," said Susan 

Bergeron, owner of the 

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tiny Eat Well Kitchen on 

Atlantic Avenue. 

She's talking about her takeout 

restaurant's popular, labor-intensive Nuts 

& Berry smoothie bowl, which contains 

açaí puree, mixed berries, banana, 

mango, pineapple, nut butter, almond 

milk topped with toasted coconut, fresh 

blueberries, cacao nibs, housemade 

granola and fresh local honey. 

"Kids love it. Adults love it. Some 

regular customers come in every day and 

have one. It's so tasty and good, it's evil," 

said Bergeron, a longtime Swampscott 

resident who opened Eat Well Kitchen in 

June 2015. 

It's a Tuesday morning and the joint is 

jumping. The three stools near the front 

door are occupied, and customers shift 

around, trying to stay out of each other's 

way while their meals are being prepared. 

Multiple blenders whirr, creating a 

symphony of sound and sundry pleasant 

smells. Some 85 smoothies are made in 

these blenders each day by the staff of five 

full-timers and five part-timers. And the 

handmade-to-order smoothie bowls are 

assembled in them as well. 

"I've always enjoyed cooking, and this 

menu expounds my way of eating. We 

offer fresh, delicious food for people on 

the go. Fast food can be healthy food," 

added Bergeron, who grew up in Millis 


and had previously run a home-based 

cooking business, preparing healthy 

meals in clients' kitchens. 

As her two sons, now high schoolers, 

got older she started thinking about 

opening a place. When this storefront 

on one of Marblehead's busiest retail 

avenues became available, she seized the 

opportunity. It had housed a bakery, so 

many of the restaurant items she needed 

were already in place. 

The chalkboard menu features 

fruit-and-veggie juices, creative vitaminpacked 

smoothies, salads, sandwiches, 

and wraps. There are gluten-free baked 

goods, seasonal soups and chili, and even 

a Foodies In Training (FIT) kids' menu. 

Another menu item, Energy Bites, 

flies off the shelves, said Bergeron. 

Susan Bergeron is the owner of Eat Well Kitchen. 

PHOTOS BY SPENSER HASAK 

Chocolate peanut butter energy bites. 

An Eat Well Kitchen employee makes an acai bowl. 

"They are protein-packed balls, perfect 

for pre-workout or post-workout, and 

have become among our biggest sellers. 

People buy them in bulk, freeze them 

at home, and pull them out as needed. I 

first had them in Aruba, at a place on the 

beach, and have tried to replicate them, 

tweaking them along the way." 

The bites come in three flavors: 

ginger-tumeric, chocolate peanut butter, 

and coconut cashew. 

"One of the benefits of having a 

small place is I can make everything in 

small batches. Everything is made from 

scratch, all produce is delivered fresh 

every day, and I try to buy from local 

farmers and vendors as often as I can,” 

Bergeron said. 

"Marblehead has been so supportive,” 

she added. “We have been embraced 

since day one. I am so thankful and 

grateful.” 

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FALL 2018 | 07

A pirate's life 

BY STEVE KRAUSE 

They're portrayed as criminals and 

murderers on the high seas, but that 

notwithstanding, pirates have always held a 

firm grasp on our imagination, sense of adventure, 

and lexicon. 

There was “Long John Silver” in “Treasure 

Island.” Or “The Pirates of the Caribbean,” and 

“The Pirates of Penzance,” which even penetrated 

the world of high opera. Jimmy Buffett got into 

the act with “A Pirate Looks at 40.” 

Illegally downloading software and using it, 

without a license, is called “pirating.” 

And the rogues of the sea even found their 

way into professional sports, with teams such as 

the Pittsburgh Pirates in baseball and the NFL’s 

Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 

Now, Marblehead’s Eric Jay Dolin has gotten 

into the act. 

Dolin, who began his professional life as an 

environmental engineer and took an unlikely 

journey into the world of writing non-fiction 

books, has written "Black Flags, Blue Waters,” 

which he calls “an epic history of America’s most 

notorious pirates.” 

If that seems like a fun topic to pursue, it is. 

Dolin’s son and daughter, now grown, always 

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Gerry 5 and Okos are 

Fired up about history 

BY THOR JOURGENSEN 

Charity and a love for Marblehead 

history define the Gerry 5 

and Okos Veteran Firemen's 

Association, but at the heart of both 

local clubs is the 

muscle-straining, 

sweat-draining 

fun that defines 

handtub musters. 

Handtubs 

are mid-19thcentury 

firefighting 

vehicles resembling 

wagons outfitted 

with complicatedlooking 

pipes. The Gerry 5 handtub 

was built in 1845 and the Okos' 

Okommakamesit (a Nipmuc Indian word 

that means "City of Hills" according to 

Handtub Junction, USA) was built in 

1861. 

The machines fought their last fires 

long ago, but they occupy places of honor 

in the Gerry's Beacon Street clubhouse 

basement and Okos' Washington Street 

quarters. 

Members of both clubs test their 

endurance and brawn by wheeling the 

machines into a field and competing 

against other handtub clubs. Once 

in place, teams vigorously pump the 

priming bars and build up pressure in the 

handtub until it’s ready to send a highvelocity 

jet of water arcing skyward. 

"It's all about whoever gets the 

longest squirt," Gerry 5 Club manager 

Art Dodge said. 

Town pride and bragging rights 

define muster participants' competitive 

spirit and their club's mission. 

Gerry and Okos members take 

pride in preserving their handtubs and 

showing them off to town residents 

as examples of local history. The Okos 

was still called the Phoenix Association 

when it bought the Okommakamesit in 

1895, according to Handtub Junction, 

and the handtub was the centerpiece 

of the organization's first anniversary 

celebration. Okos won its first muster a 

year later. 

Earl Doliber, Okos secretary for 30 

years, began mustering with a miniature 

Art Dodge, Gerry 5 VFA club manager, speaks about the club's handtub. 

PHOTO: SPENSER HASAK 

The Okos Club in Old Town Marblehead. 

handtub at age 9. "It's in the blood," he said. 

The 120-member Okos took part in 

two musters this year, and earned a thirdprize 

finish in Salem, Doliber said. 

Named after former Massachusetts 

Governor and Vice President of the 

U.S. Elbridge Gerry, the Gerry 5 — like 

its Okos counterpart — was hauled by 

hand, not horsepower, to fires. Dodge 

credited late member Wayne Martin for 

maintaining the handtub for years and 

his sons, Dirk and Todd, who carry on 

PHOTO: OKOS SECRETARY EARL DOLIBER 

the tradition. 

Founded in 1956 and claiming 1,100 

members, the Gerry 5 is a nerve center 

for community service with the club 

hosting the annual July 4 Horribles 

parade, a Christmas party for children, 

dinners for seniors, the Marblehead- 

Swampscott Old Timers Football 

Dinner, the June firemen's breakfast, a 

golf tournament, and more. 

"We've got something going seven 

days a week," Dodge said. 


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DOORWAYS 

into the past 

BY BELLA diGRAZIA | PHOTOS BY SPENSER HASAK 

The town of Marblehead is rich with history, especially within its buildings. 

Close to the center of Old Town, these doorways lead into the homes of 

current residents. What most people don't realize, given their modern decor, 

is they were built three centuries ago. 

1) 36 State Street 

The house was originally built in 1756 as a warehouse 

for a merchant named Jonathan Glover. 


Built in 1756 by Benoice Johnson, a cabinet maker for 

John Adams. 

3) 11 Tucker Street 

In 1700, this home was built for a fisherman named 

Jonathan Boden. 

4) 13 Tucker Street 

In 1700, this was a second home built for Boden the 

fisherman. 

5) 10 Washington Square 

William Sandin, a fisherman, had this home built in 

1714. 

6) 20 South Street 

In 1710, a fisherman by the name of Henry Main had 

this house built. 

7) 29 Front Street 

Built in 1807 for a painter named Samuel Bartoll. 

8) 1 Mechanic Street 

In 1723, this house was built by Samuel Goodwin, a 

joiner. 


Built in 1713 for a fisherman and shoreman named 

Samuel Brimblecome. 


Built in 1820 by Robert Phillips, a cabinet maker. 


In 1721, this house was built by a joiner named Isaac 

Mansfield. 

12) 100 Elm Street 

In 1805, this house was built for Captain John Martin 

and his wife, Sarah Harris. 

13) 25 Rockaway Street 

Built in 1757 for Richard Stevens, a ship captain. 

14) 185 Washington Street 

The house was built in 1768 for Robert Hooper and was 

then home to Colonel William R. Lee from 1783-1801. 

15) 29 Lee Street 

In 1710, this house was built for a fisherman named 

Robert Martin. 


In 1742, this house was built for a physician named 

Joseph Lemmon. It was moved from 88 Washington 

Street in 1872. 


Marblehead's 

Renaissance 

man 

PHOTOS: SPENSER HASAK 

Fred Bauer (or F. Marshall Bauer, as 

it appears on his books) is 87 years 

old. But don't try to convince him 

he's a senior citizen. 

"I don't believe in the word 'senior,'" 

he says. "I prefer to call myself a sage 

apprentice." 

If that seems cumbersome, look at it 

this way, he suggests: "I will never be a 

sage. I'll always be learning." 

The best way to describe Bauer is 

as a Renaissance man from the sage 

apprentice school. A drummer since 

childhood, he played the drum for the 

Glover's Regiment re-enactments for 

more than 30 years. He's written two 

books, both requiring much research. 

And up until last year, he wrote a column 

for the Marblehead Reporter called "The 

Vanishing Line," so named because, at 

this stage of the game, he's closer to that 

end of the line than he is at the beginning. 

Bauer has approached his two books in 

much the same way he's approached the rest 

of his life: with a combination of curiosity 

and diligent research, and with the flair of a 

man who spent his life in public relations. 

His first was "Fearless Flying," a book 

chronicling a class taught at Logan Airport 

that used education about the construction 

of airplanes and the rules of aerodynamics 

to cure people of their fear of flying. 

The latter of the two books, 

"Marblehead's Pygmalion: Finding the 

Real Agnes Surriage,” was a real project, 

Bauer said. It was inspired by the fact that 


Bauer lives in the old Fountain Inn on, 

appropriately enough, Fountain Inn Lane. 

It is a house with a magnificent view of 

the Atlantic Ocean on a dirt road off 

Orne Street. 

Surriage was a "lady of the works" at the 

tavern — which is a fancy way of saying she 

was a barmaid. Pygmalion was a mythical 

sculptor who fell in love with his statue 

"Galatea." The Irish playwright George 

Bernard Shaw called his story about an 

English professor of dialects who turned 

a common Cockney flower girl into a 

woman who could pass herself off as royalty 

"Pygmalion," and the work was later adapted 

into the beloved musical "My Fair Lady." 

Bauer explains in his book how 

Surriage became both her own 

Pygmalion and her own Galatea, 

transforming herself from a worker at a 

tavern to "Lady Agnes" of England. 

Among his other interests, Bauer is an 

Anglophile, by his own admission. 

"I love all things about England," he 

said. "I wish I could have gone to England 

to research the book. But I couldn't." 

He did, however, find a website that 

gave him access to countless records that 

delved into the country's past. 

Bauer first got an inkling he might be 

a writer in the sixth grade when, during 

National Dog Week, his English teacher 

gave the class an assignment to write an 

essay on the subject. 

"I went home to my cat-loving 

mother, who never had less than three 

cats in the house, and decided to write a 

cat's-eye view of it. I've always had kind 

of a sarcastic bent," he said, "and I wrote 

the essay from that point. My teacher 

— I can still remember her name (Sadie 

Cooper Wyatt) — liked it, and sent it to 

the School Press Association and darn if 

it didn't win first prize. From that point 

on, I wanted to be a writer." 

Though he grew up outside 

Philadelphia, where he met his wife, Jane 

(who died in 2005), the couple always 

wanted to live in Marblehead, as Jane was 

a descendent of the original drummer of 

the Glover's Landing Regiment. 

"Finally, we saved enough money to 

move up here," he said. 

He has been active in town over the 

years, having served on several town 

boards. And in 1976, as the nation's 

bicentennial celebration began, he took 

his drum and joined the regiment. A 

remnant of those days, a snare drum on a 

stand, sits prominently in his living room. 

"I've had a blessed life," he said. "A 

lot of things just happened to me." 


KATHY O'TOOLE 

A 

POLICE 

FORCE 

Kathy O'Toole and her husband, Dan, himself a former Boston cop. 


Kathleen M. O'Toole said 

there's been nothing 

strategic about her career. It 

unveiled itself through some 

happy accidents, being in the 

right place at the right time, and mentors 

who helped her immeasurably. 

O'Toole, who grew up in Marblehead 

from the age of 13, has reached the 

pinnacle of policing, on every level you 

could imagine. She was secretary of Public 

Safety in Massachusetts, commissioner 

of the Boston Police Department, served 

two stints in Ireland on various security 

task forces, and — in her last job before 

coming home to Boston again — was 

chief of police in Seattle. 

She has also been a pioneer. When 

the late Boston Mayor Thomas M. 

Menino appointed her commissioner in 

2004, she was the first female to hold 

that position. 

O’Toole’s reputation has preceded 

her in some strange ways, too. She 

became Seattle's police chief in 2014, 

flying across the country on the day of 

the Boston Marathon — the year after 

two explosions caused the deaths of 

three people and injured and maimed 

hundreds of others. At the time, O'Toole 

was serving on a task force to shore 

up security for the race in wake of the 

explosions. 

She has been in the front row of 

history — both good and bad — on 

several occasions. And yet, she says, none 

of it was planned. 

"There are times I have to pinch 

myself," she said. "I keep saying there 

was no charted course for this. It just 

happened." 

How it happened is just as remarkable 

as that it happened. She was going to 

be a lawyer. But, on a dare, she took a 

police job. 

"I thought it might be a good 

opportunity to see law enforcement 

from a different perspective," O'Toole 

said. "In reality, I found my true 

vocation," and she joined the police 

academy. 

One of the things that struck her 

right away was that "police spend 

most of their time in service to people 

in need. I think we'd attract better 

candidates if people could see that, and 

not just the shootouts." 

Despite falling in love with police 

work, she maintained her law school 

course load, attending the academy by 

day and taking classes at night. After 

graduating from the academy, she 

began her career in law enforcement 

with the Boston police on Halloween, 

1979. One of her earliest mentors was 

former Boston Police Commissioner 

William F. Bratton, who has served as a 

lifetime friend and counsel to her. 

"He has been incredibly supportive," 

said O'Toole. 

Ultimately, Bratton asked her to be 

a deputy for him in the department of 

administration. 

"I wasn't sure I wanted it," she said. 

"I liked being out on the street." 

Bratton said she could still go out 

from time to time, but there was a 

real need to have someone get the 

management of the department under 

control. She was just the person for the 

job, he told her. 

"It was good for me," she said. 

Kathy O'Toole and her daughter, 

Meghan. 

"It gave me a lot of experience in 

management. By the time I assumed an 

executive position, I'd had experience." 

She worked with Bratton for four 

years before she was onto her next job 

— as chief of security for Digital Corp. 

"Did that ever broaden my horizons," 

she said. "I was in charge of security for 

140,000 people." 

Among her first challenges at Digital 

was planning security when Operation 

Desert Storm commenced in 1991. 

"I was responsible for the evacuation 

of people from all over the world," she 

said. "It was a real eye-opener, but I 

benefited from it." 

She returned to the Massachusetts 


State Police in 1992 as 

a lieutenant colonel and 

oversaw the consolidation 

of four divisions into one: 

State Police, Capitol Police, 

Registry Police, and the 

Metropolitan District 

Commission Police. 

"These were four very 

proud agencies," she said. 

"Each had its own identity. 

In a situation like that, you 

have to engage people and 

listen to them. The people on 

the front lines, they know the 

challenges best." 

The experience taught her 

one of her most important 

lessons, not just in police 

management, but in any 

executive position. 

"You have to get people to 

buy into what you're trying to 

do," she said. "And the way you do that 

is to engage them." 

After expanding her duties to include 

the Massachusetts State Police helicopter 

unit, the sea rescue unit, and traffic, she 

got a call from then-Gov. William Weld, 

asking her to be secretary of Public 

Safety. She counts her employment under 

The O’Toole Resume 

Education and Degrees 

Boston College - 1976 - BA Political Science 

New England School of Law - 1982 Juris Doctor 

Trinity College, Dublin Present PhD Candidate Business 

Admitted to Bar - 1982 

Honorary Doctor of Laws - 1998 New England School of Law 

Honorary Doctor of Laws - 2005 Suffolk University 

Professional Future of Experience 

2017 – Present Independent Commission on the future 

of Policing in Ireland currently serving as Chair of elevenmember 

commission that has conducted a comprehensive 

assessment of the Irish national police service and will 

present its findings to Government in September 2018. 

2014 – 2018 Seattle Police Department, Seattle, WA 

Served as Chief of Police responsible for major-city 

agency with approximately 2000 members. 

2012 – 2014 Joint Compliane Expert, East Haven, CT 

2006 – 2012 Garda Síochána Inspectorate, Ireland 

Served as first Chief Inspector of 16,000 member Irish 

National Police Service. Advised the Irish Minister of Justice 

on policing and security issues and developed hundreds 

of recommendations to promote greater effectiveness and 

efficiency in Irish policing. 

At Marblehead High, the future police officer was a class officer. 

Weld as enjoyable in the same way as 

working for Bratton. 

"It was great," she said. "When it was 

a tough day, he always had your back, just 

as Bill (Bratton) did." 

And when it came to tough days, she 

got a baptism by fire. 

"Right away, we had a parolee from 

the Framingham jail who 

went out to Washington 

and killed somebody," she 

said. "There was the whole 

controversy surrounding 

Reggie Lewis' death (the 

Boston Celtics star collapsed 

and died in July 1993, and 

reports of cocaine use and 

negligence by one of his 

cardiologists swirled). A state 

police helicopter crashed. It 

was like drinking out of a fire 

hose." 

But one thing has 

followed O'Toole throughout 

her career: her ability to 

handle crises. The same thing 

happened with the state 

police. 

"When I started the job," 

she said, "I'd say it was 80 

percent crisis management. 

By the time I got out, I had 

flipped it." 

That was in 1998, when O'Toole 

set out on a new course — this one 

overseas, working on the peace process in 

Northern Ireland, dealing with policing 

issues there, "where the police were 

considered the enemy. 

2004 – 2006 Boston Police Department, Boston, MA 

Served as Commissioner/Chief. 

1999 – Present O’Toole Associates, LLC, Boston, MA 

1998 – 1999 Patten Commission, Northern Ireland 

Appointed by British Government to serve on eightmember 

international panel established to create a new 

strategy for policing in Northern Ireland as part of the 

Peace Process there. The commission created a model for 

policing in a democratic society, with particular focus on 

accountability and professional standards. 

1994 – 1998 Commonwealth of Massachusetts 

Governor’s Cabinet, Secretary of Public Safety. 

1992 – 1999 Massachusetts State Police 

Served as Lieutenant Colonel, Special Operations 

Division Commander. 

1990 – 1992 Digital Equipment, Maynard, MA 

1986 – 1990 Metropolitan District Police, Boston MA 

Served as Deputy Superintendent, 

1979 – 1987 Boston Police Department, Boston MA 

Relevant Professional Affiliations 

International Assn. of Chiefs of Police (Former Board Member) 

Police Executive Research Forum (Former Treasurer) 

Major City Chiefs Association 

FBI National Executive Institute Associates 

Member Massachusetts Bar 

Life Trustee – University of Limerick 

Chair – National Law Enforcement Expoloring Committee 


"There was a lot of distrust," she said. 

That stint lasted two years, during 

which time she shuttled between Ireland 

and her South Boston home. Finally, she 

made it back to the states permanently 

(or so she thought; more on that later) 

to take a consulting job — just in time 

for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks 

on the World Trade Center. Without any 

official capacity, and despite the horrors 

of the attacks, she felt she missed the 

job. That's why, when approached by 

Menino, she gladly accepted the Boston 

job in 2004. 

"I loved the job," she said, "but there 

was really no affinity for reform." 

Like some of her other jobs, O'Toole 

had to jump right in. Her first crisis came 

the night the Boston Red Sox won the 

pennant after falling behind the New 

York Yankees, 3-0, in games. During the 

post-game celebration on Lansdowne 

Street, Victoria Snelgrove was killed 

when hit by an errant "less lethal" round 

by riot police. 

"It had to be my most difficult moment 

in my career," she said. "I'll never forget 

my feelings when I went up to the front 

door of their house. It was awful." 

However, she stuck to her long-ago 

established motto of "standing up, telling 

the truth, and taking responsibility. And 

every major news network in town was 

there that day at the news conference,” 

she said. 

O'Toole demoted Superintendent 

James Claiborne and suspended two 

officers involved in the incident, but no 

prosecutions or dismissals were brought 

against any of the officers involved in the 

case — decisions corroborated by U.S. 

Attorney Donald K. Stern and Suffolk 

County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley. 

She also had to review her feelings 

about unions, particularly the Boston 

Police Patrolmen's Association. "I've 

been a member of three unions," she said. 

"But this time, I was a manager." 

Still, she co-existed with the union 

because, as she said, "you communicate 

with people. You get ahead of the 

problems. The only way you succeed 

in that kind of a situation is to engage 

them." 

Once again, however, O'Toole found 

herself back in Ireland, this time as 

chief inspector of the Garda Síochána 

(Guardians of Peace) for the Republic of 

Ireland. She spent nearly six years in that 

position, "and it was the best of times, 

and the worst of times." The worst of 

times included surviving a bomb blast. 

She came back to the U.S., 

undertaking a Justice Department 

investigation with the Civil Rights 

Commission, and working on increasing 

security at the starting line for the 2014 

Boston Marathon. 

"After the explosion," she said, "it 

occurred to us that the real security breach 

was at the starting line. I'm sure you've 

seen it. There are tens of thousands of 

people, and very little security." 

In the middle of all that, she got the 

job offer to go out to Seattle. 

"I wasn't sure I wanted it," she said. "I 

was getting to the point where I wasn't 

sure I wanted to leave Boston, nor was 

I sure I wanted to force my husband 

(Daniel, a retired Boston Police officer) 

to move again." 

But, Seattle persisted. For every 

reason she gave for not going out for 

the interview, the city made concessions. 

Finally, Seattle’s persistence intrigued her 

enough that she literally left the starting 

line of the marathon in Hopkinton, 

rushed to the airport, and flew to Seattle. 

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General manager/partner Robert Simonelli speaks about 

the renovations made to The Landing following this 

winters storms. 

Landing on its feet. 

Again. 

The Landing restaurant has much to 

recommend it, particularly the sublime 

view of the ocean from its dining room 

and waterfront deck. 

General manager and partner Robert 

Simonelli agrees that the water view is 

spectacular, but he's had it up to here 

with the “water” part of it, thank you very 

much. A walloping, waterlogged double 

whammy caused by back-to-back floods 

in January shuttered the Front Street 

restaurant for five months. 

But the "new" Landing is back, serving 


such longtime favorites as baked scrod, 

baked scallops, and fried clams, and fresh 

options such as tuna poke and grilled 

octopus. The beloved raw bar remains. 

Marbleheaders are absolutely thrilled. 

They're also pleased with changes 

Simonelli, executive chef and business 

partner Stephen James, and their team have 

made to the restaurant and the menu. 

"That January 4th 'bomb cyclone' 

storm was bad, really bad," Simonelli 

said. "Icy seawater was coming in all over 

the place. The floorboards were moving. 

It was the worst I've seen in my 16 years 

here." A video of the watery intrusion 

posted on The Landing's Facebook page 

got 1.2 million hits. 

Repairs were quickly made and, 

three days after the Nor'easter, a large 

supportive crowd was enjoying Sunday 

brunch when water started falling from 

the ceiling. A pipe to the sprinkler 

system had burst. 

"Three-quarters of the restaurant was 

soaked. There was no reopening from that 

until we addressed many issues. It was 


grueling and very stressful,” Simonelli said. 

It also offered a chance to remodel 

the interior, which hadn't been updated 

since 1997. 

"The first plan of attack was to fix 

the floor," Simonelli said. "We dried 

the place out, to see what we had to do. 

Before long we went down to the studs, 

and then we got rid of the studs." 

Dan Ricciarelli of Salem-based Seger 

Architects mapped out a plan. After the 

building itself, built in 1972, was shored 

up, a 21-seat bar would be added to the 

dining room space. 

"One plan was to totally gut the pub 

and have it be just dining space. But the 

people of Marblehead would throw me 

in the ocean if I ever got rid of that bar," 

Simonelli said, only half-joking. 

The 10-seat bar in the pub was 

shortened by seven feet. And the space 

can now be reserved for functions. 

"Before, we were limited in the dining 

room; we couldn't take a party of 50," 

Simonelli said. Now, the gorgeously renovated 

pub can accommodate larger parties with 

ease. There are 70 seats for sit-down dinner, 

and more room for a cocktail party. 

There are preset menu options for 

functions, but those can be adjusted. 

Currently, there are no fees to rent the 

room, a rarity in the restaurant business. 

Music will likely return to the "pub" at 

some point, Simonelli said. 

A soft-opening was held June 25, 

and the "new" Landing was fully up and 

running by July 4 to satisfy holiday revelers. 

"We had a new staff, a new menu and 

a new 'What's behind door No. 1 one,'" 

Simonelli said. 

The renovations cost about $500,000, 

including such unsexy necessities as 

getting the electric and plumbing systems 

up to code and replacing 60 feet of water 

pipe running under the floor of the pub 

to the main line outside. 

The dining room seats 85 people, and the 

deck holds 47. Simonelli said the outdoor 

space can now be enjoyed all four seasons, 

thanks to heaters and an airtight canopy. 

"The town and town officials have been 

great. I think they all missed our lobster rolls 

and fish sandwich," Simonelli said with a 

smile. "Seriously, we're very grateful for the 

support of the town and our customers. We 

believe in doing a lot for the community." 

Charity nights to benefit local nonprofits 

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lobster boat next to the restaurant. 

"We are so happy to be back, 

and everyone seems happy with the 

improvements. We're very excited about 

the function space, it's already been 

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of me,” Dolin said, “but they wouldn’t 

read any of my books. When I asked 

them about the idea of writing about 

pirates, their eyes just lit up.” 

If you want to find out more about 

Dolin, and his books, you can catch his 

lectures later this month, when he visits 

the Swampscott Public Library on Oct. 

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15. Both talks begin at 7 p.m. 

Dolin’s books cover a wide variety of 

topics, from whaling to duck stamps to 

lighthouses. Aside from their eclectic 

nature, they mark a clear path from his 

beginnings writing about the National 

Fish and Wildlife Services (as part of a 

series explaining various positions in the 

U.S. government) through cleaning up 

the Boston Harbor, to national wildlife 

refuges. 

He came by his writing curiously. 

He wanted to be a malacologist (a 

seashell scientist), but realized he really 

didn’t like being in a lab. And no matter 

what he did, from his PhD dissertation, 

through the various jobs he held in 

an attempt to find out what he really 

wanted to do, he always found he liked 

the writing part best. 

“I once wrote 150 pages on mollusks 

on Long Island Sound,” he said. “I’ve 

written articles for the Washington Post 

on being a stay-at-home dad.” 

Finally, he told his wife, Jennifer 

Rooks (whose family owned and 

operated Rooks department stores) that 

he wanted to write for a living. “She has 

always supported me,” he said. “And she 

agreed that I should try.” 

In the beginning, writing wasn’t selfsustaining, 

and he had to take jobs to 

supplement his income. They had lived 

up and down the east coast, until finally 

settling in Marblehead. 

Dolin kept writing books, and while 

he didn’t get rich — or even famous — 

they made money, until one day his wife 

told him they were doing well enough 

for him to stop working his day job so he 

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display of resistance to the British crown. 

Later, as their interests started to become 

more and more threatened, that support 

turned to violent opposition. 

There are some familiar names in the 

book, including Blackbeard, Captain 

Kidd and Edward Low. Also featured 

prominently are the colonists who ended 

up fighting the pirates, such as John 

Winthrop, Cotton Mather and a young 

Benjamin Franklin. 

While most writers confine their 

material to what they know best, Dolin 

picks topics about which he knows little. 

That way, he said, he can take the time 

to do his research and learn without any 

preconceived notions. 

“Writing a book involves a certain 

kind of temperament,” he said. “And a 

certain kind of skill. It’s a great thing to 

be able to do, but like most jobs, it’s not 

that easy. I’ve always been fairly driven, 

whatever the given project is.” 

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promoting it. 

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"I like taking risks, and I like taking 

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stunning loss to the Patriots in the Super 

Bowl in February 2015, before returning 

to Boston again to serve, gratis, on a 

committee to delve into the Massachusetts 

State Police overtime scandal. 

"(Col.) Kerry Gilpin (the current 

Superintendent of State Police) called and 

asked if I'd be on a team of consultants," 

O'Toole said. "She's doing the right thing. 

When these things happen, your biggest 

challenge is stepping aside and looking to 

the future." 

O'Toole has developed some staunch 

philosophies when it comes to police 

officers who become corrupt. "Nobody," 

she said,"hates bad cops more than good 

cops." 

O’Toole said her time in Marblehead, 

which began when she moved here from 

Pittsfield when she was 13, formed a 

great foundation for her career. Her 

father also influenced her. 

"He was a teacher," she said. "And 

every day, he left the house with a smile 

on his face. He probably could have 

made more money doing something else, 

but teaching is what he loved. 

"I grew up with an extraordinary 

education thanks to Marblehead," she 

said. "I also grew up with people who 

emphasized that you have to love your 

work." 

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Town folk heroes 


Patrick Coman, Danielle Miraglia, Ryan Fitzsimmons, Greg Klyma (on piano) pay tribute to Bob Dylan at 

the me&thee coffeehouse. 

PHOTOS COURTESY CLIFF GARBER 

Back in the winter of 1970, Anthony 

Silva was one of three college kids 

who somehow convinced the elders at 

the Unitarian Universalist Church on 

Mugford Street that Marblehead needed 

a coffeehouse where acoustic musicians 

could sing their songs and friends could 

come together over a shared love of music. 

Approval was granted, with one 

stipulation: the word "coffeehouse" 

could not be used because it might 

attract bad characters such as blackturtleneck-clad 

beatniks. 

Nonetheless, the me&thee, an allvolunteer 

nonprofit operation that is one 

of the nation's oldest and most revered 

church-based acoustic venues, is still going 

strong. In fact, it's flourishing, coming off 

one of its most successful seasons. 

Through the years, the roster of

heavyweights who have graced the 

me&thee stage is mind-boggling: Tom 

Rush, Greg Brown, Pete Seeger, Dar 

Williams, Shawn Colvin, Jonathan 

Edwards, Bill Morrissey, Jesse 

Winchester, Loudon Wainwright III and 

Tracy Chapman. 

"Walking along Harvard Square, we 

heard a most unusual busker singing 

songs that could move you with their 

gutsy emotion," recalled Silva, a retired 

news anchor from WBZ NewsRadio 

1030. "The singer was a sophomore at 

Tufts University and we immediately 

offered her a gig at the me&thee. That 

was how we came to present Tracy 

Chapman on one of her first stages. 

She was so overcome by the thunderous 

applause and appreciation here, she broke 

down in our arms and cried just behind 

the door to the left of the stage." 

Incidents such as these are 

commonplace, according to Silva and 

Kathy Sands-Boehmer, the me&thee's 

longtime booking manager. 

The me&thee seats only 225 people, 

and the relationship between artist 

and fan is light-years better than most 

modern-day concert-going experiences, 

such as sitting in the still-expensive 

nosebleed section of a football stadium 

watching the performer on a video screen, 

or standing through three hours of music 

in a crowded indoor space where selfieobsessed 

attendees constantly jostle and 

spill beer on one another. 

"At the me&thee, everyone is up close 

and personal. We still charge one price, 

very affordable, and the chance to sit in 

the front row, four feet from the stage, is 

very real. Audience members can meet the 

musicians after the show," Silva said. 

"A few years ago we had Sean 

Rowe, a major talent from New York 

state, and I noticed someone had 

ordered 10 tickets online, very 

unusual,” Sands-Boehmer said. 

“I was curious, and called the 

ticket buyer. They were coming 

with their wedding party. The 

bride told me 'His song is 

our wedding song,' so I 

reserved 10 seats for them 

and decorated the chairs with 

bows and ribbons. 

"During the show, Sean 

pulled up a seat next to them, looked 

directly into their eyes, and sang their 

wedding song directly to them. Special 

things like that happen at the me&thee." 

Silva said me&thee was the first gig 

for folk legend Greg Brown after Brown's 

"I trust my gut, 

and sometime 

my gut is three 

years too early." 

Kathy 

Sands-Boehmer 

grandmother died. "He walked 

out and the audience gave 

him a long, strong standing 

ovation.Tears rolled down 

his face. He said he felt safe 

here and never considered 

canceling the show. This is just 

one of many memories I'll never 

forget. Like the time I picked Pete Seeger 

up at the airport, and my son sat in the 

back seat with him and they talked the 

whole ride to Marblehead." 

Sands-Boehmer, a folk festival

Session Americana on stage at the me&thee coffehouse. 

devotee, does an amazing job filling the 

me&thee schedule, which blends local 

talent with up-and-coming national acts, 

established international stars and even 

seemingly offbeat choices such as actor/ 

singer/talk show host John Davidson, 

who performed on Sept. 28. 

Is there a secret to landing the best 

acts? Sands-Boehmer laughs. "I trust my 

gut, and sometime my gut is three years 

too early. Darlingside is one example. I 

wanted to book them forever, but since 

the me&thee is open only on Friday 

nights, we just couldn't make it work. 

They are now very big, and were at 

Newport Folk (Festival) this year." 

Sands-Boehmer is very high on a few 

newish acts playing in Marblehead this fall. 

Crys Matthews (Oct. 12) was one of 10 

finalists (from 5,000 entries) in this year’s 

NewSong Music Competition and, after 

performing at Lincoln Center, won the 

grand prize. Heather Mae, like Matthews a 

songwriter singing about humanity, rights, 

justice and self-love, opens. 

Sands-Boehmer is also excited 

about Twisted Pine (Oct. 5), whom 

she said offers forthright songwriting, 

lush harmonies, musical daring and 

charismatic appeal. "And Quentin 

Callewaert, a young, sensational guitarist 

from Byfield, opens the show. He's 

remarkable. We're bringing him back as 

headliner in the spring." 

"Kathy is the music matchmaker," 

said Silva. 

She is already setting up shows for 

next year's 50th anniversary season. 

Me&thee all-stars Bill Staines, Mason 

Daring and Jeanie Stahl, John Gorka 

and Cheryl Wheeler are among likely 

choices. 

For tickets and the fall 2018 lineup, 

winter and spring 2019 schedule go to 

www.meandthee.org. 

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