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Marblehead's
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A POLICE
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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.
facebook.com/marbleheadchamber/
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Eat W ell
to be well
BY BILL BROTHERTON
that tastes good is
easy to make," said Susan
Bergeron, owner of the
"Nothing
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
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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.”
Eat Well Kitchen, 40 Atlantic Ave.,
781-639-0659. Open Monday-Saturday, 8
a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
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
found the topics of his books rather dry. But when
he floated the idea of his next book being about
pirates, they were all ears.
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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.
2) 4 State Street
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.
9) 9 Mechanic Street
Built in 1713 for a fisherman and shoreman named
Samuel Brimblecome.
10) 19 Mechanic Street
Built in 1820 by Robert Phillips, a cabinet maker.
11) 33 Mechanic Street
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.
16) 3 State Street
In 1742, this house was built for a physician named
Joseph Lemmon. It was moved from 88 Washington
Street in 1872.
FALL 2018 | 13

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
BY STEVE KRAUSE
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."
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KATHY O'TOOLE
A
POLICE
FORCE
Kathy O'Toole and her husband, Dan, himself a former Boston cop.
BY STEVE KRAUSE
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
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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
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"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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The awning at The
Landing above the
deck seating was
raised to allow more
lighting into the
new dining area.
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SPENSER HASAK
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
BY BILL BROTHERTON
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
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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
are held on Tuesdays. Waterfront activities
will include acoustic music and sunset harbor
cruises that end with a three-course dinner
at The Landing. As always, youngsters will
enjoy free hot chocolate during the annual
Christmas Walk when Santa arrives by
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
reserved for several events," Simonelli said.
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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.
24 or the Marblehead Museum on Nov.
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
could concentrate on writing.
"Black Flags, Blue Waters," which
came out in September, is set against
the backdrop of the Age of Exploration,
and reveals a part of American history
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Dolin writes that in the beginning,
colonists supported pirates as an early
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.”
Part of writing a book, Dolin said, is
promoting it.
“You have to get the word out,” he
said. “If you don’t do it, who will?”
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WHERE: 126 Washington St., Marblehead.
With a motto like "Eat what you want," it’s hard to stay
away from Marblehead's newest hidden gem, located in
the lower depths of Washington Street. Its diverse menu
options make it the perfect weekend brunch, dinner,
or date spot. With their third location — the first in
Manchester-by-the-Sea and the second in Newburyport —
owners Chris Robins, Matt Gaudet, and Paul Emmett
are ready to give Marbleheaders exactly what
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"I like taking risks, and I like taking
challenges," she said. "And I like making
a difference."
Which brings us full circle. O'Toole
spent three-and-a-half years in Seattle,
including the aftermath of the Seahawks'
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."
And that, she said, has never been an
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Town folk heroes
BY BILL BROTHERTON
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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