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What gives, Shakespeare?
Where was Shakespeare when we needed him?
His soothsayer warned Caesar to beware the Ides of March. But what about us? We could’ve
used a little warning that, around March 15 of this year, our world was about to come to a halt.
Some of us have little to complain about, but I will anyway. The first day into this, my annual St.
Patrick’s Day lunch with McDermott and Calnan was preempted when restaurants shut down;
I haven’t been able to go to the gym (and, as Dr. Cal Dorsey noted with a smirk, it shows); and
the town took away the picnic tables under the overhang at Devereaux Beach, thus leaving no
comfortable place to sit and enjoy a Neck Run cheeseburger while staring off into the Atlantic.
But while I whined, others shined.
Take, for example, Jason Santos, the blue-haired celebrity chef, who envisioned a restaurant —
his first outside of Boston — on Pleasant Street where for decades stood a dilapidated former gas
station. He didn't let COVID-19 deter him. "I started rethinking the business and asking 'How
do I want to grow?' I had a creative spell. I'm good at adapting, and (the pandemic) certainly
forced all of us to adapt." he said. And so, B&B Fish is scheduled for an August opening. Bill
Brotherton has the story.
Then there’s the Glixman-Padulsky family. A month before Father’s Day, it appeared they
wouldn’t have much to celebrate. But a lot can happen in a month. Stacey Padulsky could barely
hold back tears as she shared her family's joyful news: Her husband, Phil, and father, Joseph
Glixman, had both recovered from COVID-19 after spending weeks on a ventilator in Salem
Hospital. Gayla Cawley has the story.
And Jeremy Barnett, a Detroit-based scenic designer who grew up in Marblehead and
remembered summertime in town always had a particular vibe — an artistic vibe. But with
necessary cancellations due to the pandemic, Barnett knew the town wouldn’t have the artsy
environment it normally does. His answer can be found at Marblehead Little Theater. David
McLellan has the story.
Three children, nine grandchildren, two careers, and now, one small but lively business. So goes the
tale of lifelong Marblehead residents Carol and Ken “Captain” Eldridge. Alex Ross has the story.
When the rigors of running several restaurants and many other businesses leave Frank
DePasquale exhausted, he eagerly escapes to Angel Cove, his European-styled oasis and "place
of relaxation" on the Neck. The 5,639-square-foot home on Ocean Avenue near Castle Rock has
breathtaking views of the Atlantic from every room, sits on 1.7 acres with rolling lawns, with a
private beach, a spacious backyard patio, and a built-in pool. Again, Billy Brotherton has the story.
Melissa Lorenzo-Herve, the founder and dressmaker for still-growing online boutique
Pirouette, it's been quite an adjustment period for her and her establishment with the prolonged
shutdown.
"We're still a growing company, and this whole shutdown has certainly been tough," said
Lorenzo-Herve, who moved to Marblehead from New York City about four years ago.
"Obviously with all of the factories closed down, we haven't been able to go back into production
yet.” Mike Alongi has the story.
If you want your physical fitness just a text message away, get in touch with former
Marbleheaders Kait Taylor and Jessica Lynch of Wishroute Fitness via text. Steve Krause has the
story.
For these and other 01945 stories, read on. If you’re still afraid to leave the house, you should
have plenty of time for it.
04 What's Up
06 Artists comes home
10 Virus survivors
12 House Money
14 Sea crafter
16 Captain and his mate
18 Pandemic scoffer
INSIDE
20 Signs of the times
22 Sense of style
24 Teaching moment
26 That's Italian
28 Capturing memories
30 Healthy bounce
TED GRANT
COVER
Phil Padulsky survived
two and a half weeks in
a coma after contracting
COVID-19.
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SPENSER HASAK

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What: Sustainable Marblehead is
dedicated to empowering and connecting
residents by focusing on working group
missions ranging from clean energy to
education and town tree health.
Where: Visit sustainablemarblehead.org
to find information on a Zoom working
group meeting.
When: August 3, 7-9 p.m.
Tie Dye Fun
What: Marblehead Recreation and Parks
sponsors tie dying lessons for students
in grades 1 through 7 with coronavirus
precautions in place. Visit marblehead.
org/recreation Summer for more
information.
Where: Seaside Park near the
grandstand - Atlantic Avenue opposite
the police station.
When: August 3-6, 9:45-10:45 a.m. and
11 a.m. - noon.
Puppet mastering
What: Marblehead Recreation and
Parks offers instruction for kids in
grades 1-5 in making and decorating a
variety of puppets and creating different
characters with different story lines. Visit
marblehead.org/recreation Summer for
more information.
Where: Gatchell Park picnic tables,
73 Lafayette St.
When: August 10-13, 9-10:15 a.m.,
10:30-11:45 a.m.
Underground discussion
What: Participate in a Marblehead
Museum Zoom book club discussion on
'The Underground Railroad' by Colson
Whitehead following the 2017 Pulitizer
Prize-winning book's main character,
Cora, on her path out of slavery.
Where: Register here: https://form.
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When: August 19, 7 p.m.
Sidewalk and shop
What: Town-wide sidewalk sales:
Marblehead’s finest boutiques and
eateries will offer incredible bargains,
discounts and fun for residents and
visitors alike.
Where: Pleasant Street, Atlantic Avenue
and Old Town.
When: September 12

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Giving summer an
artist's touch
PHOTO: OLIVIA FALCIGNO
BY DAVID MCLELLAN
Yellow, blue, red, and green —
they are the basic colors, the
“family restaurant table crayon
colors,” according to Jeremy
Barnett, and he hopes they will bring a
sense of unity to a town where a lot will
be missing this summer.
Those who pass the Marblehead Little
Theatre on School Street should look up
and see the seven colorful panels Barnett
has decorated and hung. The “not purely
abstract” work includes rounded shapes,
as well as silhouettes of human figures.
Barnett is a Detroit-based scenic
designer who, along with his wife, Jessica,
grew up in Marblehead. For Barnett,
summertime in Marblehead always
had a particular vibe — an artistic vibe.
But with necessary cancellations due
to the COVID-19 pandemic, Barnett
knew the town wouldn’t have the artsy
environment it normally does.
And it’s not just because the
Marblehead Little Theatre, where his
father, Andy Barnett, is facility manager
and technical director, isn’t able to
put on shows, many of which Barnett
participated in himself.
The theater has produced many plays
and productions, musicals and workshops
for the community over the years, and it
even has an agreement with surrounding
businesses to allow diners to use the
theater’s front patio area.
Even with the building closed during
the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s usually
plenty of people seated out front on
warm afternoons.
“This year, it’s not just no Marblehead
Little Theatre, it’s no fireworks, no
Marblehead Festival of Arts, which was
always such a given,” Barnett said. “The
idea of this town in the summer without
art felt hollow to me.”
The answer? Marblehead should have
visible public art in the summer, Barnett
said.
“It’s always been important to me,”
Barnett said. “As a kid especially as the
Fourth of July kicked off, it was important.”

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In May, Barnett proposed the idea
of artwork being hung at the theater to
its Board of Directors. Ultimately, the
simple design with simple colors was
chosen.
“Something about the scale and the
vibrancy are going to catch you, even
if you don’t particularly like the style,”
Barnett said. “My philosophy on the
installations is they should be accessible.
If kids can come up to it and be happy,
that’s good.”
The human figures seen on the
panels were not included in the original
proposal. In fact, they were added
in response to increased discussion,
awareness, and protest of racial violence
and police brutality this summer.
“At first, it was supposed to be truly
abstract, without the human figures,”
Barnett said. “The idea came when
we were reminded of our failings as a
society, and of social justice. It needed to
become less abstract and more personal.”
“We wanted to recognize that we
aren’t fully out of the woods, that if we
don’t put a human face on it, at least we
can have human figures,” he said.
It took Barnett roughly six hours a
day for almost two weeks to create the
installations leading up to the Fourth
of July.
At some point, Barnett said he will make
videos and circulate them online — simple
The idea of this
town in the summer
without art felt
hollow to me.
— Jeremy Barnett
Acclaimed artist Jeremy Barnett worked with Marblehead Little Theatre to paint five large "panels"
installed on the theater's 12 School St. location.
PHOTO: OLIVIA FALCIGNO
Panels created by artist Jeremy Barnett
adorn Marblehead Little Theatre.
PHOTO: SPENSER HASAK

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art lessons for children to learn how to make
art in a similar style as his panels.
Later in the summer — a firm date
has not been set yet, but likely in August
— Barnett said the community will be
invited to create their own pieces, which
will replace his own that are hanging
at the Marblehead Little Theatre now.
Barnett said he is most excited about
seeing what people come up with on
their own.
“I’ve been really excited to make
these, really excited to put them up, but
I will be more excited when I take them
down and see what the community will
replace them with,” Barnett said.
Marblehead Little Theatre,
founded in 1956, is one of the oldest
community theaters in the country. In
the summertime, it is normally “so busy”
with theater activities, and, to Barnett’s
recollection, the art installations are a
first for the theater.
While they may be a first, the
installations are what the theater is all
about: giving to the community.
Artist Jeremy Barnett grew up in Marblehead and he hopes the five "panels" he painted for the Marblehead Little Theatre inspire similar creations by town residents.
PHOTO: OLIVIA FALCIGNO

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They had
COVID COVERED
BY GAYLA CAWLEY
Glixman-Padulsky
family stared down
a deadly disease
O
ne month before Father's
Day, it didn't look like the
Glixman-Padulsky family
would have much to celebrate.
A lot can happen in a month.
Three days before the holiday, Stacey
Padulsky could barely hold back tears
as she shared her family's joyful news:
Her husband, Phil, and father, Joseph
Glixman, had both recovered from a
severe case of COVID-19 after spending
weeks on a ventilator in Salem Hospital.
Her mother, Bonnie, spent a week in
the hospital for a less-severe form of the
coronavirus, and has fully recovered.
After spending 49 days in the
hospital, Phil returned to their
Marblehead home on June 18, where
he was welcomed home with a drive-by
parade that included fire trucks and at
least 50 cars.
"It was so surreal," Stacey said. "There
wasn't a dry eye. It was awesome."
Glixman was still recovering at
Spaulding Rehab as of early July. He's
unable to walk and is a little disoriented,
but he's improving, Stacey said.
"He's a fighter, my dad," said Stacey.
"He worked up until he got sick at 79
years old. My dad is always doing, doing,
doing. He's very strong, (always) out and
about. This killed him to get sick."
A stint at a rehab center, where Phil
also spent some time recovering before
returning home, is a vastly different
scenario from the weeks both men spent
in the Intensive Care Unit at Salem
Hospital.
"It was a really bad time," Stacey said.
"We thought we were going to lose both
my father and my husband."
Stacey Padulsky stands with her husband, Phil, in front of their Marblehead home a day after Phil was
released from Salem Hospital after beating COVID-19.
PHOTOS: SPENSER HASAK

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Both men were diagnosed with the
coronavirus in early May, and were both
admitted to Salem Hospital on the same
day, May 8. They were transported in
separate ambulances that responded to their
shared residence. Joseph and wife, Bonnie,
live in an apartment that the Padulskys built
for them alongside their home.
Phil, 56, said he left work one Friday
because he was feeling ill. He thought
it was just a bug, and took a nap. But at
dinner that night, he noticed he couldn't
taste anything.
He remembers telling his wife that
he thought he had the coronavirus. The
next day he got tested, his results came
back positive that Sunday and his illness
quickly became severe. He was having
trouble breathing.
Doctors put him on a ventilator
on May 11. Joseph was placed on a
ventilator on May 24.
Phil remained on the ventilator for
two and a half weeks, which required
doctors to place him in a medicallyinduced
coma. To make matters worse,
his kidneys failed and he had to undergo
dialysis. Doctors also had a hard time
keeping his fever down. At one point, his
temperature reached 105 degrees.
"It was really touch-and-go for a
while," Stacey said. "It was really scary.
Everything was going wrong, and all of a
sudden, he turned the corner."
Phil said being in the coma was like
taking a three-week nap. He said he was
in "la la land," and remembered having
bad dreams and hallucinating while he
was sedated.
"My wife, she's the rock," Phil said. "I
can't thank her enough. What she went
through, she's a real trooper. She deserves a
medal. She held it together. Imagine almost
losing your husband, your father is in the
ICU, and your mother is in the hospital."
Along with the doctors and nurses
at Salem Hospital, Phil and Stacey
credit their future daughter-in-law, Mia
Marcello, for helping his recovery.
Marcello, a pharmacist, played a crucial
role in advocating for Phil to receive a
new treatment that consists of plasma
taken from former COVID-19 patients
and given to those fighting the virus.
Phil was the first person at Salem Hospital
to receive the serum. Because of Marcello,
the hospital was able to get a supply, some of
which was later given to Joseph.
Marcello also advocated for Phil
to receive remdesivir, an antiviral drug
that has been gaining traction as a
COVID-19 treatment.
Phil Padulsky of Marblehead returned home from Salem Hospital after beating COVID-19.
"The doctors and nurses at Salem saved
my life, along with my daughter-in-law,"
Phil said. "She was actually my angel."
After more than a month of
uncertainty, the family is now able to
move forward.
Phil and Stacey plan to get a
cockapoo puppy in September. A new
dog wasn't necessarily part of their longterm
plans.
Barely able to speak after regaining
consciousness, "puppy" was the only
word Phil could muster during a video
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chat with his family. Following some
confusion, Phil wrote down the word.
"I think he wants a puppy," the
doctors told Stacey.
"He's getting it," she told them.
At Salem Hospital, the couple
decided on a name — Will — chosen
because Phil had the will to survive.
"My worst enemy, I wouldn't wish it
on them as far as what I went through —
it's a terrible disease," Phil said. "I have
a new perspective on life. I appreciate
everything and everyone."
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Her jewelry
sea to thee
brings the
PHOTOS: OLIVIA FALCIGNO
BY ANNE MARIE TOBIN
Salt air, fair winds and following
seas.
That's what Marblehead
jewelry maker Patsy Kane Wiswell
wishes for purchasers of her nauticallythemed
jewelry.
For more than a decade, Wiswell,
doing business as Patsy Kane Nautical,
has been designing and manufacturing
some of the most unique, custommade
bracelets, earrings, necklaces and
accessories you'll ever find from her
home studio on Johns Road. Inspired by
her love of the sea, Wiswell uses common
navigational tools such as mariner
shackles, dories, monkey fist knots,
compass rose, latitude and longitude
coordinates and starfish, to create her
one-of-a-kind pieces.
Wiswell got her start in the business
when a friend took up beading. Soon,
the duo ventured into silversmithing and
what began as a hobby, was transformed
into a business.
"I had always done handcrafts
like needlepoint and knitting, but I
really enjoyed the whole process, from
designing the pieces to making them to
going to farmers markets to sell them,"
she said. "It got to the point where I
had so much that I couldn't give it away,
so from there I started doing wholesale
shows, two a year normally."
Wiswell said she still remembers the
feeling of elation she experienced when
a Nantucket boutique shop owner placed
an order, her first from a retailer.
"I think it was in 2014. I walked
into a very popular shop called Best of
the Beach and it literally was the only
cold call I ever made, but thankfully the
owner (Cary Turner) took mercy on me.
She said it was too late to buy as they
buy in March, but she placed a really
good order anyway. I really learned a lot
from her and helped me learn the system.
"After the order, I was so happy I
told my friends well, 'we just paid for our
trip.'"
Wiswell is committed to what she
calls the "made in America philosophy"
and tries to keep everything local,
especially when it comes to labor.
Her company partners with Shine
Jewelry, a division of Northeast Arc,
on production of I Love You Bracelets,
Summer Bracelets and Bosun Bracelets,
which are assembled by the Arc's Paul
Ouellette.
"A few years ago I mentioned to a
friend who was on the board of the Arc
that I wanted to partner with a local
agency, and she told me about the Arc's
Shine Jewelry program," said Wiswell. "I
met with them and she said she thought
she had the perfect person to come
on board, and that's how we met Paul.

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Patsy Kane Wiswell, a Marblehead jewelry maker, looks at her studio in her Marblehead home.
We hit it off, and he took off running
and never looked back. Paul has great
attention to detail and takes instruction
so well."
Patsy Kane Nautical jewelry is sold
at fine gift shops in approximately 40
locations throughout New England,
Patsy Kane wears a
Captain’s Cord
bracelet
along with
coordinates
bracelets
in her
Marblehead
home.
Monkey
fists can be
found in a
matching set
of bracelets,
earrings and
necklaces.
ranging from Kennebunkport to
Newport to Cuttyhunk Island, Cape Cod
and Martha's Vineyard.
With shops also in Lake Tahoe,
Calif., and Fishers Island, N.Y., Wiswell
said she is hoping to add locations in the
Carolinas and Florida.
Jewelry is
packaged
in a small
container
and
clipped
onto
pieces
of old
nautical
charts.
Shackles
can be
found in a
matching
set of
bracelets,
earrings and
necklaces.
"I would love to get into those areas,
so the Ocean City gift show in Maryland
is my next target," she said. "It's hard to
find sales reps with the advent of these
huge shows and to date I really haven't
been able to find them in those areas."
Local shops carrying her line
include Sweetwater & Co. in Beverly
and Marblehead, F.L. Woods Nautical
Merchants in Marblehead, Blackstone's
of Beacon Hill and Loft & Vine in
Boston along with Sea Meadow Gift and
Gardens Shop in Essex and The Last
Resort in Rockport.
Wiswell said her top sellers are
the monkey fist earrings, which come
packaged in a tin adorned with vintage
nautical charts.
"They are affordable and very nautical,
a grab-and-go item that retailers love,"
said Wiswell.
Other popular items are Ouellette's
I Love You bead bracelets, which tell
the story of Minot's Lighthouse on the
South Shore.
"The lore is that the lighthouse 1-4-
3 flashing sequence stands for 'I love
you,' so the bracelets replicate the same
sequence in silver beads separated by
colored beads."
Almost all of Kane's products can be
personalized with special messages or
latitude and longitude coordinates of a
favorite place.
A native of New York City, Wiswell
moved to Boston after graduating from
Manhattanville College and later headed
up the coast to Marblehead, where she met
her husband of 19 years, Byron (Ronnie)
Wiswell, Jr., a boat trucker for the
Marblehead Trading Co. She is the proud
stepmother of Byron Wiswell III, a boat
captain, and has a soon-to-be daughter-inlaw,
Mackenzie Snow, a teacher.
Wiswell said "blissful summers on
Cape Cod inspired her life-long love
affair with New England."
When not working in her studio or at
her part-time job as operations manager
for a small hedge fund, Wiswell said she
can be found either "on the water or on a
mountain."
While she does all the designing,
behind the scenes bookkeeping and sales,
Wiswell said she is far from a onewoman
show.
"I could not do any of this without
my husband; he takes me to the shows,
sets everything up and is my sounding
board for designs," she said. "I couldn't
do this full-time and my part-time
finance job without him."

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They're in it together
BY ALEX ROSS
Carol and Kenneth Eldridge run an arts and crafts business, Captain's Quarters. Their studio is adorned with a nautical theme.
PHOTOS: OLIVIA FALCIGNO
Three children, nine grandchildren,
two careers, and now, one small but lively
business. So goes the tale of lifelong
Marblehead residents Carol and Ken
“Captain” Eldridge.
The couple, married almost 56 years,
owns and operates Captain’s Quarters
Marblehead, a studio/workshop that
sells decorative folk-art paintings and
handmade wooden products. Carol and
Ken first met in seventh grade.
Their studio was inspired by the
Eldridges’ love of boating. “Captain,”
of course, refers to Ken’s nickname;
“Quarters” comes from a sign Carol
bought for her husband. The sign — a
gold eagle with outstretched wings
accompanied by the phrase Captain’s
Quarters and emblazoned with red
anchors — hangs on the door that
divides the workspace from the studio.
Nearly all of the art created here
is inspired by the town that birthed
not only the studio, but also Carol and
Ken’s love story. Marblehead Minis, for
instance, are canvas prints of Carol’s
acrylic paintings of spots in Marblehead
that hold sentimental value.
“The whole point is the connection,”
said Carol. “Make your own wall with
your story.”
The inside of Marblehead’s Blue
Canoe Cafe is a perfect example: 26
different Marblehead Minis adorn the
brick wall inside the restaurant. The
minis were designed to be purchased in
groups and hung together. “Support local
businesses that support local art” reads
the caption of Carol’s Instagram photo of
the display wall.
Individually, the minis represent
both Marblehead history and the

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stories of people who buy them. A
husband purchased “The Landing” as an
anniversary gift for his wife because that
is the restaurant where they first met. For
Carol and Ken, St. Michael's Church is
where they wed and where their three
daughters (Susan, Amy, and Sarah) were
baptized and later married.
Though all are now adults, each with
three children of their own, the workshop
is filled with mementos of children and
grandchildren.
Ken was co-captain of the
Marblehead High varsity football
team in 1962 and the hockey team.
He attended Columbia University and
worked for a lobsterman before serving
as controller at Raytheon for 53 years.
He smiles every time he looks at the sign
that says “A fisherman lives here with the
best catch of his life.”
Captain’s Quarters has been in
business for only a little more than a year.
Ken said it affords him plenty of time to
perfect both his hobby of wood crafting,
and the art of being a good husband.
“There are only two words you need
to know,” said Ken, smiling. “‘Yes, dear,’ is
the correct answer to every question.”
Perhaps that is the long, sought-after
key to a happy marriage. Carol has her
own ideas.
“We have a philosophy,” she said. “It has
to be fun. We wake up and think, ‘What
fun thing are we going to do today?’”
That fun thing could be as easy as
watching whales through binoculars, or
as exciting as traveling to London with
their four granddaughters or Iceland with
their five grandsons. The Eldridges are
globetrotters: India and Africa are on the
itinerary of places they have visited.
These hand-painted Marblehead Minis display notable places
around town.
Carol Eldridge (above with husband, Kenneth) makes art at a
basement work station.
Called Marblehead Micros, these hand-painted mini easels depict fun town scenes
Carol, a Massachusetts College of
Art and Design graduate and designer by
trade for some 35 years, is drawn to the
unique colors and cultures of each place
she visits. “I take a sketchbook with me
and I paint,” she said. “Inspiration can
happen anywhere.”
Her attention to detail is apparent in
all of her work: the Marblehead Minis,
the “Marblehead Micros” (2.5-inchsquare
paintings on an easel), the
paintings on the mailboxes, bird houses
and ornaments created by Ken, and the
new nautical Marblehead “Headers”
collection of pillows, notecards, and
coasters.
Carol’s fashion sense — cheetah
print flats and a giant turquoise pendant
necklace — captures her outgoing
personality.
Methodical Ken, in his plaid shirt, is
the yin to Carol’s yang. Ken, said Carol,
was “the teacher’s pet” in that fated seventh
grade math class, sitting with hands folded
in the very front of the room.
“I’ll tell my side of the story next!”
said Ken, then laughed.
Carol’s work desk is cluttered with
paintbrushes stuffed into old baking
powder cans and Luxardo maraschino
cherry containers. She said the cherries
were expensive, at $25 per can. Ken
rolled his eyes. “Forty-five dollars,” he
corrected her. Twenty-five, insisted
Carol. Ken nodded “yes, dear,” he said
and winked as he held up four, then five
fingers.
Yin and yang, crafter and designer,
Captain and First Mate. Three children,
nine grandchildren, two careers, and
one business, all in more than half a
century together.

18 | 01945
A big Fish
hooked on
Pleasant
Street
BY BILL BROTHERTON
I've never been more excited
about or consumed by a project
— Jason Santos
Celebrity chef Jason Santos is opening a new restaurant, B&B Fish, in a long-abandoned gas station
in Marblehead. PHOTOS: OLIVIA FALCIGNO
he building at 195 Pleasant St.
T hadn't had a tenant for more than
two decades. An abandoned eyesore for
most of that time, it last housed a gas
station back when a gallon of regular cost
about a buck-fifteen.
But Jason Santos, one of America's
best-known celebrity chefs, thanks to
his many TV appearances, his blue hair
and owning three of Boston's most
successful restaurants, drove by and saw
an opportunity.
The perfect spot to open a restaurant,
his first outside of the Boston city limits.
"About a year ago, someone suggested
I drive to Marblehead and check out the
site. It's on a busy street and it was an old
gas station, not much to look at," said
Santos.
He hesitated pulling the trigger on
his vision and hesitated some more. Still,
the idea of opening a new fun, whimsical
fried fish place near the ocean nagged
at him: Marblehead and fish seemed
as natural a pairing as clams and tartar
sauce. He checked out the building, saw
the improvements, and enthusiastically
worked out a deal.
The pandemic be damned, he thought.
"I'd been home for a couple of
months. I had eight weeks to sit at home
and think. Usually, I never get a night
off. I started rethinking the business and
asking 'How do I want to grow?' I had a
creative spell. I'm good at adapting, and
(the pandemic) certainly forced all of us
to adapt."
And Santos, who lives in Woburn
with his wife, Thuy, and their dog, Miso,
has been at the site nearly every day
since, getting his B&B Fish restaurant
ready for its anticipated August 1
opening.
"I've never been more excited about or
consumed by a project," he said.
B&B Fish will "elevate the clam
shack feel" and feature a moderatelypriced
menu full of creative high-quality
summertime seaside favorites, said
Santos. A seafood restaurant was a
no-brainer, he said, since the Atlantic
Ocean is such an important part of
Marblehead's beauty. Open daily for
lunch and dinner, it will be mostly
takeout, with a dining room that seats 20
and a patio that seats 30 more.
"The patio will be a cool place. There
will be large furniture to sit in." Santos
said he aims to bring some whimsy and
fun to the Marblehead dining scene.
The menu will offer such favorites
as British-style beer battered fish and
chips, fried shrimp, scallops, duck fat
fried whole belly clams, crispy pork belly,
and Buttermilk & Bourbon’s Famous
Fried Chicken. Sauces will include:
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Commonwealth Avenue in Boston.
Santos also is owner/chef of Abby Lane
Boston in the Theatre District and
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Signs of the times
PHOTOS BY SPENSER HASAK
Coronavirus restrictions couldn't keep town residents
from expressing their joy, anger and solidarity during
spring and early summer as they decorated porches and
lawns with signs and banners.
High school and college graduates who saw their school
successes dampened by the pandemic got congratulatory
salutes with custom-made signs.
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22 | 01945
Pirouetting into fashion
BY MIKE ALONGI
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit
businesses big and small in communities
all over the country. For Marblehead's
Melissa Lorenzo-Herve, the founder
and dressmaker for still-growing online
boutique Pirouette, it's been quite an
adjustment period.
"We're still a growing company, and
this whole shutdown has certainly been
tough," said Lorenzo-Herve, who moved
to Marblehead from New York City
about four years ago. "Obviously with all
of the factories closed down, we haven't
been able to go back into production
yet. There's a chance that the factories in
New York that I work with will reopen
in mid-July, but it's all a waiting game.
"Luckily for us, we had our summer
clothes already produced by the time
the factories shut down, so we're at least
able to have some product to sell now
that people are slowly starting to go back
outside," she said.
Even with the struggles of staying
afloat during a pandemic shutdown,
Lorenzo-Herve and Pirouette have
found a way to give back during these
trying times.
She partnered with Girls
Incorporated, the Lynn non-profit
agency geared to empowering school-age
girls, to help them raise funds to help
make up for lost contributions due to the
pandemic.
"I've been connected to Girls Inc. for
awhile now," Lorenzo-Herve, who works
a day job as a legal editor for Thompson-
Reuters, said. "I'm neighbors with (Girls
Inc. fundraising director) Donna Crotty,
and my involvement with them started
a few years ago when I joined a panel of
women entrepreneurs."
Every year Girls Inc. holds a
luncheon fundraiser, but this year's event,
which was set for April, was canceled
due to the coronavirus. When Lorenzo-
Herve found out, she wanted to help.
"I decided that it would be a great
idea to partner with them, and I
made it so 10 percent of all our sales
for the month of April go to Girls
Inc.," Lorenzo-Herve said. "I love the
Dressmaker Melissa Lorenzo-Herve
is pirouetting her business in the face
of COVID-19 pandemic challenges.
COURTESY PHOTO

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Melissa Lorenzo-Herve's fashions, including her Midtown dress (left) and Soho top (right), mix fun and professional flair.
COURTESY PHOTOS
organization and I just wanted to help
them."
Lorenzo-Herve ended up partnering
with another stylist in California for
a series of online webinars on fashion
design. Some of her designs caught the
eyes of spectators. April turned out to
be the biggest sales month in Pirouette's
history.
"It was just a perfect situation that
worked out so well for everyone,"
Lorenzo-Herve said. "It was almost like
it was meant to be. I was so happy with
the way everything worked out."
As things start to open up and people
slowly start to go out and socialize
again, Lorenzo-Herve is hoping that
business continues to pick up. But, as
with everything these days, things are as
uncertain as ever.
"We're just still trying to grow," said
Lorenzo-Herve. "You can have the right
product and the right messaging but at
the end of the day, especially with all
that's going on in the world, there's still
an economic factor that's there. People
aren't exactly out spending money like
they normally would be. It's been a hard
time for everybody, but we're hoping that
things will continue to keep looking up."
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24 | 01945
She's
learning
while
teaching
BY ELYSE CARMOSINO
Jillian Savoie is an Endicott College teaching fellow who will work in Marblehead Public Schools this fall.
She is already helping with the town's online summer school program. PHOTOS: OLIVIA FALCIGNO
J
illian Savoie is launching her
teaching career at a time when
challenges and change define
education.
The Endicott College master's
degree candidate is one of four education
fellows expected to complete their
student teaching requirements with
Marblehead Schools come September.
Savioe completed her undergraduate
degree in elementary education at
Endicott this spring and is currently
on track to graduate from the school in
2021 with her master's degree in special
education.
With the coronavirus pandemic
infiltrating almost every aspect of daily
life, Massachusetts education officials
have tasked school districts with creating
three reopening plans for the 2020-2021
school year, which include possibilities
of full in-person learning, completely
remote learning, or a hybrid of the two.
“I think COVID-19 has affected
virtually everything,” said Marblehead’s

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Student Services Liaison, Emily Dean. “I
think, much like every district out there
now, we’re still waiting for guidance and
coming up with plans for three or four
contingencies based on what that will
look like in the fall.”
Savoie, who found out in April she
would be doing her placement at the
Village School for grades 4 through 6,
has already begun remotely assisting
the district with its summer program.
She said her previous student teaching
experience in Newburyport was also
disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic
when schools hastily switched to remote
learning mid-March.
“It’s very hard to maintain a
relationship with the student virtually,”
she said.
Every year, the National Council on
Teacher Quality (NCTQ) estimates
200,000 student teachers nationally
are placed in classrooms to learn
from experienced educators and work
extensively with different student groups.
A survey of new teachers conducted
by the research and policy group in 2011
suggested educators felt student teaching
was the most important part of their
training experience.
“The stakes in student teaching
are high,” the report reads. “Student
teaching will shape (teacher candidates’)
expectations for their own performance as
teachers and help determine the type of
school in which they will choose to teach.
“Even more importantly, the stakes
are high for future students. A uniformly
strong student teaching experience has
the power to dramatically improve the
vision of teaching excellence.”
Since all fellows the district hires
are specialized staff, Dean said another
COVID-19 concern is making sure
students with special needs are given the
care and attention they need.
“These fellows are going to be
working with some of our highestneeds
groups, who we know have been
significantly affected by the closure and
extended time out of school,” she said.
“They’re really at the forefront of
our minds in terms of planning. How
do we keep them engaged? How do we
keep them safe and learning at home?
They’re really faced with some unique
challenges.”
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accepts a few student teachers into its
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difficult as educators and administrators
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the state-mandated experience required
of them before leading classrooms of
their own.
“I had really just started to get
settled and feel comfortable with all the
students, and then we had to go remote,
which was really hard,” Savoie said. “I
missed seeing the students and being
with them in person.”
During a typical student teaching
experience, candidates are given a chance
to apply everything they’ve learned
in a real classroom setting. Collecting
instructional materials, teaching
lessons, guiding group activities, and
working with faculty and parents are
valuable skills that student teachers and
Marblehead Schools faculty must now
figure out how to translate through
remote learning.
Dean is optimistic about the resiliency
of Marblehead’s teaching fellows — all of
whom are students at Endicott’s School
of Education — and their ability to make
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26 | 01945
For the love of Italy
BY BILL BROTHERTON
When the rigors of running
several restaurants and many
other businesses leave Frank
DePasquale exhausted, he eagerly
escapes to Angel Cove, his
European-styled oasis and "place
of relaxation" on Marblehead
Neck.
The 5,639-square-foot home
on Ocean Avenue near Castle
Rock has breathtaking views
of the Atlantic from every
room, sits on 1.7 acres with
rolling lawns, a private beach, a
spacious backyard patio and a
built-in pool.
"I named it after my mother,
Angelina. It reminds me of
the Amalfi Coast in my native
Italy, where I spent much of
my youth and still return to a
couple of times every year," said
DePasquale, from his Hanover
Street office in Boston's North
End. "It's so peaceful and so
beautiful to see the boats go by.
It's very special."
"The place will never be sold. It's
our family residence." His happiest
times are spent here, he said, making
memories with Debbie, his wife of 30
years, children Joseph and Giana, and
two grandchildren. “This has always been
a place where I’ve come to shut down
after the frantic days of running my
restaurants,” DePasquale said.
For years, DePasquale commuted
to the North End from Marblehead.
"In 1999 I had to make a decision and
decided if I can't walk to (my place of
business), I don't want it."
He and Debbie have a townhouse
in the North End, too, within walking
distance, of course, to his restaurants
Trattoria Il Panino, Bricco, Mare,
Quattro, and AquaPazza. DePasquale
also owns Fratelli in Encore Boston
Harbor, a partnership with fellow
restaurateur Nick Varano, that allows
him to enjoy one of his favorite
pastimes, gambling in the casinos.
DePasquale Ventures also publishes
Scene magazine and offers 25 fully
furnished short term luxury rental suites
Frank DePasquale loves the North End but his heart is in Marblehead
Neck and his home, Angel Cove.
COURTESY PHOTO
above Bricco. His son, Joseph, now
heads the company as CEO. Daughter
Giana is COO.
"The North End is probably the
greatest neighborhood in the country.
I feel like I'm in Italy when I'm here,"
said DePasquale, the unofficial mayor
of the North End and founder of the
community's Chamber of Commerce.
Frank DePasquale's inspiring success
story was born out of hard work.
He respected everyone, listened and
observed, and learned the hospitality
business.
It wasn't easy at the start.
"I was four years old when we came to
America," he recalled. "We stayed with
an aunt in Somerville. But when I was
8, we went back to Italy. My sister and I
didn't want to go back. We cried every
day in Italy." Two years later, the family
returned to America.
He was introduced to the North End
when he accompanied his dad to Café
Della Sport to watch soccer matches.
Frank was 15 years old when his father
died at age 51 of a massive heart attack.
"I became the man in the home, took on
the responsibilities of the family,"
he said.
He graduated from Suffolk
University, and his hospitality
career began. He started at
Jason’s Nightclub in Boston,
advanced to The Palace in Saugus
and the Harbour House in Lynn.
When Steve Wynn hired him as
Boston-based marketing director
for the Golden Nugget in Vegas,
his career accelerated quickly.
In 1987, he bought Trattoria
Il Panino, a 20-seat sandwich
shop on Parmenter Street
in the North End, quickly
adding an outside patio and
reinvesting profits. It offered
casual dining on the first floor,
a gourmet room with white
glove tableside service like in
Italy on the second floor, and
a club with live entertainment
on the third floor. For a while,
he operated a Trattoria Il
Panino on Washington Street in
Marblehead, current site of The
Muffin Shop.
DePasquale was off and running.
Bricco was a hit from day one,
named one of the top 10 restaurants in
the country by Esquire and Bon Appetit
magazines. Celebrities, including Tom
Cruise and Jennifer Lawrence, have been
spotted dining at the ristorante. Bricco
Panetteria, an old school bread bakery,
and Bricco Salumeria & Pasta Shop are
next door.
DePasquale's gone on to own more
than 32 businesses up and down the
East Coast, from Boston to Florida, all
promoting the Italian lifestyle.
His businesses employed 600 before
the pandemic. That number is down
to 400 or so now, but all will have jobs
waiting if they want to return when
restrictions are lifted, he said.
Operating restaurants during the
pandemic has been a challenge, he said.
But if the stress level gets to be too
much, the serenity of Angel Cove in
Marblehead is just a short drive away.
Has DePasquale thought about
retiring? Slowing down? "I love what I
do. I'm 68, going on 50," he said, then
laughed.

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The Marblehead Museum has an exhibit entirely devoted to Marblehead native John Orne Johnson Frost, an early 20th century American folk
artist. This wall captures J. O. J. Frost’s time ashore where the opposite wall covers his time at sea.
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Making
memories
last forever
Lauren McCormack is the executive director of the
Marblehead Museum.
BY GAYLA CAWLEY
Two massive efforts to preserve
a significant portion of the town's
history are underway at the Marblehead
Museum.
The first, "Marblehead Memories," is
the museum's four-year, multi-faceted
project to collect, preserve and share
rapidly-disappearing memories and
stories of the town from the 20th century,
according to the museum's website.
The second undertaking, the
"COVID-19 Archive Project," is a
supplemental portion of the Marblehead
Memories project, which aims to collect
the stories and experiences of people as
they live through the pandemic.
The idea is that when future
generations study the event in their
history classes, they will know what it
was like to live and work in Marblehead
during a global pandemic, according to
Lauren McCormack, executive director
of the Marblehead Museum.
Part of the aim with both projects,
which involves collecting the memories
and stories of people who lived in the
20th century and those who are living
through the current pandemic, is to
avoid repeating the mistakes of past
generations of residents who did not
prioritize preserving their own history,

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McCormack said.
"The early 20th century people were
very interested in history but didn't
record their own," said McCormack. "Of
course it is history and we, like many
others, are stuck with little to show for
what happened over (those) 100 years.
That's what we're trying to remedy with
the Marblehead Memories and now the
COVID-19 project: to not lose those
memories or stories."
Similarly, when the COVID-19
pandemic started, Marblehead Museum
staff realized that not much had been
recorded from residents who lived
through another major pandemic, the
Spanish Flu of 1918, which coronavirus
has often been compared to.
"We realized we didn't have anything
so we started this so people would
have something to look back on and
understand what it was like to be here,"
said McCormack. "We wish we had
something to share with people to put
COVID-19 in context, but unfortunately
we didn't have anything. We don't want
to put our descendants in the same
(situation). We want them to be able to
study this time period."
As the memories and stories are
being collected, McCormack said there
If we don't preserve
the memories of
people, we won't
understand what
the community was
like, how it changed
over the years.
— Lauren McCormack
will be a variety of exhibits in the next
four years, including ones that focus on
different neighborhoods and businesses
in town.
For example, in 2021, there will be
a six-month exhibit on Marblehead
Handprints, a former business that
closed in the 1990s and was known
for making screen-printed fabrics into
clothes, McCormack said.
The exhibit was supposed to be this
year — 2020 marks the 50th anniversary
of when the business was founded in
1970 — but it was pushed back because
of the pandemic.
"As years go by, we are losing so many
people every year and their memories,
their stories of what it was like to live
in Marblehead, to grow up and work
in Marblehead — that is their story,"
said McCormack. "If we don't preserve
the memories of people, we won't
understand what the community was
like, how it changed over the years."
It's vital that people share their
stories in order to preserve that, as
there's only so much that can be gleaned
from a newspaper article or photograph,
McCormack said.
"We need the stories to go along with
them," she said.
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McCormack said.
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their story or memory.
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booth in the museum, which will enable
visitors to have a conversation alone or
with another individual that is video
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Fitness is just a text away
BY STEVE KRAUSE
Imagine if you could pull out your
phone, or perhaps look at your Fitbit, and
get your fitness advice without missing
a beat.
There would be no group exercise
classes. No loud, screaming lectures from
some overzealous trainer who doubles
as a drill
instructor.
Just a
simple text.
That's the
promise of
Wishroute,
a monthly
subscription
service that
provides the
motivation and
accountability
users need to
make changes
in their lives.
"We want
to help people
build healthy
habits," said
Jessica Lynch,
Wishroute
founder, who is
a Marblehead
native and
graduated from
Marblehead
High and
then Babson
College. "There
are real people
on the other
end of the
There
are real
people on
the other
end of the
phone, and
we want
to help
them stay
encouraged
and motivated, and without
judgment. — Jessica Lynch
phone, and we want to help them stay
encouraged and motivated, and without
judgment."
One of her associates, Kait Taylor, is
another Marblehead High graduate.
"We were in the same fitness group on
Facebook," Taylor said. "I am enthusiastic
about health and fitness, and when we
talked on the phone, I loved the idea.
"People have goals, and they're excited
about their wellness," Taylor said, "but
they also feel guilty if they haven't done
what they said they were going to do. But
I love Wishroute's policy. No shame. If
you have a bad day, there's someone
on the other side to talk it through."
There may be no shame, but that
doesn't mean there's no accountability.
There's plenty of that. And it's what
makes the Wishroute way so easy to deal
with. Wishroute gives you "accountability
buddies" who are available, by shift,
via text. Clients can check in with
those buddies and discuss problems or
concerns, daily.
Taylor, a trainer, explains.
"My clients have accountability in
me, but seeing a trainer once a week isn't
enough," she
said. "Getting
healthy is
hard. Your
fitness could
mean making
changes in
your nutrition,
and being
in a grocery
store can be
overwhelming
with all the
choices you
have to make.
It's hard.
"But," she
said, "I can't be
with my clients
every single
day. I can't be
with them the
other 23 hours
in a day. With
Wishroute, we
can connect
daily, just to
know how the
day went."
Another
aspect of
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Wishroute is
that it neither endorses nor discourages
any particular exercise philosophy or
routine.
"We want to help people use the
resources they have," said Lynch, who
lives in Boston. "That's whether you
have a gym membership, or want to
walk outside, or exercise in your home.
There are so many ways to be successful.
You just have to keep trying and do
what you can."
Lynch founded Wishroute after
taking on a variety of professional
pursuits. She started an independent
consulting practice, Brightness
Consulting, that teamed with community
businesses to improve strategy. She was a
senior associate with PwC Advisory and
she is a licensed CPA and CFE.
But there's also a personal aspect to
this too.
"I was inspired by my experiences in
Marblehead with my brother, who was

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diagnosed with juvenile diabetes," she
said. "My mother didn't understand why
they told him he could eat certain foods.
"She quit her job, and dove into
taking care of him," Lynch said. "And
when she did, my brother's health
improved so much."
Laura Plunkett, Lynch's mother, has
written a book called "The Challenge
of Childhood Diabetes," and, along
with her daughter, they have toured the
country speaking about the subject.
"We shared about how small changes
matter," Lynch said. "It's how you eat, and
how you move, and how you approach it
as a family. That inspired me to be really
passionate about health. My mom was our
accountability buddy, and when you have
that accountability to make this a habit,
it's your new sense of normal."
Lynch acknowledges people are busy
— and might have been even busier,
with their lives jumbled more, during the
COVID-19 shutdown. In fact, she said,
the service was a Godsend to people who
found their lives turned upside down
with the extra-added task of homeschooling
children and working remotely.
"We have such busy lives," she said.
"There are so many things to do. But
when it's you, and nobody's waiting on
you to do it, it is easy to push yourself
to the bottom of the list. But when
someone's waiting to hear from you, it's
harder to ignore."
The services are available seven days a
week from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wishrouters
generally check in at night to go over
their days.
"What helps people is it's
anonymous," Lynch said. "It's a text. The
level of anonymity is helpful to people.
You don't have to look your best friend in
the face and say, 'no, it didn't go well.'"
There is an extensive training period
lasting three to four weeks, where
prospective counselors are coached on
the company's philosophy, and they are
shadowed by experienced staff members.
The main point, said Lynch, is that
"any way we can make fitness fun, that's
what we want to do.
"Our goal, longer term, is to
complement your fitness routine,
whether they're video programs,
nutrition plans or wellness apps. They
all have great content, but people have
trouble sticking to it. We want to be that
component that helps people stick to it."
The service costs $30 per month.
However, Lynch said, there are community
codes that lower the fee to $20.
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