01945 Fall 2020 V3

02 | 01945
A publication of Essex Media Group
Publisher
Edward M. Grant
Chief Executive Officer
Michael H. Shanahan
Directors
Edward L. Cahill
John M. Gilberg
Edward M. Grant
Gordon R. Hall
Monica Connell Healey
J. Patrick Norton
Michael H. Shanahan
Chief Financial Officer
William J. Kraft
Chief Operating Officer
James N. Wilson
Community Relations Director
Carolina Trujillo
Controller
Susan Conti
Editor
Thor Jourgensen
Contributing Editor
Steve Krause
Contributing Writers
Mike Alongi
Bill Brotherton
Elyse Carmosino
Gayla Cawley
Thor Jourgensen
Dan Kane
Steve Krause
Anne Marie Tobin
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Olivia Falcigno
Spenser Hasak
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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
04 What's Up
06 Love on Lee Street
10 Scoring a first
12 House Money
14 Staying on track
16 Fright write
18 Turning a page
One for the books
Sept. 11, 2001. We all know where we were and what we were doing. I was driving to a client meeting in New
Hampshire with Kathy O’Toole. As readers of 01945 might recall from our Fall 2018 cover story, Kathy —
Marblehead High Class of ‘72 — was a lieutenant colonel in the Massachusetts State Police, superintendent of
the MDC Police, Boston Police commissioner, and secretary of Public Safety in Massachusetts. She was most
recently chief of police in Seattle. She’s arguably the top woman cop in America.
It was one of the most fascinating hours of my life. As we drove north and listened to the radio as events played
out, Kathy sat in the passenger seat telling me what she’d be doing had she still been on the job. Within minutes,
a radio commentator would offer updates and detail moves being made by public officials — and it would be
exactly what Kathy had said moments earlier.
Virginia Buckingham of Marblehead certainly remembers where she was on 9/11, and what she was doing.
She was the CEO of the Massachusetts Port Authority, which has Logan International Airport under its
jurisdiction. She was in her car when she first heard of the terrorist attack; and at work when the second plane
hit the north tower.
What followed was one continuous nightmare that resulted in her losing her job, being subjected to lawsuits,
and leaving her with a reservoir of self-doubt and post-traumatic stress.
Buckingham has written a memoir, "On My Watch," which chronicles not just the 9/11 terrorist attack itself,
but her journey from the dark days in its immediate aftermath to a breakthrough — her realization that nobody
could have foreseen what would eventually happen. Steve Krause has the story.
This issue of 01945 features three other authors, including Jim Nemeth, who, with fellow historian Bob
Madison, has written a book about science fiction movies called "It Came From …" that recounts the
backgrounds of your favorite horror, fantasy and sci-fi films. The book, which has been in the works since 2011,
fulfills a lifelong dream of Nemeth's — to write and publish a book. Bill Brotherton has the story.
Maureen Cavanagh’s journey with her daughter Katie through the haze of opioid addiction has not been
a pleasant one, as outlined in her book ,"If you love me: a mother's journey through her daughter's opioid
addiction." Through some harrowing experiences, which include looking at Katie's track-scarred arms from
shooting heroin intravenously, the two-year ordeal was a nightmare. Now, both are on the other side of it. Anne
Marie Tobin has the story.
Mimi Lemay knew early on that there was something different about her middle child. Jacob, assigned female
at birth, insisted he was a boy. And when it became apparent that this wasn't just a phase, the Lemays set out to
do what they could. Mimi tells of that process in her book, "What We Will Become," which she published last
year. Elyse Carmosino has the story.
Also in this month's edition, Molly Blander is all of 12 years old, but the issues that govern her life would make
her appear much older and wiser. From "Black Lives Matter" to anti-Semitism to concerns about immigration,
Molly has become a true activist. Again, Steve Krause has the story.
Tom and Ashley McMahon have used Lee Street as the backdrop for their relationship since it began —
when they were walking their dogs and happened to bump into each other. From courtship to engagement and
marriage, Lee Street has been a special place for them. Gayla Cawley has the story.
We have a couple of sports stories in here, too. Joe McKane used to jog past Seaside Park every day and bemoan
the lack of baseball action on the diamond. Thus, the Seasiders, an entry into the North Shore Baseball League —
made up primarily of players who have aged out of American Legion ball — were born. Dan Kane has the story.
And through the uncertainty of high school sports due to the COVID-19 virus, one man has been chomping
at the bit — Elmer Magana, who is the new boys soccer coach at Marblehead High. Magana is also the first
Latino coach in the town’s varsity system. Mike Alongi has the story.
Enjoy 01945.
INSIDE
20 Tale of hope
22 Play ball
24 Loving Jacob
26 Fall unfolding
28 Helping hall
30 Kid with a cause
TED GRANT
COVER
Molly Blander, 12,
balances being a kid with
social activism.
PHOTO BY
SPENSER HASAK