01945 Fall 2020 V3

FALL 2020 | 07
BY GAYLA CAWLEY
One newly-married
Marblehead couple's
entire relationship could
be described as a modernday
fairy tale, and, like
the best fairy tales, it
culminated with a lavish
wedding celebration.
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Seemingly ripped from a romance
novel's pages, the story revolves around a
chance encounter on the same street that
became the centerpiece for the biggest
moments in a blossoming relationship.
It all started in May 2018 when Tom
and Ashley McMahon were out walking
their dogs on Lee Street, and happened to
bump into each other.
"We just kind of ran into each other
on the street and that was it," said Ashley
McMahon, who had recently moved into
1 Gregory St., which is on the corner of
Lee where Tom grew up and his mother
still lives.
"I only knew his mom very briefly at
that point," Ashley, 37, recalls. "I knew
more about the neighbors around me.
One of the neighbors was hoping we
would meet and she could put us together.
It kind of happened on its own anyway."
From there, the couple started dating.
Eighteen months later, Tom, 38, was ready
to propose and knew there was only one
place he wanted to make things official.
After recreating their first date, dinner
at Warwick Place, Tom told Ashley he
needed to get something at his mother's
house and drove down Lee Street. It so
happened Ashley needed to stop by her
Gregory Street home and, as she got out
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PHOTOS 1, 3, 5, 6, 7: KRISTIN LAFRATTA
PHOTOS: 2, 4: OLIVIA FALCIGNO
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