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16 Track
20 Celebration
24 House Money
26 Creativity
30 Jewelry
32 Worldly Pets
34 Animal Shelter
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Pawsitively
Marblehead
I’m a dog person. I’ve had three: The first, when I was maybe 6, was a Cocker Spaniel that
snapped at me when my mother was looking and was sent packing that same day. It was his
bad luck that she saw the retaliation but not the fact that moments earlier I was yanking on his
ears. Oh, well. The third, when I was in my 20s, was an Irish Setter that got into my closet and
chewed up the waistband of one of my suits. Same fate as Dog 1: Gone that day.
The one in the middle was the keeper. He was a mutt, left my suits alone, and lived to be about
14, I think. He was on my mind when I was looking through an early draft of this magazine
and read the stories about the Marblehead Animal Shelter and a Marblehead business owner's
mobile dog spa.
Yes. A mobile dog spa.
My mutt wasn’t the spa kind. He was more a sit-on-the-porch-and-eat-Oreos-with-myfriend-Ray
kind of creature.
Not that there’s anything wrong with spas, mind you. My wife has become a twice-a-year-
Canyon-Ranch client, but I don’t see her experience that same inner tranquility shared by Ray
and the dog after a bag of Oreos.
Then again, they’ve never met Marblehead’s Diane True. But our guy Anthony Cammalleri
has – and his is the True story of the Marblehead woman who has been in the dog-grooming
business for more than three decades, and owns her own mobile dog spa that she runs out of her
van “Casper.”
But now after grooming, training, walking, and sitting dogs for more than 40 years, True
will be retiring in less than a year from her career of cleaning up furry friends throughout the
community. Cammalleri detailed True’s life as a pet groomer and the pawsitive impact she has
had on pet owners in the region.
While True is taking care of owners’ pets, volunteers at the Marblehead Animal Shelter have
found homes for abandoned animals for more than 30 years. Though they help mainly cats, the
shelter has housed all kinds of pets from birds, to rabbits, and even snakes. It truly is an Animal
House. Ben Pierce has the story.
(If I may go back to my Canyon Ranch aficionado for a second . . . I’m sure she’d welcome the
Animal Shelter folks to the Neck to find new homes for the legions of rabbits [and turkeys] that
have taken up residence at our house. She can barely stand dogs, let alone these little beasts.)
Anyway . . .
Elsewhere, Cammalleri spotlights a mother-daughter duo, Lia Davis Lombara and her
daughter, Lexi Colby Lombara, who have operated Colby Davis of Boston Jewelry in town
for nine years, but have since expanded their operations to Newbury Street, which opened in
September.
And Pierce brushes up on artist Adam Cohn’s artistic passion, as well as his time spent as a
Creative Director for shoe giants Nike and Converse.
Along the beaches, Ryan Vermette caught up with Town Moderator Jack Attridge, who also
serves as a member of the town’s Shellfish Constables. They basically serve as the clam digging
police along Devereux Beach during the winter and early spring months. It’s an un-shellfish job
if you ask me.
Vermette also dives into the town’s Indigenous Peoples Day Committee, which held its fifth
annual celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day last month at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. With
the help of the Marblehead Cultural Council, the committee has worked to create change for
Indigenous Peoples at the state level and celebrate their culture since its inception.
And of course, we have a few sensational sports stories for you.
Congratulations to the 2011 State Champion Marblehead High boys hockey team, which was
recently inducted into the Marblehead Hall of Fame. The team, loaded with senior leadership,
went 20-4-3 and has been regarded as one of the best teams ever on the North Shore. Mark
Aboyoun goes in-depth on the 2010-2011 team’s season.
And, finally, Marblehead High senior Cat Piper is a track star who also photographs the
meets. (No, she doesn’t take pictures while racing.) Vishakha Deshpande tracked down the
multi-talented student-athlete to tell her story.
Dogs and rabbits and turkeys. And Cat. Oh, my.
COVER When Cat Piper realized no one was taking photos of her cross country team, she stepped up. STAFF PHOTO by Emma Fringuelli

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The event will feature the Guy Ford Band,
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Where: The fundraiser will take place at the
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When: The event will start at 7 p.m. on
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An un-shellfish
position
By Ryan Vermette
If you are familiar with Marblehead’s numerous
volunteer boards and committees, there’s a chance
you may or may not have heard of the Shellfish
Constables.
Even if you have, you might not exactly know
who they are or what they do, but the constables
actually play an integral role in activities involving
shelled creatures in the water at Devereux Beach.
Appointed by the Select Board, the Shellfish
Constables are responsible for monitoring clam
diggers, making sure that they are properly
licensed and that only legal-size clams are being
harvested.
In addition, they also test the water to make
SHELLFISH,
continued on page 8
Jack Attridge is Marblehead's Chief Shellfish Constable.
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SHELLFISH, continued from page 6
sure the quality of the clams is safe.
State of Massachusetts law requires that any coastal
city and town appoint “person or persons, qualified
by training and experience in the field of shellfishery
management, as shellfish constables or deputy shellfish
constables.”
For Jack Attridge, the current Chief Shellfish
Constable, his family's involvement in clamming almost
automatically makes him qualified.
“My brother, Wayne, was the Chief Constable before
I was. Our grandfather used to go clamming all the
time and would bring them home and clean them,”
Attridge said.
Attridge, who took over as Town Moderator last year,
is one of five constables serving in town.
Devereux Beach is the only stretch of coastline in
town that allows for clam digging. Marblehead has
multiple types of clams in the area, ranging from little
neck clams to oysters and mussels.
Attridge said that at Devereux, he had seen Razor
Clams. However, those cannot be harvested.
Any clams that are harvested are required to be 5
inches in size at a minimum. When patrolling, Attridge
said the constables will go into the buckets of clam
diggers and make sure that there are no undersize
clams.
Diggers aren’t allowed to leave the shoreline until the
constables have checked their clams.
“People get used to seeing us, so they’re more likely
to make sure that everything is within size,” Attridge
said.
However, humans aren’t the only ones subject to
patrolling by the constables. Attridge was seen chasing
down a hungry seagull who had cracked open a clam,
looking for a snack, with no permit in sight.
The clam-digging season just got underway at the
beginning of October. Attridge said their permit allows
the season to run from Oct. 1 to May 1. Before they can
Marblehead's Chief Shellfish Constable Jack Attridge inspects a clam that washed up at Devereux Beach.

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open the beach for digging, the constables
must test the water, as well as clams.
Occasionally, the beach will have to be
shut down if water tests don’t come back
clean, especially during periods of heavy
rain.
“It happens rarely, but if we get a deluge
of rain, sometimes we have to pump our
sewer overboard, so we close down until we
get clear water tests, " Attridge said.
Though each of the constables keeps a
keen eye on the beach regularly, most of the
patrolling is needed once a month when
there is a full moon tide, as that is typically
the best time for clamming.
Attridge said that even he and the other
constables will be out digging during that
time as well.
Recently, some of the best tides have
been before sunrise or after sunset.
Unfortunately for clam diggers digging
is prohibited during those hours.
As for licensing, the constables
have given out as many as 100
recreational clamming licenses.
Last year was a down year,
according to Attridge, where
only 63 licenses were issued.
After being closed for
several years due to red
tide, Attridge’s brother
was part of a group that
led the movement to get
the area reopened. Years later,
clamming at Devereux Beach is
back to thriving, and with the help
of the town’s shellfish constables, the
shorelines fishery remains proficient
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Ice-ing on
the cake
Mark Tarmey, current assistant athletic
director and former assistant hockey
coach, and Jake Kulevich, senior captain
of the 2010/2011 hockey team, hold the
state championship trophy.
STAFF PHOTOS: SPENSER HASAK
By Mark Aboyoun
The 2010-2011 Marblehead boys ice hockey team (20-4-3) has been labeled one of the best teams the North Shore
has ever seen and recently inducted into the Marblehead Hall of Fame. Heading into that season, they had a lot to
prove as the team on paper was loaded, but they have yet to get over the hump of getting past the semifinals in the state
tournament.
Led by captains Jake Kulevich, Ben Koopman, Ryan Dempsey, and Chris McLeod, the Headers aimed to make history.
HOCKEY, continued on page 12

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A hockey figurine mounted to the 2010-2011 state championship trophy.
HOCKEY, continued from page 10
A coach on the team was Mark Tarmey,
who played a role in the quest for the
title.
“This team was made up of a good
number of senior leaders. But when they
were freshman in the 2007-2008 season,
they caught fire in the second half of the
season and made it to the state semifinals
before losing to Scituate,” Tarmey
said. “Sophomore year, they made the
state quarterfinals, where they lost in a
shootout. Then, in their junior year, they
made the state semifinals before losing to
Scituate again.”
“In our previous three years, we had
pretty good opportunities to get to
the Garden. We felt we had the talent
and the overall build to win a state
championship,” Kulevich said. “The
expectation going into the final year was
to not only get to the state championship
but to win it.”
Both Tarmey and Kulevich described
the group as “extremely close,” but
mentioned that there were a few bumps
in the road. One bump came early in the
season when they lost to Lynn.
“Lynn had a decent team, and we lost
to them 4-2 in December,” Tarmey said.
“We outplayed and outshot them, but
we lost, which was a wake-up call to the
team. They were a formidable opponent,
but we felt we needed to do better.
Maybe we were a little too confident or
thought it would be automatic. We knew
we had to fix up.”
“I thought we had a stronger team
than Lynn that year, but they always
played us tough. I think they shut us
down,” Kulevich said. “It was probably
the best thing for our team. Maybe
we weren’t going to beat everyone we
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HOCKEY, continued from page 12
thought we should, and it made us play
every period like it was the third period
of the state championship.”
Marblehead would then go on a tear
heading into the postseason. Everyone
knows that playoff hockey is different.
“We were in the position we wanted to
be, but the reality of the postseason is it’s
one and done,” Kulevich said. “You have
to reset, and I remember feeling nervous
before the first game. We were loose, and
it was fun all during the regular season,
but the moment before the postseason,
the nerves of this is our last chance to
do what we wanted to do. I don’t think
we necessarily played well, but we did
enough to get through and advanced
round by round.”
Tarmey believed the team grew in
confidence, which led them to the
semifinal matchup against Pembroke.
“The best team we played all year was
Pembroke. We thought we were going to
play Westwood. Westwood, on paper, was
the prohibitive favorite against Pembroke,
but it became apparent right from the
start of that game that Pembroke was
going to be our toughest game,” Tarmey
said.
Kulevich knew the semifinal game
hadn’t been kind to them in recent years.
“The semifinals had been our ceiling,
and we have yet to get past that point.
Coach Tarmey knows the high school
hockey circuit better than anyone. He
had us prepared, and we knew it would
be our toughest challenge to date,”
Kulevich said. “I remember the game
was at Harvard, which is a great place
to play because the noise travels faster
there. It felt like a true playoff hockey
environment. I think our experience
proved to be the difference in that game
since we’ve been in so many tight games
before.”
Marblehead went on to beat Pembroke
3-2 and booked their ticket to the
Garden.
Now at the Garden, Kulevich said the
team was confident that they would get
the job done.
“We went into that game as confident
as we could have been. We were ready for
that moment, and we felt it was a game
we earned to play in. Throughout our
time playing in Marblehead, our senior
class more or less played hockey together
for our entire lives,’ Kulevich said. “It was
a uniquely close group for the amount of
guys in our class. We felt we belonged on
that stage.”
Kulevich scored two goals in the 6-3
win over Westfield to help Marblehead
complete what they set out to win a state
title.
Twelve years later, the team made
more history by being inducted into the
Hall of Fame.
“Having the team and the coaches
there was amazing. It felt like one of the
team dinners we had from back in the
day,” Kulevich said. “There were a lot of
laughs and jokes. It was a really good
time.”
“I was very proud of them. These
kids are great kids and well deserving,”
Tarmey said. “I couldn’t be happier. The
Hall of Fame golf tournament and night
were special. It was great to get the team
back together. We haven’t all been in the
same venue for a long time, and 90% of
the team made it. It was great to catch
up with all of them and see how they
developed as young men.”
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The 2010-2011 MIAA Ice Hockey Divison III State Championship trophy.

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during the state championship game.
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Keeping track of
Caterina
Piper
Caterina Piper is not only a cross country captain for Marblehead High School, she is also
the team photographer.
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By Vishakha Deshpande
Rarely do you see a track star run at meets and then turn
into a photographer for their teammates. Caterina Piper,
however, is an exception.
A cross-country runner from Marblehead, Piper
combined her passion for running with her love for
photography. With six years of running experience,
Piper has found a way to capture the spirit of track
meets through her lens, sharing her talent with her
teammates and the wider track and field community.
Piper’s journey into the world of sports began when
she was just 11 years old. Like many kids, she wanted
to participate in a sport but sought for something
accessible and suitable for her age. That's when she
decided to join the cross-country team at her school,
embarking on a journey that would shape her athletic
and creative interests.
“I have been running cross country and track
for six years now,” Piper said. “ I participated in
running for all seasons of the year. I do cross
country in the fall, winter, and spring track,
and then summer training for cross country.”
Caterina's dual interests in running and
photography converged when she realized the value
of having photos of herself in action.
“I've always wanted photos of myself running,
but for a couple of different reasons,” Piper said.
“I could use them to analyze my stride, to post
pictures on social media, and to remember each
meet. I figured that everyone else wanted photos
too, which is why I started taking pictures.”
Her journey as a photographer began in the
fall of 2021, thanks to her father, who lent her his
Nikon semi-professional camera. Since then, she's
been capturing the essence of track meets, taking
the opportunity to shoot her events whenever
she's not racing. Whether it's a cooldown
jog, cheering for her teammates, or capturing
the action on the track, Piper’s camera is her
constant companion.
Piper’s coach, Nolan Raimo, said that Piper
has always been a “team player” in every aspect
and that the track team highly appreciated Cat's
contributions both on and off the field.
“Cat’s photography is absolutely incredible,”
Raimo said. “I think all the parents,
grandparents, and friends are so happy that they
PIPER, continued on page 18
Caterina Piper, a senior at
Marblehead High School, runs
around the track during practice.

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PIPER, continued from page 17
see their kids on the track because of Cat.”
Seeing her father take photos during family vacations and her sister's interest in
photography led Piper to explore her creative side. After her sister graduated in 2021,
the camera remained unused, gathering dust on a shelf. Caterina decided to change that,
starting with capturing everyday moments, from her dogs to the scenic beauty of her
surroundings. What truly sparked her photography expedition was a conversation she
overheard among senior boys discussing framing running pictures for their college dorms.
“I thought the idea was genius,” Piper said. “But cross country and track get very little
attention. I decided to take the issue into my own hands, and I started taking pictures
whenever I could. Again, with no camera experience besides what I taught myself, my
pictures sometimes turn out dark or blurry. I have to thank the camera for doing its job
very well — I just try to find the right place and the right time.”
Piper’s dedication to her sport doesn't stop with her photography. A champion on the
field, her preparation for track meets involves a whole lot of dedication and hard work.
“Kat is a relentless worker,” Raimo said. “I don't think she had a natural-based talent for
distance running. But I think what's most impressive is just her discipline and the
ability to work all year long. Every day, she just gets a little bit better. Even the
kids that are more talented than her, she'll catch up
with them just in a matter of time.”
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Indigenous
Peoples Day
A celebration
and an education
By Ryan Vermette
In 2019, the Marblehead Indigenous Peoples
Day Committee held its first Indigenous
Peoples Day celebration intending to educate
others and celebrate Indigenous people and
their culture. Four years later, the town is
continuing that goal.
Marblehead’s fifth annual Indigenous Peoples
Day celebration was held at the Jeremiah Lee
Mansion Gardens Monday, Oct. 9. The event was
organized with the help from a grant courtesy
of the Marblehead Cultural Council in
collaboration with the Marblehead Museum.
Since its inception, the celebration has
featured a number of performers from different
CELEBRATION, continued on page 22
Noogaahsjun Wixon performs with the Eastern Sun Drummers and Dancers of the Mashpee
Wampanoag Nation during Marblehead's Indigenous Peoples Day celebration.
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CELEBRATION, continued from page 20
Indigenous tribes and nations. This year,
performances were done by Eastern Suns
Drummers and dancers of the Mashpee
Wampanoag Nation.
Keon Jackson, whose traditional name
is “Sookunon,” which translates to rain, is a
member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Nation
and was one of the dancers performing at
this year’s event. He said that by doing these
demonstrations, both in Marblehead and other
communities, he hopes to spread awareness
about how the Mashpee Wampanoag
people continue to live on today.
“My main goal as a Wampanoag
person now is to show that we’re still
here and be able to do events like this,
especially on Indigenous Peoples Day,
especially in this state, where people
think we’re gone,” Jackson said.
The Wampanoags were the tribe
that started the Thanksgiving tradition
with the Pilgrims in 1621. Today,
he said that most tribe members,
including himself, are born and raised
on reservations. Though not everyone in
the tribe is related, they all belong to the
Mashpee Wampanoag people, which he said
creates a “rich” culture.
“Even though we’re in modern-day society, we’re
really tight-knit,” Jackson said. “For me, being born
into my tribe, I’ve always just been around things
like this, people showing appreciation for our culture,
and I guess I kind of just adapted to doing the same thing
naturally.”
Indigenous Peoples Day Committee Chair Leah Bokenkamp
said that the committee was started to replace the holiday’s
previous name, Columbus Day. The committee has also worked
with Indigenous people to create change at the state level.
“That was how it all started, to educate the community
to figure out how to make this change come about,”
Bokenkamp said.
She also credited Marblehead Museum Director
Lauren McCormack, who Bokenkamp said has
been extremely knowledgeable and an integral
part of making the celebrations happen.
Bokenkamp added that she hopes to
accomplish more each year to celebrate
Indigenous people.
“I think we would love to dig in
a little bit deeper and connect with
some other people in the community
who may be interested,” Bokenkamp
added. 45
Keon Jackson performs the prairie chicken
dance Eastern Sun Drummers and Dancers of the
Mashpee Wampanoag Nation during Marblehead's
Indigenous Peoples Day celebration.

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HE COULD DO THAT
By Benjamin Pierce
Artist Adam Cohn brought a lifetime’s worth of diverse
artistic experience when he moved to town a decade ago.
Cohn’s initial artistic interest was sparked by his mother’s
hobby as a skilled sketch artist during his childhood. A
Pennsylvania native, Cohn earned a bachelor’s degree in
graphic design at Penn State. Not too long after graduating,
he founded his own graphic-design company in the
Washington D.C. area. Those years of entrepreneurial
experience later helped him acquire design positions at
high-profile companies like Nike and Converse. He
recapped all the different mediums of art he has gained
experience in throughout his career.
“Storytelling and narrative is a creative thing that I do.
Also, actual graphic design, which is logos, publications,
CREATIVITY , continued on page 28
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and websites. Also, poster design, logo design, packaging design, all that stuff. Any
medium of design, I’ve done it,” Cohn said.
During his time working for the two national footwear and apparel companies,
Cohn designed things such as footwear boxes, logos, and even retail stores. He even
played a part in launching the sneaker-customization software NikeID nearly 25
years ago. He also had a hand in designing Nike’s headquarters for the 2000 Summer
Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City,
Utah. Through those experiences, Cohn learned what one of his favorite parts of
being an artist is.
“Creativity meets communication,” Cohn said. “It’s about making humans feel
something. Which is what you do with art also, but when it comes to graphic design
and marketing, you are also trying to make them do something like make a purchase.”
Cohn had those same goals in mind when he shared his work with fellow residents
for the first time in September with his "I Could Do That" linear seascape display
at MacRae's Sustainable Goods. Marbleheaders in attendance were able to see the
impact the town has had on his art and vice versa.
His hand-drawn linear seascapes might be a departure from his resume of digital
and corporate design, but his mission of influencing others stays the same.
“It’s not about the work,” Cohn said. “I’m satisfying something with myself in this,
but there’s something about it for me... I like finding out that someone else liked it,
and it’s making an impact on somebody else’s life.”
His stencil works vary in different ways. However, one theme is consistent
throughout them all.
“I’ve always been interested in water, the frequencies of water, patterns in water,
and just being near the water,” Cohn said.
He added that Marblehead played an significant role in influencing his artistic
interest in seascapes. Some of his works are based on real Marblehead locations,
including Marblehead Light and Peach’s Point. Cohn identified the latter as his
favorite piece.
“It’s one of those ones that from a distance it appears one way, but then you get up
close to it, and you see all the different little things that are going on in it,” Cohn said.
“There’s something about this one that allows you to have an experience from 20 feet
away and then a different experience from two feet away.” 45
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Marblehead jewelry store
now a Newbury Street gem
By Anthony Cammalleri
Nine years after Lia Davis Lombara, of
Marblehead joined forces with her daughters
Lexi Colby Lombara and Taylor Davis Lombara
to found their glass enamel jewelry company
Colby Davis of Boston, the company opened
its first retail store on one of Boston’s busiest
commercial streets.
At the business’ new 33 Newbury St. location,
which opened in September, Lombara and her
daughters pointed to the array of glass cases
containing an array of gold and silver jewelry
pieces from necklaces with intricately-engraved
glass enamel necklaces, to shining bracelets and
brooches.
In 2014, Lombara and her daughters were on a
family vacation in Greece. Lombara, who owned
her own jewelry line roughly 10 years prior to the
family trip, wanted to get back into the business
— this time with her 15-year-old daughters.
“It was time for the girls to get jobs. They
were at that age where they could get up and
start either babysitting or working for different
restaurants or serving ice cream. I said ‘Would
you like to join me and start a company together?’
and they said ‘yes.’”
Lia Davis Lombara, center founded Colby Davis of Boston with her
Starting with online sales, Colby Davis of
daughters Lexi Colby, left, and Taylor Davis, in 2014.
Boston grew to attract customers at specialty
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shows and boutiques across the country. Today,
Lombara said the brand’s uniquely-crafted glass
said the experience of starting and
enamel jewelry can be found in more than 35
running a successful company with her
retail spaces throughout the country.
mother taught her valuable skills that she
Although the jewelry's signature process posed
said she wouldn’t have been able to attain
initial challenges at the company’s nascent stage,
with a standard summer job.
it eventually evolved into a high-quality, madein-Massachusetts
product that Lombara said
just working, obviously, to make some
“They [Lexi’s high school friends] were
pays homage to its New England roots with its
money and we've had a chance to make
nautical imagery.
some money but also do something that
“The beginning was challenging because we
we could potentially do more with. It
work with the glass enamel process, which is
wasn’t just going to work, it was a career,”
extremely challenging. If you don't get the exact
Lexi said.
process correctly, it can crack or chip” Lombara
said. “Ours is really the best quality glass enamel
Now, as the family business settles into
that you’ll see in the country… It’s everything
its Newbury Street location, Lombara
related to New England, the coast, the ocean, the
added her son PJ to the team as a
beach —everything we love.”
designer. The family crew, now working
The Boston boutique also sells products from a empowering at such a young age,” Taylor in preparation for a holiday party planned
number of local artisans, including paintings by said. “It was really nice to be able to do for Dec. 14.
the Marblehead artist Forrest Rodts, which hang that in high school and continue to do Lombara said that while she can
on the wall and can be purchased at the Newbury that through our lives in college and now envision her business expanding in the
Street store.
our adult years.”
future, the Colby Davis company is
Taylor, who balances working as a nurse with Lexi Lombara, who serves as an advisor currently focused on making the most of
her sales job at the new Newbury Street location, for business operations, development, and its new storefront.
said working with her mother gave her the strategic marketing, said that while her “It will definitely continue to grow and
opportunity to help grow a business from the high school friends worked jobs at local potentially to other stores. Right now,
ground up.
restaurants or ice cream parlors, she was we're just really happy with what we've
“It was definitely a really cool opportunity forging a career.
got going on, but we're open for anything
to work with our mom, and then also to be Now, as she forges a career in the in the future and in the next four years. I
a women-run company I think was really 45
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A mobile spa for
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Worldy Pets manager Diane True gives her retired show dog, Kenji, a kiss.
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By Anthony Cammalleri
In less than a year, dog groomer, trainer, walker, sitter, and
enthusiast Diane True will drive her mobile grooming van down to
South Carolina, leaving behind decades of pet assistance services in
Marblehead and throughout the North Shore.
Parked outside her Marblehead home, True sat on the floor of
“Casper,” her van equipped with a shower and tub, table, sink, and
cabinets containing numerous leashes and supplies. For the last two
years, True, who has groomed dogs since 1982, has traversed the
Commonwealth in her four-wheel dog spa.
True said she bought the van with plans to continue her mobile
business when she retires in South Carolina this August. Approaching
60, she said she wanted to cut her work down to 20-25 hours a week.
“I'm retiring, and because I've worked for myself for so many years
— since ‘83, I'm not going to have someone telling me what to do for
$10 an hour,” she said.
Meeting folks and their furry friends outside their houses, True said,
is only a text message away from any client. Though she operates a
walking, training, and grooming business, True said all proceeds from
nail clippings — roughly $300 to $400 each week — are donated to
dog rescue organizations.
“They can text me for an appointment. I don't advertise — I don't
want to take business from the groomers in town. This is kind of like
my second-hand job that I just do for the clients. I've had the clients
that I want, the people that need it,” True said.
After graduating with an associate’s degree in Canine Science in
1985, True owned dog grooming and service businesses in Chelmsford
and Sudbury. In 2003, True met Gail Novak, the owner of Worldly
Pets in Marblehead. The two bonded over their shared love for Shiba
Inus, and it didn’t take long for Novak and True to forge a long and
fruitful friendship and business partnership.
True moved into a basement apartment in Novak’s home and began
working alongside her as a manager and groomer at Worldly Pets.
Novak, who has already retired, plans to join True in South Carolina
with their Shiba Inus Kenji and Kyli.
“We're on the same wavelength on everything business-wise, in
what we enjoy doing together, with the dogs, just everything. She’s my
best friend,” Novak said. “She can come down, work part of the day,
and we can still go out and enjoy ourselves — take the dogs on hikes,
do whatever we want. It’s going to be great.” 45
Worldly Pets owners Gail Novack, left, and Diane True hold their Shiba Inus
Kyli and Kenji, respectively, as they sit on their mobile pet grooming van.

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A
purrfect
place
By Benjamin Pierce
Alby the cat at the
Marblehead Animal Shelter.
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The Marblehead Animal Shelter has been finding
new homes for abandoned pets for more than three
decades.
The non-profit organization located on 44 Village St.
has provided a temporary home to countless creatures
waiting for a new chance to be loved and cared for
through adoption.
Katie Van Dorpe first moved to Marblehead in
1988. Within a year, she began walking dogs for
animal control. After gaining interest from potential
volunteers, a path emerged for the shelter to become
what it is today.
“The police station right now used to be where we
were,” Van Dorpe said. “We had cats in the garage that
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were strays and dogs that my sister
and I would walk every morning.”
Former volunteers Karen Thrasher
and Cheryl Fiandaca helped certify
the shelter as an official non-profit
charity organization in 1992. From
that point forward, the support from
Marbleheaders began flowing in
many different forms.
“People just started supporting us
and donating,” Van Dorpe said. “A lot
of volunteers would join us and work
with us for a while cleaning cages...
then they might disappear, but new
volunteers would always come in.”
She added that the shelter always
has a base group of approximately 30
volunteers.
The majority of the shelter’s
inhabitants are cats. They're brought
in as strays or are given up by seniors
entering nursing homes. Throughout
Van Dorpe’s career as the shelter’s
director, she has taken in strays from
other communities such as Lynn and
Swampscott.
“Some of these places don’t have
a rescue group,” Van Dorpe said. “So
we help them out by taking care of
the cats.”
She emphasized that every animal
has its own unique backstory and
individual qualities, offering an
example of a dog that recently had a
short stay at the shelter.
“We had a beautiful little
Pekingese dog that was found in
Marblehead,” Van Dorpe said. “It was
groomed, and its fingernails were cut.
It was a beautiful little dog. I thought
for sure someone was going to call
saying, ‘I lost my dog, is it with you?’
and nobody called about that dog.”
A couple adopted the dog shortly
after it was put up for adoption.
However, more than just cats and
dogs could be found at the shelter
throughout the years. Birds, rabbits,
rats, and even snakes have found new
homes with the help of Friends of
Marblehead’s Abandoned Animals.
The shelter houses an average of
15-20 animals at any given time. Van
Dorpe remains amazed to this day
by how many customers have interest
in adding a new member to their
families.
“Our cats are on Petfinder, and it
amazes me when I see cats have been
adopted by people far and wide,” Van
Dorpe said. “People see a cat they
like, and even if they’re from the
South Shore somewhere, they’ll drive
up to our shelter if that’s where the
cat is.”
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