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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
Controller
Susan Conti
Chief of Staff
& Art Director
Sam Deeb
Creative Director
Spenser Hasak
News Editors
Elizabeth Della Piana
Sophia Harris
Writers
Mark Aboyoun
Elizabeth Della Piana
Sophia Harris
Amanda Lurey
Jackie Manno
Erell Renaudeau
Photographer
Spenser Hasak
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Sam Deeb
Patricia Whalen
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INSIDE
04 What's up
05 Pony tale
08 Sewing
12 Wicked Good Trivia
16 A slice of France
22 In a club of one
24 House Money
26 Pink crusaders
31 Gone to the dogs
34 A Storied history
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So, a pony walks
into a bakery . . .
Probably because my letter is the least important element of 01945 The Magazine, it’s
the last thing that gets done. The way things work around here is writers write, editors
edit, designers design, and then I huddle with News Editor Sophia Harris to discuss the
magazine and determine what the focus should be for my publisher’s column.
It’s usually a quick decision.
Not so this time.
I heard repeatedly at home how hard the Turning Marblehead Pink people worked on,
well, turning Marblehead pink, and Sophia wrote a great story on how the community
showed up for those experiencing breast cancer.
Ditto Mark Aboyoun on Joy Meshulam, Marblehead High’s first female golf captain,
who is coming up aces on and off the course.
I liked Amanda Lurey’s piece on English Golden Retrievers, but I’m an Irish Setter guy.
I did note how many people in Marblehead own this breed; maybe it should be the town’s
mascot.
Sophia’s story about the women of SPUR sewing pillowcases for their Christmas drive
was the perfect holiday-season feature — one of community, connection, and acts of
service; Jackie Manno tested us all with her trivia story; and Elizabeth Della Piana did her
usual fantastic job with her history piece. It is very pertinent now, given the current climate.
Any one of these stories could’ve been the primary focus of this letter.
But not this time. Not when there was a story about one of my favorite subjects — a
bakery — and another about a pony that makes for a better house guest than my old Irish
Setter, Seamus.
The cover photo probably tells you all you need to know about Pippin the pony. As for
the story about Farine, the French boulangerie, I think it changed my life. I’m strictly
a chocolate chip cookie guy, but now, because of Farine, I can use the words baguettes,
brioche bread and buns, and viennoiserie bread in a sentence — with some serious use of
spellcheck.
Pippin was rescued from a weathered barn in Connecticut — neglected, hungry, and
forgotten — until Samantha and Tom Peach and their daughter Flora brought her home
to Marblehead. They built her a barn, gave her green pastures and love, and in return, she
gave them joy. Today, she’s a champion Very Small Equine, a beachgoer, and even the star
of her own children’s book, Pippin Saves Christmas.
And then there’s Farine. Kathy and Laurent Dedieu may have the sweetest success story
since baguettes were invented. After years working in humanitarian missions with Doctors
Without Borders — in places like Burundi and Sudan — they landed in Marblehead, and
decided to bring a bit of France with them. Laurent, who trained as a baker in Paris, now
starts each day before dawn, crafting croissants, chocolatines, and brioche the traditional
way. Kathy, who grew up spending summers here, says they wanted something small,
something that connected them to people again. Judging by the line out the door each
morning, they’ve done just that.
Maybe that’s what connects both stories, the idea of homecoming. For the Dedieus, home
is something they built out of flour, butter, and community. For the Peaches, it’s a pasture
by the sea and a pony named Pippin who reminds them daily that love can heal anything.
For me, that feels like the heart of 01945 The Magazine: stories of people building,
rescuing, baking, their way through life.
And if you’ll excuse me now, I’m off to get in line for viennoiserie bread.
See, I told you I could use it in a sentence.
COVER: Flora Peach rides her pony, Pippin, around the living room of her Marblehead home.
PHOTO: Spenser Hasak

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PONY TALE
Rescued pony discovers home,
friendship, and a new beginning
By Sophia Harris
In the quiet of a weathered
barn in Connecticut in the
summer of 2022, a small,
scruffy pony stood in the
shadows.
She was the smallest among towering
horses who pushed her aside, leaving
her hungry, frightened, and forgotten.
Her coat was matted, her feet ached,
and her spirit, though dimmed, was not
entirely gone.
What she didn’t know was that her
story was about to change forever.
When a kind family visited the barn
one afternoon, the timid pony could
hardly believe her eyes.
A woman approached with tears
glistening and a soft touch. She
whispered, “We’ll be back soon.”
Samantha Peach remembered that
moment vividly.
“It was so bad there,” she said. “I told
Tom, ‘We have to go back for her.’”
Tom Peach didn’t hesitate. Within
days, he built a small barn and fenced
a pasture: a safe haven waiting for
the little pony’s arrival. And true to
their word, two weeks later, the family
returned, this time with a horse trailer
in tow.
Hours later, she stepped into
sunlight and into a new life, a lush,
green pasture by the ocean, the air rich
with salt.
Her new family, Samantha and Tom
Peach, their daughter Flora, and a dog
named Rosie, welcomed her home.
They named her Pippin, after the
“sweet and scrumptious” apple. It suited
her perfectly.
Flora Peach rides Pippin the pony
around her family's home as her
dog, Rosie, looks on from the couch.
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That day, Pippin and Flora raced
side by side, laughter and hoofbeats
echoing across the fields, the first of
countless adventures together.
Samantha Peach grew up in the
countryside of Dorset, England,
surrounded by animals and an instinct
to care for them. Before moving to
the U.S., she worked for years as a
professional groom in Britain, earning
recognition from one of the country’s
top riders.
Tom Peach, too, grew up around
ponies.
“My grandfather had them,” he
said, smiling. “So this all felt a bit like
coming full circle.”
Together, they’ve built not just a
home, but a sanctuary.
“The whole street loves them — the
kids, everybody,” Tom Peach said.
Flora, almost 5, shares a special bond
with her pony. What little girl wouldn’t
want a pony as her best friend?
PONY, continued on page 6

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Samantha Peach leads Pippin into
her Marblehead home. Pippin
comes inside most days and
watches TV with Flora.
PONY, continued from page 5
When they’re not outside together,
Flora and Pippin can often be found
doing what best friends do: watching
“Peter Rabbit” together in the living
room.
“I like it when we can sit in here
together,” Flora said, as Pippin peeked
around the corner, ears pricked toward
the TV.
Samantha Peach smiled: “They’re
inseparable. Flora feeds her, walks her,
rides her, brushes her — she takes such
good care of Pippin.”
Flora and Pippin don’t just share
affection — they share ambition.
Together, they’ve become a winning
team in local competitions. In 2023,
Pippin was crowned Champion VSE
Driver, a title meaning “Very Small
Equine.” A perfect fit for a pony with
an enormous heart.
Since her rescue, Pippin’s world has
been filled with joy, adventure, and
love. The family often takes her to the
beach — especially Browns Island,
where she loves to splash in the waves.
"Pippin Saves Christmas" is a story written by Samantha Peach, illustrated by Becky Hastings, that
highlights the loving relationship between her daughter, Flora, Pippin the pony, and Rosie the dog.
“She loves it there,” Tom Peach said.
“We’ll bring her down for a swim, and
everyone stops to say hello.”
She’s walked sandy shores, trotted
through woodlands, and paddled in
the ocean — her once-sore hooves now
soothed by the same salty water that
first set her free.
Today, Pippin is more than a pony
— she’s an inspiration. Her story of
resilience and friendship has leapt
from the paddock to the printed page
in a new children’s book written by
Samantha Peach.
“I originally was just going to write
it for Flora,” Samantha Peach said.
“But I thought other children might
enjoy it too.”
The book, “Pippin Saves Christmas,”
takes readers on a heartwarming
adventure through Marblehead, where
Pippin, Rosie, and Flora discover the
magic of the holiday season.
Beautifully hand-illustrated by artist
Becky Hastings, the story captures the
charm of a classic children’s tale with a
timeless, old-fashioned spirit.
“It’s really a magical story for
anyone,” Samantha Peach said,
beaming.
From a frightened pony in a dim
barn to a beloved family member,
champion, and children’s book star,
Pippin’s journey is nothing short of
remarkable.
She’s living proof that love and
kindness can rewrite even the saddest
beginnings.
Life, for Pippin the Pony, is finally
everything she dreamed it could be:
green pastures, ocean breezes, and the
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SPUR
volunteer
Brenda
Sheridan uses
a vintage
Singer sewing
machine
to create a
pillowcase.
But today’s focus is on fabric.
These volunteers are creating something
deceptively simple: handmade pillowcases. Yet
each one represents comfort, dignity, and care for
the 600 local children and adults experiencing
homelessness who receive them every holiday
season.
The project began about seven years ago, when
SPUR volunteers realized that the gifts they
distributed to families in need could use a softer
touch.
“We used to wrap gifts in plain cotton
pillowcases we bought in bulk,” Nothnagel
explained. “Then someone said, ‘Hey, we love to
sew. What if we made them fun?’”
Now, each pillowcase is handcrafted by
volunteers who meet weekly, alternating
Mondays and Wednesdays, for two-hour sessions
filled with chatter, color, and creativity.
“We buy some of the fabric, but much of it is
donated,” Nothnagel said. “When JOANN’s, the
local fabric store, closed, we bought out their
clearance racks. And people drop off material all
the time — yard-sale leftovers, attic finds, even
entire bolts.”
The fabric arrives in all shapes and patterns,
STITCHING, continued on page 10
STITCHING
TOGETHER A
COMMUNITY
Sewing comfort and
kindness for families in need
By Sophia Harris
Above, Pam Kentley jokes with a fellow volunteer as she
creates a pillowcase. Below Brenda Sheridan focuses on her
sewing technique as she assembles a pillowcase for SPUR.
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into the
SPUR sewing
room on a
Wednesday
morning, you’re greeted by
the comforting hum of sewing
machines, bursts of laughter, and
the bright swirl of cotton fabrics
— superheroes, Paw Patrol, polka
dots, and florals stacked high on
tables. It smells faintly of starch
and coffee, and it feels like home.
At the center of the cheerful
chaos stands Brian Lamoreau, the
organization’s tireless director of
volunteer engagement.
“I don’t know how he
has time for anything else,”
Kimberly Nothnagel, director of
communications and community
relations, said.
Between managing the Pop-Up
Pantry and overseeing hundreds
of volunteers, Lamoreau somehow
keeps SPUR’s many community
efforts running smoothly and
smiles while he does it.

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STITCHING, continued from page 8
and volunteers transform it into bright,
themed pillowcases that match each
child’s wishlist item.
“If a girl asks for a Minnie Mouse
doll,” Nothnagel said, “we do
everything we can to make sure she
gets a Minnie Mouse pillowcase, too.”
At the long cutting tables, Lynda
Hare and Judy Connor work side
by side, measuring, trimming, and
pinning.
“We’ve been doing this for seven
years,” Connor smiles. “We were
friends before we started volunteering
here.”
Nearby, Brenda Sheridan guides
fabric under the needle of a vintage
sewing machine that looks straight out
of a time capsule.
“All our sewing machines are
donated,” she said. “We’ve never
bought one.”
Linda Duvel demonstrates what she
calls “the burrito method” — rolling
three layers of fabric together so that
the seams come out clean and sturdy.
“We finish them with French seams,”
Above, SPUR is filled with the sound
of sewing machines and smell of
hot irons as volunteers assemble
pillowcases for the Holiday Cheer
Drive. Left, Lynda Hare carefully
irons the cuttings for a pillowcase so
they can be precisely sewn together.
she explained. “That way they won’t
unravel after being washed 100 times.”
Across the room, Natalia
Goldwasser, a recent UMass graduate,
is pinning her first pillowcase.
“I’m studying for the MCAT right
now,” she said. “Volunteering gives
me something positive to do for the
community while I’m home.”
Around her, longtime volunteers
chat easily — about birthdays, recipes,
grandkids, and fabrics.
“It’s like a quilting bee,” said Susan
McMullen, laughing. “It’s primal to
be in a circle of women, sewing and
talking. It makes you feel good.”
For some, sewing is just the start.
Tam Cronin also volunteers at the
Salem Food Pantry, while Pam Kentley
divides her time between SPUR and
Root in Salem, where she prepares
produce for community meals.
“I cut up about 500,000 apples last
week,” Kentley said with a laugh.

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Left, Natalia Goldwasser carefully pins
together a pillowcase burrito so it can
be sewn together. Below, Volunteers at
SPUR will turn an assortment of fabrics
into 600 pillowcases that will spread
holiday cheer.
Others come for the camaraderie.
“It’s all about connection,” Duvel said.
Each pillowcase becomes more than
packaging for a child’s gift.
“A gift bag gets tucked away,” Nothnagel
explained. “But a pillowcase? That’s
something a child sleeps with every night.
It’s a reminder that someone out there
cares.”
As the holidays near, SPUR transforms
into a hub of organized chaos. Volunteers
sort wish lists, match gifts, and wrap nearly
600 bundles of cheer before Christmas.
“After Thanksgiving, it’s a mad dash,”
Nothnagel said. “Between now and then,
I’ll probably sleep about four hours total.”
But despite the long days, he insists it’s
worth it.
“It’s essential, especially now, to bring the
community together to help those in need,”
he said. “You see the faces of the partner
organizations picking up the gifts, and you
just know the impact.”
Back at the sewing tables, the laughter
continued, and the sewing machines
hummed on. Fabric becomes pillowcase;
pillowcase becomes comfort; and comfort
becomes community.
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A NIGHT FOR
KNOWING THINGS
Local trivia brings contestants
together for weekly fun
Above, Wes Rosen and
Daisy Duncan run a
round of Wicked Good
Trivia at Three Cod
Tavern. Below, the bar
crowd cheers as trivia
gets underway.
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By Jackie Manno
Independent trivia company
Wicked Good Trivia gives
the Marblehead community
the opportunity to rack their
brains, grab a drink, and hang
out with locals once a week.
Wicked Good Trivia was started
in February 2024 by Marblehead
native and trivia enthusiast Malachi
Rosen after he realized there weren’t
many options to consistently play
trivia available nearby. Shortly after
presenting the idea to Three Cod
Tavern owner Chip Percy, Malachi
Rosen started hosting trivia night at
the restaurant every Thursday at 7:30
p.m.
At first, Malachi Rosen tackled
the hosting aspect, while he and his
brother Wes Rosen handled writing
the questions. However, when Malachi
Rosen moved to Portland, ME, in May,
he asked Three Cod Tavern regular
Daisy Duncan to take over his role.
Now, Duncan hosts, and Malachi
Rosen tunes in with Wes Rosen
via Zoom once a week to write the
questions together.
Malachi Rosen said Duncan’s wit
and charm made him confident that

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he was putting Wicked Good Trivia in
good hands.
“I felt comfortable knowing she
would be good with the crowd. I was
nervous at first because I was leaving
behind something I created into the
world, but it's continuing on great,” he
said.
Duncan was originally intimidated
by the undertaking but said she has
quickly adapted to the role quite
naturally.
“I was pretty nervous at first because
I haven’t really commanded a room
before. But it ended up flowing really
nicely,” Duncan said.
The Rosen brothers are tasked with
writing approximately 50 questions a
week. Recurring themes include “this
day in history,” “celebrity birthdays,”
“common through line,” “guess the
song,” and a trivial pursuit card.
Wes Rosen said it can be a challenge
to find “timely” topics that are not too
specific, yet not too general. However,
over time, he and his brother have
learned to gauge the needs of the
crowd to keep them engaged.
People can get very competitive.
There have been times where I’ve
said a question, and the whole
bar goes silent because they’re
trying to figure out the answer.
— Daisy Duncan
TRIVIA, continued on page 14
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A trivia team discusses answers to Wicked
Good Trivia as they enjoy their drinks.
TRIVIA, continued from page 13
“You want to hit the middle
ground of accessibility and
challenge. We’re not trying to
stump people, but we also don’t
want to make it so easy that just
anyone can do it,” Wes Rosen
said, comparing Wicked Good
Trivia’s level of difficulty to
Celebrity Jeopardy with its
pop-culture oriented questions.
He added, “Being siblings,
some of the things that Malachi
and I grew up with might not be
as well known by other people. So
then we have to figure out how to
rephrase certain questions.”
Three Cod Tavern provides
a $25 gift card for the winning
team every week, a prize which
Duncan and Wes Rosen say some
of the regulars take very seriously.
“People can get very
competitive. There have been
times where I’ve said a question,
and the whole bar goes silent
because they’re trying to figure
out the answer,” Duncan said.
Jack Sears, Three Cod Tavern
regular and member of team
“Quiz in My Pants,” talked about
what draws him to trivia night
at the Three Cod Tavern every
Thursday.
“I just like drinking, and the
trivia is a fun excuse to do it.
Daisy is the GOAT. She’s super
enthusiastic. The questions are
hard. We’re terrible at it, and we
always lose, but we still come
back and have a good attitude.
It's always a good time,” Sears
said.
Above, Wicked Good Trivia host Daisy Duncan
reminds contestants that looking at their phones
would be considered cheating. Below, Duncan scrolls
through the questions for the evening.

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The Rosen brothers and Duncan all agreed
that Wicked Good Trivia helps build a sense
of community in Marblehead, especially in the
winter months.
“Its hard to find that in certain places. In
Marblehead specifically, there aren’t always a
lot of people who live here and work here at
the same time. So it feels special to build new
relationships with people that are contributing
to the local economy,” Duncan said.
She added, “The part that hooked me the
most was having something to do each week.
And knowing that I could also provide that for
other people is really cool.”
Malachi Rosen said, “I’ve met so many people
in town, people who I didn’t know lived right
around the corner from me. It creates this
authentic connection.”
While he recently started hosting his own
trivia night at a bar in Portland, ME, he said he
doesn’t particularly have plans to expand Wicked
Good Trivia into “a big trivia empire” or chain
with pre-written questions. This is because he
appreciates the personability aspect that he, his
brother, and Duncan offer to the local crowds.
“Part of the charm is it's just us, and we
can ask questions specific to our community,”
Malachi Rosen said.
He added, “It's just something fun for people
to enjoy. I wasn’t expecting it to mean as much
to people as it did. I’m really touched by that.”
Wicked Good Trivia runs
every Thursday night at
Three Cod Tavern with the
tavern providing a $25 gift
card to the winning team.
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Laurent Dedieu selects the best
raspberry-filled brioche pastries
to put on display.
MARBLEHEAD’S
SLICE OF FRANCE
A French baker and local
engineer start anew together
By Erell Renaudeau
Dedieu met. During the war between
Sudan and South Sudan in 2003, they
worked on the same mission in Doctors
Without Borders.
On a speedy geopolitical note, the
couple stepped foot that year in an
ongoing civil war between the northern
and southern regions of Sudan.
“South Sudan actually didn’t exist
then, and I was there to help drill
boreholes so that we could have
medical clinics,” Kathy Dedieu
explained.
“But the most important thing was
meeting Laurent. We’ve been together
ever since,” she continued.
So, why open a boulangerie in
Marblehead?
Well, fast forward to 2022, after 10
years of working for Doctors Without
Borders in New York City, Laurent
Dedieu undertook a professional
reconversion to become a boulanger
— a baker, in French — and trained in
Paris at the Centre d’Excellence des
Professions Culinaires.
“It came from Laurent’s heart,”
Kathy Dedieu said immediately.
“I don’t know if it comes from my
Frenchness,” Laurent Dedieu added,
with a jolt of southern French accent
in his English. “But my heart always
Jordyn Stritzke stocks the shelves
with fresh loaves of fougasse.
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To fully understand how
a French boulangerie
called Farine (Flour)
came to be in
Marblehead, you have
to locate the couple who founded it:
Kathy and Laurent Dedieu.
Laurent Dedieu grew up in a village
in Ariège, France, of fewer than 200
inhabitants, between Toulouse and
Castellneau. Ariège is one of 101
departments in France, really smack
at the bottom of the country, in the
southwest region of Occitanie. He
graduated from INSA Toulouse,
the National Institute for Applied
Sciences, in 1997, with a Ph.D. in
Industrial Engineering. In 2000, he
joined Doctors Without Borders in
Burundi.
Kathy Dedieu grew up in Everett
and spent her summers in Marblehead.
She’s trained as an electrical engineer,
which explains how she and Laurent

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Farine offers an
array of traditional
French baked
goods from
baguettes, to
ancient grain
loaves, chocolate
and sugar
brioche buns, and
croissants.
Customers begin
flowing in the
moment the
bakery opens.
beats harder when I enter a
boulangerie in France.”
After 20 years in a huge
supranational institution, the
couple wanted to start “notre
propre affaire” — their own
business. Something small.
“Quelque chose de pas gros,
des métiers de bouche,” Laurent
Dedieu said, switching to his
native French. (“Something
not too big, something in
food-related trades,” in English.)
You could say, “Eh, it's just
bread.” But Laurent Dedieu
makes everything the traditional
French way — so what could
be marketed in a fancy way is
sold with respect to its local
authenticity.
Laurent Dedieu said they still
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FARINE, continued from page 17
have a lot to do to fight preconceived
ideas about bread, especially that it’s
not very healthy.
“We have to explain that our process
is different; it brings a lot of nutritional
value that industrial bread doesn’t
have,” he said.
“The way I think of it, as an
American having been 10 years
in Paris, you know, a croissant is
something you just grab and eat on the
way, or kids get it after school,” Kathy
Dedieu said, praising the essential
simplicity of the croissant.
“It’s not supposed to be this prized
thing,” she added, breaking the cult of
personality surrounding yeast-based
dough rolled into an edible crescent.
Kathy Dedieu hasn’t been home in a
long time.
Laurent Dedieu pulls a batch of ancient
grain loaves out of the oven.
But my heart always
beats harder when I enter
a boulangerie in France.
— Laurent Dedieu
“With humanitarian work, you feel
like you’re going backward most of
the time,” she said. “It was important
for Laurent to do something with his
hands.”
“You have an immediate reward,”
Laurent Dedieu said. “Every single day,
you start at the bottom of the hill, and
you have to push the rock up.”
Sisyphus, but without the torture, he
said with a laugh. You see results every
day; you have to start and restart.
After years of moving around, and
10 years in Paris, the couple is ready to
build community in Marblehead, near
Kathy Dedieu’s hometown. They feel
very welcomed in town and supported
in their endeavor. And their products
are so high in demand that they are
often sold out.
“Unbelievable,” Kathy Dedieu
said. “There’s a line before we open.

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Everyone is rooting for us. We were unprepared for the
response that we’ve had.”
Some customers who get there too late have to leave
empty handed.
“At first, everybody was like, ‘Aren’t you going to bake
some more?’ And we had to say, ‘No, the process takes
24-48 hours,” Kathy Dedieu explained. “Now people
know, and everybody is starting to have their favorites.”
So, what are the crowd’s favorites? The croissant
and the chocolatine, they answered. Chocolatine? Not
pain au chocolat? No, because in the southwest, Kathy
Dedieu explained, they say chocolatine. It’s a debate
that would fuel a civil war in France — but here, the
quality is the same.
“If they don’t like it, they will not come,” Laurent
Dedieu said. “They keep coming again and again.”
Clients sometimes wait 5 minutes for baguettes to
cool down to be sure to bring one home.
“It’s not a naive clientele, it’s a very picky clientele,”
Kathy Dedieu agreed. “As someone who grew up on the
North Shore, I cannot believe the emotion that Laurent
has brought to this Yankee town.”
Kathy and Laurent Dedieu’s long-term plan is to
have their small business day-to-day in Marblehead
and spend time across the ocean every year for a couple
months to see both of their families.
“It’s hard when you each come from different places
and you’re close with your families and friends,” Kathy
Dedieu said. “We did 10 years U.S.-based, 10 years in
France, and, well, we’re one year back in the U.S.…
sharing the time.”
Laurent Dedieu owns
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IN A CLUB
OF ONE
MHS golfer becomes
program’s first female captain
By Mark Aboyoun
It’s not every day a high
school athlete makes history,
but for Marblehead High’s
Joy Meshulam, that
moment came when
she was voted co-captain of
the varsity golf team.
Meshulam, now a senior, became
the program’s first female captain,
according to head coach Bob Green.
Her golf journey began in middle
school, though she admits she didn’t
start taking it seriously until a few
years ago.
“I didn’t really get into the sport and
start playing with a purpose until the
summer going into sophomore year,”
Meshulam said. “That’s when I had the
goal of making varsity and trying to
bring my scores lower.”
As a freshman, she made the junior
varsity team — an experience that
sparked her passion for the sport.
“I expected to make JV because I
wasn’t shooting well, but I just wanted
to play and get to know more people
who were into the sport,” Meshulam
said. “That freshman year really
brought me to love the sport because
I connected with another female
golfer on the team at the time. Her
name was Caroline (Brennan), and
she was a senior. It just brought this
representation that I saw — that I
could play this sport. There were other
women playing it.”
She also credited JV coach Tracy
Joy Meshulam follows through with her
swing on the first tee at Tedesco CC.
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Ackerman, who now coaches her in
tennis, for making an early impact.
When it came time for this year’s
selection of captains, Meshulam said
she was on edge as Green tallied the
votes.
“My heart was pounding,” she said.
“When he announced it, I just wanted
to do a celebratory dance, but I couldn’t
do that. I had to act professional. I said
thank you to the team, and the second I
got to the car, I was so excited. I called
my parents and my friends. This was
a dream of mine, and I’m really happy
that I accomplished it.”
Being named Marblehead High’s
first female captain is something
Meshulam said she’ll always carry with
pride.
“It means a lot individually because
this was a dream of mine, and I wasn’t
going to let my gender stop me,”
Meshulam said. “I’m grateful that
I can pursue this position and set a
precedent for other women and girls
to partake in the golf team. I hope this
legacy inspires more women to go out
and try out for the golf team. It’s an
amazing sport with amazing coaches
and awesome teammates.”
Setting the right example for her
teammates is a goal of Meshulam’s.
“It’s always my goal to act
professionally, but I think even more
importantly is to be happy. We have
this ability to play golf, our school is
offering us this opportunity to go out
and play amazing courses, and we have
such an amazing coach. I think just
having a positive attitude makes such
a difference. When I’m on the course,
whether I’m having a good day or a bad
day, I try to keep the vibes upbeat and
I hope my team sees that and follows
suit.”
Green said those qualities are exactly
why teammates entrusted her with the
captaincy.
“Joy is an exceptional young woman.
She’s confident, yet unassumingly
so. She loves golf and is committed
to working hard to get better in all
aspects of the game,” Green said. “Her
improvement, every year, is a testament
to her work ethic. Joy is supportive
and encouraging to all members of the
team and has a positive attitude about
everything, including golf.
“Joy is liked and respected by her
teammates. Joy leads by example, and
the fact she was voted co-captain
means all those qualities are recognized
by everyone on the team.”
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PINK
CRUSADERS
Residents rally together to
uplift breast cancer patients
By Sophia Harris
Susan Hassett, a breast cancer
survivor, spearheaded "Turning
Marblehead Pink" in partnership
with the Ellie Fund.
PHOTO: SPENSER HASAK
This October, Marblehead
turned pink, not just in
color, but in spirit, as
residents, businesses, and
survivors came together
to support the Ellie Fund and raise
awareness for breast cancer patients
and their families across Massachusetts.
The grassroots campaign, Turning
Marblehead Pink, was spearheaded
by Susan Hassett, a Marblehead
resident and breast cancer survivor.
In partnership with the Ellie Fund, a
nonprofit that provides vital support
services to individuals undergoing
breast cancer treatment, Hassett and
her team of nine transformed the town
into a sea of pink — filled with hope,
compassion, and community pride.
“Awareness is important, but we
also want to educate and act,” Hassett
said. “Our ‘October for Ellie’ campaign
empowers communities to support
patients directly through fundraising,
education, and by spotlighting
disparities in care.”
Hassett brought together a
powerhouse committee of local
women to help make the mission
real. Including Margaret Bacon, Jansi
Chandler, Francie Hill, Kathi Kaligian,
Terrie Leake, Debbie Powell, Donna
Rice, Noreen Rogers, and Marty Willis.
“I had a village during my journey,”
she said. “But not everyone does. The
Ellie Fund steps in for those women
who don’t have a support system — and
that’s what makes this campaign so
important.”
Founded in memory of a mother who
lived with metastatic breast cancer for
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her two sons to ensure other families
wouldn’t feel the same isolation they
experienced. Today, the organization
provides grocery assistance,
transportation to treatment, childcare,
and meal deliveries — easing the daily
burdens patients face during treatment.
Executive Director Meredith
Mendelson explained, “We want
to make sure patients can focus on
healing, not logistics.”
For many families, that support has
been life-changing. Lindsay Gardiner,
a Marblehead resident and Ellie Fund
recipient, shared: “The Ellie Fund
wrapped my family in love when life
felt its heaviest. They gave us hope,
comfort, and strength. They showed
me and my children that even on our
hardest days, love and community can
lift you higher than fear ever could.”
What began as an idea quickly
grew into a movement. Nearly 100
Marblehead businesses — from
restaurants and boutiques to yacht
clubs and schools — joined in.
Storefronts displayed pink balloons,
posters, and banners that read “October
for Ellie.” Old Town “was ablaze in
Ellie pink,” Hassett recalled.
Unlike traditional fundraisers,
the campaign’s first year focused on
education and visibility.
“Our approach this year was all
about awareness,” Hassett said. “That
was my goal, and I think we did it in
spades.”
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Above, from left, Ellie Fund Executive Director Meredith
Mendelson, Donna Rice, and Susan Hassett. Below,
Flores Mantilla was all decked out in Pink during Oct. 3
and Oct.4 for "Turning Marblehead Pink" campaign.
PHOTO: SOPHIA HARRIS
PINK, continued from page 27
The effort didn’t go unnoticed.
Marblehead’s Farmers Market, Fall
Fair, and The Landing restaurant all
hosted Ellie Fund booths and events,
sparking conversations and spreading
understanding.
“According to the Ellie Fund, no
other town has done it like Marblehead
did,” Hassett said proudly. “This
community really banded together.”
According to Kate Ward, the Ellie
Fund’s Director of Development,
Marblehead’s campaign has become
the organization’s new model for
community partnership.
“We’ve sat as a team and asked:
‘How can we replicate this in the next
town?’” Ward said. “What Marblehead
taught us is that finding passionate
ambassadors — people like Susan
and her committee — is key. They
galvanized the effort, made personal
connections with more than 100
stores, and created something deeply
neighbor-to-neighbor.”
Ward emphasized that the Ellie
Fund supported the effort behind the
scenes with materials and guidance, but
it was the local women who powered it
forward.
“They took this to a level we’ve never
seen,” she said. “They brought their
town together around an issue and
created real, lasting awareness.”
The results were measurable.
Marblehead raised over $16,000 for
the Ellie Fund — money that went
directly to patient grants covering
groceries, transportation, childcare, and
other essentials. That same month, the
organization served 30% more patients
statewide than the previous October.
“Without communities like
Marblehead, we couldn’t do it,”
Ward said. “These women didn’t just
fundraise; they gave access to care.

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Lindsay Gardiner and her
family received help from the
Ellie Fund when she was
diagnosed with breast cancer.
PHOTO: ELLIE FUND
They gave hope.”
Hassett said this was incredibly
impressive, given that the group’s goal
was mostly centered around raising
awareness for the campaign. But after
people learned what the Ellie fund was,
they donated on their own accord.
For survivors like Marty Willis, the
message behind Turning Marblehead
Pink is special. Diagnosed with
HER2-positive breast cancer in 2020
during the pandemic, Willis endured
chemotherapy, radiation, and a year of
immunotherapy. Today, she celebrates
five years cancer-free and channels her
gratitude into advocacy.
“I saw an opportunity to bring the
community together on a positive
note,” Willis said. “So many young
women under 40 are getting diagnosed,
and awareness is so important.”
Willis’ connection to the Ellie Fund
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PINK, continued from page 29
and her continued activism also tie
into her family’s annual participation
in the Pan-Mass Challenge, a 200-mile
cycling fundraiser for cancer research.
Her story — and her resilience —
embody the very spirit the Ellie Fund
aims to uplift.
The campaign also gave local women
a safe space to share their own stories
— something Ward said was visible
throughout the events.
“People came forward saying, ‘You
helped me,’” she recalled. “It gave
women a voice over a disease they’d
been living with quietly. Suddenly, they
saw a community ready to listen.”
From a mother who could send her
kids to camp while she healed to a
woman whose groceries were covered
during treatment, Marblehead’s effort
revealed the power of simple, human
support.
With plans for a three-year
rollout and new collaborations with
Marblehead businesses, Turning
Marblehead Pink is poised to become
an annual tradition — and a blueprint
for other towns across Massachusetts.
“There’s a real synergy here,” Ward
said. “We want to build a toolkit from
this campaign so other communities
can replicate it and make it their own.”
Hassett said that in life, “we have
many chapters. In those chapters are
villages of friends and family. Some
Susan Hassett wears an Ellie Fund bracelet.
PHOTO: SPENSER HASAK
of those villages go through every
chapter; some you get new ones. But
those villages are what help people get
through.
“The weekend proved to me that
not only did I and the recipients of the
Ellie Fund have a village of friends, but
the town of Marblehead became part
of that village.”
Hassett added, “Marblehead just
came through 150%. I’m hoping that
because it went so well, in the years
to come, maybe the businesses that
weren’t part of it will join in, and those
that were will continue. Next year, we’d
like to add things like raffles or a sipand-shop.
This year was really about
encouraging people to get involved and
spread the word.”
From the pink banners fluttering
in the wind to heartfelt conversations
at local shops, Turning Marblehead
Pink has done more than paint a town
— it has united one. It’s proof that
awareness, when rooted in compassion,
can become action.
As Marblehead continues to glow
pink each October, it carries an
enduring message:
Hope is stronger when it’s shared.
For more information or to get
involved, visit elliefund.org.
Above, Jamie Gaull, who is the guitarist and
vocalist for the band True North, and Robert
Simonelli at The Landing for the Ellie Fund benefit
dinner. Below: A sign in front of Marblehead
Custom Jewelry stating that 5-10% of sales
benefit the Ellie Fund.
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A TOWN GONE
TO THE DOGS
English Golden Retrievers
bring neighbors together
By Amanda Lurey
Stephanie Brocoum has
found her fur-ever family
in Marblehead one silly,
slobbery smile at a time.
Brocoum, owner of the
interior design company Moontide
Studio, organized this summer’s
fluffiest event: the “occasionally annual”
Golden Retriever Family Portrait,
where dozens of Marblehead’s Goldens
came together to sniff, play, and make
new friends.
Stephanie Brocoum cuddles with her two English
Golden Retrievers, Birdie, left, and Booker.
PHOTOS: SPENSER HASAK
protective.”
The youngest participant,
5-month-old Quinn, drew plenty of
attention. Owners Tom and Andrea
Kelleher said he’s earned the nickname
“The Mighty Quinn” from neighbors
near Abbot Hall.
Some dogs even had their own
Instagram followings. Hudson, a nearly
5-year-old Golden, came with owner
Debra Klein, who shares photos under
the handle “Hudson and Calvin Klein
the Dog.” Klein said, “His purpose in
life is to spread joy.”
The event drew both longtime
residents and newcomers. Quimby, a
16-year-old pup from Salem, attended
for the first time with owner Theresa
Kennedy, who said they’ll soon be
moving to Marblehead. Kennedy said,
“A friend told us, ‘You need some new
“The whole point is just to celebrate
community and get people together and
see the beautiful sights of Marblehead,”
Brocoum said.
At the event, John
D’Agostino of Swampscott introduced
his happy-go-lucky Golden Retriever
Finlay, who he said loves nothing more
than chasing balls.
Nearby, Carly and Nancy Hood
doted on Essie, their 5-year-old
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More than 30 English Golden Retrievers got together at
Chandler Hovey Park in Marblehead for a "family" photo.
DOGS, continued from page 31
friends,’ so we came.”
For Marblehead resident Grace
Elmer, the day was about celebrating
Skipper, her 2-year-old Golden with
“the best recall of any dog ever.” Others
shared similar pride — whether about
pets overcoming challenges, like
9-year-old Murphy recovering from
injury without surgery, or Aspen, a
Golden Retriever who finally conquered
her fear of water.
When considering how this puppy
party has been running casually onand-off
for the last decade, Brocoum
shared that it all started with her and
her husband walking in the rain.
“It’d be pouring rain out, and
we would have no dog,” Brocoum
remembered. “I was like, ‘If we’re going
to walk anyway, we really just need a
dog.’”
She said the English Golden
Retriever breeders she spoke with were
all rather passionate about what they
do, and she wound up taking in her first
English Golden around 2005. His name
was Beaulieu.
“Beaulieu was a really special dog.
He was beautiful; he was calm; he was
this very content, lovely dog, and people
really, really liked him,” Brocoum said.
She beamed when thinking back to
her beloved pup Beaulieu and how he
inspired her friends and family to also
become English Golden parents, some
even using the same breeder.
“I just feel like we’re so lucky to
live with dogs,” she said. “It’s like the
biggest luxury in my life: being able to
live with dogs and have them in my life.
They just bring us so much joy.”
Soon after joining the Brocoum
family, Beaulieu gained a brother,
Birdie, now 12. And shortly after
Beaulieu passed, Brocoum brought
home Booker, now 8. Brocoum
explained that Birdie and Booker “have
very different personalities.”
Brocoum described Birdie as “shy”
and “a little bit awkward.” She added,
“Sometimes he can be a little grumpy,”
which makes sense for the senior pup.
Meanwhile, she said little brother
Booker “has a great sense of humor, and
he’s very easygoing.”
She mentioned that this summer’s
Golden Retriever Family Portrait
attendees joked around that they’re
going to go home with the wrong dog,
as they all look so similar. But she
emphasized, “Once you know an animal,
you would never mistake that animal
for another animal.” She added, “When
we get them all together, they’re like a
pack; they just behave like dogs.”
“They bring such a sense of
community,” Brocoum said. “... Dogs
just connect with people in a way that
really makes you so happy and just
brings out the best in people, and for
us, it’s literally built a community here
because it’s people we know from dog
walking and people we know literally
because they stopped us because of the
dogs. It’s been one of the things that
we’ve literally built our friend group
and our community around.”

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A STORIED
HISTORY
Justice Story's
decisions transformed
American constitutional law
By Elizabeth Della Piana
As a town steeped in
history, Marblehead has
many prominent figures
who have significantly
impacted the history of
the United States. This statement remains
true when speaking about Joseph Story.
Story was born in Marblehead on Sept.
18, 1779 to Elisha Story and Mehitable
Pedrick Story. He was one of 18 children,
according to the Supreme Court
Historical Society.
Elisha Story, a doctor in town, was a
significant figure during the Boston Tea
Party. At the same time, his grandfather
served in the British Vice Admiralty
Court in Boston, eventually becoming the
clerk of the American Navy Board.
Story’s maternal grandfather helped
stop a British raid on munitions in
Salem a few years before the American
Revolution.
His whole life was steeped in history as
he grew up surrounded by men who were
not just a part of it but were helping to
create it.
After his time in Marblehead
Academy, Story would leave for Harvard,
where he succeeded, graduating second in
his class.
Story would become the apprentice
of attorney Samuel Sewall, who had
presided as a judge during the Salem
Witch Trials and was the chief justice of
the Massachusetts Supreme Court. The
well-known Fort Sewall, located in town,
is also named after him.
After multiple family tragedies,
including the loss of his wife, Mary
Linde Fitch Oliver, and the loss of his
father just two months after, Story buried
himself in his work.
The Society noted that while Story
had thrown himself into his work, he
struggled to get clients at first. His
political affiliations and Unitarian
religious beliefs weren’t popular in
Massachusetts, which was dominated by
the Federalist party.
However, his success in court and
his association with businessman Jacob
Crowninshield grew his clientele.
Story served in the Massachusetts
and federal legislatures, briefly
becoming speaker of the house for the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
in 1811. Here, he’d argue his first case in
front of the Supreme Court: Fletcher v.
Peck.
The Georgia Legislature had taken
control of Yazoo lands, and the Yazoo
Land Act of 1975 was enacted. However,
it was found that those who had approved
of the Act had taken bribes, ultimately
leading to the legislature's repeal, and the
land purchases were voided.
Peck had purchased 13,000 acres of
that land from the grant and sold it
to Fletcher. It was then found out by
Fletcher that the Land Act had been
voided, leading Fletcher to sue Peck for
the bad sale.
Story would take Peck as a client, and
Above, Joseph Story is the youngest to
ever be elected to the Supreme Court.
Below, The house of Joseph Story's father
Elisha Story, located at 104 Washington St.,
Marblehead.
in the end, Peck would walk away clean,
as he was proven to be an innocent third
party.
The case gained prominence as it was
the first time the Supreme Court had
ruled a state law unconstitutional.
Story would go on to marry Sarah
Waldo Wetmore, and two out of seven
of their children would survive to
adulthood. One was William Wetmore
Story, who would become a famous
sculptor. He even sculpted a statue of his
father, which now sits in the Harvard
Law School Library.
At just 32 years old, Story would
make his next move up the career ladder
as President James Madison would
nominate him to the Supreme Court.

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He took the oath in 1812 and is still the
youngest Associate Justice ever to serve.
Story embraced the idea that the
Court was meant to protect and advance
the power of the federal government,
according to the Society.
It was Story who expanded the idea
that the Court could reverse decisions
made by state courts and the idea that
federal courts could develop federal
common law for commercial cases.
The Society also notes that Story
fought against slavery, even writing the
Court’s opinion in the 1841 Amistad,
refuting claims that the captives
transported from Africa by the Spanish
government were property, ordering the
men to be freed, claiming they were not
slaves, but kidnapped.
However, in another decision, Story
had made the choice to follow the United
States’ law when he reinforced the federal
Fugitive Slave Law during Prigg v.
Pennsylvania.
The case centered around an enslaved
woman named Margaret Morgan, who
had not been formally emancipated but
was granted full freedom by her owner,
John Ashmore. Ashmore’s heirs called
for her return, sending Edward Prigg to
Pennsylvania to capture her and bring her
back to Maryland.
The Fugitive Slave Law of 1793
overruled state law, allowing the capture
of enslaved people who had escaped.
Story also joined the law faculty at
Harvard in 1829 and would go on to
write nine books on “the philosophy and
legal bases of law.”
One future justice, Oliver Wendell
Holmes, said that Story had “done more
than any other English-speaking man in
this century to make the law luminous
and easy to understand,” according to the
Society.
Story served on the Court for 34 years
before he died in 1845, due to illness.
His law writings and work on the Court
“left a lasting impact on American
jurisprudence. His writings advanced the
theory of the supremacy of federal law.
Justice Joseph Story is remembered as a
serious constitutional and legal scholar
whose nationalist vision of federal law
was instrumental in strengthening the
nation,” the Society noted.
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