Monthly Archives: December 2014

Direct Primary Care Opening in Marblehead

News

Everyone in Marblehead should be paying attention as doctor Jeffrey Gold becomes the first physician in Massachusetts to open a Direct Primary Care practice. This is a model where patients pay the doctor a flat-rate either monthly or annually for a range of services. Dr. Gold’s patients will be paying a monthly, age-based fee that ranges from $30 to $125. This includes an annual physical.

For those interested, Dr. Gold’s practice will open on February 1 in Marblehead at 123 Pleasant Street, Suite 105. On his website, Dr. Gold said, “Over the course of the past couple of years, due to many factors, it became very clear to me that my vision for how I wanted to practice medicine was not coming to fruition; at least not in the dysfunction of the current healthcare system.”

He explained to the AAFP, “I want to be a doctor again. I want to do what I went to school for; I don’t want to be a bean counter. It’s my job to judge the quantity of patients I see.”

Large Donation to the Marblehead Historical Commission

News

The Marblehead Historical Commission got a surprise check recently. They were given a check of $697,711 as a bequest from longtime residents Rita and Ross Terrien. The donation has four caveats. The principal and earned interest is to be used to create a repository to house Marblehead’s historical documents and records. The management of the facility is supposed to be under the control of the Marblehead Historical Commission and the facility that is created will be named for Ross and Rita Terrien.

Finally, the money should not be used in any way for the operating budget.

The Board of Selectman Chairman Jackie Belf-Becker described the Terriens’ donation as “special — something you don’t see very often.”

Rita died in 2009 and Ross died in 2012. The couple were married for 65 years and were antique dealers who owned the town’s Old General Store.

Marblehead’s Christmas Walk

Entertainment

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Last weekend the Marblehead Christmas Walk took place and was filled with fun activities for all. As Deb payson, Marblehead Chamber of Commerce executive director said, “It is basically a celebration of Christmas and the holiday spirit. Last year, the streets were packed five to 10 people deep, I’ve never seen so many people in town, it was great.”

As the 44th year of the event, it included four days of activities with more than 100 events. There was a parade, tree lighting, Santa Clause coming by sea and loads of entertainment. The event was organized by the Marblehead Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by the chamber’s local business members.

Pawsitively Marblehead started the festivities on Thursday night with a preview party serving wine and cheese. They had a Trunk Show with an Up Country designer dog collars and dog clothing on display.

There was a free trolly on Saturday and Sunday to bring visitors downtown from parking lots farther away. This was sponsored by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage and NE Moves Mortgage.

The tree lighting was hosted by the National Grand Bank and the parade was led by the Board of Selectman and Marblehead native US Rep-elect Seth Moulton.

Griffin House Coming to Marblehead

Entertainment

If you love music, you might want to get to the me & thee coffeehouse on December 12th to enjoy two fine performances. Griffin House will be performing, and Connor Garvey will be opening the show.

Doors open at 7:30pm for the 8pm show at the coffeehouse, located at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead at 28 Mugford St.

Here is a brief description of House, as reported by Wicked Local Marblehead, “House was born and raised in Springfield, Ohio. His father worked in a tire shop, and his mother helped place children with foster families. In high school, the athletically gifted House landed a role in a musical and was surprised to learn that he had a natural talent for singing. House bought his first guitar for $100 from a friend, turned down a golf scholarship to Ohio University and instead went to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and started to teach himself how to play the guitar and write songs.”
Since 2007, House has been a national headliner and he has opened for artists like Ron Sexsmith, Josh Ritter, John Mellencamp, Mat Kearney and the Cranberries.

Helping Those in Need with Hospice Care

Charity

Eight volunteers of Care Dimensions recently completed a bereavement training program for non-profit organizations. Care Dimensions used to be called Hospice of the North Shore & Greater Boston.

The training helped the volunteers to learn about pre-bereavement phone calls, peer support group facilitation and supporting the patient’s families. Prior to doing this special training, the volunteers completed a 16 hour training program that all Care Dimensions volunteers do. For anyone who is interested in being a volunteer, the next training session will be on February 11th from 9:30-11:30 am at the Kaplan Family Hospice House at 78 Liberty Street in Danvers. This program will run until April 1.