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Northshore October 2025
In a close-knit Marblehead neighborhood, a century-old summer tradition lives on.  The folks who live in the Clifton Heights neighborhood of Marblehead have been celebrating the Fourth of July since the turn of the last century. Based on oral histories and old notebooks, they continue the old-fashioned celebration started by summer residents in the 1890s. They gather on common ground called "the green" for a "horribles" costume parade to the music of a ragtag band, followed by games, then a trip to their rocky beach for a dinner of lobster and clams that have been steaming all afternoon. A Master and Mistress of Ceremonies d
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