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Northshore October 2025
Marblehead Historic District Has Don Doliber lived in Marblehead all his life? “Not yet!” he quips. Doliber’s not finished with the bon mots, though. “I was born in an alley,” he says. “Mary Alley Hospital.” Jokes aside, being born in Mary Alley Hospital is a point of pride for many Marbleheaders of a certain age, since it means they were actually born in the town, which hasn’t had a maternity ward in decades. But Doliber’s Marblehead roots go much deeper than Mary Alley Hospital: His family has been in Marblehead since 1629. “By legend, they were the first European settlers in Marblehead,” he says. And legends
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