Marblehead Delivers For Soldiers Far From Home

1. All manner of passersby stopped at the canopy on West Shore Drive to donate comforts of home to soldiers stationed far from home.  

Manning the station was Mark Bring, a Massachusetts carpenters' union member, and a leader with C.A.P.T.S. — Calling All Patriots.

12 or more times a year C.A.P.T.S. ships out loads of survival and other hard to get items from soap, socks and clean wipes to Girl Scout cookies and Lifesavers.

And everything in between.

A package that makes every service person with New England roots feel especially at home is the package that includes Dunkin' Donuts coffee and the Sunday funnies.

In the course of 20 minutes Sunday afternoon outside VFW Post 2005 four people stopped to donate to C.A.P.T.S.

They included a runner who stopped to make a cash donation, a man in a car who was looking for directions — a Vietnam vet it turned out — who also made a cash donation. And a driver from Lynn.

The driver, Debbie Krol, was making her second stop at the Post to drop off items. 

"I have more than I need and they have nothing," she said of the soldiers stationed in remote outposts.

2. Weather Watch: Wednesday is expected to bring a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers after 10 am. Patchy fog before 9am. A high temperature of 82. 

• Sunrise: 5:27 a.m.

• High tide: 1:08 p.m.
• Low tide: 7:07 p.m.
• Sunset: 8:11 p.m.

3. Part of Atlantic Avenue Remains Closed: Trenching that started on Atlantic Avenue last Tuesday continues — 24/7 — for about two more weeks. Here are more details from the town.

4. Selectmen and School Committee in a Joint Meeting Wednesday: The two panels will hold a joint session Wednesday at 8 p.m. to interview for the School Committee. 

• William Ackerman
• Rosanna Ferrante Francis
• Elizabeth L. Moore
• V. Scott H. Solberg
• Alexa Squittieri

5. Fantastic: Starting Friday, Marblehead Little Theatre will present what sounds to be an enchanting drama that they first brought to the stage more than 50 years ago — The Fantasticks.

Marblehead Little Theatre Presents The Fantasticks - July 26 - Aug. 4 

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