Stay connected: Online resources worth exploring
You can make a connection without leaving home or find a reason to get out of the house if you know where to look
Theresa Myung Hee Milewski
Marblehead high school volunteers to help Friends of Marblehead Council on Aging for annual appeal
On October 21, the Friends of the Marblehead Council on Aging will welcome its high school volunteers to the Judy & Gene Jacobi Community Center where students will apply address labels and seal the envelopes of close to 5,700 letters addressed to residents over the age of fifty-five.
COMPUTERS 101: Running out of space? Check where first
Before clicking a storage warning or paying for more space, check what’s actually full. Your phone, computer and cloud account each have their own limits.
This Halloween season, MLT presents Medea, running Oct. 2-18
You think modern thrillers are dark? Meet the original nightmare. Forget haunted houses—this October, step inside a home falling apart from the inside out. Long before horror movies gave us vengeful antiheroes and psychological obsession, Euripides wrote Medea: the story of the first sorceress, a woman betrayed, exiled, and
COMPUTERS 101: You are cordially invited ... to a scam
I have received Paperless Post invitations in the past for legitimate gatherings, so when one came into my inbox a few weeks ago, I didn't think twice before clicking on it. Fortunately, as soon as I was asked to log into my email account in order to view
Marblehead Little Theatre Celebrates 70th Anniversary with a Gala at Abbot Hall
In celebration of its 70th anniversary, Marblehead Little Theatre (MLT) will hold a Gala at Abbot Hall, 188 Washington Street, Marblehead, MA. The evening begins at 7:00 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 so that attendees can bid on silent auction items and purchase raffle tickets, while
COMPUTERS 101: Let technology be your travel agent (sort of)
Digital tools can make trip planning easier — if you know which ones to trust and when to use them.
COMPUTERS 101: Using AI to your advantage
A practical look at digital assistants, from planning projects and organizing tasks to knowing when judgment still belongs with the person asking.
COMPUTER 101: Making sure your address book is NOT an open book
Before tapping “allow,” consider what an app may collect from your phone — and whose information you may be sharing along with your own.
The most dangerous button on the Internet: 'Allow notifications'
A routine prompt can grant sites ongoing access to send alerts, often without users realizing they approved persistent messages beyond a single visit.
Rhythm & Clues
Rhythm & Clues is a fundraising social to benefit the Marblehead Council on Aging, hosted by the Friends of the Marblehead COA. Tickets can be purchased online at https://bit.ly/fmcoa2026 or in person at the Jacobi Community Center at 10 Humphrey Street on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (April
COMPUTERS 101: Once upon a time in online safety
Scam artists succeed by triggering urgency, authority or familiarity, exploiting normal human instincts rather than technical weaknesses. Recognizing those emotional cues helps people slow down before reacting.
COMPUTER 101: Who’s backing up your backups?
As promised in my last column, in this column I’ll walk through the most important steps to ensure your data is backed up properly. Who Watches the Watchmen? While the cloud is a quick and (sometimes) easy way to back up your data, people often wonder how foolproof it
COMPUTERS 101: Clouds in my coffee
iCloud, you're so vain, you probably think this post is about you. Well, it is. But there are more clouds in my coffee (thank you, Carly Simon) than just Apple's iCloud. When we talk about cloud storage, I feel there are the top four that we
Computers 101: Saved … but where?
File→Save where? (and also) Fun tech gifts! This week’s column has two parts. First, a question I hear all the time: where does a file actually go when you click Save? Second, a bonus section with a short list of tech gadgets I genuinely love and use every
Computers 101: Time for a brief PSA
Users report that folders stored on Comcast’s servers sometimes fail to appear after the transition, and recovery attempts by both companies have been unsuccessful.