5 Stories That Made Waves This Week

Here are our top five stories of the week, they are listed in no particular order. Click on the headlines to read the full story.

: A proposal calling for a seasonal ban on the use of gas-powered leaf blowers in Marblehead was defeated by less than 100 votes at Town Meeting Tuesday night. The majority of those gathered at voted in favor of indefinitely postponing the seasonal ban, which would have run from Sept. 15 to May 15, by a margin of 285 to 211.

: A project aimed at making Marblehead's universally accessible, in last year's , was overwhelmingly supported by local residents at Town Meeting Tuesday night. The $675,000 project, which calls for the installation of a three-story elevator and two handicapped bathrooms, was unanimously endorsed by the town's Board of Selectmen and passed by a margin of 456 to 30.

: Marblehead residents overwhelmingly approved a Town Meeting article Monday night calling for a debt-exclusion override to pay for a proposed three-year $4.9 million drainage project. Monday's approval, which passed by a margin of 576 to 10, means the extensive drainage project will appear on the ballot next month.

: A Saturday morning was identified Sunday as local tugboat captain Brendan O'Leary, who went missing from a boat off the coast of Rhode Island on April 25. O'Leary's family was reportedly notified that his body was found about three miles off Montauk Point, according to Petty Officer Gary Rives, a Coast Guard spokesman.

: A Marblehead man who allegedly prevented Peabody firefighters from finding a man who had overdosed on cocaine and heroin was ordered held Monday morning on charges of possessing heroin, cocaine, marijuana and pills while in a school zone.

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