5 Stories That Made Waves This Week

Here are our top five stories of the week - they are listed in no particular order:

: When curator Karen Mac Innis successfully picked the lock to a Civil War era imported Chinese sewing box Friday afternoon and discovered a parchment filled with silk, she said she "nearly deafened" several people nearby.

:, which has been closed for more than eight months, will reopen this spring in the former home of Kaps Menswear on Atlantic Avenue. Terry's owner Carlos Rocha said he was excited to reopen his ice cream parlor in the 1,3000-square-foot space adjacent to and .

: A crew of workers from North Shore Marine Inc. were hard at work at Monday afternoon, preparing to add another 20-foot section to Marblehead's new pier. The pier, which is expected to be completed and opened to the public later this spring, will stretch out into Salem Harbor from a small beach off of Stramski Way, located about a quarter-mile from .

: Earlier this week, we created a list of the 20 most expensive condominiums currently up for sale in Marblehead. This interactive map shows where the homes are located in town and scrolling over the markers reveals where they rank in price.

: Local residents lined the fenced-off section of Pleasant Street Thursday afternoon to watch a crane lower into place the steel beams that will be the foundation of the . As the crane opertor moved the massive beams into the place, workers continued to work on the 38,000-square-foot building's foundation sections.

For more of this week's stories, check out our news section.