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Some of Marblehead’s notable deaths in 2025

Leigh BlanderDecember 30, 2025

From dedicated town volunteers and community leaders to a highly decorated veteran, renowned journalist, artist and social worker, Marblehead lost many notable residents in 2025. This list is not comp...

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Year in review: Top photos of 2025

Grey CollinsDecember 30, 2025

Top Stories

Collector Dixey shares his newest old photos

Leigh BlanderDecember 30, 2025

Top Stories

Tree pick-up underway; annual bonfire Jan. 6

Leigh BlanderDecember 29, 2025

Top Stories

Marblehead rallies to support family of 55-year-old who died suddenly before Christmas

Leigh BlanderDecember 27, 2025

Town news

MPD LOG: A tree into a home, an iPhone hack and a quiet Christmas

December 30, 2025

Friday, Dec. 19Alarms: 1911 hang-ups: 2Building/property checks: 18Vehicle stops, citations: 0 Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1 11:29 a.m. Officers assisted a citizen on Intrepid Circle and filed a report. 11:53 a.m. An officer assisted a citizen on Village Street and file...

Trash & recycling schedule for New Year’s holiday

December 30, 2025

News in brief: Week of Dec. 29

December 28, 2025

What’s your job? Translating those plaques on homes in the Historic District

December 26, 2025

Trash strike, zoning fight and a new trike: Marblehead’s year to remember

December 26, 2025

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets coming up

December 23, 2025

JUST DUCKY: Students create color mural with artist

December 23, 2025

Opinion

Columns

FROM THE VAULT: Party like it’s 1773

Leigh BlanderDecember 31, 2025

On Dec. 16, 1773, Dr. Elisha Story snuck through the back door of Chase and Speakman’s Distillery in Boston, after its proprietors had closed for the night. He found dozens of men assembled there, including carpenters, shoemakers, blacksmiths and coopers. They organized into g...

Current Editorials

EDITORIAL: Looking ahead

December 31, 2025

LETTERS

LETTER: The best resistance is ‘kindness, caring, thoughtfulness and love’

December 30, 2025

Columns

FOOD 101: Soup traditions, resolutions for the new year

December 30, 2025

Columns

Lessons in journalism — and community — in Marblehead

December 30, 2025

Current Editorials

EDITORIAL: In our opinion, a year to remember

December 23, 2025

LETTERS

LETTER: Hateful speech promotes more hate

December 22, 2025

Sports

Marblehead sports moments of 2025

jmcconnell@marbleheadnews.orgDecember 30, 2025

With 365 days to look back on, there’s no way anybody can remember every single event that took place in a given calendar year. But nonetheless, as a newspaper, we attempt to chronicle such a project in 600 words or less, give or take a couple of hundred, for the year’s final edi...

Sports

Marblehead High track teams begin season with two wins against rivals Beverly, Gloucester

December 30, 2025

Sports

Headers drop to 0-5 with loss to Medford in Cape Ann Tourney

December 28, 2025

Sports

Marblehead High girls basketball wins two straight after dropping opener to Danvers

December 25, 2025

Sports

Marblehead Magicians winter sports weekly notebook: The Christmas Edition

December 25, 2025

Sports

Spotlight shines bright on Marblehead Eagle Riley Selvais after record-breaking season on the St. John’s Prep gridiron

December 17, 2025

Sports

Marblehead High boys hoop begins new season with two wins in Markowitz Memorial Tournament

December 17, 2025

From the Community

Press releases

PAWS & CLAWS: Shelter cat saved in ‘Nick’ of time

Submitted ContentDecember 27, 2025

Nick is a gentle kitty who is easy to love, according to volunteers at the Marblehead Animal Shelter. “You can tell just by looking at his face what a hard life he must have endured before being rescued,” they say. Nick came to the shelter after being rescued off the streets of a busy city. ...