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Seeds of community: Marblehead garden clubs grow beauty, connection

Mary ChristieMay 1, 2026

Have you ever asked your neighbors if you could dig up plants from their garden? For members of the Driftwood Garden Club, it's an annual tradition. The effort is part of the club’s Dig & Divid...

Municipal Matters

Foundation calls for special town meeting; Select Board member objects

Leigh BlanderMay 1, 2026

Education

Middle School students support Tier 2 override in mock Town Meeting

Leigh BlanderApril 30, 2026

Truck pulls down wires — and part of a local business — Thursday morning

Leigh BlanderApril 30, 2026

Local History

From tax rates to poor house, 135-year-old report offers window into town life

Leigh BlanderApril 30, 2026

Town news

Middle School students support Tier 2 override in mock Town Meeting

April 30, 2026

At the Veterans School Thursday, more than 150 seventh graders took on the roles of Marblehead voters, debating Proposition 2 1⁄2 tax overrides in a lively mock Town Meeting that mirrored the real decisions facing the town on Monday, May 4. Students rose one by one to speak at...

Locals peer into the cosmos at Preston Beach star party

April 30, 2026

From tax rates to poor house, 135-year-old report offers window into town life

April 30, 2026

DECISION ’26: Three to vie for two School Committee seats

April 29, 2026

A message from School Committee members regarding budget cuts, overrides

April 29, 2026

SUSTAINABLE MARBLEHEAD: Energy questions? We’ve got answers

April 28, 2026

FinCom recommends passing override questions at Town Meeting, sending them to June ballot

April 28, 2026

Opinion

LETTERS

LETTER: These are not numbers on page. These are your neighbors

Submitted ContentMay 1, 2026

To the editor: I write to you today on behalf of the Marblehead Municipal Employees Union with urgency and concern as we approach the Proposition 2 1⁄2 override vote at the upcoming Town Meeting. The situation facing our town is no longer theoretical, it is immediate and se...

LETTERS

LETTER: What a ‘no’ vote really means

April 29, 2026

LETTERS

LETTER: Sure, things change; but we need to fund our town

April 29, 2026

LETTERS

LETTER: Our town is being rattled to its core; support the override

April 29, 2026

Opinion

EDITORIAL: Let the voters decide

April 29, 2026

Columns

COLUMN: Likes don’t shape a town, votes do

April 28, 2026

LETTERS

LETTER: The override, our neighbors and the relief they may not know exists

April 28, 2026

Sports

MHS laxmen extend winning streak to five after triumphs over Central Catholic, Masco

jmcconnell@marbleheadnews.orgMay 1, 2026

Marblehead High boys lacrosse senior captain Owen Dulac, who is moving past a Melrose defender during a game last year, has since helped lead the team this spring to a 6-2 record to date that includes winning five in a row. FILE PHOTO / CHARLOTTE MOORE Don’t look now, but the...

Sports

MHS sports weekly notebook on baseball, softball, girls tennis, girls lacrosse

May 1, 2026

Education

Steady and driven: MHS two-sport captain earns coveted Naval Academy appointment

April 29, 2026

Sailing

Record-setting performance at Jackson Cup Regatta launches season

April 26, 2026

Sports

Marblehead Youth Hockey Cross-ice team brings home silver

April 22, 2026

Sports

MHS sports weekly notebook from the diamond to the court

April 22, 2026

Health

A life-saving mission on Marblehead’s pickleball courts

April 22, 2026

From the Community

Animals

Papa Puff is a mild-mannered munchkin mix

Marblehead Current staffApril 13, 2026

Breed: Munchkin mixSize: MediumAge: AdultSex: Male Papa Puff came to the Marblehead Animal Shelter through an animal control officer of a busy city. His large round face reminds shelter volunteers of an owl. “Just beautiful,” they say. He is quiet in nature and sweet and can easily be p...