Marblehead Current - News for people, not for profit

All creatures great and small receive blessings at St. Andrew’s

Luca TedescoOctober 11, 2026

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church celebrated the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, with a blessing of the animals ceremony Saturday morning. About 15 dogs, cats and stuffed a...

Business

Former Warwick Theater manager alleges owners owe more than $150K to employees, vendors

Leigh BlanderOctober 10, 2026

Municipal Matters

First financial review since $15M override set for later this month

Leigh BlanderOctober 9, 2026

Environment

Marblehead lands $718K Rail Trail grant as new volunteer group launches

Leigh BlanderOctober 9, 2026

A town in mourning: More than 1,000 honor Owen Coyne

Leigh BlanderOctober 8, 2026

Town news

Roadway improvement update: Milling continues Tuesday

October 11, 2026

The Department of Public Works has alerted residents that milling (grinding) of streets will begin on or after Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 7 a.m. on the following roads: Pleasant Street at Ocean Avenue.Pleasant Street (Spring to Watson streets).Evans Road (West Shore Drive to Elm Str...

More road work starting Thursday

October 6, 2026

Addiction, recovery series returns Oct. 20

October 5, 2026

Sewer main lining to impact roads

October 5, 2026

NEWS IN BRIEF: Leaf pickups, plant a pollinator and Run for Mary

October 5, 2026

Marblehead gathers at vigil to remember Owen Coyne

October 4, 2026

‘He loved this town so deeply’: Family remembers Owen Coyne

October 4, 2026

Opinion

Current Editorials

Owen Coyne’s funeral this morning. ‘Marblehead loved Owen Coyne. Now, we keep showing it’

Marblehead Current Editorial BoardOctober 8, 2026

There are times when a newspaper's job is to explain, to put events in context, to help a community make sense of what has happened. This is not one of those times. There is no sense to be made of the death of a 17-year-old who, until a few weeks ago, was looking forward to his s...

LETTERS

LETTER: Democracy depends on us all voting

October 5, 2026

LETTERS

LETTER: Rest in peace, Owen

October 5, 2026

LETTERS

LETTER: Help your neighbors this Thanksgiving season

September 30, 2026

Columns

Investments can be your climate action

September 30, 2026

Columns

Confused? Your Windows 10 PC still works, but the clock is running out

September 25, 2026

Current Editorials

EDITORIAL: Numbers game

September 23, 2026

Sports

Magicians honor Owen Coyne; fall to St. Mary’s

Leigh BlanderOctober 10, 2026

The Marblehead Magicians returned to the gridiron Friday night for the first time since the passing of captain Owen Coyne on Oct. 1 for a contest with the St. Mary's Spartans at Manning Field in Lynn. The game was surrounded by tributes to Coyne, including the entire team wear...

Sports

Magicians notebook: Golfers keep on winning

October 8, 2026

Sports

MHS boys soccer begins new winning streak in style with two straight shutouts

October 8, 2026

Municipal Matters

NEW TIMES: Rec & Parks seeks public input on future of Reynolds Field project

October 5, 2026

Marblehead Public Schools

‘Owen, you were truly a gift’: Mother remembers MHS senior Owen Coyne

October 2, 2026

Sports

Three Marblehead friends take a personal day — and land a 600-plus-pound tuna

October 1, 2026

Sports

Par for the course: MHS golfers sweep away the competition after eight matches

September 30, 2026

From the Community

Nonprofit corner

PAWS & Claws: Meet Ezra

Leigh BlanderSeptember 15, 2026

Domestic Medium HairSize: MediumAge: AdultSex: Male Ezra is a medium- hair kitty. His smoke coloring is beautiful. This is what the volunteers have to say about him: “Ezra is so cuddly and friendly. Just a really nice kitty to all cats and people. He loves human contact and looks for you to pe...