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DECISIONS ’26: Marblehead Candidates Guide

Leigh BlanderMay 19, 2026

Each year, the Current provides a Candidates Guide to help Marblehead voters make informed decisions at the town's spring election. This year, voters head to the ballot box on June 9 to decide several...

NEW: Registrars change time for meeting to discuss early voting

Leigh BlanderMay 19, 2026

Municipal Matters

If 3A is resolved, what’s next for housing in Marblehead?

Akanksha GoyalMay 19, 2026

Marblehead Youth Soccer denounces racial slurs at game

Leigh BlanderMay 18, 2026

Police Log

POLICE LOG: Scams involve duct cleaning, check washing; game of ‘senior assassin’ also draws call

Marblehead Current staffMay 18, 2026

Town news

Marblehead teen Oscar Galante appears briefly in court, next hearing set for July

May 19, 2026

Marblehead teen Oscar Galante briefly appeared in Lynn Juvenile Court Friday morning for a compliance and election hearing connected to the fatal August 2025 crash that killed 13-year-old Savanah Gatchell. The hearing itself lasted less than a minute before the case was contin...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Senior tax assistance, sewer rates, Coffin School and more…

May 18, 2026

Spring art exhibition shows students’ ‘boundless creativity’

May 15, 2026

New trends in therapy: From virtual to ChatGPT and prescriptions by mail

May 12, 2026

Local reporter shares Pulitzer

May 12, 2026

PHRF New England Championship – Coveted Marblehead tradition returns

May 12, 2026

NEWS IN BRIEF: New town alerts, honor for middle school, CNN comes to town

May 11, 2026

Opinion

LETTERS

LETTER: Support the schools by moving forward with Clucas and Jordan

Submitted ContentMay 19, 2026

To the editor: As a Marblehead resident, parent and voter, I believe we must continue to move forward rather than backward in this upcoming election. I applaud the new members of the School Committee for their steady work for Marblehead Public Schools. I am voting for Melissa ...

LETTERS

LETTER: Schaeffner — knowledge, experience, common sense

May 19, 2026

Environment

LETTER: Why support Question 3?

May 19, 2026

Health

LETTER: Why I support Dr. Julie Selbst for Board of Health

May 19, 2026

LETTERS

LETTER: Support Weeden for Housing Authority

May 18, 2026

Health

LETTER: Vote for my colleague Dr. Julie Selbst

May 18, 2026

LETTERS

LETTER: Why I support Sarah Fox for School Committee

May 18, 2026

Sports

MHS track teams fall to perennial rival Masco with plenty of individual highlights

Joe McConnellMay 14, 2026

The Marblehead High boys spring track team has a 7-1 record to date, while the girls are 5-3. In a recent meet against Masco, both teams were on the short end of the scoreboard. The boys dropped a 72-64 decision to the Chieftains, while the girls fell, 101-35. But there were stil...

Sports

MHS scores wins in baseball, softball, girls lacrosse, tennis

May 14, 2026

Local News

PHRF New England Championship – Coveted Marblehead tradition returns

May 12, 2026

Sports

MHS spring track teams go the distance with strong finishes at Bay State Running Invitational

May 7, 2026

Sports

Tennis teams highlight this week’s MHS sports notebook

May 7, 2026

Sports

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

May 1, 2026

Sports

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

May 1, 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...