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Middle School students support Tier 2 override in mock Town Meeting

Leigh BlanderApril 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 dec...

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

Marblehead Public Schools

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

Leigh BlanderApril 29, 2026

Education

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

Leigh BlanderApril 29, 2026

Town news

Middle School students support Tier 2 override in mock Town Meeting

April 30, 2026

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: What a ‘no’ vote really means

Submitted ContentApril 29, 2026

To the editor: As the Marblehead community considers the upcoming Proposition 2 1⁄2 override, it’s important to be clear about what a “no” vote really means; not just for this year, but next year and beyond. Municipal budgets don’t operate in a vacuum. Costs for education, ...

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

LETTERS

LETTER: Let’s vote on budget, override early

April 27, 2026

Sports

Education

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

Leigh BlanderApril 29, 2026

John Schieffer had to read it twice. When the U.S. Naval Academy acceptance letter appeared online April 16, the Marblehead High School senior said he was stunned. “I was shocked at first,” Schieffer told the Current. “I had to lean in and read it twice. It was a great reli...

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

Sports

Marblehead represents at U.S. Open Pickleball Tourney

April 21, 2026

Sports

NEW! Marblehead woman, 66, beats her goal at Boston Marathon with 3:29:28 finish

April 18, 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...