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PHOTO GALLERY: Marblehead Cruise-in brings out classics — and crowds

Marielle SabbagMay 12, 2026

Marblehead's popular Cruise-in is back for the summer. Crowds came out to the Devereux Beach parking lot Tuesday night to check out classics, sports cars, vintage trucks and more. The Current's Mariel...

Municipal Matters

Coffin School re-use renderings to be shown

Leigh BlanderMay 12, 2026

Abbot Public Library

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets coming up

Julia RocklerMay 12, 2026

Municipal Matters

Town’s 3A plan: What happens next?

Kris OlsonMay 12, 2026

Municipal Matters

Status of in-person early voting for town election unclear

Leigh BlanderMay 11, 2026

Town news

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

May 12, 2026

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but if you think you know what therapy looks like today, you might be in for a surprise. Forget Sigmund Freud, a box of tissues and a couch. Mental health care has gotten a refresh. Mental Health ‘2.0’ Until the 1960s, most therapists w...

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

Marblehead Water Department to conduct hydrant flushing

May 8, 2026

Marblehead, meet the Dems running to be your next rep in Congress

May 5, 2026

News in Brief: Earth Day, Community Champion and more

May 5, 2026

Opinion

Business

MONEY MATTERS: Preparing graduates for financial independence

Emily PromiseMay 13, 2026

Graduation season is fully upon us. Whether your child is graduating from high school or college, it marks the beginning of a new chapter filled with independence, responsibility and important financial decisions. While every family’s situation is different, this transition pr...

Columns

COLUMN: Why waiting feels harder than it used to

May 13, 2026

Current Editorials

EDITORIAL: Upon further review, Town Meeting and its bumpy aftermath

May 13, 2026

Columns

COLUMN: A bee-utiful conservation area

May 12, 2026

LETTERS

LETTER: Are we being pricks?

May 12, 2026

LETTERS

LETTER: Town leaders have worked hard to build trust

May 12, 2026

LETTERS

LETTER: Marblehead’s unwavering commitment to nation’s founding principles

May 12, 2026

Sports

Local News

PHRF New England Championship – Coveted Marblehead tradition returns

Laurie FullertonMay 12, 2026

This coming June 12-14, the Boston Yacht Club will be hosting the PHRF New England Championship, an event with a long history in Marblehead. The PHRF New Englands was — for decades — the premier big-boat event of the summer. In 2004, 145 boats raced under its banner, with Marbleh...

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

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

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...