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No need for an SOS: MHS takes a chance on ‘Mamma Mia!’

Luca TedescoApril 24, 2026

The Marblehead High School auditorium has been transformed into the Greek island of Kalokairi ahead of the MHS Drama Club production of “Mamma Mia!” which is set for a four- show run May 1-3. “I’m ...

Municipal Matters

Third public Q&A session set to discuss budget cuts, overrides

Leigh BlanderApril 23, 2026

Culture

What’s your personality type?

Grey CollinsApril 23, 2026

UPDATE: Power restored to much of Marblehead

Leigh BlanderApril 23, 2026

Municipal Matters

OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS: Limited revenue options keep town reliant on property taxes, overrides

Akanksha GoyalApril 22, 2026

Town news

No need for an SOS: MHS takes a chance on ‘Mamma Mia!’

April 24, 2026

Marblehead brings its special history to the party as the U.S. celebrates 250

April 23, 2026

Brown School students dig in for Earth Day

April 22, 2026

Nonprofit recycles 1,700 mattresses in Marblehead in one year

April 21, 2026

News in brief: Parking ban, Rail Trial meeting, Community Champions

April 21, 2026

Locals film video urging support for tax override

April 15, 2026

JCC’s 13th annual international Jewish film festival set to screen

April 15, 2026

Opinion

Columns

EVERYTHING WILL BE OK: Hope is a verb

Virginia BuckinghamApril 24, 2026

Like Virginia O’Hanlon’s (of “Yes, Virginia” fame) father once said of the New York Sun, if Merriam-Webster or Oxford says something is true then it is. And the estimable online dictionaries state unequivocally that the word “hope” is not just a noun (n- desire accompanied by exp...

LETTERS

LETTER: COA fundraiser sold out

April 22, 2026

LETTERS

LETTER: First literary speed dating event generated ‘magic’

April 22, 2026

Current Editorials

EDITORIAL: It’s time to comply

April 22, 2026

LETTERS

LETTER: Calm has returned to the school board

April 22, 2026

LETTERS

LETTER: Let’s not go back

April 22, 2026

LETTERS

LETTER: MAA says ‘thank you’

April 21, 2026

Sports

Marblehead Youth Hockey Cross-ice team brings home silver

jmcconnell@marbleheadnews.orgApril 22, 2026

Marblehead Youth Hockey Cross-ice hockey player Oska Morczinek celebrates after scoring a shootout goal during the annual Fish Sticks Tournament of Champions in Gloucester recently, COURTESY PHOTO / DAWN ENOS The Marblehead Youth Hockey Cross-Ice hockey team recently returned...

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

Sports

MHS sports weekly notebook featuring tennis, baseball, lacrosse, softball

April 17, 2026

Sports

MHS track teams sweep past Danvers, Swampscott to begin new season

April 17, 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...