‘Flower’ at Transfer Station is harvesting sunshine

‘Flower’ at Transfer Station is harvesting sunshine

If you happen to spot a giant flower blooming at the Transfer Station, don’t worry — it’s supposed to be there. The striking, sculpture-like structure is a SmartFlower, a solar energy system design...

Town news

EDITORIAL: Answering the bell

EDITORIAL: Answering the bell

To the moms and dads and grandparents and relatives and friends and all the other members of The Village It Takes, please know you're still important. But this message isn't (totally) for you. This one's for our younger readers, the ones about to walk through the doors of B...

Opinion

LETTER: The Rail Trail is being overdeveloped

LETTER: The Rail Trail is being overdeveloped

To the editor: The Marblehead Conservancy believes that the RR Bed is both an historic and a natural treasure.However, we also believe current design plans, recently presented for community input, are overdeveloping it. In our minds there is an important difference between ...

Sports

NEWS IN BRIEF: MHS drops in ranking, MLT celebrates 70 years

NEWS IN BRIEF: MHS drops in ranking, MLT celebrates 70 years

The Current welcomes 150- to 200-word submissions to News in Brief. Send them to info@marbleheadnews.org.     Marblehead High drops in state rankingIn the new U.S. News World Report ranking, Marblehead has dropped to the 78th best school in Massachusetts. That’s down...

From the Community

DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS: Cook pursues nursing career

DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS: Cook pursues nursing career

Submitted by Nancy Marrs Olivia Cook always had an aptitude for science and after excelling in AP environmental science and anatomy and physiology classes at Marblehead High School, she enrolled at Connecticut College and majored in biological sciences with a minor in psychology. She also pursued...