Will Dowd

Late into the night, Marblehead’s firefighters, Department of Public Works crew and contracted help continued to clear a fire that erupted around 4:30 p.m. and spread to multiple piles of yard waste at the Marblehead transfer station off Woodfin Terrace Monday, Aug. 1. What the blaze looked like upon Marblehead Fire Department’s arrival to a transfer station on Monday, Aug. 1 Marblehead Fire Chief Jason Gilliland said the fire had already spread to multiple piles of yard waste by the time firefighters arrived on the…

The six Democrats vying for their party’s nomination in the 8th Essex District primary election on Tuesday, Sept. 6 disagreed little at a recent public forum hosted by the Marblehead League of Women Voters. The event, staged before a modest crowd of voters in the Marblehead High School library and recorded by MHTV, was moderated by former Marblehead Reporter editor Chris Stevens. With no Republican on the September ballot, the primary election’s Democratic victor is almost certain (barring a successful blitz write-in campaign) to be…