Luca Tedesco - Marblehead Current

18 Feb

Marblehead dog paddles her way towards canine glory

Luca TedescoAnimals, Top Stories

When she’s not riding her paddleboard with her mom, local dog Lolo, has been making her way into the hearts of pet lovers across the nation as a contestant in the 2026 America’s Favorite Pet competition. In fact, she's already made it to the quarter-finals. “I saw this competition and kind of made it my whole personality,” Lolo’s owner, Leah Goodman, told the Current. “Not only is this a fun project, but it also gives back to a good cause.” America’s Favorite Pet is a…

11 Feb

Remembering Marblehead mariners lost 50 years ago

Luca TedescoLocal History, Sailing, Top Stories

The recent fishing vessel tragedy in Gloucester comes as Marblehead remembers local fishermen lost at sea 50 years ago. In the last days of January 1976, Marbleheaders Steven “Leroy” Haynes, 26, and Capt. Steven “Stevie” Goodwin, 31, died alongside Stephen Kelly, 32, of Newport, Rhode Island, and Candice Stuart, 21, of Newport and Sarasota, Florida, aboard the steel-hulled lobstering vessel, Zubenelgenubi. The 60-foot craft, named for a quadruple star system in the constellation Libra, left Newport on Jan. 18 on what Goodwin described to his…

10 Feb

Magicians celebrate seniors with dominant 70-40 win over Bishop Fenwick

Luca TedescoMarblehead Public Schools, Sports, Top Stories

The Marblehead High School boys’ basketball team beat the Bishop Fenwick Crusaders, 70-40, at home Monday evening. “It was a big one for us,” said Marblehead Head Coach Michael Giardi. “That’s our 10th win so we’ve qualified for the state tournament which is a big thing to do on senior night.” Finn Baron (24) of Marblehead is fouled by Charles Sebuma Jr. (21) of Bishop Fenwick in the third quarter of a basketball game at Marblehead High School on Feb. 9. CURRENT PHOTOS / LUCA…

04 Feb

Marblehead girls take home 46-23 senior night win against Salem

Luca TedescoMarblehead Public Schools, Sports, Top Stories

The Marblehead High School girls basketball team picked up a dominant 46-23 senior night win over the Salem Witches on Tuesday night at the Kulevich Athletics Complex. “I thought we played a really great game,” said Marblehead co-captain, Greta Sachs. “It was pretty fun and light spirited. Salem’s a great team so it was awesome.” The all-senior starting lineup for the Magicians included co-captain Samara Dosch who has been sidelined this season with an injury. Dosch scored the game’s opening points, her first of the…

31 Jan

Basketball Magicians fall to Masconomet, 64-35

Luca TedescoSports

The Marblehead Magicians boy’s basketball team lost to the Masconomet Chieftains 65-35 in Boxboro on Friday night. “We got blasted,” said Marblehead head coach, Mike Giardi. “We did not do the things that we needed to do in order to stay in a competitive game like we did the first time with them. It wasn’t from lack of effort. It was more of, a little bit of ‘I’ve got to take over and do a little too much individually.’ We didn’t play good team basketball.”…

29 Jan

Moulton returns from Minneapolis; calls out ‘state-sponsored terror’

Luca TedescoTop Stories

Congressman Seth Moulton, who represents the 6th District including Marblehead, traveled to Minneapolis earlier this week following the killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year old ICU nurse, by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents on Saturday morning. “I’m trying to learn a lot of lessons for Massachusetts about how to get organized and prepare for this onslaught of state-sponsored terror,” said Moulton in a video posted to his Instagram account Wednesday afternoon. “That's what's going on here in Minneapolis: state-sponsored terror.” Moulton, who is running…

28 Jan

Local author thrills with anthology of 100-word horror stories

Luca TedescoArt, Top Stories

Marblehead author Jim Nemeth’s love of the horror genre began, just like so many other authors, at an early age. Marblehead author Jim Nemeth’s latest drabble anthology, “Stay at Castle Dracula,” released on Amazon on Jan. 23. COURTESY PHOTO “I grew up in the 60s and I became addicted to the classic horror films,” said Nemeth, a native of Chicago. “As I grew older, I pursued the literature behind these films and ‘Dracula’ by Bram Stoker became my all-time favorite novel.” Inspired by the films…

28 Dec

Headers drop to 0-5 with loss to Medford in Cape Ann Tourney

Luca TedescoSports

GLOUCESTER — The Marblehead Magicians boys hockey team lost to Medford, 4-2, in the consolation game of the 2025 Cape Ann Savings Bank Holiday Hockey Tournament on Saturday night. “I just told the team, if we can play with the intensity and the desperation that we have in the last five minutes of a game, and we carry that through for a full 45 minutes, we’ll be better off,” said Marblehead head coach, Brendan Locke. “We’re working hard, but we have to work a little…

27 Nov

Lucky 13: Marblehead beats Swampscott, 29-22, in Thanksgiving thriller

Luca TedescoSports, Top Stories

The Magicians took home the turkey on Thanksgiving morning at Piper Field, beating the Swampscott Big Blue, 29-22, and retaining the Rotary Cup for the 13th consecutive year. Swampscott opened the scoring with a 49-yard passing touchdown early in the first. Marblehead responded with a 59-yard Landon Dosch receiving score to tie the game two plays later. Marblehead beats Swampscott in the final minute of the Thanksgiving Day game! COURTESY PHOTO After forcing Big Blue back to the one, the Magicians capitalized on a botched…

26 Aug

New Marblehead Housing Committee offers 3A update

Luca TedescoLocal News, Municipal Matters

At its first meeting Aug. 19 in the Select Board’s Meeting Room at Abbot Hall, the newly formed Marblehead Housing Committee got right down to business, giving an update on the town’s plan to deal with the MBTA Communities Act following the rejection of the town’s compliance plan in last month’s referendum. The committee, formed through the merger of the Fair Housing Committee and the Housing Production Plan Implementation Committee, consists of 10 members: Alex Eitler, Deacon John Whipple, Cathy Hoog, Mimi Hollister, Kurt James,…