Community Resources - Marblehead Current

21 Jan

Fifty years, thousands of players: Marblehead Youth Soccer celebrates milestone

Julie FlynnCommunity Resources, Local History, Sports, Top Stories

Marblehead Youth Soccer Association will celebrate its 50th anniversary in February. In the five decades since its founding, thousands of kids have played soccer thanks to Dr. Maximilliaan Kaulbach (who passed away last year at age 94) and his wife, DL who founded MYSA in 1976. Grab your shorts, socks, shin guards and cleats! Headlining local newspapers in February 1976 was the announcement that sign-ups to play soccer had begun for Marblehead boys and girls ages 11 to 18. According to MYSA historical records, by…

19 Jan

Crowd fills Old North Church with singing, calls to action at MLK Breakfast

Leigh BlanderCommunity Resources, Community Service, Top Stories

More than 150 people braved snowy roads Monday morning to attend the Marblehead Racial Justice Team's second annual MLK Community Breakfast at Old North Church. Families, faith leaders and community members gathered for live music, a dramatic reading and reflection in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Members of a St. Mary’s School chorus, led by music director Brandon Mayes, sang at the Marblehead Racial Justice Team's MLK Community Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 19. CURRENT PHOTOS / LEIGH BLANDER A chorus from St.…

17 Jan

Monday’s MLK community breakfast to serve up live music, readings and a justice award

Leigh BlanderCommunity Resources, Top Stories

The Marblehead Racial Justice Team will host its second annual MLK Community Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 19, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Old North Church, 35 Washington St. The event is free and open to the public. The program will include a musical performance by the St. Mary’s School choir, a reading from “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., presentation of the Drum Major for Justice Award and a volunteer opportunity to follow at SPUR on Anderson Street. MRJT member…

08 Jan

Marblehead Cultural Council announces winners of 2026 grants

Leigh BlanderArt, Community Resources, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Local History, Local News

The Marblehead Cultural Council has awarded grants for 2026, including funding for live music, historical performances and programming, art installations, and workshops. “Our council enjoyed reviewing 20 broad and varied applications from members of our local arts and culture community,” said MCC Chair Jeanie Stahl. “We are pleased to announce that we have awarded nine inspirational grants to enliven, enrich and deepen Marblehead’s creative arts scene throughout 2026.” The MCC places an emphasis on new, emerging and established artists and programs in local venues, as…

12 Dec

Locals lend a hand during the holidays

Leigh BlanderCommunity Resources, Community Service, Top Stories, Volunteerism

On Sunday morning, while most Marbleheaders were on the Christmas walk and buying gifts for friends and family, others were out buying gifts for complete strangers and delivering them to SPUR’s offices, where young volunteers feverishly wrapped up the gifts for people in need around the Northshore. Their tireless efforts concluded a months-long process to support children and families in need around Lynn, Salem, Swampscott, and Marblehead. The annual SPUR Holiday Cheer Drive supports over 600 local children in need, and adults experiencing homelessness, with…

24 Nov

Holiday magic hits Marblehead: Cuzner/Chamber crew decks the town

Leigh BlanderBusiness, Community Resources, Top Stories

It's beginning to look a lot like ... the holidays! Dean Cuzner's (WHIP) Landscaping volunteered a team to hang dozens of wreaths and garlands around town today, in partnership with the Marblehead Chamber of Commerce. Cuzner Landscaping has been involved for the last several years. You can see the decorations along Atlantic Avenue, and Pleasant and Washington streets. Here's a photo gallery from Monday morning... Bonnie Buckley with the Marblehead Chamber of Commerce with volunteers from Cuzner (WHIP) Landscaping hang garlands and wreaths around town…

17 Nov

Students honor Ruby Bridges: Marblehead’s news in brief

Saoirse StallingsCommunity Resources, Education, Local News, News in brief, Top Stories, Volunteerism

The Current welcomes submissions (150–200 words) to News in Brief. Send yours to info@marbleheadnews.org. On Thursday, Nov. 13, students at the Marblehead Community Charter Public Schools gave a presentation about Ruby Bridges and walked in her honor. COURTESY PHOTO / MCCPS Walk for Ruby BridgesOn Thursday, Nov. 13, the Marblehead Community Charter Public School wellness team gave a presentation about Ruby Bridges, speaking about her heroic and difficult experience starting at a white school after segregation was abolished on Nov. 14, 1960. The next day,…

05 Nov

Merry Mixers launch new Patient in Need Fund to support local families

Saoirse StallingsCommunity Resources, Health, Local News

2025-2026 Merry Mixers BoardTop: Meaghan Walsh, Leigh Dixon, Milicent Armstrong Gault, Ali DeFisisco, Caroline Clark,Emily Katzman, Katie Leake, Carolyn PyburnMiddle: Jess Ingemi, Beth Melander, Amanda Jaffe, Amy Leamon, Catherine Malone, BariLiebermanBottom: Cailey McDonough, Ashley Wheeler, Stacey Kraft, Erin Spinucci COURTESY PHOTO / ASHLEY WHEELER For more than seven decades, the Merry Mixers have been raising funds to improve pediatric care at Mass General Brigham’s Salem Hospital. Now, the volunteer-driven nonprofit is expanding its impact with the creation of the Merry Mixers Pediatric Patient in Need…

05 Nov

EDITORIAL: Make a healthy choice

Saoirse StallingsCommunity Resources, Current Editorials

Have you taken the Creating a Healthier Marblehead survey yet? If not, time is running out. The window to respond to the survey will close in about 10 days, Board of Health Chairman Dr. Thomas Massaro reports. Here’s why we think you should find time within that span to answer the series of questions. First, while it has become fashionable to complain that elected officials are out of touch and unresponsive to their constituents, this stands as a counterexample. Our Board of Health is not…

04 Nov

Local volunteers join food rescue efforts

Leigh BlanderCommunity Resources, Community Service, Food, Top Stories

As food prices surge and federal benefits appear in jeopardy during the government shutdown, volunteers around Marblehead are working nearly every day with food rescue programs to ensure that no groceries or meals go to waste. On Oct. 28, Mimi Hollister and Richard Thibedeau picked up 100 pounds of produce and bread — past their prime but still healthy and nutritious — from Crosby’s Marketplace in Marblehead and delivered it to Lifebridge in Salem. Hollister and Thibedeau are members of Old North Church. Volunteers from…