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The Marblehead News' coverage of the town is free, and we'd like to keep it that way. Please consider a tax-deductible donation to the Marblehead News Group, Inc. by visiting https://bit.ly/3NxZ0yJ. The recent complaint that helped prompt the Attorney General's Office to order the Marblehead Board of Health into an online refresher course on the Open Meeting Law was not Allen D. Waller's first. Waller told the Marblehead News he has filed roughly a dozen Open Meeting Law complaints against town boards over the past…

In response to an inquiry from the Elections Division of the Secretary of the Commonwealth's Office, Marblehead Town Clerk Robin Michaud has acknowledged that her office violated G.L.c. 54, §45 by not ordering at least one ballot for each registered voter for the June 21 town election. "This will never happen again," Michaud vowed in her response to the Elections Division, sent June 27. Michaud assured that, in the future, her office would make sure to order one ballot for every registered voter in the…

Incumbent Marblehead Light Commissioner Walter Homan has picked up the forms and has until 5 p.m. Friday, July 1 to obtain the necessary signatures and return them to the town clerk's office to request a recount formally. According to unofficial results posted by the Marblehead Town Clerk's Office, Homan fell 19 votes short of being re-elected to a three-year term on the commission in the June 21 annual town election, receiving 2,605 votes to challenger JeanJacques Yarmoff's 2,624. The election was affected by a town-wide…

Within just a couple of hours after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade and ended the constititional right to abortions, more than dozen Marblehead women gathered at Tent’s Corner, waving signs and flags and chanting “Honk for choice!” From left: Maddie Miller, Jennifer Martelli, Jenny Armini, and Renee Keaney protest the Supreme Court's abortion ruling. “I never thought we would be back here again,” said Ginny O’Brien through tears. “I’m worried about my granddaughter and the future for all girls and women. Abortion is…

The Chad Hollister Band is set to headline the Shelter My Soul benefit concert Saturday, June 25, 7 to 10 p.m. at Marblehead Veterans Middle School to benefit the Lynn Shelter Association. Tickets will be available at the door. The Chad Hollister Band will headline Shelter My Soul, a benefit concert for the Lynn Shelter Association, Saturday, June 25, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Marblehead Veterans Middle School Performing Arts Center, 217 Pleasant St. This benefit concert will also feature Deb Larkin and…

Glover’s Marblehead Regiment is pleased to announce the return of its Revolutionary War Living History Encampment to Fort Sewall in Marblehead this Saturday, July 9. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., visitors can travel back in time to the 18th century. Admission is free. See the fort: See Fort Sewall will be transformed into a busy military camp, bustling with soldiers and sailors as well as civilian townspeople and camp followers. Visitors can explore newly restored fort structures and learn about the role of the…

After a town-wide ballot shortage prompted town clerk officials to print paper copies of ballots and hand count those well into the early morning, results are finally in and show Marbleheaders approved the Question 1 override to fund capital projects but soundly rejected Question 2 for the schools. (Read our accompanying stories to learn more about the overrides.) Town Clerk Robin Michaud swears in Select Board members Jim Nye, Jackie Belf-Becker and Moses Grader Wednesday afternoon. Voters also decided six contested races. Select Board incumbents…