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Meetings on Marblehead mask mandate violated Open Meeting Law, AG finds
29 Jun

Meetings on Marblehead mask mandate violated Open Meeting Law, AG finds

Kris Olson0 CommentsLocal News, Top Stories
The rise in COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant and the possible need for a town-wide mask mandate late last year was not the type of "emergency" that permitted the Marblehead Board of Health to meet without providing the 48 hours' notice required under the state's Open Meeting Law, the Division of Open Government in the Attorney General's Office ruled June 23. The division also faulted the board for not doing more to ensure public access once it began to realize that a meeting…
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Rankled by transfer station overruns, Waller finds Open Meeting Law outlet
29 Jun

Rankled by transfer station overruns, Waller finds Open Meeting Law outlet

Kris Olson1 CommentLocal News, Top Stories
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…
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Contractor begins safety upgrades to dodgy Marblehead intersection
28 Jun

Contractor begins safety upgrades to dodgy Marblehead intersection

Will Dowd0 CommentsLocal News, Top Stories, Travel
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. One of Marblehead's most baffling and precious intersections - where Cross, Pleasant, Vine and Village streets converge - is getting what many have characterized as long overdue safety upgrades - with a contractor having kicked off work on Monday. For years, residents and drivers have vocalized a serious need for safety enhancements at the…
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Marblehead town clerk acknowledges not ordering enough ballots
28 Jun

Marblehead town clerk acknowledges not ordering enough ballots

Kris Olson0 CommentsLocal News, Top Stories
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…
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Marblehead concert offers ‘great purpose in a dark time’
27 Jun

Marblehead concert offers ‘great purpose in a dark time’

Will Dowd0 CommentsCulture, Entertainment, Top Stories
There was something for everyone at the Shelter My Soul concert Saturday night. New songs from the Chad Hollister Band and some old favorites from the Deb Larkin and Jeff Stout Jazz Quintet. A sparse but enthusiastic audience was on hand in the Performing Arts Center at Veterans Middle School. The concert benefited the Lynn Shelter Association which is raising money to rehabilitate a new space for the region’s homeless in neighboring Lynn. “This concert provides great purpose in a dark time,” declared The Rev.…
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Marblehead Light Commissioner may seek recount
27 Jun

Marblehead Light Commissioner may seek recount

Kris Olson0 CommentsLocal News, Top Stories
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…
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In Marblehead, SCOTUS decision sparks candlelight vigil at Abbot Hall, draws over 150
24 Jun

In Marblehead, SCOTUS decision sparks candlelight vigil at Abbot Hall, draws over 150

Leigh Blander0 CommentsLocal News, Politics, Top Stories
More than 150 people gathered at twilight on the lawn of Abbot Hall to protest the Supreme Court’s ruling ending the constitutionally protected right to abortion. The two Marblehead 16-year-olds who organized the vigil said they want to stand in solidarity with women, especially in other states, who will be deeply impacted by the decision. MHS teens (left to right) Rachel Alpert, Katherine Twomey, Angelina Nguyen, Jasmina Kurtovic and Song Waitekus at the vigil on June 24, 2022. “This really sucks,” said Sophia Weiner, who…
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Marblehead women protest ruling overturning Roe v. Wade; Abbot Hall vigil set for 8 p.m.
24 Jun

Marblehead women protest ruling overturning Roe v. Wade; Abbot Hall vigil set for 8 p.m.

Leigh Blander0 CommentsLocal News, Top Stories
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…
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Shelter My Soul benefit set to rock Marblehead Veterans Middle School
24 Jun

Shelter My Soul benefit set to rock Marblehead Veterans Middle School

Kris Olson0 CommentsLocal News, Top Stories
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…
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Glover’s Marblehead Regiment to bring 18th century back to Fort Sewall Saturday
23 Jun

Glover’s Marblehead Regiment to bring 18th century back to Fort Sewall Saturday

Kris Olson0 CommentsLocal News, Top Stories
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…
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