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Community celebrates Pride with flag raising, festival and message of inclusion

Leigh BlanderJune 14, 2026

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday to celebrate Pride Month in Marblehead, beginning with a flag-raising ceremony outside Abbot Hall that blended advocacy, solidarity and community spirit. Familie...

Culture

PHOTO GALLERY: Marblehead celebrates Juneteenth

Grey CollinsJune 14, 2026

Public safety

Marblehead Police investigating 17 vehicle break-ins

Leigh BlanderJune 13, 2026

Marblehead Public Schools

‘She’s here in spirit’: Memorial bench honors Savanah Gatchell

Leigh BlanderJune 12, 2026

Art

MLT to stage angsty Broadway hit, ‘Jagged Little Pill’

Marielle SabbagJune 12, 2026

Town news

‘She’s here in spirit’: Memorial bench honors Savanah Gatchell

June 12, 2026

A small crowd of students, families and educators gathered outside Veterans Middle School Friday afternoon to dedicate a bench in memory of Savanah Gatchell, the 13-year-old killed in an alleged drunk-driving crash last August. Savanah Gatchell's mother, Christine, and sister...

PHOTO & VIDEO GALLERY: Car linked to MHS vandalism pulled from ocean

June 10, 2026

BREAKING NEWS: Marblehead approves $15 million override, plus $2.3 trash tax hike

June 9, 2026

REALITY CHECK: Why is Retirement Board meeting Wednesday?

June 8, 2026

NEWS IN BRIEF: Success Drive, town’s master plan and bike helmets

June 8, 2026

Marblehead to mark Juneteenth with music, food and history

June 8, 2026

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets

June 8, 2026

Opinion

LETTERS

LETTER: Local journalism matters more than ever

Submitted ContentJune 11, 2026

To the editor: James Madison once wrote that "a popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both." He wrote those words in 1822. More than two centuries later, they still hold up. ...

Columns

DOC IN A BOX: Your computer isn’t mad at you

June 10, 2026

LETTERS

LETTER: Election Day was ‘inspirational’

June 10, 2026

Columns

FOOD 101: Berry delicious: Sweet ways to celebrate the season

June 9, 2026

Columns

EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY: Planting for possibility

June 9, 2026

Current Editorials

EDITORIAL: Saluting the MHS Class of 2026

June 8, 2026

LETTERS

LETTER: Was it well thought out?

June 8, 2026

Sports

Sailing

Epic finale in Thayer Trophy National Women’s Team Race in Marblehead

Christina PandapasJune 14, 2026

To say this year's National Women's Invitational Team Race for The Thayer Trophy in Marblehead was hard fought doesn't begin to describe the drama that unfolded in the last race of the three-day regatta which saw 2025 winner, Newport Harbor, sail against The Replacements, a scrat...

Sailing

PHRF New England Championship returns with a splash

June 14, 2026

Sports

‘Egregious act of vandalism’ at Piper Field; police investigating car on field

June 10, 2026

Sports

MHS boys tennis makes history after beating host Walpole to advance to the D-2 state semifinals against top seed Westborough

June 5, 2026

Sports

MHS girls tennis advances to the Sweet 16 against host Duxbury later today at 4 p.m.

June 3, 2026

Sports

Marblehead High laxmen face host Mansfield tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Sweet 16

June 3, 2026

Sports

Leahy, Russo represent MHS at National Women and Girls in Sports Day

May 29, 2026

From the Community

Animals

Papa Puff is a mild-mannered munchkin mix

Marblehead Current staffApril 13, 2026

Breed: Munchkin mixSize: MediumAge: AdultSex: Male Papa Puff came to the Marblehead Animal Shelter through an animal control officer of a busy city. His large round face reminds shelter volunteers of an owl. “Just beautiful,” they say. He is quiet in nature and sweet and can easily be p...