Fox, McMahon settle Abbot Hall hat dispute in joint statement
The Board of Health member will drop the cap, and the Select Board chair concedes the room ban should have been discussed first
Will Dowd
I started my full-time reporting career in Marblehead in 2012 and have failed spectacularly at leaving. Now I cover the town through The Independent, following its people and stories with the curiosity that makes this place impossible to quit.
Service ‘belongs to all of us,’ Veterans Day speaker tells Marblehead
Retired Army colonel urges civic duty beyond uniforms as a permanent memorial chair for prisoners of war and those missing in action takes its place at Abbot Hall
Zalewski’s Chandler Hovey light tower painting to be raffled at Holiday Pops
Marblehead Harbor Rotary will award artwork during intermission of Dec. 12 concert in Abbot Hall, where floor seats cost $85 and balcony seats $45.
Select Board chair bars Board of Health from Abbot Hall room over member’s cap
McMahon asks which rule he broke; Fox cites respect for a historic space
POW/MIA chair to be dedicated Nov. 11 at Abbot Hall
The town’s veterans agent refinished the seat, which is more than 200 years old, and U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton will hold a forum for veterans that afternoon.
Walkers retrace fishermen’s paths through downtown Marblehead
Annual town-run perambulation keeps centuries-old alleys and stone steps in public use despite a wet Saturday
Celtics honor late Marblehead football co-captain Owen Coyne
His family stood at center court during the Oct. 23 game against the New York Knicks; a release says the 17-year-old’s decision months earlier to register as an organ donor saved five lives.
Council on Aging to run Abbot Hall shuttle on Veterans Day
Drivers may park at National Grand Bank Wednesday morning, Nov. 11, with rides starting at 9 a.m.
On Harris Street, masons rebuild Hooper Tomb wall from its own stones
Seven years after the first signs of trouble, a crew begins the $37,450 first phase on Harris Street
Select Board offers Kevin Harutunian Marblehead’s corner office
Topsfield’s town administrator, a former Beverly chief of staff, will take over from Thatcher Kezer after the New Year
Fire chief to share town’s firefighting history Nov. 15
Jason Gilliland headlines Old Marblehead Improvement Association’s free annual gathering, which also includes awards for local people and businesses plus refreshments at Masonic Temple on Pleasant Street.
Marblehead runs bluer than state, rejects smaller house lots
Town keeps 2024 gun law by wider margin, cools to public defender union as every precinct agrees
More Marblehead ballots add up to smallest midterm turnout share in 20 years
Registration grows faster than the vote, and Friday’s mail could still erase the gap with 2022
NEWS ANALYSIS: Moulton’s insurgent playbook won him a seat, then cost him one
Salem Democrat who toppled an incumbent in 2014 could not persuade voters to do it again as Dan Koh is projected to succeed him
Park on Elm to open Nov. 15
Friends of the Park on Elm Street will hold a soft opening of the Park on Elm, the former Gerry School playground, at 9 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 15. A ribbon-cutting will come first, and then the park opens to children. The Bagel Bus will bring bagels and Bond
Koh wins open 6th District seat eight years after 145-vote loss
Democrat beats Essex Republican Micah Quinney Jones as a far larger November electorate backs September’s six-way primary choice