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.
The town’s fiscal 2024 audit showed strong financial performance with revenues beating forecasts by $2 million and expenditures $5.8 million under budget, but auditors identified significant weaknesses in cash management and federal compliance that delayed the report’s completion. Roselli, Clark & Associates delivered the audit exit conference
The Marblehead Board of Health has launched a comprehensive community wellness survey designed to identify the most pressing health needs of residents and guide future strategic planning initiatives. The survey, administered by the University of Massachusetts Boston in partnership with the town, aims to document wellness needs across multiple dimensions
Families can celebrate Halloween downtown Oct. 30 with trick-or-treating at local businesses and a Spooktacular at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church. The Marblehead Chamber of Commerce will host its annual business district trick-or-treating from 4 to 6 p.m. on Washington, Atlantic and Pleasant streets. Police plan to close Washington
Nearly 200 artworks by 50 artists will fill the King Hooper Mansion, 8 Hooper St., when the Marblehead Arts Association opens five exhibitions together this weekend. The shows run Sept. 27 through Nov. 2, with a free public opening Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. The exhibitions include traditional
Marblehead Select Board members heard updates on legal reviews, committee feedback and the legislative path the charter must take before it can become law.
Passengers aboard the schooner took in local stellar water views, hoisted sails and listened to historian Michael Rutstein recount the Hannah’s clash with HMS Nautilus.
Marblehead Little Theatre’s Andrew L. Barnett has been recognized with the Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres’ Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award. Barnett, who serves as the theatre’s facility manager and technical director, has been a fixture of Marblehead Little Theatre for more than three decades. The board of
Nearly 350 years after the Salem witch trials, Marblehead Little Theatre will revisit the story with its production of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” running Oct. 3-19. The production features Marblehead residents Donna Cotterell, Niko King-Mahan and Flynn MacCallum in a drama that director Trudi Olivetti believes resonates powerfully with
Get the latest from The Marblehead Independent delivered straight to your inbox. About 135 people gathered at Abbot Hall on Sunday afternoon for a vigil honoring Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was fatally shot 11 days earlier while speaking at an Utah college. The 12:30 p.m. memorial
Trash and recycling pickup in Marblehead will return to normal this week following the end of an 11-week strike by Republic Services workers. The Marblehead Health Department announced that curbside collection resumed the week of Sept. 22. Residents are reminded to have trash and recycling at the curb by 7
Marblehead, working with the Marblehead Housing Authority and Sustainable Marblehead, has been awarded an $80,000 grant to launch a project designed to cool public housing sites and protect vulnerable residents from extreme heat. The funding, announced Thursday by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, will support “Resilient by Design: Cooling
The Marblehead Municipal Light Commission has finalized the appointment of Jonathan Blair as the department’s new general manager, with Blair set to begin his role on Sept. 29. Blair, who previously managed the Ipswich Electric Light Department for nearly seven years, was selected from a field of more than
Get the latest from The Marblehead Independent delivered straight to your inbox. The Marblehead Parks and Recreation Commission has completed a $77,740 lighting upgrade at Gatchell Playground that could have cost taxpayers upward of $500,000 through traditional procurement methods. The project represents what commission Vice Chair Shelly Bedrossian
The Marblehead Museum will hold its annual Treasure Sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 27 in the Jeremiah Lee Mansion gardens. The sale will feature a curated collection of vintage books, lighting, jewelry, artwork, maps, ceramics, Marblehead ephemera and small furniture, along with clothing, quilts and
The Marblehead Youth Soccer Association will celebrate its 50th anniversary with the inaugural MYSA Golf Classic on Oct. 6 at Tedesco Country Club. The event, beginning with an 11:30 a.m. shotgun start, will bring together players, families, alumni and supporters. Proceeds will fund new AI-enabled video technology to
The Marblehead Animal Shelter is spotlighting several cats and kittens in need of permanent homes this fall. Some are in foster care and can be adopted directly without entering the shelter. Among those featured are Carmelo, an orange-and-white cat with a curious personality, and Flower, a gray tabby with white