In final debate, Moulton concedes Markey wrote the bills, disputes what they delivered
In their final meeting before early voting, the challenger conceded authorship of the laws and disputed what they delivered.
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.
Smaller trash, recycling carts arriving in Marblehead
The town began delivering smaller trash and recycling carts Wednesday to residents who requested them. Deliveries follow the trash collection schedule, starting with the Tuesday route, and run Monday through Friday. Residents should expect their cart the day after their scheduled collection. The health department asked residents to leave existing
Racial slur scratched outside Marblehead apartment door is removed
A new tenant’s family raised concerns after finding the racist carving in a shared hallway; building management later took it down.
Marblehead police, fire departments to mark 25th anniversary of Sept. 11
Get our free local reporting delivered straight to your inbox. No noise, no spam — just clear, independent coverage of Marblehead. Sign up for our once-a-week newsletter. The Marblehead Fire and Police Departments will hold a remembrance ceremony Sept. 11 at 10 a.m. at Memorial Park to mark
POLICE LOG: Boat flags vanish, twice replaced; police also log a $10,350 tech scam
Reports ranged from a bracelet missing from a Washington Street jewelry store and a ring taken from a locked box to unordered packages, a backyard surveyor mistaken for a prowler and four valve stem caps.
Marblehead taps reserves for Kezer payout, search firms
Finance Committee unanimously approved $67,000 in unbudgeted transfers Monday, still contingent on Select Board sign-off Wednesday, as the town starts spending to replace its administrator and its chief financial officer.
Kathleen Waslov picked for Marblehead Municipal Light Board seat
Retired risk consultant and library trustee edges two other applicants 5-3 to fill Adam Smith’s vacancy on the town’s electric commission
Marblehead heads toward first override accounting amid finance turnover
Pfifferling's exit for Andover follows the announced departures of Benjamin and Kezer, leaving unfinished budget work and two searches already underway.
Marblehead nearly hit $1M in meals and rooms taxes. The World Cup, 250th bump is still coming.
Visitor spending lifted collections well past what officials budgeted, though most of this summer’s activity — including Scottish soccer fans priced out of Boston — will not show up until fall.
Marblehead crews rescue 6 after boat crashes onto Grays Rock
Vessel was thrown clear of the surface in Salem Sound; injuries ranged from minor to serious
Moderators seek evidence as Markey, Moulton trade accusations
The Democratic Senate rivals traded allegations, sidestepped Massachusetts concerns and left several factual disputes unresolved ahead of the Sept. 1 primary.
Marblehead schools name LeBlanc principal of Glover Elementary
Marblehead Public Schools has named Mary LeBlanc as the new principal of Glover Elementary School following an extensive search process, the district announced. LeBlanc has worked in the Marblehead school system for 24 years. Most recently, she spent five years as a literacy coach at Glover and Brown schools, where
Marblehead's senior tax break to face its first real test
The program launches in November, but nobody yet knows how many seniors will qualify.
In 6th District primary, money decides which names feel familiar
Paid repetition has made some candidates ambient and left the rest waiting to be found — visibility bought before persuasion, sorted by who could afford the air.
Marblehead Museum to offer walking tour exploring slavery and abolition
The Marblehead Museum will guide visitors through two centuries of the town's role in the struggle for freedom when it holds its Slavery to Freedom Walking Tour on Thursday, August 6 at 4 p.m. The tour traces sites where enslaved people lived in Marblehead during the 1700s
POLICE LOG: Mystery chum, a mudroom stranger and an e-bike that wasn’t
This week’s calls included fish-scented crates, an unexpected household visitor and a two-wheeled machine police said had crossed into motorcycle territory.