Library director Kimberly Grad visited classrooms last fall, offering a behind-the-scenes look at picture-book art months before national results were announced.
The program included clergy, town officials and a candle-lighting ritual honoring millions killed under Nazi persecution, alongside a formal municipal proclamation.
Kindergarten through third-grade presenters filled a gymnasium, cafeteria and hallway Jan. 29, explaining hypotheses and models to volunteer judges during a one-hour evening event.
Members examined line-by-line changes aimed at closing a sizable gap without expanding overall spending, focusing on timing shifts, reserve use and internal reallocations.
The post-presentation discussion highlighted gaps between preliminary forecasts and the detailed decisions required to close a shortfall driven by staffing, benefits and expiring contracts.
The complaint seeks a declaration of violation plus an injunction forcing adoption of an as-of-right district and submission to the housing agency.
Speaking Wednesday, Thatcher Kezer points to mandated pension contributions and a new trash collection contract as fixed expenses adding more than $1.3 million next year.
A review of town’s ballot history since 1982 shows residents consistently approving project-specific borrowing while rejecting permanent levy growth for routine services.
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. Marblehead Municipal Light Department general manager Jonathan Blair updated commissioners on a proposed five-megawatt battery storage system and received informal board
To the editor: A recent article highlighting the amount of overtime earned by firefighters understandably caught the public’s attention. What was largely missing from that discussion, however, was the context behind why that overtime exists in the first place. The fire department is currently operating amid significant staffing shortages.
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 town has declared a snow emergency parking ban for three consecutive overnights due to snow accumulation, frigid temperatures and another storm
A Historic American Buildings Survey package spans nearly 60 pages, pairing measured drawings with photos and research meeting national preservation standards.
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 Select Board declared a local state of emergency Monday afternoon to speed snow removal and give town crews added flexibility as
A town-declared snow emergency will remain in effect until road conditions are deemed safe, according to town officials.
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. A major winter storm buried town streets, sidewalks and driveways under heavy snow and wind-driven drifts, leaving residents and crews carving
A middle-aged lawyer and his much younger bride arrive at a country estate where past affairs resurface. A midsummer weekend forces every couple to renegotiate desire and regret.