Bagel shop owner honored as Marblehead Person of the Year

Bagel shop owner honored as Marblehead Person of the Year

Aldrich previously ran Grab The Torch, a national service effort for high school students, then shifted toward baking after pandemic closures stalled in-person work.

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Light board discusses battery storage agreement, votes on MMWEC representatives

Light board discusses battery storage agreement, votes on MMWEC representatives

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 approval to proceed

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TO THE EDITOR: More context behind firefighter overtime needed

TO THE EDITOR: More context behind firefighter overtime needed

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.

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Marblehead declares three-night snow emergency parking ban

Marblehead declares three-night snow emergency parking ban

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 forecasted for

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Select Board declares state of emergency

Select Board declares state of emergency

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 sidewalks, corners

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Scenes from around town during and after the storm

Scenes from around town during and after the storm

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 narrow passages, clearing

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BLUE AND BOLD: MFoA's 2026 logo lands at The Landing

BLUE AND BOLD: MFoA's 2026 logo lands at The Landing

Marblehead Festival of Arts organizers unveiled the festival’s 2026 logo at The Landing earlier this week, introducing a student-created blue lobster design that will be used across the 60th anniversary season. The new mark centers on a two-tone blue lobster, with dark navy claws raised overhead and a lighter

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OBITUARY: Jane Rupp Cooke, 95

OBITUARY: Jane Rupp Cooke, 95

Jane Rupp Cooke, 95, died peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Jan. 11 after a brief illness. Jane spent her younger years in Pennsylvania and her teenage years in Maine where her father taught Forestry and Conservation at the University of Maine. The great outdoors was her element. She worked

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