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Town officials clarify limits in ICE enforcement

Town officials clarify limits in ICE enforcement

A recent federal immigration action in Marblehead has prompted questions about how local leaders handle Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, drawing clear lines between the roles of town police, the Select Board and federal authorities. Police Chief Dennis King said his department does not participate in civil immigration enforcement and

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Five art shows open Sunday at Marblehead Arts Association

Five art shows open Sunday at Marblehead Arts Association

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

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Actors ready themselves for MLT production of ‘The Crucible’

Actors ready themselves for MLT production of ‘The Crucible’

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

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Canadian musician Garnet Rogers returns to Me&Thee Music

Canadian musician Garnet Rogers returns to Me&Thee Music

Garnet Rogers brings his baritone voice and acoustic guitar back to Marblehead for the first time since 2018. The Canadian folk musician performs Friday, Sept. 19 at Me&Thee Music, in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead, continuing the venue’s 56th season with an artist whose career spans

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When Sylvia Plath babysat here

When Sylvia Plath babysat here

In the summer of 1951, an 18-year-old Smith College student found herself in Marblehead and Swampscott, cycling quiet streets, writing in her diary and caring for three Mayo children whose ordinary lives would later echo in her journals and poetry.

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The littlest islanders

The littlest islanders

The Children’s Island Sanitarium operated from 1886 to 1946, serving as a seasonal refuge where children between the ages of two and 12 could regain strength in the sea air.

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