For Green Home Tours, Marblehead homeowners open doors on energy retrofits
Nine local houses showed how older buildings can cut fossil-fuel use through heat pumps, solar panels, insulation and induction cooking.
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Cemeteries committee targets summer start on Hooper Tomb wall
Local overseers plan an initial $40,000 phase to rebuild a collapsed stone boundary and stabilize a historic burial site using original materials.
At Veterans Middle School, mock town meeting backs tier 2, rejects trash override
Seventh-graders weighed competing budget plans and opted for a midlevel tax increase while turning down both the highest option and a plan to fold waste pickup into taxes.
Marblehead Liberty Foundation pushes challenge to override plan
Organizers are seeking a special town meeting through a petition process that requires at least 200 registered voters, triggering action by the Select Board within 45 days.
The war made Glover famous. Marblehead made the man.
Speaker frame general's legacy through family loss, civic duty and a waterfront community that shaped his leadership before battlefields did.
Marblehead Rail Trail design heads into permitting as residents weigh in
About two dozen participants reviewed a 25% plan covering two corridors from Lafayette Street to West Shore Drive and Smith Street toward Swampscott.
FinCom recommends Town Meeting send overrides to ballot box
Marblehead’s fiscal 2027 plan closes a $7.7 million gap through layoffs, school reductions and one-time tuition prepayments.
OBITUARY: Scott Alan LaVoie, 58
Scott Alan LaVoie of Peabody, formerly of Marblehead, on April 21 at the Kaplan House in Danvers. Survived by Linda Belanger his wife of 25 years, parents, Robert and Barbara Lavoie of Marblehead, his siblings Bryan (Amy) of Stoneham, David (Audra) of Surf City, N.C. and Nicole Anderson (Eric)
SPUR, Sustainable Marblehead mark Arbor Day with tree plantings, cleanups
Residents planted new shade trees at Village School and cleared shoreline debris near the harbor during coordinated environmental projects.
EDITOR'S DESK: The Independent, now with better bones
When we launched the Independent, we made a deliberate choice to avoid clutter. We wanted a clean reading experience, a site built around readers first and a simple sponsorship model — enhancing not just their reading experience but also their support. In recent days, we’ve made a meaningful round of
Residents get multiple chances to question officials before Town Meeting
Residents can question budget assumptions through forums and informal sessions scheduled in the days leading up to the May gathering.
Town Meeting is complicated. These tools are meant to make it clearer.
Interactive tools translate policy choices into household costs, using a median home value to counter distortions from high-end properties.
Power restored after outage affects thousands of Marblehead customers
Power has been restored to thousands of Marblehead Municipal Light Department customers who lost electricity Thursday morning, General Manager Jonathan Blair said. The cause remains under investigation. “Lost several circuits. No known cause. Still investigating,” Blair wrote in a message around 8 a.m., shortly after the outage began. Blair
Rail trail team to unveil paving plan, new West Shore Drive bike lane
Officials will outline changes affecting a corridor segment and a key roadway junction, citing safety concerns and coordination with buried utility infrastructure.
Select Board approves $24.9M bond for seven capital projects
The financing covers roadway work, school system upgrades, municipal building improvements and technology purchases previously authorized by Town Meeting votes.
Officials to hold Dunkin’ office hours ahead of Town Meeting override votes
Two sessions next week will include officials from multiple boards and schools, offering a chance to clarify how proposed spending changes could affect services and property taxes.