The Marblehead Independent — Coming September 2025
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2025 year-in-review: Three months of showing up for Marblehead
Early coverage emphasized decision-making before votes were final, producing strong engagement around governance, finance and policy details.
Galvin urges taxpayers to review higher state, local tax deduction cap
BOSTON — Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin is urging Massachusetts residents preparing to file their 2025 tax returns to review recent changes in federal tax law that could significantly affect their filings. Under a tax reform package signed into law in July, taxpayers who itemize deductions may now deduct
Remembering Marblehead’s losses of 2025, Part 2: Teachers, artists and neighbors
The Independent remembers people who sustained the town through teaching, creating, listening and showing up.
OBITUARY: Joan (Colt) Hooper, 96
Joan (Colt) Hooper was imposing—in stature, in talent and in grace, a woman of gentle good humor. For all of her 96 years she enthusiastically loved her family, her friends and her dogs. She was an energetic artist, who shared her skills with others and continued to challenge herself