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Marblehead survey on first master plan since 1989 closes Aug. 4
18+ hour, 45+ min ago (383+ words) Residents are being asked to help shape the town’s vision for 2037 through a 50-minute questionnaire covering housing, transportation, land use, climate resilience, public services and historic character. Marblehead is asking people to spend about 50 minutes describing the town they want…...
Marblehead officially fills town planner role after seven-month vacancy
21+ hour, 36+ min ago (313+ words) The appointment comes as Marblehead continues work on its unfinished comprehensive plan and after a lengthy vacancy in the town’s Community Development and Planning Department. Chairman Dan Fox moved Jacinta Williams to the top of the Marblehead Select Board's agenda…...
State Senate passes tiered speed framework for e-bikes, scooters
18+ hour, 51+ min ago (435+ words) A proposed speed-based system would set age limits, helmet rules and new restrictions for powered devices on roads, sidewalks and shared-use paths. State Senate passes tiered speed framework for e-bikes, scooters A machine sold as an e-bike can carry a…...
Goal-setting retreat becomes a working session on how Marblehead operates
1+ day, 13+ min ago (1436+ words) With Town Administrator Thatcher Kezer leaving in December, board members backed exploring an outside review of departments, workflows and service delivery while experienced staff are still in place. The first half of the Select Board's retreat Friday was about money…...
At Select Board retreat, officials begin defining Marblehead’s post-override future
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1167+ words) Town leaders outlined a decade-long strategy to rebuild reserves, fund capital projects and keep the budget on stable footing without another operating override before 2030. There were muffins the size of softballs on the table and boats on their moorings outside…...
In Moulton succession race, two campaigns stockpile millions as rivals fight for room
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (1317+ words) The last full FEC filings before the Sept. 1 primary show two campaigns with millions, six smaller war chests and one candidate already out of the race. The question was supposed to be uncomfortable in a playful way. On a Saturday…...
Marblehead Independent adds three ahead of first birthday
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (334+ words) The masthead grows from one person to a small newsroom, just shy of the Sept. 15 milestone. The Marblehead Independent, the town’s reader-powered online newspaper, has added three contributors to its newsroom as it approaches its first full anniversary on Sept....
Abbot Public Library rolls out August lineup
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (1125+ words) Unless otherwise noted, all programs take place at Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St. To register, if required, visit: abbotlibrary.org/events Saturday hours change for August: The library will be open 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays this month, instead of the usual…...
Reenactors turn Fort Sewall into an 18th-century camp
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (312+ words) A weekend honoring General Glover brought families, history groups and visitors together above Marblehead Harbor. For one weekend in July, Fort Sewall stepped back roughly 250 years. Marblehead Little Theatre will hold non-Equity auditions in August for “Medea,” written by Euripides…...
TO THE EDITOR: Automated trash collection comes at a human cost
1+ week, 1+ day ago (411+ words) I was driving home from the Council on Aging and ended up behind a garbage truck. I noticed that the garbage man still hung off the back, hopped down and unloaded the trash barrels by hand like he always had....