Marblehead News

A weekend sales tax holiday in Massachusetts next month has regained favor in the Legislature, though several North Shore lawmakers aren't necessarily fired up about the prospect.

A weekend sales tax holiday in Massachusetts next month has regained favor in the Legislature, though several North Shore lawmakers aren't necessarily fired up about the prospect.

The town was recently recognized as a 2008 "No Place For Hate" community by the Anti-Defamation League.

Living close to the center of town will inspire you to ditch your car and walk to dinner.

Could you use 20 pounds of lobster? If you can, the Marblehead Rotary Club has just the ticket for you.

A Marblehead man was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in federal prison after he plead guilty to distributing Oxycodone, federal prosecutors said.

Selectmen will be making some selections in the next few weeks. The deadline was Wednesday for applications for a vacant seat on the Board of Assessors.

Town Democrats will mix politics and picnicking this summer. The Democratic Town Committee will hold its annual fundraiser and picnic Monday, Aug.

Out-of-state gay couples may be heading for a walk down a Bay State aisle after the Senate yesterday voted to repeal a 1913 law that had effectively banned gay couples in other states from getting married in ...

The sweet, smoky smell of wood fire, the sound of the blacksmith hammering rods of iron for tent stakes, and fife and drum music combined to set the scene at Fort Sewall yesterday.

The area's fastest-growing communities of Peabody and Middleton put on the brakes last year, while Beverly, Swampscott and Marblehead continued to lose people, Census Bureau estimates released this morning say.

Now that summer has arrived in New England and showing a little skin is finally feasible, it's tempting to binge on an array of this season's sassy dresses, jewel-toned tops, and strappy shoes.

I had never been there until this past Friday, and it's quite lovely. Avoiding gross commercialization, the town has made a concerted effort to retain its authentic historical setting.

It's as simple as that. And now in Massachusetts, we are going to have a ballot question that asks the following: Do you really want to make it even easier than it already is to get stupid, and stay stupid? ...

Selectman Harry Christensen recently drew praise for his efforts to nurse a small, injured bird back to health.

Everyone needs a good laugh now and then, and when it's for a good cause, that's even better.

A Level 2 sex offender admitted yesterday that he failed to tell Marblehead police he was moving to an apartment on Pleasant Street last month.

Many of your Marblehead readers may be familiar with my late first cousin, William Morris Dretler, who was a well-known physician in town and who died last December, just three weeks short of his 101st ...

Stephanie Scogland's eyes opened wide yesterday as she described how people reacted to more than 1,000 angry honeybees that took over her neighborhood after escaping from a local beekeeper's hive.

Like farmers nearly everywhere, Massachusetts growers are being paid dramatically more for some of their crops this season than in past years, but they are also paying dramatically more for costs such as ...