MARBLEHEAD MORSELS: Dining at the Driftwood
Regulars, staff and one discerning pancake panel say Marblehead’s Front Street diner is keeping its old rhythm under Maria Torres’ family.
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Pastries, roast beef put Marblehead Gen Z grads on the map
Lily Tapper and Max Scivetti graduates, are turning early lessons and hometown recipes into thriving restaurants in Swampscott and Beverly.
In first Democratic primary debate, Markey and Moulton measure power differently
The exchange became a test of two political theories: one built on showing up in rooms across Massachusetts, the other on relationships that can deliver money, endorsements and results.
Storytellers trade crashes, romance and a last flight at Marblehead festival
The rules were simple: true stories, no notes and five minutes if the teller could manage it.
MFoA's Best of Show winners map the town: Chandler Hovey's granite, harbor fog and what the tide leaves behind
Water appears throughout the winning works, from rowers and kayaks to shells, driftwood, gulls and granite.
Jodi-Tatiana Charles turns festival labor into a children's book
Charles’ picture book follows four friends through a weeklong celebration, while pointing to the volunteers, shop owners and neighbors who make town traditions work.
In 6th District race, one Democrat has $3 million. Another has $9,535.
Federal filings show a field divided less by policy than by the money each campaign can spend before the Sept. 1 primary.
From Marblehead, Eric Jay Dolin reconstructs a shipwreck that waited 20 years for him
The story stayed with him for nearly two decades after he first came across it while researching American whaling.
New 250th exhibit lets Marblehead’s Revolution speak — loyalists included
Artifacts include loyalist shop goods, Glover documents, a privateering relic and a medicine chest carried by Dr. Elisha Story at Bunker Hill.
Tower 4th-graders watch the oyster reefs they helped inspire go into Lead Mills mud
For the students, the lesson will continue after installation, with data from one sensor expected to make its way back to their classroom.
Historian traces the Revolution’s saltwater roots to Marblehead
A professor of early American history argues the Revolution’s origins were not only on land, but in the Atlantic economy that sustained towns like Marblehead.
After more than a century, oysters may make comeback to Marblehead harbors
The project would start at Tucker’s Wharf, where volunteers plan to raise young oysters in a tank before testing them at selected harbor sites.
Five years, $1.4M and ten recovered lives later, Marblehead Museum opens its slavery exhibit
Curators built the installation around primary documents created by white property owners, encouraging visitors to examine how historians piece together evidence from incomplete records.
McCormack leaves behind a restored landmark — and a fuller story of Marblehead’s past
Lauren McCormack will depart June 30 after guiding a $1.4 million restoration tied to slavery, freedom and local public history.
Marblehead's grant writer, coordinator leaves for state social equity role
Kezer credits Cotterell with building systems across departments as budget uncertainty continues ahead of June’s override vote.
He asked if Marblehead was 'kind of being pricks.' Then the internet found him.
David Modica did not plan on speaking at Town Meeting, yet his brief remark exposed confusion over housing compliance and local candor.