Dozens of children stared up in the sky Sunday afternoon at the Jacobi Community Center parking lot as they watched their homemade contraptions harboring eggs plummet to the ground during the town's second annual egg drop challenge. The event, put on by the Marblehead Fire Department and Recreation and Parks Department, has children try to create a device that can keep an … [Read more...] about An egg-citing challenge at the Jacobi Community Center
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Jake Piascik wins Marblehead’s Got Talent 2024
With his rendition of “You’ve Got a Friend” by Carole King, Jake Piascik is your 2024 Marblehead’s Got Talent winner. The finals, featuring 10 Marblehead students, took place at the Cabot Theater in Beverly last Wednesday night in front of a crowd of family members, friends, and fellow students. Marblehead’s Got Talent, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Marblehead, is a yearly … [Read more...] about Jake Piascik wins Marblehead’s Got Talent 2024
Marblehead enjoys ‘a random act of bagelness’
Recently, the Marblehead Rotary selected Grab the Bagel to give back to the town's community in the way its owner, Dave Aldrich, knows best — with what he calls “a random act of bagelness.” There ended up being 600 bagels, flagels (flat bagels), and gluten-free flagels in total, carefully made and passed out to all the teachers, police officers, firefighters, and … [Read more...] about Marblehead enjoys ‘a random act of bagelness’
Swampscott ushers in spring with spiritual ceremony
SWAMPSCOTT — A crowd of community members gathered at Preston Beach’s Sacred Sun Circle early Tuesday morning to celebrate the spring equinox. The spring equinox signifies when the sun’s rays move from the Southern Hemisphere to the Northern Hemisphere, indicating the beginning of the season.. After the sun rose over the beach at 6:47 a.m., shamanic healers Lisa Kawski … [Read more...] about Swampscott ushers in spring with spiritual ceremony
Governor signs three-year Select Board terms into law
Marblehead’s home-rule petition to change its Select Board terms from one to three years was officially signed into law last Thursday by Gov. Maura Healey. At Town Meeting last year, residents passed Article 44, which aimed to “change the current term of Select Board from a one- to three-year staggered term similar to the School Committee and most other local select … [Read more...] about Governor signs three-year Select Board terms into law