The Marblehead Independent

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The social media accounts linked to from The Marblehead Independent are: • Facebook • Instagram • Email • X • Bluesky Besides social media accounts, MHDIndy has populated their site with: • Goal-setting retreat becomes a working session on how Marblehead operates • Marblehead officially fills town planner role after seven-month vacancy • At Select Board retreat, officials begin defining Marblehead’s post-override future • MA-06 Campaign Finance Dashboard — The Marblehead Independent • In Moulton succession race, two campaigns stockpile millions as rivals fight for room • Marblehead Independent adds three ahead of first birthday • Reenactors turn Fort Sewall into an 18th-century camp • Canadian wildfire smoke turns Marblehead sky orange • Driftwood reopens after brief closure • Departing CFO says she leaves Marblehead on solid ground • Aleesha Benjamin headed to Nantucket; departure deepens Marblehead leadership transition • IN MEMORIAM: Noel Young, Scottish editor who spent 25 years in Marblehead, dies at 86 • Median Marblehead Home Tax Bill Impact • Eight ways the vote could go • 2026 Town Meeting Article Tracker — The Marblehead Independent • 2026 Town Meeting voter guide — The Marblehead Independent • Join The Marblehead Independent poll panel • FY2027 Select Board budget — The Marblehead Independent • Ways to support • Form • Subscribe to the Independent's newsletter • Ways to support - via newsletter • Bocce players honor Josie Crowley on the patio she loved • Marblehead Select Board splits over how much Coffin School land to keep public • In first Democratic primary debate, Markey and Moulton measure power differently • Marshall takes over Marblehead Museum with town's 400th in view • The Independent: Zoning slows green goals; Reynolds Park concepts unveiled; cod trade rediscovered • Marblehead marks 250th with fireworks, parade and a return of the Declaration reading • Marblehead Museum picks new executive director • Fire officials inspect barge to clear harbor fireworks for launch • FRAME BY FRAME: Marblehead Festival of Arts at 60 • What it takes to light Marblehead Harbor, from weather calls to flare pickups • Storytellers trade crashes, romance and a last flight at Marblehead festival • Firefighters cool off crowds as record heat knocks out Marblehead's power • MFoA's Best of Show winners map the town: Chandler Hovey's granite, harbor fog and what the tide leaves behind • Proclamation links Marblehead’s mail history to America’s 250th year • Jodi-Tatiana Charles turns festival labor into a children's book • In 6th District race, one Democrat has $3 million. Another has $9,535. • Marblehead water, sewer bills to rise starting July 1; typical water bill up about $43 a year • Dangerous heat to bake Marblehead through Fourth of July weekend • Marblehead’s new trash carts arrive with confusion, complaints and extra barrels • Independent publishes digital companion for 60th Marblehead Festival of Arts • Gerry No. 5 pumper returns to Redd’s Pond after eight years out of public view • Select Board to hire search firm for Kezer’s successor • Marblehead sets July Fourth parades, fireworks over harbor • Marblehead School Committee sets superintendent's 2026-27 pay at $221,450 • Clarification on trash bins, senior abatement • BENEATH THE BLUE: Colorful cunner hide along rocky New England shores • EDITOR'S DESK: Galvin folds the flag on 45 years at the Driftwood • Tornado watch in effect for Marblehead until 7 p.m. • Scotland’s Tartan Army finds a home in Marblehead • Six-way Democratic debate for Moulton’s seat turns on money • For Tony Shea’s 90th, the surprise came rolling up Barnard Street • From Marblehead, Eric Jay Dolin reconstructs a shipwreck that waited 20 years for him • Kezer says he made his exit decision before the override vote • On Dec. 31, Kezer to retire after era defined by fiscal warnings and a historic override • At Waterside, a ceremony for retired Marblehead firefighters becomes a reminder of the job • Slow Roll Marblehead launches monthly community bike ride • Juneteenth in Marblehead brings music, local history and a push to speak plainly • New 250th exhibit lets Marblehead’s Revolution speak — loyalists included • Select Board turns from override win to accountability plan • Grenades found during Marblehead house clean-out rendered safe by bomb squad • Stolen car submerged off Grace Oliver’s Beach tied to vandalism at Marblehead High football field • NEWS ANALYSIS: Marblehead’s $17.3 million override night ranks second in state history • Marblehead shatters annual election turnout record with 47.5 percent voting • Noonan, Ferrante win Select Board as override supporters sweep top races • Marblehead voters approve $15M override, ending more than two decades of resistance • 2026 ELECTION: Follow Marblehead results live when polls close • 2026 ELECTION: Midday turnout already tops 2024 total as Marblehead votes on overrides • 2026 ELECTION: Polls open until 8 p.m. — here's everything on Marblehead's ballot • New nonprofit looks to add native plants, pollinators to town parks • COLLEEN’S GARDEN: A plan for the can • Tower 4th-graders watch the oyster reefs they helped inspire go into Lead Mills mud • PHOTO ESSAY: Marblehead Class of 2026 graduation, in photographs • Marblehead’s Class of 2026 graduates, daring to need one another • Where the class of 2026 is headed — The Marblehead Independent • The Marblehead Independent publishes 2026 voter guide • 2026 Marblehead Town Election Voter Guide • Tower students help launch oyster reef restoration project • Citizens group presses alternate path as Marblehead override fight turns on tax math and trust • Salem Arts Festival to return in June as 400th anniversary edition • POLICE LOG: Truck snags wires, crypto scams and porch pirates • COLLEEN'S GARDEN: Try the Chelsea chop now for stronger, fuller perennials • Cods & Whales exhibit blends Marblehead's maritime past with modern art • OPINION: Vote yes on trash question, no on broader overrides • Singer closes five years on Marblehead Select Board • In Marblehead, officers train in jiu-jitsu for the moments before force • OPINION: What voters should know before June 9 • Override, trust and town divisions define Marblehead's 2026 candidates night • Marblehead’s down-ballot races focus on access, parks and public space • Friends of Marblehead Public Schools wraps record grant season, readies summer fundraiser • Marblehead's 2026 Memorial Day in photos • Marblehead closes four days of remembrance in rain and smoke • Seasonal gas leaf blower ban begins Memorial Day • Marblehead attorney qualifies for Governor's Council ballot • Marblehead High School honors performing arts students • Marblehead Museum announces Patriot Houses Tour • Marblehead Food Pantry adds Amazon wish list for donations • Village School children plant field of paper poppies to honor Marblehead's war dead • Mr. Modica goes to Beacon Hill — this time, invited • Historian traces the Revolution’s saltwater roots to Marblehead • Select Board approves early voting hours for June 9 town election • A class president, a journalist, a chess prodigy and a policy convert: Marblehead Rotary awards $25K in scholarships • After more than a century, oysters may make comeback to Marblehead harbors • Five years, $1.4M and ten recovered lives later, Marblehead Museum opens its slavery exhibit • TO THE EDITOR: Neighbor’s kindness brings gratitude • Marblehead Fireworks Committee faces donation shortfall ahead of Fourth of July • TO THE EDITOR: Selbst seeks Board of Health seat • A student art show in Abbot Hall, arranged to grow up • EDITOR'S DESK: Why we’ll miss Lauren McCormack • McCormack leaves behind a restored landmark — and a fuller story of Marblehead’s past • Marblehead to honor fallen service members during Memorial Day weekend • Sewer district warning deepens Marblehead’s wider fiscal strain • PHOTO ESSAY: First MHD Cruise-In of the season rolls into Devereux Beach • Fifty years a priest, measured one presence at a time • BENEATH THE BLUE: Diving on one breath • MHD cruise-in returns to Devereux Beach on Tuesday • EDITOR’S DESK: When Ted Turner returned the call • COLLEEN'S GARDEN: Now is the time to get reacquainted with your beds • Marblehead's grant writer, coordinator leaves for state social equity role • He asked if Marblehead was 'kind of being pricks.' Then the internet found him. • ‘Are we kind of being pricks?’: Resident’s question goes viral as Marblehead passes MBTA zoning • Marblehead's 2026 Town Meeting in photos • Marblehead clears the override and the 3A overlay; June 9 ballot will decide the levy increase • Real-time coverage of Marblehead Town Meeting • POLICE LOG: Town park benches bolted to the ground mysteriously vanish • Cemeteries committee targets summer start on Hooper Tomb wall • At Veterans Middle School, mock town meeting backs tier 2, rejects trash override • TO THE EDITOR: Override no vote would deepen Marblehead cuts • Marblehead Liberty Foundation pushes challenge to override plan • The war made Glover famous. Marblehead made the man. • Three Marblehead voices, three takes on the override — before Monday's Town Meeting • Marblehead Rail Trail design heads into permitting as residents weigh in • FinCom recommends Town Meeting send overrides to ballot box • SPUR, Sustainable Marblehead mark Arbor Day with tree plantings, cleanups • Select Board approves $24.9M bond for seven capital projects • Residents get multiple chances to question officials before Town Meeting • EDITOR'S DESK: The Independent, now with better bones • Newsletter archive • Rail trail team to unveil paving plan, new West Shore Drive bike lane • Power outage affects several thousand Marblehead customers • Officials to hold Dunkin’ office hours ahead of Town Meeting override votes • Learn more about MHDIndy’s sponsors • Marblehead resident named director of Smithsonian American Art Museum​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ • Select Board moves to indefinitely postpone Public Works Committee article • Marblehead Liberty Foundation targets insurance split as town cites bargaining limits • Eight possible outcomes, two gates: Marblehead’s override faces Town Meeting before it faces voters • Marblehead police badge carries ‘Spirit of ‘76’ into Revolution 250​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ • Tucker urges Marblehead families to take underage drinking seriously • Schaeffner to seek Select Board seat, joining growing 2026 field • PHOTO ESSAY: Signs of spring in Marblehead • S&P affirms Marblehead's AAA bond rating, shifts outlook to negative • Marblehead Rec and Park Commission advances rink and turf field plans in 4-1 vote • School Committee approves cuts-heavy budget, joins Select Board's override push • It's Local News Day! • Marblehead department heads push back on plan to dissolve Public Works Committee • Select Board eyes three-year no-override pledge as part of override package • ASK THE INDEPENDENT: Menu or tiered? How override ballot questions work • Kezer presents $9M-to-$15M tiered override plan and separate $2.2M trash tax option • Youth sports groups back Marblehead plan for covered, refrigerated rink • NEWS ANALYSIS: Marblehead’s override questions will test two theories of how voters say yes • In Independent survey, overrides, MBTA article hold early lead • Marblehead advances $122.8M budget built on cuts, defers override decisions • Marblehead man develops free app for moon phases, tides and beach-walk times • Marblehead Light Board OKs new EV charging rates, adds overnight fee exemption • After 43 years on the Board of Assessors, Kelley says he won’t seek reelection • POLICE LOG: Alleged cartel caller settles for $500, skis vanish from snowbank and cruiser loses a battle with its own wiper blade • Goloboy retires as MHTV director after decades of chronicling Marblehead life • Super JJ saves Marblehead: 4-year-old cancer fighter’s wish day draws hundreds • Dozens rally in Marblehead as 'No Kings' protests sweep the nation • Inaugural FinCom ‘Super Saturday’ advances enterprise budgets, sketches out trash-fee plan and confronts early staffing cuts • BENEATH THE BLUE: A gray triggerfish makes a surprise appearance • Select Board approves fiscal 2027 budget 3-1, sends package to Town Meeting • School Committee OKs $1.5M in cuts, turns to override push • Select Board locks in three-tier override structure, votes to unite town and school ask • School subcommittee deadlocks over $462,000 insurance reserve, sends two budgets to Friday vote • Marblehead gears up to become 4-year-old’s superhero universe • Marblehead officials map out possible $282 trash fee if override fails • Pfifferling a finalist for Whittier Tech finance post • Marblehead Independent community survey: Budget, override and Town Meeting 2026 • Ferrante pulls for Select Board as Marblehead's 24-seat June ballot opens • Cuts across departments shape Select Board’s $56.6M budget • Marblehead officials put structure around the FY2027 budget season • A big ballot for Marblehead: 24 seats open in June town election • EDITOR’S DESK: On this Oscars-night eve, a love letter to this year’s films • Four years in the making, new patrol boat begins guarding Marblehead Harbor • Marblehead’s structural deficit comes for jobs, services and fees • Schools asked to cut again after already building level-funded budget • COMPUTERS 101: Once upon a time in online safety • COLLEENS GARDEN: Early blooms and March must-dos • Marblehead Sustainability Coordinator Logan Casey leaving for job with MBTA • Developer pivots on Glover House, plans to build around it • GIC sets health insurance rates, locking in major cost driver for Marblehead’s FY2027 budget • Marblehead eyes peak-hour price hike for public EV chargers • Marblehead assistant harbormaster teaches boating safety at Anchor to Windward • POLICE LOG: Scammers pose as sons, landlords and federal agents in string of Marblehead fraud reports • Marblehead mourns loss of school facilities director Todd Bloodgood • Marblehead officials outline stark choices as town faces millions in budget cuts for FY2027 • Marblehead resident outlines his push to curb town power • Ousted MMLD general manager sues light commissioners, seeks more than $320,000 over dismissal • BENEATH THE BLUE: Embracing the cold — winter freediving in Marblehead • Concerns over staffing cuts shape Marblehead school budget hearing • 40-article warrant puts MBTA zoning before Marblehead voters for fourth time • Marblehead students stranded in Paris nearly a week after school trip to Spain, Morocco • YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED: Why is the green light at Marblehead Light blinking? • Marblehead snow operations exceed budget amid heavy winter • Marblehead to hold information session on revised MBTA zoning plan • Marblehead declares four-day snow-emergency ban • SNOWED IN: Monday’s blizzard in pictures • Blizzard conditions grip Marblehead, bringing high winds and compacted snow • Marblehead closes municipal buildings, declares parking ban ahead of blizzard • Blizzard warning issued for Marblehead as fourth major storm of winter takes aim at North Shore • EDITOR'S DESK: An Ed Bell appreciation • COLLEEN'S GARDEN: Seeds, seeds, seeds!!! • Marblehead immigration lawyer shifts from congressional bid to Governor’s Council race • A 66-day, 2,634-mile voyage — and the rock that didn’t end it • Dockside dog becomes Marblehead’s contender in national pet contest • In Marblehead, lawyers and scholar trace shifting lines of immigration authority • Marblehead elevates longtime foreman to parks director, succeeding Peter James • Abatement filings drop sharply after assessment reforms • Bagel shop owner honored as Marblehead Person of the Year • From crypto to MBTA zoning, Kezer previews Select Board-sponsored warrant articles • Sally Sands appointed to fill Tucker vacancy on Cemetery Commission • Lunt succeeds Freeman as Marblehead’s permanent police captain • Select Board confronts the limits of Marblehead’s tax cap • Marblehead to replace hacked CodeRED system with $6,500 Regroup contract • Crosby’s Marketplace portfolio acquired for $9.7M • Planning Board races to finalize MBTA zoning, ADU changes before Town Meeting • Marblehead declares snow emergency • The line item eating Marblehead's tax levy • Health insurance and Marblehead's general fund • Marblehead declares snow emergency parking ban ahead of winter storm • State gives Marblehead positive review on MBTA zoning proposal • Marblehead Board of Health endorses addiction recovery series, approves transfer station changes • Finance Committee presses for detail behind Marblehead’s $8.4M budget gap • Lantern-lit march honors Glover as preservation effort fuels renewed interest • A sendoff for a Marblehead fixture • POLICE LOG: Cruiser crashes, home gets egg on its face​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ • Bald eagle, red-tailed hawk spotted in town • Marblehead’s head librarian uses Caldecott committee role to educate local students about prestigious medal • Five survivors in her family: Marblehead senior shares Holocaust legacy at town remembrance • Squishy eggs, hydraulics and paper-mache mountains: Brown School hosts record STEAM fair • What’s next for Marblehead as officials confront $8.47 million budget gap • Attorney General sues Marblehead for MBTA noncompliance • In Marblehead, $8.4M budget gap could mean 50-plus job cuts without new revenue • Marblehead's Proposition 2½ voting history | The Marblehead Independent • Analysis reveals sharp divide in Marblehead’s Prop. 2 1/2 votes • Marblehead declares three-night snow emergency parking ban • History report on General Glover Farmhouse headed to Library of Congress • FY2027 State of the Town to frame Marblehead’s next budget debate • BURIED IN SNOW: Marblehead looks for somewhere to put it • Marblehead Select Board declares snow emergency • Scenes from around town during and after the storm • ‘A Little Night Music’ at MLT balances wit and regret with bite • In wake of mother’s death, friends organize Warwick gathering for Nikolay Kuzmina • COMPUTERS 101: Clouds in my coffee • At Veterans Middle School, Marblehead Racial Justice Team honors Tubman, Lewis with portrait unveiling • Four citizen petitions for 2026 Annual Town Meeting submited • Marblehead's $65.2M payroll: What the town paid 1,185 workers in FY2025 • In Marblehead, MLK Day turns to song, history and a call to act • MLT to stage ‘A Little Night Music,’ where everyone wants the wrong person • MLK breakfast to include 'Birmingham Jail' letter reading, Drum Major award • Marblehead’s $128M budget grows, but the squeeze inside it tightens • New Finance Committee member brings accounting expertise, commitment to public service • Select Board denies Thomas Circle tree removal, postpones decision on municipal pines • Kezer, Cummings outline ADA progress, costs and long road ahead • Attorney General sets end-of-January deadline for MBTA zoning enforcement • Jerry Tucker resigns from Cemetery Commission after moving out of town • Planning Board advances revised MBTA zoning to May Town Meeting after state identifies six technical fixes • Marblehead Housing Committee backs housing for Coffin School site • New gun law requires expanded training, registration for Marblehead owners • Marblehead sustainability panel creates liaison group to update historic district guidelines • Pieces fall into place at Marblehead’s first speed puzzling competition • State flags six fixes Marblehead must make to revive its MBTA zoning plan • Driver hospitalized after single-vehicle crash closes Humphrey Street • Marblehead Harbors and Waters Board creates subcommittee to name new harbormaster vessel • Marblehead Cultural Council awards nine grants for 2026 programs • Marblehead fire recruits complete rigorous state training • TO THE EDITOR: Safe Boating Act adds bureaucracy without improving safety • Scenes from Marblehead’s 2026 Epiphany tree burning • Epiphany fire draws hundreds to Riverhead Beach • NEW LAWS: Marblehead boaters face new education requirement in 2026 • Marblehead schools pare $1.7M budget gap to $879,000 • Public Works Committee opens town’s first meeting of the year, signs off on warrant article • Landing to host Burns Night celebration Jan. 15 • POLICE LOG: Speaker disappears from library, resident reports missing Christmas cookware • 2025 year-in-review: Three months of showing up for Marblehead • Remembering Marblehead’s losses of 2025, Part 2: Teachers, artists and neighbors • The Independent’s most-read stories of 2025 • Computers 101: Saved … but where? • COLLEEN'S GARDEN: Wrapping it up! • GoFundMe nears $60,000 goal after sudden death of Joe Carpineto • Remembering Marblehead’s losses of 2025, Part 1: Lives of service in town • BENEATH THE BLUE: The quiet gardens under Marblehead Harbor • In season, and in tune: The music of Liz Tauro • POLICE LOG: Driver’s beach photo op ends with car buried in sand • School Committee examines AP participation growth, enrollment decline • Marblehead teacher claims retaliation, antisemitism in lead teacher stipend dispute • Record heat drives Marblehead’s peak demand to all-time high • MMLD will not increase rates in new year, formalizes payments to town • Volunteer-built and Rotary-backed, a new Marblehead sign goes up • Marblehead committee reviews pedestrian safety upgrades near Veterans Middle School • Marblehead to hold annual Christmas tree burning Jan. 6 • COLLEEN'S GARDEN: A cottage Christmas • Marblehead Wreaths Across America honors veterans with record 2,700 wreaths • Sean Casey, principal architect of Marblehead charter draft, dies at 68 • In Marblehead Independent poll, respondents narrowly favor country club zoning plan to meet state housing law • New MBTA zoning map would center housing district on Tedesco Country Club • Beauport Ambulance cuts ribbon on renovated Marblehead base • Marblehead rings in holidays with tree lightings, Santa’s arrival by sea and a packed parade • Scenes from Marblehead’s 54th Christmas Walk weekend • POLICE LOG: CVS tweezers trip spirals into shouting match, scuffle and on-the-spot quitting • The Marblehead block where going dark for Christmas is not an option • MBTA zoning repeal among record number of 2026 ballot questions • BENEATH THE BLUE: Diving for lost lobster traps, and finding a community • Marblehead harbor board advances fiscal 2027 budget, plans mooring fee increase • Marblehead tops $42,500 goal to honor veterans with wreaths on Dec. 13 • Median tax bill to rise $84 in FY2026 despite rate falling 46 cents • Marblehead volunteers wrap season of giving for town’s elders • Moulton reviews Burlington ICE facility, cites ongoing concerns • Subcommittee weighs FY27 budget amid enrollment decline, service expectations • Public Works Committee reviews Reynolds Field project, energy plan and committee’s future • Police chief responds to criticism over social host law enforcement • CBS films Revolutionary War segments in Marblehead • Coffee company brewing in Marblehead • When Lincoln proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving as Marblehead endures Civil War • COLLEEN’S GARDEN: Happy Thanksgiving! • 5 MW battery storage plan promising $500K in annual savings presented to light board • Marblehead Board of Health tackles youth drinking enforcement, health misinformation • FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK: The story behind the Independent's new nameplate • GUEST COLUMN: With 2026 warrant open, moderator invites residents to seek guidance • POLICE LOG: Hat envy leads to threat; man challenges officer to fight • The forgotten story of Marblehead's cod trade • Planning Board gets progress report on MBTA zoning redo • Select Board opens 2026 warrant, Town Meeting venue • Coffin School proposals reveal details behind Harborlight’s 40-unit plan and competing town submissions • Marblehead’s climate ambitions stymied by MBTA zoning noncompliance • Marblehead police earn top marks in state accreditation review • Marblehead town planner tenders resignation, departure set for Dec. 12 • Preservation champions, volunteers recognized at OMIA annual gathering • Marblehead police urge e-bike safety as crashes rise • Rec and Park, public get first look at Reynolds Park design concepts • Low bid for MHS roof project comes in $2M below budget • Five Corners redesign advances as traffic panel receives road maintenance update • On PBS Tuesday night, Marblehead takes center stage in Ken Burns’ ‘The American Revolution’ • Town hears divergent views on Coffin School future at listening session • The Independent: Town faces $142M liability; northern lights over harbor; Veterans Day events draw crowds • COLLEEN’S GARDEN: Those darn bunnies! • Rotary unveils Holiday Pops signature artwork at reception • Former Marblehead state rep joins Boston University to lead journalism initiative • Marblehead’s $142M retirement liability reveals limits of local control • Northern lights illuminate Marblehead sky amid powerful solar storm • Board of Health survey passes 2,300 responses • Young conservationists restore pollinator habitat at historic Lead Mills site • Veterans Day ceremony honors sacrifice, service and memory at Abbot Hall • Marblehead pilots electric microbus as potential transport option • POLICE LOG: $90K ring missing, roof trespassers and Prospect Court hit-and-run • On Veterans Day eve in Abbot Hall, military stories bridge generations and divisions • Housing authority board pushes developers to rethink four-story corner building • BENEATH THE BLUE: Discovering Marblehead's underwater harvest • Gulf War Apache pilot to deliver Veterans Day keynote at Abbot Hall • Marblehead to honor veterans with full week of observances and community tributes • Gen. John Glover’s deteriorating farmhouse earns spot on state endangered list • Finance director details limits of revenue growth amid rising costs • Swirl of light over Marblehead traced to European rocket launch • Marblehead eyes Tedesco Country Club for MBTA zoning compliance • Immigration attorney explores bid for open 6th District seat • Independent survey finds public split on future of Coffin School property • In Marblehead, a roof that turns sunshine Into power • COLLEEN'S GARDEN: Think spring! • Marblehead Halloween brings pirates, pizza and one massive hermit crab • Marblehead artist’s debut exhibition draws on stories of injustice • Local author Dan Dixey’s latest love letter to Marblehead is available now • Race to save Revolutionary War hero’s home enters critical phase​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ • Marblehead seniors could lose medical transport as MBTA noncompliance blocks state grants • Marblehead’s power portfolio surges to 74% carbon-free electricity • Longtime Moulton aide Jakious enters race for 6th District seat • Starting from the roof down • Marblehead finalizes $295K settlement in Gallo arbitration case • Marblehead projects $514,000 revenue drop in FY2027 • New guidelines test Marblehead’s balance between climate goals and tradition • Marblehead, federal officials face lawsuit over alleged religious discrimination • Review Marblehead's preliminary property values • EDITOR’S DESK: Welcoming Chris Stevens to The Independent • Marblehead Police Log: Oct. 8-10 Incidents • Marblehead's Scarecrow Stroll draws 900 • Hundreds gather for ‘No Kings’ rally • Brown School pulls out all the stops for annual Monster Mash • Save Glover's Home: Marblehead Rallies • Moulton Challenges Markey: Generational Senate Race