As football season winds down, Marblehead faces troubling drop in participation

As Marblehead High School’s football season winds down, the Magicians are confronting a challenge that extends well beyond wins and losses: a sharp decline in participation that left the school without a freshman team this fall. The numbers are dropping at every level, from youth football to the high...

Essex Tech weighs new lottery option

Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School is reconsidering how it distributes admissions seats among its 17 member communities as officials confront competing demands for student access and municipal budget stability. The review follows the first year of a revised lottery system that left some communities with more seats than...

Committee weighs returning Eveleth to town

Superintendent John Robidoux has recommended returning control of the former Eveleth School to the town, citing substantial costs to evaluate and reopen the building and no immediate need for additional school space. The School Committee discussed the recommendation Thursday but took no vote. Its facilities subcommittee had previously recommended that...

UPDATE: Fox, McMahon release joint statement in ‘hat-gate,’ agree to ‘swallow pride’

Select Board Chair Dan Fox and Board of Health member Tom McMahon met Wednesday about their dispute over whether town officials should wear hats while sitting at the Select Board table at Abbot Hall. Fox told the Current Wednesday night that the Board of Health may resume meeting at Abbot Hall. Fox and McMahon released the following statement:

Marblehead dancers bring hometown magic to ‘The Nutcracker’

Forget visions of sugar plums. For 44 young Marblehead dancers, the holiday season is already filled with visions of pirouettes, tutus, toy soldiers and dancing mice. And they’re bringing their dads along for the ride. Three Marblehead fathers will join their children onstage when the Greater Salem Ballet Company...

This Massachusetts Diner Has Been Serving Breakfast Since Before Most Of Us Were Born

Breakfast here comes out of a dining car built in 1928. It’s believed to be the last operating diner made by the J. That alone made me sit up. One family has run it since 1938. Think about that for a second. Pancakes and home fries have been flipped...

Kowloon gets approval for drive-thru windows at restaurant

Diners at the popular North Shore restaurant could eventually be able to pick up their meals without leaving their cars.

ABC News Live: Boston students stage walkout to call for remote learning amid surge

Family-Run Italian Restaurants In Massachusetts That Locals Refuse To Trade For Anywhere Else

One pizza kitchen on this list is run by a brother and sister. Honestly, that makes a slice sound like a family reunion. Another family spot serves honey lavender duck beside wood-fired pizza, and I love that kind of surprise. Each of these eight Italian restaurants in Massachusetts is family-owned...

Lupy Luxury Beauty Salon Grand Opening

Mayor Patrick Keefe and city officials joined business owner Maria G. Borjas at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Lupy Luxury Beauty Salon located at 115 Broadway, Revere. Keefe congratulated Maria and her family, stating, “This is a wonderful day to celebrate a grand opening of a new business in our city, which is one of the best things that I like to do, because it tells me that we’re doing something right when people want to come and invest their hard-earned money and put their roots down in our city.”

Salem Promotes Holiday Happenings to Boost Post-Halloween Visitation

After October drew nearly 1.6 million unique visitors to the Witch City, Salem leaders and businesses are extending the city's tourism momentum with Salem Holiday Happenings. The holiday festivities begin Friday, Nov. 27, and will run through Thursday, Dec. 31. Produced by Creative Collective and Salem Main Streets, the campaign...

Opposed to 74 Revere Street development

I am writing to oppose the A-26-36 submitted to the zoning board by Basilio DiFlumeri in regards to the property at 74 Revere Street. This house was purchased by my great grandparents in 1900. It is where my grandparents also lived and raised my mom and her siblings. It was the place where all the cousins would get together. So, yes I have a strong attachment to this home. With that said, the new owner wants to get a permit to build a 10-unit, 4 story apartment building on that lot. If he gets that permit, his next step would be to apply for a permit to demolish this beautiful, 126-year-old Queen Anne Victorian home.

‘Mind-blowing': Contractor leaves trail of lawsuits and millions in alleged damages

A long list of Massachusetts homeowners has accused a home renovation business in Middlesex County of misappropriating funds, not paying subcontractors for their work, and leaving a landscape of unfinished projects. Court records and interviews the NBC10 Investigators conducted reveal dozens of lawsuits against Cutting Edge Homes and business president,...

Carnevale won’t seek GOP term

Amy Carnevale will not seek another term as chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party, telling State Committee members she leaves a stronger organization after nearly four years spent addressing debt, internal divisions, and campaign operations. The Marblehead resident, who defeated incumbent Jim Lyons in January 2023, outlined her decision in...

Coffin School draws two housing proposals

Two proposals to redevelop the former Coffin School would create 41 to 56 affordable homes, offering different approaches to senior housing, homeownership, and preserving the school’s buildings. Community Development and Planning Director Brendan Callahan outlined the competing plans during a Housing Committee meeting, where residents raised questions about parking,...

Jet skis banned on Pillings Pond

At the November meeting, the Select Board voted to ban the use of personal motorized watercraft vessels, such as jet skis, on Pillings Pond. The exact description of personal motorized watercraft vessels was stated as anything operated by a propeller or water jet pump. The official amendment to Chapter 184 reads as follows.

Suffolk Downs celebrates official lighting of the Lighthouse at Beachmont Square

The HYM Investment Group LLC (“HYM”) and the City of Revere recently celebrated the official lighting of The Lighthouse at Beachmont Square at Suffolk Downs. Located just outside the MBTA’s Beachmont Blue Line station at the site of the former Beachmont Roast Beef, The Lighthouse serves as a new visual landmark and gateway to Beachmont Square, helping to knit together the Beachmont neighborhood to the 161-acre Suffolk Downs redevelopment. The illuminated tower symbolizes the continued transformation of the historic Suffolk Downs site into a vibrant, connected, mixed-use community and will serve as a beacon for residents, commuters, and visitors of Beachmont Square. The design of the tower pays homage to the former structure that sat atop the Beachmont T Stop and served as a visual marker to commuters.

Nor’easter to bring heavy rain, gusty winds and some snow to Massachusetts

A late-week nor’easter is expected to bring a stretch of rain and gusty winds to Massachusetts, along with the potential for wet snow in higher elevations

Saugus showed strong opposition to Ballot Question 7, a measure that failed by a narrow margin statewide

Ballot Question 7, the measure that would have created 5,000-square-foot buildable lots, was defeated by a slim 50.6% to 49.4% percent margin in last week’s State Elections. Meanwhile, Saugus residents voted against Question 7 more decisively, 53% to 47% (5,725 to 4,978). “In the precincts that are primarily west...