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LETTER TO THE MARBLEHEAD EDITOR: Vote Yes on Article 42 Wicked Local The Marblehead Board of Selectman has a very unique service format – a one-year term.  No other Select Board or School Committee we know of has a 1-year term.  In fact, even multi-generation Marbleheaders often seem surprised by this fact.  The inevitable question is, “Why, that sounds crazy?  Why not the usual 3-year staggered term?” No one really knows why, but the reasons generally given are tradition and the ability for the voters to “Throw the bums out.” Or maybe in 1649, when the Selectman first met, a on...

ROCKPORT — After months of closed door meetings, consultations with attorneys and finally, mediation with Duward Parkinson, the towns of Camden and Rockport, along with School Administrative District 28, have come to an agreement over the $1.5 million district assessment error that over-taxed Rockport and under-taxed Camden for more than a decade of public education costs. In short, and with details still pending, the agreement as outlined Tuesday night, March 9, arranges for $750,000 to be paid by Camden to SAD 28 over eight years. SAD 28, in turn, will give that money back to Rockport. A...

ROCKPORT — After months of closed door meetings, consultations with attorneys and finally, mediation with Duward Parkinson, the towns of Camden and Rockport, along with School Administrative District 28, have come to an agreement over the $1.5 million district assessment error that over-taxed Rockport and under-taxed Camden for more than a decade of public education costs. In short, and with details still pending, the agreement as outlined Tuesday night, March 9, arranges for $750,000 to be paid by Camden to SAD 28 over eight years. SAD 28, in turn, will give that money back to Rockport. A...

Yarmouth Health Director Bruce Murphy called Wednesday’s news from the Baker-Polito administration “very disappointing.” There’s not enough vaccine on the Cape for individuals age 75 and up, who have been eligible since Feb. 1 to be immunized against COVID-19, he said. “It’s akin to having people waiting in line to see The Who, and five busloads of people show up to jump the line,” said state Rep. Timothy Whelan, R-Brewster. Whelan was one of more than 90 elected and appointed Cape officials who signed a letter to Baker asking for 55,000 more doses of vaccine to immunize all Cap...

Published: 12/28/2020 4:59:47 PM Several local favorite hiking and swimming spots remain closed this winter, after towns shut them down as visitors – often from out of state – flooded in when quarantine hit, cluttering town roadways, leaving behind trash, and causing overcrowding. State parks remain open, including popular hiking spots including Mount Monadnock in Jaffrey and Pack Monadnock in Peterborough. However, precautions to prevent overcrowding remain in place even now, in the off-season. Monadnock State Park, which includes trail entrances to Mount Monadnock, has implemented a res...