Police log: craft fair scam, fraud reports

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Police Log Details Craft Fair Scam and Fraud Reports

Marblehead Police investigated a fake vendor-application scam aimed at a local craft fair, one of several fraud and identity-theft cases logged between Aug. 30 and Sept. 6. Officers also assisted United Nations workers trying to return to Ethiopia. The same log records more routine calls, including a man who reported his car missing after a night out and whose vehicle officers later found parked at the Charter School on Lime Street.

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Kids Can Explore Sensory Crafts at Abbot Library

Children ages 6-13 can make paper fidget toys, squishy sensory bags and other tactile crafts today, Sept. 22, at 3 p.m. in the library's Makerspace; no registration required.

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Teen Sensory-Craft Program Runs Tuesday Afternoon

Teens and tweens 14 and up can customize textured keychains and try other tactile crafts today, Sept. 22, at 3 p.m. at Abbot Public Library's Teen Center; no registration required.

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Advanced Marine Navigation Course Begins Tonight

America's Boating Club's Beverly Marblehead Sail & Power Squadron starts a 10-session Advanced Marine Navigation course via Zoom tonight, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m., continuing Tuesdays through Nov. 24.

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Marblehead Obituary Remembers Catherine Melanson, 87

Catherine Shawn (Mulry) Melanson died Sept. 10; a funeral Mass is scheduled for Oct. 10 at 11 a.m. at Our Lady, Star of the Sea Church.

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Water-Main Lining Advances on Four Prospect Street-Area Roads

Town officials report excavation complete and cleaning/lining underway on Cottage, Chestnut, Commercial and Prospect streets, with service reconnections planned after two rounds of water-quality sampling.

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Town Solicits Bids to Replace Stairs at Hammond Nature Center

In legal notices published September 7, 2026 for the September 9 edition, the Town of Marblehead invited sealed contractor bids through September 23, 2026, at 10:00 AM to replace deteriorated landscape timber stairs and retaining walls at the Hammond Nature Center.

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Marblehead Museum to Host Talk on Revolutionary War Medicine

The Marblehead Museum announced on Sept. 10 that Dr. Raymond Sullivan will deliver a lecture titled 'Rough Medicine: A Medical History of the Revolution' on Sept. 24 at the J.O.J. Frost Gallery, featuring uniformed reenactors from Glover's Regiment.

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Rotary Club Donates $16,000 for Elementary Mindfulness Program

Marblehead Rotary is funding a $16,000 grant for weekly mindfulness lessons for K-3 students at Brown and Glover elementary schools, starting in October.

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Letter Urges More Scrutiny of Proposed Glover Development

A published letter raises concerns about traffic, emergency access, construction, soil testing and delivery vehicles tied to the proposed Swampscott-Marblehead Glover project and urges residents to attend upcoming planning-board meetings.

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Local Letter Applauds Efforts to Restore Marblehead Oysters

Ray Bates praised local efforts to reintroduce native oysters, shared observations on the oyster population in Salem Bay, and called for educating residents about marine life in local waters.

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Clifton Lutheran Church's Pumpkin Patch Growing Toward 5,000

The Humphrey Street pumpkin patch has reached about 2,500 pumpkins, with another truckload due in about two weeks to bring the total near 5,000, benefiting Navajo farmers.

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Maximilian Averback Keeps School-Picture Style Tradition Alive

Marblehead Current profiled Maximilian Averback's fourth-grade school-photo tradition; the Epstein Hillel Academy student wore a bow tie and sparkly jacket this year.

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