5 Stories That Made Waves This Week

Here are our top five stories of the week, they are listed in no particular order. Click on the headlines to read the full story.

A Marblehead House With a Barn?: It's not very often that we find a house listed in Marblehead with a barn in the backyard. So, here's a photo gallery that offers a look around the 99 Beacon St., which was recently added to the real estate market in Marblehead.

: Roger Cowles was nice enough to send along these photographs he took of the State Street Landing at high tide Thursday morning. Storm surge from a passing weather system prompted the Marblehead Police Department to temporarily close the Veterans Memorial Causeway and produced these impressive images.

Christmas in Marblehead 2012: From the magic of Santa's annual Arrival by Lobster Boat to the pagentry of the Christmas Walk Parade to this year's big Tree Lighting Ceremony, it's been a great holiday season in Marblehead. Click through these photos and for a look back at some of our favorite events from this year's Christmas season in Marblehead.

Marblehead's Most Bizarre Police Log Entries 2012: Every weekday morning, Marblehead Patch provides our readers with a bulleted list of the entries included in the Marblehead Police Department's log from the day before. Over the last 12 months, we have published some truly bizarre entries.

10 Things to Look Forward to in 2013: Before we move on to 2012, here's a quick list of 10 projects and events we think Marblehead residents should be looking forward to in 2013.

For more of this week's stories check out our news section.