Interim superintendent John Robidoux said that athletic and extracurricular activities can take place this weekend, but union personnel can’t be involved, which includes 16-year coach Jim Rudloff.

Superintendent John Robidoux reversed his decision to cancel all athletic and extracurricular activities during the work stoppage.

Marblehead Public Schools will reinstate athletics and extracurriculars as teacher strikes drag on, the district reported Thursday, allowing this weekend's high school football playoff game to continue.

Marblehead’s varsity football team is in the Elite 8, but the ongoing teachers’ strike left Friday’s game in jeopardy. “It’s been scary for a lot of seniors. Norwood could’ve been our last game last week and we’re not done,

The striking teachers in Marblehead are set to face $50,000 fines after an Essex Superior Court judge’s ruling.

Marblehead's state tournament football game against Grafton on Friday could be effected by a ban on athletic events put forward by the town's school committee.

Marblehead parents filed a lawsuit protesting the suspension of extracurriculars during an ongoing teachers strike, as picket lines set up outside schools in three North Shore towns and tensions escalated Tuesday.