The next meeting of the Rochester Republican Town Committee will be held Saturday, January 28 at the Underhill Residence, 570 North Ave, at 10:00 am. The public is welcome to attend. Read more »
Heritage Days Needs Volunteers
To the Editor: You may be aware that there is an advertised meeting for January 17 at 6:30 pm in the Library meeting room. Since our Sesquicentennial celebration in 2007, this subcommittee of our Historical Commission has tried to keep the feeling of a close, culturally and historically rich community alive. We have offered a […] Read more »
From the Rochester Town Clerk
• Dog Licenses – It is time to renew your dog license for 2012. Licenses are available at the Town Clerk’s office. Spayed and Neutered dogs are $7. Unspayed and Un-neutered dogs are $10. You must have current rabies information to obtain a license. You may contact the clerk’s office at 508-763-3866 to check and make sure […] Read more »
Marion Tax Bill Notice
Marion Tax Collector Gary J. Carreiro would like to remind residents that third quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Actual Real Estate & Personal Property Tax Bills are due Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Taxpayers may make payment online at www.MarionMA.gov through eBill having their payments directly withdrawn from their checking or savings account or alternatively mailing their […] Read more »
Rochester Water Commission to Be Established
On November 3, 2011, the Governor signed a bill allowing the Town of Rochester to establish a Water Commission. This will be a three member board to be elected at the April 11, 2012, Annual Town Election. There will be one position for three years, one position for two years and one position for one […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Coat Drive Benefits Locals in Need
A Mattapoisett coat drive, organized by Doreen Gomes and Nancy Duff, yielded 160 gently used and new coats of all shapes and sizes on December 31, 2011. The coats were collected and donated to Child and Family Services for distribution to people in need in the Greater New Bedford Area. “Every year I think there […] Read more »
Committee Addresses Sippican Dress Code
A two-year bus contract for the fiscal years of 2013 and 2014 for the district was approved by the Marion School Committee at their meeting on Wednesday night, January 4. The Braga Bus Company offered the 2011 rate for the fiscal years of 2013 and 2014, which will cost $377,215 per year for the district, […] Read more »
Early Morning Fire Call
The Mattapoisett Fire Department had an early morning call to the Kinsale Inn this morning. The first officer on scene reported that there was smoke in the building and that all occupants had safely exited. When the Fire Department investigated they found that smoke from a fireplace had backed up into the building. Read more »
Remembering Mattapoisett’s Radio Pioneer
When people think of Mattapoisett history, whaling shipbuilding normally comes to mind. However, the town has another, lesser-known distinction: the first female radio announcer in New England hailed from none other than Mattapoisett. Eunice Randall Thompson – the aunt of former Selectman George Randall and a noted radio announcer and engineer – recently was posthumously […] Read more »
Habitat Project Headed Back to Town Meeting
Marion selectmen appointed a new member to the Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission (MOSAC) and agreed to ask Town Meeting to increase the lot size on a planned Habitat for Humanity project at their regular meeting on January 3, 2012. In a meeting with the remaining members of MOSAC, the board reviewed the two candidates […] Read more »