No abutters to the River Road two-lot definitive subdivision plan attended the public hearing on Monday, September 17 at the regular Marion Planning Board meeting. Engineer Gregory Morse presented the Board with revised plans which took into account the abutters’ comments from previous public hearings, as well as the advice from town consulting engineer Ken […] Read more »
A representative from the Mattapoisett Town Council was present for tonight’s Planning Board meeting to clear up some miscommunication between the two parties regarding the Board’s jurisdiction over granting a special permit for the construction of a cell phone tower off Jane Lane. Since the proposed location is not within the designated corridor near Route […] Read more »
Local siblings, Arissa Underhill, a junior at Old Rochester Regional High School and her sister, Deianeira Underhill, a freshman at Old Rochester Regional High School, were honored at Wareham Crossing on Saturday, September 15 as “Braveheart” winners alongside great of the likes of former Patriots Joe Andruzzi and Steve Nelson, Olympian Joan Benoit Samuelson, Marathoners Rick […] Read more »
This year, Plumb Library in Rochester tried a new type of summer reading program. It was formatted to include students, families, and teachers, whereas previous programs focused mainly on students. They also let the students pick the books they wanted to read, rather than from a required list. The new program also let students and […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center will host three “Meet & Critique” nights to provide a chance for area artists to get together to enjoy some conversation and to give and receive feedback on each other’s recent work. Each person is encouraged to bring two or three pieces (any medium) that will be discussed as time permits. […] Read more »
Irene M. (South) Hutchings, 96, formerly of Mattapoisett died after a long illness at Emeritus of Dartmouth Village on September 14, 2012. She was the widow of the late Dr. Charles E. Hutchings. Irene was a communicant of St. Anthony’s Parish of Mattapoisett. Born in Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia, Irene was the daughter of […] Read more »
For the last few months, Industrial Wireless has been applying to construct a new cellular phone tower off the end of Jane Lane in Mattapoisett. The tower, which will measure 145 feet in height, would improve wireless communications around town, especially for the police and fire departments. As part of the application process, the company […] Read more »
We all remember where we were that ill-fated Tuesday morning on September 11, 2001. It seems like it was yesterday, yet here we are 11 years later still fighting a war that began when those four pre-meditated terrorist attacks changed our country forever. For some, it was a day that instilled fear and sadness inside […] Read more »
The Marion Zoning Board of Appeals met on Thursday night and issued their decision on the future of a controversial project to build a garage at 5 Main Street. They took the issue under advisement at their meeting on August 9, 2012. Property owner Russell Sanford, Jr. has presented his plan to multiple town committees for […] Read more »
Two Old Rochester Regional High School Football games have changed times due to the increased threat of EEE-carrying mosquitoes in the Tri-Town. The risk was recently bumped from “High” to “Critical” in the area as a result of several pools of mosquitoes carrying the disease being found this past week. Tomorrow’s Home Opener against Bishop […] Read more »