Once upon a time, in a place not that far removed from the present, children played outside until suppertime or rode bikes miles through town. Our immediate community was really all that was available to us. Our parents knew we were safe. That was then, and this is now. We live at a time when […] Read more »
ORR opened the season with an 11-2 victory over Bishop Connolly. Leading the way for ORR was Cam Severino with three goals and four assists and Max Houck with four goals. Contributing single tallies were Chris Marchisio, Peter Krause, Chad Santello and Ryan Manning. ORR received a strong defensive effort from Goalie Gerald Lanagan, who […] Read more »
Old Colony student Josh Cunha, grade 12 of Rochester in the House/Mill Carpentry Shop, was recognized as School Council “Students of the Month” for April 2013. The criteria for the Student of the Month Program are based on a student’s improvement, service, attitude and shop projects. The Program is intended to raise self-esteem in the […] Read more »
The Conservation Commission approved a change from timber piles to a concrete block footing on the future construction of an Alaskan steeppass fishway at the Hathaway Pond Dam in Rochester. The new fishway has been designed to help improve the flow of river herring upstream for spawning. Tom Cook and Walter Hartley, who are both […] Read more »
• Bantams – Facing the first-seeded team going into the Playoffs with a 24-1-2 record, the Gateway Bantams weren’t quite sure what to expect when playing against Weymouth, a Yankee Conference powerhouse team. After a hard-fought battle on the ice by both teams, the first period ended in a scoreless tie. Shortly into the second […] Read more »
To the Editor: Recent media reporting on the objectives and agendas of Marion’s Energy Management Committee, EMC, requires a pause for scrutiny and comment regarding the impact of this Committee’s activities on Marion. A major EMC agenda item is changing Marion’s zoning bylaws to allow “as a matter of right zoning” with “expedited permitting” at […] Read more »
Stephen C. Smith, 65, of Marion died April 1, 2013 at home. He comfortably spent his last hours surrounded by his family that he dearly loved. Steve was the beloved husband of Grace A. (Pacheco) Smith with whom he shared 45 years of marriage. Born in Fall River, the son of the late Chester S. […] Read more »
A low bid of $47,583 was approved by the Marion Board of Selectmen at their meeting on Tuesday evening for the renovation and repair of the Marion Natural History Museum. On July 23, the ceiling of the museum, located above the town library, collapsed onto the library ceiling below, leaving the museum, built in the […] Read more »
The one item on the Mattapoisett Planning Board’s April 1 agenda featured the return of applicants interested in garnering a permanent easement through 88 Aucoot Road, Lot 80. If granted, the easement would allow owners of Lots 152 and 153 access through Lot 80 water access into perpetuity. During the March 18 hearing on this […] Read more »
Howard (Sandy) Ripley McPeck, Jr. passed away March 23, 2013 while on vacation in Venice, FL. The cause of death was a previously undiagnosed rare pulmonary inflammatory disease. He was 71 years old. Sandy was born in New Bedford, MA on May 22, 1941, and had been a Marion, Mass. summer resident since birth, moving […] Read more »