Marion voters didn’t make it easy on officials during the first of what looks to be at least a few nights of Town Meeting. Residents approved with minimal discussion on Monday a 2 percent increase in salaries for elected officials and a total Fiscal Year 2014 operating budget of $19,222,999, representing a 2.26 percent jump […] Read more »
Members of the Old Rochester Regional Joint School Committee on Thursday night laid the groundwork for updates to its best practices policy via the Massachusetts Association of School Committees, as well as to its Professional Development Plan and administrative contracts. Christine Winters of the policy subcommittee gave officials a glimpse of the work ahead, as […] Read more »
On May 31, the Elizabeth Taber Library will celebrate the career of Head Librarian Judie Kleven. Please come and reminisce with Judie and her staff over the books and stories you shared over nearly three decades at her goodbye party and library open house. Refreshments will be served between 3:00 and 4:00 pm. More information […] Read more »
Members of the Benjamin D. Cushing Post 2425 Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet at 10:00 am on May 25 to place flowers on the graves of deceased veterans of all wars. The placement of flowers will start at Evergreen Cemetery and then proceed to three other cemeteries in Marion. Anyone interested in assisting is […] Read more »
Let me start by confessing that I am not a “townie.” Many of you reading this article might snicker and say to yourself “Well, I am,” or “Same for me.” Mattapoisett, like nearly every other location you could think of in the U. S. of A., has become a melting pot just like our great […] Read more »
Greg Skomal is the state’s leading shark expert, and has spearheaded efforts to tag and track great white sharks off of Cape Cod. Skomal, who has a Ph.D. from Boston University and teaches at the University of Massachusetts School for Marine Science and Technology in New Bedford, has studied sharks from the Arctic Circle to […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Damien Council No. 4190 Knights of Columbus recently awarded 10 $500 scholarships to deserving area students. Funds for the scholarships were raised from middle school dances held throughout the past school year, as well as other Council fundraising activities. Directing the scholarship program was Grand Knight Al Silva and the Scholarship Committee including Chairman […] Read more »
Recently, some students at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School have gotten to work, and the results should be something that they and other residents of Rochester should be proud of for a long time to come. Led by their teachers, groups of juniors and seniors from the school have traveled each day (weather […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional High School Principal Michael Devoll and the ORR School Committee discussed a pilot program that would change the start of the school day from 7:30 am to 8:30 am for next year, with the Committee ultimately approving a motion to allow Devoll and his staff to continue to plan for it. The […] Read more »
The ORR Farmers Market opens June 4 and will run Tuesdays, 3:00 pm-7:00 pm, through Oct. 15 at Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, 135 Marion Rd. Local produce, live plants, cheeses, meats, seafood, breads, soaps, artisan crafts, and more will be available. Read more »