Keep in shape or learn a new sport this summer. Stand Up Paddle Boarding is available for ages 13 and over; must be competent swimmer; sessions offered July and August, Thursday mornings, 8:30 to 10:00am, pre-registration required held at Town Landing. Basketball Clinic at OHS, July 12, starting 11:00 am for girls grades 7-12, 12:00 […] Read more »
“Falling of the Rain,” may not be the biggest hit of Billy Joel produced but the Billy Joel Tribute at Silvershell beach on Saturday had no shortage of falling rain. Dozens of die hard supporters showed up despite the rain to help support the Marion Police Brotherhood and to hear the “Eric Robert: Billy Joel […] Read more »
Due to a scheduling conflict with the Marion Concert Band’s performance at Island Wharf Park on Friday, July 19, the Sippican Historical Society/Marion Council on Aging’s presentation of the film Inherit the Wind on that evening has been canceled. Read more »
In any merger, there’s an adjustment period when the two sides, generally unfamiliar with each other, are suddenly thrust together and forced to iron out their differences while they build toward the greater good of the now combined entities. For the pre-existing leagues known as Old Rochester Little League and Rochester Youth Baseball League, this […] Read more »
Overcast skies didn’t hold back the crowds that came on Friday to see magnificent, private gardens that were open to the public for only one day. Gardens by the Sea is an annual fundraiser for St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church, which uses the money raised for global and local outreach programs. The tour included handouts for […] Read more »
The lengthy wooden bridge access (shading valuable wetlands) to and from the proposed Baywatch Realty Trust (40B) property on Route 105/Front Street in Marion was eliminated from the revised plans presented on Thursday at the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals meeting. The presentation by Kenneth Steen, of Kenneth Steen Real Estate Inc. and Edward Gless, […] Read more »
The U12 Mariner Sonics & the U18 Mariner Comets recently competed for a state championship at the MA Tournament of Champions in Lancaster, MA. The U12 Mariner Sonics qualified for the state tourney by achieving an impressive perfect 10 – 0 season in the South Coast Soccer League to earn their first South Coast Championship. […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club is at it again. It’s time for their Alumni Involved Summer Show! What are they doing, you may ask? Another first! Under the direction of Paul Sardinha, with costumes by Helen Blake, sound by John Farrell, and music conducting by Michael Amaral, the Drama Club will present […] Read more »
Krista Russell was back in her hometown on Thursday afternoon for a reading and booksigning at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library. The event took place hours before Russell was to receive a Massachusetts Book Award for young adult literature that evening. Russell’s novel is set in New Bedford in the mid-1800s, as protagonist Lucky Valera […] Read more »
Abutters and other residents came out in force on Thursday to register their opposition to a variance request by Coastal Realty and Development LLC for its Trailside Estates project. The developers were originally approved for the age-restricted condominiums on Snipatuit Road in 2006, but later received two cease and desist orders from the Rochester Planning […] Read more »