ORRHS School to Career program is featured on “Inside the ORR School District” with Supt.Doug White. The series airs on Comcast Ch.97 and Verizon Ch.37 Education Channel. Pictured L-R seated: ORR Seniors Shawn McCombe, James Glavin, Emily Goerges, Elizabeth Machado, L-R standing: Scott Greany, ORR School to Career Coord., ORR School Dist. Supt. Doug White. […] Read more »
Why did Germany fly off the rails, and how could her history have been different? On Thursday, February 20 at the Marion Music Hall (164 Front Street) at 7:00 pm, Dr. Kirtland Mead will explore this provocative question. In this centennial year of World War I, any student of European or world history must ask […] Read more »
To the Editor: On behalf of the ORRJHS seventh grade teachers and students, I would like to express our appreciation to our parents: Kelly Horton, Rania Lavranos-Judd, Diane St. Pierre and Christine Winters. With their support and hard work, a vision of the ORRJHS Oxfam Hunger Banquet came to be. This group of parents made […] Read more »
Just as he has managed to accomplish with all of the schools’ fiscal year 2015 budgets so far, ORR Superintendent Doug White presented a more palatable budget to the ORR School Committee, down from requesting an additional $828,000 in January to $206,000 on February 12. The price of that decrease, though, will be paid in […] Read more »
Malnutrition is the leading cause of child mortality, accounting for one-third of all deaths worldwide of children under the age of five. One in eight people on Earth goes to bed hungry every night according to Oxfam, an international confederation of 17 organizations that work together to help create lasting solutions to the injustice of […] Read more »
Lorraine M. (Pelaquin) McGuire, 89, of Mattapoisett died Friday February 14, 2014 at Alden Court Nursing Home in Fairhaven. She was the wife of the late Herbert L. McGuire. Born and raised in Brockton, the daughter of the late Joseph A. and Viola (Noel) Pelaquin, she lived in Hanson for 37 years before moving to […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Selectmen met on a snowy, cold Tuesday evening at the Town House. One agenda item included a request for $38,000 above the designated snow and ice removal allocated budget for 2014. The Board approved the request. After a signing of the warrants and approval of minutes for February 4, 2014, the […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission made quick work of their agenda Tuesday evening, with only one issue discussed in great detail. That issue involved a plan by Shoen Morrison of 20 Foss Lane for the construction of a 14×20 foot shed with an extended roof, for which the Commission issued a negative Determination of Applicability, meaning […] Read more »
The Friends of the Mattapoisett Library is hosting its own version of “Antiques Roadshow” on March 29 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm in the meeting room at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library, 7 Barstow Street. Frank McNamee of Marion Antique Shop, Marion Antique Auctions and Frank H. McNamee Certified Estate Appraisals, will be on […] Read more »
Blue Jasmine (PG-13, 98 min.) Showing at the Mattapoisett Senior Center on Tuesday, February 25 at 12 noon. The movie is free, pizza (two slices) is $2, prepaid. Stop by the Senior Center at Center School, Barstow St, by 2/24/14 to pay for your pizza AND to reserve your seat. Cate Blanchett stars as a […] Read more »