Mattapoisett’s Planning Board has reviewed and modified language on several by-laws as part of an overall plan to make zoning by-laws more user friendly and in line with master planning which they undertook last fall. The updated by-laws that will be sent to town meeting for the voters to accept or deny are signs, screening, […] Read more »
On Friday, March 14 at 7:00 pm, the public is invited to the Marion Music Hall for this month’s Classic Film Friday Presentation: The Quiet Man. The event is co-sponsored by the Sippican Historical Society and the Marion Council on Aging, and is offered to the public, free of charge. The 1952 American romantic comedy-drama […] Read more »
For the final concerts of their winter season, the South Coast Chamber Music Society will present piano trios by Mozart, Rachmaninoff, and Schubert on Saturday, March 8 at St. Gabriel’s Church in Marion at 5:00 pm and on Sunday, March 9 at Grace Church in New Bedford at 4:00 pm. Violinist Piotr Buczek, cellist Tim […] Read more »
The Elizabeth Taber Library is starting an Adult Volunteer Program this spring and is seeking interested volunteers to assist with shelving books, collection maintenance, and other various projects. To learn more about this program, please stop in, call Libby at 508-748-1252, or email us at info@elizabethtaberlirbary.org. Read more »
Here is a look at the twelveth week of scheduled games for ORR winter athletics. Boys’ Basketball: After a first-round bye, the top-seeded Bulldogs faced off in their first MIAA playoff game of the season against ninth-seeded Joseph Burke High School. In an exciting game that came down to the wire, the Bulldogs were able […] Read more »
Marie (Solveig) (Dahl) Tollefsen, 89, of Fairhaven, died Friday, February 21, 2014 at St. Luke’s Hospital surrounded by her four loving daughters. She was the widow of David Tollefsen and daughter of the late Captain Martin and Susanna (Davidsen) Dahl who emigrated from Norway and resided in Point Judith RI. Born in Brooklyn, New York […] Read more »
The Town Clerk’s Office budget will reflect a salary decrease for the elected office position, a notion suggested by Town Administrator Michael Gagne, who pointed out that the candidates who have submitted papers for the position have little experience and none of the certifications held by current Town Clerk Barbara Sullivan. The salary will be […] Read more »
Old Rochester Community Television is pleased to announce that it has received a $500 Community Reinvestment Grant from the Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation. Steven Schwartz, Marion Branch Manager for Eastern Bank, informed ORCTV of their award during the last week of February. The grant will be used to subsidize the taping and broadcasting of the […] Read more »
The committee met recently to start planning the 44th Annual Mattapoisett Road Race, which will start at Shipyard Park at 9:00 am on July 4. The course is mostly shaded, and winds through the village of Mattapoisett, around Ned’s Point lighthouse and back to Shipyard Park. There are plenty of water stops along the way, […] Read more »
Brian J. Lowney, author of Unconditional Love: Pet Tales to Warm the Heart and the “Fin, Fur, and Feathers” column in New Bedford’s The Standard-Times and other regional newspapers, will be at the Plumb Library on Thursday, March 13 at 6:30 pm to read from his book and discuss our favorite furry friends. Unconditional Love: […] Read more »