Goodbye, Good Friday as a day off. Starting with the 2014-2015 school year, the joint School Committees voted March 27 to do away with giving students as a day off the Friday before Easter. The committees also voted to make the Wednesday before Thanksgiving a full day-off, rather than a half-day, to counterbalance the added […] Read more »
After months of speculation, a public hearing was held on Tuesday evening at the Marion Board of Selectmen’s meeting on the ‘alteration of premises’ of the local Wave Restaurant. The popular Marion watering hole has been closed for several months and is adjacent to both the new 40B project and the proposed Marion bike path. […] Read more »
Shawmut Associates was back before the Rochester Conservation Committee on April 1 with a request to amend the Order of Conditions, which the commission unanimously approved after Project Manager Peter Flood of Green Seal Environmental explained the latest changes to the plan. Changes to the 50 Cranberry Highway trash and recycling facility plan involve enclosing […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Town Tree Committee is collecting stories of special trees in our town. They need not be old; they need not be beautifully shaped or big. They might be in your back yard or at a playground or along a river. Did you celebrate its blooming with a party? One special tree lives at […] Read more »
To the Editor: Dear Sippican School Student Council, The Board of Directors and staff of the Sippican Lands Trust want to thank the students and your adult leader, Elizabeth Milde, who were involved with your recent “green” fundraiser that benefitted our organization. We are appreciative to have students like you in the community who are […] Read more »
Troop 32 Marion Boy Scouts had a campout/backpacking weekend at Camp Cachalot in Carver starting on Friday, March 21, 2014 and finishing up on Sunday, March 23, 2014. On Saturday, the Scouts woke to 21 degrees air temperature, made a good breakfast and headed out on a five-mile hike. The hike took the Scouts […] Read more »
ORR Athletic Hall of Fame’s annual reunion was held at the Reservation Golf Club in Mattapoisett on Saturday, March 29. ORR. The 2014 Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremonies will be held at ORRHS on Saturday, June 21 at 5:00 pm, and the annual ORRAHOF golf tournament will take place the following day, Sunday, […] Read more »
Elizabeth A. (O’Connor) Roberts, 82, of Marion, passed away Saturday March 22, at home in Marion. Elizabeth was the wife of the late George H. Roberts. Elizabeth was born in Worcester, MA the daughter of the late John F. and Lillian M. (Fortin) O’Connor. She is survived by her children; David Cederlund of Marion, Robert […] Read more »