The Tri-County Music Association will be holding its annual meeting on Wednesday, May 21, 7:00 pm, at 589 Mill Street, Marion. This meeting is open to the public. Read more »
Tri-County Music Association Annual Meeting
Proposed Shed Encroaches Wetlands
On May 6, the Rochester Conservation Commission heard resident John Scheub discuss the enlargement of a shed on his property, from its current 12- by 8-foot size to a larger 12- by 24-foot size. This change would cause the shed to extend into the 100-foot buffer zone to a wetland bordering Snipatuit Pond. “We were […] Read more »
Tons of Fun at Kid’s Equipment Day
Little kids and big, big machines on a warm spring Marion morning made for tons of fun at the Marion Recreation’s Second Annual Kid’s Equipment Day on May 10. A row of different Town-owned vehicles including a police cruiser, ambulance, earth diggers, a fire engine, and fire trucks lined the Town House field. There were […] Read more »
Rochester Women’s Club Scholarship Dance
The Rochester Women’s Club would like to invite all area Townspeople to join us for our second annual Scholarship Dance. The dance will be held Saturday, June 7 at The Redmen Hall in Wareham and The Relics will be performing. There will also be a prize raffle. We are encouraging area businesses to donate items/services […] Read more »
Plumb Library News
“Just the Facts,” the nonfiction book discussion group, will be reading Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Lauren Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand, author of Seabiscuit, takes as her subject Louis Zamperini, track star in the 1936 Olympics. When the war comes, Louis has to become an airman and embarks on a […] Read more »
Marion Town Meeting
To the Editor: Marion is a magnificent community with a nationally recognized sailing harbor. That’s why we all live here. It also has a fragile municipal structure managed mainly by volunteers, elected and appointed, working with limited resources struggling with increasing complexities. There are a number of structural and economic issues that impact our community; […] Read more »
International Week
Last week was an exciting time for many on the Tabor Academy campus as the tradition of International Week continued. Every year, international students organize a week in the spring dedicated to the celebration of global traditions at Tabor Academy. Nineteen percent of Tabor’s student body is made up of international students representing 19 countries. […] Read more »
School Lunch Policy and School Choice
As the town with the highest negative school lunch account balance in Tri-Town, Marion is the last of the three school districts to adopt a formal school lunch account policy the School Committee hopes will put an end to the excessive overdue balances of some Marion families. Superintendent Doug White told the committee that one […] Read more »
Paul D. Gibbs
Paul D. Gibbs, 59, of Wareham died May 5, 2014 at home. He was the son of the late Paul M. and Helen B. (Balasevich) Gibbs. He was born in New Bedford and lived in Wareham and Rochester all of his life. Mr. Gibbs graduated from Old Rochester Regional High School, class of 1972. Mr. […] Read more »
Good Friday
To the Editor: This letter is written for all those who have inquired as to when the next joint school committee will be held. At the Regional school committee meeting which took place on April 9, 2014, it was announced there was a conflict with the original date of May 8th. To clarify for all […] Read more »