Taxpayers are reminded to take advantage of the Town’s online payment service, eBill from MCC, for paying Water/Sewer bills, which are due in the Collector’s Office on June 30. By using eBill, taxpayers can have their payments withdrawn from their checking or savings accounts free of charge through an ACH transaction or can make payments […] Read more »
The Maconchu Club of the Mattapoisett Congregational Church will start their May Meeting on May 17 at 6:00 pm with a potluck dinner. Please bring a salad or main dish for 6 to 8 people and your place settings. Coffee and dessert will be served by the committee. The speaker for the evening will be […] Read more »
He was a mover and a shaker in his day, and Ralph Winfield Walker, a former Rochester selectman, is on the threshold of something big – he is about to turn 100 years old. He is the current holder of the Boston Post Cane as the oldest man in Rochester, although these days he resides […] Read more »
After months of meeting, rewriting, debating, and studying, the Mattapoisett Planning Board’s amendments to several zoning by-laws will not be brought before the voters during the spring annual town meeting. Chairman Thomas Tucker was surprised to learn that this deletion had taken place during the special public hearing of the board on April 30. He […] Read more »
May is National Bike Month. May 10-18 is Bike to Work week. To get ready for the season, here are a few activities: On May 10, South Coast Bikeway Alliance and the Fairhaven Bicycle Committee are sponsoring a group bike ride that starts at Fort Phoenix at 9:00 am. There are three routes of different […] Read more »
Saturday Workshops, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, led by Tabor Academy students: Tabor Academy students will be leading two more workshops on Facebook and Twitter coming up. Join us at the Elizabeth Taber Library at 1:30 pm on May 10 and May 17 to learn how to create an account, how to navigate through the sites, […] Read more »
The following Old Colony student was recognized as School Council “Student of the Month” for May 2014: Benjamin Knapp of Rochester, Grade 11, House/Mill Carpentry. Read more »
To the Editor: Marion’s Annual Town Meeting of 2012 approved a Municipal Solar Overlay District on town-owned land which includes the capped Sanitary Landfill on Benson Brook Road. It was explained at the time that the zoning change would permit construction of a solar garden on the 2.4 acre plateau at the top of the […] Read more »
Fire Chief Thomas Joyce fired back at the Marion Finance Committee in front of selectmen on May 6, saying he is baffled by the seeming hostility and accusations that he “would not provide timely and adequate information,” “would not collaborate with the town,” and “’get[s] defensive’ when questioned,” quoted Chief Joyce from an April 29 […] Read more »
The American Cancer Society’s annual Relay For Life of Tri-Town will be held June 13-14 from 5:00 pm Friday to 12:00 pm on Saturday at Old Rochester Regional High School in Mattapoisett. The Relay For Life is an event when teams made up of local community members take turns walking around a track. Since cancer […] Read more »