Robert Montgomery Bunnell of Marion passed away peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, June 19, 2014 at the age of 95. He was born on June 10, 1919 in East Orange, New Jersey, the son of the late Alice Hazard (Ruton) Bunnell and Alfred Ranney Bunnell. He graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in […] Read more »
The Marion Republican Town Committee will conduct its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, July 1 at 7:00 pm at the Marion Music Hall, 164 Front Street, Marion. The guest speaker for this meeting will be Mark Alliegro – a Republican candidate for the 9th U.S. Congressional District. The public and new members are welcome. Read more »
The Mattapoisett Lions Club will again be sponsoring a family night with a series of Movies in the Park to be shown once per month during June, July, August, and September. The movies are free to the public. Snacks will be available for purchase with proceeds going to various Lions charities. The first film in […] Read more »
Of course, no one was glad that it poured the day and night of the Tri-Town Relay for Life, but it did not stop participants from showing up in rain gear, pitching their tents on the soggy ground, and walking to raise money to find a cure for cancer. Most of the people there either […] Read more »
The River Road Improvement project will now be divided into two separate watershed areas to help eliminate continual flooding of the road during heavy rainfall and snowmelt. Shawn Syde and Matt Pitta of CDM Smith presented the revised plan to the Marion Conservation Commission at their June 11 evening meeting. “The north side of the […] Read more »
The Friends of the Marion Council on Aging celebrate their second year of operation this month. FMCOA President Susan Wood hopes to have a senior center on the drawing board within the next five to ten years and placed this as a major goal for the organization. “Census figures show that as of 2010, those […] Read more »
Last Thursday, Old Rochester Regional High School honored the most academically accomplished undergraduates at the underclassmen awards night. Each subject awarded certificates of excellence to the students with the highest averages in their classes; specialty awards were presented to students of further achievement. Principal Michael Devoll began the night by welcoming the friends and family […] Read more »
Legal counsel for the ORR School Committee recommended the school district not take further action to recover money that was stolen in the 2011 cyber-hacking incident resulting in the theft of $134,000. A letter dated June_2014 {sic} stated that, as requested by the Joint Tri-Town Selectmen, the school district send Unibank a demand letter regarding […] Read more »
As part of its commitment to safety, controlling costs and managing risk, the Town of Rochester was awarded a $5,000 grant to enhance security at the Rochester Memorial School. Rochester received the grant from the Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association (MIIA), which provides property and casualty insurance to the town. Rochester will use the grant funds […] Read more »
Elizabeth L. “Betty” (Ryder) Roy, 68, of Rochester, passed away unexpectedly Friday, June 13, 2014, at Tobey Hospital, in Wareham. She was the wife of 48 years, of Lawrence L. Roy. Born and raised in New Bedford, the daughter of the late James and Anna (Praztek) Ryder, she lived in Fairhaven prior to settling in […] Read more »