For their September book, “Just the Facts”, the nonfiction book discussion group, will be reading Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss. In the spring of 1999, the heads of the world’s largest processed-food companies – from Coca-Cola to Nabisco – gathered at Pillsbury headquarters for a secret meeting. On […] Read more »
In the lead up to what will probably be a long road for the developers of CVS, the Marion Planning Board met with the point people for Mark Investments, LLC at their special September 2 meeting. Calling the meeting a “pre-submission” conference, Chairman Stephen Kokkins broke the discussion into two parts: the relocation of the […] Read more »
The sun had just burned a hole through the gray morning clouds when I started out on the wooden-boardwalked hiking trail at East Over Reservation off County Road. The light sparkled on the dew-soaked foliage on that muggy morning in the Marion woods, and there was a stillness, a calm about the place. This is […] Read more »
Rochester resident John Scheub came before the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals during a brief meeting to request that he be granted permission to tear down his old shed and put up a bigger one in the same spot in his front yard. Scheub, of 585 Old Neck Road, was seeking a variance under Section […] Read more »
Knights Teen Dances for the season kick off on Friday, September 5 at Knights of Columbus in Mattapoisett for 6th, 7th and 8th graders only. It is held 7:00 to 10:00 pm for an admission fee of $8 paid at the door. The money from The Knights Teen Dances goes towards scholarships for deserving high […] Read more »
Dear Editor: There are many miles of roads in Mattapoisett. I live at the end of one of the more rural ones. The USPS serves all of the addresses, sometimes to the door, and frequently to rural postal boxes. In the not-too-distant past, when a package was too large to fit into a mail slot […] Read more »
Unless there is any objection from town counsel, the Marion Conservation Commission August 27 decided to allow the owners of A&J Boatworks, located off Point Road, to resume storing boats on town-owned property until June 2015. The actual license to use the lot, which contains wetlands, for that purpose requires a final approval from the […] Read more »
Once again we will be kicking off the Cub Scout year in Mattapoisett on Thursday September 18, starting promptly at 6:15 pm. It will be held in the Church Hall of the Mattapoisett Congregational Church. We encourage all boys from first to fifth grade to come see what we are all about, join in a […] Read more »
Raymond A. Charron, 69, of Rochester died Saturday August 30, 2014 at Brandon Woods of New Bedford after a period of declining health. He was the husband of Janet B. (Saba) Charron. Born in Wareham, the son of the late Lawrence W.S. and Marguerite (Comeau) Charron, he lived in Rochester all of his life. He […] Read more »
Jeanne Frances Cole Yehle, 85 years young, transitioned peacefully from this life to her next on Friday, August 29, 2014 two months after a diagnosis of lung cancer. Jeanne was born February 14, 1929 in Boston, MA, the eldest child of Eleonore O. (Sampson) and Francis (Frank) A. Cole. She spent her childhood and teen […] Read more »