As students have arrived on campus and classes have started, the annual back-to-school transition has begun. Sports, extra-curricular activities, and clubs are gearing up again, but with one new addition: The Book Club. Last spring, the Tabor Track Team had six distance runners who trained together. Among these runners were Jenna Weyant (’15) and Madeleine […] Read more »
Lois Whiteman Hopkins, died at age 97, on Thursday Sept. 11, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Brewer Hopkins. She was born in Harrisburg, Pa., and spent her later years in Lancaster, Pa., and Marion, Mass. She is survived by her daughters: Nancy Southard (John) of Winston-Salem, N.C., Constance Pierce (David) […] Read more »
Josephine E. (DiRenzo) Cafarella, 94, of Wareham died Friday, September 12th at Kindred Transitional Care at Forestview in Wareham. She was the wife of the late Joseph D. Cafarella, Sr. Born in Cambridge, she was the daughter of the late Frank & Catherine (Cafarella) DiRenzo. A previous resident of Somerville, she moved to Wareham 47 […] Read more »
The Rochester Cub Scouts are having an Ice Cream Social and sign-up night on Friday, September 19 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at the Rochester First Congregational Church at Plumb Corner. Come and see what Cub Scouting is all about. Cub Scouting is for boys in Grades 1-5. For further information, please call the Cub […] Read more »
The Marion Cultural Council is seeking funding proposals for community-oriented arts, humanities and science projects for the FY15 LCC cycle. Application forms for the grants are available online at www.mass-culture.org. Form templates are also available at the Elizabeth Taber Library, 8 Spring Street, Marion. Please visit the Massachusetts Cultural Council website for details regarding the […] Read more »
Fall Story Time, for children between the ages of three and five, begins October 6 and runs through November 24. Children are invited to enjoy stories, finger-plays and crafts Monday mornings at 10:30 am. Fall Tales for Twos, for children 24-36 months, begins October 1 and runs through November 26. Children must be two years […] Read more »
Mattapoisett School Committee members from both sides of the fence considered just that – a proposed enclosure around the playground area near the circular drive at Center School. Facilities Director Gene Jones on September 8 presented his recommended plan for a fence to cordon off the early childhood playground area, an idea first suggested by […] Read more »
September 24: Tour of Sippican Harbor. We will once again be taking a look at Marion’s lovely harbor with the Harbormaster’s crew. Depending on the weather, we may be able to get to Bird Island and take a look at one of the few nesting locations of the roseate tern. Otherwise, we will enjoy looking […] Read more »
Their faces look out at us asking, “Who am I?” or “Do you know me?” hoping to be identified once and for all, for all time to come. The Mattapoisett Historical Museum is in possession of hundreds of photographs dating from the 1800s to as recently as the 1980s bearing images of people and places […] Read more »
The Friends of Marion Council on Aging (FMCOA) will host their second annual membership meeting on Wednesday, September 17 at 5:00 pm. The meeting will be held at the Marion Music Hall at 164 Front Street in Marion, MA. Officers of the Friends – Sue Wood, Jerry Garcia, Priscilla Ditchfield, and Chrissie Bascom – will […] Read more »