Marion Art Center will hold open auditions for its production of “A Bad Year For Tomatoes,” a comedy in two acts by John Patrick. Rex McGraw will direct. Audition dates are May 12 and May 13 at 7:00 pm at the Marion Art Center, 80 Pleasant St. Roles include three men and four women. Production […] Read more »
Saturday, May 2 was Opening Day for the Old Rochester Little League. The parade took the young athletes from the Knights of Columbus over to Haley Field in Mattapoisett, where Opening Day ceremonies commenced. Photos by Felix Perez Read more »
To the Editor: The January 2010 Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. FEC found that restrictions on independent corporate spending in political campaigns were unconstitutional under the First Amendment. This decision overturned much of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (usually referred to as McCain-Feingold), and threatened the legality of state level campaign finance […] Read more »
The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) on May 4 joined local school leaders and elected officials at Brockton High School to announce nearly $800,000 in funding to improve science courses, and provide new equipment and supplies for students in public schools in southeastern Massachusetts. “Massachusetts’ flourishing life sciences community has created opportunities and spurred economic […] Read more »
The Rochester Historical Society will hold a yard sale at the East Rochester Church/Museum, 355 County Rd., Rochester on Saturday, May 30 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Items for the sale may be dropped off at the Museum on the following Fridays: May 8, 15, 22, and 29 from 9:00 am to noon or […] Read more »
To the Editor: Good Morning, Mattapoisett, May 11 is our Annual Spring Town Meeting. There is no place on earth I’d rather be than in the ORR auditorium on the 11th of May. Will “U” please join me? It will be rich, rewarding, enjoyable and well informed. At the same you may stand and speak […] Read more »
With the end of the school year rapidly approaching – seniors’ final school day is May 20 – a few different moods are common among the students of Old Rochester Regional High School. While many students are anxiously awaiting the end of the school year, ready to enjoy a hopefully warm summer vacation, some students […] Read more »
Everything you thought you knew about ticks and tick-borne diseases is probably wrong. And plenty of information out there and on the web is downright misleading. For example, did you know that spraying DEET products on your clothes is useless in repelling ticks, and when you spray DEET-containing bug repellant on your skin, a hungry […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Winters Farmers’ Market is coming to an end. The final week will be Saturday, May 9 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, located at the Old Rochester Regional Junior High School Gymnasium. The market will start to have some summer market vendors attending as well. Fresh vegetables, meats, cheeses, honeys, jams, coffee, […] Read more »
To the Editor: It’s Time to Protect Marion from Big Box Formula Business Development. The thousand plus petitioners voicing opposition to the proposed CVS project have an opportunity to convert their signatures to votes at the May 11, 2015 Town Meeting by supporting the zoning change proposed by Warrant Article 43. Big Box and formula-driven […] Read more »