Marion Annual Street Listing 2016 (Census) forms were mailed out this month. Please complete the forms as soon as possible and drop them off at the Town House, 2 Spring Street, or mail them back in the enclosed envelope. These census forms are very important for the town as State aid is based on the […] Read more »
Please be aware of the following changes to the upcoming curbside rubbish collection schedule: The collection scheduled for Friday, December 25, will be picked-up on Thursday, December 24. The collection scheduled for Friday, January 1, will be picked-up on Thursday, December 31. If you have any questions, please contact the Marion DPW office at 508-748-3540 […] Read more »
Gordon M. Sequeira, 84, of Marion, died Saturday, December 19, 2015 at Tobey Hospital in Wareham. He was the husband of Delores (Martin) Sequeira. Born in Wareham, he was the son of the late Lawrence and Mary (Mendes) Sequeira. A graduate of Wareham High School, Class of 1949, Mr. Sequeira worked as a laborer in […] Read more »
The Town of Mattapoisett applied for a Request for Determination of Applicability for test borings along the proposed bike path through Goodspeed Island during the December 14 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission. The soil borings are one more twist in a long list of additional technical data the Massachusetts Department of Transportation has requested […] Read more »
On Wednesday, December 9, six Tabor Academy students and six faculty members went to Tampa, Florida to attend the Student Diversity Leadership Conference. The conference, which spanned Thursday to Saturday, divided the students in attendance into family groups (groups of 60) and within those groups there were home groups (groups of 10). Within these groups, […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission on December 15 approved the wetlands line for 0 New Bedford Road/268 Mattapoisett Road, the site of a proposed solar farm by the junction of the two roads. The hearing, which was continued from December 1, wrapped up rather swiftly after the commission was satisfied that post peer-review plans were changed […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional School District is one of 425 school districts in the U.S. and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the 6th Annual AP® District Honor Roll for increasing access to AP course work while simultaneously maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on […] Read more »
Rochester resident Matthew M. Clancy, who is the Chief of Police in Duxbury, Massachusetts, was awarded a certificate of completion from the FBI National Academy by FBI Director James Comey at a graduation ceremony held in Quantico, Virginia on Friday. Chief Clancy, along with 230 other law enforcement leaders from 47 states, 27 foreign counties […] Read more »
Superintendent of Schools Douglas White announced at the December 14 meeting of the Mattapoisett School Committee that in the future, all state schools will move towards implementing a test that is a hybrid of the more traditional MCAS test and the “next generation” PARCC test. The merits of the PARCC test, compared to the older […] Read more »
After a years-long legal battle between the Town of Marion and Tabor Academy over an unpermitted backstop, Tabor Head of School John Quirk told the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals on December 10 that instead of continuing on the same path to try to keep the backstop, he was withdrawing the school’s appeal to start […] Read more »