Whether it was the splendid weather or the opportunity to sit on Santa’s lap, over 200 children and their families and friends enjoyed the holiday event at Mattapoisett’s Shipyard Park on December 12. Estimates put those participating in this event – kids and parents, kids and grand parents, kids with loving adults – around the […] Read more »
It’s still only in the napkin drawing stage of development, said Rochester Town Administrator Michael McCue to the Board of Selectmen on December 14, but a plan to explore the construction of a new town-owned annex building has now shifted towards a new town hall exploration among members of a town annex study committee. During […] Read more »
The Showstoppers singing troupe is offering one last performance of their 2015 Christmas Concert on Sunday, December 27 at 1:00 pm at the Music Hall at 164 Front Street in Marion. The show will include traditional and non-traditional selections performed by this talented troupe of local singers and special guests. The show is sure to […] Read more »
The Machacam Club will hold its monthly meeting on January 6 at the Legion Hall, 3 Depot Street. Social time is 5:30 pm; dinner is at 6:00 pm. This meeting will feature baked rib eye steaks with pie for desert. Our October meeting with this menu was an overwhelming success, and we expect it to […] Read more »
To the Editor: The Town of Marion voted at last spring’s Town Meeting to join 23 other towns in the Community Electricity Aggregation Program coordinated by Good Energy. As a result, all private Eversource electric customers in Marion have the opportunity to participate in this program offering savings on their electrical bills and protection from […] Read more »
Rochester Town Administrator Michael McCue did not get chosen by the Fairhaven Board of Selectmen on December 14 to fill the position of that town’s first town administrator, so he will remain in Rochester. McCue was one of three final candidates selected by a town administrator screening committee, and he interviewed for the position back […] Read more »
Virginia Hathaway turned 98 in October, making her Marion’s oldest citizen. Selectman Jonathan Henry and COA Director Susan Schwager, along with Virginia’s daughter Ann, celebrated the event by awarding her Marion’s Boston Post Cane. Hathaway was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She and her brother, Edward, lost their mother when Hathaway was 7 years old. After […] Read more »
Some changes, such as new dorms or the institution of Uncle Jon’s in the Beebe, are easily noticeable and appreciated. These changes should of course be lauded, but they are not the only additions to Tabor Academy. There are many unseen changes that affect Tabor life and the school as a whole that may go […] Read more »
The PARCC exam is a “different level of challenge,” said Assistant Superintendent Elise Frangos on December 3, with a focus on cognitive complexity and a higher demand in thinking when compared to the MCAS. “That’s really a big difference from what we’ve had in the past.” So, naturally, Principal Derek Medeiros as well as members […] Read more »
John J. Diggin Jr., 68, died at home in Rochester on Sunday Dec. 13, after a vicious battle with cancer. John was born in South Boston, the son of the late John J. and Alice (Hartnett) Diggin Sr., and spent most of his childhood in Dorchester. John also lived in Mansfield, Cambridge and Braintree before […] Read more »