Marion Council on Aging

Have you made a new year’s resolution to start an exercise program? Then join the Marion Council on Aging on Mondays and Fridays for dance aerobics. Classes are held from 9:30 to 10:30 am on Mondays at 13 Atlantis Drive and on Fridays at the Music Hall for only $4 per class. Come join the […] Read more »

Peter D. Robertson

Peter D. Robertson, 69, of Marion died January 7, 2016 at home. He was the husband of the late Joanne M. (Tremblay) and the son of the late Lawrence D. Robertson and Mabel (Fiske) Robertson. He was born in Wareham and a lifelong native of Marion, an original “townie”. He graduated from Old Rochester Regional […] Read more »

COA Ushers in an Early New Year

Partygoers at the Rochester Senior Center on December 31 flaunted that it is never too early in the day to celebrate New Year’s Eve, and it’s never too late to make a change with a few New Year’s resolutions. Seniors from all over Tri-Town filled the banquet room at the senior center on Dexter Lane […] Read more »

Gateway Youth Hockey

Squirts: Gateway Gladiator Squirts faced a tough KP Walpole team on Sunday. In the first period, Ty David Ribeiro and Matthew Paling each had unassisted goals. In the second, Ribeiro had another unassisted goal. In the third period, Paling added another with an assist from Brayden Hathon. Lucas DeMoranville, Jacob Hebbel, and Thomas Clavell played […] Read more »

Open Table This Friday

You are invited for supper on Friday, January 8 at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church! As always, something delicious and nutritious is on the menu, and we can’t wait to see you. There is no charge, although donations are gratefully accepted. Doors open at 4:30 pm and the meal will be served at 5:00 pm. Everyone […] Read more »

The ‘Pretty Face’ of a Frightening Phenomenon

If the unusually warm weather brought you outdoors during the days around this Christmas and New Year’s, either in your own yard or walking up the sidewalk, you may have noticed a myriad of curious sights: green, green grass; hearty winter viburnum and cherry trees blossoming; Johnny-Jump Ups and daffodils pushing up through the ground; […] Read more »

Classic Film Series Returns

The return of the Classic Film Series sponsored by the Sippican Historical Society and the Marion Council on Aging features High Noon, which will be shown at the Marion Music Hall on Friday, January 8 at 7:00 pm. A newly-married town marshal (Gary Cooper) faces three paroled murderers who are coming back to get him. […] Read more »

Sippican Choral Society

The Sippican Choral Society resumes rehearsals on Monday, January 18 at 7:15 pm in the Mattapoisett Congregational Church’s Reynard Hall on Church Street. New members are welcome to join the chorus simply by coming to the first rehearsal. The chorus will be rehearsing for its spring concert on Saturday, April 30 in Marion and will […] Read more »

Marion Cub Scouts Tabor Skate this Sunday

On Sunday, January 10, the Marion Cub Scouts of Pack 32 will co-host with the Marion Recreation Department a public skate at Tabor Academy’s Travis Roy Rink. Skate hours are noon to 2:00 pm. The cost is only $5 dollars per skater. Come on in with the whole family to support the Cub Scouts and […] Read more »

Record Numbers Take the New Year’s Plunge

There were more people on Mattapoisett’s Town Beach on New Year’s Day morning than on a hot summer’s day in the middle of July. And whether the beachgoers were there to plunge into the 47-degree ocean water or there to support the swimmers and the event, everyone was in a party mood. The fourth annual […] Read more »