Administrators, finance committee members, and selectmen from each of the three towns met for Round One of regional budget talks with the Old Rochester Regional School Committee and school administrators on February 1. The driving forces behind the recommended 7.5% increase of the $18.3 million budget are health insurance, retirement assessments, and eight proposed new […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center Dance Academy is now accepting registrations for its Spring/Winter 2016 Session. Classes are held on Wednesdays starting on February 24 and run for 10 weeks. Fall session is grounded in classical dance. Spring session focuses heavily on choreography and recital performance with instructor Joclyne Nunes. Preschool (age 3-4): 3:30 to 4:05 […] Read more »
This week at Old Rochester Regional High School, the senior class was abuzz with excitement over their Superlative Night on January 28. The members of the class of 2016 wore their best attire to watch their peers receive their awards or to receive them themselves. Principal Michael Devoll and Athletic Director Bill Tilden donned black […] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s Conservation Commission caught an easy agenda for their January 28 meeting, which turned out to be beneficial since only three of the five commissioners were available to attend. First up was a Notice of Intent to build a new septic system at 6 Aucoot Road, filed by MSMF Property Group, LLC. The leach pit […] Read more »
“We’ve got to do something about that,” said Marion Finance Committee member Karen Kevelson on January 28 with a draft of the FY2017 Sippican School budget in hand. “They’re out of control.” Kevelson, frank in her thoughts on the school’s various proposed line items, took control of the discussion and addressed a number of new […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Census/Dog Licensing: The Town of Mattapoisett has mailed out their 2016 census forms. Please check that all your household members are listed and that their information is current and correct. Be sure to double-check your voter registration status as there will be many important elections this year. Return the census forms to the Town […] Read more »
Tabor Academy will welcome more than a dozen Special Olympic basketball teams to their campus to participate in their 1st Valentine’s Day Hoops Tournament on Sunday, February 14, beginning at 10:00 am. The event is free and open to the public and takes place in the Fish Center for Health and Athletics at 256 Front […] Read more »
The Rochester Democratic Committee will hold their caucus on Saturday, February 6 for the purpose of electing delegates to attend the Massachusetts State Democratic Convention in June. Any Democrat registered in the town of Rochester is eligible to be a delegate and must have registered in the town by January 31, 2016. The meeting will […] Read more »
To the Editor: I am writing to commend the Marion Board of Health for recently updating their Enhanced Youth Access Tobacco Regulations. By raising the age of sale of all tobacco products to 21, prohibiting the sale of blunt wraps, and prohibiting the use of e-cigarettes wherever the Smokefree Workplace Law is in effect, the […] Read more »
Evelyn Minarik, 84, of Wellfleet, passed away peacefully in her son and daughter-in-law’s home surrounded by family and close friend, Dan Dunn, on January 23, 2016. Born in Garfield, NJ, Evelyn was the daughter of the late Michael Giba and Mary (Cahayla) Giba. In 1952 Evelyn married her high school sweet heart Joe which they […] Read more »