Every year as graduation slowly inches closer, there are benchmarks to signify that the end of the year is drawing near. For seniors, the whole year is a series of lasts: the last first day of Tabor, last Holderness Day, last Christmas Breakfast. The first event to truly chronicle the depleting time, however, is the […] Read more »
To close out the winter sports cycle, the only teams competing this week were the boys’ and girls’ shuttle hurdles teams. These top athletes were in New York City to participate in the New Balance Nationals Indoor Track Meet. Boys’ Track: The boys’ team was composed of juniors Will Hopkins, Danny Renwick, and Eli Spevack, […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett School Committee proposed its 2017 budget on March 14. The fiscal year 2016 approved budget was $6,385,750, and the proposed budget increase of $396,485 will set the 2017 proposed budget at $6,782,235. The initial budget increase had been $522,374; however, the committee was able to pare it down by such methods as cutting […] Read more »
Registration opens today for the Mattapoisett Tour de Crème, three bicycle tours of SouthCoast Creameries hosted by the Mattapoisett Land Trust and the Friends of the Mattapoisett Bike Path. The event takes place on May 22. With 13-, 25-, and 48-mile routes on scenic country roads – and the Mattapoisett-Fairhaven Bike Path – the Tour […] Read more »
During a Notice of Intent hearing at the March 9 meeting of the Marion Conservation Commission, commission member Jeffrey Doubrava questioned Brian Grady of G.A.F. Engineering, Inc. on how effective breakaway walls would be if used on new construction proposed at 20 Front Street. The applicant, Ann Severance, is planning to raze the existing home […] Read more »
The Machacam Club will hold their monthly meeting on April 6 at the Legion Hall, 3 Depot Street. Social time is at 5:30 pm; dinner is at 6:00 pm. This meeting will feature baked lasagna with garlic bread and tossed salad with pie for dessert. The speaker for this meeting will be our own Sung […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center announces two fundraising events this year. In addition to its always popular summer fundraising event, The Marion Art Center is ‘going back to the 80s’ with a spring fundraiser event to be held on May 7 at the Marion Music Hall at the corner of Front Street and Cottage Street to […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Congregational Church is pleased to once again offer scholarships to students graduating from high school in June who reside in the towns of Mattapoisett, Marion or Rochester. Three $1000 scholarships will be awarded on the basis of scholastic achievement, community service and financial need. Applications and supplementary information are now available at the local […] Read more »
Marconi Station Wrestling Club is now in its third year and will open its doors to the public for interested participants. Children in kindergarten through 8th grade can stop in and see what goes on in a typical wrestling practice. This event will take place on March 22 and March 24 from 6:15 to 7:45 […] Read more »
Charles G. Bergold, 88, of Marion, passed away Friday March 18, at Tobey Hospital. He was the husband of Barbara C. (Silvia) Bergold. Mr. Bergold was born in Plainedge, NY the son of the late George C.F. and Margaret (Efinger) Bergold. He was a member of the First Congregational Church of Rochester, a WWII Army […] Read more »