Saturday, May 7, was the date for the annual Kids Equipment Fun Day at Washburn Park in Marion, sponsored by Marion Recreation. The kids climbed aboard ambulances, fire trucks, police cruisers, and even the harbormaster’s boat. This year, Recreation Director and Selectman Jody Dickerson served up free hotdogs during the popular event that seemed to […] Read more »
Do you have a surplus of cookbooks? The Rochester Historical Society is collecting unwanted cookbooks. We will be having a used cookbook sale at our booth at the Rochester Country Fair in August. Only cookbooks, please. If you have any you would like to donate, please call Cecelia at 508-763-3771, Edyie at 508-961-7401, or bring […] Read more »
Megan E. Pierce of Rochester represented Fitchburg State University when the state Department of Higher Education saluted 29 Who Shine on Monday, May 9 at the Statehouse. The ceremony paid tribute to one graduating senior from each of the state’s 29 campuses of public higher education. An interdisciplinary studies major, Pierce has been a standout […] Read more »
The Buzzards Bay Coalition invites its members and the public to celebrate the organization’s past year of accomplishments to improve and protect the health of Buzzards Bay during its member’s reception and 28th annual meeting on Thursday, May 19 at the Bay Pointe Club in Onset. The evening, which is free and open to all, […] Read more »
The First Congregational Church of Marion will hold an indoor Flea Market on Saturday, June 4 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at their Community Center, 144 Front Street (rear of parking lot). Vendors, individuals and groups are all welcome to sell their wares for $20 a table. First come, first serve, so reserve your […] Read more »
Sick. Scrawny. Inadequate. These are some of the adjectives that members of the Rochester Planning Board used on May 10 to describe “the trees with teeny tiny sticks on top” selected by Clean Energy Collective and its contractor, Gehrlicher Solar, for the screening around the solar farm project off Perry’s Lane. Solar developer Jay Myrto […] Read more »
Your creativity can help animals in need! Art On Center is teaming up with the Humane Society & Shelter, South Coast to present an art exhibition and fundraiser to benefit the Humane Society. There are two ways to participate, and artists may choose either or both. Artists are invited to pick up a complimentary 8×8-inch […] Read more »
For the 14th summer, the Old Rochester School District will again offer student tennis lessons at the Old Rochester Regional Tennis Complex. The clinics will run Monday through Friday. There will be two classes: ages 7-11 and 12-18. Groupings within each class will be based on age and abilities. Each class will last for two […] Read more »
Stressing the importance of recess, the Rochester School Committee on May 5 asked Rochester Memorial School Principal Derek Medeiros to run down the school’s policy on recess – how much and how often. As long as the temperature doesn’t dip below 20 degrees with the wind chill factor, recess is held outside, he said. But […] Read more »
For a year now, the Sippican Lands Trust has been working with Peter Jensen of Creating Trail Experiences and Scott Hobson, biologist with Caputo and Wicks LTD, studying the 19.8-acre Osprey Marsh property in preparation for a boardwalk that will provide wheelchair accessibility to the walking trail. The property, gifted to the organization by the […] Read more »