Tri-Town Police Departments and clergy announce a special “Ecumenical Service of Peace and Unity” to be held at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 23 at the main entrance of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School. All are invited to this service to celebrate and support the unity in and among our communities of Marion, Mattapoisett, […] Read more »
The long awaited report from Field Engineering on the condition of the Brandt Point Village subdivision is in, and it isn’t good. Bob Field, principal and founder of Field Engineering, Mattapoisett, the Town’s peer review partner, submitted his report to the Planning Board on July 18. Field’s report listed a number of deficiencies, a familiar […] Read more »
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Buzzards Bay Musicfest returned to Tabor Academy in Marion this past week, bringing with it sensational musical selections from Mozart to jazz standards. The five-day-long festival spanned from July 13-17 and featured two orchestra concerts, two chamber music performances, and a jazz concert. This year Antony Walker, music director of […] Read more »
The Friends of the Mattapoisett Library held its annual book sale during the Harbor Days week. The Aardvark popped in on Thursday, July 14, to buy some books and pass out squeaky aardvarks to the kids. Photos by Jean Perry Read more »
The annual summer hymn sing of the First Congregational Church of Marion will be held on Sunday, July 24 at 10:00 am. The hymns to be sung will be set to tunes whose names celebrate Massachusetts communities. “A lot of us don’t pay much attention to the names of hymn tunes,” says Ben Dunham, chairman […] Read more »
On Friday, July 22, the Marion Concert Band continues its Friday evening concert series with a program featuring music from movies and TV shows. The program, which includes a violin soloist, as well as soundtrack music from some major motion pictures, is as follows: The Trombone King – K. L. King Rhapsodic Celebration – R. […] Read more »
The cormorant is classified as a sea bird along with the albatross, penguin, and tern. Each one today is a specialized living proof of Darwin’s theory of adaption of species to environment in waters all around the world. The cormorant, for example, is able to drink salt water and fly under water with elliptical wings […] Read more »
It isn’t often that an applicant breaks out in tears during a meeting of the Rochester Planning Board, but after the conflicting information that Kristina and Ryan Bacchiocchi say they got from town counsel, the Planning Board, and Building Commissioner Ray Pickles, Ms. Bacchiocchi couldn’t hide her frustration on July 12. The couple applied for […] Read more »
Monday, July 11 was a big day for Marion – and the environment one could add – when three brand new all-electric cars were delivered to the Marion Town House with a number of town officials eagerly awaiting their arrival. Thanks to a number of state and federal grants that the Marion Energy Management Committee […] Read more »
The Rochester Country Fair is happy to announce the addition of a Pig Roast BBQ to this summer’s Rochester Country Fair. The 17th Annual Rochester Country Fair is scheduled to take place Thursday, August 18 through Sunday, August 21 at 65 Pine Street. The four-day event provides old-fashioned and agricultural minded entertainment for both the […] Read more »