On Wednesday, September 28, the Rochester Land Trust again welcomed the strong young backs of ten Tabor Academy students and three teachers to help RLT volunteers with a major project on Church’s Field River Trail. RLT volunteers had transported and stockpiled locust logs and pressure-treated planks donated by Peter and Carolyn MacGregor of Rochester to […] Read more »
To the Editor: Marion residents have received the Fall Town Meeting Warrant. The Marion Energy Management Committee (EMC) is promoting and recommending that Town Meeting approve Warrant Article S5 requesting state legislation requiring the establishing of an energy fund. The EMC believes the money for the fund would come from phantom income generated by the […] Read more »
To the Editor: Last Wednesday, Tabor Academy took the day off from academics to help with community projects in the Tri-Town area as well as New Bedford. In Marion, there were crews working on clearing Land Trust Lands, trails in Homes Woods, the garden and greenhouse at Sippican School, flower beds at the Congregational Church […] Read more »
A reunion of the Mattapoisett Firefighters will be held at Ned’s Point on October 16 from 12:00 to 3:00 pm. Please join us for stories and tales from the past. Bring your own picnic lunch and chair. Water and goodies provided. Read more »
Michael C. Devoll, Principal of Old Rochester Regional High School, announced that Colin T. Flynn, Jonathan S. Harris, and Daniel D. Renwick have been named Commended Students in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by […] Read more »
Join the Mattapoisett Land Trust on Saturday, October 22 from 5:30 to 8:00 pm for our annual Salty Soiree at Dunseith Gardens, home of Salty the Seahorse. There will be music, storytelling by Big Ryan of Big Ryan’s Tall Tales, and a fire to make your own s’mores. This is a free event, open to […] Read more »
The Rochester Police Department is more than receptive to Rochester Troop #31 Boy Scout Riley Nordahl’s proposed Eagle Scout project to perform much needed improvements to the police station landscaping. Just ask Police Chief Paul Magee and he will tell you what an eyesore and a burden it is keeping up the flower beds. On […] Read more »
Residential and commercial properties will continue to equally share the tax burden this next fiscal year, with the Rochester Board of Selectmen following the advice of the Board of Assessors on September 30 during a special Friday morning tax classification hearing. The estimated tax rate for 2017 is $14.39 – up 38 cents from 2016 […] Read more »
Michael J. Crowe, Jr., 84, of Mattapoisett died October 8, 2016 at St. Luke’s Hospital surrounded by his loving family after a brief illness. He was the husband of Margaret M. (Coucci) Crowe. Born and raised in New Bedford, the son of the late Michael J. and Bridget F. (Thorne) Crowe, he lived in Mattapoisett […] Read more »
Dale E. Fearing, 63, of Fall River passed away Tuesday October 4, at the McCarthy Care Center. Dale was born in Wareham the son of John F. and Lucy W. (Maxim) Fearing of Mattapoisett. He attended Old Rochester Regional High School and graduated from the University of Rhode Island. Dale was a licensed pharmacist and […] Read more »