The ORRHS Drama Club ushered in the beginning of the holiday season this past week with four spectacular performances of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The show opened last Thursday to an auditorium packed with an audience of friends, family, and other community members eager to see the result of weeks of practice, and none […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Town Hall conference room was once again filled with people whose vested interests in the successful completion of Brandt Point Village seemed the key point. On December 5 by invitation, the Planning Board met yet again with developer Armand Cotellesso, Marc Marcus of Omega Financial, Attorney John McGreen, Mattapoisett Highway Surveyor Barry Denham, […] Read more »
The following local students graduated from Roger Williams University in spring 2016: – Ryan McArdle of Marion earned a B.S. degree in Finance – Scott McDavid of Marion earned a B.A. degree in International Relations Read more »
Noted art potter and educator Maureen Mills will be Tabor Academy’s 2016 Visiting Fellow in Ceramics. Ms. Mills has been an active studio potter in New England since the 1980s, and she has taught ceramics at the New Hampshire Institute of Art since 2001. Ms. Mills will be conducting practical demonstrations in the ceramic studio […] Read more »
Celebrate the holidays with award-winning storyteller Maggi Peirce on Sunday, December 11 at 2:00 pm at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library. The public is invited to the Reading Room by the fireplace to hear stories of Christmas and Irish folktales. Maggi Peirce is the author of three collections of stories and a memoir, A Belfast […] Read more »
In the spirit of the holiday season when friends and relatives share greetings, I thought it fitting to share an experience of mine that happened some years ago. The card arrived just about this time every year. It was always a traditional card with holly or poinsettias. It always contained a nicely written note, usually […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission began reviewing the wetlands flagging along the proposed Marion bike path route, and on November 30, Chairman of the Marion Pathway Committee John Rockwell went before the ConCom to discuss the commission’s findings on a recent site walk. The site walk is being broken up into sections for a thorough examination […] Read more »
Town representatives from Marion, Rochester, and Wareham – the three towns traversed by County Road – met with representatives from the Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development District on November 30 to discuss reclassifying the 5.5-mile stretch of County Road between Routes 28 and 105 as an “Urban Collector,” which is an upgrade from an […] Read more »
Senate President Pro Tempore Marc R. Pacheco (D-Taunton) will hold office hours for his constituents every Friday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the district office located at 8 Trescott Street, Suite 1, Taunton. Meetings will also be held at the Marion Town Hall, 2 Spring Street on Wednesday, December 21 from 11:00 am […] Read more »
On Saturday, December 10 between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm, the public is cordially invited to the Marion Art Center to enjoy several special artist events and browse its Holiday Shop. The Shop features 30 artisan vendors whose unique and limited edition creations fill both upstairs and downstairs galleries. A trio of area artists will […] Read more »