The Elks of Wareham Lodge No. 1548 sponsors the Elks Student of the Month and Student of the Year Awards for students enrolled in local area high schools. The criteria used in nominating a student includes a student who excels in scholarship, citizenship, performing arts, fine arts, hobbies, athletics, church, school and community service, industry […] Read more »
The monthly meeting of the Florence Eastman Post 280 will be held at the Post Hall on February 15 at 7:00 pm. This meeting will cover the normal reports and will also review the current status of the House Committee’s research into the repair estimates for the hall that are all now in process. Bring […] Read more »
To the Editor: I am in full agreement with the arguments laid out by John Waterman in his published letter and to the Marion Selectmen. The Town House Building Committee has put in a lot of work, imagination, and expertise in finding a way to make the Town House safe (after demolishing the 1890 addition) […] Read more »
On Saturday, February 4, the Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library in Rochester hosted its 6th annual Take Your Child To The Library Day (TYCTTLD) from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The family-friendly event included two interactive music and movement sessions with SongShine Music of Somerset, a scavenger hunt with prizes, a meet-and-greet with Amos, the […] Read more »
Scott Hannula, Decas Cranberry Company, Inc. project manager for the tailwater recovery pond project located at 109 Neck Road, along with Brian Grady of G.A.F. Engineering, came before the Rochester Conservation Commission on February 7 to explain how and why the project has run afoul of its permit. Chairman Michael Conway read the public notice […] Read more »
A new edition of The Blue Book is in the works. The 2017-18 phone directory, to be published by the Tri-Town League of Women Voters, will be mailed free of charge to every postal patron in Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester in early July. The book contains the names, addresses and phone numbers of each town’s […] Read more »
Cub Pack 32 Marion is holding its Pinewood Derby event at 1:00 pm on Saturday, February 11 in the First Congregational Church Community Room behind Penny Pinchers, 39 Main Street in Marion. After the Pack runs its cars for official times, we will open up the track for a time for the dads and siblings. […] Read more »
The next Classic Film sponsored by the Sippican Historical Society and the Marion Council on Aging will be Orson Well’s The Third Man shown at the Marion Music Hall on Friday, February 10 starting at 7:00 pm. A pulp fiction novelist travels to war torn Vienna right after World War II. The city is divided […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board met on February 6 to discuss, among other items, the site plan review of a proposal by the Buzzards Bay Coalition for a new field operations barn to be located on the corner of Route 6 and Spring Street. Mark Rasmussen, BBC’s president, presented an overview of the project. Rasmussen described […] Read more »
Professor Walter Mierzejewski, 91, of Dartmouuth, formerly of Mattapoisett, died January 29, 2017 at St Luke’s Hospital after a brief illness. Born in New Bedford, he was the son of the late Andrew Mierzejewski and the late Kathyrn (Bryda) Mierzejewski. He was the brother of the late Edward Mierzejewski and the late Helen (Mierzejewski) Jako. […] Read more »