When she joined the Sea Scouts in 2012, Emily Newell had just finished the eighth grade. Junior high school had proven a bit difficult given her acknowledged lack of self-confidence, but all that would change. Today, Newell is the Sea Scout Boatswain for the New England Flotilla and was recently named ’Scout of the Year’ […] Read more »
Eleita Swallender Babbitt, 92 of Marion, died peacefully on April 27, 2017 at Autumn Glen in Dartmouth. She was the wife of the late James Babbitt. Born in Minneapolis MN, she was the daughter of Carl Gustav Swallender and Hulda Wilamena Innfelt. She was the youngest of seven children. After graduation, she moved with her […] Read more »
Lawrence P. Pangaro, 92, a resident of Center Harbor, NH and, for a number of years, a former winter resident of Englewood, FL, died on May7, 2017, after a brief illness. He was born in Mingo Junction, OH to the late P. Charles and Angelina (Lebrandi) Pangaro. Following the death of his birth mother, he […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Recreation has purchased pickleball nets and equipment to promote an Adult Pickleball Club on Thursday evenings from 6:00 – 7:30 pm. Two pickleball courts will be set up on one of the Hammond Street tennis courts. Volunteers will be on hand to give instruction on one court. This drop-in program is open to all! […] Read more »
The Marion Annual Town Meeting on May 8 started out with all smiles during fifth grader Nolan Gibbons’ rendition of the National Anthem, but over five hours later and just two minutes shy of midnight, the barely-a-quorum crowd ended the evening with yawns and an urgency to get business wrapped up in one night. With […] Read more »
Mattapoisett voters were handed numerous pages of reports, spreadsheets and supporting documents as they arrived at ORRHS to take up the Annual Town Meeting Warrant on May 8. There were enough financials to keep those with fiduciary predispositions busy until next fall. But in the end, it wasn’t so much about the $25 million operating […] Read more »
Local musician Rebecca Correia is coming to the Old Rochester Regional High School auditorium for a special Mother’s Day fundraiser concert to benefit the new mural painted outside the junior high. Junior high school student Delaney Shaw spearheaded the junior high mural/arts project painted by Ryan McFee and Todd Woodward. Tickets for the Sunday, May […] Read more »
The motto of the League of Women Voters is this: “Democracy is not a spectator sport.” As usual, this belief holds true in the Town of Marion; one could see it in the enormous crowd that turned out on May 4 for the annual League of Women Voters Candidates’ Night at the Marion Music Hall, […] Read more »
To the Editor: The First Congregational Church of Marion has been undergoing major renovations in its Community Center after a massive water leak. This damage and on-going construction work has forced the closing of the Penny Pinchers Exchange. We apologize to the faithful consignees and shoppers at the exchange that have been so supportive of […] Read more »
Each spring, the Old Rochester Youth Lacrosse League organizes a fundraiser called Lax days to support the ORR Senior High School Lacrosse Program. The line-up for Lax Days 2017 begins on Friday, May 19 with boys’ junior varsity and senior varsity home games followed by a Pasta Dinner and Auction, 6:00 to 9:00 pm at […] Read more »