The Gateway Gladiators Mite C team took to the ice on Saturday and came out on top of YD, 17-11. A week after only mustering one goal, the Gladiators turned up the offense a little bit. Kaden Silva got the scoring going early in the game, and the rest of the team followed his lead. […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health and the “more mature” members of the Planning Board are joining forces on the recreational adult use marijuana front, pushing forward together with the Zoning Board of Appeals to get voters to approve a temporary moratorium on commercial marijuana establishments. Planning Board Chairman Eileen Marum and Town Planner Gil Hilario […] Read more »
On Monday, a group of the select Old Rochester Regional High School AmbassadORs met with principal and club leader Mike Devoll during their Bulldog Block. These students in particular are the brains and driving force behind the upcoming “Guardians and Little Angels” dance. From 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Saturday, January 20, young girls and […] Read more »
In 1998, the Sippican Historical Society commissioned an architectural survey of Marion’s historic homes and buildings. The survey was funded one-half by the Sippican Historical Society and one-half by the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Because of the limits of funding, not all of the historic buildings were surveyed, but over 100 were catalogued and photographed. The […] Read more »
It’s not exactly easy to move on from losing one of the best players in the state, no matter what sport you’re talking about. But losing two? That’s asking a lot. Three? Well, that’s what Old Rochester/Fairhaven boys’ ice hockey is dealing with this season after graduating Noah Strawn and Sam Henrie, who led the […] Read more »
Julianne Nolte of Mattapoisett was named to the Dean’s List at Lehigh University in the fall 2017 semester. Dean’s List status is awarded to students who earned a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of regularly graded courses. Read more »
The Rochester Council on Aging announces the following upcoming meetings: Bonjour. Conversational French I & II will meet on Friday, January 12 from 9:30 – 11:30 am. On Wednesday, January 17, there will be a FRIENDS Meeting at 10:00 am and free blood pressure clinic at 10:30 am. Read more »
It was described as a skull-crushing storm by the national press, with an arctic blast so fierce that the ‘bomb cyclone’ was dubbed a ‘bombgenesis’ by meteorologists, and spread across social media like an atomic blitz. On Thursday, January 4, the eastern coastline of Massachusetts and Cape Cod became Ground Zero with snow, flooding, and […] Read more »
Well, the results are in and I may now count myself firmly planted in the baby-boomer population whose aging joints are calling it quits and demanding attention – as in medical intervention. Why I never expected to suffer in this way speaks more to my abject fear of all things medical rather than to my […] Read more »
Robert M. Xifaras of Mattapoisett died in an automobile accident on Friday, January 5, 2018. He was born and raised in New Bedford and lived and worked there for most of his life, moving to Mattapoisett two years ago. Bobby, as he was affectionately called, was a graduate of the class of New Bedford High […] Read more »