The Old Rochester Regional High School Transition Class is holding a can drive on February 5 between 7:30 am – 1:30 pm and 2:30 – 4:00 pm (Please note drop off times in order to avoid bus traffic). Drop off your redeemable cans and bottles behind the school at the Junior High Media Center door. […] Read more »
Just three months ago, Marion Zoning Board of Appeals member Michelle Smith referred to 120 Front Street as a “shut case,” as board members on October unanimously agreed that Christian Loranger’s reconstruction of a two-family house should be considered a grandfathered two-family and exempt from a zoning bylaw, which prohibits multi-family homes. Now, on January […] Read more »
We walked into the enormous health care collective, you know, those medical campuses where patients are herded through a maze of reception desks before landing in an exam room to wait. We had arrived to begin the “process.” Now just for the record, my husband and I have become accustomed, as I’m sure you have, […] Read more »
To the Editor: To the VERY concerned neighbor on Mattapoisett Neck Road on Sunday, January 14, who called in to the police a “suspicious ‘man in camo’ waving his arms at cars and stepping into traffic.” That was me, a 53-year-old woman, walking my usual walk, a walk I’ve been doing on a regular basis […] Read more »
Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library’s annual “Take Your Child to the Library Day” will take place on Saturday, February 3 from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm at the library located at 17 Constitution Way, Rochester. Take Your Child to the Library Day is an international initiative that encourages families everywhere to take their children to […] Read more »
NARCAN (naloxone) will now be issued to all Mattapoisett Police Officers. Although the Mattapoisett Police Department has carried NARCAN on its ambulances for decades, the increase in opioid overdoses in Mattapoisett has increased drastically over the past few years prompting this proactive step of outfitting each Officer with NARCAN. The opioid epidemic continues to increase […] Read more »
Bernadette “Bunny” (McQuade) Costa, 92, of Mattapoisett died January 12, 2018 at the Sacred Heart Home in New Bedford after a period of declining health. She was the wife of the late Edward L. Alves and the late Joseph Costa. She was born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Bernard L. and Florence […] Read more »
Genevra M. “Jenny” Roderick, 52, of New Bedford, died January 26, 2018 in St. Luke’s Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Alfred and Priscilla (Santos) Roderick. She was born in Wareham and lived in Marion and New Bedford. She graduated from Old Rochester Regional High School. Ms. Roderick worked as a Massage Therapist […] Read more »
David S. Smarowski, 75, of Rochester passed away Monday, January 29, 2018 in his home with his family at his side. He was the husband of Lorraine (Ferro) Moniz. Born in Schenectady, NY a son of the late Madeline (Goyette) Durante and the late Stanley Smarowski he lived most of his life in Wareham. David […] Read more »
The annual reenactment of the groundhog’s mystical weather prediction during mid-winter February 2nd is an ancient symbolic ritual dating back to the religious observance of Candlemas, particularly in Germany. In Germany, a badger might have been the prognosticator of good news for a short winter, but only if he didn’t see his shadow. If he […] Read more »