Rachel Michelle-Marie Perry of New Bedford, a 17-year old junior at Old Rochester Regional High School, was named Miss Massachusetts’ Outstanding Teen 2019. The 20th annual pageant was held on Sunday, April 7at the Keith Middle School in New Bedford. Fourteen contestants from across the Commonwealth competed for the title and $6,800 was awarded to the […] Read more »
Ray Pickles pleaded not guilty to six charges of Larceny over $250 during his arraignment at the Plymouth County Superior Court in Brockton on Friday, April 12. The 85-year-old Marion town clerk is facing criminal charges related to his former position as executive director of the Carver, Marion, Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District (CMWRRDD), and […] Read more »
The Cemetery Commissioners (CC) would like to remind plot owners in the Town of Marion of some of the procedures and policies to be followed in all town cemeteries. Annual flowers are allowed, but must be planted in a flowerbed, not to exceed 12” from the marker. Holiday baskets, pots, and flowers placed at a […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Democratic Town Committee is organizing an Earth Day Cleanup on Saturday, April 20. Volunteers will meet at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library at 10:15 am on Saturday to pick up supplies (and coffee) before heading out to the streets of Mattapoisett to pick up trash. Please wear comfortable shoes. In case of inclement weather, […] Read more »
Selectman Brad Morse was reelected on April 10 for a fifth term on the Board of Selectmen, despite an apparent write-in campaign to elect Michael Murphy, a current Planning Board member and prior 2018 candidate for Board of Selectmen. Murphy received 33 write-ins, which wasn’t enough to exceed Morse’s 230 votes. “Thank you to the […] Read more »
Folks, we’ve all dreamed about being a sweepstakes winner like the people we see on TV, and some of us have even entered our names once or twice. “I’ll never win,” many of us might have said, or, perhaps, “Nobody ever wins these things.” But the truth is, people actually do win these sweepstakes. Just […] Read more »
The South Coast Bikeway Alliance (SCBA) is pleased to announce their 9th Annual Bike Summit will be held Thursday, April 25from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the Fort Taber Community Center, 1000A S Rodney French BLVD, New Bedford, MA 02744. This year’s summit focuses on “Creating Connections with Bikeways: Past and Future” and hopes to […] Read more »
The Marion Natural History Museum’s Summer Program is an educational science-based program with an emphasis on our coastal environment and is one of the most well known and well regarded in the Southcoast area. Children from across the country visit us each summer and participate in the program. During Summer 2019 the Marion Natural History […] Read more »
The Friends of the Mattapoisett Council on Aging are having their Pie and Cake Sale on Saturday, April 20from 8:30 am to noon. Please come to buy some cakes or pies for your Easter Dinner. American Legion Hall, 3 Depot St. Anyone who would like to bake some goodies would be a big help. Read more »
The Marion Board of Health has chosen May 7 to hold the public hearing on its proposed ban on flavored tobacco and nicotine delivery products, which would include flavored cigars and flavored liquids used in electronic vaping devices. This amendment to the existing tobacco and nicotine regulation was conceived in 2016, but the board sent […] Read more »