Jean C. Morgan Bacon, 77, wife of 53 years to Frederic S. Bacon III, of Marion, passed away on Friday, May 31, 2019 at home with her husband and family at her side. Mrs. Bacon was born in Taunton, MA the daughter of the late John and Olive (Horton) Bacon. Jean grew up in Lakeville and […] Read more »
The Wandereris pleased to announce that we are soliciting nominations for our 26thannual “WandererKeel Awards.” The yearly community service honor, presented to one Tri-Town resident from each of the three central towns in our circulation area, will be announced in our July 25 edition, and each winner will be the subject of a short feature […] Read more »
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School will hold its graduation on Sunday, June 2 at 1:00 pm. The following Marion residents will be among the graduating class: Berry, Matthew/Information Technology King, Eric/Information Technology Crippin, Taylor/Environmental Technology Pateakos, Zachary/Automotive Technology Gosse, Delaney/Culinary Arts Rogers, Christopher/Engineering Jenney, Cheyenne/Automotive Technology St. Don, Jackson/Environmental Technology Read more »
Art in Bloom returns to the Marion Art Center (MAC) June 14-15, with a reception on Friday, June 14, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. For 2 days, come see inventive floral arrangements on display in our galleries from the Marion Garden Group and other local arrangers. Participants will create floral interpretations of various artworks by Janet […] Read more »
Marion’s Transportation and Circulation Task Force (a subcommittee of the Planning Board) and the Board of Selectmen are pleased to announce that the town has achieved Tier 2 status in the Complete Streets Program. This milestone qualifies Marion to apply for grants of up to $400,000 per year for projects that improve town-owned roads, sidewalks, […] Read more »
Marion’s landmark library building of Elizabethan architecture is also the Natural History Museum, both founded there on 8 Spring Street by Elizabeth Taber in the year 1867. For the past 152 years, they have served as Tabor’s upstairs-downstairs community flagship of higher education. In 1989, Elizabeth Leidhold, as seen in my illustration, became the current […] Read more »
Barbara Sullivan and Danielle Lopes have more in common than their darker skin tones. The two spoke before the Old Rochester Regional School Committee on May 22 to talk about young people they love very much who have experienced racial discrimination at a young age in their own community – the Tri-Town community. “I grew […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional girls lacrosse completed a South Coast Conference play with a 14-4 win over Apponequet on Monday. The Bulldogs have now gone undefeated in back-to-back season. And also with the win, ORR was crowned SCC champions for the fourth time in as many seasons. ORR coach Scott Tavares and his senior class have […] Read more »
Cushing Cemetery is holding a meeting at the Mattapoisett library onJune 11at 6:30 pm in the evening. Anybody who would like to join the board of trustees or who like to get involved with how the cemetery is run, please come by. We welcome new people and new ideas. Read more »
Bishop Stang High School celebrated the graduation of 143 seniors who have successfully completed their course of studies on Wednesday, May 29. The following Tri-Town Students are among the graduates; From Marion; John Francis Egger, Henry James Ucci*, and Marion Julia Rose Winters, From Mattapoisett; Maya Catherine Dube*, Dalton Jake Pinto, Andrew Joseph Rayner, and Camdyn […] Read more »