Please participate in Tabor Academy’s fall blood drive on November 19 from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm for the Kraft Family Blood Donor Center benefitting Dana Farber and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. You will find the Blood Mobile in the parking lot at 256 Front Street Marion. Drop-in or visit by appointment by emailing cmoore@taboracademy.org. Just 45 […] Read more »
FY 2020 Real Estate and Personal Property Tax Bills were mailed November 8 and are due December 16, 2019. If paying by personal online banking, allow sufficient time for the bank to generate a check and mail it to the Town. Please supply sufficient information on the check identifying which bill should be credited. For online bill […] Read more »
Gordon D. Franklin, 61, of Marion, died Monday, November 11, 2019 at Tobey Hospital in Wareham. He was the husband of the late Deborah (Lopes) Franklin. Born in Ypsilanti, MI, he was the son of the late Gilbert E., Sr. and Alice P. (Dockett) Franklin. Gordon graduated from Wareham High School, East Coast Aero Tech and […] Read more »
Robert Medeiros Silva, age 77, passed away on November 11, 2019 at home. Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Manuel and Elsie (Medeiros) Silva, he spent most of his life in Dartmouth. He was a standout student at Dartmouth High School receiving many accolades in both music and athletics. He graduated from […] Read more »
Barbara Ann (Corriea) Carrier, 89 passed away after a brief illness on November 8, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. Barbara was born July 22, 1930 in New Bedford, daughter of the late Beatrice Corriea (Duchesney) and Manuel J. Corriea. At the age of 13, Barbara met the love of her life Robert Carrier. They […] Read more »
Hertha (Lederbogen) Wolkowicz, 89, beloved mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend, succumbed peacefully after a short period of declining health in the early hours of Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at Tobey Hospital in Wareham. Born in Rostock, Germany, Hertha was predeceased by her husband of 53 years, Dr. John S. Wolkowicz, in 2018. An incredibly fun […] Read more »
Monday marked the 100th anniversary of the Veterans Day holiday, originally called Armistice Day, master of ceremonies Lt. Col. Joseph Napoli told the standing room only crowd at Sippican School. It was one day after the end of WWII, he said, that the day of observance would be renamed Veterans Day. “President Eisenhower had the […] Read more »
Tabor Academy announced on November 6 that it has changed its mind about moving forward with the controversial demolition of a historic house known locally as the Tenbrook House, and will instead welcome ideas for alternatives and consider any viable options to renovate or repurpose the structure. Designed by prominent architect, and summer resident of […] Read more »
The Bourne Wareham Art Association is meeting on Tuesday, November 19 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, at BB’s Bar & Grill, 2424 Cranberry Highway, Wareham. Food is available for purchase. The business meeting will be followed by a discussion by Dartmouth-based artist Heather Stivison. Stivison has studied at Parsons School of Design, Montclair State University, Rhode […] Read more »
To the Editor; Thank you Mattapoisett. I would like to thank and congratulate all of the two hundred and fourteen voters who voted “no” on the town meeting “floor” to defeat Article One: Adult use marijuana establishments. Thank you again for a very good job!! Extremely well done. Thankfully, George Randall, Mattapoisett Read more »