Old Rochester Regional boys and girls basketball started 2020 in a similar fashion, with sizable wins over Case, in which they each scored 60-plus points. For ORR girls basketball, their first win of the new year was par for the course. They’ve only lost one of their first four contests this season. In the win […] Read more »
Surrounded by his family, Edward Wright Sylvia, 83, of Mattapoisett, passed away on January 9, 2020 from complications of Alpha One Antitrypsin Deficiency. Born in New Bedford to Joseph E. and Helen Wright Sylvia, Ed is survived by his wife and best friend Sandra (LaStaiti) Sylvia. Ed received his Bachelor of Science degree from NBITT […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health has for some time hoped to reduce the number of tobacco retail sales licenses in Marion for 2020; however, on January 7, the board learned that placing a cap on tobacco licenses is no longer that simple. The board was optimistic that one tobacco retailer in Marion was going to […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club (MWC) is pleased to have Jennifer McIntire, President of the Mattapoisett Historical Society, as our guest speaker at our first meeting of 2020. Ms. McIntire will talk about Mattapoisett’s rich history and the role of Mattapoisett women in the community. Our meeting is on Thursday, January 16 and is held at the Mattapoisett […] Read more »
In 1998, the Sippican Historical Society commissioned an architectural survey of Marion’s historic homes and buildings. The survey was funded half by the Sippican Historical Society and half by the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Due to the limits of funding, not all of the historic buildings were surveyed, but over 100 were cataloged and photographed. The […] Read more »
Sarah Jane Madison, formerly of Marion, MA, passed away peacefully in Windham New Hampshire on December 3, 2019. She is deeply missed by her three daughters, two sons-in-law, five grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and Miss Molly, her faithful dachshund. Sally was born in 1937 in Toledo Ohio, older sister to her beloved brother, Pastor Charles Smith. Her […] Read more »
Marion’s Finance Director Judy Mooney has earned a new title: assistant town administrator. Marion Town Administrator Jay McGrail announced the new position at the January 7 meeting of the Marion Board of Selectmen. Mooney will not be giving up her position as finance director; her new title, according to McGrail, will be “finance director and […] Read more »
Calling all aspiring artists! It’s time once again for the annual Groundhog Day Cover Contest! Your original work of art might win you $100 cash and the front cover of the January 30 edition of your favorite weekly community newspaper, The Wanderer, for all to see! Grab your paints, markers, pens, crayons, computer mice, cameras – […] Read more »
Applications for Community Preservation Act funding are now available in the Town Clerk’s office at the Marion Town House located at 2 Spring Street, Marion, MA 02738. The Community Preservation Act is a Massachusetts Law that allows participating cities and towns to adopt a real estate tax surcharge supplemented by State matching funds in order […] Read more »
Isabella King from Marion qualified for the fall 2019 Dean’s List at Belmont University. Eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C. Read more »