The Democratic Town Committee will hold its caucus on Saturday, March 7 to elect delegates to the State Democratic Convention. The caucus will take place in the Rochester Town Hall from 11:00 to about 11:30 am. Everyone may attend the political event but only registered Democrats may run for delegate or vote. Voter registration forms will be […] Read more »
Early Voting at the Marion Town Clerk’s office begins Monday, February 25 and ends Friday February 28 during regular business hours. In addition, there will be an Early Voting session (open to all voters registered in Marion) held on Thursday, February 27 between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center at 465 Mill Street. For questions, […] Read more »
The Elks of Wareham/New Bedford Lodge No. 1548 sponsors the Elks Student of the Month and Student of the Year Awards for students enrolled in local area high schools. The criteria used in nominating a student includes a student who excels in scholarship, citizenship, performing arts, fine arts, hobbies, athletics, church, school and community service, […] Read more »
To the Editor: No question, we live in an extraordinary town. How did it get that way, and how will it stay that way? By caring, dedicated residents like you stepping up to serve on boards! In three months, the town will hold its annual elections. On Friday, May 15, Marionites need to fill: a three year […] Read more »
David Willett, Department of Public Works Director, opened his presentation to the Marion Board of Selectmen at its February 18 meeting at the Marion Town House by introducing Megan Davis, the DPW’s new engineer. From there, he delegated a presentation to Conrad Leger from Data Group, a full-service engineering firm. Leger made a PowerPoint presentation […] Read more »
Join the talented music students at Tabor Academy for their Winter Applied Music Recital on Monday, February 24 at 6:30 pm in Lyndon South, located at 242 Front Street in the Stroud Academic Center. Kerry Saltonstall, Director of Communications said, “The recital provides a wonderful chance to see growth and change through this milestone event. The Applied […] Read more »
Marion (Old Rochester) is one of the oldest towns in the United States, and the Sippican Historical Society maintains an extensive collection of documentation on its historic buildings. In 1998, the Sippican Historical Society commissioned an architectural survey of Marion’s historic homes and buildings. Over 100 were cataloged and photographed. SHS will feature one building […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional High School Community Service Learning (CSL) Club has been busy. The 2019-20 school year began with over 50 members joining the club, learning about volunteer opportunities to participate on their own, as well as sharing ideas for group projects to explore more during the year. The club meets once a week […] Read more »
Last season, Old Colony girls basketball did something that hasn’t happened often throughout Craig Lincoln’s tenure as the Cougars’ head coach. They did not qualify for the MIAA state tournament. Not only do the Cougars typically make the playoffs, they’re usually in contention for the league title. Now Old Colony did not win this season’s […] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s Finance Committee continued their budgetary journey on February 13 when they met with school superintendent Doug White and members of the Old Rochester Regional School District Committee as well as the Mattapoisett School Committee. White framed the conversation by stating that the voluminous reports before the FinCom were only “draft” budgets and that further […] Read more »