The South Coast Chamber Music Series season finale concert has been modified and the season will now conclude with a streaming bouquet for music lovers on Sunday, May 17, at 4:00 pm. The livestream performance by SCCMS Artistic Director Janice Weber (piano), Emmy Holmes-Hicks (violin), Anna Griffis (viola), and Leo Eguchi (cello), will feature Gabriel Faure’s […] Read more »
To the Editor; Despite being quarantined due to the Covid-19 pandemic these past few weeks, many of us have gained a deeper appreciation for nature. Whether that appreciation comes from taking your dog on a walk or your new found love of gardening, it is important to remember that in order to enjoy the world […] Read more »
Rochester’s Planning Board opened a hearing for the Braley Hill Road North Star LLC. The proposed project is approximately 100-acres of which approximately 40 will be developed for a solar array. The board heard from peer-review consultant Ken Motta of Field Engineering and Eric Las of Beals and Thomas, Inc., the applicant’s representative during the […] Read more »
Children are being educated away from the traditional classroom for the duration of the 2019-20 school year so their experience with and how they think about the internet has dramatically changed. Computer hours are mounting, and they have become task-oriented. Frankly, kids are in need of some comic relief and so are their parents. That’s […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Land Trust is postponing its 2020 Annual Meeting presently scheduled for Sunday, May 3, to a future date and time to be decided. Social distancing mandates due to COVID-19 will not allow for a safe annual meeting at this time. MLT hopes to reschedule this event later this spring or early summer. If a […] Read more »
Adam Sylvia of Rochester, was one of more than 700 students at Central College who would have been honored at the college’s annual Scholarship Celebration on Thursday, April 23. The event was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Scholarship Celebration in P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium gives student scholarship recipients the opportunity to personally thank and share […] Read more »
The contracts have been signed and Marion is committed to go forward on deals that, if the costs work out with Eversource, would result in a potentially profitable solar array atop the Benson Brook landfill. But the Marion Energy Management Committee intends on second-guessing the plan when the Board of Selectmen meet on Thursday, April […] Read more »
They were living the American dream, enjoying campus life, friends, studying, pursuing goals and dreams, and maybe thinking about Spring Break. Then the entire world as we all knew it came to an abrupt stop – COVID-19 had arrived. College and university students may be a population that is a bit invisible right now. Yet […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center invites you to add to the MAC’s Community Message Board. • Bring your own paints, pens, markers. • Add your drawing, painting, poem, or inspirational words. Remember, we want to keep it positive! • Please be respectful of others. Play it safe! Wear a mask and keep at least six feet […] Read more »
Althea Isabel (Morse) Lawrence of Rochester, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2020 peacefully in her home. She was born on July 3, 1928 in Acushnet, the daughter of Herman Morse and Clara (Ellis) Morse. Althea is the mother of Wayne B. Lawrence of Fayetteville, GA, Susan Althea Lawrence McCombe of Wareham and the late Jo-Ann […] Read more »