The Rochester Conservation Commission reviewed plans for new housing developments and their potential impact on wetlands areas in their meeting held on June 2. Stephen Meltzer of Edgewood Development, representing plans put forth by Willow Creek Builders, presented an outline for the proposed construction of wells on Box Turtle Drive and Horse Neck Road. The […] Read more »
Given the ongoing concerns and restrictions related to COVID-19, the Buzzards Bay Musicfest concert series scheduled for this July has been postponed to July 2021. This annual event has provided the highest quality classical and jazz music entertainment in Marion for 23 years. The BBMF has worked hard to find the safest solution and appreciate […] Read more »
Free Books Bundles are being given away each week outside the Mattapoisett Free Public Library, thanks to the Friends of the Library. The group gave the staff the okay to sort and offer book sale donations since sales have been postponed. Bags of books for adults, teens, students, and very young patrons are lined up […] Read more »
For over 60 years, The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club has been striving to help young people in their educational pursuits. This year the Club is happy to award four scholarships to area students. The selected students are: Lauren Lapointe of Bishop Stang, who will attend Sacred Heart University majoring in nursing. She is the daughter of Diane […] Read more »
Dear Editor, Like most of us, I am grateful to our first responders, health care workers, delivery people, and essential service workers who are, at great risk, keeping us going during the pandemic. However, I am most grateful for the small businesses in the Tri-Town who have quickly stepped up to provide essential services locally […] Read more »
All of Marion’s emergency supplies have been put to the Police Department for emergency response and “are getting depleted pretty fast,” according to Health Nurse Kathleen Downey, addressing the Board of Health during its June 2 remote access meeting. Downey said that she had put in an order for what the Police Department needed for […] Read more »
Appearing remotely before the Mattapoisett Planning Board during their June 1 meeting was local developer Scott Snow. He requested that the board members approve an amendment to an existing covenant for the Eldridge Estates subdivision located off Prospect Road. The covenant maintains that the roadway would be completed prior to any construction of homes in […] Read more »
On Monday, June 1, after extensive meetings with Town Administrator Michael Lorenco and Board of Health agent Kayla Davis, the Mattapoisett Recreation Department announced that they will not be running their Seahorse Explorer summer camp program and all other summer programming due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns. Greta Fox, Recreation Director for the Town of Mattapoisett, […] 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 »
Chairman Mike King of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission has established an ebb and flow to public hearings, especially those where abutters’ concerns are raised and/or the complexity of a project warrants additional time in the “new normal” of remote meetings. King has commented several times during the pandemic emergency that he believes it is important […] Read more »