Town Administrator Suzanne Szyndlar summarized Town Meeting warrant articles for the Board of Selectmen during its June 1 remote access meeting. The board will hold at least one more meeting before the Monday, June 22, 7:00 pm Town Meeting at Rochester Memorial School. The annual operating budget will see a 1.97 percent increase for FY21 […] Read more »
There hadn’t been a gathering in the village of Marion of this many people in months. Nearly 200 citizens in face masks converged on the lawn of the Marion Music Hall on the afternoon of June 2 in solidarity with the rest of the nation to protest the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black […] Read more »
Lorraine M. (Graham) Ward, 88, passed away peacefully of natural causes on Saturday, May 30, 2020. She was born on June 6, 1931 in Perth Amboy, NJ, and was raised in Arlington, MA. She’s a graduate of Boston College and married Robert Ward in 1953. She moved to upstate New York, started a family and […] 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 Marion Zoning Board of Appeals held its first remote access meeting on May 21, solely to approve the minutes from its March 12 meeting. The occasion allowed members of the board to get a run-through on the Zoom video-conference technology that has become, along with similar online platforms, the norm during the COVID-19 pandemic. […] Read more »
Parting Ways Consignment, a local nonprofit organization located at 3 Wells Road, Marion will be re-opening on June 2, with hours from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Donations are accepted; consignors and shoppers are welcomed. Masks must be worn, gloves are suggested. For more information please go to our website at www.partingwaysconsignment.com Read more »
A zoning bylaw was debated and dissected on May 18 when the Marion Planning Board met for the first time in six weeks. The remote-access meeting was set up to approve a proposed change in the multi-residential housing bylaw No. 230-5.3, decreasing maximum density allowed via the number of units per acre from 12 to […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health and Town Administrator Jay McGrail wish they could hire both of the finalists for the part-time health-agent position that was created with the retirement of Karen Walega as a shared health director of the recently dissolved Marion-Rochester Health District. After May 21 interviews with Anna McEntee and David Flaherty and […] Read more »