Eric A. Johansen, 60, of Rochester, passed away peacefully Friday, October 23, 2020 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a recent cancer diagnosis. He was a loving husband to Jacqueline M. (Comeau) Johansen for over 33 years. Eric was born in New Bedford to Ronald and Beverly N. (Corrie) Johansen of Fairhaven, where […] Read more »
The October 21 meeting of the Mattapoisett School Committee was held to confront mounting frustration on the part of citizens on two related fronts: There is a crisis of faith with the Old Rochester Regional School District’s lack of transparency where it concerns a full, in-person learning plan for the 2020-21 academic year; there […] Read more »
Marion Town Administrator James McGrail, Council on Aging Director Karen Gregory, and Marion Recreation Director Jody Dickerson are pleased to announce an upcoming Thanksgiving food distribution event for any Marion residents in need this holiday season on Friday, November 20 from 10:00 a.m. – noon at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center, 465 Mill St. […] Read more »
Dear Editor, I would like to encourage residents of Marion to support the Hoff project and come, if possible, to the Fall Town Meeting at ORRHS on November 5 at 6:45 pm. You may have seen concerns about the value of this land to the town, particularly the financial impacts. First, if we are […] Read more »
Alisa Susan (Haimowitz) Pate, 58, of Rochester, MA, daughter of the late Harold B. Haimowitz and Eileen Panitz Haimowitz, passed away on October 8, 2020. Alisa was born in Miami Beach, FL on June 23, 1962. She was raised in Jacksonville, Florida where she attended Wolfson Senior High School, and then served in the […] Read more »
Michele E. (Leger) Taylor, 69, of Fairhaven died October 29, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospital. She was the wife of Barry E. Scott. Born in Acushnet, daughter of the late Raymond J. and Germaine C. (Bussiere) Leger, she was raised in New Bedford before moving to Fairhaven in 1993. She was employed […] Read more »
One of three cases scheduled to be heard at the October 22 meeting of the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals was discussed, but without resolution. Case No. 780 filed by Katrina Trull, 12 Emil’s Way, requests a Special Permit under Section 230-8.6 for an in-law apartment. Trull was accompanied on Zoom by her […] Read more »
My dad had a pretty set routine throughout my childhood. He would come home after a hard day’s work, fix himself a dry martini, proceed to the den with a newspaper tucked under his arm, turn on the television to the local news, and resign to his familiar spot on the sofa. He’d […] 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 »
Marion Town Planner Gil Hilario told Monday night’s October 26 Energy Management Committee meeting that he has received official notice from the state giving Marion the approval to spend from the Green Communities grant. “We will start completing the projects very soon,” said Hilario. “They’re all small projects, except for the Community Center.” […] Read more »