During the February 1 meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board, board member Nathan Ketchel reported on the Mattapoisett Neck Road Resiliency Project. This study program is being funded by a grant the town received from the state’s Coastal Zone Management division of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. The town received $74,981 […] Read more »
Nomination papers are available and may be obtained by contacting the Marion Town Clerk’s office at 508-748-3502, magauran@marionma.gov, or by making an appointment. The deadline to submit the signed nomination papers will be Monday March 22, by 5:00 pm. With the new restrictions and difficulties arising as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have outlined some […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center is pleased to announce the return of ArtStart in 2021. ArtStart is the MAC’s summer art program for children aged 4 ½ to 9 years, offered in late June through July. ArtStart teachers are specialists in music, dance, theater, and art, and most teach throughout the year and are professionals in […] Read more »
On Saturday, January 30, 2021, Leola N. Medina, loving wife, and mother of four children and grandmother to five grandchildren, passed away peacefully at the age of 86. Leola was born in Baker Brook, New Brunswick, Canada to Adelard and Emma (Baker) Nadeau. She came to Massachusetts to pursue her education. Education was very […] Read more »
The state has approved the Town of Marion to receive 100 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination for those eligible through Phase 2 of the state’s vaccination distribution plan, according to the Town’s latest press release. “The big problem,” said Marion Board of Health Chairman Dr. Edward Hoffer on February 2, “is there […] Read more »
Raegan Rapoza was a sophomore at Old Rochester Regional High School when she was walking to basketball practice and spotted Eddie Gonet and Ryu Huynh-Aoyama in the library with “a bunch of food and a bunch of people.” Rapoza decided to sit down and listen. “It was enticing,” she said, hearing the co-founders […] Read more »
To the Editor; The Buzzards Bay Coalition (BBC) continues to promote the idea of a regional wastewater solution centered at the Wareham plant on the Agawam River that would treat waste from Bourne, Wareham, Plymouth, Marion, and Mass Maritime Academy. Conceptually, it’s a good idea as waste treatment plants have high fixed costs and are […] 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 »
Even household budgets require data to be effective in managing expenses and how those expenses will be funded. Now consider the monumental task of building a budget for a town, any town, with its various cost centers, revenue streams, and, of course, contingency for the unexpected. Data is king in drilling down and in […] Read more »
We always welcome the arrival of mid-winter along the Southcoast of Buzzards Bay as a seasonal sense of satisfaction that the bleak shoreline outside our picture window is now six weeks behind us. On Groundhog Day, the sun rose a few minutes before 7:00 am and set at 5:00 pm for nine hours […] Read more »