The day after Town Administrator Jay McGrail presented Marion’s Fiscal Year 2022 budget to the Board of Selectman, he met with the Finance Committee on February 3 to do the same, and the message was consistent. Department heads were asked to present a level-services budget. “This is not where we started. A lot […] Read more »
Although Old Rochester Regional girls basketball’s regular-season record may indicate this season was an easy one for the Bulldogs, that was far from the case. The Bulldogs turned their season-opening three-game winning streak into an undefeated 7-0 regular season after they were forced to put things on pause and quarantine for seven days, missing […] Read more »
The Marion Scholarship Committee wishes to invite graduating seniors who reside in Marion and plan to attend college in the fall to apply for the Marion Scholarship Fund. The scholarship is funded by donations from very generous Marion residents. Amounts will vary depending on the funds received. Details on how to apply can be found […] Read more »
Now that the preliminary meetings have concluded and with eight separate sections of the outdated 2000 Master Plan to review, study and update, Mattapoisett’s Master Plan Committee began the real work of identifying issues and making recommendations on Land Use, Housing, Economic Development, and Climate Resiliency during its February 3 meeting. The members […] Read more »
The news that cars were pulling into the recently improved parking area at Grassi Bog was inspiring to Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission Chairman John Rockwell, who shook off Vice Chairman Alan Harris’s report that the area “is getting a little muddy and dug up.” Harris told MOSAC members during their February 4 […] Read more »
A total of 1,453 students were named to College of the Holy Cross’ Dean’s List for outstanding academic achievement during the fall semester of the 2020-21 academic year. The following Tri-Town students made the list: Collin Fitzpatrick of Marion, a member of the Class of 2022, majoring in Economics; Danielle Nutter of Mattapoisett, a member […] Read more »
On February 4, during the meeting of the Mattapoisett Finance Committee, Highway Surveyor Barry Denham announced he would not be running for reelection. Denham has been the go-to-person at the Highway Department for the last 15 years. Prior to his current position at the Highway Department, Denham was a selectman for six years […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission faces a $1 million decision on how to update its water-treatment facility, and the increasing sense is that its members have already decided it makes no sense to save that million knowing it will likely lead to much greater spending later. Koch Separation Systems can either […] Read more »
Bishop Stang Senior and left-handed pitcher Max Brulport of Rochester signed a Letter of Commitment at Bishop Stang High School, attended by his parents, Beth and Mark Brulport, along with coach Brian Rose and friends. This Fall, Max will play NCAA Division II baseball for the Stonehill College Skyhawks while studying Business Management and Marketing. […] Read more »
Janice Pinkham Emmons, December 15, 1929-January 22, 2021. Our beloved Jan; daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, friend, hostess extraordinaire, dog lover, gardener, third generation A.M.C. Three Mile Island camper and overall tour de force has left us peacefully after a brief illness under the wonderful care of her daughter, Liz. She was the wife of […] Read more »