On Thursday, May 13, at 6:00 pm, the bandstand at Marion Harbor will be the site for a staged reading of “LZ Bravo: A Vietnam Tour of Duty,” an original, one-act drama conceived and written by John Heavey, a local actor and the drama director at Tabor Academy. The play is based in part on […] Read more »
The Annual Town Meeting is scheduled for 6:30 pm on Monday, May 10, at Old Rochester Regional High School. The Annual Town Election will be held at Old Hammondtown School on Tuesday, May 18. The polls will be open from 8:00 am until 8:00 pm. More information is available on the town website www.mattapoisett.net. Please […] Read more »
The scholarship committee of the Rochester Women’s Club is very proud to announce the winners of their scholarships. From Old Rochester Regional High School, Carly Drew and Paige Sommers will each receive the Raymond C. Hartley $1,000 Scholarship. Dalaney Shaw of Portsmouth Abbey School will receive the $1,000 “Snookie” Scholarship. We are honored […] Read more »
The owner of the Dunkin’ establishment at 450 Wareham Street went before the Marion Planning Board on May 3 seeking minor alterations to a site plan that had been awarded a special permit. The signature change is the elimination of the word ‘Donuts’ from the Dunkin’ brand. As tweaked, the letters of the […] Read more »
The Rochester Board of Selectmen wants more time to digest the Rochester Memorial School agreement. “It doesn’t make sense to us the way the numbers line up,” said Town Counsel Blair Bailey, explaining to the selectmen during their May 3 meeting that Town Administrator Suzanne Szyndlar “ran the numbers” and came to the […] Read more »
All Things Art @ the MAC is a new, immersive weeklong program in late summer for young artists ages 10-13. The program runs Monday-Friday, August 2-6, from 9:00 am – 12:30 pm daily. In this survey of different media and practices, young artists will experiment with drawing, sculpting, printing on fabric, working with clay, and […] Read more »
The Elizabeth Taber Library is conducting a community survey as part of our long-range strategic planning! We need your input to help us make decisions about future programs, services, and policies. Take the Elizabeth Taber Library Planning Survey online to be entered to win a $20 gift card. Print surveys are available at the Library, […] Read more »
This funding will continue our town-wide effort to document and research the important historic and architectural resources of Marion. In keeping with the Town’s Master Plan goals of preserving Marion’s “historic seaside charm,” our survey projects will give us the foundational basis for identifying and preserving properties and open spaces that contribute to Marion’s […] Read more »
In a lead-up to Mattapoisett’s May 10 Annual Town Meeting, months of board and committee meetings dissected finance reports, consultants’ studies, and departmental needs analyses, and debated at least a few controversial topics. Two Water and Sewer Department projects raised concerns during the April 29 meeting of the Mattapoisett Finance Committee. The members […] Read more »
Laurie Whitney-Lawrence will have to wait before she can legally use her Mendell Road property as a part-time event center. What began in 2013 as a $7,000 savings for her daughter’s wedding and reception evolved into a venue for other events including a fundraiser for Rochester Youth Baseball, memorial services and bridal showers. […] Read more »