Marion’s Planning Board took on a new look after the May 14 election saw Alanna Nelson and Jonathan Henry voted into two open seats vied for by five candidates, including incumbent Andrew Daniel. Henry and Nelson, representing the bookends of experience and new blood, garnered 241 and 245 votes respectively to outdistance Tucker […] Read more »
Registered Democrats in Marion will hold a caucus on June 17 to elect Delegates and Alternates to the 2021 Massachusetts Democratic State Convention. The caucus will take place virtually. Registered Marion Democrats who wish to participate may join the Zoom Meeting: us02web.zoom.us/j/89977386439?pwd=VlM1dmFxRW92bmo4QUVKdkFRTHJadz09 Meeting ID: 899 7738 6439 Passcode: 881795 One tap mobile +19292056099,,89977386439#,,,,*881795# US (New […] Read more »
The Elizabeth Taber Library needs your help! We are planning for the future and would like the input from everyone in the Tri-Town area. What do you love about the Elizabeth Taber Library? What could be improved? What is on your wish list? Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey and let […] Read more »
There were flowing tears of joy from Jodi Lynn Bauer and her campaign workers on May 18 as the election results were read by Mattapoisett Town Clerk Cathy Heuberger: Bauer with 1,154 votes and Nicole Demakis with 821. “I’m glad its over,” Bauer exclaimed while still wiping away tears. She said the last few […] Read more »
Attorney David E. Fox, 80, of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts died on May 17, 2021 at his home in Mattapoisett after a brief illness. He leaves his wife of 47 years, Barbara (White) Fox, his daughter, Deborah (Fox) Medici; sons, David B. Fox and his wife Janice of West Bridgewater; Todd Hutchinson of Titusville, FL; and […] Read more »
The news may have come at the end of the June 11 meetings of the Mattapoisett River Valley Water Supply Protection Advisory Committee and Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission, but it was hailed as a great accomplishment when Mattapoisett Water and Sewer Superintendent Henri Renauld announced that the district had received a Massachusetts […] Read more »
The New Bedford Symphony Orchestra (NBSO) and Cape Verdean Association (CVA) will be holding Junta Mon: Together in Music, a collaborative musical event on Saturday, June 5, 2021 from 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm at Island Park at 1157 Acushnet Avenue in the North End of New Bedford. This no-charge musical event for the whole […] Read more »
Help raise boating and life jacket safety awareness! Come to Ready, Set, Wear It Life Jacket event on Friday, May 21, sponsored locally by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 63 Onset Marion to raise awareness of the life-saving importance of always wearing a life jacket while boating. Visit www.safeboatingcampaign.com or www.facebook.com/flotilla63 for more information. […] Read more »
Vice Chairman Alan Harris decided not to run for re-election to the Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission primarily because he believes new blood is needed to strengthen the group. Chairman John Rockwell said during MOSAC’s May 6 Zoom meeting that he hopes Harris will remain interested in what commission is doing. “Mostly, Alan, […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club will perform “Macbeth” on May 21-22 as an outdoor film event at the high school. Based on “The Tragedy of Macbeth” by Sir William Shakespeare and starring Tyler Trudeau as Macbeth and Chloe Bean as Lady Macbeth, the cast includes Isabel Friedrichs, Lee Grondin, Jimmy Harrington, […] Read more »