The Marion Art Center is pleased to announce the return of MAC Dance Academy this fall. MAC Dance Academy is a classically taught dance studio that fosters individuality and fun for all dancers. This low-key, low-cost program provides extraordinary dance instruction by Teah Keogh (“Miss Teah”) in ballet, tap, and jazz, and also touches on […] Read more »
Our friend the bard, you know, Will Shakespeare, has authored plays that speak to every single human emotion, condition, and behavior from the heights of love to the despair of the same and everything in between. He takes us on journeys of the mind that transcend space and time to any space in time […] Read more »
On August 12, the Rochester Board of Selectmen met briefly to discuss an appointment and to affirm the appointment of a treasurer, and to go into executive session to discuss non-union personnel matters. The board appointed Mike Kavacevich to the Rochester Cultural Council for a term of three years, and they affirmed the […] Read more »
In coordination with the Friends of Marion Recreation group, the Marion Department of Recreation is happy to announce the purchase of a Mobi-Chair. The Mobi-Chair is a high-quality, floating beach wheelchair that provides a seamless transition “from boardwalk-to beach-to water. Wheelchair users, children, and adults with special needs can benefit from the convenience, portability, […] Read more »
Mattapoisett 5th annual Dog Walk A Thon, Saturday, August 28, from 8:00 am – 12:00 pm. Sign up at Center school Parking lot. Come strut your pup at your own leisure. Enjoy a marked half-mile loop or a 1-mile loop around the village. We ask for a $20 donation and receive a t-shirt. All proceeds […] Read more »
Henry David Thoreau’s description of the loud, alarming call of the blue jay within hearing in our backyards is an accurate one; he likened the sound to an unreal, steel scream shattering the silence on an otherwise quiet day. It sounded to him like catching a thief in the act of committing a crime […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board reviewed the 11 articles for the Special Town Meeting warrant during its August 17 Zoom meeting. Town Meeting will be held on October 19. The deadline for articles and citizen petitions is August 31, and the warrant closes on September 21. Town Administrator Jay McGrail summarized the articles for […] Read more »
Jon Gregory of engineering firm Tata & Howard told the Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission on August 10 that he received a positive report and laboratory data from Koch Separation Solutions after a test run of the Puron water filtering cartridge that the district has chosen for its water-treatment plant over its expiring […] Read more »
The Rev. Robert Malm, Retired Rector Grace Church, Alexandria, VA will conduct services at 8:00 am and 10:00 am on Sunday, August 22, at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, next to the Town Beach in Mattapoisett. This is the 137th Summer Season at St. Philip’s when clergy from nearby and far visit every week, using the […] Read more »
With all the coverage of the dangers of climate change, it reaffirms the importance of trees to our wellbeing. At times it does seem ironic that some green energy solutions meant to help the problem cause the cutting down of so many of those helpful trees. Trees and Rochester have always gone together. At one […] Read more »