The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is now at the forefront of the Route 6 redevelopment plan that once bore the fingerprints of the Southeastern Regional Economic Planning and Development District (SRPEDD). A SRPEDD member sits in on the DOT conference calls, but the commonwealth’s new leadership sits well with members of the Marion […] Read more »
The recent detection of Escherichia coli bacteria in a private well-water test in Marion has the Board of Health pursuing the framework for a new regulation that would require regular testing in the 40 private wells designated by their owners for drinking water supply. In her October 5 report to the board, Public […] Read more »
The picture accompanying this article shows a calm and lovely Mary’s Pond, but as I looked through a scrapbook at the museum, I found an article that showed a very different scene on a May Day about 75 years ago. In the 1940s, Rochester residents were used to seeing planes maneuvering in the sky as […] Read more »
Friday, October 8, at 4:00 pm: Pine Meadows Children’s Zoo Returns to the Elizabeth Taber Library! This summer, readers at the Elizabeth Taber Library, with help from Eastern Bank, raised over $500 dollars for Heifer International, an organization that provides working animals to communities in need around the world. The Pine Meadows Children’s petting zoo […] Read more »
They are a small but mighty society of like-minded individuals with a laser focus on all things historic, especially if its anything to do with the Town of Rochester. And that passion to preserve the past and present it to future generations was on full display when the Rochester Historical Society opened its second […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board moved on from two major matters during its October 4 Zoom meeting, voting unanimously to recommend a zoning reclassification that will make possible a 48-unit, multi-family housing complex on Route 6 and finding peaceful closure to what had been a contentious exchange with Wings Cove-area abutters to the controversial pier […] Read more »
The Marion Historical Commission is pleased to announce that Ms. Lynn Smiledge has been selected to complete Phase II of updating the Marion Village Historic Survey. Work will begin this month to expand and update the Inventory of Historic Assets, initially completed in 1998, to make it more accessible, easier to use, and fully compliant […] Read more »
The Annual Meeting of The Friends of the Marion Council on Aging (FMCOA) will be held on Thursday, October 21, at 5:00 pm at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center, Route 6, Marion. We will meet in-person with masks required. The meeting is open to the public. Architect Laura Fitch will be our guest […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Lions Club presents its annual Fall Free Family Fun Festival! Saturday, October 16, from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Shipyard Park, Mattapoisett! Hayrides, goody bags, pin the nose on the pumpkin, pumpkin bowling, corn hole, coloring station, refreshments, Halloween music, and more! Kids may select one pumpkin from the Pumpkin Patch to […] Read more »
The Marion Natural History Museum’s focus on timely science and matters pertaining to the natural world was once again brought to the fore when the museum hosted Scott Lindell of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on September 30. Lindell is a researcher whose primary interests are in finding ways to make the oceans a […] Read more »