There will be a Pop-Up Shop featuring yarn, sewing & embroidery supplies on Saturday, April 9 from 9 am to 12 pm at the Rochester Senior Center, 67 Dexter Lane in Rochester. Come to our Pop-Up Shop featuring yarn, sewing & embroidery supplies, lots to choose from. Also featuring: Thread, Wool Material, Sewing Notions, Knitting […] Read more »
April is Art Month at the Elizabeth Library: A whole month featuring weekly events highlighting unique materials and artists. Week one: Glass Art with Deenie Pacik – Thursday April 7, 4 pm, Create beautiful fused glass pendants or magnets with colorful precut glass in this easy, fun class. Spaces are limited. Call to sign […] Read more »
Old Landing is an attractive little park and draws new interest for varying usage, but recent conversation with Demi Barros and Helen Westergard led Marion Town Administrator Jay McGrail to propose the installation of a plaque commemorating the Veterans Memorial at the Front Street site. In meeting with Barros and Westerguard, two members […] Read more »
Godspell the musical, which gained great acclaim when it was first performed in the early 1970s, has been a staple of many high school drama productions for decades. But for the Old Rochester Regional High School drama club, it is also a musical with history in the school. It was first performed 25 years […] Read more »
All Things Art @ the MAC returns for the 2022 summer camp season. Artist/Instructor Kate Frazer Rego will lead three sessions of this immersive weeklong program, which takes place in late summer and is geared toward young artists ages 10-13. During their time in the MAC Art Studio, young artists will experiment with a number […] Read more »
The SHS Speaker Series continues this Friday, April 8 at 7:00 pm with a presentation and lecture (via Zoom) about the historic preservation of the murals at 14 Main Street. Theresa Carmichael will give a PowerPoint presentation on the conservation of murals that depict life in a seaside community, presumably Marion, in the era of […] Read more »
To the Editor, The Mattapoisett Bike Path Study Committee has been working with the Town Select board to complete the 4.6-mile bike path in Mattapoisett for 25 years. Currently a common question is, “Why is it taking so long to complete Phase 1B, the section from Mattapoisett Neck Road to Railroad Ave?” Quite […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Select Board Chairman Jordan Collyer told the other board members and the public that discussions with Old Rochester Regional School District Superintendent Mike Nelson had taken place. Included in that discussion was Finance Committee Chairman Pat Donoghue, who had previously urged her committee not to support the FY23 local school budget as drafted […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission on Tuesday night approved a commission member’s project to construct a driveway on Gerrish Road near cranberry bogs. Commissioner Ben Bailey recused himself for the hearing that endorsed the Order of Conditions for the plan to place the driveway within the 100-foot buffer zone to a bordering, vegetative wetlands to […] Read more »
On Saturday, April 9 at 10 am, the Town of Marion will hold an Open House at the Dept. of Public Works Facility on Route 6. We will offer a tour of the buildings at the site and showcase the proposed plans for a new Dept. of Public Works Facility to be located on Benson […] Read more »