The 13,500 acres off Acushnet Road dubbed The Bogs is a Buzzards Bay Coalition property that has become a favorite place to recreate. It has been the BBC’s plan since obtaining the former cranberry bogs to restore some 64 acres to a more natural state and then let Mother Nature take it from there. […] Read more »
Marion Affordable Housing Trust Chairperson Terri Santos encouraged attending members Nancy McFadden, Tangi Thomas and Minhtram Tran to take a spin on the housing page of Falmouth’s website for some ideas to consider as the Marion committee broke for the summer on Tuesday night. Santos acknowledged that the cape-side town has “different housing needs” […] Read more »
Each year Old Rochester Community Television awards one graduating senior from our Old Rochester Regional High School video production program, its ‘Outstanding Student Award’. The scholarship is meant to assist the student as they move on to study video production or film upon entering college. The recipient of this year’s award is Chris Bell […] Read more »
Lego Club Thursday. 4pm May-September – Lego club is back. Join us Thursdays at 4pm in the library courtyard for child-led play, open to all ages. This is a drop-in activity, we provide the Legos, you provide the creativity. Oversized-Legos available for young children. Lego club will be held indoors in case of bad weather. […] Read more »
It’s been two weeks since the post-Memorial Day summer boating season started, and already the Marion harbormaster and staff are keeping very busy. “It’s just been super busy since the season began,” Assistant Harbormaster Dave Wilson reported to the Marine Resources Commission at its June 13 meeting in the police station conference room. “It’s […] Read more »
The 44-minute, June 9 public hearing was held via Zoom video conferencing, but evident was the heaviness with which Marion Select Board Chairman Randy Parker sought a motion that board member Norm Hills would deliver and board member Toby Burr would second to order humane euthanization for a Marion dog named Stella. The […] Read more »
The MIAA’s decision not to hold an individual tennis tournament this year weighs more heavily on Brooklyn Bindas’ supporters than it does on the 16-year-old, high school sophomore. “I don’t mind, I still have two more years that I could try to play,” said Bindas, a Rochester resident who attends Wareham High School […] Read more »
Silas D. Coellner, Principal of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, announces the following Students of the Month for May, 2022: Green Team: Caroline Hudelette & Nina Pierre Orange Team: Delilah Post & Jiya Patel Blue Team: Katherine Guevara & Jackson Daniel Red Team: Sophia Anesti & Belle Comorosky Exploratory Team: Elizabeth Kilpatrick & Benjamin […] Read more »
The Board of Trustees of Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library in Rochester are pleased to announce the hiring of Jennifer Woodward as the next Library Director. Mrs. Woodward, previously Assistant Director of the Falmouth Public Library, lives in Buzzards Bay and has many years of public library experience to her credit. She will be joining […] Read more »
The June 13 meeting of the Mattapoisett School Committee started off bittersweet, marking the end of Rose Bowman’s long and illustrious tenure as the town’s principal overseeing Center and Old Hammondtown elementary schools. Having gotten her start as a second-grade teacher in 1971, then in New Bedford Public Schools, Bowman first shifted into […] Read more »