Phyllis M. (Lawson) Eklund was born 92 years ago in Brockton, Mass., and grew up in Campello, the Swedish neighborhood. Her earliest memories were of her father’s funeral home on Sheppard Street, where for a few years she lived with her parents, John and Signe (Birath) Lawson, and her older brother, John Quentin Lawson. […] Read more »
TTAR will be having our third in the Community Conversations series focusing on the Importance of Representation in Literacy: Highlighting the Value of Complex Subjects in Literature Selection. The event will be led by a panel of local librarians. It will be hosted at Tabor Academy on Monday November 14, 6:30-8. Please register by Friday, […] Read more »
Marion (Old Rochester) is one of the oldest towns in the United States, and the Sippican Historical Society maintains an extensive collection of documentation on its historic buildings. In 1998, the Sippican Historical Society commissioned an architectural survey of Marion’s historic homes and buildings. Over 100 were cataloged and photographed. SHS will feature one building […] Read more »
Back attending in person on November 3 after “zooming” into the Marion Board of Health following a hospital stay, Dr. Ed Hoffer focused his comments in two public hearings for septic-system variances on what happens after the systems become operational. The board, including Chairman Dr. John Howard and the recent addition of foundational […] Read more »
Alicia Crabbe will take us on a journey to discover what it is like to volunteer at the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary on the Platte River in Nebraska to experience the greatest crane migration in the world. We explore the river, the prairie and the elegant Sandhill Cranes on Thursday, November 17 at 7:00 pm at […] Read more »
To the Editor; Recently there has been a surge in tree removal. Several properties in town have been cleared and left fallow with stumps and debris. Other trees have been removed because the homeowner considers them a danger and could fall and do damage. Or in some cases the tree has grown too large […] Read more »
The Town of Rochester held an Interdepartmental public meeting on November 2, allowing the department heads to put their heads together in a rare setting to discuss several key topics and issues facing the town. As the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) looks to expand into Rochester with the South Coast Rail, the […] Read more »
We recently had the opportunity to meet one of Mattapoisett’s senior citizens who, at the age of 94, is still seeking ways to connect to other people, Hope Bradley Finley. Her soft-spoken and gentle demeanor belies an inner strength and grit. As a working mother of four children, she pushed through exhaustion and the […] Read more »
The SHS Speaker Series continues with a presentation on November 17 at 7:00 pm by Madeleine Deschamps at the Marion Art Center’s Anne Braitmayer Webb Theater. The talk entitled, “The Creation of la Côte d’Azur: How the Southeastern coast of France became myth and reality as the French Riviera.” The presentation will be a free, […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board recently approved the request of the Marion Historical Commission to appoint a seven-member Local Historic District Study Committee to explore the possibilities of establishing a local historic district in the Marion Village area. This process is based on the Massachusetts Historical Commission’s provisions under MA General Laws, Ch. 40C. It […] Read more »