A proposal for a new bylaw to would ban the sale of nip bottles in Marion was originally based on a fall Town Meeting, but Marion decided against holding a special Town Meeting so the matter will now go to Spring Town Meeting during the board’s public meeting on Monday night at the Police […] Read more »
The Tri-Town Veterans Office in conjunction with American Legion Post 280 would like to extend an invitation to all to attend the Mattapoisett Veterans Day Commemoration. The event will be held this Friday, November 11, at the Old Hammondtown School. We will begin at 11:00 am, and the program will last for approximately one hour. […] Read more »
To the Editor; For a little town like Marion, $1,200,000 is serious money. The Energy Management Committee (EMC) attended the October 18th meeting of the Select Board to celebrate a decade of progress toward its mission of reducing Marion’s dependence on fossil fuels and saving energy costs. To date the EMC has led efforts […] Read more »
The Rochester Finance Committee Monday night transferred $7,600 from the town’s reserve account in a bid to stop Council on Aging Executive Director Eric Poulin from resigning to take on a higher-paying job in Wellesley. Mike Cambra, vice-president of the COA Board of Directors, said Poulin has received an offer to work as […] Read more »
Josephine S. “Joan” Anderson, 100, of Rochester died peaceably on October 30, 2022. She was born in Lowell, daughter of the late Stanislaw and Antonina (Radziwilowicz) Pomarnacki. Joan’s life was shaped by multiple challenges- growing up during the depression, coming of age during World War II, and soon thereafter, becoming a single mother raising […] Read more »
The Knights of Columbus will be hosting a Country Music Night on Saturday, November 19, 7 pm to 11 pm featuring The Creekside Band. The event will be held at 57 Fairhaven Road, Mattapoisett, and the cost is $10 at the door. Read more »
The Marion Art Center announces a one day Live Wreath Decorating Workshop, scheduled on Saturday, December 3 from 10:30 am-12:00 pm in the MAC Studio. Decorate and take home your own 12-inch live wreath for the holiday season. The workshop, taught by MAC member Bunny Mogilnicki, is limited to 12 students, all ages welcome. All […] Read more »
As had occurred in the October 19 public meeting of the Old Rochester Regional School Committee, the October 27 public meeting of the Rochester School Committee addressed a state Open Meeting Law complaint filed by Rochester resident Rhonda Baptiste. The case stems from Facebook comments made by ORR School Committee member Joe Pires regarding […] Read more »
The Marion Natural History Museum would like to thank Jim Pierson for his presentation on an introduction to Backyard Archaeology for our afterschool group. The students had a chance to take a close look at some of the artifacts he’s found in his backyard and were shown how to use a metal detector to help […] Read more »
Please join us at the 55th Annual “Christmas by the Sea Bazaar” on Saturday, December 3 from 9 am – 1 pm at St. Anthony’s Parish, 26 Hammond Street, Mattapoisett. New to this year, over 50 pieces of original painted artwork by Sandy McIlmail, a Mattapoisett artist, will be available for purchase. Her beautiful […] Read more »