George Whitney of Marion graduated this summer from Ohio Wesleyan University. Whitney earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. At Ohio Wesleyan, Whitney majored in Business (Management Concentration.) Read more »
Academic Achievements
UFO’s
I don’t generally write columns at someone’s request, but a high-ranking local official has been bugging me to write about UFO’s. I am a bit of a coward so I don’t want to cross this person in the event something comes up where I might need the person’s official help. This same official […] Read more »
Webers Get Drainage Plan Approval
David Davignon of Schneider, Davignon & Leone, Inc., made it to the Marion Conservation Commission’s September 13 public meeting in time to present his Request for Determination of Applicability for proposed stormwater outfall improvements on behalf of applicants William Jr. and Elizabeth Weber, 21 East Avenue. The Webers were awarded a Negative Determination […] Read more »
Norman J. “Norm” Lyonnais
Norman J. “Norm” Lyonnais passed away on Tuesday September 19, 2023, at his home in Mattapoisett. Born in New Bedford on June 11, 1936, he was the son of Eucharist Lyonnais and Viola (Phaneuf) Lyonnais. Norm left New Bedford Vocational High School in 1955, at the age of 17, to join the United States […] Read more »
Diane Hawley Currens D’Almeida
Diane Hawley Currens D’Almeida, age 77, passed away in Brookline, MA on September 14, 2023, from complications after a fall in her summer home in Marion, MA. Diane was born at the Richardson House in Boston, Massachusetts on April 19, 1946, to Dr. James Hawley Currens and Helenka Chmielinski Currens. Diane grew up in Newton, […] Read more »
From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society
In this area, with September comes the threat of hurricanes and memories of hurricanes past. Probably the ones that most come to mind on the Southcoast are the Hurricane of ‘38, Hurricane Carol and Hurricane Bob. I just recently learned that Carol was actually just one of the hurricanes of 1954. The picture with […] Read more »
Rochester Women’s Club
Join us on September 27 at 6:30 pm. Susannah Otocki will be at the Rochester Women’s Club with her last performance of our Summer Crystal Bowls Series. Come and experience the pure tones of gemstone, precious metal and mineral infused Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls. Let these beautiful bowls take you on an inner journey of […] Read more »
Trustees Pause on Little Library
In recent months, a mailbox-sized Little Free Diverse Library, its glass front requesting, “Diverse and Anti-Racist Books Only,” has been sitting on a post outside the Plumb Public Library’s front entrance. The little library has drawn criticism, as Rochester residents crowded into the Senior Center meeting room for a Board of Library Trustees […] Read more »
Hollywood Subdivision Planned
Coming before the Mattapoisett Planning Board on Monday night was Chris Vandenberghe, represented by Brian Potvin of Civil and Environmental Consultants for property located at 7 Hollywood Road. During the informal discussion, Potvin explained that nine acres owned by Vandenberghe would be subdivided into seven buildable lots served by a new roadway. Potvin […] Read more »
Helen “Lenkie” Angier Trumbull
Helen “Lenkie” Angier Trumbull passed away peacefully at her summer home in Marion, Massachusetts, surrounded by her family, on Thursday, September 14, 2023. Born in Brookline, MA in 1930, Lenkie was the daughter of Donald and Helen (Cumming) Angier. Growing up in Brookline, she attended Winsor School, before attending and graduating from Westover School […] Read more »