The pivotal appropriation of $1,202,688 was approved by an overwhelming margin at Marion’s Special Fall Town Meeting held Monday night at Sippican Elementary School, green-lighting construction of a new Maritime Center for Harbormaster Department operations at Island Wharf. The appropriation will come from the town’s Waterways Account, which is funded by harbor-related fees that were […] Read more »
An hour before Tuesday night’s Select Board meeting, the Town of Marion held an information session on the Maritime Center that will ask voters to appropriate $1,202,688 at the Monday, October 23, Special Town Meeting at Sippican Elementary School. Current funding for a new harbormaster headquarters is $1,603,000 via grant funding from the […] Read more »
There is a Special Town Meeting scheduled for Mattapoisett voters on Monday, November 6. It will be held starting at 6:30 pm in the Auditorium at Old Rochester Regional High School. The deadline for new voters to register in order to be able participate in this meeting is Friday, October 27. Voters who are already […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Historical Commission is pleased to announce that Ms. Lynn Smiledge has been selected to complete Phase One of the Mattapoisett community-wide survey. Ms. Smiledge is a preservation consultant who has extensive education and experience in preservation history and planning. She has a strong base of knowledge in the history, architecture and culture of […] Read more »
The response of Old Hammondtown Elementary School students in neighboring Mattapoisett to an opportunity to participate in television production with Old Rochester Community Television caught ORCTV Executive Director Robert Chiarito off guard. “Every single fifth grader tried to sign up,” Chiarito told the Marion Select Board during Tuesday night’s public meeting at the […] Read more »
For some 38 years during the summer, give or take a few days here and there, I had breakfast with the same group of men. The local coffee shop was our meeting place. It was my morning routine. Our group included an advertising specialties salesman who spent his days selling any product that […] Read more »
While our Townwide Scavenger Hunt was greeted with enthusiasm, no one came forward to claim a prize. I thought I would let everyone know the locations of the places on the hunt. #1 was the location of the Roller Rink that was once part of an entertainment area across the street from Mary’s Pond. […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Police Annual Halloween Parade on October 31. The parade will start at 6:00 pm behind Center School on Church Street. Judging and candy will begin at 6:45 pm in the rear of Center School, open to Mattapoisett residents only. Read more »
The Mattapoisett Planning Board’s October 17 meeting was about 17 minutes long, a far cry from previous meetings lasting hours and chalk-a-block full of technical details. But the town’s business, whether massive or small, is noteworthy. Coming before the board on Tuesday night was developer Scott Snow to finalize a surety agreement for […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional High School girls’ volleyball team continued its dominance on Monday with a Senior Night sweep of visiting Somerset Berkley (11-6), 3-0. Kamryn Rodrigues had 10 kills, five digs, 11 service points and pair of aces, while Arielle Troupe had eight kills as ORR moved to 11-4 on the season […] Read more »