Alignment across the Old Rochester Regional School District, it was agreed by the Mattapoisett School Committee, is essential to strengthening learning at the most local level. The committee met on December 7 to review and vote to approve the 2023-24 School Improvement Plan, which was presented by local elementary school principals Dr. Linda […] Read more »
First, some vocabulary. Cannabis is synonymous with marijuana and refers to a plant, the chemicals in the plant and products derived from the plant. THC, tetrahydrocannabinol, is the primary psychoactive compound in cannabis. Cannabidiol (CBD) is also psychoactive but does not have the euphoric effect of THC. CBD sold is usually derived directly from […] Read more »
I went to some of my most used sources to look for Rochester Christmas past. Abraham Holmes had nothing which is not a surprise given the Puritan influence in early New England. L.C. Humphrey made no mention of Christmas but that could be that no one asked him the right questions. Finally, I went to […] Read more »
The Showstoppers Community-Service singing troupe will hold their final performance of the season at the Music Hall in Marion at 164 Front Street on Wednesday, December 27 at 6:30 pm. Open to the public, the show will feature songs they’ve been performing all month long at various nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospitals, […] Read more »
Coming before the Mattapoisett Planning Board during their December 18 public meeting was Tree Committee Chairman Sandy Hering. Fresh from the well-attended Tree Committee meeting, Hering brought the Planning Board up to date on what had transpired and possible involvement, or lack thereof, for the Planning Board. Hering explained that the Tree Committee […] Read more »
The Library will be closed December 24 to 26 in celebrations of Christmas. Indoor Holiday Book Sale through December 23. Find great gifts for the whole family at our annual holiday book sale at the Elizabeth Taber Library. New books added everyday. 3D printed holiday ornament kits – available throughout December. Convert drawings […] Read more »
Rep. Bill Straus (D-Mattapoisett) is pleased to announce that Fairhaven, Marion and Mattapoisett have been selected to receive Community Compact IT Grants for FY24 from the Healey-Driscoll Administration. In the largest of the local grants, Fairhaven will receive $150,000 for the implementation of a records management system along with Marion which will receive $135,000 […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional High School’s boys’ basketball team played Nauset Regional on December 15 at home and won 64-24. The win brought the Bulldogs’ record to 2-1. It was neck and neck in the first quarter, with ORR being up 12-9 by the end of it. But in the second quarter, that’s […] Read more »
Now that the heat is apparently off south-coast homeowners to budget for a state-legislated upgrade to their Title 5 septic systems to costly denitrification technology, Marion Board of Health founding member Albin Johnson wants to take it a step further and find out if the board can repeal the recently approved town bylaw requiring […] Read more »
People ask me where ideas for columns come from and how I became a writer. I always say, the former is a mystery, and the latter was sheer luck. It’s true. I recall I wrote a letter to the editor, then another and another and one day one appeared on the Op-ed page with […] Read more »