Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday set December 30 and January 9 as its next two important action dates. The board scheduled a site visit of BWC Snows Pond LLC’s plan to build a 12.55-acre solar array along Cushman Road for December 30 and continued the project’s hearing until January 9, 2024. Engineering consultant […] Read more »
Dan Crete appeared before the Marion Conservation Commission on November 15 to address concerns about his unauthorized float system at his Saltworks Marine boat repair and storage business at 288 Wareham Street (Route 6.) Conservation Agent Doug Guey-Lee summarized his visit to the site and noted that the floats had been removed from […] Read more »
The Marion Natural History Museum hosted a community program on December 8 on the topic of the American Black Bear. Speakers Jason Zimmer and Stephen Wright from the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife discussed bear populations across the commonwealth, lifecycles, denning and food sources. They also discussed the importance of minimizing the opportunities […] Read more »
Seventeen Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School students were inducted into the school’s chapter of the National Honor Society on December 7. The newest members of the National Honor Society are 12th graders Gideon Drury (Electrical), Simon Heaslip (Horticulture), Jabnael Lozada Santana (Engineering Technology), Ivey Patton-Salsman (Marine Technology), Brodie Scott (Horticulture), Camryn Valley (Veterinary Science), […] Read more »
The South Coast Bikeway and walking path will go through Marion, and the town’s Pathway Committee met on Tuesday to begin finalizing plans. The committee met with Jeff Oakes, the town’s representative to the South Coast Bikeway Alliance, to iron out some of the small issues pertaining to a 4-mile bike and walking […] Read more »
In a town as old as ours there are many locations that have gone through changes. In the center of town, the building created to hold the” Academy” is the current church vestry. Streams dammed for foundries later powered sawmills. One such place off of Rte. 105 has been home to some very […] Read more »
Rochester’s Select Board has set a Special Town Meeting for January 22, 2024, for what Town Administrator Glenn Cannon called “a few cleanup items, including town financials.” During Monday night’s public meeting held at the Senior Center, Cannon elaborated after the Select Board’s approval of the Special Town Meeting date that 11 articles […] Read more »
Yoga is all about mindfulness and self-improvement. But to a group of area residents – many connected to the yoga-based studio in Mattapoisett – they will take that mindfulness and balance and look to bring it to Botswana, Kenya, according to Mattapoisett resident Kerin McKinnon, who will lead a group of 18 people and […] Read more »
Come one. Come all. Join the Mattapoisett Museum at 5 Church St on Sunday, December 17 at 4:00 for its all Holida Sing-along. Led by Steve LaValley and accompanied by Gail Roberts, the song list will include old time favorites such as Jingle Bells, Rudolf, Deck the Halls, White Christmas and many more. Santa will […] Read more »
To the Editor; On December 2, 2023, I arrived at Howland Marsh to assist the Sippican Land Trust with trail maintenance. I was shocked to see so many empty beer cans thrown in the bushes across the street on land trust property, so I put on my gloves, grabbed my pickers, and removed four […] Read more »