Like mother, like daughter, and like daughter again. This phrase can be applied to the Connolly family of Marion. Barbara Connolly was born in Ireland and was a competitive Irish stepdancer from the age of three. Her daughter Katie followed her footsteps, and now her daughter Emersyn is doing the same. In fact, […] Read more »
Rochester’s Zoning Board of Appeals met only briefly on January 11 to announce the withdrawal and postponement of its two posted hearings. Chair David Arancio reported that the applicants for a variance of the 70% maximum floor-area ratio for a project at Cranberry Highway (off County Road) are requesting to withdraw the petition “without […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional High School boys’ basketball team played Fairhaven High School away on January 12 and won 69-55. The win moved the Bulldogs’ record to 8-3, and they remained at 5-2 in the South Coast Conference. The Bulldogs went into the game without their starting center, Robert Spenard, with Noah Mendes taking […] Read more »
A section of the current exhibit at the Rochester Historical Museum is devoted to “celebrations.” Among those is the 300th Anniversary. As mentioned before, these activities began with “Founder’s Day” in 1979 and continued on to 1986. As odd as this seems, it was no doubt the result of the 200th Anniversary being celebrated […] Read more »
The Marion Council on Aging announces that beginning on Wednesday, February 21, a monthly Book Club will begin, which will meet monthly at 1 pm on the third Wednesday of every month. The Book Club is being organized and led by the Friends of the Elizabeth Taber Library. The February selection is The Book […] Read more »
A public input meeting is planned for January 24 at 6:00 pm in the Mattapoisett Fire Station meeting room by the committee that has been tasked with securing public opinions for reuse of the town property known as the Holy Ghost Grounds. The committee volunteers are Greta Fox (Recreation Department director), Nathan Ketchel (member […] Read more »
Rochester’s Board of Health met on January 10 to approve an FY25 budget of $109,760 that is a 7.8% increase over FY24. Rochester Health Director Karen A. Walega, however, emphasized that more needs to be done to boost employee hours to complete the tasks of a full-time board now under the constraints of a […] Read more »
The Marion Social Club, located at 44 Pumping Station Road, Marion, is hosting a Ham and Bean Dinner on Sunday February 4. Dinner will be served at 1 pm, but our doors open at noon. Come and join us and shake off some of those winter blues. Menu will include ham, beans, coleslaw, applesauce and […] Read more »
While we always look forward to the Marion Art Center’s exhibitions, there is something so necessary for our human condition during winter, that being the Winter Members’ Show (January 13 – February 23.) This show not only gives the member artists a venue to share their works (nearly all available for purchase), but moreover to […] Read more »
The Buzzards Bay Coalition, along with their engineer and contractor working on The Bogs restoration project off Acushnet Road, came before the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission on January 16. The meeting was to discuss recent flooding of the site now fully under construction, which led to the transmission of soils beyond the scope of work, namely […] Read more »