William (Bill, Wild Bill) D. Titcomb of Marion, MA, passed away at the age of 83 on April 30, 2024. William was born in Keene, NH, graduated from Fairhaven High School in 1958, and graduated from the New Bedford Institute of Technology in 1962. William served in the United States Marine Corps as a 1st […] Read more »
There is disagreement between elected officials in the Tri-Towns as to the efficiency with which the Old Rochester Regional School District has explained its request for a $12,000,000 debt exclusion for the purpose of capital expenditures on school buildings over the next two decades. The warrant article common to Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester annual […] Read more »
What do comedy, firefighting and fighting cancer have in common? To Freetown and Rochester – that connection is Mark “Larry Legend Lawrence.” Lawrence has been a firefighter for 12 years. He started in his hometown Rochester as a call firefighter and moved on to neighboring Freetown. Over the years, he has […] Read more »
Join The Elizabeth Taber Library and author and garden expert Kerry Mendez, Saturday May 11 at 11 am, upstairs at the Marion Natural History Museum, for “Remarkable Natives for Beautiful Gardens,” an introduction to dazzling native specimens that attract accolades as well as pollinators. The presentation includes mail-order sources for natives in addition to your […] Read more »
It’s that time of year. Join the Mattapoisett Land Trust and the Nasketucket Bird Club for a fun and educational birding walk. This birding walk will be led by Justin Barrett of the Nasketucket Bird Club. It will be a lovely, relaxed morning in nature and an opportunity to learn about local wildlife. Justin will […] Read more »
On April 28, the Mattapoisett Congregational Church welcomed their new settled pastor, Rev. Michael Frady. Ordained as a minister in the United Church of Christ in 2012 and a graduate of Andover Newton Theological School, Reverend Frady will be the church’s 29th settled pastor. He was particularly drawn to MCC because he senses […] Read more »
Donna L. Hubbard, 77, of Marion died Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at St. Luke’s Hospital after a long illness. She was raised in Mattapoisett and lived in town for most of her life. Donna spent much of her time lovingly caring for her son, Paul, until his passing in 2009. She enjoyed having […] Read more »
Distances vanish with today’s computer programs that allow meetings to take place with participants thousands of miles apart. And so it was on April 24 when the Mattapoisett Select Board met (remotely) with Colleen Tierney, finalist for the vacant position of Mattapoisett Free Public Library. After the interview, the board recessed to Executive Session […] Read more »
The Rochester Finance Committee has doubled down on the Select Board’s rejection of the Old Rochester School District’s $12,000,000 debt-exclusion request that will appear on the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting to be held on Monday, May 13, at Rochester Memorial School. In the previous hour before the Finance Committee’s public meeting on […] Read more »
The Marion Garden Group is hosting its biannual plant sale on Saturday, May 11, at Marion’s Bicentennial Park. The sale runs from 9 am to noon. Cash, checks and credit cards are accepted. Members have been digging, splitting and repotting a wide selection of beautiful perennial plants, herbs and shrubs that have thrived in […] Read more »