After another continuance of Matt Zuker’s 78 Wareham Road, LLC, public hearing (to July 15) sent some Marion residents home frustrated, the Marion Planning Board had little to conduct in the way of business at Monday night’s public meeting. But following routine approval of an invoice submitted by the SITEC engineering firm for its […] Read more »
Springfield College has named Dylan Aguiar from Rochester to the Dean’s List for academic excellence for the 2024 spring semester. Aguiar has a primary major of Health Science / Pre-PT. Read more »
On Monday, June 17, some of our talented local poets will be gathering to share their work at Poetry in the Park, hosted by Mattapoisett Land Trust. Gather with MLT and the poets at 10 am at Dunseith Gardens (home of Salty the Seahorse). Gracing the Dunseith gazebo to read their work will be Margot […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center is pleased to present the ninth annual Cuttyhunk Plein Air Festival on Saturday, June 22 on the Elizabethan island of Cuttyhunk (town of Gosnold, MA). A rain date is scheduled on Sunday, June 23. Registrations filled quickly for this event, but guests are invited to visit the island to see painters […] Read more »
The Rochester Republican Town Committee will be meeting on Wednesday, June 12, at 6:30 pm, at the North Rochester Congregational Church, located on 247 North Avenue, Rochester. Rochester selectman, Adam Murphy, will be the guest speaker. All are welcome to attend. Read more »
Barbara M. LeFavor, 77, of Wareham died Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford where she was born on March 3, 1947. Daughter of the late Phyllis (Chartier) and William C. LeFavor, Barbara graduated from Bishop Stang High School in 1945. She worked in the assessor’s office for Town of […] Read more »
Recently the Prime Minister of Japan was given the key to the White House. Yeah, our White House. But the souvenir was not given by the current resident. No, a former resident who dreamed up the idea of a souvenir “Key to the White House” has been giving them out to foreign dignitaries for some […] Read more »
An old shed of an incalculable age helped seal the deal, as Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday approved a Notice of Intent application to permit installation of a gravel driveway, stone patio and walkway and landscaping and to include work within the 100-foot buffer zone of wetlands at 96 Wolf Island Road. Previously, the […] Read more »
The next meeting is June 28. This is a place to share ideas and your work, whether you are a writer or just have stories that want to be told. We meet every fourth Friday, from 10:15 am until 12:15 pm, at the Mattapoisett Library, 7 Barstow Street, Mattapoisett, in the basement Community Room. Bring […] Read more »
A fun Vacation Bible School program called SCUBA will be hosted at First Congregational Church of Rochester, 11 Constitution Way in Rochester, this summer! At SCUBA, kids explore what it means to have a friendship with God! Kids participate in memorable Bible-learning activities, sing catchy songs, play teamwork-building games, devour yummy treats, experience one-of-a-kind Bible […] Read more »