Town Administrator Geoffrey Gorman and Harbormaster Adam Murphy are pleased to announce the Town of Marion has been awarded a $150,000 Harbor Management Plan grant from the state. The Town of Marion will receive one of 10 state grants to support wharf reconstruction, pier replacements, and dredging projects — part of a $3 million […] Read more »
Rochester’s Board of Selectmen Monday closed and signed the warrant for the January 27, 2025, Special Town Meeting after a preliminary review of its 17 articles. It agreed, however, to delay until a later date voting on whether to recommend or not recommend the articles. The first seven articles are spending proposals that the […] Read more »
To the Editor; Local Police Should Not Engage in Federal Immigration Enforcement. Project 2025 is coming, and we urge local police to adopt or maintain policies limiting local law enforcement engagement in any federal immigration enforcement. Collaborating with federal agencies such as ICE diverts critical resources away from public safety efforts, erodes trust between […] Read more »
Michael S. Nelson and Principal Heidi Letendre are pleased to announce that Rochester Memorial School fourth-grader Maggie Sommer recently won a Feinstein Foundation Golden Ticket. The ticket earned her school a $5,000 grant and an additional $500 for Maggie to donate to a charity of her choice. On Monday, November 9, Maggie’s winning ticket […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Republican Town Committee welcomes members, guests and community members to join us on Thursday, December 19 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm to attend our monthly meeting. The location is at the Niemad Facility, 57 Fairhaven Road, Mattapoisett. This month’s meeting will be more of a casual gathering to celebrate a year […] Read more »
At the December 9 meeting of the Mattapoisett Capital Planning Committee town administrator Mike Lorenco gave a status report on a variety of multi-phase multi-dollar projects. Topping the list was the Main Street (village streets) construction project. Lorenco said that design currently stands at 20-percent and that an arborist has been hired to […] Read more »
Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Principal Lynn Dessert are pleased to announce that Sippican Elementary School third-grader Rose O’Brien recently won a Feinstein Foundation Golden Ticket. The ticket earned her school a $5,000 grant and an additional $500 for Rose to donate to a charity of her choosing. On Thursday, November 5, Rose received […] Read more »
Julie Ann (Marshall) Hillier of Mattapoisett passed away after a brief illness on December 13th, 2024. She was the daughter of the late Ralph Howard Marshall and Florence Lame Marshall of Acushnet. Julie enjoyed a 46-year partnership with her husband Jack Hillier. Julie was born in New Bedford, MA. She was a 1969 graduate […] Read more »
Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday endorsed one Approval Not Required application for a proposed house lot at 0 High St. but extended the hearing for three other lots that are part of the same project after the developer’s representative refused to accept the condition the panel wanted to place on those parcels. For lots six, […] Read more »
The fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as he headed to a shareholder meeting should not have come as a surprise. The U.S. is a gun-obsessed culture and leads the world in gun fatalities. What was more shocking was the outpouring of “he had it coming” posts on social media. Whether or not […] Read more »