The Town of Marion is holding a 30-day public review period for its revised aggregation plan for Marion Community Electricity Aggregation. Marion CEA is our Town’s official electricity supply program, active since 2016. The aggregation plan describes how our electricity program is structured and operated. Marion secured approval for our original aggregation plan from […] Read more »
From meeting the new school service dog, strong MCAS scores, and celebrating the district’s first Feinstein Foundation Golden ticket award, the Marion School Committee on December 5 was filled with good news. Sippican Elementary School third-grader Rose O’Brien, a Feinstein school for her good deeds, won a random drawing that helped garner $5,000 for […] Read more »
The Rochester Historical Society will be at the Plumb Library on Saturday, December 14 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. At the Christmas Fair we will be selling all of our Rochester items which make great holiday gifts. We will have our 4 styles of sweatshirts-full zip, hoodie, crewneck and 1/4 zip. Also, t-shirts, denim […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Lions Club, a member of Lions International, the world’s largest service club organization consisting of 46,000 clubs and more than 1.4 million members worldwide, is pleased to announce the availability of two $2,000 scholarships to be awarded to graduating high school seniors or home-schooled students residing in Mattapoisett, Marion, or Rochester or a […] Read more »
Beckham Harvey of Marion has an exciting journey this month. He, along with his futsal team FC Flair of Marlboro, are headed to the World Futsal Cup in Spain later this month. Futsal is an indoor soccer variant played on a smaller pitch; this makes it more fast-paced. On Christmas Eve, Beckham, family, and […] Read more »
Since 2022, Davin Alves of Marion has run a raffle to feed the hungry this holiday season. Davin collects donations and raffles off prizes, either purchased or gifts given to be raffled. 100% of proceeds from the food drive goes to food pantries and homeless shelters; those being Damien’s Food Pantry and United Way […] Read more »
Sponsored by the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club for over fifty years, we are again offering the 2025 Great Decisions Program for eight consecutive weeks meeting on Wednesdays. The program uses the Foreign Policy Association Text and DVD that consists of eight chapters of Topics ranging from U. S. Foreign Policy to the future of NATO, to […] Read more »
A Request for Determination of Applicability filing was turned down on December 9 when the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission reviewed the filing brought by Colin Labrie, 7 Hollywood Road. The filing was for the removal of trees within the 100-foot wetlands boundary an area subject to coastal storm flowage. Representing the applicant was Chris Vandenberg […] Read more »
Last month, Eagle Scout Ryland Perron of Troop 55 in Fairhaven completed his Eagle Scout project; that being grounds work at the American Legion Hall in Mattapoisett. For the project, Ryland leveled the earth, removed weeds, stoned were laid, and mulch was spread. This was done near the entrance to the hall. On this […] Read more »
The Friends of the Elizabeth Taber Library’s annual Holiday Book sale will be operating until Sunday, December 22. Check out our holiday raffle baskets and find gifts for the whole family. All proceeds benefit the library. Join Miss Macy for a special pajama story time on Thursday, December 19 at 6:30 pm. We’ll sing […] Read more »