Boy Scout Troop 31 Rochester is hosting a free, all ages Pop-Up haunted house Saturday, October 19 at the Rochester Grange Hall, 205 Hartley Road, from 7pm-10pm. Experience our hometown walk-through haunted mansion created by the scouts, including scares, fun and laughs. Seasonal refreshments will be served, and treats will be handed out to the […] Read more »

The Marion Art Center announces new availability for our very popular Art in the Afternoon program, which runs Friday afternoons, for ages 7-12. Our Early Dismissal Half Day Camp, scheduled Friday, October 18 12:00-3:00pm in the MAC Studio, is $70 for MAC members and $80 for nonmembers. Students will explore wool felt and model magic […] Read more »

The Elizabeth Taber Library is once again celebrating Halloween with our Great Pumpkin Contest. Visitors to the library can check out a real pumpkin for free with their library card, then return their decorated pumpkin by Wednesday October 23 to be entered into our Great Pumpkin Contest. The community will vote on their favorites during […] Read more »

Looking through the current exhibit at the Historical Museum, I was struck by the fact that with all the changes in town over time, there are some events that have spanned the years. One that comes to mind is the Rochester Boat Race on Memorial Day that began in 1934. Another is the annual clam […] Read more »

The Marion Art Center announces a call for entries for its final exhibition of the 2024 season, Small Works + Holiday Shop. The show runs November 9 through December 20, with an opening reception scheduled for Saturday, November 9 from 3:00-5:00 pm.             This annual juried/invitational show features original works of art, all under fourteen […] Read more »

When you look through the exhibit at our forms of musical entertainment through the years, you see that people became more and more interested in having machines to make music at home. This desire coincided with the eras of the Industrial Revolution, when inventors everywhere were bringing ideas to life. Some of these early inventions […] Read more »

The Marion Historical Commission is pleased to report that Phase 4 of our survey of the town’s historic and architecturally significant properties has recently been completed by preservation consultant Lynn Smiledge.             Property owners of the surveyed resources will soon be receiving a copy of the Inventory Form for their properties. These forms are prepared […] Read more »

Sippican Lands Trust (SLT) celebrated the opening of the Osprey Marsh pavilion on Point Road with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Selectman Randy Parker spoke about the importance of the Community Preservation Act (CPA) for such projects in Marion. President Cathy Stone recapped the project and thanked donors and Board members for seeing it to completion. […] Read more »

Welcome to Book (re)Marks, all the info you need about what’s happening this month at Plumb Library. October is National Reading Group Month, also known as National Bookclub Month. The Library is celebrating by marking the 20th Anniversary of our Library Bookclub. Way back in 2004 library staff were tasked by the Director to set […] Read more »

The Friends of Plumb Library will be holding their Annual Meeting on Thursday, October 17 from 6:30-7:30 pm. The meeting is open to all members of the Friends and the public, and will be held at the Library which is located at 17 Constitution Way in Rochester.             On the agenda are new by-laws governing […] Read more »