The MAC has opened registration to members for the ArtStart 2025. ArtStart is the MAC’s summer art program for children ages 4 1/2 to 9 years, offered in June and July each year. ArtStart teachers are specialists in music, dance, theater, and art, most of whom teach throughout the year and are professionals in their […] Read more »
The Annual Town Meeting will be held on Monday, May 12, followed by the Town Election on Friday, May 16. Here is the list of the available elected positions: Board of Assessors (1) Board of Health (1) Select Board (1) Marion School Committee (1) ORR School Committee (1) Open Space Acquisition Commission (2) Planning […] Read more »
The Town of Marion has a vacancy on the Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission (MOSAC). This position will be appointed by the Select Board and MOSAC and the appointment will end May 2025. In addition to this appointed position, the Marion Select Board is seeking volunteers to serve on the following Town Boards and Committees: […] Read more »
Friends of Old Rochester Music will be launching a Music Hall of Fame in 2025 to recognize the choral and instrumental students that graduated from ORR ten or more years ago who continue to enrich their community with music or have gone on to successful music careers. We have formed a committee to review nominations, […] Read more »
Many of the ideas for these articles come from newspaper clippings in the museum archives. Unfortunately, more than 2/3rds of them are missing their dates. However, with a certain amount of research, it is sometimes possible to come up with an approximate time frame. For this article I determined that J.C. Albert Langevin was Acushnet’s […] Read more »
February is Membership Drive Month for the Rochester Historical Society. We are always looking for new members as we work to present and share Rochester’s history. This coming year we will be introducing a new exhibit, ” The Tools & Industries That Made Rochester”, presenting monthly meetings on the 3rd Wednesday of each month beginning […] Read more »
Everybody knows that libraries loan out books, magazines, and movies, but did you know we have things? Nearly all libraries have special collections that are usually referred to as the Library of Things. These “things” range from puzzles to telescopes, wi-fi hotspots to lawn games, and more. The Library of Things at Plumb Library […] Read more »
H5N1 or “Bird Flu” is a naturally occurring virus among wild aquatic birds, also known as wild waterfowl, throughout the world and can infect domestic poultry like chickens, ducks, and turkeys. Infected birds may or may not become sick but can infect other fowl. The virus is shed through saliva, nasal secretions, and feces. It […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health and Animal Control would like to share this information with Marion residents: While bird flu very rarely infects humans, the public should strictly avoid handling, touching or removing sick, injured, or dead birds and other wildlife. Domestic animals should not roam freely to avoid contact with sick/deceased wildlife […] Read more »
COVID-19, Flu, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) are respiratory viruses that can cause severe disease resulting in hospitalization and sometimes death. Everyone 6 months and older should get a seasonal flu vaccine and an updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against infection, serious illness, and hospitalization. To reduce the risk of becoming sick with a respiratory […] Read more »