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Finance Director to Be Chosen Thursday

On September 22, the Marion Select Board interviewed the three finalists contending to replace retiring Finance Director Judy Mooney, but the members did not arrive at a conclusion. They have scheduled a public meeting for Thursday, September 28, at 10:30 am at the Town House meeting room, where it is anticipated they will […] Read more »

Prefab Fire Station Likely

The final act of the Rochester Public Safety Feasibility Study Committee will be to present its findings on Monday night to the Select Board during the latter’s public meeting, upon which it is anticipated the Select Board will appoint a Building Committee to pursue next steps. If the town succeeds at building a […] Read more »

Abutter Late to Party

According to Mattapoisett’s Conservation Commission Chairman Mike King, residents living on and near Cove Street, primarily a barrier beach, have long struggled with issues surrounding property lines and parking. Thus, when resident Sharon Thompson, 5 Cove Street, came before the commission on Monday night to air her concerns, it was clear King had heard […] Read more »

Solar Stuck in Holding Pattern

The Marion Energy Management Committee’s quest to get a solar installation at Benson Brook landfill is approaching a decade in the making, and it has hit another snag. “It’s not good news,” said committee member Alanna Nelson after speaking with Maria Marasco, executive director of the Cape & Vineyard Electric Cooperative (CVEC.) […] Read more »

Self-Storage Case Continued

Plans are in the works for a 15-acre self-storage facility off Cranberry Highway at Route 28 and Kings Highway. Petitioner JPF Development’s engineer Bill Madden told Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday night that the facility will combine four large lots and include 180 small, self-storage units and 64 others. Fencing will surround the site, […] Read more »

Officer Comes Home to Protect, Serve

Tuesday night’s meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board was more like a celebration. The Mattapoisett Fire Department community meeting room was full to capacity with officers from the Mattapoisett Police Department and many smiling family and friends. The occasion was the formal introduction of two new police officers, Isaac Perry and Benjamin Church, and […] Read more »

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Let Freedom Read

Oct 4

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Machacam Club

Oct 4

6:30 pm

Rochester Woman’s Club

Oct 7

8:00 am

Mattapoisett Friends Meeting

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Events

Alves-Bucciarelli Preserve Welcome Walk

Please join us for a fall Welcome Walk at the new Alves-Bucciarelli Preserve. Mattapoisett Land Trust acquired this new preserve in 2022, and we have [...] Read more »

Machacam Club

The next meeting of the Machacam Club is scheduled for Wednesday, October 4. We meet at the American Legion Eastman Post on Depot Street. Doors open a[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Republican Party Meeting

The Mattapoisett Republican Party invites everyone interested to join us on Thursday, October 19 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Knights of Columbus, 57 F[...] Read more »

Sippican Speaker Series

Discover Cape Verde through the lens of Rick DaSilva. Using both black and white and color images, Rick will take us to the volcanic islands more than[...] Read more »

Upcoming Events at the Elizabeth Taber Library

Marion Secret Vegetable Garden Tour September 29 from 12 to 3 – Purchase Tickets at the Library – The Friends of the Elizabeth Taber Libra[...] Read more »

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Opinion

Harbormasters Office

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Climate Change

Dear Editor: These past few years[...] Read more »

Bravo

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See You at The Library

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Sports

Tri-Town Basketball is Back

Mattapoisett & Marion Recreation are thrilled to announce that online sign-ups are open for the [...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Yacht Club Results

Beautiful sailing on Tuesday night for the Ensign finale. Odyssey won both races to take the night h[...] Read more »

Angelica Yacht Club

Angelica Yacht Club held its Sailing Awards / Cookout on Labor Day. Angelica YC, located on Point Co[...] Read more »

MATTREC New Fall Offerings

Mattapoisett Recreation has added new fall offerings as many programs have filled. We now have Podca[...] Read more »

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Features

Author Shares Sea Adventures

Kimberly and Michael Ward spent part of their Sunday afternoon reliving their two-year journey aboard their 34-foot catamaran, as the[...] Read more »

Swing-Band Party for Local Learning

Swing dancing to a live, big band will provide the theme for a 1940s-style fundraiser to be held on Friday, October 13, by the Sippic[...] Read more »

Horses, Camels and Trees

There is an old saying in the design business, “A camel is a horse designed by a committee of engineers.” The camel can w[...] Read more »

EMT Embraces Life after Job

Jim Holden, a 28-year firefighter and EMT for the Rochester Fire Department, is retiring but not exactly going away or moving to Flor[...] Read more »

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Happenings

From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society

The house pictured here is currently the home of Skip Mull, but it has an interesting history. Its story starts with Calvin Chaddock who was the 3rd P[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Friends Meeting

Stamps and covers will be sold at one of the tables featured during the Mattapoisett Friends Meeting’s annual fundraiser yard sale starting at 8[...] Read more »

Recording of Village Historic District Meeting

The Marion Village Historic District Study Committee held a public meeting on Tuesday, September 12 to present the Study Committee’s progress since [...] Read more »

Rochester Woman’s Club

The next meeting of the Rochester Woman’s Club will be held on Wednesday, October 4 at 6:30 pm. The club house is located at 37 Marion Road in R[...] Read more »

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Schools

Academic Achievements

George Whitney of Marion graduated this summer from Ohio Wesleyan University. Whitney earned a Bache[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Peter Garcia of Marion has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s Summer 2023 Dean&[...] Read more »

Interim Director of Student Services at ORR

Superintendent Michael S. Nelson is pleased to announce that Kristine Lincoln has been selected as t[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Daniela Gil Veras of Marion, Allison Paim of Marion and Maya Dube of Mattapoisett were named to the [...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Approximately 5,500 students received bachelor’s degrees in over 100 majors at the University of M[...] Read more »

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Obituaries

Shirley Jean (Corey) Parker

Shirley Jean (Corey) Parker, 90, of Mattapoisett passed away peacefully in Hospice Care at Tobey Hospital on Friday, September 22, 2023. She was the b[...] Read more »

Stephen Patrick Hayes

Stephen Patrick Hayes, 82, of Marion, MA passed away peacefully on Friday September 22, 2023. He will truly be missed by all who knew him. [...] Read more »

Bernice L. (Decker) Sylvia, 93, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on Saturday, September 23, 2023, at St. Luke’s Hospital. [...] Read more »

Gail W. Dunn

Gail W. Dunn, 82, of Mattapoisett passed away peacefully on September 22, 2023. Born in Middleboro, she was the daughter of the late Joseph C. and Hel[...] Read more »

James (Jim ) Dexter, Jr.

James (Jim ) Dexter, Jr. 79, of Mattapoisett passed away peacefully on the morning of Friday, September 22, 2023 at home surrounded by family and frie[...] Read more »

Elizabeth “Bette” Z. Sobieraj

Elizabeth “Bette” Z. Sobieraj fell into her final rest at 11:05pm on Monday, September 11, 2023. Her loving daughters, Cheryl and Karen we[...] Read more »

Norman J. “Norm” Lyonnais

Norman J. “Norm” Lyonnais passed away on Tuesday September 19, 2023, at his home in Mattapoisett. Born in New Bedford on June 11, 1936, he[...] Read more »

Diane Hawley Currens D’Almeida

Diane Hawley Currens D’Almeida, age 77, passed away in Brookline, MA on September 14, 2023, from complications after a fall in her summer home in Ma[...] Read more »

Helen “Lenkie” Angier Trumbull

Helen “Lenkie” Angier Trumbull passed away peacefully at her summer home in Marion, Massachusetts, surrounded by her family, on Thursday, Septembe[...] Read more »

Justin Kelleher

Justin Kelleher, 81, of Mattapoisett died peacefully at home on Friday, September 8, 2023. [...] Read more »

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