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Marion Wetlands and Development

Marion’s Conservation Commission decided that two projects before it on November 20 were not subject to wetlands protection bylaws. The commission issued negative determinations of wetlands regulation applicability for plans to repair a wood frame deck, stairs, and egress at 195B Converse Road and to remove eight trees close to the home at 12 […] Read more »

Marion Development Seeking Leniency

Developer Matthew Zuker is looking for a reprieve from some of the restrictions on his proposed 48-unit affordable housing project so the development can begin constructing roads and possibly some model homes. The Planning Board held a lengthy hearing on this topic at the Novediteember 18 meeting and asked Zuker to review an engineering […] Read more »

Mattapoisett Library Director Resigns

On November 21, the Mattapoisett Free Public Library Board of Trustees held their regular monthly meeting. But the meeting was far from regular as the board took up the matter of the library director’s sudden resignation. After eight months on the job as the library director, Colleen Tierney resigned. Tierney had relocated from Texas […] Read more »

Hobby Barn Gets Approval for Limited Water Usage

Rochester’s Water Commission on November 13 granted the Hobby Barn now under construction on New Bedford Road access to the public water main there. The board approved Briggs Brains LLC Project Manager Jason Maurer’s request to permit a two-inch connection to supply the two buildings being constructed on the property with domestic water service […] Read more »

Marion Historic District Plans Progress

The Marion Historic Study Committee is awaiting a response from the state on its bylaw draft proposal for a historic district within the town village. Meg Steinberg, the town’s Historic Commission chairwoman and an advisor to the study committee, told Planning Board members recently that homeowners within the district can renovate homes and can […] Read more »

Neighbors Get No Respect

Neighbors came out to share their concerns and negative experiences at the Park Place subdivision on November 12, as a Notice of Intent filing by Jordan Medeiros got underway. Medeiros, represented by David Davignon of Schneider Davignon and Leone who outlined plans for the construction of the final single-family dwelling in the subdivision. Davignon […] Read more »

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Events

Rochester Republican Town Committee

The Rochester Republican Town Committee will hold its next meeting at 6:30 pm on December 9, at the Ponderosa Sportsman Club, located on 242 Robinson [...] Read more »

Machacam Club

The next meeting of the Machacam Club is scheduled for Wednesday December 4. We meet at the American Legion Hall on Depot Street. Social time begins a[...] Read more »

Holiday Sing Along

Come one, come all. Join the Mattapoisett Museum, 5 Church Street, on Sunday, December 18 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm for the annual Holiday Sing Along. G[...] Read more »

December at the Rochester Historical Society Museum

On December 14, we will be at the Plumb Library for their Christmas Bazaar. Watch for times from the library. We will have our Rochester hats, clothin[...] Read more »

A Holiday By The Sea in Marion

The Sippican Woman’s Club presents their 38th annual holiday house tour, Holiday By The Sea, on Saturday, December 7. Arrive early to start your[...] Read more »

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Opinion

Citizens United

To the Editor, The 2010 U.S. Supr[...] Read more »

League of Women Voters Candidates Debate

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Taste of Our Towns Event

To the Editor, The Taste of Our T[...] Read more »

Brad Hathaway

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Sports

ORR Football Moves on to Turkey Day

The Old Rochester Regional high school football team lost 28-7 to Shawsheen in the final four on Nov[...] Read more »

Bulldogs Succeed on the Field and Charitably

The third annual unified Bulldogs vs Tri-Town Police took place on November 13 and was a huge succes[...] Read more »

Go Bulldogs Go!

Volleyball Old Rochester’s girl[...] Read more »

Two Wins for ORR

The Bulldogs defeated Hanover 3-0 on November 3, and advanced to the round of 16. Set scores were 25[...] Read more »

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Features

Customer Service and Bureaucratic Snafus

No doubt you have encountered a bureaucratic snafu or two from time to time. If not, you are lucky. Surely you have read about someone who purchased an appliance; a refrigerator that refused to keep t[...] Read more »

When Time Was Measured in Seasons

One of the most heavily attended events in Mattapoisett took place on November 23 when Linda Coombs of the Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah was Invited to talk about her book Colonization and the Wampanoag[...] Read more »

Marion Baker on the Food Network

If you tune into the Food Network Thanksgiving day, you’ll be delighted to see one of Marion’s own, Debi Lindsey, in an episode of Christmas Cookie Challenge. For about a decade, Debi has made bea[...] Read more »

Robert Kennedy Jr. is a Danger to Our Health

I will leave it to others to comment on the nature of other Trump nominations but must try to convince you that Robert Kennedy Jr. is uniquely unfit to be the head of the Department of Health and Huma[...] Read more »

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Happenings

Mattapoisett Historical Commission

The Mattapoisett Historical Commission is pleased to announce that Phase One of the multi-phase community-wide survey of the Town of Mattapoisett’s [...] Read more »

Turning Point Seeks Help To Provide Holiday Magic

Turning Point, the day resource center of Wareham Area Committee for the Homeless (WACH), is looking for the public’s help to ensure area children i[...] Read more »

From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society

As I’ve mentioned before, Abraham Holmes doesn’t make much mention of either Christmas or Thanksgiving. This is not surprising as the Puri[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Museum Visit

The rafters of the Mattapoisett Museum rang with excitement when Center School’s curious and eager 1st graders visited. Welcomed by Curator Connor G[...] Read more »

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Schools

ORR Class of 1985 Reunion

The Old Rochester Regional Class of 1985 will be hosting our 40th Class Reunion on Saturday, August [...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Thomas Lavoie of Mattapoisett was recently elected membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Ph[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

WOC1 Alexander J. Buckley graduated from the Massachusetts Army National Guard Warrant Officer Candi[...] Read more »

William’s Fund

This is an appeal to the community on behalf of our students. My name is Sheilah Sullivan. I’v[...] Read more »

ORRJH Students of the Month

Silas D. Coellner, Principal of Old Rochester Regional Jr. High School, announces the following Stud[...] Read more »

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Obituaries

Christopher John Wallace

Christopher John Wallace, 63, of Dartmouth died at St. Luke’s Hospital on November 23, 2024 after a massive heart attack. &nbs[...] Read more »

Patricia D. “Pat” (Glennon) Waldron

Patricia D. “Pat” (Glennon) Waldron, of Fairhaven, formerly of Wareham, died peacefully, surrounded by her family, in St. Luke’s Hospital, New B[...] Read more »

Roger D. Boucher

Roger D. Boucher, 94, of Rochester, MA, passed away peacefully at home on November 21, 2024, surrounded by the love of his family. A devoted husband, [...] Read more »

John T. “Jack” Quinn

John T. “Jack” Quinn, 92, of Marion died November 18, 2024 peacefully at home surrounded by his family who love him very much. He was the [...] Read more »

Beatrice Sherman Briggs

Beatrice Sherman Briggs, wife of the late Edwin L. Briggs, passed away November 5th one day before she turned 93. She was the daughter of the late Cha[...] Read more »

Patricia A. (Fay) McCarthy

Patricia A. (Fay) McCarthy, 87 of Mattapoisett passed peacefully at home surrounded by family on November 13th. She was the wife of the late Walter F.[...] Read more »

Donna Battistelli-Berry

Donna Battistelli-Berry, 69, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, November 7, 2024, at St. Luke’s Hospital with her son Kyler Berry, at her sid[...] Read more »

Beth F. (Foresman) Hodges

Beth F. (Foresman) Hodges, 83, of Mattapoisett died November 6, 2024 peacefully at home. She was the wife of the late Peter B. Hodges. Born in Boston,[...] Read more »

Joseph D. Alves

Joseph D. Alves, 82, of Mattapoisett passed away peacefully after a period of declining health on Saturday, November 2, 2024. [...] Read more »

Richard S. Spooner

Richard S. Spooner, 84, of Rochester, MA, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home on October 5, 2024, due to heart complications. &nbs[...] Read more »

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