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News

Rodents, Hazards Found in Elderly Residence

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Convening for an emergency meeting, selectmen on April 18 met with members of the Fire Department with concerns over the “deplorable” conditions of a home located at 3 Rose Cottage Lane. Building [...] Read more »

Uncertainty Over FEMA Flood Plain

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Board members on April 22 voted to continue the public hearing to discuss an amendment to a section of the Town Flood Plain District By-Law pertaining to the process of granting special permits for pr[...] Read more »

Solar Clarifications Ready for Town Meeting

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Two Public Hearings were held back to back on two minor changes to the Solar Bylaw passed by the town at town meeting last fall.  The board voted on a second line in the footnote section of the Table[...] Read more »

FinCom Asks Probing Questions

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As Mattapoisett’s Finance Committee nears the end of its hard work preparing for the spring town meeting, they met on April 9 with various department heads to ask questions pertinent to capital fund[...] Read more »

River Road Repaving Discussed

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A Notice of Intent filed by the Town of Marion, c/o Department of Public Works, to rehabilitate River Road in order to improve roadway infrastructure and roadway safety, brought four residents of the [...] Read more »

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Events

Mattapoisett Election Meet and Greet

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The League of Women voters is sponsoring a “Meet and Greet” the candidates running for office in Mattapoisett, as well as a warrant review on Sund[...] Read more »

Adult Library Programs at the ETL

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Technology Tuesdays at 11:00 am: Three more weeks left of technology workshops at the Elizabeth Taber Library, running through Tuesday, May 13th. Come[...] Read more »

Machacam Club

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The Machacam Club will hold its May meeting on May 7 at the Legion Hall, 3 Depot Street. Social time is 5:30 pm; dinner is at 6:00 pm. Mark Mello will[...] Read more »

Nasketucket Bay State Reservation Clean-up

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On Saturday, April 26, the Commonwealth is sponsoring the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s 8th Annual Park Serve Day. Even though Nas[...] Read more »

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Opinion

Good Friday

Dear Editor, I read the announcement, ORR Joint School Committee, to hold a full day of classes on G[...] Read more »

Good Friday Decission II

Dear Editor: The school committee, with little if any thoughts or discussion, voted to abandon Good [...] Read more »

Good Friday Decision

To the Editor: I write this letter with great interest. It pertains to the article written by Margar[...] Read more »

Brandt Beach and Leisure Shores

Dear Editor: I wish to call to the attention of not only the Brandt Beach and Leisure Shores communi[...] Read more »

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Sports

Gateway Youth Hockey Championships

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Middle School 1 vied for their Foxboro League Championships Thursday night. The Vikings had played M[...] Read more »

Ryan Pitches First Career No-Hitter

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Here is a look at the second week of scheduled games for ORR spring athletics.           [...] Read more »

Gateway Youth Hockey

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Squirt Grizzlies: The Gateway Squirt Grizzlies lost in the Yankee Conference championship game on Su[...] Read more »

Spring Sports Get Under Way

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Here is a look at the first week of scheduled games for ORR spring athletics.            [...] Read more »

South Coast Girls’ Softball League

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The South Coast Girls’ Softball League opening day is on Saturday, April 12. The event takes place[...] Read more »

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Features

Tabor Teacher’s Journey Through Vietnam

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He wasn’t sure what to expect when he got there. As a history teacher at Tabor Academy, Gary Sousa knows the history between the U.S. and Vietnam – as most of us do. But Gary is a historian, a tra[...] Read more »

Celebrating Earth Day in Marion

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The Marion Natural History Museum hosted their very first Earth Day Celebration on April 19, providing little ones with activities that focused on our planet and stimulated their senses. There was a m[...] Read more »

The Day of the Grackle

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It’s happening again. The skies are blackened by swarms of winged devils. The calm of early mornings and twilight reveries vibrate with evil squawks. The treetops sway under the weight of thousands [...] Read more »

Families Flock to Rochester Easter Events

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There was no other place a kid in Rochester would rather be the day before Easter than in the fields at Plumb Corner. Well over a hundred children lined the two fields, ready to hunt the hundreds of c[...] Read more »

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Happenings

Marion Town-Wide Cleanup & Springfest

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Litter and clutter beware! Streets will be cleaned and closets will be cleared as the Marion Tree and Parks Committee and Gifts to Give join forces fo[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Land Trust Acquisition

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The Mattapoisett Land Trust is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to purchase 22 acres of woodland and wetland in western Matta[...] Read more »

Marion Candidates’ Night

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The Tri-Town League of Women Voters will hold a Candidates’ Night in what promises to be an energetic discussion of local issues in three contested [...] Read more »

The Dixie Diehards at the MAC

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Hold onto your hats, The Dixie Diehards are back in town and the joint will be jumpin’ at the corner of Main and Pleasant Street (80 Pleasant Street[...] Read more »

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Schools

“Mr. ORR” Dazzles Audience

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Last Thursday, Old Rochester Regional High School’s junior and senior classes sponsored the entert[...] Read more »

Become a Global Family with AFS-USA

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Old Rochester Regional High School residents — open your home to the world and make a global c[...] Read more »

ORR Seniors Receive Sobering Message

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Everyone noticed the boxes of tissues placed at the end of every row in the auditorium on April 10, [...] Read more »

ORRJHS Students of the Month

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Kevin T. Brogioli, Principal of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, announces the following S[...] Read more »

AFS Club Visits Arcola, IL

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Members of Old Rochester Regional High School’s AFS club went on a short-term exchange to a high s[...] Read more »

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Obituaries

Frederick Anthony Rioles

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Frederick Anthony Rioles died peacefully at home on Thursday April 17, 2014 at the age of 80 years old. He was the cherished son of the late Paul Riol[...] Read more »

Ernest G. Lajeunesse

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Ernest G. Lajeunesse, 89, of Mattapoisett, died Sunday April 13, 2014 at Our Lady’s Haven after a brief illness. He was the husband of the late [...] Read more »

Eileen A. (Mattos) Murphy-Sabino

Eileen A. (Mattos) Murphy-Sabino, 74, of Marion and formerly of Mattapoisett passed away Monday, April 7, 2014, at Tobey Hospital, in Wareham. She was[...] Read more »

George Edler Stone

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George Edler Stone, 96 years old and WWII veteran, passed away peacefully in his family home in Mattapoisett, MA. He was born in Dorchester, MA, son o[...] Read more »

Gary P. Reusch

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Gary P. Reusch, 56, of Mattapoisett passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at St. Luke’s Hospital, in New Bedford. He was the husband of[...] Read more »

Nancy Hiller Jones

Nancy Hiller Jones, a resident of Jekyll Island, Georgia and a summer resident of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts died at home in Georgia on March 31st, 2[...] Read more »

Darren E. Cooper

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Darren E. Cooper, 48, of Mattapoisett passed away suddenly on Wednesday April 2, 2014 at St. Luke’s Hospital. Born in Huntsville, Alabama, he wa[...] Read more »

Janet R. (McCrohan) Tschaen

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Janet R. (McCrohan) Tschaen, 85, passed away peacefully on April 1, 2014, after a long illness. Born in New Bedford , the daughter of the late Dr. Jos[...] Read more »

Walter F. McCarthy, Jr.

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Walter F. McCarthy, Jr., 79, of Mattapoisett died April 1, 2014 peacefully at home. He was the husband of Patricia A. (Fay) McCarthy with whom he shar[...] Read more »

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