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Annual Town Meeting, Monday, May 13, 6:45pm
Sippican School, Spring Street
Annual Election, Friday, May 17, 8:00am – 8:00pm
Benjamin Cushing Center (COA), Route 6

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Annual Town Meeting, Monday, May 13, 6:30pm
ORRHS Auditrium, Marion Road
Annual Election, Tuesday, May 21, 8:00am – 8:00pm
Old Hammondtown School, Shaw Street

News

Support Mounts to Defund Town Clerk Salary

            There is an apparent movement to decrease the town clerk’s salary from $19,493 to $1 for fiscal year 2020 via a motion on the floor of the Annual Town Meeting.             Marion Selectman John Waterman told the Marion Finance Committee on April 17 that the “buzz” among some residents on the street and on social media […] Read more »

Mattapoisett Fire Station Front and Center

            The Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen meeting held on April 23 was an opportunity for the community to hear a comprehensive presentation for the proposed new fire station.             Three presenters each took an aspect of the new construction project focusing on matters that will undoubtedly be aired when Town Meeting is asked to approve the spending […] Read more »

Tight Schedule Cuts Beach Street Hearing Short

            Disgruntled abutters to a project proposed for Beach Street left the Marion Planning Board meeting dissatisfied on April 16.             The late afternoon public hearing for a new subdivision was cut short due to a scheduling conflict with the Board of Selectmen brought on by the Monday holiday.             It was a packed agenda when the board […] Read more »

Confusion Causes Applicant to Withdraw

            With few other options for his conundrum, Mark Freitas, owner of 273 Snows Pond Road, withdrew his special permit application to allow two houses on one lot – an application that came before the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals on April 11 as a result of a complaint lodged by a tenant who was resentful […] Read more »

Converse Road Subdivision Must File NOI

            With no public hearings on April 10, the Marion Conservation Commission took the opportunity to discuss other agenda items.             The Zoning Board of Appeals sent a request for comment regarding a special permit application by 22 Cove Street LLC, which owns property located at 213 Converse Road, between Zora Road and Beach Street. The owners […] Read more »

Rochester Farms Solar Project Enters the Ring

            It isn’t often that the Rochester Conservation Commission has a light, uncomplicated agenda. But as sweet and easy as a spring breeze, that was the case when the commission met on April 16.             Coming before the commission with an Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation was SWEB Development USA, LLC for property located at 0 […] Read more »

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Sat 27

Earth Day Trash Bash!

April 27 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am
Sat 27

Earth Day Trash Bash!

April 27 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am
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Mattapoisett Lions Club Senior Dinner

April 27 @ 12:00 pm
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Discover Vernal Pools with the MLT

April 27 @ 1:00 pm

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Events

Discover Vernal Pools with the MLT

Vernal pools are a vital breeding habitat for resident amphibians and invertebrates such as wood frogs, spotted and blue-spotted salamanders, and fair[...] Read more »

ORRHS Field/Track/Auditorium Renovation Project

On March 26, the ORR School Committee voted unanimously to approve a project to renovate ORR’s main athletic field, track, and auditorium. Voters in[...] Read more »

BBC Bog Trails

The Buzzards Bay Coalition invites you to join us for a public meeting on Thursday, April 25at 6:00 pm at the Center School Cafeteria, 17 Barstow[...] Read more »

Poet Dzvinia Orlowsky to Read

Everyone is invited to hear award-winning poet Dzvinia Orlowsky on Saturday, April 27at 3:00 pm. She will have copies of her new book “Bad [...] Read more »

Alewives Anonymous Meeting & Chowder Supper

            Alewives Anonymous, Inc. (AA) will host its annual meeting and quahog chowder [...] Read more »

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Opinion

Recreational Marijuana

To the Editor:             As I turn bac[...] Read more »

The Elephant in the Room

To the Editor:             It’s Time f[...] Read more »

Allan Schubert

To the Editor:             Mattapoisett [...] Read more »

Cellphone Tower

To the Editor:             I recently be[...] Read more »

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Sports

ORR Tennis Rides Winning Streak to Start Season

            Both Old Rochester Regional [...] Read more »

OC Baseball’s Ace Picks Up Where He Left Off

Old Colony baseball’s Jacob Wordencould make the case to run the state penitentiary with the [...] Read more »

ORR Baseball a Mix of Youth and Experience

Last season, Old Rochester Regional High School (ORR) baseball had a bona fide high school No. 1 sta[...] Read more »

OC Softball Ready to Steal Some Wins in 2019

            LosingMikayla Murrayand [...] Read more »

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Features

Elizabeth Taber Free Lending Public Library

            On Spring Street in Marion, the Elizabeth Taber Library has stood since the year 1872. It is an historic landmark of Victorian a[...] Read more »

It All Began in Sixth Grade…

            Standing behind a table covered in equipment and with a projection screen ready to go, John Berg, inventor, scientist, and engin[...] Read more »

Sun Shines on Egg Hunt Rain Date

            It’s hunting season at Peirson Woods in Marion – Easter egg hunting season, that is – and on Sunday, April 14, nearly a do[...] Read more »

Poets Perform Their Art

            There is something very special about hearing writers, or, more specifically, poets read their own works. By reading words they [...] Read more »

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Happenings

MLC Peter Hodges Memorial Scholarship Award Recipients

James Nadeau, President of The Mattapoisett Lions Club, one of the 45,000 Lion’s Clubs around the world, is pleased to announce that Claire Noble Sh[...] Read more »

Highlighting Trees in Mattapoisett

The Mattapoisett Public Library and the Mattapoisett Tree Committee have teamed up to highlight trees this month with displays in both the Children[...] Read more »

Volunteers Needed

The Marion-Rochester Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is seeking volunteers to assist with efforts to prepare for and respond to threats to the health and [...] Read more »

Sippican Historical Society

In 1998, the Sippican Historical Society commissioned an architectural survey of Marion’s historic homes and buildings. The survey was funded one-ha[...] Read more »

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Schools

Mattapoisett Town Scholarship

The town of Mattapoisett will be offering a one thousand dollar scholarship to a resident high schoo[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Hannah Guard of Marion, Massachusetts, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Ph[...] Read more »

ORRJH Students of the Month

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

Elks Student of the Month

The Elks of Wareham / New Bedford Lodge No. 1548 sponsors the Elks Student of the Month and Student [...] Read more »

Marion Local Scholarship Committee

The Marion Local Scholarship Committee invites graduating seniors from Marion to apply for the 2019 [...] Read more »

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Obituaries

Anita Babineau Bernier

Anita Babineau Bernier, 86, of Rochester passed away on Friday, April 19, 2019.  She was the wife of Conrad “Slim” Bernier and the daughter of th[...] Read more »

Priscilla Alden Hathaway

            Priscilla Alden Hathaway, 87, of Mattapoisett, professional artist, teacher, a[...] Read more »

Richard T. Linhares

Richard T. Linhares, 76, of Wareham, formerly of Mattapoisett, passed away at home peacefully in his sleep on Monday April 15, 2019.    [...] Read more »

Richard William Marx

Richard William Marx of Marion, known to friends as “Rich,” passed away unexpectedly at the age of 68 on April 1, 2019, while on a family vacation[...] Read more »

Matthew Grinnell Underwood

Matthew Grinnell Underwood, 35, of Providence, passed away on March 23 at home. His many loved ones are heartbroken, and wish to share love for Matt a[...] Read more »

William Edwin Stolecki

William Edwin Stolecki, 92, passed away peacefully on March 27, 2019, surrounded by his loving family. Presently a resident at Tatnuck Park Assisted L[...] Read more »

Ruth M. (Weber) Donovan

Ruth M. (Weber) Donovan died April 9, 2019 at her daughter’s home in Mattapoisett. She was born on August 4, 1929 to Ernest and Anastasia Weber [...] Read more »

Michael B. Moreau, Sr.

Michael B. Moreau, Sr., 72, of Mattapoisett passed away Sunday, April 7, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford after a brief illness. &nbs[...] Read more »

Peter C. McGowan

Peter C. McGowan, age 56, died on March 30, 2019 surrounded by his family at the home of his sister Katie in Ocean Pines, MD after being recently diag[...] Read more »

Daniel S. Sanford

Daniel S. Sanford, 30, of Marlboro, died peacefully at home on April 2, 2019. Son of Stephen P. and Jill J. (Johnson) Sanford of Mattapoisett (formerl[...] Read more »

Eloise Ricciardelli

Eloise Ricciardelli, née King passed away on Monday, April 1st 2019 at the age of 90. She went peacefully, surrounded by her loved ones.   [...] Read more »

Dwayne J. Lopes

Dwayne J. Lopes, 50, of Dartmouth passed away unexpectedly Sunday, March 31, 2019.            &[...] Read more »

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