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Cove Street Maintenance Planned

Taking listed agenda items out of rotation during the September 9 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, Robert Sylvia of Cove Street addressed the matter of maintenance of the private roadway. Currently on file with the Highway Department are two municipal agreements that provide for snow removal and twice-annual grading of Cove Street, but […] Read more »

Variance Could Be Replaced by Permit

Rochester’s Planning Board meeting on Tuesday night approved the request by Snipatuit Solar LLC to extend for one year the special permits for its proposed solar-energy installation on 128 acres at 529, 523 and 0 Snipatuit Road and Featherbed Lane within the Mattapoisett River Valley Watershed and groundwater protection district. The vote came after […] Read more »

Accessory Units Subject to State Law

Marion’s Affordable Housing Trust held its monthly meeting on Tuesday night. Chairperson Eileen Marum called the meeting to order and asked for comments on the minutes of the previous meeting. These were unanimously approved as written, and the group proceeded with the scheduled agenda items. The first of these was an update and […] Read more »

E-V Charging Ports Being Considered

Town properties in Marion could soon be home to several, revenue-generating charging stations for electric vehicles. In his Town Administrator’s Report to the Marion Select Board on September 4, Geoff Gorman said that the town has the opportunity to install “fast” Level 3 DC chargers at various locations, providing electrical-vehicle charging and a new […] Read more »

Seasoned Pro to Crunch Numbers

Judy Mooney doesn’t mind helping out some in her retirement, and that makes members of the Mattapoisett River Valley Water Supply Protection Advisory Committee and Water District Commission very happy. The recently retired Town of Marion finance director agreed on Tuesday to serve both arms of the MRV as treasurer, a part-time job that […] Read more »

Life Savers Recognized

George Powers was enjoying a springtime bike ride with a few hundred other cycling enthusiasts when he experienced a near-death heart attack. It’s a date he and his family aren’t likely to forget – May 19, 2024, on the Tour de Crème. Several cyclists sprang into action performing CPR, while others called for the […] Read more »

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Saltmarsh Mattapoisett: Status and Potential Actions

Sep 19

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Mattapoisett Museum

Sep 19

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Mattapoisett Republican Town Committee

Sep 20

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Graphic Novel Book Club

Sep 20

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Merrick Brannigan

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Events

Upcoming events at the Elizabeth Taber Library

Meet Kimberly J. Ward author of Crew of Three: How Bold Dreams and Detailed Plans Launched Our Family’s Sailing Adventures, Tuesday, September 2[...] Read more »

Buzzards Bay Rowing Club

The Buzzards Bay Rowing Club will host its annual “Onset Rowing Challenge” on Saturday, October 19 at 12:00 pm. Join us at Onset Beach. &nbs[...] Read more »

Drive-Thru Flu Clinic

The Marion Board of Health with the help of Marion EMS will be hosting a Drive-Thru Flu Clinic. The clinic will be held on Thursday, September 26 at t[...] Read more »

Radon Presentation

Radon: Just because you cannot see it, smell it, does not mean that it is not there. [...] Read more »

Sea Turtles in Massachusetts Waters

The Marion Natural History Museum is hosting “Sea Turtles in Massachusetts Waters” on October 18 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at the Marion Natura[...] Read more »

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Opinion

Brad Hathaway

To the Editor; If the uses of thi[...] Read more »

DOT Road Project

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Burying Utilities

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Sports

MYC Racing Results

Wednesday night MYC held its classic interclub race with 13 boats from all classes participating. No[...] Read more »

Junior High a Pivot Point of Positivity

In reporting to the Old Rochester Regional School Committee on September 5, ORR Junior High School P[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Yacht Club

Mattapoisett August Series Wrap Up – No Quarter Given, Odyssey and Beck win the August Series [...] Read more »

Angelica Yacht Club Awards

Angelica Yacht Club held its Annual cookout and sailing awards Sept 2 on Point Connett, Mattapoisett[...] Read more »

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Features

Should You Be Tested for Alzheimer’s Disease?

Several recent studies have promised a reliable test to detect Alzheimer’s disease in people with mild memory loss. What are these and should you request one? &nb[...] Read more »

Baseball, Bananas and Clean Energy

Have you heard about the Savanna Bananas? Of course, you have. They are the comedy baseball team that barnstorm from stadium to stadium, dressed in yellow uniforms, entertaining people who are willing[...] Read more »

Alive with Imagination

We are so fortunate to live in an area heavily populated with visual artists. We don’t have to fight Boston traffic or throngs of people to gain access to museums. Creative genius is close at hand. [...] Read more »

Hello, Covid, My Old ‘Friend’

We’ve come to see you once again. (Cue Simon and Garfunkel.) The pandemic is behind us, and life has mostly returned to normal, but[...] Read more »

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Happenings

Drum Circle Class

Drum Circle class is held once a month at the Mattapoisett COA. Did you know that drumming increases dopamine and serotonin levels, which help to help[...] Read more »

September at the Rochester Historical Museum

On September 18 David Schafer of the Sons of the American Revolution will be speaking about the research they do to find the graves of forgotten Revol[...] Read more »

Marion Receives $212,675 Green Communities Grant

Town Administrator Geoffrey Gorman is pleased to announce that the Town of Marion has been awarded a $212,675 grant from the state’s Department [...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Quakers Donation Drop-Off

The Mattapoisett Friends Meeting will soon be holding donation drop-off times in preparation for an October 5 yard sale. This year, earnings will go t[...] Read more »

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Schools

ORRSD Shares Back To School Safety Tips, Bus Routes

To coincide with the start of the new school year, Superintendent Michael S. Nelson would like to sh[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Students Named to The Dean’s List at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences inc[...] Read more »

Bulldog Pride Alumni Association

The ORR Bulldog Pride Alumni Association (BPAA) announces Alumni Weekend 2024. All events will be or[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Approximately 7,000 students received bachelor’s degrees in over 100 majors at the University of M[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Charlotte Cole of Mattapoisett and Victoria Sullivan of Marion received their degrees in May as part[...] Read more »

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Obituaries

Samuel Thomas Ogle

Samuel Thomas Ogle of Cambridge, and Mattapoisett died on September 9, 2024, at the age of 76 after a long illness. Born in Philadelphia, he graduated[...] Read more »

Preston C. Urquhart

Preston C. Urquhart, 64, of Mattapoisett entered into eternal rest on Saturday September 7, 2024, following a period of declining health. Preston was [...] Read more »

Sean Patrick Young

Sean Patrick Young, 62, of Acushnet, passed away at St. Luke’s Hospital, the day after his birthday, on September 6, 2024 after a tragic acciden[...] Read more »

Raymond “Ray” Cebula

On September 4, 2024, Raymond “Ray” Cebula, 78 of Mattapoisett left this earth [...] Read more »

Annelise Susanne Dexter

Annelise Susanne Dexter, 66, of Rochester, MA, passed away unexpectedly on September 2, 2024. Born in Denmark, she was the daughter of Fritse and Tove[...] Read more »

Nelson P. Costa

Nelson P. Costa, 78, of Marion passed away peacefully on Monday, September 2, 2024. He was the husband of Ronalie E. Wood. &nb[...] Read more »

Mary (Ryan) Franklin

Mary (Ryan) Franklin, 90, of Bradenton, FL, formerly of Winchester, Mattapoisett, and Marion, MA died peacefully on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, after a [...] Read more »

Marian Braitmayer Howell

Marian Braitmayer Howell (she preferred “Marty” or “Tuna”), 75, of Marion died Thursday, August 15, 2024 unexpectedly at home. &nb[...] Read more »

Robert A. Brown

Robert A. Brown, 86, of Mattapoisett, MA, passed away peacefully on August 19, 2024, after a short illness. Bob spent his childhood betwee[...] Read more »

Myriol B. (King) Beauseigneur

Myriol B. (King) Beauseigneur, age 87, of Fairhaven, formerly of Kissimmee, FL and Paramus, NJ passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, aft[...] Read more »

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