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Solar Farm Denial Clears the Way for Second 40B

            The developer of the 40B housing development off Route 105 in Marion is now looking to construct a second 40B project on a lot located off Wareham Street – a lot made controversial recently with the Marion Planning Board’s denial of a large-scale solar farm once slated for the site.             During the Marion Planning Board […] Read more »

Mattapoisett Schools See Decreasing Enrollment

The numbers don’t lie, as the saying goes. And the numbers of students enrolling in Mattapoisett’s local schools – Center School and Old Hammondtown School – continues to trend downward. This fact has been discussed at many school committee and other Town board meetings for the last several years.             Bolstered by census numbers and projections […] Read more »

Trash Trouble Mounts in Marion

            As Marion Town Administrator Paul Dawson gave his report after a long March 19 evening of plowing through a packed agenda, he said a project he’s been working on “has been the most difficult project in my career.” He was speaking of the town’s need to find a solution to what has become its curbside […] Read more »

Town May Join Others for Lower Electricity Rates

Like those of surrounding towns, Rochester residents may soon start paying less for electricity; however, Town Meeting voters must first approve joining the Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development District (SRPEDD) Community Electricity Aggregation, the largest in Massachusetts and the second-largest in the country.             What is a community electricity aggregation (CEA)? As explained by John […] Read more »

Marijuana Cultivation Proposed for Mattapoisett

            Coming before the Mattapoisett Planning Board on March 18 was David McIntire and Attorney Phil Silverman with a business proposal for a marijuana cultivation facility in the industrial zone off North Street – a business with the potential to provide 30 new jobs and from $150,000 to $225,000 annually for the town.             Town Administrator Michael […] Read more »

Town Clerk Indicted on Criminal Larceny Charges

Marion Town Clerk Ray Pickles has been indicted by a statewide grand jury for allegations that he stole over $610,000 during his last six years serving as the executive director for the Carver, Marion, Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District.             Pickles was fired from his 45-year position as executive director in January 2018 when the District’s […] Read more »

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Nasketucket Bird Club

March 28 @ 7:00 pm
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Anything Goes at ORR

March 28 @ 7:30 pm
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Anything Goes at ORR

March 29 @ 7:30 pm
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Children’s Clothing Drive at ORRJHS

March 30 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Events

Nasketucket Bird Club

The Nasketucket Bird Club will be meeting on Thursday, March 28at 7:00 pm at the Mattapoisett Public Library.       [...] Read more »

Bishop Stang Used Book Sale

On Saturday, April 6, two dozen Bishop Stang student volunteers will hold the 8th Annual Book Sale to benefit the American Heart Association in m[...] Read more »

Boat Building Seminar

It’s never too early to start thinking about the Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race! Here is a great Spring vacation week project.    &[...] Read more »

ORR Week of the Young Child Kickoff

Join us as we kick off the Week of the Young Child on April 6from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm in the Old Rochester Regional High School Gymnasium, 135 Ma[...] Read more »

Marion Fireworks Auction and Gala

The beach themed Marion Fireworks Auction and Gala is this Saturday, March 23at the music hall.         &[...] Read more »

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Opinion

Cellphone Tower

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

To the Editor:             Benjamin Fran[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Police Department

To the Editor: I would like to thank the Mattapoisett Police Department and responders for the quick[...] Read more »

Building Our Largest Dementia

To the Editor: Congress just passed the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzh[...] Read more »

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Sports

ORR Swimming Crowns Another State Champion

A year after Marc Bourgeois won the 100 breaststroke for Old Rochester Regional (ORR) boys swimming [...] Read more »

Tri-Town Basketball Playoff Night

Tri-Town Basketball season concluded on Thursday, March 14 with playoff night at Old Rochester High [...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Road Race

The Mattapoisett Road Race starts at 9:00 am on Thursday, July 4– a great way to celebrate In[...] Read more »

ORR Girls Basketball Falls Short in South Semis

Old Rochester Regional girls basketball’s postseason run came to an end in the Division 2 South se[...] Read more »

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Features

The American Beech Tree

The American Beech Tree is quite different from other deciduous species because, instead of dropping its leaves in autumn, it retains them attached to the branches until spring. Biologists label this [...] Read more »

Tri-Town Sings the Folk Songs of the Nation

As the Tri-Town libraries of Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester continue their “One Book, Tri-Town” program, no aspect of the selected book’s theme – the Great Depression era – is left out,[...] Read more »

Vocabulary Day the RMS Way

When one reaches fourth grade at Rochester Memorial School, There’s a ‘peculiar’ tradition that’s really quite cool. The kids are ‘ecstatic’ to participate, Their mission: new words, let m[...] Read more »

The Works Program Agency’s Works of Art

The Tri-Town libraries of Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester have banded together in an experiment that gives rise to opportunities to dig further into subject matter that has helped to shape our cou[...] Read more »

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Happenings

Children’s Clothing Drive at ORRJHS

Get an early start on Spring Cleaning and bring your children’s gently used or like-new clothing to the ORRJHS Gymnasium on Saturday, March 30f[...] 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 »

Vacancies for Upcoming Town Election in Mattapoisett

Have you ever thought about getting more involved in your community? There are three vacancies in the upcoming Mattapoisett Annual Town Election. Ther[...] Read more »

Cushing Cemetery

Cushing Cemetery is starting their spring cleanup this month. It would help us immensely if last year’s Christmas decorations were removed. Come&nbs[...] Read more »

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Schools

Academic Achievements

Ashleigh Wilson, of Mattapoisett, has been placed on the 2018 Fall Semester William Smith Colle[...] Read more »

ORRJH Students of the Month

            Kevin T. Brogioli, Principal[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

The following students have been selected for inclusion on the Dean’s List for academic achiev[...] Read more »

UCT Hosts Annual College Fair

Upper Cape Tech welcomes area high school students and their parents/guardians to attend the annual [...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Woman’s Club Offers Scholarships

The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club is pleased to offer two $2,500 scholarship awards to Mattapoisett re[...] Read more »

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Obituaries

Anna May Silva

Anna May Silva 93, of Rochester Mass, formerly of West Bridgewater and Cape Cod, passed into eternal life on March 23rd 2019 in the comfort of her hom[...] Read more »

David S. Jenney

David S. Jenney, 87, of Mattapoisett Massachusetts passed away peacefully at home on March 22, 2019. He was the son of Winfield and Margaret Jenney, s[...] Read more »

Erik Pina

Erik Pina, 54, of Marion, died March 17, 2019 after an illness.             He was born in[...] Read more »

Kenneth B. Welch

Kenneth B. Welch, ”KW”, 72, of Mattapoisett formerly of Nantucket, passed away on Monday March 11, 2019 at Saint Luke’s Hospital.  He [...] Read more »

Marylee (Hughes) Burke

Marylee (Hughes) Burke, 59, of Rochester died March 16, 2019 peacefully at home surrounded by her family after a long illness.     [...] Read more »

Tom (Thomas H.) Dugan

Tom (Thomas H.) Dugan, a long-time resident of San Francisco and Sausalito, CA, passed away peacefully in the early morning of March 15, 2019 at his s[...] Read more »

Frank Edward Cooper, Sr.

Frank Edward Cooper, Sr., 89, of Mattapoisett, passed peacefully on Wednesday March 13, 2019 at Our Lady’s Haven Nursing Home in Fairhaven. Always a[...] Read more »

Grace E. (Madeiros) Cobb

Grace E. (Madeiros) Cobb, 88, of Marion died March 7, 2019 unexpectedly at home.            &nb[...] Read more »

Rheta T. Tuttle

Rheta T. Tuttle passed away on March 12, 2019 after a brief period of declining health due to a fall.         [...] Read more »

Kathleen Marie O’Grady

Kathleen Marie O’Grady, age 87, died peacefully on Saturday, March 9 in Concord, Massachusetts.         &nbs[...] Read more »

Amabel Kilby Barrows

Amabel Kilby Barrows, age 98, died March 1, 2019 from complications of pneumonia at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford, MA. She was the daughter of [...] Read more »

David A. Johnson

David A. Johnson, 80, of Marion, MA died Thursday, February 28, 2019 at Sippican Healthcare Center after a long illness. He was the husband of Barbara[...] Read more »

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