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Capital Project Faces Potential $1 Million Shortfall

The Marion Board of Selectmen on January 15 endured the grunt work of preparing the numbers for a slew of proposed large-scale capital improvement projects to bring before the Capital Improvement Planning Committee on Thursday night ahead of Town Meeting. Representatives from CDM Smith, the Town’s engineering firm that holds the contract for designing and […] Read more »

Board Discusses Alcohol Citation, Schedules Town Meeting

A Rochester business was recently cited for selling alcohol to a person under 21, Rochester Town Administrator Suzanne Szyndlar informed the Board of Selectmen on January 7. Szyndlar told the selectmen – the governing authority that issues licenses to sell alcohol in town – that she received a letter from the Police Department disclosing that, […] Read more »

Marion Designated as Green Community

Town Administrator Paul Dawson and the Marion Board of Selectmen are pleased to announce that the Town of Marion was designated as a Green Community by the state late last month. “With so much conversation being made lately about the environment and our impact on it, this designation as a Green Community comes at just […] Read more »

Selectmen Ready to Talk T.U.R.F.

Marion Town Administrator Paul Dawson advised the Board of Selectmen on January 8 to plan on attending the upcoming Old Rochester Regional School Committee meeting next week when the committee will discuss the ORR High School athletic complex renovation project proposal it will support advancing into the new year. “I think it’s important that we […] Read more »

Assistant Superintendent to Retire in June

Old Rochester Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment Dr. Elise Frangos will retire come the end of this school year, and the Rochester School Committee on January 3 had a brief discussion about the future of the position in the four school districts of Old Rochester. School Committee Chairman Sharon Hartley said there are […] Read more »

Rumors Prompt Info Session on Pending 40R Housing

Town officials and residents of Rochester got acquainted on January 3 with the proposal for a 208-unit residential development on Cranberry Highway classified as a Chapter 40R high-density zoning development that would mix residential and commercial and set aside 20 percent of its units to affordable housing. Developer Ken Steen has built similar projects with […] Read more »

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Mattapoisett Woman’s Club

January 17 @ 11:00 am
Thu 17

Soup-er Thursdays

January 17 @ 11:30 am
Thu 17

“Just the Facts”

January 17 @ 6:30 pm
Sat 19

Tabor Showcase

January 19 @ 12:00 pm

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Events

SLT & NBC Lead Duck Waddle

Join the Sippican Lands Trust and the Nasketucket Bird Club for a trip around Marion to view winter ducks and other avian visitors on Sunday, January [...] Read more »

Experience a Total Lunar Eclipse

On the evening of January 20into the morning of January 21, the shadow of earth will pass in front of the full moon, creating a total lunar eclipse. C[...] Read more »

Tabor Academy Offers Tech Help

A free, open-to-the-public tech help session will be held at Tabor Academy’s Charles Hayden Library on Wednesday, January 16, from 9:30 am – 11: 3[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Woman’s Club

On Thursday, January 17, the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club will hold our first luncheon and meeting of 2019 at 11:00 am in Reynard Hall of the Matta[...] Read more »

Art for Your Mind

After a busy Christmas season, the Sippican Woman’s Club will begin 2019 with a program presented by Jill Sanford, Art for Your Mind with a focus on[...] Read more »

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Opinion

Sippican Woman’s Club

To the Editor: The members of the Sippican Woman’s Club would like to take this opportunity to[...] Read more »

Make Mattapoisett “Special”

To the Editor: After reading the article from the Clarksons, I decided to send a few of my thoughts [...] Read more »

Sippican Woman’s Club of Marion

To the Editor: The Sippican Woman’s Club of Marion would like to thank you and all the members[...] Read more »

Inn in Mattapoisett

To the Editor: The historic seaside Inn in Mattapoisett has had several owners and we remember some [...] Read more »

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Sports

Old Colony Boys Basketball Starts Off Hot

For only the second time since the program started in 1978-1979, Old Colony boys basketball is off t[...] Read more »

ORR Hockey Earns First Conference Win in Shutout

Jake Demoranvillecontinued his strong start to the 2018-2019 season with a lights-out performance in[...] Read more »

Mariner Youth Soccer Association Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of the Mariner Youth Soccer Association will be held at 7:00 pm on Thursday,Janua[...] Read more »

Strong Start for ORR Girls Basketball

Old Rochester Regional High School girls basketball has taken advantage of every opportunity in the [...] Read more »

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Features

Treasures Troves of Trash: The Quirky Side of SEMASS

When you’re in the business of trash, there are certain things you can expect to encounter on a daily basis – a steady, almost constant stream of incoming rubbish, the ubiquitous stench of garbage[...] Read more »

Sail On Herman Melville

“Thar she blows …” bellowed actor Stephen Collins as he inhabited the very soul of Herman Melville during his one-man performance of “Sailing Towards My Father” at the Mattapoisett Library o[...] Read more »

The Buzzards Bay Coalition in Marion

The relatively new Buzzards Bay Coalition science laboratory and baykeeper boat building opened in October at the new location at Route 6 and Spring Street. It will now become a future landmark for cl[...] Read more »

First, Do No Harm

There is so much traffic just outside the windows of my North Street home. It amazes me now as I sit here watching the seasons change through the color of the sky and the leaves’ silent descent to t[...] Read more »

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Happenings

Liz Wiley Appointed Executive Director of the Marion Institute

The Marion Institute (MI) Board of Directors and staff welcome their new Executive Director, Liz Wiley, to the organization. Wiley will lead MI, which[...] Read more »

Rochester Council on Aging

Inclement Weather/Senior Center Closings: The Senior Center closes for all activities when Rochester schools are cancelled. Upcoming closings in Janua[...] Read more »

Tri-Town TV

Did you know ORCTV films and produces monthly TV episodes called Tri-Town TV!? Tri-Town TV is a great way to showcase your event, concert, or any othe[...] Read more »

Calling All Amateur Photographers

The Town of Mattapoisett Historical Commission is inviting all amateur photographers to submit images of Mattapoisett for possible inclusion in the 20[...] Read more »

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Schools

Academic Achievements

Ava Ciffolillo, Class of 2022, from Mattapoisett, was named to the dean’s list at Bucknell Uni[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Dean’s List statusatLehigh Universityin the Fall 2018 semester, which is awarded to students w[...] Read more »

2019/2020 Kindergarten Orientation & Registration

On Wednesday evening,January 30, a Parent Information Night for new kindergarten families begins at [...] Read more »

John and Abigail Adams Scholarship

Dr. Robert Dutch, Superintendent of the Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School is pleased to annou[...] Read more »

Preschool Screening Clinic Scheduled

The Old Rochester Regional School District will be holding its annual screening clinic for three and[...] Read more »

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Obituaries

John E. “Jack” Boeing

John E. “Jack” Boeing, 98, of Marion, MA, on January 14, 2019. Predeceased by his wife, Jeanne, Jack leaves three sons and a daughter and [...] Read more »

Felix P. Gomes

Felix P. Gomes, 84, of Marion, entered into eternal glory on Thursday, January 10, 2019 at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. Born in Bourne, h[...] Read more »

Christine Grace Bertram

Christine Grace Bertram, age 66, passed away on Sunday, January 6, 2019, peacefully at home, surrounded by her loved ones after a long battle with can[...] Read more »

Ellen Daniels Eilertsen

Ellen Daniels Eilertsen, 27, of Fairhaven passed away peacefully January 6, 2019 after a long battle with her disease. She was the loving mother of Sa[...] Read more »

Evelyn (Salley) Jenks

Evelyn (Salley) Jenks, age 98, passed away on January 6, 2019, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, Maine, following a brief hospitalizat[...] Read more »

Barbara L. (Warburton) Langlois

Barbara L. (Warburton) Langlois, 88, died at home in Mattapoisett on Saturday, December 29, 2018 surrounded by family. She was predeceased by her husb[...] Read more »

Mary “Candy” (Souza) Drayton

Mary “Candy” (Souza) Drayton, 74, of Rochester, passed away on Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at home after an extended period of declining health. Ca[...] Read more »

Elizabeth (Betty) Houghton Weinberg

Elizabeth (Betty) Houghton Weinberg died peacefully at her home in Marion, Massachusetts on Christmas morning 2018 at age 96. She was the daughter of [...] Read more »

Mildred (Brown) DePierre

Mildred (Brown) DePierre, 93, of Mattapoisett died December 31, 2018 at St. Luke’s Hospital after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late [...] Read more »

Gloria J. (Evans) Snyder

Gloria J. (Evans) Snyder, 67, of Mattapoisett, MA passed away on December 31, 2018 at Atria Assisted Living in Fairhaven, MA. She was the wife of Will[...] Read more »

Annette R. (Paquin) Moran

Annette R. (Paquin) Moran, 81, of Mattapoisett passed away on Thursday December 27, 2018. She was the wife of retired Mattapoisett Police Chief James [...] Read more »

Mary Rachel (Naclerio) Barron

Mary Rachel (Naclerio) Barron, endearingly known as Maisie, of Marion, MA, formerly of Quincy, Braintree and Harlow’s Landing, died peacefully surro[...] Read more »

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