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Annual Election, Wednesday, April 10
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Annual Town Meeting, Monday, May 20, 6:30pm
Memorial School, Pine Street

MARION
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

MATTAPOISETT
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

No Support from Selectmen on TURF Ballot Question

            Town Meeting voters on May 13 will see two articles for two Proposition 2 ½ exemption questions slated for the ballot this Election Day – one to fund a new fire station, and one to fund Mattapoisett’s share of the $2 million ORR athletic field complex and auditorium project.             On April 12 the Mattapoisett Board […] Read more »

Church, DPW Join Scouts for Town Clean Up

            The Scouts and their volunteers won’t have to tackle the annual April town-wide cleanup on their own this year, now that the Marion Board of Selectmen on April 16 gave its informal blessing for volunteers from various Marion churches and organizations to join forces with the Department of Public Works (DPW) for the day.             George […] Read more »

Pickles Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ to Criminal Charges

            Ray Pickles pleaded not guilty to six charges of Larceny over $250 during his arraignment at the Plymouth County Superior Court in Brockton on Friday, April 12.             The 85-year-old Marion town clerk is facing criminal charges related to his former position as executive director of the Carver, Marion, Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District (CMWRRDD), and […] Read more »

Voters Reelect Morse for Selectman

            Selectman Brad Morse was reelected on April 10 for a fifth term on the Board of Selectmen, despite an apparent write-in campaign to elect Michael Murphy, a current Planning Board member and prior 2018 candidate for Board of Selectmen.             Murphy received 33 write-ins, which wasn’t enough to exceed Morse’s 230 votes.             “Thank you to the […] Read more »

BOH Moves to Ban Sale of Flavored Nicotine, Tobacco

            The Marion Board of Health has chosen May 7 to hold the public hearing on its proposed ban on flavored tobacco and nicotine delivery products, which would include flavored cigars and flavored liquids used in electronic vaping devices.              This amendment to the existing tobacco and nicotine regulation was conceived in 2016, but the board sent […] Read more »

Sweet Meeting for Planning Board

Rochester Planning Board member Mike Murphy stepped up his game on April 9, clearly exceeding the expectations of the board with a sugar-shocking supply of candy straight out of a grown boy’s dreams.             Murphy, the apparent candy man to the board, is depended upon every meeting to deliver an assortment of the favorite candies enjoyed […] Read more »

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Events Calendar

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Fri 19

Pop-up Projects in Your Pajamas!

April 19 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Fri 19

Meet Me at the Cross

April 19 @ 7:30 pm
Sat 20

Annual Easter Pie and Cake Sale

April 20 @ 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Sat 20

Earth Day Cleanup

April 20 @ 10:00 am

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Events

Author Talk: Jana Milbocker

Do you enjoy touring beautiful gardens? Come join Jana Milbocker, garden designer, lecturer, garden writer, owner of Enchanted Gardens, and author of [...] Read more »

World Laughter Day

May 5will be the first annual World Laughter Day (WLD) to be held at the Buzzards Bay Park from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm. World Laughter Day was started in[...] Read more »

Earth Day Cleanup

The Mattapoisett Democratic Town Committee is organizing an Earth Day Cleanup on Saturday, April 20. Volunteers will meet at the Mattapoisett Fre[...] Read more »

9th Annual Bike Summit

The South Coast Bikeway Alliance (SCBA) is pleased to announce their 9th Annual Bike Summit will be held Thursday, April 25from 5:30 pm to 7:30 p[...] Read more »

Annual Easter Pie and Cake Sale

The Friends of the Mattapoisett Council on Aging are having their Pie and Cake Sale on Saturday, April 20from 8:30 am to noon. Please come to buy[...] 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

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 »

ORR Swimming Crowns Another State Champion

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

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Features

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 »

‘Prize Patrol’ Surprises Local Sweepstakes Winner

            Folks, we’ve all dreamed about being a sweepstakes winner like the people we see on TV, and some of us have even entered our n[...] Read more »

Build That Boat

            The second annual Boat Building Seminar took place under clear skies on Saturday, April 4, a perfect spring day in the lot next [...] Read more »

ORRHS ‘Knit OR Crochet Club’ Spreads Warmth

            In May of 2018 during a Bulldog Block in Señora Carreira’s Spanish classroom, Lily Govoni, Class of 2019 at Old Rochester[...] Read more »

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Happenings

Mattapoisett Area Artists

The Mattapoisett Area Artists (MAA) are looking for people to display their artwork for an upcoming show at the Falmouth Hospital for the months of Ma[...] Read more »

New Gaga Pit at Center School

Paul McLaughlin of Mattapoisett Boy Scout Troop 53 has completed his Eagle Scout Project – a Gaga Pit at Center School in Mattapoisett. Paul, a Fres[...] Read more »

Rochester Council on Aging

Mike & Ann’s Special Luncheon is scheduled for Monday, April 29at 12:00 pm. Mike & Ann will prepare a delicious lunch. All are welcome [...] Read more »

ORRHS Junior is Miss Massachusetts’ Outstanding Teen

Rachel Michelle-Marie Perry of New Bedford, a 17-year old junior at Old Rochester Regional High School, was named Miss Massachusetts’ Outstandin[...] Read more »

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Schools

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 »

New Principal at ORRJH

Silas Coellner will be the new Principal of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School (ORRJHS) in Ma[...] Read more »

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Obituaries

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 »

Jagger Adam William Gibeault

Jagger Adam William Gibeault, age 25 of Freetown, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2019 as a result of a motorcycle accident; while enjoying the day wi[...] Read more »

Grace F. (Foster) Benjamin

Grace F. (Foster) Benjamin, 81 of Rochester died March 17, 2019 peacefully at Atria Senior Living after a brief illness.      [...] Read more »

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