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Hiring For Key Vacancies and Future Plans

Rochester’s Select Board Tuesday focused its attention on filling the three town hall positions recently vacated by retirements: Town Planner, Town Accountant, and Police Captain. Discussion began with its review of a request from the Freetown Town Administrator to share a Town Planner, as that nearby town currently does not have its own. The […] Read more »

Pushback From Permit-Seekers

Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday endorsed an Approval Not Required (ANR) application for the construction of three single-family dwellings on two-acre lots on High Street at Forbes Road but not without push back from board based on its closeness to Connet Woods. Connet Woods is designed as a regulated subdivision, Planning Board Chair Arnold Johnson […] Read more »

Collyer To Run Again

On January 14, immediately at the commencement of the Select Board meeting, member Jordan Collyer asked to make a public statement. Speaking from prepared notes, Collyer said he wanted to dispel rumors regarding whether or not he’d be running again in the upcoming spring elections. He confided to the public that he was a recovering […] Read more »

Boulder Usage For Wetland Development

The Marion Conservation Commission Wednesday, January 8, whittled through an agenda of many routine projects within flood and wetland buffer zones. Commissioners mostly expressed concern about a project on Dexter Road seeking to reuse boulders and build an accessory garage. Commissioners also expressed concern about a project seeking to remove an old cottage and […] Read more »

Bike Path Maintenance – Who and How

In a continued informal discussion regarding possible erosion issues sustained near the footings of benches installed at the entrance of the bike path boardwalk on Good Speed Island, environmental agent Samantha Carew reported her findings. Carew said that the benches in question were not on the original plan of record and had not been permitted. […] Read more »

Kabeyun Road Hearing To Be Continued

The Marion Zoning Board of Appeals held its first meeting of the new year on January 9. Two special permits were requested. Susan Billings of 17 Kabeyun Road sought a special permit to allow for the reconstruction of a non-conforming single-family dwelling. The building has a 7.8-foot deviation towards the property line. The owner […] Read more »

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No Leaves? No Problem! Winter Tree ID

Looking for something to do with the kids on the school early release day? The Mattapoisett Land Trust is hosting a Winter Tree ID walk on Wednesday, [...] Read more »

Machacam Club

The next meeting of the Machacam Club is scheduled for Wednesday, February 6. We meet at the American Legion Hall on Depot Street. Social time begins [...] Read more »

Marion Natural History Museum

Winter tree walk with DCR forester James Rassman will be held on February 5 from 10:30 am to 11:30 am. James will be leading our adult group on a walk[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Republican Town Committee

The Mattapoisett Republican Town Committee welcomes members, guests, and community members to join us on Thursday, January 23 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm [...] Read more »

Hello from Plumb Library

If one of your New Year’s Resolutions is to try to read more, or read outside of your comfort zone, maybe joining a book club will help you acco[...] Read more »

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Preliminary Historic District Study Report

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Friends of the Mattapoisett Library

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Sippican Woman’s Club

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Thank you, Tobey Hospital

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Back From Break

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Bulldogs Victory Before the Holidays

The Old Rochester Regional High School boys’ basketball team hosted Seekonk on December 20 in thei[...] Read more »

First Game Goes to Overtime

Old Rochester High School’s hockey team played their season opener at Dartmouth on December 15, in[...] Read more »

Futsal Champs

Beckham Harvey of Marion has an exciting journey this month. He, along with his futsal team FC Flair[...] Read more »

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Features

Davin’s 3rd Annual Food Drive Raffle Smashes Goal

A shining example of generosity and determination has again emerged this past holiday season. Young Davin Alves of Marion has once again successfully organized and executed a fundraiser aimed at suppo[...] Read more »

Marion Police, Firefighters, and Harbormaster Rescue Duck Hunter

Police Chief Richard Nighelli, Fire Chief Brian Jackvony, and Harbormaster Adam Murphy report that their departments cooperated to rescue a duck hunter after he fell out of his boat into the water Mon[...] Read more »

Alcohol: how Bad is it?

The news media have been filled with reactions to the U.S. Surgeon General’s recent pronouncement that alcohol was a major cancer risk, and that alcoholic beverages should carry a cancer warning lab[...] Read more »

Our Volatile Planet

In what can only be described as a coincidence, a surprising coincidence, Rochester’s Plumb Library along with the Friends of the L[...] Read more »

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MAC Theater Playwrights Incubator

The MAC Theater Playwrights Incubator is a program for first-time playwrights to see their work realized on the stage. Finding theaters to produce new[...] Read more »

MA Preservation Projects Fund 2025 Grant Cycle

Secretary William F. Galvin, Chair of the Massachusetts Historical Commission is pleased to announce that Round 31 of the Massachusetts Preservation P[...] Read more »

UCC Celebrates a Historic Milestone

United Congregational Church is excited and honored to announce the ordination of Patricia Berry, the first woman ordained in the church’s 330-y[...] Read more »

River’s Edge Book Club

The River’s Edge Book Club of Marion hosted a successful annual Holiday Children’s Book Drive this past December 2024. This season, the Bo[...] Read more »

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