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Cottages Development to Appear on Warrant

            Multi-family developments are progressing in Marion, where the Select Board heard the case of Matt Zucker’s Route 6 Cottages development during its September 8 meeting.             Zucker’s re-zoning request from Residence D (which he can build by-right) to Residence E, he asserts, will allow him to build the multi-family development that he believes the […] Read more »

New Septic Finds New Support

            Barnstable County is keeping a database for new innovative/alternative (I/A) septic systems, namely those that include denitrification technology across Buzzards Bay as far as Westport, and Marion Board of Health member Dot Brown wants Marion in on that action.             Though Marion is part of Plymouth County, Barnstable County, she said, is focused on […] Read more »

Briggs’ New Case Raises Old Issue

            Given an opportunity to address the newer members of Marion’s Planning Board during the September 7 Zoom meeting, developer Sherman Briggs attempted to get the message across that the town’s current bylaws are discouraging developers from putting forth the projects most needed by a community concerned with dwindling scenarios in which seniors can avoid […] Read more »

Cable TV Contract Not Yet a Done Deal

            On August 31, the Tri-Town Selectmen met again to revisit and presumably vote for the Tri-Town cable television agreement with ORCTV and to accept the updated Old Rochester Regional School District agreement previously vetted during a July meeting.             The combined boards represented by Jordan Collyer and Jodi Bauer from Mattapoisett, Norm Hills and […] Read more »

Neck Road Solar Project Outlined

            Renewable Energy Development Partners, LLC came before the Rochester Planning Board on September 7 in a first of what no doubt will be multiple meetings to hammer out details on a new solar array project proposed for Neck Road.             Representing the developer for the Notice of Intent filing was Sarah Stearns of Beals […] Read more »

Numbers Crunched for House Plan

            A Notice of Intent filed by Kenneth and Darla Parsons for the reconstruction and site plan of single-family house and garage at 27 Dexter Road was continued to September 8, but not before substantial discussion that brought out calculators during the Marion Conservation Commission’s August 25 meeting.             At question was the 10-percent rule, […] Read more »

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Fri 17

Open Mic Night

September 17 @ 6:00 pm
Sat 18

Open Pickleball Round Robin Tournament

September 18 @ 8:30 am
Sat 18

Sippican 6th Grade Annual Car Wash

September 18 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sat 18

SLT Oyster Fest Fundraiser

September 18 @ 2:00 pm

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Events

Marion Art Center

The Marion Art Center has added a new Children’s Art Lab Program for young children. Art + Play, taught by Aylin Cetik, is a one-hour class for chil[...] Read more »

Spaghetti Supper at FCCR

First Congregational Church of Rochester is holding a Spaghetti Supper in the church’s Fellowship Hall, 11 Constitution Way in Rochester, on Sat[...] Read more »

Contemporary Sailors’ Valentines Exhibit

The Mattapoisett Library, located at 7 Barstow Street, is presenting an exhibit from September 15 – October 14 of Sailors’ Valentines created [...] Read more »

Ten Warning Signs of Dementia/Alzheimer’s

Ten Warning Signs of Dementia/Alzheimer’s will be held on Tuesday, September 28, at 1:00 pm at the Mattapoisett COA, 17 Barstow Street.   [...] Read more »

Open Pickleball Round Robin Tournament

On Saturday, September 18 (September 25 rain date), MATTREC is hosting their first Pickleball Tournament! Please check in and warm up from 8:30 -8:50 [...] Read more »

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Opinion

Rochester Solar

To the Editor;             Rochester must rej[...] Read more »

Thank You

To the Editor;             Thank you to Repre[...] Read more »

Rochester Master Plan

To the Editor;             The Town of Roches[...] Read more »

Thank You

Hello interested Tri-Town readers,            [...] Read more »

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Sports

ORRAHOF Golf Tournament

Sunday, October 3, the Old Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame is hosting a Golf Tournament at the Matta[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Road Race

It’s an atypical year, so the Mattapoisett Road Race Committee is hosting an atypical version of o[...] Read more »

Horan Completes Unforgettable Year

            After a year of so much frustrati[...] Read more »

ORR Lacrosse Teams Carry Momentum into Tourney

            With only one loss between Old Ro[...] Read more »

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Features

Lighthouse Welcomes Nesting Terns

            The first tropical storm of the hurricane season has already threatened our coastline with a weather forecast of many more still to c[...] Read more »

Salty 100 Brings out Best in Sail

            “Extreme” was the operative word for the inaugural “Salty 100 Distance Race” held last weekend in Buzzards Bay and Rhode Isla[...] Read more »

Deputy Harbormasters Set Bar

            The role of a seasonal deputy harbormaster encompasses every single moving part of an active harbor port-of-call, from simply tossing[...] Read more »

Elevating LGBTQ Youth, Seniors

On August 31 the doors of the Mattapoisett Museum were opened to people wanting to learn more about the LGBTQ community or wishing to share how to obtain services for youth, senior citizens, and famil[...] Read more »

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Wanderer Today



Happenings

Call for Entries: Along the Trails

The Marion Art Center, in collaboration with the Sippican Lands Trust, extends an invitation to area artists to submit works of art for our upcoming f[...] Read more »

From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society

A big item in the files at the museum are the minutes of all the Historical Society meetings from its start in 1967. Minutes include reports on what w[...] Read more »

Rochester Historical Society at COA

Look for the Rochester Historical Table at the Rochester COA’s Crafter Bash and Attic Treasure event on September 11 from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm. W[...] Read more »

Marion Cultural Council Seeks Volunteers

Are you interested in supporting local cultural events in Marion? Have you considered serving on a board and helping to determine how to disperse fund[...] Read more »

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Schools

Academic Achievements

Allison Paim of Marion, Felicia Aguiar of Mattapoisett, and Lilah Gendreau of Mattapoisett were name[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

The following local residents were named to Clark University’s Spring Dean’s List: ̵[...] Read more »

ORR Proposed Mask Mandate Update

Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and the Old Rochester Regional School District and MA Superintenden[...] Read more »

ORR Celebrates AP Capstone Diploma Recipients

Over 2,000 schools participated in the AP Capstone Diploma program, a project-based learning experie[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Oliver Russell, of Mattapoisett, graduated after majoring in history and German at Bates College. Ru[...] Read more »

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Obituaries

Raymond Francis Morris

Raymond Francis Morris, 86, of Rochester, died Sept. 6, 2021 at home. He was the son of the late Antone F. and Irene S. (Rivard) Morris and stepson of[...] Read more »

Barbara Marie (Hanrahan) DeLoid

Barbara Marie (Hanrahan) DeLoid, 95, of Providence, RI, formerly of Marion died Friday, Sept. 3, 2021 at Elmwood Nursing Center in Providence. She was[...] Read more »

George F. Demers

George F. Demers, 83, of Rochester died September 8, 2021 at home, in the arms of his loving wife of 65 years, Jacqueline A. (Moreau) Demers. He fough[...] Read more »

Marsha A. (Marlow) Mitcheson

Marsha A. (Marlow) Mitcheson, 71, of Mattapoisett, passed away Friday, September 3, 2021 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was a passionate[...] Read more »

Richard A. “Rah” Harding

Richard A. “Rah” Harding, age 70, passed away on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, Massachusetts, w[...] Read more »

Ethel Griffith

Ethel Griffith, 92, passed away peacefully in bed on September 2, 2021, after a long fight with Alzheimer’s. Ethel Griffith (né Marcelino) was born[...] Read more »

James R. Gurney

James R. Gurney, 91, of Marion died August 30, 2021 at Tobey Hospital. He was the husband of the late Judith J. (Jenney) Gurney.    &nb[...] Read more »

Matthew “Matty” S. Weckesser

Matthew “Matty” S. Weckesser, 25, of Rochester, died August 26, 2021 at the Boston Medical Center.         [...] Read more »

Russell R. Bessette

Russell R. Bessette age 81 of Mattapoisett, MA and recently of Shelbyville, IN, passed away Wednesday, August 25, 2021. Born on July 21, 1940, in Acus[...] Read more »

Daniel L. McQuillan, Jr.,

Daniel L. McQuillan, Jr., 69, of Mattapoisett died peacefully at home on Monday, August 23, 2021 after a long journey with Atypical Dementia. He was t[...] Read more »

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