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News

Town Must Cut Funding for Rochester Country Fair

            These have certainly been trying times for the Rochester Country Fair, a 20-years-long tradition to which its success rests solely on the right atmospheric conditions to draw the big crowds to the all-outdoor event. After this year’s country fair was cut short due to the Eastern Equine Encephalitis threat and a curfew restricting events on […] Read more »

Trash District Option Could Prevent a Marion ‘Mexit’

            The Carver Marion Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District will continue on in some form, board members made clear at the most recent meeting on November 20. The question members are facing now is, exactly what will the district look like?             “Stop calling it a dissolution,” said board member and Marion Selectman Norm Hills. “There will […] Read more »

ZBA Votes ‘No’ to Bowman Road Solar Project

            Residents of the Bowman Road neighborhood were few in number, but strong in their objections to a proposed solar farm planned on property owned by NextGrid, LLC, a California-based alternative energy developer, for acreage located off Bowman Road in undeveloped pine forest.             Coming before the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals on November 21 were Daniel […] Read more »

FinCom Chair Hints at ‘Mexit’ from ORR District

            There was no shortage of criticism and hyperbole targeting the Old Rochester Regional School District during the Marion Finance Committee meeting on November 22. At one point, FinCom Chairman Peter Winters suggested his big idea about Marion withdrawing from the regional school district altogether, while Marion Town Administrator Jay McGrail expressed his big hopes about […] Read more »

Minor Changes Approved to Bike Path Plan

            A recent multi-agency meeting was held at the site of Phase 1B of the Mattapoisett bike path currently under construction along the barrier beach between Reservation Road and Goodspeed Island Road, which included members of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Department of Environmental Protection, and contractor D. W. White, said Mattapoisett Conservation Commission Chairman Mike […] Read more »

BOH to Reduce Tobacco Sales Permits

            The Marion Board of Health has decided to move forward with its idea to cap tobacco sales licenses in town and bring that number down from six to five.             During the November 19 meeting, Health Director Karen Walega said that one of the six current tobacco permit holders has suggested that it would not be […] Read more »

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Winter Mini Book Sale

December 6 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
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Winter Mini Book Sale

December 6 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
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Music and Movement with Ms. Nancy

December 6 @ 10:30 am
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Emmalina Scrooge on the MAC Stage

December 6 @ 7:00 pm

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Events

View the “King of Meteor Showers”

Join the Buzzards Bay Coalition to look out for the Geminid meteor shower, sometimes called the “king” of meteor showers, at The Bogs (138[...] Read more »

Emmalina Scrooge on the MAC Stage

Steph DeFerie’s Emmalina Scrooge, directed by Jennifer Palmer, opens on the MAC Stage on Friday, December 6 at 7:30 pm. There will be[...] Read more »

Elizabeth Taber Library Holiday Events

Celebrate the Holidays with the Elizabeth Taber Library.                &nb[...] Read more »

SLT Open House

Come celebrate 45 years of land conservation in Marion with the Sippican Lands Trust (SLT) at its Holiday Open House on Thursday, December 5 [...] Read more »

Emergency Preparedness

The Massachusetts Office on Disability, in partnership with the Mattapoisett Board of Health, is hosting an informational gathering for Mattapoisett r[...] Read more »

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Opinion

Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals

Dear Editor,             Appreciation go[...] Read more »

Correction

To the Editor:             In a November[...] Read more »

Tabor Playing Field Lights

To the Editor;             Two of your S[...] Read more »

Thank you Mattapoisett

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

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Sports

Tabor Student Athletes Sign National Letters of Intent

This year, Tabor Academy is fortunate to have eight Seawolves moving on to participate in Division I[...] Read more »

Tabor Alumna Wins Marathon in South Korea

Tabor Academy 2015 graduate Julia O’Rourke was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for an English teach[...] Read more »

OC Prepares for First Season Post-Jake Jason

Over the last four seasons, Old Colony basketball had the luxury of featuring Jake Jason on its rost[...] Read more »

ORR Football Postseason Run Falls Short

            Old Rochester Regional footb[...] Read more »

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Features

Santa Sightings in the Tri-Town

            Jolly old Saint Nick has a busy weekend ahead of him with a number of back-to-back Tri-Town events where Santa (with some events[...] Read more »

MAC Brings a Modern-Day Scrooge to Stage

            Over a century after three ghosts fix the cold, miserly heart of Ebenezer Scrooge, he’s been called upon to help someone who i[...] Read more »

‘I am Autisticus’: The Autistic Perspective

            Chuck McIntyre has terrible executive function skills. Keeping organized, remembering to do the tasks on his to-do list, and eve[...] Read more »

One Woman’s Journey to Health and Happiness

            Mattapoisett resident and wellness advocate Dr. Mia Holland has spent her entire life driven to succeed at anything she put her [...] Read more »

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Happenings

Tri-County Symphonic Band

‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the land, Town folks were gathering to hear the Tri-County Symphonic Band.    &n[...] Read more »

Scouts Food Donations to Shepherd’s Pantry

Rochester Troop 31 delivered food donations they have been collecting all month to Shepherd’s Pantry in Acushnet for Thanksgiving. November was [...] Read more »

Area Sees First Significant Snow of the Season

The area’s first wintery storm was off to a slippery start on Sunday, December 1, and then concluded on Tuesday, December 3, with more snow that pro[...] Read more »

Shop ‘Til You Drop

Need to Christmas shop but don’t have time without the kids? Let First Congregational Church of Rochester, 11 Constitution Way in Rochester, fee[...] Read more »

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Schools

ORRHS Term 1 Honor Roll

The following students have achieved honors for the third term at Old Rochester Regional High School[...] Read more »

National Merit Scholarship Program

Principal Michael C. Devoll of Old Rochester Regional High School announced today that Dante M.[...] 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 of[...] Read more »

ORRJH Students of the Month

Silas D. Coellner, Principal of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, announces the following S[...] Read more »

ORRJH Students of the Month

Silas D. Coellner, Principal of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, announces the following S[...] Read more »

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Obituaries

Eugenia (Pina) Oliver Hines

Eugenia (Pina) Oliver Hines, also known as the “Matriarch of the Oliver Family”, age 91, of New Bedford, passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 [...] Read more »

Linda Pirro Solomon

Linda Pirro Solomon, 71, of Marion, Dover and Needham, died November 27, 2019. She was the wife of Dr. Alan Solomon.      &nb[...] Read more »

William B. Rosperich

William B. Rosperich, 68, of Mattapoisett, died peacefully at home on Sunday, November 24, 2019. He was the husband of Christine M. (Perrault) Rosperi[...] Read more »

Edward D. Francis, IV

Edward D. Francis, IV, 69, of Marion died Thursday, November 28, 2019 at home surrounded by his family after a long and courageous battle with cancer.[...] Read more »

Thomas “Tommy” Christian Chaples, Sr.

Thomas “Tommy” Christian Chaples, Sr. entered into rest Tuesday, November 25, 2019.           &n[...] Read more »

John Dawson

John Dawson, 85, a longtime resident of Boxford, currently of Mattapoisett, died on November 21, 2019. He was the devoted husband of Elizabeth A. (Jai[...] Read more »

Susan V. Petersen

Susan V. Petersen, 70, of Sandwich, died November 17, 2019 after a brief illness. Susan was the daughter of Maj. James “Ed” Callahan and Virginia [...] Read more »

Earl E. Dalrymple

Earl E. Dalrymple, age 83 of Mattapoisett, passed away in his residence on Wednesday, November 19, 2019, with his loving family by his side. He was th[...] Read more »

Dr. Lincoln Edmond Ford

Dr. Lincoln Edmond Ford, 81 of Marion died November 16, 2019, after a long illness from Alzheimer’s disease.       [...] Read more »

Donald L. Nahigyan, Jr.

Donald L. Nahigyan, Jr., 69, of Mattapoisett died peacefully at home on Thursday November 7, 2019.  Born in North Adams, the son of the late Dr. [...] Read more »

Nancy Stafford Boston

Nancy Stafford Boston, age 89, of East Falmouth, MA, passed peacefully in her home on Nov. 4, 2019 in the company of loving family. She was the daught[...] Read more »

Gordon D. Franklin

Gordon D. Franklin, 61, of Marion, died Monday, November 11, 2019 at Tobey Hospital in Wareham.  He was the husband of the late Deborah (Lop[...] Read more »

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