A hiking trail at the Rounseville II Preserve located off Mary’s Pond Road that was damaged by illegal ATV use will be enhanced with a series of bog bridges that will stretch across some of the affected areas, making them passable again by foot. Eric Boyer of the Wildlands Trust, Inc., custodians of the preserve, […] Read more »
Marion resident and Azusa Pacific University student Shannon Smith made the academic Deans’ List at APU. Smith, a Liberal Studies Major, is honored for a fall semester 2015 academic standing of a 3.5 or better grade-point average. Smith is joined by 2,230 other students receiving the same honor. The following Tri-Town residents have been named […] Read more »
The Sippican Historical Society in Marion has hired a new part-time Executive Director who will be shared with the Mattapoisett Historical Society. Dr. Jeffrey Miller started on March 4 and will initially be working on Fridays from 8:00 am – 3:00 pm. Dr. Jeffrey Miller has a Ph.D. in Historical Archaeology from The Queen’s University […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center is currently in final preparations for its spring production, Crimes of the Heart, a Pulitzer Prize winning tragicomedy by Beth Henley. To be performed the first two weekends in April, the play is set in a sleepy Mississippi town, where three sisters have gathered to await news of the ailing family […] Read more »
Squirts: The Gateway Gladiator Squirts took to the ice on Saturday to push for its first win in this year’s playoffs, and they did by a score of 4-2. In the first period and with a clean top shelf shot, Ty David Ribeiro got Gateway on the board with help from Benjamin Hebbel. Soon after, […] Read more »
The unpermitted backstop that contributed to a several years-long legal battle between the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals and Tabor Academy is allowed to remain now that the ZBA has granted Tabor the variance it requested. On March 10, with a unanimous vote, the board let bygones be bygones and allowed the controversial backstop to […] Read more »
It didn’t take long for tempers to flair as abutters packed in Rochester’s Town Hall on March 10 for the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals meeting began to speak out against their neighbor’s application for a variance. Robert Fiano, 397 North Avenue, applied for a zoning variance in order to construct a 28- by 33-foot […] Read more »
During the final week of the season at Tabor Academy, Hockey Unlimited presented awards to four of its players. Joy Mello of Mattapoisett and Alicia Wohlgemuth of Halifax received the Most Improved Player awards. Tim Dyer, Managing Director & Head Coach of Hockey Unlimited, stated while presenting the awards, “Joy and Alicia each have shown […] Read more »
On Saturday, March 26, the MDTC will hold its annual caucus to elect delegates to the Massachusetts Democratic Party State Convention to be held at the Tsongas Center UMASS Lowell on Saturday, June 4. The caucus will take place from 10:15 am to 12:00 pm in the lower conference room at the Mattapoisett Library, 7 […] Read more »
The Town of Rochester will conduct a rabies clinic on April 3 from 12:00 to 2:00 pm at the Rochester Grange, Hartley Road. The cost is $12 per shot. Please bring cats in carriers and keep dogs leashed. Please contact the Rochester animal control officer at 508-649-9813 for details. Read more »