Marion is having a Scout-led Spring Town Clean Up on Saturday, April 28. Streets will be cleaned and closets cleared as the Marion Cub Scouts Pack 32 and Marion Boy Scouts Troop 32 join forces with GiftstoGive, the Marion Recreation Department, Tabor Academy, and Marion Department of Public Works for a spring cleaning! Please join […] Read more »
The Nemasket Group 5K Walk/Run will be held on Saturday, May 5. The race begins and ends at Fort Phoenix, Fairhaven, MA. Dust off your sneakers and join us for a morning of fun as we wind through Fairhaven for a great cause. Coming together as a community and making new friends while raising awareness […] Read more »
At approximately 8:05 pm, Friday April 6, 2018, the Mattapoisett Police Department received a telephone call reporting a motor vehicle crash on Aucoot Road approximately a quarter mile prior to the entrance to Harbor Beach. Officers who responded to the crash site found a vehicle that had traveled south on Aucoot Road, a two-lane roadway […] Read more »
Adam C. Evich, 47, of Fairhaven died April 7, 2018 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the husband of Dagne (Sovik) Evich. Born in Spokane, WA, the son of Peter and Marcia K. (Fuller) Evich, he lived in Edmunds, WA before moving to Fairhaven in 2003. Adam was employed as a commercial fisherman on several […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission on March 28 issued an Enforcement Order to the owners of 78 Wareham Road for what the commission perceived as an obvious violation of the Wetlands Protection Act and the Clean Rivers Act after visiting the site. According to Vice Chairman Jeffrey Doubrava, extensive clear-cutting has taken place after visiting the […] Read more »
They start off in the afternoon in a large group, leaving the high school campus and patiently waiting at the updated crosswalk for cars to stop and allow them to pass. The colorful group, clad in a rainbow of athletic gear, makes its way across Route 6 and heads down into the adjacent neighborhood for […] Read more »
To the Editor: A few facts about the Marion Town House Renovation… The Town House Building Committee has refined the plan and costs again and again over the past six years. The reconstruction will take the building down to the studs. The projected estimates are all inclusive and there is a generous contingency amount included […] Read more »
Mark your calendar. The Friends Spring Book Sale is just around the corner. The Friends of the Mattapoisett Library will be holding their Second Saturday Monthly Book Sale on April 14from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm, downstairs at the library, 7 Barstow Street. Stop in to browse our great selection and buy a “Bag of […] Read more »
Join the SouthCoast EcoChallenge Team. The Fairhaven Sustainability Committee invites its Tri-Town (Mattapoisett, Marion, Rochester) friends and neighbors, young and old, near and far to join Team Southcoast for the Project Drawdown EcoChallenge – a fun and social way to learn about and take action on any of 100 scientifically researched climate solutions. From April […] Read more »
Rochester is approaching the day when it will completely switch over its 911 emergency dispatch service to a regional service based in Duxbury, and on April 2 Town Administrator Suzanne Szyndlar told the Rochester Board of Selectmen that date could be as soon as May 15. All infrastructure upgrades such as repeaters, transmitters, and generators […] Read more »