Old Colony Highlanders Pipe Band (OCH), which practices locally in Lakeville, was recently recognized as the second place band in their division in the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association after a successful year of competition in 2018. This distinction was recognized out of 100 bands in the competition grade. While other local bands also […] Read more »
At the end of the season at Tabor Academy, Hockey Unlimited presented 3 special recognition awards. Dylan Parker of Plympton received the Most Improved Player award. Tim Dyer, Managing Director & Head Coach of Hockey Unlimited, stated while presenting the award, “Dylan has shown that hard work and dedication can pay handsome dividends.” Dyer went […] Read more »
Town Administrator Paul Dawson is pleased to announce that Katherine Milligan has been hired as Marion’s new Treasurer/Collector and will be starting her new position next month. Milligan is currently employed as the Assistant Treasurer/Collector for Orleans, a position she has held for over three years. She also has prior municipal experience working for the […] Read more »
There may be viable solutions for the long list of problems facing Marion during this time, but a quick fix won’t come cheaply. Residents planning to attend the Annual Town Meeting in May will be faced with some tough decisions with some hefty price tags, and voters will be forced to cherry pick the problems […] Read more »
Sunday was a solemn day for the Tri-Town community and its first responders as many gathered in Mattapoisett to honor the memory of Thomas Nye, a 45-year veteran of the Marion Fire Department who died February 27 in the line of duty. Over 100 firefighters, police officers, and EMS personnel from Marion, the Tri-Town, and […] Read more »
On March 23 and 24, the South Coast Chamber Music Series performs “three fervent, fragrant bouquets” in a program including Clara Schumann’s dazzling Piano Trio in G Minor, George Chadwick’s String Quartet No. 4 (his most popular chamber work), and César Franck’s epic Piano Quintet, one of the most roiling, ardent quintets of all time. With […] Read more »
In 1998, the Sippican Historical Society commissioned an architectural survey of Marion’s historic homes and buildings. The survey was funded one-half by the Sippican Historical Society and one-half by the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Due to the limits of funding, not all of the historic buildings were surveyed, but over 100 were catalogued and photographed. The […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health is again picking up flavored tobacco products, just not literally. After putting a flavored tobacco and nicotine ban on the back burner last year to concentrate on regulating recreational cannabis, the board is ready to pick up where it left off and ban the highly addictive flavored products from Marion. […] Read more »
State Representative William M. Straus, Selectman Jordan C. Collyer, and Kathleen Damaskos, Chair of the Mattapoisett Cultural Council, have announced the award of 15 grants totaling $8,262, for cultural programs in and around Mattapoisett. Grant recipients include Mattapoisett Free Public Library, Friends of Old Rochester Drama, and Showstoppers Performing Arts. A complete list of recipients and […] Read more »
It has taken Sherman Briggs and Arnold Briggs years to get to this point – the first steps in the permitting process towards developing high-density residential units on their property in the vicinity of Spring Street and Mill Road, the only remaining Residence E zone on Marion zoning maps. The property was slated for re-zoning […] Read more »