Throughout October: Check out a pumpkin at the Elizabeth Taber Library. Pick up a pumpkin, take it home to decorate and return it to the library by October 28 to enter our Great Pumpkin Contest. (Carved pumpkins will be accepted only between October 26 and 28.) Ghost Glow Hunt for Kids – Friday October […] Read more »
Carolyn D. (Patten) Mello, 77, of Wareham passed away peacefully on Monday, October 17, 2022. She was the wife of the late Frank Mello. Born in Cheltenham, England, she was the eldest child of the late Robert and Phyllis (Guest) Patten. She was raised in Bangor, Maine, and then lived in Mattapoisett and Rochester […] Read more »
The boating season has ended, and the Marion Harbormaster Department has cleared the outer harbor of 5 mile-per-hour markers, so all remaining markers are in the inner harbor, including red and green markers with a couple of rock markers left, it was announced at Monday night’s meeting of the Marion Marine Resources Commission at […] Read more »
The Rochester Select Board Monday night unanimously approved the Host Agreement that will plant “Megan’s Organic Market,” a cannabis retail store, within the Rochester Crossroads mixed-use development at Routes 58 and 28. Before the approval vote, Town Administrator Glenn Cannon and Town Counsel Blair Bailey reported the agreement includes the state-required mandate that the […] Read more »
The next meeting of the Machacam Club is scheduled for Wednesday, November 2. We meet at the American Legion Eastman Post on Depot Street. Doors open at 5 pm for social time followed by dinner at 6 pm. Our speaker program begins at 6:45. Chef Ken Dawicki will be preparing for us a filling and […] Read more »
Elizabeth Sylvia and Wendy Drexler will be reading from their recent works on Saturday, October 22 at 2:00 pm at the Mattapoisett Library. None but Witches: Poems On Shakespeare’s Women is a stunning debut collection by Elizabeth Sylvia, winner of the 5th annual Three Mile Harbor Poetry Prize. Although Sylvia started off accepting the truism […] Read more »
James M. Reed, 75, of Rochester, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was the son of the late Robert F. and Florinda (Souza) Reed. Mr. Reed was born in New Bedford and had been a lifelong resident of Rochester. A veteran of the Vietnam War, he served his […] Read more »
How to replace Jay McGrail, Marion’s town administrator of the past three years, was officially addressed by the Select Board for the first time during Monday night’s public meeting at the Police Station. McGrail won the job as Middleborough’s new town manager on October 11 with a unanimous vote of its Select Board. […] Read more »
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals started its October 13 meeting by honoring one of its veteran former members. Kirby Gilmore, 77, retired this year after 42 years of service on the zoning panel. Last Thursday, he was awarded a certificate of appreciation, “for many years of Community Service and Dedication to the […] Read more »
The Annual Marion Veterans Day Ceremony will be held at Old Landing Veteran’s Park on Front Street on Friday, November 11 at 11:00 am. Our guest speaker is Marion resident Technical Sergeant Mandy Givens of the Massachusetts Air National Guard. The Sippican School Band led by Mrs. Hannah Moore will perform selections of patriotic music. […] Read more »