Jazz at the MAC Reboots for 2024

The Marion Art Center announces its first show of the year of its new series, Unplugged in the MAC Gallery on Friday, March 1 with Matt Richard & Daniel Ian Smith. Head upstairs to the MAC’s Patsy Francis Gallery to enjoy an evening of jazz. There will be two separate performances during the night, and […] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Jacob Pothier of Rochester, was named to the Dean’s Honor List at Cedarville University for Fall 2023. This recognition requires the student to obtain a 3.75 GPA or higher for the semester and carry a minimum of 12 credit hours.             Lucas Pothier of Rochester, was named to the Fall 2023 Dean’s List at Cedarville […] Read more »

Fieldstone Case Continued

            The owner of Fieldstone market will need to revise his plan for an expansion of his store and the parking around it.             Johnson Family Investments LLC, 806 Mill Street, applied for a variance from the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals for a variance from Section 230-5.2a of the Marion Zoning Bylaw allowing for […] Read more »

Advice to Presidential Candidates

If you have been paying attention to the upcoming presidential election, which is only a mere 10 months away and you are not already sick of the whole thing, you know that both major candidates for president are old. I can say that without bias or fear of picketers in front of my home, because […] Read more »

Who Makes The Decisions about Your Health Care?

            If you have commercial health insurance or are one of the over half of Medicare enrollees who have a “Medicare Advantage” plan, decisions about your health care are not decided solely by you and your doctor(s.) There is a third party in the room: your insurer, whose interests are financial rather than health.             […] Read more »

Mattapoisett Recreation

We are thrilled to announce that our application for grant funding has been approved, and we have been awarded funding for our Summer 2024 Seahorse Explorer Program. We are excited to begin our cultural enrichment activities for Summer 2024.             Mattapoisett Recreation is pleased to announce that online registration for early Spring programs is now […] Read more »

National Take Your Child to the Library Day

The Mattapoisett Free Public Library invites you to join us in celebrating National Take Your Child to the Library Day on Saturday, February 3, from 10 am to 3 pm in the Children’s room. Come by to receive a complimentary book, engage in an exciting scavenger hunt, unleash your creativity with a special craft and […] Read more »

Town Considering Dispatch Future

            Could Rochester bring its police and fire emergency response dispatching department back to town?             Town Administrator Glenn Cannon told Rochester’s Select Board on January 17 that this is one of the options townspeople are discussing after recent problems with the Regional Old Colony Communications Center in Duxbury that it joined in 2017.             […] Read more »

Paul A. Naiman

Paul A. Naiman, age 73, of Marion, died peacefully at home January 24, 2024 after a sudden and devastating recurrence of cancer that had been in remission two months before. He was the loving husband of Sandra G. Smith, to whom he was married happily for over 47 years.             Born in Boston, son of […] Read more »

Anne M. (Blouin) Chase

Anne M. (Blouin) Chase, 83, of Mattapoisett, MA died peacefully January 23, 2024 at home surrounded by her family.             Born in New Bedford, Anne was the daughter of the late Edward R. and Frances M. (Kelly) Blouin. She was the wife of the late John F. “Jack” Chase of Mattapoisett. Anne and Jack started […] Read more »