To the Editor; As proposed, the draft Short-Term Rental (STR) bylaw is contrary to the Marion Master Plan goals of Village Style residential areas and expansion of affordable housing for families and empty nesters. It ignores the Marion Housing Production Plan goals: (1) promote housing options for those with moderate and fixed incomes, (2) […] Read more »
Warrant Approved!
Rochester’s Select Board and the Finance Committee Monday officially recommended all 25 articles on the May 19 Annual Town Meeting Warrant after tweaking four problematic budget proposals. In the Select Board’s previous meeting, Town Administrator Cameron Durant had said he wanted to re-vote one part of the town’s FY26 operating budget (Article #4) […] Read more »
Plants with a Purpose Sale
Three student groups from ORRHS (Environmental Club, Transition, and Life Skills Program) are unified together in assembling indoor plants, perennials, and pansy baskets for sale for you. We will also be selling lemonade and homemade snacks. All just in time for Mother’s Day! Kitty, from “Buzzards Bay Bee Company,” will also be there with […] Read more »
For Men Only; How Does my Prostate Grow?
Of our many organs, the prostate gland seems to offer the most annoyance to men as we age. The prostate produces most of the fluid that carries semen and so is critical to reproduction. It is located near the bladder outlet and in young men is about the size of a walnut. As men […] Read more »
Emergency Certification Denied
On April 28, the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission reopened a hearing regarding landscaping and other modification done to property owned by Robert Beauregard, 2 Jowick Street. Abutter notifications over concerns that a planned pouring of a concrete pad might cause drainage issues, brought to light that the property had been heavily modified without permits being […] Read more »
Upcoming Events at the Rochester Historical Society
May 21 at 7:00 pm we’ll be having our annual ice cream social, preceded by music with Tom and Sheila Perry. If there’s an old song you’d like to hear and sing along to, let me know the title by May 10 and I’ll see if they can include it in their set list. Send […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Library Artist Series
The Mattapoisett Free Public Library Artist Series presents an exhibit by Nancy Mitchell entitled “Junk Journals and Paintings in Acrylic. View Mitchell’s work at the Mattapoisett Library between May 4 and May 30.” Mitchell’s exhibit includes junk journals, hand-created from scrap pieces of fabric, lace, paper, beads, vintage book pages colored with gel and more, […] Read more »
Marilyn J. (Parker) Urquhart
Marilyn J. (Parker) Urquhart, 81, of Wareham, formerly of Marion, passed away on May 3, 2025, at St. Luke’s Hospital, New Bedford. She was the wife of Alexander G. Urquhart and the daughter of the late Benjamin and Gladys (Westgate) Parker. She was born in New Bedford and lived in Marion for most of […] Read more »
Catherine “Kate” O’Toole Brown
Catherine “Kate” O’Toole Brown passed away peacefully on April 16, 2025, at the age of 75, surrounded by her family. Her passing followed complications from open-heart surgery, the result of her lifelong struggle with type 1 diabetes. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kate was the beloved wife of Timothy “Tim” J. Brown for 54 years […] Read more »
The Seaside Gardener
Did you ever want to hug a tree? Or just sigh as you admired one? From colossal sequoia to shapely bonsai, in summer’s finery or winter’s bareness, they make the spirit soar just standing there. The classical oak immortalized in John Constable’s paintings of English pastures; towering walls of ancient cypresses of the Mediterranean; […] Read more »