Elvis has left the building. The Rochester Council on Aging (COA) building, that is. The Rochester COA’s outdoor free summer concert series ended on a high note, thanks to a legendary performance by Robert Black and the Elvis Express Band on Friday, August 28. More than 400 people showed up on that hot […] Read more »
There will be two events this month. The first is our Wednesday meeting on September 16 at 7:00 pm at the Historical Society Museum, 355 County Rd. After a short meeting, there will be a program: How does a small family-owned cranberry grower survive today? Anyone arriving at 6:30 pm will have a chance […] Read more »
Turn your creative vision into reality with funding from the Marion Cultural Council. Whether you are an individual artist, an educator or part of a cultural organization, online grant applications are open for projects that enrich the Marion community through the arts, humanities and STEM. The Mass Cultural Council has set a firm deadline of […] Read more »
A plan seeking to double the number of solar panels at the Marion Department of Public Works (DPW) administrative office was shared during the Energy Committee meeting on Monday, August 31. The plan, proposed by chair Christian Ingerslev, would leverage federal subsidies to reduce the project cost by $80,000. According to committee members, […] Read more »
Every vegetable gardener envisions the perfect tomato, but how many have actually realized their dream this year? Our tomato crop has been somewhat disappointing. It’s not that we don’t have any; it’s just that their usual largesse never quite materialized. And while the weather would seem to have been perfect for these heat-loving plants, […] Read more »
The school year is almost here. Start planning your after-school activities with some of our weekly library programs. Each Wednesday, from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, teens in grades 6–12 can join us in the Student Lounge for snacks, crafts and chill time. Teens and tweens in grades 4–12 can also join us every Friday […] Read more »
Rehearsals for the SCS December 2026 concert, “A Festival of Carols,” will begin on Monday, September 14, at 7:00 pm, at Wickenden Chapel, 86 Spring St., Marion. Doors open at 6:30 pm, and singers are asked to come early to register and pick up their music envelopes. If you are unsure about being able […] Read more »
Regardless of what we think of them, the plants keep rising — through broken earth, through poisoned rain, reaching always toward the sun. In this fragile planetary moment, they offer us another way of being alive: quiet, ancient, and fiercely green. They are not scenery. Not decoration. Not machines built to serve us. They breathe […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission approved plans for MassDOT Cape Main Rail and Transit railroad tracks and a pig farm at its meeting on Tuesday, September 1. In response to a request for a Determination of Applicability to conservation bylaws for MassDOT’s proposal to remove vegetation within the wetlands buffer zone around its third track near […] Read more »
This week in Revolutionary War history, let’s check up on what was going on 250 years ago in the early United States. Last week, the Battle of Long Island took place at Brooklyn Heights, where superior British strategy paired with highly effective tactics led to a devastating defeat and retreat for the Continental Army. As […] Read more »