To Marion Voters,             After 12 years of service on the Marion Planning Board, I am stepping down following my final meeting on Monday, May 4.             During my tenure, I made it a priority to show up consistently, prepared, and ready to do the people’s business. I missed only three meetings in those 12 […] Read more »

To the Editor:             On March 31, the Marion Select Board did something small that carries large consequences: it removed Article 31 from the Town Meeting Warrant. The article would have let residents decide whether to transfer land from the Marine Resources Commission (MRC) back to the Select Board, land that could support a proposed […] Read more »

To the Editor             It was a surprise to many in Marion when the STOP sign at the SE corner of Main and Front Streets was recently removed. “Why?” I asked at the Town Annex. “There were complaints,” I was told.             Since spring 2025 those of us who live near this intersection have observed […] Read more »

To the Editor:             Thanks to the League of Women Voters Southcoast for sponsoring the Mattapoisett Candidates Night this past Wednesday at Old Hammondtown Elementary School. As the League introduced themselves, we found out that they are a non-partisan political organization for concerned citizens which encourages informed and active participation in government. Amazingly, this organization […] Read more »

To the Editor:             What unfolded at Marion’s Select Board meeting on March 31, 2026, appeared routine: three agenda items, swift approvals, and a Town Meeting warrant closed in just over twenty minutes. But beneath that efficiency lies a more consequential story, one defined not by what was debated, but by what was avoided.             […] Read more »

To the Editor:             Re “Town Meeting Warrant Closed” (news article, The Wanderer, April 2):             The Island Wharf green space is not an incidental parcel of land; it is protected ground, bound by a clear and enduring legal and moral commitment. The 1901 Deed to the Town of Marion explicitly mandates that this land […] Read more »

To the Editor;             In honor of Women’s History Month, the Rochester Democratic Town Committee would like to recognize Sister Aurora Avelar for her legacy of work with immigrants and the poor in Southeast MA. The true measure of any life is how it elevates the lives of others. By that standard, Sr. Aurora Avelar […] Read more »

To The Editor             Re -“The Eve of the Evacuation”: This is a spellbinding article by your writer, Sam Bishop which captivates your attention from pp. 5 ff, narrating the start of the assault by the American Continental Army on the city of Boston occupied by 11,000 British troops, who eventually would be forced to […] Read more »

To The Editor             On March 3, 2026, the Selectboard and Planning Board held a joint meeting to choose a candidate to fill a temporary vacancy on the Planning Board. Several residents stepped forward to serve. After interviews and discussion, the vote between the two finalists resulted in a 3–3 tie. A subsequent tie-breaker vote […] Read more »

To the Editor;             Development: the people of Rochester don’t seem to want it, and the Town of Rochester can’t stop it. That’s the conflict that occurred at the February 10 Planning Board meeting discussing re-zoning properties from Adrian’s Liquor Store on County Road to the old Decas Cranberry buildings on Mary’s Pond Rd. The […] Read more »