The Elizabeth Taber Library in Marion has updated their library card policy to increase access to Library resources and expand upon privacy protections guaranteed to library card holders of all ages. The full text of the policy is available at elizabethtaberlibrary.org/policies and was adopted by the Library Board of Trustees at their January 26 meeting. […] Read more »
No. Sorry, but not quite yet. The yearly sighting of the famed polar vortex is here for a little longer, which is also primarily to blame for the nor’easter a couple weeks ago. Temperatures across the Tri-Town look to peak midweek at just around freezing temperature and then take a dive again over the […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission began its meeting Tuesday by signing the Certificate of Completion for a 14-year-old project. That long ago, then-Conservation Agent Laurel Farinon noticed the storage of concrete blocks near wetlands at 0 and 107 Cranberry Highway and said they needed to be removed. Tuesday, project engineer Bill Madden reported the removal […] Read more »
To the Editor; A Tribute to Titus. Dave was my friend, tennis partner, dinner partner, town government colleague and attorney for over thirty-five years. In all that time and in hundreds, maybe thousands, of interactions I never saw Dave be anything but a gentleman and truly nice guy. He never had anything […] Read more »
Registration for all February School Vacation camps with Benares Angeley for ages 7-10 at the Marion Art Center are now open. All classes are in the MAC Studio at 80 Pleasant St., Marion. Each session is $35 for MAC members and $40 for nonmembers. Create, Color & Upcycle: Kids will turn words, colors and […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board is currently seeking a qualified candidate to fill a recently vacated seat. The applicant will seek appointment for a temporary seat starting March 2 to May 15. Online applications are available on marionma.gov or you may complete a hardcopy at the Planning Board Office at the Marion Town House Annex, 14 […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board met on Tuesday and offered some important updates regarding town projects, fiscal year past performance and future predictions, and the upcoming town meetings, among other things. Following the pledge and approval of the last meeting’s minutes, the board moved to discuss future regulation of Island Wharf with talks mainly […] Read more »
We reported last week in our “What’s Up There?” column, rather excitedly I might add, that the launch of the spacecraft Artemis II would take place on Saturday, February 7 or someday soon after. NASA has officially delayed that launch until March, though no official date has been announced yet. Astronauts were already in […] Read more »
The Marion Democratic Town Committee will hold its caucus to elect delegates to the Massachusetts Democratic Convention at its monthly meeting on February 19. The meeting will begin at 5:30 pm in the Community Room, Marion Police Station, 550 Mill Street. All registered Marion Democrats are welcome to run for delegate positions. We will elect […] Read more »
Mary Peterson O’Leary Briggs (“Mimi”) July 15, 1939 – January 30, 2026 Mary Elizabeth Peterson O’Leary Briggs, known affectionately as “Mimi,” passed away of natural causes on Jan. 30, 2026, in Boca Raton, FL. Mimi was born in 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Jesse Dudley Peterson and Edith F. Gorman was raised in Newtown, Connecticut. […] Read more »