The Marion Republican Town Committee will conduct its next monthly meeting on Monday, October 13 at 7:00 pm at the Marion Music Hall, 164 Front Street, Marion. The public and new members are welcome. We look forward to seeing you there. Read more »
ugged in the MAC Gallery. This series of jazz concerts began in 2023, and this was the tenth program since its inception. The unplugged concerts are held upstairs in the Patsy Francis Gallery which is transformed into an intimate jazz club, complete with cabaret seating and mood lighting. Introduced by MAC director Jodi Stevens, […] Read more »
To The Editor: There are reports that Buzzards Bay shellfish beds can be contaminated with pollutants from various sources, including boats, runoff from roads and farms near the shore, and naturally occurring bacterial outbreaks. However, the main offender is combined sewage overflows. Massachusetts seeks to address the pollutants by creating a Coastal Waters […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday approved the Order of Conditions for Logging Swamp Solar’s plan to install a solar panel array on 49 acres in the area of 600 Snipatuit Road, a property located within a Residential-Agricultural District and partially within a Groundwater Protection District. Project representative Sarah Sterns of Beals and Thomas Engineering […] Read more »
The Marion Finance Committee met on Wednesday, October 1 to go over various action items, including the reorganization of the committee with new appointments, discussion on the town’s Budget Timeline, and deliberation on the Special Town Meeting Warrant. It was announced at the beginning of the meeting that Shay Assad, not in attendance, […] Read more »
Autumn is here, like an old friend arriving with ease and familiar comfort. Welcome back! Your return gives us much to be thankful for. Empty beaches to roam, comfortable weather and some of the most dazzling colors in nature. We know the signals – the orange, red, and yellow foliage that begins to […] Read more »
The Rochester Republican Town Committee will be meeting on October 13, at 6:30 pm, at the Ponderosa Sportsman Club, Acushnet. David Hughes, an Old Colony School Committee member, will be in attendance and will speak about the Old Colony Vocational building project. All are welcome to attend. Read more »
Rochester’s Select Board Monday approved two warrants for the November 18 Special Town Election. One will ask voters in the Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School district (Acushnet, Carver, Lakeville, Mattapoisett, and Rochester) to approve a new school building. The other will be the town’s question seeking approval of a debt-exclusion override to fund its […] Read more »
The Elizabeth Taber Library will remain closed on Sundays for the remainder of 2025. Join us in welcoming Jeff Belanger back to the Elizabeth Taber Library with Wicked Strange New England: Your Guide to Ghosts, Monsters, Oddities and Urban Legends from New England, Friday October 10 at 6:00 pm. Copies of Jeff’s newest work […] Read more »
The Marion Special Fall Town Meeting will be held on Monday, November 24, at 6:45 pm in the Sippican School Multipurpose Room. The Select Board will close the warrant at their Tuesday, October 14, meeting which will be held at the Marion Police Department Conference Room, 550 Mill Street, at 6:00 pm. The […] Read more »