Come one, come all – join us at the Cushing Community Center on Rte.6, for an afternoon of fun. Let’s get together, show off artistic talents, and create a lighted pumpkin display along Rte. 6 for everyone to enjoy on Halloween weekend! We’ll provide pumpkins and carving stations with tools & tea lights, or […] Read more »
On Tuesday, October 8, MEMA staff visited the Marion Police Department and facilitated a tabletop exercise with participants from the police and fire departments, Department of Public Works, Council on Aging, Public Information, Board of Health, Sippican Elementary School, and Community Emergency Response Team. A tabletop exercise is a part of MEMA training that […] Read more »
Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Old Rochester Regional Junior High School (ORRJHS) Principal Silas Coellner are pleased to announce that ORRJHS will be hosting the 31st Annual ORRJHS Senior Citizen Thanksgiving Banquet. The banquet is for Tri-Town (Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester) senior citizens and will take place on Sunday, November 24 in the ORRJHS […] Read more »
Daniela Gil Veras of Marion, Allison Paim of Marion, and Lilah Gendreau of Mattapoisett have been named to the 2024 spring semester dean’s list at Simmons University in Boston. To qualify for dean’s list status, undergraduate students must obtain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, based on 12 or more credit hours of […] Read more »
Facing a room full of residents loudly opposing the plan, Rochester’s Select Board Monday approved accepting a $35,000 donation from the local non-profit “Tri-Town For Protecting Children” for the Park Commission’s proposal to reconstruct the Gifford Playground. Board chair Brad Morse began the discussion by telling the crowded room that this was not a […] Read more »
John (Jack) Harold Hartley, 86, passed away peacefully on October 4, 2024, surrounded by loving family and friends at Saint Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford. Born June 17, 1938, Jack was the youngest son in a family of four children raised by Robert and Ella (Millette) Hartley. He attended the Waterman School in Rochester […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Museum, 5 Church Street, invites the public to an Evening of Acoustic Music with Gary Brown and Seth Asser on October 26 at 7:00 pm. They will entertain the audience by playing some of their own original material as well as interpreting songs from their catalog of folk, blues, country, and other artists […] Read more »
We are living in an era, in the U.S., when the insurance company often overrides your doctors’ decisions. Less often with traditional Medicare but more with commercial health insurance and Medicare Advantage plans, you may find that a test or procedure your physician ordered is refused payment by your insurer and you are stuck with […] Read more »
At 11:00 am Saturday, October 26, the Cape Cod and Islands Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution will host a ceremony honoring Revolutionary War veteran Thomas Bassett by installing a memorial marker at his grave. Thomas Bassett served both as a seaman and as a soldier in the Revolution. He was married to […] Read more »
For the fourth year, the South Coast will once again be haunted by Ghost Stories for an Autumn Night at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in Marion. This atmospheric event brings spine-chilling Victorian and Edwardian horror tales to life in the candlelit chapel. Master storyteller Eric Fialho, who has been thrilling Boston-area audiences for over […] Read more »