Marion Town Planner Doug Guey-Lee found himself dousing a brush fire of inflammatory responses from elected officials to a presentation remotely made by Grant King, deputy director of the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District (SRPEDD), during Monday night’s meeting of the Marion Planning Board. SRPEDD is comprised of teams of professionals that […] Read more »
Protein is everywhere on the grocery and pharmacy shelves these days. There are protein shakes, protein bars, high protein cereals – you name it. One reason for this emphasis on protein is that in the 1980s and 90s we were taught to fear fat, and in the 2000s we were told carbohydrates were bad […] Read more »
Growing up in either Weymouth or western Mass., I always knew where I would be with my family on Memorial Day weekend. We would make the trek to Rochester to spend the weekend at my grandparents and attend the Rochester Memorial Day boat race. My grandfather, Jim Hartley, started the race in 1934 so […] Read more »
The MAC has rescheduled its upcoming workshop, Introduction to Photoshop Workshop: Unleash Your Creativity with Digital Editing, for Wednesday, June 12, from 5:00-9:00 pm in the MAC’s Anne Braitmayer Webb Theater. The cost is $75 for MAC members and $90 for nonmembers. Join instructor Cathleen Broderick, professional photographer, to learn the basics of Adobe […] Read more »
It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates Joseph Reardon of Mattapoisett and Aaron Bates of Mattapoisett on being named to the Winter 2024 President’s List. The winter terms run from January to May. Luke Mullen of Mattapoisett has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s Winter 2024 Dean’s List. […] Read more »
After a short hiatus from my weekly attempt to give you a respite from the important news of the world, I am back. I find it difficult to understand how an election is more important than stories about pickleball, porches, phones that make bird calls and cherry trees (alas, Stumpy the cherry tree […] Read more »
Sharon Delancey did her part as a pitcher and a hitter to lead the Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School girls’ softball team to a 17-6 victory over visiting Blue Hills on May 18 in Rochester. Delancey was the winning pitcher, going seven innings while allowing 8 hits and striking out 4 Blue Hills batters. […] Read more »
The committee charged with examining how to combine, replace or rehab Rochester’s Police and Fire stations to alleviate cramped quarters needs expert help to take its planning to the next step. Public Safety Building Committee Chairman Arnold Johnson told Rochester’s Select Board Monday, “We need some direction, some professional help in some capacity to […] Read more »
Former Marion resident Ann E. Wallace will read at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library on Saturday, June 1, at 2:00 pm from her latest poetry collection, “Days of Grace and Silence: A Chronicle of COVID’s Long Haul.” Ann E. Wallace, PhD, is the 2023-24 Poet Laureate of Jersey City, New Jersey. As a longtime […] Read more »
Painters Robert Abele & Mary Moquin will be exhibiting their work at the Marion Art Center, kicking off with an opening reception on Friday, May 24 from 5:00-7:00 pm at 80 Pleasant Street, Marion. The show runs from May 24 through June 28 and will encompass the annual Art in Bloom festival at the MAC, […] Read more »