Hello from the Library. Book (re)Marks is back for 2024, offering up all the info you need about books, what’s happening at the Library, and more. February is a short month, but there’s still lots of things happening at the Library The COA Bookclub will meet at 1 pm Tuesday February 20 to discuss […] Read more »
The Rochester Republican Town Committee will meet on Wednesday, February 14 at 6:30 pm, at the North Rochester Congregational Church, located at 247 North Ave, Rochester. You do not have to be a committee member to attend. All are welcome. Candidates running for State Committee Woman & Man will participate in a Candidates forum. Come, […] Read more »
In order to preserve neighborhood character and maintain the distinct difference between investors who buy houses just to rent them out short term and those in the business of operating a rental establishment and also live on the premises, the Marion Planning Board is fine-tuning a bylaw on short-term rentals that it hopes will […] Read more »
In 1521, Ponce de Leon arrived in Florida in search of the mythical fountain of youth; those who drank from it or bathed in it were said to be returned to their youth. Some 500 years later, the New York Times ran a lengthy article on a longevity guru whose disciples wear T-shirts emblazoned “Don’t […] Read more »
As mentioned before, many roads and intersections in town hold the names of Rochester families. In the current museum exhibit, we have a map of Israel Cowen’s land. He was the first Cowen to build a house at the intersection of Neck and Burgess Roads. Israel built his house sometime around 1810 at what […] Read more »
The Marion Democratic Town Committee will hold an election for delegates to the Democratic State Convention at 5:30 pm, February 15, in the Community Room at the Marion Police Station, 550 Mill Street. Sign-in for the election will begin at 5:00 pm. Only Marion’s registered Democrats and pre-registered Democrats shall be allowed to vote. Preregistered […] Read more »
Dean College is pleased to announce that Joseph Bacchiocchi of Rochester and Emily Kilpatrick of Marion that have earned a place on the Dean’s List for the Fall 2023 semester. These students have demonstrated a serious commitment to their studies while at Dean College. Benjamin D. A. Giumetti, son of Shannon and Don Giumetti […] Read more »
After several hours of debate and the sharing of technical data regarding stormwater flooding that recently occurred at the Buzzards Bay Coalition’s Bogs site and the concern that possible hazardous chemicals were transported to freshwater wells, Tuesday night’s public hearing with the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission resulted in a continuation. Early in the Enforcement […] Read more »
All my rowdy friends gathered at the Mattapoisett Museum recently on a cold rainy Thursday morning to share tall tales and real ones, too, about growing up in the 1950s and ’60s. Truth be told, all the stories were real remembrances of our youth in and around Mattapoisett. The group consisted of eight septuagenarians […] Read more »
February is when we all start to think of spring and a new season. We will be resuming meetings for the Historical Society beginning in April. Our meetings are the 3rd Wednesday of each month and begin at 7:00 pm and are open to all. However, we are always looking for new members. There are […] Read more »