The Rochester Special Town Meeting’s lone negative vote Monday was also its most debated. After Council on Aging Friends Chairman Michael Cambra complained the town was trying to take away the council’s power to govern itself, a quorum of 163 residents gathered at Rochester Memorial School voted down Article 8, a bylaw amendment that […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center (the MAC) Theater announces open auditions for the June production of The Minotaur, written by Anna Ziegler and directed by Kate Sorensen-Young. A present-day version of a classic Greek myth, The Minotaur is a contemporary take on love, honor and human connection. With refreshing originality and wit, it explores how we […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Congregational Church is pleased to once again offer scholarships to students graduating from high school in June 2024 who reside in the town of Mattapoisett, Marion or Rochester or are a member of the Mattapoisett Congregational Church. Two $2,500 scholarships will be awarded on the basis of scholastic achievement, community service and financial need. […] Read more »
The trend for Marion’s boards and committees has been to move their public meetings back to the newly renovated Town House Annex Building, but the Marion Conservation Commission is content to remain at the Police Station on Route 6 with proven, hybrid-attendance options. The commission’s January 10 meeting saw one public hearing result in […] Read more »
Annual Census Forms have been mailed out to all households in Mattapoisett. If you did not receive one, please contact the Town Clerk’s Office at 508-758-4100 x 2. Please return them as promptly as possible, as failure to respond to the census may result in removal from the voting list. Dog license applications are on […] Read more »
Marion Affordable Housing Trust member Sue Miller spoke from the heart during the committee’s meeting on January 9, discussing Habitat for Humanity and the “Homes for Troops” program. “Oftentimes veterans, they never ask for anything, so when this came open, I thought, ‘let me exhaust whatever I can exhaust,’” said Miller, who called national […] Read more »
Understandably, most of us have developed “Covid fatigue.” After what seems like years of warnings and behavior changes, we want to put it all behind us. Unfortunately, while we are tired of the virus, the virus is not tired of us. The latest variant to appear, JN.1, is much more transmissible that its predecessor […] Read more »
Registration is open for the winter and spring sessions of MAC Dance Academy. Instructor Tess Hedblom teaches dance classes for preschoolers and beginners, each meeting for half an hour on Monday afternoons (after school) at the Marion Art Center. MAC Dance Academy is a low-key, low-cost dance program geared toward girls and boys ages 2.5-8. […] Read more »
Sarah “Nancy” Dube, the proprietor of Lighthouse Liquors (664 Mill Street), gave an impassioned plea to the Marion Board of Health during its January 11 public meeting in response to an official report that the store had sold a package of cigarettes to a minor. The board was apparently moved by Dube’s remarks and […] Read more »
A self-storage business is headed for the former Lockheed Martin complex off Route 6 in Marion after civil engineer Steve Gioiosa of SITEC visited the Marion Planning Board on Tuesday night seeking a Special Permit in a Limited Industrial-zoned property at 13 Barnabus Road on behalf of Sippican Holdings LLC. The public hearing went […] Read more »