The Marion Social Club, located at 44 Pumping Station Road, Marion, is hosting a Ham and Bean Dinner on Sunday February 4. Dinner will be served at 1 pm, but our doors open at noon. Come and join us and shake off some of those winter blues. Menu will include ham, beans, coleslaw, applesauce and […] Read more »
While we always look forward to the Marion Art Center’s exhibitions, there is something so necessary for our human condition during winter, that being the Winter Members’ Show (January 13 – February 23.) This show not only gives the member artists a venue to share their works (nearly all available for purchase), but moreover to […] Read more »
The Buzzards Bay Coalition, along with their engineer and contractor working on The Bogs restoration project off Acushnet Road, came before the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission on January 16. The meeting was to discuss recent flooding of the site now fully under construction, which led to the transmission of soils beyond the scope of work, namely […] Read more »
Beckoning, calling, whispering, urging you to wade in its cold beauty, calming your nerves, healing your wounds, dampening your skin, filling your lungs with a cold fog that tastes of tears, pulling you in, wrapping you in a dark icy blue that drags you under, weighing you down, taking your breath and softly tumbling you […] Read more »
Tri-Town Against Racism (TTAR) is thrilled to announce the 4th Annual Black History Month Creative Expressions Contest, open to all Jr. and Sr. High School students, attending or residing in the Tri-Town area during the 2024 school year. This year’s theme is African Americans and the Arts. “African American art is infused with African, […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday agreed to keep pursuing the town’s rights to the water on Red Brick Farm East land that is part of a 241-acre Conservation Restriction giving Rochester no rights to the groundwater that the property might produce. Commission Chairman Christopher Gerrior told the board Tuesday that he expected the issue to […] Read more »
All Southcoast Active Service Military, Reservists and Veterans are invited to join the monthly meetings of the American Legion: Florence Eastman Post #28. (Serving the Tri-Town area of Mattapoisett – Marion – Rochester and beyond.) We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 1900 (7 pm.) Florence Eastman Post is located […] Read more »
In 2026, the United States will be celebrating its 250th Anniversary. Just recently, an official government committee came up with a logo for the celebration. It will be interesting to see how Rochester chooses to celebrate. As mentioned in a previous article, the Bicentennial Celebrations included a Ball and plans for a small parade, a […] Read more »
The Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library needs an up-to-date, easier-to-use website and to make its lower-level entrance more accessible to people with disabilities. Both concerns were the feature of the Library Board of Trustees’ meeting Monday. The January 22 Special Town Meeting will be asking voters to spend $3,000 from Capital Improvement Funds […] Read more »
One Up Games presents a playable history of video games – Saturday January 20 from 12 to 3 pm at the Marion Music Hall – Learn about the evolution of video game consoles by playing retro & modern games. A great time for all the gamers in the family. Marion Arts Center Presents Creative […] Read more »