Robert Ellis Mower born in Burlington, Vermont on May 12 1932, son of Edna Rush Mower and E. Curtiss Mower and grandson of his beloved Papa Rush, all of Braintree, Massachusetts. Grew up and lived in Braintree Massachusetts. He died in Charlottesville, Virginia on February 21, 2023. He was married for 51 years to […] Read more »
Charles C. Davis, 55, of Marion passed away unexpectedly at home on March 23, 2023. He was the son of the late Charles R. and Lucia C. (Jenkins) Davis. He was born in Wareham and lived in Marion all of his life. He graduated from Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical High School with […] Read more »
High Tea & Treasures Road Show, hosted by The First Congregational Church of Marion on Saturday May 6, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm, will be held at the Community Center, 44 Front Street. Typical of the traditional English Afternoon Tea of fancy cakes, pastries, finger sandwiches and sweets; delicious, steeped tea will be served to […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center (the MAC) Theater announces open auditions for the June 2023 production of Belles, written by Mark Dunn and directed by Kate Sorensen-Young. Told in “two acts and 45 phone calls,” Belles visits six southern sisters, who, over the course of an autumn weekend, seek to bridge the physical and emotional distance […] Read more »
Dear Editor, I have lived in this nice little town of Mattapoisett for a little over 24 years. Recently I was very disappointed in hearing about certain issues that are going on in our schools, and what this is doing to certain students. First Issue being racial bullying in our schools. Second […] Read more »
In the minutes preceding its March 15 regular public meeting, the Old Rochester Regional School Committee unanimously voted to approve a FY24 school budget of $20,970,296, as presented by ORR Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations Howie Barber. The total addressing the needs of ORR High School and ORR Junior High was broken […] Read more »
Howard C. Tinkham, age 100, of Mattapoisett, died peacefully on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Born in New Bedford on November 20, 1922, the son of the late Earl H. and Minnie D. (Gamans) Tinkham, he lived in Mattapoisett all of his life. The Tinkham history runs deep in the area and Howard could trace […] Read more »
As many of us know, Rochester once had an airport located on Marion Road (now Dogget Brook Farm.) It was closed at the beginning of World War II, and to my knowledge, no plane crashes occurred there. However, Rochester has been the site of airplane crashes on more than one occasion. In an earlier article, […] Read more »
First Congregational Church of Rochester, 11 Constitution Way in Rochester, is pleased to announce its Holy Week schedule. We invite you to come and worship with us. All gatherings will also be live streamed on our website, www.rochestercongregational.com. April 2 at 10:00 am – Palm Sunday. Our pastor, Rev. Colby Olson, will challenge us […] Read more »
Liza Appleby was awarded a Bachelors of Arts Degree with Honors from Southern New Hampshire University. Daniela Gil of Marion, Allison Paim of Marion, Felicia Aguiar of Mattapoisett, Maya Dube of Mattapoisett, Lilah Gendreau of Mattapoisett and Chelsea Peterson of Mattapoisett were named to the 2022 Fall semester Dean’s List at Simmons University […] Read more »