Thomas Bowler was voted an Order of Conditions to conduct maintenance repairs to his 165-foot existing timber dock at 17 Moorings Road. Meeting on January 11, the Marion Conservation Commission heard from Ben Foley of Foth, who represented Bowler with a presentation indicating plans to replace the “structural elements” supporting the residential, licensed […] Read more »
To the Editor: I was quite disappointed to see that the ORR Joint School Committee voted to make Good Friday a full school day for the 2023-2024 school year. ORR already tried to make Good Friday a school day back in 2014. Hundreds of residents publicly objected to the change at the time, […] Read more »
The Nolan Gibbons Memorial Fund (NGMF) has opened multiple scholarship and grant applications for talented young people. There are three primary opportunities: – Music Mastermind – 3-month virtual Artist Development Program worth $8,000 – Musical Theatre Mastermind – 3-month virtual Artist Development Program worth $8,000 – General Arts Grant to cover anything […] Read more »
Leveraged by Massachusetts’ Police Reform Act into what its personnel considers a crawl space between the rock of new budgetary constraints and the hard place of increasing demand for job-related services, the Marion Harbormaster Department has rolled out a proposal to create a new town Department of Natural Resources. If approved by the […] Read more »
The Town of Marion’s plan to reduce overall driving speed limits on all local roads from 30 miles per hour to 25 (unless otherwise posted) will take time to implement, Department of Public Works engineer Meghan Davis reported during the Marion Select Board’s January 18 public meeting. The plan, the product of meetings […] Read more »
The inspiration for the “celebration” piece of our 2022-2023 museum exhibit, “Maps, Signs and Celebrations Part!” is the large sign pictured with this article. I first saw this sign a year or two ago in the barn at the Hartley-Rhodes cranberry bog. The sign evokes Rochester’s history which has been celebrated many times since it […] Read more »
The Rochester Planning Board Tuesday permitted the construction of an in-ground swimming pool behind a multi-unit home at 7 Marion Road. Building owner Kerri Souza received approval to install an 18×36-foot, 6-inch-deep pool with a steel-wall vinyl liner that she alone will use behind her four-unit building. The project’s installer, Gary Medeiros, promised […] Read more »
Interim Town Administrator Judith Mooney and Tree and Park Committee Chairperson Margie Baldwin wish to inform the community that the town will remove a large spruce tree near the Elizabeth Taber Library next week due to safety concerns. Work to remove the tree is expected to begin on Monday, January 30. The tree […] Read more »
Michael P. Lamoureux, Sr, 80 originally of Mattapoisett, died on January 21, 2023 after a brief illness at the Pierce Memorial Baptist Home in Brooklyn, CT. He was the beloved husband of the late Elizabeth P. Lamoureux. He was born in Holyoke, MA. Michael held the rank of Captain in the U.S. Army and […] Read more »
Jacqueline L. (LeMaire) Fallows, 80, of Fairhaven died January 22, 2023 at home surrounded by her family after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Fall River, daughter of the late Leonide J. and Beatrice (Couture) LeMaire, she lived in Fall River most of her life before moving to Fairhaven 17 years ago. […] Read more »