At a time when young children ought to be watching Sesame Street, building with Legos or learning their numbers, a young child of six, according to news reports, recently committed an unthinkable act against a respected teacher. Officials say it was not accidental. I wonder what on earth inspired that child to commit such […] Read more »
The Marion Affordable Housing Trust discussed a potential Accessory Dwelling Bylaw for the Town of Marion during its January 10 public meeting at the Music Hall. “If you look at how this is written, it’s written so as not to promote accessory dwelling,” said Chairperson Terri Santos, who told the members that the […] Read more »
The town of Rochester announces that it will launch its electricity aggregation program, Rochester Community Electricity (RCE), in March 2023. The Program is designed to provide new, competitively priced electricity supply options and more renewable energy for residents and businesses in Rochester. The Program was approved at the Rochester Town Meeting on May 20, 2019. […] Read more »
Carrie Ann (Meunier) Mello, 52, of Wareham passed away suddenly on Thursday, January 19, 2023. Born in Middleboro, she was raised in Rochester and graduated from Old Rochester Regional High School. She later received her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Phoenix. Carrie had been employed by Trinity Solar for the past three […] Read more »
It’s that time of the fiscal year when town departments draft new budgets and review their capital needs. For Mattapoisett’s Capital Planning Committee, it’s also a time to continue casting a wide net that captures all capital expenses in an effort to shed light on all proposed expenditures. The process now includes data on […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board reviewed what Chairman Norm Hills described as “another batch of bylaw changes” when it met remotely via Zoom on Monday night. Board member Andrew Daniel anticipates problems enforcing Section 230-6.2 on Signs, which on election days would authorize town employees to remove political signs inside of the required 150-foot […] Read more »
Earn your boating certificate in one day. Boat America is a new boating certificate class that offers an in-depth boating safety course with personal instruction and materials that provide the knowledge needed to obtain a USCG boating certificate. This will be offered each first Saturday of the month, February through June, at modest cost, […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Woman’s Club is pleased to offer (2) $2,500.00 scholarship awards to Mattapoisett residents who are high school seniors, graduating June 2023. In addition, there will be a $1,500.00 scholarship granted to a Mattapoisett resident who is reentering the academic world after graduation and is in pursuit of a postsecondary degree or certificate. […] Read more »
Once there was a legend about a village where everyone carried a 200-pound load of rocks on their back wherever they went. As soon as they got up in the morning, they would put this bag of stones on their backs and go about their business. Even little children, as soon as they could […] Read more »
The committee charged with studying the feasibility of replacing or rehabbing the town’s public-safety buildings met with study consultant Ted Galante on Tuesday afternoon to exchange ideas on viable options. Galante began the meeting by handing out copies of the wish-list books that have compiled what both Fire Chief Scott Weigel and Police […] Read more »