Holiday Greens Sale

The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club’s 3rd Annual Holiday Greens Sale will take place on Saturday, December 3 from 9 am to 1 pm.  The sale will be held in the parking lot between Ying Dynasty and Harriet’s Catering on Route 6 in Mattapoisett.  Cash, checks and credit cards will be accepted.  Rain date is Sunday, December […] Read more »

Deeded Path to Water Requires Expert Input

            The Marion Conservation Commission had a busy two weeks, adjudicating several cases during its October 26 and November 2 public meetings.             Because there is an inherent lack of definition of delineation on where work will actually occur, the commission voted on October 26 to issue Scott S. Rassoulian a Positive Box 3 Determination […] Read more »

Douglas E. Macomber

Douglas E. Macomber, 71, of Harwich passed away unexpectedly at his home on November 7, 2022, due to complications from an illness. He was the son of the late Elliot and Grace Macomber of Marion.             Doug was an Emmy-award winning cameraman in the Investigative Reporting Division of WBZ Boston. His love for photography and […] Read more »

Phyllis M. (Lawson) Eklund

Phyllis M. (Lawson) Eklund was born 92 years ago in Brockton, Mass., and grew up in Campello, the Swedish neighborhood. Her earliest memories were of her father’s funeral home on Sheppard Street, where for a few years she lived with her parents, John and Signe (Birath) Lawson, and her older brother, John Quentin Lawson.             […] Read more »

Tri-Town Against Racism

TTAR will be having our third in the Community Conversations series focusing on the Importance of Representation in Literacy: Highlighting the Value of Complex Subjects in Literature Selection. The event will be led by a panel of local librarians. It will be hosted at Tabor Academy on Monday November 14, 6:30-8. Please register by Friday, […] Read more »

Sippican Historical Society

Marion (Old Rochester) is one of the oldest towns in the United States, and the Sippican Historical Society maintains an extensive collection of documentation on its historic buildings. In 1998, the Sippican Historical Society commissioned an architectural survey of Marion’s historic homes and buildings. Over 100 were cataloged and photographed. SHS will feature one building […] Read more »

Septic Paperwork ‘Not Incidental’

            Back attending in person on November 3 after “zooming” into the Marion Board of Health following a hospital stay, Dr. Ed Hoffer focused his comments in two public hearings for septic-system variances on what happens after the systems become operational.             The board, including Chairman Dr. John Howard and the recent addition of foundational […] Read more »

Sandhill Crane Migration

Alicia Crabbe will take us on a journey to discover what it is like to volunteer at the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary on the Platte River in Nebraska to experience the greatest crane migration in the world.  We explore the river, the prairie and the elegant Sandhill Cranes on Thursday, November 17 at 7:00 pm at […] Read more »

Marion Tree Committee

To the Editor;             Recently there has been a surge in tree removal.  Several properties in town have been cleared and left fallow with stumps and debris.  Other trees have been removed because the homeowner considers them a danger and could fall and do damage.  Or in some cases the tree has grown too large […] Read more »

Rochester Looking at Big Picture

            The Town of Rochester held an Interdepartmental public meeting on November 2, allowing the department heads to put their heads together in a rare setting to discuss several key topics and issues facing the town.             As the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) looks to expand into Rochester with the South Coast Rail, the […] Read more »