Monday night’s public meeting of the Marion Planning Board was going nowhere fast after the Department of Public Works requested another continuance on the “Hybrid-Y” public hearing. But, with Public Outreach on the August 15 agenda, Chris Collings was able to switch out his Planning Board member’s hat for a concerned citizen’s hat and […] Read more »
On Friday, August 19, the Marion Concert Band continues its Friday evening concert series with a program of American popular music. The program features a trumpet soloist and a variety of pop styles from the 1900’s to the present, is as follows: Washington Post March – J.P. Sousa Second American Folk Rhapsody – C. Grundman […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board’s appointment Monday night with Department of Public Works engineer Meghan Davis and Police Lieutenant Jeff Habicht was not meant to culminate in a vote, but the follow-up on the Pedestrian Safety Advisory Working Group’s recommendations indicates a groundswell of support for a new townwide speed limit of 25 miles per […] Read more »
Jon Gregory of engineering firm Tata & Howard is helping the Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission get its ducks in a row for the meaty next steps of the long-planned upgrade of the water-treatment plant. In his report to the commissioners on Tuesday afternoon, Gregory said that Tata & Howard has completed its […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center Theater announces open auditions for the upcoming production of Church & State written by Jason Odell Williams. Director Donn Tyler will be casting five roles: one male and one female able to play forties/early fifties, one female able to play thirties/early forties and two males or females able to play twenties. […] Read more »
Gary Proffit, 77, of Rochester, died August 12, 2022, at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Plymouth, after a long illness. He was the husband of Yong (Yong) Proffit and the son of the late Gerald and Louise (Card) Proffit. He was born in Weymouth and lived in Carver before moving to Rochester. He graduated from […] Read more »
The first meeting of the Mattapoisett Master Plan Committee was held on December 9, 2020, with a team of “local champions” willing to take on the monumental task of researching and sharing their views on a variety of diverse topics held in the document known as the Master Plan. With the guidance of the […] Read more »
The Bristol County Radio Control Club will hold its annual John Nicolaci Memorial Float Fly on Saturday, August 20 on Mary’s Pond in Rochester, Massachusetts, starting at 10:00 am. This event is sanctioned by the Academy of Model Aeronautics and is open to all AMA members. Spectators are welcome – bring your own chair, […] Read more »
Having rendered an Order of Conditions during its July 27 public meeting, the Marion Conservation Commission finally put to rest the contentious matter of John and Pamela Lees’ plans to replace the old house and boathouse at 49 Water Street with a new residence and swimming pool. The public hearing having been closed […] Read more »
The Bird Island Lighthouse is historic because long ago it guided shipping on a busy whaling and manufacturing seaport. It was built in 1819 with a revolving beacon and added a magnificent magnifying lens in 1856. The lighthouse remained in valuable service until the devastating hurricane of 1938 that destroyed all the other buildings […] Read more »