Tuesday night Ensign racing was a bit breezy and spinnaker flying was limited, but one thing was for sure: Odyssey was cranking on all cylinders as they won both races with plenty to spare. One Love followed with two seconds, and Black Ice finished third for the night with a third and a fourth. […] Read more »
The Rochester Finance Committee took care of some housecleaning items for Fiscal Year 2022 with Finance Director Suzanne Szyndlar during its public meeting on Monday night. Two year-end transfers were unanimously approved by vote, one for $96,872.80 and another for $30,632. The latter was handled first and was relatively simple, as $30,632 was […] Read more »
The next phase of implementation of Marion’s 20-year, Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan (CWMP) will be financially focused. For several months, the town has been sharing information and consulting with Kent Nichols Jr. of Weston & Sampson, Inc. with an eye on developing a plan that can guide Marion through its many infrastructural challenges and […] Read more »
The Marion Historical Commission is pleased to announce that Phase 2 of the Marion Historic Survey Update has recently been completed. Work on this project included updating and expanding the Historic Inventory in much of the Marion Village area in order to make it more accessible, more easily usable and fully compliant with current […] Read more »
To the Editor; A Senior Citizens Thank You for Random Acts of Kindness. Our annual family visit in Marion was interrupted this summer by my knee replacement surgery which took place in early June. Recovery and Rehab began with short walks, bandaged and with crutches along the street near the town beach. My wife […] Read more »
On August 6 and 7, more than 6,000 riders, including four riders from Marion, four from Mattapoisett and six from Rochester, pedaled in the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC), a bike-a-thon with one and two-day routes from 25 to 210 miles with the goal of topping last year’s record-breaking gift and raising $66 million for cancer research […] Read more »
On Sunday, August 14, The Rev. Marc Eames, Priest-in-Charge, St. John’s Church, Vernon, CT will conduct services at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 34 Water Street next to the Town Beach in Mattapoisett. The 138th summer season services with visiting clergy each Sunday are at 8:00 am and 10:00 am, using the 1928 Book of […] Read more »
Monday night’s meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board featured a light agenda that was breezily handled in approximately 25 minutes. Town Clerk Catherine Heuberger met with the board seeking approval that would grant the police chief authority to select which patrol officers would be deployed for poll duty during the State Primary to be […] Read more »
Lois E. (Costa) Augustine, 86 of Acushnet, passed away, Thursday, August 4, 2022 in St. Luke’s Hospital. She was the Ex-wife of the late Robert F. Augustine. Born in Mattapoisett, she was the daughter of the late Antone F. and Thelma (Ellis) Costa. Lois has been a longtime resident of Acushnet. She was the […] Read more »
On July 28, the members of the Mattapoisett Marine Advisory Board heard Harbormaster Jamie McIntosh’s updated Emergency Management Plan. Although still in draft form, the board found the plan substantial, touching all the major areas that fall under his purview. In a follow-up, McIntosh provided the following draft now ready for the Select Board’s […] Read more »