In a previous article about the Rochester Women’s Club, I touched on two aspects of the club that sent me looking for more information. The first was the part that the Rochester’s Men’s Club played in the creation of the Women’s Club. The men had a clubhouse on Mary’s Pond Rd. next to the […] Read more »
The next meeting of the Machacam Club is scheduled for Wednesday, May 4. We meet at the Legion Hall on Depot Street with social time beginning at 5 pm followed by dinner at 6 pm. Chef Colby will again be preparing a full, satisfying meal. We plan for a fun and light evening – Jim […] Read more »
The Marion School Committee voted during its April 13 public meeting to accept a $500 grant from the Marion Cultural Council. As explained by Jess Barrett, who wrote a request for funding to bring acclaimed international storyteller Len Cabral to Sippican Elementary School, part of Sippican Elementary School’s first-grade ELA curriculum focuses on folk […] Read more »
Assistant Town Administrator Judith Mooney, Facilities Director Shaun Cormier and the Marion Energy Management Committee are pleased to share that the Town of Marion has been awarded a $102,000 Green Communities Competitive Grant from the state’s Department of Energy Resources (DOER.) The grant funding is part of a statewide initiative to help Massachusetts […] Read more »
Paint a gorgeous flower on canvas, try weaving on a pin loom, or jam with a live jazz band, during the SouthCoast Spring Arts festival at the Marion Art Center May 6-15. The MAC will offer 10 days of accessible, interactive creative adventures for anyone interested in trying something new or just sparking their creativity. […] Read more »
St. Gabriel’s Church will host the premier concert of four string quartets entitled “The Four Winds” written by local composer Ronald Wisner on July 25 at 7:30 pm at St. Gabriel’s Church, 124 Front St., Marion. The concert celebrates the community’s connection to the sea after the isolation during Covid. Ukraine is in the […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional High School students Brendan Burke, Colin Carroll and chapter cofounder Edward Gonet IV will proudly compete April 23-27 at the DECA International Career Development Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Other ORR students are making the trip and that may be the bigger story. “Kira, Kinsley, […] Read more »
Please join us on Sunday, May 1 at 4 pm at Rustico Restaurant for the Mattapoisett Land Trust 2022 Annual Meeting and a Volunteer Appreciation Reception. The event will begin with a social hour including appetizers and drinks, and then we will honor MLT volunteers and conduct a brief Annual Meeting to elect Directors and […] Read more »
The Town of Rochester and the Board of Health offer no-cost weekly Keep Well Health Clinics facilitated by Rochester’s Public Health Nurse, Connie Dolan, RN. Services include answers to your health questions, blood pressure checks and monitoring, lung sound assessment, blood oxygenation assessment, medication review, information about health topics important to you and other basic […] Read more »
Applicants Bernadette Kelly and L. Sheldon Daly III will be allowed to offer their real-estate clients circumstantially driven, short-term stays on the second floor of their 313 Wareham Street office after the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously during its April 14 public meeting to reinstate with a significant amendment a special permit […] Read more »