To the Editor, The Mattapoisett Bike Path Study Committee has been working with the Town Select board to complete the 4.6-mile bike path in Mattapoisett for 25 years. Currently a common question is, “Why is it taking so long to complete Phase 1B, the section from Mattapoisett Neck Road to Railroad Ave?” Quite […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Local Schools Trim FY23 Budget
Mattapoisett Select Board Chairman Jordan Collyer told the other board members and the public that discussions with Old Rochester Regional School District Superintendent Mike Nelson had taken place. Included in that discussion was Finance Committee Chairman Pat Donoghue, who had previously urged her committee not to support the FY23 local school budget as drafted […] Read more »
ConCom Approves Commissioner’s Plan
The Rochester Conservation Commission on Tuesday night approved a commission member’s project to construct a driveway on Gerrish Road near cranberry bogs. Commissioner Ben Bailey recused himself for the hearing that endorsed the Order of Conditions for the plan to place the driveway within the 100-foot buffer zone to a bordering, vegetative wetlands to […] Read more »
Marion Dept. of Public Works Open House
On Saturday, April 9 at 10 am, the Town of Marion will hold an Open House at the Dept. of Public Works Facility on Route 6. We will offer a tour of the buildings at the site and showcase the proposed plans for a new Dept. of Public Works Facility to be located on Benson […] Read more »
Fire Damages Bike-Path Bridge
On April 2 at 6:22 am, the Mattapoisett Fire Department responded to a fire at the bike-path bridge originally built over the Eel Pond River near the entrance at Mattapoisett Neck Road, which is currently closed to the public. According to Fire Chief Andrew Murray, the fire was reported by a neighbor living on […] Read more »
Drivers Need Incentives to Go Electric
Energy Management Committee member Tom Friedman could have been Ray Kinsella looking out at his financially endangered Iowa cornfield, calling Marion “a Field of Dreams situation. If we build it, they will come,” he said, provoking laughter during Monday’s meeting of the members who are otherwise dead serious in their pursuit of green energy. […] Read more »
Friends of the Rochester COA Pop-Up Sale
Friends of the Rochester COA are having a Pop-Up Sale April 9, 9 to noon at 67 Dexter Lane. There will be an abundance of fabric, sewing notions, iron-on transfers, thread, buttons, patterns, yarn, knitting needles, crochet hooks and embroidery supplies. All priced to sell. Read more »
SEMAYO Summer Camp Announced
The Southeastern Massachusetts Youth Orchestras (SEMAYO) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for SEMAYO Summer Camp 2022. The camp is offering multiple performing groups of various skill levels to string, wind, and percussion students that have completed the 5th grade up to age 17. The camp will also offer special guests, masterclasses, […] Read more »
Committee Affirms School Choice
There is a combined total of 99 School Choice students attending the Old Rochester Regional High School and Junior High, and that’s the way it will stay after the ORR School Committee voted at its March 23 public meeting to retain the current parameters, policies and practices. The committee held a Public Hearing […] Read more »
Secrets: True Crime Writing
It is a fair statement that no one gets closer to the drama of a real crime than those charged with reporting it as news. The real time investigatory work done by law enforcement is followed in minute detail as the reporters strive to tell the full story with clarity and, yes, compassion for […] Read more »