Anne Braitmayer Webb, of Marion, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, October 6th, 2021. Born in New York City to Otto E. Braitmayer and Marian Schoeffel Braitmayer on February 2nd, 1930, Anne was raised in Marion, MA. She graduated from Vassar College in 1952, and then went to work for the W. D. […] Read more »
The Marion Special Town Meeting will be held Tuesday, October 19, at 6:45 pm in the auditorium at Sippican School (16 Spring Street). Masks will be required, and we ask that you socially distance as appropriate. There are 13 articles on the warrant, which may be viewed at www.marionma.gov. Everyone is welcome to attend; […] Read more »
Coming before the Mattapoisett Capital Planning Committee on October 4, Town Administrator Mike Lorenco shared the good news that, although free cash is just an estimate at this point in time, all indications point to a “healthy” number, he said. Early estimates peg the free cash number at $1.900,. With that in mind, he […] Read more »
Free programs for adults on Wednesdays 10:30 – 11:30 am at the Marion Natural History Museum: October 20 – Forestry Health with Felicia Hubacz, MA DCR Forester. Join DCR Forest Health Specialist Felicia Hubacz as she discusses the State’s major forest health issues of the last year. These include beech leaf disease, white pine […] Read more »
The Board of Trustees will be holding a meeting at the Mattapoisett Library on October 20 at 6:00 pm. All members are asked to attend, and any interested parties are welcome to attend. We will be discussing our new Cemetery Find Website that will soon be online, and general cemetery business. Read more »
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is now at the forefront of the Route 6 redevelopment plan that once bore the fingerprints of the Southeastern Regional Economic Planning and Development District (SRPEDD). A SRPEDD member sits in on the DOT conference calls, but the commonwealth’s new leadership sits well with members of the Marion […] Read more »
The recent detection of Escherichia coli bacteria in a private well-water test in Marion has the Board of Health pursuing the framework for a new regulation that would require regular testing in the 40 private wells designated by their owners for drinking water supply. In her October 5 report to the board, Public […] Read more »
The picture accompanying this article shows a calm and lovely Mary’s Pond, but as I looked through a scrapbook at the museum, I found an article that showed a very different scene on a May Day about 75 years ago. In the 1940s, Rochester residents were used to seeing planes maneuvering in the sky as […] Read more »
Friday, October 8, at 4:00 pm: Pine Meadows Children’s Zoo Returns to the Elizabeth Taber Library! This summer, readers at the Elizabeth Taber Library, with help from Eastern Bank, raised over $500 dollars for Heifer International, an organization that provides working animals to communities in need around the world. The Pine Meadows Children’s petting zoo […] Read more »
They are a small but mighty society of like-minded individuals with a laser focus on all things historic, especially if its anything to do with the Town of Rochester. And that passion to preserve the past and present it to future generations was on full display when the Rochester Historical Society opened its second […] Read more »