The controversial case of the pier construction planned for 122 Register Road helped make the September 22 Conservation Commission meeting last over four hours. The application filed by 122 Register Road, LLC for an amended Order of Conditions to reduce the length of the pier by 30 feet was met with approval by […] Read more »
Steven Petrow, author of “Stupid Things I Won’t Do When I Get Old: A Highly Judgmental, Unapologetically Honest Accounting of All the Things Our Elders Are Doing Wrong,” will talk about his recently published book via Zoom on Thursday, October 7, at 6:30 pm. Soon after his 50th birthday, Steven Petrow began assembling a list […] Read more »
As the Marion Energy Management Committee strategizes to reidentify and rename itself to emphasize its climate change stream of consciousness, the cart and the horse are neck and neck racing around the backstretch toward the committee’s next iteration. Closing in on maximizing the town’s net-metering credit capacity and dissatisfied tinkering with ideas that […] Read more »
In early August when Ben Squire, ORR Elementary Science Coordinator, requested 200 daffodil bulbs for Center School’s third grade life science program, the Mattapoisett Land Trust Education Committee decided to partner with Mattapoisett Woman’s Club Garden group to make this happen. Cindy Turse, co-chair of MWC Garden Group, said that since 2019 the […] Read more »
September 23 marked the Cultural Club of Old Rochester’s inaugural meeting. This club had over 50 students at the first meeting and looks forward to expanding from here. As an affiliate chapter of the Cultural Clubs of America, Inc. (CCA), our students will attend educational field trips and conferences with other Southcoast school chapters. The […] Read more »
Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Principal Rose Bowman report that as the result of an increase in students testing positive for COVID-19, one classroom at the Center School will be transitioning to remote learning. Through its participation in the state’s Symptomatic and Test and Stay testing options, and in coordination with the Mattapoisett […] Read more »
The Marion Finance Committee met on September 15 to vote its recommendations on financially impactful Warrant articles for the October 19 Special Town Meeting at Sippican School. The Finance Committee, which is down a full member and an alternate, also reorganized. Town Administrator Jay McGrail said it is likely an alternate member will […] Read more »
There was a time when you could find bumblebees anywhere across North America, from Quebec to Florida, westward to South Dakota, then into the central mountains of Mexico. However, in the past 10 years, the surplus of numbers has collapsed almost entirely. It is now suspected that the critical devastation took place when […] Read more »
To begin, I want to apologize for any confusion in last week’s article. Instead of the picture of the old Union Meeting House, there was the photo from the previous week. In L.C. Humphrey’s papers, he details the original size of Rochester. Rochester, as it was set off to the original proprietors, extended […] Read more »
The Marion Zoning Board of Appeals met briefly on September 23 to continue the case of Heron Cove, LLC’s Comprehensive Permit application for the construction of a residential development on Wareham Road (Route 6). The continuance, considered at the applicant’s request, was voted onto the agenda for the ZBA’s meeting scheduled for Thursday, November 18, […] Read more »