The Mattapoisett Lions Club is looking for high school students in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12. Apply today to enter the Massachusetts Lions Youth Speech Competition and you may win a cash (check) prize! Students may be foreign exchange, private school, charter school, home schooled or private study provided they are sponsored by a […] Read more »
Today, Rep. Bill Straus (D-Mattapoisett) has announced that the Town of Marion will be awarded a Massachusetts Seaport Economic Council grant for $300,000 to assist in the design of a new harbormaster and marine center at Island Wharf located in Sippican Harbor. Word of the project’s approval was received by the Representative from Lieutenant Governor […] Read more »
Ethel Griffith, 92, passed away peacefully in bed on September 2, 2021, after a long fight with Alzheimer’s. Ethel Griffith (né Marcelino) was born on April 1, 1929, in New Bedford, Massachusetts and was preceded in death by her loving husband of 61 years, Alwyn (Al) Griffith, Jr. Al was also born and raised […] Read more »
The 2020-21 school year was just ending when the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, in concert with the state Department of Public Health, essentially told public school districts to scrap prior guidelines that had been advising superintendents to plan for a more normal 2021-22. While the Delta variant of COVID-19 hasn’t […] Read more »
The Rev. Jeffrey Cave, Retired, Diocese of Atlanta, GA will conduct services at 8:00 am and 10:00 am on Sunday, September 5 at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, next to the Town Beach in Mattapoisett. This is the 137th Summer Season at St. Philip’s when clergy from nearby and far visit every week, using the 1928 […] Read more »
Over the span of the pandemic, governors throughout the country have gained a lot of news coverage as they led their states through difficult days and months. While none of our recent governors have come from Southeastern Massachusetts, historically Rochester has had ties to more than one. Not long ago I wrote about Charles Bryant, […] Read more »
James R. Gurney, 91, of Marion died August 30, 2021 at Tobey Hospital. He was the husband of the late Judith J. (Jenney) Gurney. Born in New Bedford, Jim was the son of the late Ralph and Annie L. (Hartley) Gurney. As a young man, during the Korean War, he served in the Coast […] Read more »
Two lengthy applications met with positive judgments from the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals, which met on August 26 at Town Hall. The public hearings, both continued, involved scrutinized presentations of revised plans. Mark Woodward Jr. appeared before the ZBA to better establish the hardship that would qualify him for consideration of the […] Read more »
The Marion Town Party had been an end-of-summer celebration for more years than anyone can remember until the last two years. In 2019, because of the threat posed by the Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus and last summer by COVID-19, the party was cancelled. But on August 28, as cool shore breezes made […] Read more »
Girls and Boys in Kindergarten through grade 5 are welcome to join Marion Pack 32s. Come meet our scouts for a moment of reflection followed by field games and some gaga ball on Saturday, September 11 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. We will be meeting at the flagpole and remaining in the field area […] Read more »