Rochester has seven official town cemeteries. The ones that may be most familiar to people are Sherman Cemetery on Pine Street across from Rochester Memorial School, the Woodside Cemetery next to the Rochester Historical Museum on County Road. and the Hillside Cemetery, with its large sign, off of High Street. The Sherman Cemetery was […] Read more »
Mattapoisett has received $154,043 under a new Massachusetts Municipal Fiber Grant Program, which assists communities with improving broadband connectivity. The Town was one of 71 communities in the Commonwealth that received funding in this round of the grant program. The funding will be used to create a fiber loop connecting vital Town buildings (Town […] Read more »
Town Administrator James McGrail and Emergency Management Director and Police Chief Richard Nighelli report that town officials recently put their emergency response plans to the test with the help of Massachusetts Maritime Academy cadets. On May 23, Massachusetts Maritime Academy undergraduate Emergency Management cadets Andrew Miller, Liam Brennan and Stephen Serbst visited the Marion […] Read more »
Superintendent Michael S. Nelson is pleased to announce that Linda Ashley has been selected to be the new principal of Center School. Ashley will assume the position on July 1 following the retirement of Principal Rose Bowman. Ashley will be the full-time principal of Center School as a result of the principalship restructuring of […] Read more »
Each year, Friends of Old Rochester Music (FORM) awards scholarships to seniors in recognition of their dedication and commitment to the music program and our community. We are excited to announce this year’s FORM Scholarship winners: Christopher Bell, Alice Decicco-Carey, Emily DellaCioppa, Isabella Correia, Caleb DeVoe, Edward Gonet IV, Spencer Merolla, Benjamin Preece-Santos, Charles Richards […] Read more »
William D. Watling, born in 1918, wore many hats in his life. As an all-star athlete growing up in New Bedford, he wore both a football helmet and a baseball cap. He also shined on the soccer field and the basketball court. Baseball stayed with him. He played semipro ball in Canada prior to WWII. […] Read more »
The Select Board is forming a Building Committee for the proposed Department of Public Works (DPW) Facility. This Committee will be comprised of residents of Marion, staff from the DPW and the Town Administrator. If you are interested in serving on this Committee, please send your letter of interest to dhemphill@marionma.gov. Please include your […] Read more »
Today, Rep. Bill Straus (D-Mattapoisett) announced that the Town of Marion will be receiving an additional $500,000 From the Department of Environmental Protection for the Marion Lagoon project. In 2018, Rep. Straus authored a targeted legislative earmark to the Environmental funding bill to secure funding for the lagoon relining. “This project in Marion is […] Read more »
Rep. Bill Straus (D-Mattapoisett) House co-chair of the legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation, announced today that the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the Baker-Polito administration have awarded a $50,000 grant to the town of Rochester to fund traffic safety improvements at three critical locations in town, including the intersection of Mary’s Pond and Walnut Plain […] Read more »
The newly reorganized League of Women Voters SouthCoast launched its inaugural meeting with a buffet luncheon at the Wamsutta Club in New Bedford on Thursday, May 19. LWVSC, an expansion of the Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester Tri-Town League that now encompasses Wareham, Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester, Fairhaven, Acushnet, Freetown, New Bedford, Dartmouth and Westport, restructured […] Read more »