In the early to late 1800’s, there was a movement in more urban areas to create “rural” cemeteries. This was in part to alleviate overcrowding in many city cemeteries caused by both increased immigration and deaths from the Civil War. The first rural cemetery in Massachusetts was the Mount Auburn Cemetery created in Cambridge in […] Read more »

The Children’s Memorial Garden in front of Sippican School will be rededicated in an all-school ceremony on June 14 at 9:15 am. The student body will have their tradition Flag Day Ceremony around the Flag Pole at 9 am, then regroup around the Children’s Memorial Garden. The Marion community is most welcome to participate.             […] Read more »

Chief Brian Jackvony and the Marion Fire Department would like to express their gratitude to the Marion EMT Association for its donation of a utility terrain vehicle (UTV) and trailer that will be used by the department for off-road search and rescue missions.             The 2023 Polaris Ranger UTV will assist first responders in finding […] Read more »

Greetings from Plumb Library!  Welcome to BookRemarks, our new monthly feature focusing on all things library related!             Allow me to introduce you to our Library of Things!  What on Earth is that, you may be wondering? Well, it’s basically a collection that lives in the Library that is comprised of items that are not […] Read more »

The Marion Art Center announces open auditions on Saturday, June 10 from 10 am-12 pm and Sunday, June 11 from 7-9 pm for the August production of Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, written by Ken Ludwig and directed by Kate Fishman. Eight performance dates are scheduled August 4 through 20.             Curses. The hounds are […] Read more »

As most of us know, this past weekend was the 89th Mattapoisett River Race. Begun by Rochester’s Jim Hartley as a project for his 4H group, the race down the river from Grandma Hartley’s Reservoir became a yearly event. When William Watling became the Herring inspector for Rochester, he realized that debris in the river […] Read more »

This summer, the Mattapoisett Free Public Library is participating in the National Library Pen Pal Project.             This nationwide program pairs patrons from libraries across the country to be pen pals. Patrons will be paired with a similarly aged pen pal, and all of the mailing will be done by the library.             The library […] Read more »

Each year, the Plymouth County Educators Association awards its members for significant service in the following areas: professional service, community service and association service. PCEA also recognizes staff members who are making a difference in their first few years of service. Members are nominated by a colleague to receive one of these awards. This year, […] Read more »

Every year, Old Rochester Community Television honors one graduating senior from each of our Old Rochester Regional High School and Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School video production programs with its ‘Outstanding Video Production Student Award’. The $1000 award is meant to assist the student as they move on to study video production or […] Read more »