The Marion Art Center will give away free decorate-your-own cookies this year during the Marion Holiday Stroll on Sunday, December 11 from 3:30-5:30 pm, or while supplies last. Decorate your cookie with squeezable frosting, mini M&M’s, sprinkles and more. The MAC holiday elves will have their cookie stations set up on the MAC patio, located […] Read more »

Tri-Town Against Racism (TTAR) is excited to announce they have received official 501c3 nonprofit status. TTAR began in April of 2020 as a grassroots organization formed in response to racist incidents happening in the Tri-Town. The group gained a large following after the murder of George Floyd one month later.             Ongoing Initiatives: Community Conversations […] Read more »

The Marion Historical Commission would like to share information with the Tri-Town communities about the next round of Massachusetts State Preservation Grants. It is anticipated that funding will be in the range of $1,000,000.             The Massachusetts Historical Commission has just announced Round 29 of the Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund grant program (MPPF.)             The […] Read more »

Be kind to one another. The other person may be hurting. Be patient with one another. For none of us is perfect. Be encouraging to one another. It may be just what someone else needs to hear. Be generous to one another. With no thought of anything in return. Be honest with one another. And […] Read more »

            I have come across a piece of Rochester history that presents me with a bit of a mystery. The picture with this article shows a water tower that appears to be made of wood. The photograph was in the museum collection, and on the back was a notation saying that the tower was located […] Read more »

The 2022-2023 Blue Book has been mailed. We would like to thank all of this edition’s advertisers. If you did not receive one they are available at three locations: Eastern Bank, 340 Front St., Marion; The Wanderer, 55 County Rd., Mattapoisett and Plumb Memorial Library, 17 Constitution Way, Rochester. If you have received a copy […] Read more »

            The Marion Art Center (the MAC) is calling for entries for its first gallery show of the 2023 season, the Winter Members’ Show. The show runs January 6 – February 10, 2023, with an opening reception scheduled on Saturday, January 14 from 3:00-5:00 pm. All MAC members are invited to enter up to two […] Read more »

 The Marion Art Center (the MAC) Theater announces open auditions for the 2023 production of The Importance of Being Earnest; A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. This Oscar Wilde classic features protagonists that maintain fictitious personas to escape their social obligations. Wilde’s hilarious farce satirizes the hypocrisy of social order and the carelessness with which […] Read more »

As I mentioned previously, the centerpiece of Rochester’s 200th anniversary was the “Oration” delivered by Rev. Everett. His speech had many subheadings, including “Honored Sons of Sippican” with Sippican being synonymous with Old Rochester. He mentioned men of note from Wareham and Rochester.             Many pages of his oration are devoted to Tristam Burgess who […] Read more »