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Photos: Skaters take to Tabor Academy’s rink for an afternoon of fun

MARION — When the Travis Roy Arena opened its doors on Sunday, Jan. 19, it wasn’t for a competitive hockey game, but rather for some family skating fun. Marion Recreation hosts the event, which raises money for the department through a $5 entry fee...

Community rallies around injured rower

The South Coast community has come together after Marion resident Hannah Strom was seriously injured in an accident in Florida on Jan. 15, when a pick-up truck collided with the van in which she and her rowing teammates were traveling. Strom is a...
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Marion receives over $20,000 for information technology

The Town of Marion has received $22,688 from a Community Compact Information Technology Grant. According to a press release from Senator Marc Pacheco, the towns of Marion, Carver, Bridgewater, and Raynham received a total of $245,688 from the grants...

An old tradition may see a new beginning

MATTAPOISETT — An old tradition might see a new life in the Town of Mattapoisett in the near future. The Boston Post Cane is traditionally bestowed upon the oldest resident in a community, and was created by Boston Post Publisher Edwin Grozier, who...

Mattapoisett voters overwhelmingly support a minor amendment

MATTAPOISETT — Voters overwhelmingly ruled in favor of an amendment to a public works improvement article at a Special Town Meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 14. The article had already been approved by a Special Town Meeting on Oct. 21, but the wording of...

ORR hockey loses to tough opponent

MARION — Despite solid goaltending, and aggressive play, the Old Rochester Regional High School hockey team lost to a tough opponent on Sunday, Jan. 12. The start of the game saw fast-paced action from two evenly matched teams. Although players took...

Marion, Mattapoisett team up for a successful bird watch

MARION — The Sippican Lands Trust’s Duck Waddle had more birds than people, but with 22 people showing up for the Jan. 11 birdwatching event, the human turnout wasn’t bad either. The group initially met at Silvershell Beach and carpooled to three...

Parts of Shining Tides, Town Landing now open to shellfishing

MATTAPOISETT — The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries opened parts of the Shining Tides, and Town Landing areas to shellfishing on Jan. 9. A map provided by the Town of Mattapoisett details which sections are currently open, and closed to...

Mattapoisett Selectmen will stay short staffed

MATTAPOISETT — There are several options that the Board of Selectmen could have taken after Tyler Macallister resigned this fall, allegedly to pursue the Town Administrator role. But given the realities of a term that was winding down anyhow, the...

Developer gets state feedback on Rochester Crossroads

ROCHESTER — Space wise, a site by Zero Waste and Convanta SEMASS may make the most sense for a 208-unit housing complex. But this week, Purvi Patel stood up for the complex’s future residents, asking how the developers will minimize the impact of...

Waste District works toward winding down operations

MARION — A subcommittee of the Carver Marion Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District met on Wednesday to start working out the details of the district’s transition away from operating the transfer stations, which will be closed at the end of 2020...

Marion to consider Assistant Town Administrator role

MARION — Town Administrator Jay McGrail presented Selectmen with a job description for a new Assistant Town Administrator role at a Jan. 7 meeting. And he already had someone in mind for the role. That would be current Finance Director, Judy Mooney...

Selectmen take borrowing action on lagoon project

MARION — Selectmen issued a bond to borrow $7,252,294 of money that the last two Special Town Meetings had already allowed the board to borrow to improve its wastewater lagoon. The state had issued a deadline for the town to line its primary...

Selectmen dismiss Marion marijuana dispensary plans

MARION — Selectmen quickly dismissed a proposal for a recreational marijuana facility by noting that it had not been proposed for the correct location in town. At a December meeting, representatives from Lighthouse presented plans for a “high-end...

Marion to take feedback, answer questions on trash transition

MARION — The town will hold a State of Town Trash summit to get resident feedback on how the trash transition is going half a year later, and to answer questions on the system. Town Administrator Jay McGrail proposed the idea at a Jan. 7 Board of...

Route 6 may see changes in the future

MARION — Jed Cornock, of the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District (SRPEDD), presented a series of possible upgrades for Route 6, and fielded questions from the community during an informational meeting at Sippican School...

Marion looks to widen affordable housing discussion

MARION — A discussion of how to change or fix Marion’s affordable housing ended not with a solution, but with a desire for a single discussion involving multiple boards. Massachusetts mandates that every town have ten percent of its housing be...

Rochester appoints representative in Superintendent search

ROCHESTER — Selectmen appointed one of their members, Woody Hartley as a member of the Old Rochester Regional High School Superintendent Screening Committee on Jan. 6. Rochester resident Jim O’Brien appeared at the meeting to volunteer for the...

Hiller’s Cove open to shellfishing

MATTAPOISETT — Hiller’s Cove in Mattapoisett was opened to shellfishing on Jan. 1, and will remain open until May 1, unless otherwise noted. The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries determines whether to open or close the area to shellfishing...

Marion committee offers project funding

MARION — Applications for Community Preservation Act funding are available in the Town Clerk’s office at the Marion Town House located at 2 Spring Street. The Community Preservation Act is a Massachusetts Law that allows participating cities and...

Woman’s club to hear about travel program

MARION — The Sippican Woman’s Club will have its first of year meeting on Friday, Jan. 10. Russ Kushner, an ambassador from Road Scholar, will give a presentation about travel with the not-for-profit travel program, designed to inspire adults to...

Polar plunge kicks off the new decade in Mattapoisett

MATTAPOISETT — Dozens dove into the new decade and supported a good cause for the eighth annual “Freezin’ For a Reason Polar Plunge” at the Mattapoisett Town Beach on New Year’s Day, 2020. A crowd of polar plungers gathered at the beach and braced...

The Rochester Senior Center celebrates New Year’s

ROCHESTER — The Senior Center was filled to capacity on Dec. 31, as seniors gathered to celebrate a new year and decade. Volunteers and staff members from the center worked to set up, and serve Chinese food, cake and sparkling apple juice for a...

The Elizabeth Taber Library hosts an early New Year’s party

MARION — The normally quiet Elizabeth Taber Library was momentarily more raucous on Dec. 31, as the library’s youngest patrons, their parents and grandparents celebrated the New Year. The party was intended to give those too young to stay up until...

Marion offers Christmas tree collection

MARION — The town will offer curbside Christmas tree collection during the weeks of Jan. 6 and Jan. 13. All trees should be curbside by 7 a.m. on the day of regular rubbish collection. Waste Management asks that residents do not block rubbish...

A look back at the career of a former Marion Town Administrator

MARION — Ray Pickles, longtime Marion town administrator, town clerk and executive director of the Carver Marion Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District, died Dec. 20, just days after he turned 86. Pickles’ early afternoon death, from congestive...

Town officials define their 2020 priorities

There's a sewage lagoon that needs replacing in Marion. Mattapoisett is building a new fire station. Rochester is adapting to a new appointed town clerk. As 2020 begins, Sippican Week reached out to tri-town leaders about town priorities in the next...

Marion to take two censuses this year

MARION — Marion will complete two forms of the census this year. One is the town’s Annual Street Listing and the other is the 2020 U.S. Census. The Marion Annual Street Listing or census is sent to both year-round and seasonal residents of the town...

Patriots physician talks career highlights

MATTAPOISETT — The Patriots’ former team physician, Bertram Zarins, calls Mattapoisett his home in the summer, and appeared at his sometimes-local library to give a lecture about the team that he worked for for 25 years. Zarins was also team...

Mattapoisett to collect Christmas trees

MATTAPOISETT — The Town of Mattapoisett will offer Christmas tree pick-up during the weeks of Jan. 6, and Jan. 17. Trees should be placed curbside by 7 a.m. on the day of regular rubbish collection. Trees may also be disposed of at the transfer...

Mattapoisett to call Special Town Meeting for bike path project

MATTAPOISETT — The town had planned to use two grants to improve Industrial Drive and build a bike path from there to the Marion town line. However, it did not receive one of those grants and must get Special Town Meeting approval in January to move...

Former Waste District Director dies

MARION — Ray Pickles, the former Marion town administrator, town clerk and director of the Carver Marion Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District, died Dec. 20. Pickles passed away in the early afternoon from congestive heart failure, just after he...

Council on Aging to host program about Helen Keller

MARION — The Marion Council on Aging will hold an information program about Helen Keller on Monday, Feb. 10 at 12:30 p.m. The program will be told through Keller’s Mind’s eye, and feature a taped voice-over as Keller reenacts moments of her life...

Tri-town triumphs, takes on trials in 2019

In the tri-town, 2019 was a year to remember. From larceny cases, and dangerous mosquitoes to sports victories, and 6-year-old entrepreneurs, here’s a look back at some of the year’s most compelling articles. Towns face staffing changes, work on...

Presents, holiday meals, and a chilly dip for some

MATTPOISETT — Some kids got nothing but gifts and treats in their Christmas stockings. Others got notes from Santa calling them down to Mattapoisett Town Beach later that morning, to give back to a charitable organization. Helping Hands and Hooves,...

Career coaching offered at the Mattapoisett Library

MATTAPOISETT — Executive Coach Debbie Pickup will offer free one-on-one job coaching sessions at the Mattapoisett Library, starting on Jan. 7. Sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 6 to 7 p.m. Sign up for one or more sessions and receive discreet...

Sippican Lands Trust to host New Year’s Walk

MARION — The Sippican Lands Trust will host a New Year’s walk at the White Eagle property on Wednesday, Jan 1, starting at noon. The walk will begin at the White Eagle Property kiosk, located off of Route 6 in Marion. to get to the kiosk, take...

Food and crafts showcased at junior high school

MATTAPOISETT — Although school wasn’t in session, the auditorium at Old Rochester Regional Junior High School was far from empty on Saturday, Dec, 21, thanks to the Old Rochester Winter Farmers Market and Craft Fair, organized by High School Senior...

Photos: Santa Claus visits Ned’s Point Lighthouse

MATTAPOISETT — Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 63 opened the doors to Ned’s Point Lighthouse for a special guest on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 21. Santa Claus arrived style in a Mattapoisett Fire Truck to greet children and their families at the...

Coast Guard Auxiliarist makes unexpected rescue

MATTAPOISETT — Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 63’s Sal Giglia was on his way to a Christmas event at Ned’s Point Lighthouse on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 21, when he saw a car crash. Giglia said he was driving west on Route 6 when a car traveling east...

Rochester COA Board of Directors to meet Jan. 8

ROCHESTER — The Rochester Council on Aging Board of Directors will hold their monthly meeting on Wednesday, Jan . 8 at 9 a.m. The meeting will be held at Town Hall. All Rochester residents are welcome to attend this meeting.

Waste District votes to close transfer stations at the end of 2020

The committee governing the Carver Marion Wareham waste district voted on Wednesday night to close the transfer stations on Rte. 28 in Rochester and Benson Brook in Marion on Dec. 31, 2020, and to begin discussions about what to do with the district...

Mattapoisett Transfer Station updates winter, holiday schedule

MATTAPOISETT — The transfer station at 60 Tinkham Hill Road will have a new schedule for the winter and holiday season. The winter schedule will start on the week of Jan. 6. The station will be open from Thursday to Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m...

Affidavit details 10 years of animal incidents at Marion home

MARION — Dead chickens with their heads hanging out of cages. Scrawny Saint Bernard dogs chained in an outdoor pen containing soggy couches. Litters of feral kittens in a basement smelling of urine and mold. And so on. A nine-page affidavit used to...

Publisher’s note: Did you miss us online?

As many readers observed, SippicanWeekToday.com was offline for much of last weekend. Alas, it is a big, interconnected world and some things are out of our small company’s control. Early Saturday afternoon, the large cloud-computing service that...

Officials warn of increased overdose risk

The Police Chiefs of Plymouth County have reported that since Dec. 1, there have been 52 overdoses in the county, seven of which were fatal. Plymouth County Outreach, a group composed of law enforcement in the county, are warning the public that...

Business eyes Marion for marijuana dispensary location

MARION — Representatives from Lighthouse, a marijuana dispensary company, presented their plan for a recreational marijuana dispensary on Route 6 in Marion to the town’s Board of Selectmen on Tuesday, Dec. 17. Chief Operating Officer Brad Davis, as...

Marion earns grant to plan for disasters

MARION — The town has been awarded a grant for $27,750 to prepare a Hazard Mitigation Plan. The plan, which identifies how to lessen the risks and damages of disasters, is supposed to be updated every five years. However, in Marion it has been 15 or...

Planning Board starts discussion on bylaw change

MARION — As Marion approaches the state-mandated 10% affordable housing requirement, it should reconsider its own affordable housing bylaw to allow the town to generate as much revenue from taxes as possible, a resident and developer suggested The...

Date set for Rochester Town Meeting

ROCHESTER — The annual Rochester Town Meeting will be on Monday, May 18 at 7 p.m. at Rochester Memorial School. The warrant is currently open, and will close on Friday, Feb. 21 at 1 p.m.

Rochester offered large land conservation grant

ROCHESTER — The town got a $345,769 from a Local Acquisition for Natural Diversity, or LAND grant to conserve about 109 acres of land in the area of Walnut Plain Road and Old Middleboro Road. Selectmen voted to accept the grant on on Monday, Dec. 16...

Boy Scouts and Lions help assemble meal kits

ROCHESTER — Lions Club members and other community volunteers joined forces with Boy Scouts and Troop 31 leaders on Sunday Dec. 15 for their Christmas Holiday Dinner program. Christmas dinner bags include a turkey, fresh vegetables or potatoes,...

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