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Plans for new Mattapoisett Fire Station approved with conditions

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Planning Board approved a site plan review of the proposed fire station at 64 County Road on Monday, Nov. 18, under the condition that revisions be made in accordance with the recommendations of SITEC, the town’s...

Press box withdrawn, seven approvals at Rochester Town Meeting

ROCHESTER — One article at a Nov. 18 Special Town Meeting to install a press box at Old Rochester Regional High School was withdrawn, and the other seven passed in 19 minutes. The only comment on any of the articles was from two residents looking...
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Mattapoisett Woman’s Club hosts ‘Ringing of the Bells’

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club hosted the “Ringing of the Bells” at Center School and the Congregational Church at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, Veterans Day, allowing for a moment of quiet contemplation for those in attendance. After the bells...

Marion Garden Group working on Holiday Boutique

MARION — The town Garden Group will hold its Holiday Boutique from 9 a.m. to noon on Dec. 14 the Marion Music Hall. The garden group encourages shoppers to come early, as popular items often sell out quickly. The boutique started as a small private...

Marion’s Hazardous Waste Day goes smoothly

MARION — After extensive planning, a Hazardous Waste Day at Marion’s Benson Brook Transfer Station went smoothly on Nov. 16. The waste day was put on by the Carver, Marion Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District, but run by Town of Marion...

Mattapoisett Recreation announces its winter programs

MATTAPOISETT — The town’s recreation department has announced a variety of winter programs for kids of all ages. Kindergarten and grade 1 basketball clinics will take place Monday and Thursday afternoon with Wednesday evening sessions available...

Students learn about cranberries

MARION — The Natural History Museum's after-school group hosted Dawn Gates-Allen of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association for a program on cranberries on Nov. 13. Participants took a close look at the insides of cranberries to discover what...

Photos: Habitat for Humanity starts work on Mattapoisett house

MATTAPOISETT — Excavation work on the first Buzzards Bay Habitat for Humanity home build in Mattapoisett started Nov. 13. On Thursday, the engineer re-staked the lot. The site at 153 Fairhaven Road is being called the “Jessica and David Nicolosi...

Tabor Academy’s proposed stadium lights spark debate in Marion

MARION — The Zoning Board of Appeals listened to a presentation about Tabor Academy’s request to construct 90-foot-tall lights on its main athletic field, as well as both positive and negative input from residents of the abutting neighborhood on...

Marion to accept yard waste

MARION — The Town of Marion Department of Public Works will be accepting leaves and grass clippings from Marion residents on Saturday Nov. 23 and 30 from 8 a.m to 4 p.m. at the Benson Brook Transfer Station. Collection will take place at the dirt...

Rochester to tackle solar, fixes, upgrades at Town Meeting

ROCHESTER — Solar projects, repairs to town property and a controversial Old Rochester Regional High School press box project will be on the agenda when fall Town Meeting convenes on Monday. Held at Rochester Memorial School, the meeting will begin...

Rochester ends EEE curfew after weekend frost

ROCHESTER — According to Health Director Karen Walega, the town lifted its activities curfew on Nov. 13, due to the threat of eastern equine encephalitis being sufficiently diminished, after the town experienced the first “hard frost” of the season...

Solar project will work around historic site

ROCHESTER — At a Nov. 12 Planning Board meeting, Solar MA Project Management, the developer for a solar project on Old Middleboro Road, confirmed that it has changed its plans to avoid the foundations of a historic home on the property. At an Oct...

Mattapoisett lifts EEE curfew

MATTAPOISETT — A curfew suspending all activity on town beaches, parks and ball fields after dusk due to the threat of eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, has now been lifted according to Public Health Nurse Amanda Stone. Eastern equine...

Marion, Mattapoisett celebrate 100 years of Veterans Day

In Marion and Mattapoisett citizens gathered on Veterans Day to honor and respect those in the tri-town who served on the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the holiday. Veterans in Mattapoisett were honored with a series of speeches and songs...

Boy Scouts put on a feast

ROCHESTER — Boy Scout Troop 31 honored Rochester firefighters, police, EMTs and Grange Hall Association members with their special annual Turkey Dinner Feast on Nov. 9. Young scouts served over 108 attendees at the Rochester Grange Hall. Older...

Marion Holiday Stroll date announced

MARION — The annual Village Christmas Stroll will take place on Dec. 8 at 3 p.m. and last until 5:30 p.m. Santa will arrive by boat, there will be children’s activities, wagon rides and treats from local merchants. The event will end with a tree...

Marion lifts EEE curfew

MARION — The town’s Board of Health has lifted the 6 p.m. activities curfew, meant to reduce the risk of Eastern equine encephalitis, on Nov. 9. Eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-carried virus, has no cure, and is often fatal. Marion and...

Date set for Rochester Christmas Tree Lighting

ROCHESTER — The town will host its annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Rochester Town Hall. The Rochester Memorial School band and choir will perform, the town will offer refreshments, and Santa will be there.

Tabor Academy to host blood drive

MARION — Tabor Academy will host a blood drive for the Kraft Family Blood Donor Center benefiting Dana Farber and Brigham and Women’s hospital on Nov. 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The “Blood Mobile” will be parked at the lot at 256 Front Street in...

Marion considers two options for leaving regional waste district

MARION — At an Oct. 21 Special Town Meeting, Marion voters authorized Town Administrator James McGrail to begin negotiations to leave the Carver Marion Wareham Regional Refuse District. Since then, McGrail said that the town has started exploring...

Tabor Academy delays plans to take down historic home

MARION — Tabor Academy has decided to delay its plans to take down the historic home at 192 Front Street after taking into consideration the input from community members and history enthusiasts. Known as the Percy Browne, or Tenbrook House, the home...

Rochester holds ceremony for veterans

ROCHESTER — The Council on Aging hosted a Veterans Day ham and bean dinner attended by more than 80 people on Nov. 5. The dinner recognized all veterans, but gave a special honor to Gordon Helme, a member of the Senior Center Board of Directors who...

Marion awards key wastewater treatment contract

MARION — Selectmen awarded a $6,370,198 contract for wastewater treatment plant and lagoon improvements to Methuen Construction. CDM Smith will provide the engineering services for the project, and the owner’s project manager will be Weston and...

Marion Waste District decision sets off more confusion than action

MARION — Selectmen seemed uncertain about the future of the Carver Marion Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal district, and were unable to set the sticker price for the district for the coming year despite being offered significantly more freedom to do...

Mattapoisett voters say ‘no’ to recreational marijuana cultivation facilities

MATTAPOISETT — In a Special Town Meeting on Monday, Nov. 4. Mattapoisett residents voted 214 to 67 against a proposed bylaw change that would have allowed the cultivation of recreational marijuana in town. The Planning Board and Finance Committee...

Marion Planning Board reviews Tabor Academy athletic lights

MARION — Tabor Academy will try again to install 90-foot lights for its main athletic field, after a court ruled that it could. A court case between the school and the Zoning Board of Appeals over lights on Spring Street ended with the Plymouth...

Rochester to stay with single tax rate

ROCHESTER — Assessors recommended that Selectmen stay with the historic trend of having a single tax rate, and the board did. Assessor Charles Shea explained at the Nov. 4 meeting that the town had never had a split tax rate before. The town’s $13,...

Rochester plans for waste district uncertainties

ROCHESTER — Though his town isn’t a member of the Carver Marion Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District, Selectman Brad Morse suggested at a Nov. 4 meeting that it would be best to be prepared in case the district does dissolve entirely. Morse...

Rochester mom starts a program on leadership, kindness

ROCHESTER — To stop the hate and violence that fuels mass shootings, Rochester resident Kelly Gagliardi has started Creative Little Leaders, an initiative to teach children leadership through kindness. The mother to a three and a half year old often...

Help the ORR class of 1970 remake its mailing list

The Old Rochester Regional High School Class of 1970 needs help to recreate its mailing list and send out invitations for its fiftieth reunion in 2020. Anyone with contact information should email Dede Pangaro Smith at dsmithlil@comcast.net or Cindy...

Mattapoisett Community Preservation Committee accepting applications

MATTAPOISETT — The Community Preservation Committee will accept project funding applications for inclusion in the Spring Annual Town Meeting, through Nov. 30. The project application is available on the town website and in paper from at the...

Church to serve Thanksgiving dinner

ROCHESTER — The First Congregational Church will open its Friendship Hall on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 28 for the fourth annual Thanksgiving Fellowship Dinner. Doors open at noon, and a homemade dinner will be served at 1 p.m. There is a...

Rochester Eagle Scout helps Senior Center prepare for Veterans Day

ROCHESTER — Eagle Scout and Junior Friends of the Library Teen Mentor, Colin Mackin, led the Plumb Memorial Library Junior Friends Group for its fifth annual CenterPeace Project on Nov. 1 to honor veterans. Mackin, a junior at Old Rochester Regional...

Races, crashes, driveway detours at soapbox derby

MARION — Participants seated on the sidelines of the Soap Box Derby on Nov. 2 might have been more comfortable, but also ran the risk of having a miniature car veer off the road and hit their legs or chair. Rochester, Marion and Mattapoisett Cub...

From Marion to Cuba

MARION — Nine participants from a thirteen person collaboration between the Sippican Lands Trust and Marion-based travel company Cuba Up Close departed from Marion Village on the morning of Nov. 2 on a seven-day trip to Cuba. As part of the...

Trick or treaters visit Ned’s Point Lighthouse

MATTAPOISETT — Flotilla 63 opened the door to the Ned’s Point Lighthouse for some belated trick or treating on Friday afternoon, Nov. 1. Costumed children were met by Joe Dawicki, a.k.a “Gray Mustache the Pirate.” Dawicki opened up a treasure chest...

Tri-town businesses celebrate Halloween

Several tri-town businesses got into the spirit of Halloween by passing out candy or setting up booths at the Marion parade . However, others got into the spirit of the holiday by dressing up at work. Customers who walked into Mattapoisett’s Eastern...

Marion sets up fund for veterans

MARION — The tri-town Veterans Agent Barry Denham and Marion Board of Selectmen created an emergency fund on Oct. 15 to help Marion veterans and their spouses with short-term financial needs. The fund will be controlled by the Marion Veterans...

Photos: Center School celebrates Halloween with costume contest

MATTAPOISETT — Center School hosted pilots, celebrities, movie characters, household items, and even a local landmark as adults and children of all ages took their best shot at winning a prize for having the best Halloween costume of 2019. Police...

Photos: costume-clad parade marches through Marion

MARION — Despite gusts of wind and rain showers scattered throughout the day, weather held out long enough for a costume-clad parade to march through the center of Marion on Halloween 2019. The crowd of witches, cartoon characters, superheroes, and...

Women’s Club welcomes witches and more on Halloween

ROCHESTER — A witch, Bob Marley and a unicorn walk into the Rochester Women’s Club... And get candy, which Women’s club members handed out for two hours on Halloween night. “I’m glad we didn’t postpone,” Marsha Hartley said, as there had been talk...

Neighbors look to understand Rochester solar project

ROCHESTER — Presented with plans for a solar array at 0 Old Middleboro Road at an Oct. 31 Planning Board meeting, neighbors mostly just wanted to understand how it worked. The project will involve 260 acres of property, but only 32 would be...

Sippican Woman’s Club remembers 1942

MARION — Veterans Day is a time to remember all whose endeavors contributed to secure our freedom. In 1942, the Women’s Club did just that. The Sippican Woman’s Club, began in 1904, and in the ensuing years sponsored Marion Visiting Nurses (in 1914...

Rochester Land Trust opens new property

ROCHESTER — The Rochester Land Trust has opened a new property, called White Cedar Preserve. It is located at the intersection of Walnut Plain Road and Estabrook Way. (For those using GPS, enter "1 Estabrook Way"). The 83-acre parcel has varied...

Sippican Lands Trust cancels storytelling event

Sippican Lands Trust’s “Campfire Stories” at Aucoot Woods scheduled for Friday, Nov. 1 at 5:30 p.m. has been cancelled due to the continuing Eastern equine encephalitis threat as no hard frost has occurred to date. Mosquitoes carry the virus, and a...

Mattapoisett to gather input for state housing requirement

MATTAPOISETT — Facing an aging population and a lack of affordable housing, the town should revise bylaws to promote affordable housing, a regional planning official told the Planning Board Oct. 29. Grant King of the Southeastern Regional Planning...

Fate of historic house remains undecided

MARION — Faced with pushback from community members, and architecture enthusiasts, Tabor Academy is reconsidering its intention to demolish the house at 192 Front Street. The house was designed by famous architect H. H. Richardson. It exemplifies...

Special Town Meeting considers recreational marijuana

MATTAPOISETT — In a Special Town meeting on Monday, Nov. 4 at 6:30 p.m. at Old Rochester Regional High School, Mattapoisett voters will weigh in on a proposed bylaw change that would allow recreational marijuana cultivation. The town’s current bylaw...

Marion appoints new registrar

MARION — After years of being unable to find a third registrar, Marion Selectmen appointed Ami Milano to the position on Oct. 28. Town Administrator Jay McGrail said that the town had posted several times about the position, but had no one apply...

Design Christmas trees for a community center

MARION — The Friends of the Marion Council on Aging will Sponsor the “Festival of Trees,” allowing businesses, community groups, and interested individuals to sponsor and decorate Christmas trees to raise money for programing at the Benjamin D...

Waste district discusses dissolution

MARION — Following the Marion Town Meeting’s vote to authorize the town administrator to begin negotiating an exit from the Carver Marion Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District, the committee that governs the district devoted much of its...

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