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Child with toy gun sparks suspicious person reports

MARION — Multiple Marion citizens contacted the police about a suspicious person near Sippican School carrying what appeared...

Marion residents question wastewater treatment plan

MARION — A plan to spend an estimated $350,000 on a comprehensive wastewater management plan generated questions from the...

Boy Scouts spend a rainy day outdoors

On April 13, Yaygoog Scout Reservation in Rockville, Rhode Island may have experienced heavy winds and rain, but that didn’t...

Postponed hearing on Converse Road development frustrates neighbors

MARION — An April 16 public hearing on a proposed small housing project off of Converse Road was continued until May 6, much...

Selectmen ponder future for Atlantis Drive property

MARION — The town-owned building on Atlantis Drive is in need of costly repairs. Right now, Selectmen want to spend money...

Project approved with ‘bring your own broom’ caveat

MARION — There’s a new kid on the block when it comes to Arbor Day events, and this one is helping clean the block for...

New Town Administrator jumps right in

MARION — Discussion of the pending town administrator hire was several places down on the agenda at the April 16 Selectmen’s...

Poet to read at Mattapoisett Library

Award-winning poet Dzvinia Orlowsky will read at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library on Saturday, April 27 at 3 p.m. She...

Alewives Anonymous to hold annual meeting, lecture

Alewives Anonymous, Inc. (AA) will host its annual meeting and quahog chowder supper for members, guests and others...

Cemetery Commission clarifies its rules before annual cleanup

MARION — The Marion Cemetery Commission is reminding those who tend cemetery plots of its policies and procedures for all...

Rochester man wins $50,000 with Publisher’s Clearing House

ROCHESTER — John Hall learned two important things when he opened the door on April 15. One: he had just won $50,000 with...

ORR School District: Funds for renovation project would come from a Prop 2-1/2 debt exclusion

MATTAPOISETT — At a Board of Selectmen meeting on April 12 to review ballot questions for the Annual Election Selectmen...

Marion Fireworks Committee to host paint nite

MARION — The Marion Fireworks Fundraising Committee will bring artist Ward Parker to the Brew Fish on May 7 to host a paint...

Mattapoisett to hold rabies clinic

MATTAPOISETT — The town will hold its annual dog and cat rabies clinic on Sunday April 14 from 10 a.m. to noon. The clinic...

Take a garden tour from the library

MATTAPOISETT — Jana Milbocker, garden designer, lecturer, writer, owner of Enchanted Gardens, and author of “The Garden...

Marion town clerk pleads not guilty to six larceny charges

BROCKTON — Marion Town Clerk Ray Pickles pled not guilty to six charges of larceny at his arraignment in Plymouth Superior...

How long does it take to find 2,400 eggs? Not long

MARION — Marion students were given the chance to put a sweet finish on a school day with an after school Easter egg hunt at...

Marion Candidates Night set for May 2

MARION — Marion Candidate’s Night on May 2 will offer voters an opportunity to meet candidates, both opposed or uncontested...

Marion couple donates $1.5 million to sustain whaling museum

MARION — A lifelong love for the New Bedford Whaling Museum has led Marion summer resident Douglas Crocker to and his wife...

4-H to host May horse show

MARION — Plymouth County 4-H will host an Open Horse Show on May 5 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m at the Washburn Park show grounds...

Rochester election results: new and old blood for constable

ROCHESTER — Incumbent Constable David Hughes will keep his seat, and be joined in his duties by Marc Slabodnick after the...

Lions club to host senior dinner in Mattapoisett

MATTAPOISETT — The Lion’s Club will host its annual Senior Dinner on April 27 at noon. The turkey dinner with traditional...

ORR student crowned Miss Massachusetts' Outstanding Teen

Old Rochester Regional High School student, Rachel Michelle-Marie Perry was crowned Miss Massachusetts' Outstanding Teen...

Buzzards Bay Coalition updates Selectmen on restoration work

MATTAPOISETT — The Buzzards Bay Coalition appeared before the Board of Selectmen to give an update on the group’s proposed...

Mattapoisett Lands Trust eyes grants to fund 120 acre purchase

MATTAPOISETT — The Board of Selectmen agreed to let the Mattapoisett Land Trust apply for a grant in the town’s name as it...

Selectmen make choice on Town Administrator position

MARION — After interviewing three finalists for the Town Administrator position, the Board of Selectmen voted to offer the...

Meet Rochester’s new police chief

ROCHESTER — Robert Small, Rochester's newly appointed police chief, will be the speaker at the April 17 Speakers Night at...

Lions to hold trip to Mohegan Sun

ROCHESTER — The Rochester Lions Club will hold trip to Mohegan Sun on May 11. The trip will leave from the Rochester Senior...

Rochester firefighters walk for one of their own

Rochester firefighters donned their full firefighting gear and walked for more than a mile through Dartmouth at Walk MS on...

The Easter Bunny hops to Rochester for breakfast

ROCHESTER — Children had the chance to say an early “hi” to the Easter bunny and win prizes and the Lions Club raised funds...

Earth Day town clean-up with the Rochester Women's Club

ROCHESTER — The Women's Club will be sponsoring its annual town-wide clean up again this year. The cleanup will kick off at...

Registration open for Natural History Museum summer program

MARION — The Marion Natural History Museum's Summer Program is an educational science-based program with an emphasis on the...

From counting birds to counting fish

A few months after it did a program on counting birds, The Marion Natural History Museum's after-school group had the chance...

Rochester Girl Scouts to try for Boy Scout ranks

ROCHESTER — Girl Scout troop A1001 has gone beyond the traditional girl scout activities like embroidering and canoeing to...

Shooting for the stars: Mattapoisett native becomes AIP Board Chair

Mattapoisett native David J. Helfand didn’t originally plan to become the Board Chair for the American Institute of Physics...

Mattapoisett Selectmen question school renovation plan

MATTAPOISETT — Selectmen want some more information from Old Rochester Regional School officials before sending a $2 million...

Sippican Lands Trust gets some trail help from TerraCorps

MARION — The Sippican Lands Trust will have a few extra hands around on Friday April 12 to help tend the Lands Trust’s...

History, nature to inspire creativity

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Museum and Mattapoisett Land Trust are teaming up to encourage creativity. The two...

Marion requests proposals to outsource trash pickup

MARION — Town Administrator Paul Dawson and Interim Superintendent of the Department of Public Works Jonathan Henry updated...

Marion Selectmen to interview three Town Administrator finalists next week

MARION — As Town Administrator Paul Dawson prepares to step down from his position, the Board of Selectmen selected three...

Marion Selectmen to Pickles: Resign as town clerk

MARION — The Board of Selectmen sent a letter to Town Clerk Ray Pickles on April 2 requesting that he resign after he was...

Mattapoisett candidates running for election

MATTAPOISETT — Mattapoisett’s annual Town Election, scheduled for May 21, will have residents voting for 16 positions in the...

$2 million grant, project extension may help Marion’s wastewater woes

MARION — Representative Bill Strauss appeared before the Board of Selectmen to present a state grant that he secured for...

Marion schedules dangerous dog hearing

MARION — Selectmen approved a dangerous dog hearing for May 7 at the recommendation of neighbors and the police, after a...

Zero Waste recycling facility to open in May

ROCHESTER — Zero Waste Solutions is staffing up in preparation for beginning operations at the new recycling facility in mid...

Rochester weighs making Town Clerk appointed position

ROCHESTER — Town Clerk Naida Parker has announced her retirement, and Selectmen view the shift as a chance to change the...

Rochester considers recycling inspectors to cut costs

ROCHESTER — In light of increasing recycling fees for improperly-recycled materials, Selectmen approved more study of a new...

Rochester Selectmen approve marijuana, housing development bylaws

ROCHESTER — The Rochester Board of Selectmen approved a bylaw that would create a special district for an affordable housing...

Rochester, Wareham Cub Scouts earn Boy Scout rank

ROCHESTER — Rochester Pack 30 Arrow of Light Cub Scouts and Wareham Pack 39 Cub Scouts became Boy Scouts last Friday, March...

Easter Carnival to offer treats, a collection for a cause

ROCHESTER — The First Congregational Church will team up with Plumb Corner merchants, Captain Bonney's, Rochester Lions Club...

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