Opinion

Opinion: Thanks to the Marion Fire Department

To the editor, We want to thank all members of the Marion Fire Department and the other towns that responded to our recent garage fire. The 4 a.m. fully embalmed building was knocked down quickly, protecting neighboring properties. Chief Brian...

Opinion: Thanks to Mattapoisett’s first responders

To the editor: Mattapoisett is special, with its seashores forests and community at large. We have a large number of citizens in their senior years. The COA is exceptional with offering activities and assistance with health care issues. If you need...

Opinion: Tabor needs to find five electric charging stations

Editor’s note: This piece is in response to Marion Selectman John Waterman’s recent opinion letter on The Marion Planning Board’s handling of a proposed Tabor Academy Student Center. To the editor, In his opinion piece, Mr. Waterman, vice...

Opinion: Prioritize Marion’s most vulnerable for vaccines

To not send the second doses for our town’s most vulnerable population is completely unacceptable I am a member of the Marion Board of Health. I have been on 100 meetings with Department of Public Health over the last year, almost to the day. We, as...

Opinion: A disappointing performance by the Marion Planning Board

To the Editor: Let me just say it. I was extremely disappointed in the performance of our Planning Board at the Monday, March 1, meeting with respect to its handling of Tabor’s proposed new campus center and library. Monday night, there were...

Opinion: Thanks for the Valentine’s Day grab ’n go luncheon

To the Editor: A humongous thank you is extended to Tri-Town Motors and the Marion Council on Aging for working together on Valentine’s Day Grab ’N Go luncheon for Marion’s Senior Citizens. The layers of ruffled lasagna stuffed with a perfectly...

Opinion: Thanks to those who made Marion vaccine clinics possible

To the Editor: Many thanks to Marion Council on Aging and Marion Board of Health for organizing the distribution of the covid vaccine on Feb. 5 and 12! Everyone — Karen Gregory, Mike Poznyz, Nurse Lori Desmarias, Dr. Jean Sheets Dot Brown, and the...

Opinion: Show us the money for wastewater regionalization

Editor’s note: The Buzzard’s Bay Coalition presented plans for a regional wastewater treatment solution at a Bourne Planning Board Meeting on Jan. 26. To the Editor: The Buzzards Bay Coalition (BBC) continues to promote the idea of a...

Opinion: Marion needs support, not combativeness from the Buzzards Bay Coalition on sewer issues

Editor’s note: This letter is in response to a Dec. 28 letter from Buzzards Bay Coalition President Mark Rasmussen regarding claims from the Town of Marion over the projected cost of the lining of one of the lagoons at its wastewater...

Opinion: Let’s stop spreading misinformation about Marion’s Sewer issues

Opinion: Stop scapegoating, start solving Marion’s sewer issues

Editor’s note: This letter is in response to claims from the Town of Marion over the projected cost of the lining of one of the lagoons at its wastewater treatment plant. The Buzzards Bay Coalition sued the town in 2018 for an alleged violation...

Opinion: A better way to handle the return to school debate

To the Editor, Although I am a member of the Mattapoisett School Committee, these are my personal views and are not intended to reflect the opinions or feelings of the other four committee members. I share these thoughts openly as a parent and...

Opinion: Give foreign language learning a chance to thrive

To the Editor: It is with great sadness that I learned about ORR’s decision to drop a foreign language requirement . A former student and teacher of French and Spanish (in other school systems), I am sorry that there is not more appreciation of the...

Opinion: Brad Hathaway thanks community after walk ‘around the world’

To the editor: As I write this during the holiday season, I have so much to be thankful for. The last few months have had its peaks and valleys but October 3 will long live in the hearts of the Hathaway family. That is the day I finally completed my...

Opinion: Mask fines are warranted for Mattapoisett

To the Editor: As a long time resident of Mattapoisett I am extremely disappointed to read that members of our Board of Health feel that enforcing measures that are intended to keep us all safe will “hurt our community” and create a “police state.”...

Opinion: It’s time to draw the line on Marion land purchases

To the Editor: I was not able to attend the Special Town Meeting on Nov. 5, but I have watched the video of the Meeting. I want to contribute my thoughts about the Hoff property discussion. First I want to emphasize my concern for protecting the...

Opinion: Marion’s tax tide is rising

To the Editor, Imagine you are standing in three feet of water, the tide is coming up an inch every few minutes, and you can’t swim. You are being told, don’t worry, it’s only rising inches at a time. Eventually you will drown. That is where we are...

Opinion: Elizabeth Taber continues to put ‘some snap’ back in Marion

To the Editor: In the time of Covid, the legacy of Elizabeth Taber endure and thrives. Not only was there a statue in her memory in Otober but there was also a pop up concert series at the Music Hall five Thursdays this summer. Elizabeth Taber built...

Opinion: Hoff property purchase is good for Marion

This letter in response to Ted North’s Nov. 1 letter to the editor regarding the town acquiring the 33.7 acre Hoff property To the Editor: First, an update on the financials; the Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission will be buying the...

Opinion: Marion’s $9.5 million burden going unnoticed by state

To the Editor: Most residents are aware that our Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) is undergoing what was an estimated $8,000,000, now potentially $9,500,000, of upgrades as a result of a consent order signed with the Environmental Protection...

Opinion: Marion Open Spaces Acquisition Committee’s problematic $250,000 charitable contribution to the Sippican Lands Trust

To the Editor: Marion Open Spaces Acquisition Committee’s Town Meeting warrant article (five) requests up to $250,000 for the purchase of a conservation easement on a 33.7-acre property to be owned by the Sippican Lands Trust. MOSAC recently...

Opinion: Thank you from the Marion Garden Group

To the Editor, The Marion Garden Group Beautification Initiative would like to thank all the people responsible for helping us keep the lovely gardens around town looking their best this summer. Because of the limited resources the town could...

Opinion: Marion Town Meeting Open Space articles provide much value

To the Editor: The proposed addition of open space in the Town of Marion will provide many tangible and intangible values to the residents of Marion. The existing woodlands will be protected from land development thereby maintaining its function to...

Opinion: Vote yes for Hoff property on Nov. 5

To the Editor: Attention dog lovers, nature walkers, bird watchers and outdoor enthusiasts: There are open space articles on the Marion Fall Town Meeting warrant that need your voice. We all enjoy the beautiful woods around town, and a YES vote on...

Opinion: In favor of the Hoff property purchase at Marion Town Meeting

To the Editor: I would like to encourage residents of Marion to support the Hoff project and come, if possible, to the Fall Town Meeting at Old Rochester High School’s auditorium on Nov. 5 at 6:45 p.m. You may have seen concerns about the value of...

Letter to the editor: Vote yes at Marion Town Meeting for the birds

Fellow Marion bird watchers, Please attend Marion’s Town Meeting on Nov. 5 at 6:45 p.m. and vote YES on articles five, six, seven and eight. This will preserve an approximately 42 acre forest block for bird and animal habitats, which, as you are...

Opinion: Clarification on Marion Open Spaces Acquisition Committee’s land deal

This letter to the editor is in response to a previous letter written by Ted North. Ted, Let me respond to your concerns that you expressed last week. Q: “A partnership or joint venture appears to have developed among conservation groups...

Letter to the editor: Marion Open Spaces Acquisition Committee land deal’s substantive problem

A partnership or joint venture appears to have developed among conservation groups and individuals including The Marion Open Spaces Acquisition Committee and the Sippican Lands Trust along with individuals aligned together to bring 43 acres of open...

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