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House on Ned’s Point Road damaged in fire

MATTAPOISETT —A fire damaged a home at 18 Ned's Point Rd. on Tuesday afternoon. The Mattapoisett, Marion, Rochester and Fairhaven Fire Departments responded to the fire, and Eversource was on scene working on power lines on the road. Firefighters...

Marion Fire Department to receive state grant

MARION — The Marion Fire Department will be among the departments to receive $75,897.82 through the Fiscal Year 2021 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program. State Sen. Marc Pacheco announced the grants on April 2, which will be split among...
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Marion Police Department re-accredited

MARION — The Marion Police Department has been re-accredited by the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission. The accreditation process is a voluntary review process, including a self-review and external assessment by the accreditation...

Marion Sports damaged in fire

MARION — Marion Sports Shop was damaged in a fire in the early afternoon on March 31. Firefighters from Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester and Wareham responded to the fire, called in by the store’s owner, Frank Fletcher, at 12:22 p.m. The fire came...

Mattapoisett Fire Department training heats up

MATTAPOISETT — Mattapoisett Fire Department new hires were on the hot seat last week, as the department did live fire training using a prop room donated by 1-800-BOARDUP, an emergency safety company. Chief Andrew Murray said being able to do the...

Marion Fire Department receives $6,000 in grants

MARION – The Marion Fire Department has been awarded $3,794 for the Fiscal Year 2021 Student Awareness of Fire Education (S.A.F.E.) Program and $2,180 for the Senior SAFE Program by the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services. The Marion Fire...

Victim airlifted to Rhode Island Hospital after Rochester crash

ROCHESTER — Darren Moran, 28, was arraigned in Wareham District Court after allegedly hitting a pedestrian near 144 North Ave. on Feb. 20. The pedestrian was transported by helicopter to Rhode Island Hospital in critical condition after the crash...

Garage burns in Marion fire

MARION — A fire burned a garage and damaged a pickup truck at 62 Water Street early Thursday morning. The Marion Fire Department was called by a tenant at the property at 4:47 a.m. on Feb. 18. When they arrived on scene, the garage was already...

Marion man arrested for animal cruelty

MARION — A man was arrested on Feb. 4 on charges of animal cruelty and unlicensed possession of ammunition. According to Marion Police, Brandon Davis, 26, was arrested after Marion Animal Control Officer Susan Connor received complaints regarding a...

Marion Fire Department receives covid relief

MARION — The Fire department will receive $12,261 in covid aid as part of the 2020 Assistance to Firefighters COVID-19 Supplemental Grant. The grant is part of $100 million in funding that was made available through the Federal Coronavirus Aid,...

Three Marion Police Officers promoted

MARION — Three members of the Marion Police Department received promotions at the Jan. 19 Board of Selectmen's meeting. Sergeant Jeffrey Habicht is now a lieutenant, and officers Larry C. Savery and Sean Day were promoted to sergeant. "I'd like to...

Rollover accident on 195 at Marion line

A single car rolled over at the Marion line on I-195 westbound at about 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19. The accident happened near the 36 mile marker, right at the boundary between Wareham and Marion. The person involved in the accident was able to...

Marion man arrested after Wareham accident

A Marion man has been arrested on charges after allegedly rear-ending another car at the Route 28/Route 195 overpass while intoxicated. Officers responded to the area just before 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 13, and saw that one car had rear-ended...

Chase ends in Marion with robbery arrest of East Wareham woman

MARION — An East Wareham woman has been charged with robbery by Raynham Police after she allegedly tried to rob a convenience store at needle-point and led State Police in a car chase which ended on Front Street on Monday night. According to police...

Tons of Toys for Tots gathered at ORRHS Stuff-A-Cruiser drive

MATTAPOISETT — ‘Tis the season of giving, and the Community Service Learning Club at Old Rochester Regional High School gave back by stuffing a police cruiser — or two or three — with toys from the community for those in need. Every year, the club...

Mattapoisett man charged with murder, held without bail

An 18-year-old Mattapoisett man pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges in New Bedford District Court on Monday following a Nov. 27 New Bedford shooting that left one man dead and another injured. Jon Zell was charged with murder, carrying an...

Marion Police to host drive-through Christmas toy drive

MARION — The Marion Police Brotherhood will be hosting a Christmas drive-thru event on Sunday Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to noon at the bus loop at Sippican School to benefit the Justice Resources Institute , a local non-profit organization which provides...

Marion, Mattapoisett recruits graduate from Massachusetts Fire Academy

There will be some new faces hanging around the fire stations and on the scene in Marion and Mattapoisett, as six firefighters graduated from the Massachusetts Fire Academy on Nov. 4 at the Fall River Fire headquarters. From Mattapoisett,...