The Conservation Commission at its June 25 meeting endorsed a project initiated by the Sippican Lands Trust (SLT) that will use herbicides at the Brainard Marsh to target what the trust calls one of ...

On July 4, 1776, the United States Declaration of Independence, formally The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, was signed. A note, most signatories wouldn’t sign until ...

The Town of Rochester almost dropped its long-held municipal insurance policy with the Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association (MIIA) to pay lower premium rates with another company. But MIIA’s ...

The candidates pointed to a lack of dedicated Recreation Department space as a possible hinderance to the growth of programing. Candidate Soutter was given equal time with responses that landed ...

Hartley thanked the committee and other coworkers and expressed the importance of the joint committee. She spoke of her desire for the committee to continue to use their time together effectively to ...

Buzzards Bay Coalition recently acquired 436 acres in Dartmouth’s Paskamansett River Valley for similar initiatives. In the past weeks, it has also finalized the purchase of 1,652 acres on the border ...

Unlike state and federal elections, no one runs for office be it selectperson, herring inspector, or fence viewer (do we still have a fence viewer?) on a party platform. No Democrats, no Republicans, ...

‘Now is the springtime of our discontent, made glorious summer’ by a hot dry spell. Pardon the Shakespeare quip but it occurred to me that a “glorious summer” would be a fine thing about now. What are ...