Marion News

John J. Savastano, 95, of W. Wareham, died Thursday, November 19, 2009, at the Forestview Nursing Home in Wareham.

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Unlike its neighboring towns, Marion does not have a community center for its older residents, a population estimated at 1,476 people, about 29 percent of town residents.

Republican lawmakers are hoping to force a debate in the Massachusetts Senate on a proposal to restore the death penalty to the Bay State.

AVILA: of New Bedford, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, Antonio P., 91. Father of Joao P. Avila.

Oct. 26, Paul R. and Dawn M. Marinelli sold 6 Plains Head Lane to Robert E. and Marion T. Davidson for $950,000. Oct.

When Josh Belanger from New England Harbor Services got the tugboat Capt. Shorty underway Thursday morning, the 25-ton load on the barge he was towing astern was not the usual cargo.

What: A comic/serious play by Anton Chekhov about an extended, dysfunctional, Russian family in the late 1800s.

A 27-year-old Wareham man is charged with unarmed robbery and larceny of drugs after handing a note demanding drugs to an associate at the Rite Aid Pharmacy on Marion Road, then fleeing the scene.

Dorothea W. Sackman, age 93, died October 29, 2009 at Sippican Healthcare Center, Marion, where she had been a resident for the past six years.

A Marion man with a long criminal record was arrested Friday afternoon after leading police on a foot chase.

Community Resources Network is asking the public's support to help provide Thanksgiving baskets to needy families in Wareham, Rochester, Marion, Buzzards Bay and Onset.

Karen Kittredge was driving her 2008 Mercedes on Route 6 in Massachusetts shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday when she crashed into a Marion police cruiser that had its emergency lights flashing, according to a statement released by the Marion Police Department.

This savory bread pudding is a rich, creamy delight that works well as a main course, or can be served in small portions alongside a mild soup or green salad.

It seemed like a good idea at the time. In 1977, building a sewer line connecting the town to the Fairhaven wastewater treatment facility was preferable to discharging the village sewage into the harbor, via the storm drain at Shipyard Park.

Twenty-six students at Bishop Stang High School have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college level Advanced Placement Program Exams.

MassHousing will loan up to $875,000 to an affiliate of EA Fish Companies for the expansion of senior housing at Little Neck Village in Marion from 12 to 48 affordable apartments.

Robert Norman Linde of Marion, Massachusetts died on September 11, 2009 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in the company of his wife of 49 years, Maud Linde, and his son, Jonathan.

It's party time in Marion this Saturday night with the annual block party and dance set to begin at 5 p.m. in front of the Town House on Spring Street.

James H. "Bud" Scott, Jr., 82, of Wareham, died August 17, 2009, unexpectedly at home.