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Marion gets $4.74 million for the first phase of a shared-use path; $14.71 million goes to resurfacing I-195. MassDOT lists both as out to bid, with work listed for this fall.
Status as of Oct. 4. We recheck the sources before each update.
Listings from official town pages, checked by our desk. Each one links to its source.
The Planning Board meets Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Police Station Conference Room, 550 Mill St. The agenda was not yet posted.
The Select Board's Oct. 20 meeting at the Town House Conference Room starts at 6 p.m. with a regular meeting and a public hearing on an all-alcohol license transfer and change of location. A Select Board and Tree Warden hearing on a tree removal follows at 6:15 p.m. The agenda was not yet posted.
The Conservation Commission meets Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. in the Police Station Conference Room, 550 Mill St.
A joint meeting of the Select Board and Water/Sewer Commissioners with the Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning Board is Thursday, Oct. 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the Marion Music Hall, 164 Front St. Town Counsel will discuss recent zoning changes by the Commonwealth and their impact in Marion. ORCTV will record and televise it.
The district calendar lists the Marion School Committee for Oct. 22, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. No location is shown.
A Special Town Meeting with three articles meets Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. The town's notice says the Sippican Multipurpose Room, 16 Spring St.; the warrant text says the Sippican School Auditorium.
From the townNews Flash: Special Town Meeting Announcement (Sept. 10, 2026)Special Town Meeting Warrant, November 9, 2026 (PDF)
The Affordable Housing Trust meets Oct. 13 at 6 p.m. The Water & Sewer Regulations Review Committee meets Thursday, Oct. 15 at 3 p.m. in the Town House Conference Room (its Oct. 8 meeting was cancelled).
In-person early voting is Saturday, Oct. 17, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Oct. 19 to 23 during normal business hours; Saturday, Oct. 24, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Oct. 26 to 30 during normal business hours. Saturday sessions are front-door access only. The page does not name the room.
Election equipment testing is Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 1 p.m. inside the Town Clerk's office, pending arrival of ballots.
Voters must register by Oct. 24 to vote Nov. 3: in person by 5 p.m., online by 11:59 p.m.
The Town Clerk's office must have vote-by-mail applications by 5 p.m. Oct. 27 for the Nov. 3 election.
On Tuesday, Nov. 3, voting is at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center, 465 Mill St., 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Waste Management's 2026-27 Marion flyer says collections slip one day only for Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day and Memorial Day. Recycling is every other week. Report misses to WM at 800-972-4545.
MassDOT bridge replacement over the Weweantic River on Route 6 (Marion and Wareham) continues with daily work 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and lane closures; one lane each way stays open. The estimated completion is December 2026.
Toddlers and preschoolers do process art at Messy Morning Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. (Oct. 15, 22, 29).
A multimedia program on haunted places and unexplained stories, recommended for grade 5 and up, runs Tuesday, Oct. 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. The event page shows RSVPs open.
Children ages 0 to 5 and caregivers meet for Family Storytime Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. (Oct. 13, 20, 27).
The Council on Aging office, 465 Mill St., is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; phone 508-748-3570.
The Old Rochester calendar lists a SIPP Halloween Dance Party Oct. 23, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Elementary schools (Center, Old Hammondtown and Sippican) release at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29 and Friday, Oct. 30 for parent-teacher conferences, per the district calendar.
From the districtORR District 2026-2027 School Calendar (PDF)
The 2026-27 calendar shows Nov. 3 as a professional development day and Nov. 11 as Veterans Day; no school for students either day.
Article S3 on the Nov. 9 warrant would appropriate $1,297,895 from Sewer Enterprise Fund receipts, derived from sewer connection fees and inflow-and-infiltration fees from Marion Pointe, for engineering, design, permitting and construction of phosphorus removal upgrades at the wastewater facilities. The Finance Committee and Select Board both recommend it.
Articles S1 and S2 would transfer care and custody of several town-owned parcels on the June 11, 2026 Front Street and Spring Street (Route 105) alteration plan to public way and shared-use path purposes, seek Article 97 legislation, and accept the altered layouts of Washburn Park Road and Spring Street as public ways. The Select Board recommends both; the Finance Committee makes no recommendation.
Marion is in Plymouth County. Its top elected body is the Select Board. Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester share Old Rochester Regional High School.
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