Marion Senior Issues Forum a Success
Each Spring and Fall, our office, along with Secretary of State’s Bill Galvin’s Office, conducts a series of Senior Issues Forums hosted by the local community’s Council on Aging. The main focus of these presentations relate to Registry and Secretary of State services offered to the community as well as a discussion of the Homestead Act. So far this spring we have been to Lakeville, Wareham, Bridgewater and Marion Council on Agings.
We also use these visits as an opportunity to speak directly with the city or town’s Assessors Office staff to make sure they are getting the information from our office in a timely manner and in the format they need to do their job. After the Marion meeting, Homestead Act brochures were delivered and discussions with Assessor’s staff took place at Mattapoisett Town Hall and Rochester Town Hall. These three beautiful communities, located in the southwestern corner of Plymouth County, are often overlooked as members of Plymouth County due to their many ties and proximity to New Bedford, part of Bristol County.
All three of these Plymouth County communities also have notable people and places reflected in our vast collection of land records. In fact, the newest addition to our Plymouth County Notable Land Records Collection is from the Town of Mattapoisett. Brought forward by Title Examiner, Tim McCaul, the deed to the summer home of United States Supreme Court Chief Justice, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., is another important example of the history in our land records. To see Chief Justice Holmes connection to Mattapoisett and Plymouth County go to the Notable Land Records Collection on this website.
