Sign-ups for all winter activities offered by Mattapoisett Recreation will be held on Saturday, December 17 from 9:00 to 11:00 am at Old Hammondtown School. All students from the Tri-Town are invited to participate: Basketball (grades 1-6), Hip Hop, Gymnastics, “Camp Rock 2” Theater, Irish Step Dance and more will be available. Please visit the […] Read more »
Old Colony Students of the Month
The following Old Colony students were recognized as School Council “Students of the Month” for December 2011: Junior Geoffrey Bentz, Rochester, Computer Information Systems; Senior Jason Lapre, Rochester, House/Mill Carpentry. Read more »
Girl Scout Cookie Drive
Troop 80165 will kick off this year’s the Girl Scout cookie sale on Saturday, December 10, in Rochester at Plumb Corner from 8:30am to 12:30 pm. Cookies are $4 a box and help support Girl Scout programs, as well as teach girls to set goals, learn money management and develop marketing skills. Girl Scout cookies […] Read more »
View Book Highlights Ashley Mural
Many Mattapoisett residents passed by the house at 20 Water Street when it was recently renovated. To the passerby, it was just another village home undergoing a facelift, but the renovation unearthed one of the greatest treasures Mattapoisett has ever received – the Clifford Ashley Whaling Coast mural. Mattapoisett Historical Society President Seth Mendell was […] Read more »
Planning Board Supports Habitat Effort
In true community fashion, the Marion Planning Board and the local Buzzard’s Bay Area Habitat for Humanity (BBAHH) worked together to try to make a project happen at the meeting on Monday at the Town House. At a prior November meeting, which addressed the original proposal, several board members, including a vocal Steve Gonsalves, said […] Read more »
Selectmen Table Bob’s Tire Class III Application
After a long and contentious hearing at their December 5 meeting, the Board of Selectmen tabled Bob’s Tire’s Class III license hearing for 45 days so the company can resolve a number of longstanding issues. Town Counsel Blair Bailey had required Bob’s Tire – which operates on the same property as Murphy’s Auto Salvage on […] Read more »
Rochester Break-in “Victim” Arrested for Lying to Police
Rochester Police have charged the “victims” of the November 16 home invasion on Hartley Road with a number of criminal charges after one of the reporting parties admitted to police that they made the whole thing up. Criminal complaints were issued in Wareham District Thursday charging Jeffrey Mello, 22 , no known address and Donna Laliberte, […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Landing Progress Reviewed
Minor amendments to an approved site plan for Mattapoisett Landing were brought before the Planning Board at their scheduled meeting on Monday, December 5. The site plan, originally approved after a public hearing process in 2006, includes 28 buildings for a 55 and over community. Brian Porter, representing Brophy and Philips, a Brockton developer, presented […] Read more »
Big Turnout for Holiday in Park
It was only fitting that the biggest Christmas tree that has ever graced Mattapoisett’s Shipyard Park should also see the largest Holiday celebration the town has ever held. “It was spectacular,” said Melody Pacheco, administrative assistant to the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen. Each year, Ms. Pacheco is instrumental to organizing the Holiday in the Park, […] Read more »
Marion Selectmen OK Single Tax Rate
The Marion Board of Selectmen (BOS) agreed to retain the Single Tax Rate classification for the town for fiscal year 2012, bucking the trend of SouthCoast towns that have voted for a split tax rate between residential and commercial property. The BOS heard from the Board of Assessors, who presented a detailed estimate of how […] Read more »