The Tri-Town will be bursting with red, white, and blue starting bright and early on Thursday, July 4 and running all weekend long. Residents will exercise their freedom to run around in the middle of the street at the Mattapoisett Road Race on July 4. Founded in 1971, the race will cover five miles – […] Read more »
A budding controversy was nipped in the bud on Monday, as the Marion Tree and Parks Committee reversed course on a proposal to remove trees from the Town House grounds. A June 12 email from Tree and Parks Committee Chairman Margie Baldwin had asked the Board of Selectmen to consider cutting down two maple trees […] Read more »
The Rochester Board of Selectmen ruled on a number of issues Monday evening, including an approval of the appointment of two reserve police officers to part-time status and the approval of several town employee contracts for the next three years. Police Chief Paul Magee was on hand to introduce the two officers – Officers Jason […] Read more »
Not unlike driving through a small town where blinking could mean you’ll miss it, the same could have been said of the Mattapoisett Planning Board’s meeting on Monday night. With only one item to handle and that one being more technical than anything else, things moved quickly. Robert Field of Field Engineering representing the Town […] Read more »
Beverly B. (Lemos) Harris, 66, of Mattapoisett passed away Thursday June 27, 2013 at her daughter’s home after a long illness. She was the wife of the late William J. Harris. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Manuel and Beulah (Tripp) Lemos, she lived in Acushnet for many years before moving to […] Read more »
Evelyn S. (Yehle) Regula, 90, of Mattapoisett and Tiverton, RI, passed away Friday, June 28, 2013, at Charlton Memorial Hospital, in Fall River, after a brief illness. She was the wife of 53 years, of the late Frank J. Regula. Born and raised in New Bedford, the daughter of the late John and Susanna (Neumann) […] Read more »