The 2013 Tri-Town Basketball Camp, under the direction of Coach Rick Regan for the 17th year, was held again this past week (July 15-18) at the Old Rochester Regional High School gymnasium. The girls’ camp from July 22-25 will not run this year due to low numbers, but the boys’ camp was a huge success, […] Read more »
“This is the party of the summer,” said Marion Art Center board member Shelly Richins as she collected tickets to the MAC’s cocktail party fundraiser on Friday evening. The event was held at a private waterfront home that had a large white tent and plenty of great food, wonderful music and a record turnout. Music […] Read more »
Everyone around me was of a like mind as I dug into my massive plate of food: “Fabulous!” The “Men Who Cook” event is an annual food fest whose proceeds go to programs at The Women’s Center in New Bedford. Long an establishment centered on helping women and their families recover and move on from […] Read more »
An unexpected Buzzard’s Bay breeze helped the hundreds who found refuge from the sun’s heat under the towering trees and the giant tent set up at Shipyard Park for the 11th annual Taste of the Town in Mattapoisett held on Tuesday evening. Workers from 14 in-town establishments manned several tables set up to accommodate the […] Read more »
Adam Estes of Mattapoisett has qualified for the Junior Olympics National Championships to be held at North Carolina A&T University on July 22-28. Estes earned his spot in the prestigious meet following a second place finish at the Region I Championships at Icahn Stadium in Randall’s Island, New York on July 6. Estes, who competes […] Read more »
To the Editor: Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz said, “There’s no place like home.” But I would say, “There’s no place like Sippican School’s Community Garden, where many people made it every bit as beautiful as Oz itself.” The space alongside the school’s bus loop, where there had been an overgrowth of weeds and […] Read more »
The beautiful colonial house that sits on North Street was oddly called “The Shadows”. J. E. Norton Shaw and his wife, Helen Sherman Shaw happily lived in the house since their 1909 marriage. In that time they enjoyed bird watching, plays, traveling and many other activities. But on Thanksgiving weekend, 1926 the house would witness […] Read more »
On Friday, July 19, 7:30 pm, at the Robert Broomhead Bandstand, Island Wharf, the Marion Concert Band – under the direction of Tobias Monte – continues its free concert series with “A Cavalcade of American Popular Music.” The program is as follows: The Thunderer – J. P. Sousa Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna – […] Read more »
The most recent testing of Mattapoisett beaches by the Board of Health has cleared the water for swimming lifting yesterdays closings. Read more »
A fairly brief but efficient meeting of the Rochester Conservation Commission was held Tuesday night, with the Commission’s ruling against the purchase of a Chapter 61B property in town being the most notable. The town has Right of First Refusal for a property off High Street (which is currently owned by Scott and Felicia Morse) […] Read more »