The First Annual Golf Tournament, hosted by the Volunteers at Sippican Elementary (VASE), will be held at the Little Harbor Country Club, Wareham on Saturday, May 31. The day consists of 18 holes of golf with various contests followed by lunch and an auction. Fee is $100 per golfer and includes golf and lunch. For […] Read more »
Come one, come all! Bring your Easter baskets for a hopping good time! The Mattapoisett Lions Club is organizing another Easter Egg Hunt to be held on Saturday, April 12 at Veterans Park, Ned’s Point in Mattapoisett. The fun begins when the Easter Bunny arrives at 10:30 am and the hunt gets underway at 11:00 […] Read more »
The South Coast Girls’ Softball League opening day is on Saturday, April 12. The event takes place at Hastings Middle School in Fairhaven. Parade to begin at 10:00 am, followed by Opening Ceremonies. Our first pitch this year will be thrown by Alexah Dunham, a Fairhaven teen who is also a non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cancer survivor. […] Read more »
Eileen A. (Mattos) Murphy-Sabino, 74, of Marion and formerly of Mattapoisett passed away Monday, April 7, 2014, at Tobey Hospital, in Wareham. She was the wife of the late Kenneth J. Murphy and the late Jose “Jack” Sabino. Born in New Bedford, daughter of the late Antone and Lenore (Casey) Mattos, she grew up in […] Read more »
This elections spells a little bit of change for Rochester, with two incumbents voted out and two new candidates elected in. For Rochester Memorial School Committee, Jennifer Kulak was the big winner with 212 votes, followed by Meagan Bennett with 165 votes, beating out running incumbent Timothy Sholz who took in 159 votes, and Cheryl […] Read more »
April just started and a few brave bikers are out. Can May – and National Bicycle Month – be far behind? This year we hope May be will the start of two new traditions in bike path support: 1) Counting of users on the bike path on May 6, 7, and 8; and 2) The […] Read more »
The Rochester Historical Society meeting on Wednesday, April 16 will feature a program on “The History of the Seamen’s Bethel” by Bill Taylor of Rochester, current caretaker. The meeting is at the East Rochester Church/Museum, 355 County Rd., Rochester at 7:00 pm. All are welcome. Read more »
ORR had a very strong game against Sandwich. Ethan Lizotte led ORR with five goals and an assist, while Michael Pruchnik and Connor Severino each added three goals and an assist. Also assisting on goals were Chris Nadeau (two), Landon Goguen (two), and Charlie Tirrell (one). Severino won 15 of his 20 face-offs. ORR also […] Read more »
The April 8 meeting of the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen found an agenda full of upcoming summertime events and programs and the approaching Town Meeting. Delighting all in attendance was an appointment with young Alex Craig who has spearheaded a memorial honoring Milton Silveria. Craig was back to report on his fundraising efforts. He reported […] Read more »
Shawmut Associates received swift approval for amendments made to its site plan for the Cranberry Highway trash and recycling center with little discussion required on April 8 after extensive discussions during prior meetings. Changes include enlarging the building square-footage from 88,900 to 94,270 after enclosing all waste handling operations, and modifying the pavement limits in […] Read more »