Tabor Academy is known as the “School by the Sea,” and its incredible seaside facilities definitely live up to the name. Tabor’s marine biology lab sits right along the shore of Sippican Harbor and creates the ideal location for hands-on learning. About a year ago, Tabor began cultivating an oyster farm, which has since grown […] Read more »
Leisure Shores was back before the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission on July 28. This time, however, it was to discuss the positive steps that have taken place in what, at times, looked like a massive environmental hazard. Speaking on behalf of Robert Ringuette, Sr were his son, Bob, and manager, Dana Barrows. Ringuette shared an update […] Read more »
Gather up your bangles and bows and donate them to the Friends of the Mattapoisett Library for the Summer Jewelry & Accessory Sale. Donations of jewelry (even broken items), beads, single earrings, scarves and purses can be left at the library’s circulation desk during business hours prior to August 14. The sale opens at the […] Read more »
The Marion Republican Town Committee will conduct its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, August 5 at 7:00 pm at the Marion Music Hall, 164 Front Street, Marion. The public and new members are welcome. Read more »
There is a new Sippican Lands Trust property acquisition in Marion that just opened up to the public on Saturday, July 26 at 11:00 am. Naturally, I was there at 10:55 am so I could be one of the first to stamp the muddy trail with the imprints from the treads of my boots and […] Read more »
George E. Church, 90, of Rochester died Thursday July 31, 2014 at Sippican Health Care Center after a period of declining health. He was the husband of the late Katherine H. (Hartley) Church. Born in Rochester, the son of the late George F. and Martha (Smith) Church, he lived in Rochester all of his life. […] Read more »
This year is the 130th Summer Season at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church. Clergy from nearby and around the country visit the “church by the Town Beach” in Mattapoisett from June 29 to August 31. All are welcome. On Sunday, August 3,the visiting clergy is The Rev. Robert Malm, Rector of Grace Church, Alexandria, VA. Services, […] Read more »
This August, beat the mid-day heat with Sippican Historical Society’s Musical Matinees. On Wednesday, August 6, the series opens with the 1944 film, Meet Me in St. Louis, directed by Vincente Minnelli. The film, set in 1903 St. Louis, follows the four beautiful, well-off Smith family daughters as they learn lessons of life and love, […] Read more »
When Natalya Ravera and Caroline Milam send off care packages to soldiers in Afghanistan, they are sending more than just toothbrushes, lip balm, and dental floss – they are sending their love along with the generosity shown by some of their neighbors in Marion. For weeks now, Natalya and Caroline, both ten years old, have […] Read more »
What is done is done. At least from where the Marion Conservation Commission sits, even though Richard Costa of 237 River Road will still have to file with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for the raised platform he constructed right on the bank of the Sippican River. The wetlands resource area where the raised […] Read more »