Rochester Crossroads developers withdrew the applications for special permits for all their proposed signage, except one – the main pylon sign, the largest one visible from Interstate 495. The Rochester Planning Board accepted Attorney Richard Serkey’s request to withdraw without prejudice the sign slated for visibility on Route 58, the one on Route 28, and […] Read more »
After only one bid to resurface the playground at Old Hammondtown School came in, and much higher than the amount allotted by Town Meeting, Mattapoisett School Committee members January 12 voted to reject the bid and reconsider their options. School Business Manager Patrick Spencer told the committee it had a few options: accept the bid […] Read more »
Assistant Superintendent of Schools Elise Frangos announced on January 7 that Sippican School is one of 47 Massachusetts school districts selected to receive part of a $5 million state-funded Digital Connections Partnership Schools Grant to expand schools’ technology resources. “I think it’s really going to move us forward,” Frangos told members of the Marion School […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Friends Meeting (Quakers) will host an Amnesty International letter-writing session on Sunday, January 18 to support various political prisoners around the globe. Anybody interested is invited to drop in between 12:00 and 2:00 pm at the community hall behind the meeting house: 103 Marion Rd.(Rt.6). Sample letters will be provided. This is part of […] Read more »
John R. Buckley, Jr., Register of Deeds, will hold Rochester Office Hours on Thursday, January 15, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon, Town Hall Conference Room, Rochester Town Hall, One Constitution Way. The Register and members of his staff will be available to answer questions or concerns about any Registry of Deeds matter. Information will be […] Read more »
Gail Marie Shovlin, 44, of Mattapoisett died at home Friday January 9, 2015 after fiercely enduring breast cancer over the past five years. Gail was an eternal optimist who enjoyed life fully and spread her joy widely until just a few weeks before her death. She was the mother of Sophie Kathleen Bozzo, 6, and […] Read more »
All members of the Friends of the Mattapoisett Council on Aging, Inc. and all citizens of Mattapoisett are invited to the Annual Meeting of its membership. This will be held on Saturday, January 17 from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon in the meeting room at the Mattapoisett Public Library on Barstow St. An informal mixer […] Read more »
For 2015, the Café Parlez theme is “Real People, Imagined.” All year, we will be reading novels about the lives of real people, such as Laura Bridgeman (What is Visible), Robert Louis Stevenson (Under the Wide and Starry Sky), Pearl Buck (Pearl of China), and Maria Anna Mozart (Mozart’s Sister). The Café Parlez’ selection for […] Read more »
Madeleine West of Mattapoisett, a member of the class of 2015 at Pomfret School in Pomfret, Connecticut, was recently part of an all-school academic experiment called Project: Pomfret. From December 2-17, in place of structured class time and homework, students were instead tackling one of 27 innovative exercises in learning that saw plenty of overlap […] Read more »
There is a well-known connection, no longer just a conjecture, that the mind and body are, in fact connected. Our brains and bodies work together tirelessly for the good of our human form. And why, you ask? Well, René Descartes gave us a hint when he said, “I think, therefore I am.” A friend of […] Read more »