Technology integration in education has been a big topic for over a decade now. School administrators are always looking for new ways to make schoolwork accessible to students via the Internet and to encourage Internet usage for the purpose of educational improvement. Google Docs, along with its accompanying services like Google Drive and Google Slides, […] Read more »
The Friends of the Mattapoisett Library’s Big Love Your Library Book Sale is on Saturday, February 14 from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm, downstairs at the library. It’s a two-for-one sale – buy one book, get one free; buy a bag of books, get a bag of books free. Coupled with the Junior Friends Bake […] Read more »
It was soon clear why the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission did not let the blizzard stop its January 26 meeting from taking place. Chairman Bob Rogers told the commission and the three people in attendance that the impetus for conducting the scheduled meeting was due to a Wednesday, January 28 deadline to appeal a Department of […] Read more »
David Van Dyke Musser, 60, died at home in Fairhaven following a long illness. David was a long-time resident of Fairhaven, Mattapoisett and Marion. He leaves his daughter, Christina Jean Musser of Mattapoisett; father, John S. Musser of Mattapoisett; brother John S. Musser of Cambridge; sisters Laura Montgomery of New Durham, NH and Barbara Musser […] Read more »
Lori A. Reis, 42, of Marion passed away Wednesday January 28, at Saint Luke’s Hospital. Lori was the daughter of Ichabod “Harry” and Annie (Chase) Nye Jr. of Marion. She was born in Wareham and attended ORR Jr. High School and Upper Cape Technical High School. She most recently worked for Cumberland Farms at the […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center will start off its cabaret season with two nights of “A Love-ly Occasion” with musical entertainment by The Occasion Singers on Friday, February 13 and Saturday, February 14 at 7:30 pm. The Occasion Singers are an elegant a cappella vocal group directed by Cassandra Morgan with singers Christopher Saulnier, Rui Moniz, […] Read more »
United States Coast Guard Band trombonist Musician First Class Karna Millen will join Music Director and Principal Conductor Philip Sanborn as the Tri-County Symphonic Band performs music of epic battles and historic truces entitled “War and Peace” on Sunday, February 1 at 3:00 pm at the Old Rochester Regional High School in Mattapoisett. The first […] Read more »
Work is underway on the 2015-16 edition of The Blue Book, the popular telephone directory published by the Tri-Town League of Women Voters for the benefit of Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester residents. To assure accuracy in the new edition, residents should check their current listing in the online version of the directory which can be […] Read more »
Even as the snow flies we can dream of an early spring but as we do there is one groundhog that predicts the opposite. Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his borrow this morning proclaiming that he did indeed see his shadow and that winter will last another six weeks. Sorry folks, it’s back to shoveling! Read more »
Tabor Academy has just begun construction on its newest building – a larger, greener dormitory for students. The dorm will be named Matsumura House, in honor of a family who has donated to the funding of the project. Tabor has 19 dorms that are scattered throughout campus, the largest of which houses 32 students. The […] Read more »