The Mattapoisett Women’s Club is soliciting Mattapoisett gardens for their 2016 Garden Tour which is scheduled from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday, June 25. Proceeds from the tour support the group’s scholarship fund. Interested in sharing your beautiful garden? Please contact Kay Smith at 508-758-6797 or smithkd@comcast.net. Read more »
On Saturday, June 27 at the Marion Music Hall, the Sippican Historical Society will sponsor an antiques appraisal fundraiser from 9:00 am until noon. Appraisals will be offered for a fee of $5 per item, with a limit of five items per person. Appointments are available, and walk-ins are also welcome. Oversized items can be […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional School Committee members are digesting some troubling data they received June 10 from a youth risk behavior survey taken by ORR Junior and High School students in April. The survey, which was split into two developmentally appropriate surveys, asked participants a number of questions pertaining to topics such as substance use, sexual […] Read more »
Rochester Memorial School students participated in their annual “Miles for Memorial” walk on Thursday, June 11, walking a giant loop up Pine Street to Snipatuit Road, down Hartley Road, and back to the school to raise money for a new fence. Photos by Jean Perry Read more »
It’s the last day of school at Rochester Memorial School, Friday, June 19, and the teachers and staff gathered at their usual spot behind RMS to send the students off to summer vacation to the rhythm of tom toms, trumpets, and tambourines. Arms flailed from open bus windows and children shouted their goodbyes to their […] Read more »
The MYC sailing season is in full swing. The club’s invitational kickoff cookout party on Friday, June 12 was attended by approximately 100 members and guests. Members of the new ORR Sailing Team were on hand to receive awards and recognition for their first season’s performances. It was a beautiful night for the celebration. The […] Read more »
Town Administrator Paul Dawson used the word “excited” at least seven times as he described for the Marion Board of Selectmen how happy newly selected Fire Chief Brian Jackvony feels. Jackvony, who comes to Marion by way of Cumberland, Rhode Island, was recently picked out of a very large pool of applicants. Jackvony is the […] Read more »
Kevin Tavares, associate principal, lost a bet that the students could not collect more cans than he had earlier in the month. The kids needed to raise 481 to top Mr. T’s 480 — they collected over 1,200 instead! Now Mr. T is going to spend the whole night on the roof of Center School, […] Read more »
On Sunday, June 21 at 7:00 pm, two handbell choirs from St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church of Annandale, Virginia will perform at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church. Approximately 40 junior and senior high school students from six schools in northern Virginia will ring seven octaves of Schulmerich handbells and seven octaves of Malmark choirchimes. Their repertoire […] Read more »
Town beach opening party will be held on Saturday, June 20 from 12:00 – 3:00 pm. Join Mattapoisett Recreation for the opening of the Town Beach and the newly renovated Town Beach House. DJ Desmond Bourne will provide the music, Seahorse Explorer Counselors will be running the Beach Olympics and the Seaport Slip is hosting […] Read more »