Visiting clergy will conduct services at “the Church by the Town Beach” in Mattapoisett, St. Philip’s Episcopal, from July 5 to September 6. Services using the 1928 Book of Common Prayer are at 8:00 am and 10:00 am. On August 16, The Rev. Philip C. Jacobs III, Rector, Trinity Church, Canton, MA will officiate. All […] Read more »
To the Editor: How glorious, “The Star Spangled Banner” starting off the concert on Wednesday evening always brings a lump to my throat. Looking up at our most beautiful symbol of freedom, people singing with hands over hearts. Looking out over our beautiful harbor on Wednesday evening, sailboats skimming over the water, full moon casting […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Historical Museum, in partnership with the Mattapoisett Land Trust, presented an afternoon of fun and discovery with a scavenger hunt on August 6, which started and ended at the Munro Preserve. Photos by Marilou Newell Read more »
It was a gruesome scene at the rail trail in Marion by the Mattapoisett town line at the end of Industrial Drive. Several turtles – spotted and eastern box – lie upon the trail, their shells crushed flat, cracked open, with the guts of their bodies spilling out from every direction after being run over […] Read more »
The Marion Concert Band will present a concert of Latin-American music on Friday, August 14. To add to the festive atmosphere of the evening, the audience is invited to wear tropical or Latin-American attire. The program is as follows: Mexican Overture – M. J. Isaac Caribbean Rondo – P. La Plante Montego Bay (samba) – […] Read more »
To the Editor: I was greatly moved to have received a phone call informing me that my deceased wife, Ruth, had been named the Mattapoisett recipient of this year’s Wanderer Keel Award. Ruth would often joke about never being considered a true “townie” because she was already 30 years old when making Mattapoisett her home […] Read more »
Solar energy developer Clean Energy Collective received approval for a number of waivers pertaining to stormwater management on August 11, after resubmitting the request to the Rochester Planning Board and thus satisfying the board’s request for additional details beyond the initial request. After some discussion, the board granted the waivers, save for one of them […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center’s hilarious production of “A Bad Year for Tomatoes” opened on August 6, starring Myra Marlowe, Jay Ryan, Suzie Kokkins, Suzy Taylor, Susan Sullivan, Thom O’Shaughnessy, and Gary Taylor. The show continues on August 14-15. Photos by Colin Veitch Read more »
Hilda J. (Barros) Silva, 91, of Marion, died August 11, 2015 in Tobey Hospital, Wareham. She was the daughter of the late Manuel and Dominga (Oliveria) Barros. She was born in Marion and lived there all of her life. Mrs. Silva was a life member of the Ladies Auxiliary Dudley L. Brown Post 2486 in […] Read more »
Gladys K. (Kinsman) Ward, 103, of Marion died August 11, 2015 at Sippican Health Care Center. She was the wife of the late Melvin T. Ward. Born in Natick, the daughter of the late Ethan and Olive (Morey) Kinsman, she lived in Stoughton and Natick for many years, later lived in Florida before moving to […] Read more »