Afternoon Book Club: Please join us for a delightful afternoon book discussion every third Tuesday of the month at 2:00 pm. On October 20, we will discuss Rachel Joyce’s book Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. November’s book selection is Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf. Please stop into the Elizabeth Taber Library today to […] Read more »
Some tried, but members of the Marion Planning Board were unable to agree on a reasonable escrow amount for the decommissioning condition of a requested Special Permit for the Tucker Lane solar energy facility project. Chairman Rob Lane would not budge from his $75,000 number, forsaking the $50,000 estimate provided by the board’s engineering consultant […] Read more »
Tabor Academy students started classes on September 14 with 150 new students and 10 new faculty in their midst. The school welcomed approximately 300 students last week for pre-season athletics, as well as a training time for dormitory proctors and student orientation leaders called global partners. The global partners are returning American and international students […] Read more »
Are you a member of the Friends of the Mattapoisett Council on Aging (FMCoA) or a Mattapoisett Senior (60+)? If so, you are invited to join us for our Annual End of Summer Luncheon on Thursday, September 17. It starts at 12:00 noon at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 57 Fairhaven Road (Rte. 6), Mattapoisett, […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club will hold their first regular meeting of the fall on September 17 at noon in Reynard Hall of the Mattapoisett Congregational Church, 27 Church Street. This will be a busy year for our club members as we review our very successful summer fundraising, continue our research into the history of our […] Read more »
Fall means a lot of different things to a lot of people: the end of summer, the leaves turning red, sweater weather. For the students and faculty of Tabor Academy, however, what it means more than anything is that school is starting up again. Even before classes begin, the campus is alive with students. International […] Read more »
Tom Engwert, of Marion, died peacefully on September 13, 2015 at Kindred Transitional Care at Forestview in Wareham. He was the husband of Dannie Engwert. Born in Toledo, OH on December 16, 1942, he was the son of the late Art and Madlyn Engwert. Tom was founder and president of Current Midwest of Michigan City, […] Read more »
The Sippican Historical Society recently received the military medals of long-time Marion resident, George W. Carrington. Upon his death, Carrington’s good friend, John P. Kendall of Marion, received the colonel’s medals, which Mr. Kendall had framed and then donated to the Society. The Sippican Historical Society has hung the medals, along with Col. Carrington’s obituary, […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Yacht Club will wrap up its sailing season with its annual Fall Round the Bay Race on Saturday, September 19. All boats with a PHRF rating are welcome to race. The entry fee is $40 for MYC members and $50 for non-members. To register, go to Mattapoisettyc.org. Entry forms must be in by […] Read more »
Rochester School Committee member Sharon Hartley expressed concern over the posting of a new kindergarten teacher position at Rochester Memorial School over the summer before the School Committee was contacted for approval. During the September 3 meeting, Hartley brought up a discussion about the district’s policy for hiring new positions, and Superintendent Doug White addressed […] Read more »