Photographer Dan Logan features Birds of the South Coast at the May 26 meeting of the Nasketucket Bird Club. Fairhaven resident and professional photographer Dan Logan will show some his images from this past year. Most will be of birds that live in or pass through southeastern Massachusetts as well as some birds he saw […] Read more »
A hesitant Marion Zoning Board of Appeals reluctantly approved an application for the conversion of a one-family to a two-family dwelling in a 4-1 vote on May 12 after initially denying the special permit back in December. Owner of 444 Front Street, Chris Shachoy, appealed the board’s decision at Plymouth Superior Court, which remanded the […] Read more »
Deborah Bacciocchi’s kindergarten class at RMS celebrated a wedding of “Q” and “U” on May 16. The bride (a wooden letter “Q”) wore a gown sewn with pieces from Bacchiocchi’s wedding gown and the groom wore mixed media/Sharpie formalwear. The gift registry yielded essentials like quarters, quilts, queens, and quartz, all elaborately wrapped by the […] Read more »
Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School and Rochester Memorial School are hoping to share a full-time dedicated school resource officer, and on May 16, Rochester Police Chief Paul Magee strongly advocated for one before the Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee members. “The things going on today in the schools, you read about in […] Read more »
Volunteer gardening activities are once again happening in Mattapoisett. Come and join us, meet the group, and see if you wish to become part of our activities. We will be planting the library and the logo that sits on Water Street by the Town Wharfs on Wednesday, May 24 at 1:00 pm. Meet at the […] Read more »
The Tri-County Symphonic Band will present its14th Annual Benefit Pops Concert entitled “A Celebration of the Sea” on Sunday, June 12. The Social Hour & Raffle will begin at 2:00 pm and the Concert, Cupcakes and Coffee will begin at 3:00 pm in the Grand Tent at the Fireman Performing Arts Center, Tabor Academy, 235 […] Read more »
Across the United States from May 2-14, hundreds of thousands of anxious students waited to take some of the most important standardized tests of the year – the Advanced Placement exams. Advanced Placement (AP) courses provide students with opportunities to show colleges what they know and possibly receive credit for those classes. This ultimately leads […] Read more »
Director of New England Raptor & Reptile Exhibits Marla Isaac introduced her feathered friends during the Mattapoisett Lands Trust’s annual meeting on Saturday, May 14. The audience got to meet a number of rescued owls, including Nanook the snowy owl, Rachel the barn owl, Athena the great-horned owl, and Babe the barred owl. Photos by […] Read more »
Peter A. Lizotte of Mattapoisett, passed away peacefully after a brief battle with cancer. Peter is survived by his wife, Julie and their sons, Oliver and Ethan, his parents, Edmund J. and Beatrice J. Lizotte, a brother, Jeffrey, a step-son Andrew Heller, a nephew, Dakota and a niece, Shyanne. He was a dear relative and […] Read more »
There were only three contested races in the 2016 Mattapoisett Annual Election – Tree Warden, Mattapoisett School Committee, and Community Preservation Committee – and the man of the hour was definitely Tree Warden Roland Cote who was waiting on May 17 at Old Hammondtown School when the polls closed to hear if he would continue […] Read more »