The Annual Marion Town Party will be held on Saturday, August 27 (rain date is Sunday, August 28) on the grounds of the Marion Town House, 2 Spring Street. Festivities begin at 4:00 pm. Proceeds will be distributed between the Marion Firefighters Association and Marion Recreation to benefit local community needs. Free inflatable fun for […] Read more »
The Rochester Historical Society invites you to our Annual Ice Cream Social Meeting on Wednesday, July 20 at 7:00 pm at the East Rochester Church/Museum at 355 County Road. We are going to be taking a walk down ice cream memory lane, and it’s going to be all about ice cream. Where did you go […] Read more »
Tri-Town police departments have received an outpouring of emotional support from the residents of their towns in light of the Dallas tragedy that happened on Thursday, July 7, when a lone sniper assassinated five officers during a protest of the police-involved shootings of two African American citizens in Minnesota and Louisiana over the past week. […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Conservation Commission agenda for July 12 was chock full of hearings that had been continued from previous dates. But of those heard and finalized, only one inflamed emotion. William and Jane Farran want to build an elevated single-family home on Angelica Avenue. During a previous hearing on the matter, Chairman Bob Rogers posed […] Read more »
August F. “Gus” Mandeville, 67, of New Bedford, passed away Monday, July 11, 2016, at St. Luke’s Hospital, in New Bedford after a long illness. He was the husband of Cynthia (Day) Mandeville. Born in New Bedford, son of the late Arcade and Lucinda (Lopes) Mandeville he grew up in Mattapoisett and was a graduate […] Read more »
Katherine A. (Hamilton) Eastman, 73, of Rochester, died Friday, July 15, 2016 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a brief illness. Born in Queens, NY, she was the daughter of Karolin (Kawecki) Hamilton of Bay Shore, NY and the late Paul Hamilton. Mrs. Eastman graduated from The Mary Louise Academy in Jamaica, NY and […] Read more »
The Sippican Lands Trust invites you and your family to enjoy two free events in July. Storywalks are a great way for younger families to spend time together in the outdoors and they promote literacy in nature. As part of our three-month series, July’s book will be located on our Osprey Marsh Property off of […] Read more »
The following mandatory water restriction will be in effect from June 15 through September 15. The use of any outside watering is prohibited except between the hours of 6:00 am and 8:00 am, and between the hours of 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for even street-numbered homes, and Tuesday, Thursday and […] Read more »
The Sippican Historical Society has invited General Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero in the Union Army, to lecture at the Marion Music Hall. On July 21 at 7:00 pm, General Joshua Chamberlain, portrayed by Rev. Bob Macfarlane (retired minister and Civil War historian), will lecture at the Music Hall in Marion. A highly respected and […] Read more »
What makes a small woven basket worth thousands of dollars? Anyone who has ever watched Antiques Roadshow might quickly answer “the age of the piece.” But in the case of a small handcrafted basket from Mattapoisett, the answer would be “time, intricacy, uniqueness, and beauty.” Gladys Ellis was a well-known Mattapoisett artisan who worked in […] Read more »