If you are aiming big this holiday shopping season, your local shopkeepers, who also happen to be your neighbors, ask only this of you – please, start small. Small businesses make up our local economy – the restaurants, specialty shops, markets, galleries, and boutiques – and the folks who own them are the faces of […] Read more »
Get outside and take a Sunday Stroll with the Buzzards Bay Coalition and Southcoast Health at Doggett’s Brook Recreational Area (55 Dexter Lane, Rochester) on December 3 at 10:00 am. During this leisurely one-hour walk through the woods alongside Doggett’s Brook, you’ll get some fresh air and exercise while learning how to maintain a healthy, […] Read more »
Turkey FOG – it’s not that supposed tryptophan-induced Thanksgiving post-dinner coma that you, Grandpa, and everybody experiences after a heaping plate (or two) of a turkey-with-all-the-trimmings meal. That kind of turkey ‘fog’ can be remedied with a nap followed by a sweet slice of pecan pie to ground you back into your body. No, this […] Read more »
On April 1, 2018, businesses may begin to apply for licenses to operate recreational marijuana establishments in cities and towns throughout the Commonwealth. On November 20, 2017, a mere six months from that date, the Mattapoisett Planning Board along with Police Chief Mary Lyons, Public Health Nurse Amanda Stone, and Town Administrator Michael Gagne, as […] Read more »
Name: Micah Kidney Age: 43 Lives in: Rochester What he does: ORRHS math teacher and Gateway Gladiators ice hockey head coach How he got here: Originally from Dennis, Massachusetts, he moved to Vermont and taught math for 13 years, joined the military in 2003, and then moved back to the region after returning from a […] Read more »
To the Editor: On behalf of the grateful senior citizens of Mattapoisett, I would like to thank all of the students and faculty members who made the Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday such a success. This is the first one I have ever missed. I am ill with bronchial pneumonia. Jacqueline Coucci, Director of the Mattapoisett […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center announces it will host a new concept show and boutique starting this Friday, November 24 and running through Wednesday, December 20, called “Small Works on the Wall.” During this show, more than 20 artists will present unique pieces (painting, fiber art, etc.) – each no greater than 144 square inches – […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health has seen larger turnouts and received more correspondences from organizations outside Marion than it likely ever has, and it all pertains to the board’s pursuit to ban all flavored nicotine products, combustible and smokeless, including the sale of menthol cigarettes. On November 14, Nicholas John from R Street Institute maintained […] Read more »
My goodness, we live in imperfect times. It’s been a long two-year stretch of contentious campaigns, elections, and an ensuing presidency resulting in two ensuing Thanksgiving holiday cycles when imperfect families have gathered and let loose their imperfect opinions on imperfect subjects at the most imperfect of times – like at the table during the […] Read more »
Stop by the First Congregational Church of Marion Community Center on Saturday, December 9 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm for the 27th Annual Holiday Luncheon. Enjoy a delicious lunch stop while on the Sippican Woman’s Club Holiday House Tour, or just come by for a welcome break from the holiday rush. You may even […] Read more »