The following events are upcoming for January in the Children’s Department at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library: Library Storytimes. Winter Storytime Sessions at the Mattapoisett Public Library will start during the second week of January. Mother Goose on the Loose Storytime for babies age 0-2 is on Wednesday mornings at 10:30 am; 2’s & 3’s […] Read more »
Albert A. Boucher, 92, of New Bedford, passed away on December 28. He was the husband of Henriette M. Boucher for 67 years. He was a graduate of NBHS 1946, Arnold College, 1950 and a Master’s Degree from the University of Bridgewater, 1951. Mr. Boucher was a physical education high school teacher at NBHS and […] Read more »
James A. Gast, 88, of Arcata, CA, died December 11, 2017. He was the son of Alois and Ruth Gast, grew up in Fairhaven and Mattapoisett, and graduated from Fairhaven High School in 1947. Jimmy graduated from Amherst College in 1951, and after serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, earned an M.S. and Ph.D. in […] Read more »
One of the highlights of each year for me is standing before the bookshelf in my study and beholding the completed collection of the entire year’s issues of The Wanderer – 51 to be exact, with one online-only edition, which this year happens to be the one you are now reading. It’s a moment of […] Read more »
His high school coach at Old Rochester, Steve Carvalho, might still miss Matt Valles this year – even with the team starting off the season with a 5-0 record through December – but the 6-foot-6 forward has moved on to the college game and is already 10 games deep, starting every game to this point […] Read more »
The Rochester Council on Aging announces the following upcoming meetings: – Legal appointments: Thursday, January 4 from 3:00 – 4:00 pm – Conversational French I & II: Fridays, January 5, 12, 19, and 26 from 9:30 – 11:30 am – The Pampered Chef: Monday, January 8; Demo at 11:30 am and lunch at noon – […] Read more »
Anneliese Schipper of Mattapoisett from the Class of 2021 was named to the fall 2017 Honors List at Pomfret School. To achieve this level of distinction, Anneliese earned a grade point average of at least 3.330 and received no grade lower than a B-. Read more »
Patricia Ann (Provancher) Considine, 80, passed away on Monday January 1, 2018 at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford after a brief illness. Born in Troy, New York, and raised in Hemstreet Park, New York, she was the eldest daughter of the late Edwin and Catherine (Welch) Provancher. She was married to David Francis Considine […] Read more »
Marcella (Denzer) Nelson, 68, of Rochester died December 31, 2017 at Tobey Hospital from complications of ALS surrounded by her family. A private family service will be held. Remembrances may be made to Compassionate Care ALS, P.O. Box 1052 West Falmouth, MA 02574 or www.ccals.org. Born in New York City, the daughter of the late […] Read more »
On December 29 as many people hunkered down grateful for a warm home, plentiful plates of food and enjoying the lull between Christmas and New Year’s Day, others were working hard to provide basic shelter and a hot cup of coffee to the growing number of homeless and disenfranchised people in the greater New Bedford […] Read more »