The Mattapoisett Lions Club, a member of Lions International, the world’s largest service club organization consisting of 45,000 clubs and more than 1.3 million members worldwide, is pleased to announce the availability of two (2) $2,500 scholarships to be awarded this year to a graduating high school or homeschooled student residing in Mattapoisett, Marion or […] Read more »
Come celebrate the new year at Open Table. You’re invited for supper on Friday, January 12 at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church. The menu is usually a surprise, but it’s bound to be something delicious. There is no charge, although donations are gratefully accepted. At Open Table, it’s all about the food, fun and fellowship. Doors […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen on January 9 set the Special Town Meeting for February 12 at 6:30 pm in the Old Rochester Regional High School auditorium, seeking voters’ support for a moratorium on recreational marijuana sales in Mattapoisett. On the heels of two public discussions on the topic of how the town should proceed, […] Read more »
Is it Boom or Bust on our Coral Reefs? Climate Change, Disease and Recovery is the topic of the Buttonwood Park Zoo’s January Wildlife Education Series. The lecture will take place on Thursday, January 11 beginning at 6:00 pm. Is it Boom or Bust on our Coral Reefs? Climate Change, Disease and Recovery features Dr. […] Read more »
Debra Ewing of Jenney Street, on behalf of residents at The Cove who have been overseeing the turtle habitat protection project on Town-owned land, came before the Marion Conservation Commission on December 27 to address a violation of mowing beyond the boundaries allowed in the Order of Conditions. The matter was continued from December 13 […] Read more »
On January 13 and 14, the South Coast Chamber Music Series presents “Ritmos Caliente” with virtuoso guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan. This winter concert features a selection of spicy Latin American music including Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Fantasia for Guitar and Piano, Manuel de Falla’s seductive cycle “Siete Canciones Populares Españolas,” and Niccolò Paganini’s piquant Terzetto Concertante. The program […] Read more »
Free Technology Demos: Thursdays at 11:00 am. Have you been wanting to learn more about the free online resources offered to Marion library card holders? Well now is your chance! Join us for these free Thursday workshops at 11:00 am: – January 11: Navigating through your iPhone and iPad – January 18: Getting free digital […] Read more »
Douglas “Doug” Cameron Rounseville, 71 of 44 Braley Hill Road Rochester, MA died peacefully at home on Wednesday January 3, 2018 surrounded by his loving family. Doug was born on January 27, 1946 to the late Lorenzo Braley and Christine Bennett (Souza) Rounseville. Doug was a long time resident of Rochester, growing up here as […] Read more »
Josephine M. (Viera) Rogers, 94, of Fairhaven died January 6, 2018 at Our Lady’s Haven after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Frank P. Rogers. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Joseph and Alice (Preston) Viera, she lived in Mattapoisett and Rochester most of her life before moving […] Read more »
The melody and lyrics of this New Year anthem of remembrance or fraternity sung when the clock strikes midnight was first transcribed by Robert Burns in 1788. Burns set the tune to the traditional folklore of another poet, making him co-author of this emblem of a musical year ending soon to be known all over […] Read more »