Attend a free workshop at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library on Sunday, February 3from 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm with local fiber artist Chey Soares and learn the basic steps of making felt. Fashion a covering over two bars of body soap using natural Merino sheep undyed wool fibers and wet felt it into permanent […] Read more »
To The Editor: The Friends of the Mattapoisett Bicycle and Recreational Path are delighted that our long-awaited bike path from Depot Street to Mattapoisett Neck Road is almost under construction. We are pleased the work will be done by a local contractor, D.W. White of Acushnet, who prepared an exceptionally competitive bid. It is important […] Read more »
Grief comes in many forms. There’s no one size fits all. Plymouth County has experienced many suicide deaths by suicide in the last three years leaving several families, friends, schools and local groups in need of grief support. A grief support program for those who have lost someone to suicide will start on Tuesday, January […] Read more »
Matters involving money are often tense. Add in pressure from an impending municipal budget season and consternation over a couple town employee raises well above the average 2.5 percent that municipal workers usually anticipate, and it might even start resembling the early rumblings of a bar brawl. Now you have an idea of how the […] Read more »
The two other defendants named in a fraud and embezzlement complaint against former CMWRRDD executive director Ray Pickles, Pickles’ wife Diane Bondi-Pickles, and former Carver health agent Robert Tinkham Jr., were back in court on January 14 with a request for dismissal of the nine fraud-related counts that allege the three conspired together to defraud […] Read more »
Tabor’s first morning of service of the school year on Wednesday, January 16, is a little bit different than in the past. The first difference is that it’s being held in January instead of September. This poses a few challenges, not the least of which is watching the weather forecast carefully, but it appears as […] Read more »
Marion Natural History Museum’s after-school programs for Winter/spring 2019 will include the following: January 30 – Winter Tree Walk Wetland scientist Sarah Porter will help us take a close up look at some twigs and buds from local trees, and then take a walk in the woods to see if we can identify trees without […] Read more »
It was late into a long night of complicated cases being heard on January 15 when the members of the Rochester Conservation Commission were shown photographic evidence of illegal cutting taking place on property known as the Old Boy Scout Camp located at 0 Mary’s Pond Road. Conservation Agent Laurell Farinon displayed photos she […] Read more »
On January 11, the Sippican Woman’s Club hosted its member luncheon at their headquarters in the historic Handy Tavern Building on Front Street in Marion. The tables were laden with sumptuous morsels that were described on tiny little easels, a clever nod to the guest speaker. Jill Sanford, who holds a cum laude Bachelor of […] Read more »
In 1998, the Sippican Historical Society commissioned an architectural survey of Marion’s historic homes and buildings. The survey was funded one-half by the Sippican Historical Society and one-half by the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Due to the limits of funding, not all of the historic buildings were surveyed, but over 100 were catalogued and photographed. The […] Read more »