Massasoit (1590-1661) was the grand sachem intertribal chief of all the Wampanoag Indians of the coastal regions of today’s Massachusetts and Rhode Island. His tribes included his own Pokanoket village of Bristol, the Sakonnet people of Rhode Island, Acushnet of New Bedford, Agawam of Mattapoisett, the Nausets of Cape Cod, and Aquinnah of the Vineyard […] Read more »
The Sippican Lands Trust invites your pooch(es) and you for our annual Post-Thanksgiving Dog Walk on Sunday, December 1 at 1:00 pm at our White Eagle property (part of Aucoot Woods). All dogs and owners are welcome. Dogs must be leashed and under their owner’s control at all times. Your canine companion(s) and you can walk off […] Read more »
For the weekends of November 30 and 31, and December 7 and 8, the ladies of the Rochester Women’ Club will be creating and selling beautiful holiday wreaths. The Club will be open from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm and is located at 37 Marion Road in Rochester. Wreath making has been a long-time fundraising event for our club. The funds from […] Read more »
In 1998, the Sippican Historical Society commissioned an architectural survey of Marion’s historic homes and buildings. The survey was funded half by the Sippican Historical Society and half by the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Due to the limits of funding, not all of the historic buildings were surveyed, but over 100 were cataloged and photographed. The […] Read more »
To the Editor: In a November 21 Wanderer story about Tabor Academy’s petition to the ZBA for field lights, the reporter quoted me saying something negative about Tabor headmaster John Quirk. I never made those comments. I never would make those comments. They were made by another attendee sitting next to me. The reporter was sitting a […] Read more »
Sunday’s rainstorm left some of us wondering if it would be worth it to leave the house and go anywhere at all; the senior citizens of the Tri-Town, however, know what they would have been missing out on if they didn’t make it to the Old Rochester Regional Junior High Thanksgiving Senior Banquet – the […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health has decided to move forward with its idea to cap tobacco sales licenses in town and bring that number down from six to five. During the November 19 meeting, Health Director Karen Walega said that one of the six current tobacco permit holders has suggested that it would not be […] Read more »
In 1998, the Sippican Historical Society commissioned an architectural survey of Marion’s historic homes and buildings. The survey was funded half by the Sippican Historical Society and half by the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Due to the limits of funding, not all of the historic buildings were surveyed, but over 100 were cataloged and photographed. The […] Read more »
With the theme “Christmas Past and Christmas Present,” the Sippican Choral Society kicks the holiday season into high gear with concerts on December 6 and 8. The annual concert has long been the unofficial start of the Christmas season, said Mike Chaplain, president of the Society. “We have singers from towns all up and down the […] Read more »
John Dawson, 85, a longtime resident of Boxford, currently of Mattapoisett, died on November 21, 2019. He was the devoted husband of Elizabeth A. (Jaillet) Dawson for 56 years. Born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in Brooklyn, New Bedford and Fairhaven, he was the son of the late James J. and Mary Margaret (Gatheral) Dawson. […] Read more »