Nature’s ability to soothe the souls of humans has never been more needed than now. That point was sharpened when Alan Harris, president of the Sippican Lands Trust, spoke during the ceremonial ribbon-cutting event at its newest trail – the Osprey Marsh Universally Accessible Boardwalk on July 17. Harris spoke to a small group of donors […] Read more »
Barbara A. Whiterell passed peacefully on Sunday, July 19, 2020, after a long and full life. She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on July 17, 1927, to Aldea and Harold Cox. She had two older sisters, Margaret and Ruth, and a “kid brother” Bob. She is survived by her husband, David “Ralph” Whiterell of Mattapoisett, […] Read more »
The Rochester Historical Society Museum at 355 County Road will open for one day, July 26 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm for a last chance to view the 2019-2020 exhibit “Notable People of Rochester: Past and Present”. We will also have our Rochester clothing, hats, boxes, and books for sale. We will take checks or cash. […] Read more »
As Superintendent of Schools for the Old Rochester Regional School District and Massachusetts Superintendency Union # 55, I am pleased to announce that Mr. Sean Persico will be the new Assistant Principal of Sippican Elementary School in Marion, Massachusetts this coming 2020-2021 school year. Mr. Persico will be replacing Mr. Kyle Letendre, who fulfilled a […] Read more »
A sailboat capsized on Monday southeast of Bird Island, located in Marion approximately a half-mile south of the Kittansett Club and Butler Point. Three people in the water were rescued, including a 78-year-old woman, a 49-year-old woman, and a 52-year-old man whose names were not released. Both Marion and Mattapoisett harbormaster boats responded to separate […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club is holding the “Taste of Mattapoisett” differently this year. We are featuring one of our restaurants each week. Starting Thursday, July 23 through Saturday, July 25, we are supporting Oxford Creamery. They are open from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm each day. Please call and place an order, or you may walk up to the […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health met on Tuesday night via Zoom to establish a course of action to find a replacement for Public Health Nurse Kathy Downey, who has submitted her resignation effective August 19. The board accepted Downey’s resignation at its last meeting. Chairperson Ed Hoffer, Vice Chairperson Dot Brown, and Clerk John Howard […] Read more »
Due to the state reopening guidelines and concern for everyone’s health and safety, the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra has decided to cancel the August 21 and September 12/13 concerts at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center and the August 28 concert at Kilburn Mill Event Center. If you hold tickets for NBSO 2019-2020 season concerts originally scheduled for March 14, April 18, […] Read more »
Asked in a letter from an unnamed abutter to add a stormwater recharge system for roof runoff and the extension of a grass swale to direct stormwaters into that system, Kenneth and Catherine Wood did so and more, presenting revisions of their building plan to the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission in its July 13, remote access meeting. The […] Read more »
Whenever we at the Rochester Historical Society write an article, mount a display, or put a program we rely on the memoirs, diaries, letters, and books that were written in the past. Now that we have spent over four months with this pandemic, I wonder where the residents in 2070 or 2120 will get their […] Read more »