The MAC Theater announces two new dates for its outdoor play, Good People, written by David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by Jacob Sherburne. Last Sunday’s play was canceled due to rain, so the MAC has added Friday, August 21 at 4:00 pm and a second Saturday performance, a matinee, on Saturday, August 22 at 12:00 pm. Tickets are just $15 for […] Read more »
The weather could not have been finer, the arrangements were perfection, and the decisive manner in which Mattapoisett’s first outdoor Town Meeting conducted the business at hand was brisk. August 17 will go down in the town’s history for not only being the first time Town Meeting was held outdoors, but also for the need to […] Read more »
Girlie the mule and Tick the horse nearly drowned in mud on Sunday at Merrow Farm on Converse Road before the Marion Fire Department and a host of rescue assistants came onto the scene. “We are pleased to report that both animals are recovering and doing well at this time,” said Marion Fire Chief Brian […] Read more »
Words could not describe the destruction to wetlands along parts of Buzzards Bay and all of Mattapoisett Harbor, should the Eel Pond forced main become compromised. That possibility has been discussed for years when considering what can be done to improve the infrastructure for flow of sewage from Mattapoisett to the Fairhaven treatment facility via […] Read more »
The Rochester Senior Center is making and taking friendly phone calls to residents who would like to connect via telephone for some friendly conversation. Please contact the Senior Center if you would like to be added to the list for this service. The Rochester Senior Center would like to remind residents that Eastern Equine Encephalitis […] Read more »
Joan F. (Sylvia) Eyrich, 86, of Marion passed away Wednesday August 12, 2020 at Tobey Hospital after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Robert A. Eyrich. Born and raised in Mattapoisett, the daughter of the late Alfred F. and Belmira (Linhares) Sylvia, she lived in various parts of the country as […] Read more »
Looking out along the shoreline of Little Bay in Fairhaven, at least several miles in both directions, my wife Jan and I spend late afternoons bird-watching a number of Ospreys’ air acrobatics, plunging down from nearly a hundred feet with a splash below the surface of the water, and then come up clutching a flopping […] Read more »
The reopening of a Notice of Intent filing by Craig Bovaird, 26R Pine Island Road, generated a request by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for an “alternatives analysis” to determine if the future residential dwelling could be situated somewhere else on the lot. Representing the applicant was Brandon Faneuf of Ecosystem Solutions. Faneuf confirmed […] Read more »
The Mass Cultural Council has adjusted to the challenges brought on by the Covid pandemic and continues to support a variety of artistic, scientific and humanitarian projects that provide rich cultural activities for our communities. Many current grant recipients have had to alter their original proposals and use virtual format options, reorganize to comply with […] Read more »
Keegan Macewen of Mattapoisett, Tim Lydon of Rochester, and Justin Smith of Rochester achieved Dean’s List honors in the spring 2020 semester at the University of Maine. Read more »