The idea is barely beyond infancy, but by Monday morning, the baby weighed over 400 pounds. A group called Tri-Town Learning Community (TLC) has formed to estimate and potentially try to address the dilemma that working parents will face when the academic year starts and their children are at school only some of the time. […] Read more »
In the Rochester Planning Board meeting held on August 11, Phil Cordeiro of Allen and Major Associates Inc. came before the board to provide updates on the planned developments on Cranberry Highway. Cordeiro joined the hybrid meeting via Zoom to represent the application filed by Steen Realty and Development. After a meeting with the Rochester […] Read more »
Participation may not be at normal levels yet, but Mattapoisett Yacht Club is back to having fun. Just like youth sports leagues and other recreational clubs in the Tri-Town area and all across Massachusetts, Mattapoisett Yacht Club felt the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. They had to shut down all activities as the state closed […] Read more »
As we watch the protest marches of the Black Lives Matter movement, it is interesting to look back at the years of similar marches, protests, and arrests that finally resulted 100 years ago in women gaining the right to vote. For all the preceding centuries, women were second class citizens and in most cases without […] Read more »
Everyone is welcome to join the Mattapoisett Library Book Discussion Group in welcoming author Margot Livesey on Wednesday, August 19 at 6:00 pm to discuss her novel Eva Moves the Furniture. The novel is a captivating story of a young girl who is visited by two ghost “companions” throughout her life, a woman and a girl, and isn’t […] Read more »
Marion will be offering three ways to vote in the September 1 State Primary. There will be voting by mail, early voting in person at the Town Clerk’s office, and regular voting at the polls. The deadline to register to vote in the State Primary is Saturday, August 22. The deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot is Wednesday, August […] Read more »
The Rochester Board of Selectmen met on Zoom for a specially called session on August 7 to execute the amendment of the town’s water agreement with the Town of Wareham. Two weeks prior, the Rochester selectmen had signed the water agreement that included a sentence saying where the funds from a 15 percent user fee […] Read more »
A patron recently generously donated their collection of stamps to the library. These stamps are perfect for new stamp collectors to try their hand at the hobby. Stamp collecting, or philately, is a wonderful opportunity to learn about people, places, and history and is a great affordable hobby for all ages. We will set up […] Read more »
The new Little Library at Matt Congo Church has been a huge success. We now find we are running low on children’s books. Please search your bookshelves and see if you have any age appropriate books you would be willing to donate. We need books for children of all ages but particularly books for young […] Read more »
After the loss of her three young children and her husband, feeling lonely, rich and restless, Elizabeth Taber returned to Marion for her final years to enrich the community and “put some snap into her village.” In 1891, under architect Williams Gibbons Preston, Elizabeth’s dream was realized in the Marion Music Hall. A historic and […] Read more »