Jean Lenar (Campbell) Lemaire, 90 of New Bedford passed away peacefully at The Oaks Skilled Nursing Facility on September 11, 2020. Jean was born April 18, 1930 to Jesse Leo and Gertrude Mae (Leahey) Campbell and lived in Fall River until her marriage to J. Paul Lemaire. They raised a family and then moved to […] Read more »
In what could go down as the shortest Board of Selectmen public meeting in the history of the town, Mattapoisett’s selectmen met for just about five minutes on September 15 to discuss a complaint their office had received. Well, discuss may be a stretch; the board actually didn’t discuss the complaint or the alleged infraction […] Read more »
The idea for this article came from two pictures that I found in my mother’s attic. They were black and white photos of her grandmother’s and my great grandmother’s (Grandma Hartley) house. One was labeled July 1944 and showed the house with a stand of trees in front of it. The second was labeled September […] Read more »
After issuing an Enforcement Order to property owned by Christine Gibbons, 37 Water Street, for use of chemicals in a wetlands resource area, plans are being developed to remediate the damage. During the September 14 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, abutters Jeff Jordan and Chris Ketchel expressed their concerns regarding the type of remediation […] Read more »
The plan to restore the 57 acres of retired cranberry bogs off of Acushnet Road in Mattapoisett to something approaching their pre-agriculture state has traction. On Tuesday afternoon, neighbors and potential recreational users were invited by Buzzards Bay Coalition and the Town of Mattapoisett to a public gathering for an update on the plan to […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Free Public Library and ORCTV invite you to a joint local broadcast and online streaming event featuring a screening of “Stephano: The True Story of Shakespeare’s Shipwreck” and an exclusive Q&A session with two-time Emmy-nominated producer Andrew Giles Buckley on Thursday, September 17 at 7:00 pm. This 90-minute film, a presentation of the series “Hit […] Read more »
Members of the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals were shocked and saddened to learn that member David Bramley had passed away on September 2 at age 72. Chairperson Christina Frangos made a statement on behalf of the ZBA at the board’s September 10 Zoom meeting: “We’re saddened by his passing. I only knew David for […] Read more »
The Town of Mattapoisett received notification recently that a case that had been wending its way through the United States Land Court and more recently the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination was brought to a close when the commission dismissed the case. The issue was whether or not a condominium complex that had been permitted as […] Read more »
Halloween is still several weeks away, but if a child sees his principal wearing a facemask on a computer screen, perhaps he or she won’t be spooked by the sight on the first day of school. That, and a ton of pertinent information, has been Derek Medeiros’ message to Rochester Memorial School students gearing up […] Read more »
Nature journaling is the practice of taking your careful observations of nature and expressing them by drawing and/or writing in your own individual style. It requires that you slow down and clear your mind as well as increase your attention to detail and appreciation of beauty. There’s something about the act of writing it down, […] Read more »