Halloween weekend at the Marion Art Center – The Marion Art Center is committed to the health and safety of members in our community. As such, the MAC will not run the annual Marion Halloween Parade this year. However, the MAC is offering another day of Halloween festivities on Sunday, October 31. Show up in […] Read more »
Dear Respected Editor, Climate change is real. The discussion of whether this is a natural or anthropogenic event is no longer pertinent to the discussion about how to combat it. For four years we heard a lot about a specific wall and less about the seawall barriers being constructed to protect coastal cities such […] Read more »
Longtime Marion-based developer Sherman Briggs called The Wanderer on October 21 to say he has pulled his application for a market-rate, residential development that he had been planning for Spring and Mill streets near the Brew Fish restaurant. “I just got tired of the innuendos,” said Briggs, asserting that Planning Board members “had […] Read more »
There is a Special Town Meeting scheduled for Mattapoisett voters on Monday, November 8. It will be held starting at 6:30 pm in the auditorium at Old Rochester Regional High School. The deadline for new voters to register to be able participate in this meeting is Friday, October 29. The Town Clerk’s Office will be […] Read more »
Julia Winsper of Rochester made the Dean’s List at Wentworth Institute of Technology for the Summer 2021 semester. Read more »
William J. Giordano, 80, of Mattapoisett died October 26, 2021 at St. Luke’s Hospital after a long illness. He was the husband of Marsha G. (Hussey) Giordano. Born and raised in Chicago, IL, son of the late Costanzo and Johanna S. (Konow) Giordano, he lived in Mattapoisett most of his life. He […] Read more »
November brings new and exciting programs to the Mattapoisett Library for people of all interests. Starting with Composting 101 presented by Casey E. Doyle, this two-part event takes place on Tuesday, November 2, and Thursday, November 4, at 6:30 pm on Zoom. Composting 101 will go over the understanding and science (a little) of what […] Read more »
While the October 14 meeting of the Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission did not offer updates on the Point Road multi-use path or open space maintenance, MOSAC Chairman John Rockwell took the opportunity to give listeners some backstory where it concerns certain aspects of the shared-use pathway that runs from Fairhaven into Mattapoisett and […] Read more »
The East Rochester Congregational Church, our museum, is on the National Register of Historic Places due to the hard work of Betty Beaulieu. Looking through the material that she collected during the application process, I developed an appreciation for the church’s Ladies’ Sewing Circle. The church that was built in 1857 has undergone many […] Read more »
Edward J. Figueiredo, 90, of Marion, died October 24, 2021 at home surrounded by his family. He was the former husband of Patricia D. (Davis) Figueiredo and the son of the late Guido and Mary L. (Daggett) Figueiredo. He was born in New Bedford and lived in Marion all his life. He graduated from […] Read more »