Friday, October 15, at 4:00 pm: Halloween Duck Hunt – Find one of the Halloween ducks hidden in and around the library and show off your new buddy with a souvenir photo in our spooky cemetery. Find the Golden Ducky to win a Halloween Prize pack! September- October, Tuesdays and Fridays at 10:30 am (weather […] Read more »
The boil-water order has been lifted for Mattapoisett but not for Marion or Fairhaven. There is no E. coli in any MRV member town, but the presence of total coliform in some samples taken in Marion and Fairhaven has the state Department of Environmental Protection not yet willing to authorize the lifting of the boil-water […] Read more »
The latest test of our individual and collective steadfastness to carry on in the face of crisis and associated pressures has brought home another pressing reality – our water supply. The current boil water order has created, in my mind, a whirlpool of other concerns – namely water consumption by humans. My thoughtless, […] Read more »
The Notice of Intent filed by Ben Bailey, a member of both the Rochester Conservation Commission and Planning Board, seeking approval of his plan to construct a 700-foot-long roadway to access a single-family house lot at Gerrish Road received the Conservation Commission’s approval on October 5 in the form of an Order of Conditions. […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center Theater presents Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias, directed by Jennifer Palmer, opening on Friday, October 15, at 7:30 pm. The cast includes Kate Fishman, Zara Lemieux, Brianna Rosario, Margo Ruggiero, Susan Sullivan, and Elaine Vercellone. The Stage Manager is Andrea Cantin, Sound and Lighting is by Steven McManus, and Hair and Costume […] Read more »
Morgan Browning, of Mattapoisett, was recently awarded a Love of Learning Award worth $500 from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Browning is one of 200 recipients to receive the award. Love of Learning Awards are designed to help fund […] Read more »
Marion Cub Scouts Pack 32, with support from Sippican Land Trust, Marion Police, and the Marion Fire Department, welcomes Halloween fans of all ages to our second annual drive-thru trunk or treat at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center, (Route 6) 465 Mill Street, Marion (the former VFW site), on October 16 from 12:00 pm […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Water Superintendent Henri Renauld updated the Mattapoisett Select Board and the public on the latest efforts aimed at identifying where and how contamination seeped into the Mattapoisett River Valley Water District treatment plant and what measures are being taken to fix the problem. Renauld said that on October 5 and 6, water […] Read more »
On October 7, the Mattapoisett Public Library, under the direction of Jennifer Jones, once again gave the community an opportunity to hear directly from a highly regarded author and journalist, this time Steven Petrow, probably best known as an essayist and journalist writing for The Washington Post, The New York Times, and USA Today. […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Museum and Southcoast Lessons will be hosting its 5th Open Mic Night on Friday, October 15, at 6:00 pm. All ages and all genres welcome. Sing a song, play a tune, do a dance, crack a joke, or tell a story. The stage is yours; the musical community is all of ours to […] Read more »