The Marion Art Center is pleased to announce Art in Bloom, June 23-25, with a reception scheduled Thursday, June 23 from 5-7 pm. The MAC will host several events over the three-day period. Anyone is invited to create an arrangement for Art in Bloom, and designers may work in pairs or teams. Designers may visit […] Read more »
May 6, 6 pm – New Sounds of Silents with Southcoast Lessons Come on out for an evening of short films set to both improvised and newly composed pieces brought to you by Southcoast Lessons performers. Free. Space is limited, doors open at 6, show at 6:30. May 13, 7 pm – Northwoods – […] Read more »
The League of Women Voters SouthCoast will celebrate its Inaugural meeting with a special luncheon and distinguished speaker at the Wamsutta Club, 427 County Street, New Bedford on Thursday, May 19 at 12:30 pm. Ms. Korinn Petersen, Esq., vice president for Clean Water Advocacy at the Buzzards Bay Coalition, will discuss her advocacy work […] Read more »
To the Editor; The Mattapoisett Public Schools serve 439 of our town’s children each day– children with a wide range of strengths, needs and hopes. They are vibrant and empirically successful hubs of our community, far from the “money pits” on a “feeding frenzy” portrayed by the Finance Committee during the budget process. […] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s Tree Committee is an active and vital volunteer group dedicated to the preservation of the town’s trees and its canopy. Just ask any one of the eight members, and you will hear how important tree preservation and planting is to human life. As part of Mattapoisett’s Arbor Day observances that included raising the […] Read more »
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals’ decision regarding granting a special permit for a 190-foot, monopole-style telecommunications tower facility on High Street will have to wait a little while longer. Industrial Tower and Wireless LLC seeks a special permit to reduce the required setback distance of 200 feet from other property lines by 50 […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibit, Profusion of Color: Abstracts, featuring works by Alyn Carlson, Pat Coomey Thornton and Pat Warwick. The exhibit runs May 13 through June 25. Attend the opening reception on Friday May 13 from 5-7 pm, a SouthCoast Spring Arts @ the MAC event. During the […] Read more »
The Marion Garden Group is hosting its bi-annual Plant Sale on Saturday, May 14 from 9 am to 12 noon, at Bicentennial Park, located across the street from the Marion Art Center. The plant sale is a wonderful community service, providing a wide variety of plants at fabulously low prices. Plants will range from as […] Read more »
The Rochester Select Board met on Monday night, approved the final draft of the warrant for the May 23 Annual Town Meeting and reviewed what might become its most problematic article. A citizen’s petition article would authorize the town to enter into a 99-year lease agreement with a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization to build affordable […] Read more »
John F. Hanson, D.M.D., 87 of Mattapoisett, MA formerly of Hinsdale and Pittsfield, MA passed away peacefully on April 8, 2022. Born in Machias, Maine he was the son of the late Dr. John and Mary Hanson. John was educated at local Machias schools and received his B. S. degree at Tufts University. He […] Read more »