In an effort to bring awareness to the trash crisis, the Mattapoisett Sustainability Partnership put out a call for local artists to create pieces using man-made materials recovered or upcycled from the environment. The pieces are now on display at the library through Saturday, August 27 with a reception planned for 2:00 pm that day. […] Read more »
Reverse 911
To the Editor; I wanted to register a concern about the Mattapoisett police response to the massive boat yard fire. Twice earlier that day, we received on our home land line an automated “emergency” call from the police indicating first that they were looking for a man wearing only one shoe, and later a […] Read more »
Library Lines up Candidates Lined
The Joseph H. Plumb Library Board of Trustees met on August 18 to update members on the search for a new library director. After the sudden resignation of former Library Director Jennifer Woodward on August 5 after only a month on the job, trustees were mum on explaining why Woodward exited so soon. […] Read more »
Fall Classes at the MAC
A new eight-week session of ALL Levels Watercolor Painting for Adults will run September 9-October 28 with Instructor Jay Ryan on Friday mornings from 10:00 am-12:00 pm in the MAC Studio. There is a drop-in option ($30 per day) for students who can’t commit to the entire session. The cost is $195 for MAC members […] Read more »
Waterways Permit Filed for Dam
During Monday night’s meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, David Davignon of Schneider, Davignon & Leone, Inc. confirmed to the commissioners that a Chapter 91 waterways permit application has been filed on behalf of property located in Rochester. During the previous meeting, Conservation Commission Chairman Mike King had expressed the need to further […] Read more »
PMC Presents Passionate Stories, One Goal
One of 15 Tri-Town residents who took part in the August 6-7 PanMass Challenge bike ride, Debbi Bacchiocchi, is eager to note that every participant has a story. “You can talk to 6,000 riders, and they will all tell you a story,” said Bacchiocchi, making a rough reference to the approximately 6,300 who […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Dog Walkathon
The Mattapoisett Dog Walkathon will be held on Saturday August 27 from 8:00-12:00. Come strut your pup at your leisure. Sign up at Center School, Barstow Street, Mattapoisett. $25 donation and receive a 2022 T-shirt. Water stops provided for dogs along the half-mile or longer one-mile scenic walk around Mattapoisett village. All proceeds go to […] Read more »
Officials Grateful for Community, Region Response
Monday night’s meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board began with Chairman Tyler Macallister praising the response not only from Mattapoisett’s first responders but for all the first responders who worked to extinguish the Mattapoisett Boatyard blaze on August 19. “Police, fire, EMS all came together as one community,” he said. “Our hearts go out […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Council on Aging
Where were you in 1972? Were you a teenager in high school, hanging with your friends? Were you fighting in a war overseas that to this day is seen with a different lens? Were you in college, looking forward to a better life? Were you starting a family and hoping there wouldn’t be much strife? […] Read more »
SLT “Birds & Flutes” Benefit Concert
Flutist Wendy Rolfe will present a benefit concert, “Birds & Flutes”, for the Sippican Lands Trust on Thursday, August 25, at 6 pm at 173 Spring Street in Marion. Rolfe’s “piffano” folk flute from Brazil, quena from Ecuador and “di-zi” from Beijing, China, will all evoke the sounds of birds and colorful landscapes. Her wooden […] Read more »