To set the stage for what transpired at the August 15 meeting of Mattapoisett’s Complete Streets Committee, let us first take a look back at the town’s policy regarding the implementation, expectations and goals or the program’s deliverables. On the state website Mass.gov, the Town of Mattapoisett’s Complete Streets Policy reads, “…will focus on […] Read more »
On Sunday, August 21, The Rev. Eric Fialho, Rector St. Gabriel’s Church, Marion will conduct services at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 34 Water Street next to the Town Beach in Mattapoisett. The 138th summer season services, with visiting clergy each Sunday, are at 8:00 am and 10:00 am using the 1928 Book of Common […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Historical Commission is pleased to announce that Christopher Skelly of Skelly Preservation Services has been selected to complete a town wide Survey Plan which will make recommendations for updating Mattapoisett’s historic and cultural resources. The last survey of historic properties was completed in the early 1980’s, and it is necessary that the original […] Read more »
Mattapoisett native Eric Todd Sweet lives up to his last name, greeting the world and everyone in it with the rare, effusive cheer that seems to make the sun shine a little brighter. A mountaineer by choice, Sweet has spent every weekend for the past eight years hiking the White Mountains in New Hampshire. […] Read more »
Monday night’s public meeting of the Marion Planning Board was going nowhere fast after the Department of Public Works requested another continuance on the “Hybrid-Y” public hearing. But, with Public Outreach on the August 15 agenda, Chris Collings was able to switch out his Planning Board member’s hat for a concerned citizen’s hat and […] Read more »
On Friday, August 19, the Marion Concert Band continues its Friday evening concert series with a program of American popular music. The program features a trumpet soloist and a variety of pop styles from the 1900’s to the present, is as follows: Washington Post March – J.P. Sousa Second American Folk Rhapsody – C. Grundman […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board’s appointment Monday night with Department of Public Works engineer Meghan Davis and Police Lieutenant Jeff Habicht was not meant to culminate in a vote, but the follow-up on the Pedestrian Safety Advisory Working Group’s recommendations indicates a groundswell of support for a new townwide speed limit of 25 miles per […] Read more »
Jon Gregory of engineering firm Tata & Howard is helping the Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission get its ducks in a row for the meaty next steps of the long-planned upgrade of the water-treatment plant. In his report to the commissioners on Tuesday afternoon, Gregory said that Tata & Howard has completed its […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center Theater announces open auditions for the upcoming production of Church & State written by Jason Odell Williams. Director Donn Tyler will be casting five roles: one male and one female able to play forties/early fifties, one female able to play thirties/early forties and two males or females able to play twenties. […] Read more »
Gary Proffit, 77, of Rochester, died August 12, 2022, at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Plymouth, after a long illness. He was the husband of Yong (Yong) Proffit and the son of the late Gerald and Louise (Card) Proffit. He was born in Weymouth and lived in Carver before moving to Rochester. He graduated from […] Read more »