November 20 shone bright and clear but with a stiff breeze that reminded anyone outside that winter is indeed on the way. That did not dissuade about 20 hearty souls from attending a stone wall-building workshop hosted by the Mattapoisett Land Trust. The workshop was led by MLT’s Peter Davies at the Oliver Wendell Holmes […] Read more »
Andrew Fisher, 655 County Road, West Wareham, was granted a variance he doesn’t really want. Fisher’s case came up before the Rochester Board of Health during its November 16 public meeting, at which Health Director Karen Walega told the board that Fisher had bought the house and encountered an issue with a well under […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center (the MAC) Theater announces open auditions for the 2023 production of The Importance of Being Earnest; A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. This Oscar Wilde classic features protagonists that maintain fictitious personas to escape their social obligations. Wilde’s hilarious farce satirizes the hypocrisy of social order and the carelessness with which […] Read more »
This year the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club will again offer the Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decisions program, which is America’s largest discussion group on world and domestic affairs. It will meet on Wednesdays from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm for eight consecutive weeks beginning on January 18, 2023 and ending on March 8, 2023. The […] Read more »
Joseph Souza, 95, of Mattapoisett died Saturday, November 26, 2022 at Brandon Woods of Dartmouth after a brief illness. He was the husband of Hermina (Canastra) Souza, with whom he shared 74 years of marriage. Born in New Bedford, son of the late Fannie Souza, he lived in Mattapoisett for most of his life. […] Read more »
Michelle Cusolito has been bringing the undersea world into focus for children with the 2018 publication of her first book, “Flying Deep” (2018, Charlesbridge) a trip into the ocean aboard the submersible ALVIN. This true story earned the scientist and author the 2019 National Science Teachers Association recognition in the category of “outstanding science trade […] Read more »
The November 15 meeting of the Mattapoisett School Committee started on a somber note, with Chairperson Carly Lavin making the announcement that the public-comment section would not be held during this meeting. “As a result of the threatening, disruptive and disorderly conduct of two members of the public that were held during the […] Read more »
As I mentioned previously, the centerpiece of Rochester’s 200th anniversary was the “Oration” delivered by Rev. Everett. His speech had many subheadings, including “Honored Sons of Sippican” with Sippican being synonymous with Old Rochester. He mentioned men of note from Wareham and Rochester. Many pages of his oration are devoted to Tristam Burgess who […] Read more »
Former Marion Police Officer Carl Michael Lamoureux of Mattapoisett, MA passed away on November 18, 2022. He was born December 1, 1950 to Alfred and Marie (Roy) Lamoureux in Providence, Rhode Island. He leaves behind his children, Bethany Lynn and Sean Michael; his former wife Maureen Lamoureux; long-time partner Leslie Geil and her children Colin […] Read more »
A recent social-media discussion suggesting that crime is running rampant (the contributor’s words, not mine) hereabouts has prompted me to do some research into the history of crime in our idyllic village. A perusal of yellowed newspaper clippings pasted into my grandmother’s scrapbook reveals that crime is not a stranger to Mattapoisett. The 1950s […] Read more »