In celebration of Thanksgiving the library will be open until 12 on Wednesday November 23 and closed on Thursday and Friday November 24 and 25. We will be open for our normal business hours on Saturday. Saturday Storytimes – Our next storytime will be on Saturday December 3. Play, read and create with us. […] Read more »
Dear Mattapoisett, Over the last 8 years, I have been your local garbage collector, and I am writing this letter to inform you that on January 7, 2023, I will be retiring. I want to thank the town of Mattapoisett for their consideration, generosity, and kindness throughout my entire time as your garbage man. […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club presents the 3rd Annual Holiday Greens Sale, which is a Pop-Up event, on December 3 from 9 am to 1 pm (or earlier if sold out.) The sale will be held outside, in the parking lot between Ying Dynasty and Harriet’s Catering, at 20-22 County Road (Route 6) in Mattapoisett. The […] Read more »
For what do we give thanks For the turkey dinner lovingly prepared? For the hours of preparation and effort? Most of all, don’t we give thanks for the family? Joined together hearts and minds, We thank God for all the generations represented, For the mothers and fathers and the precious little ones, Running around in […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Free Public Library will be hosting an Artist Meet and Greet: Evolution of a Poetic Medium: Handmade Books in a Digital Age on Wednesday, November 30 from 6:30–7:30. Mattapoisett resident Liz LaValley, whose multimedia work is on exhibit at the Mattapoisett Library from November 15 -December 14, will be at the Library on […] Read more »
As the Earth on its axis continues to turn the face of the northern hemisphere away from the direct rays of the sun, the migration of Striped Bass continued to march to the orchestration of heavenly spheres on their journey north through Buzzards Bay. As they passed the seasonal moment of autumnal equinox on […] Read more »
Jon Roth plans to clear the land he owns at 119 Dexter Lane so his horses and cattle can graze there. First, however, he needs his Notice of Intent to do so approved by the Rochester Conservation Commission because the action will mean thinning out the undergrowth and overgrowth of the nonwetlands area of […] Read more »
I feel Thanksgiving is the holiday that more than any other means family, home and tradition, particularly the traditions of childhood. My family lived in Weymouth until I was 15, but we always spent a lot of time in Rochester where my mother grew up. While Weymouth put our family in the middle between the […] Read more »
The Rochester Women’s Club will be having their annual Christmas wreath sale on Saturday December 3 from 9 am to 1 pm and Sunday December 4 from 9 am to 2 pm. The Women’s Club is located at 37 Marion Road, Route 105, in Rochester. This event is a scholarship fundraiser. The Rochester Women’s […] Read more »
Howard Tinkham and his extended family have worked the land in Mattapoisett for over 100 years. For Howard, that constitutes his entire life. Now on the eve of his 100th birthday, a celebration is being planned to honor not just the fact of his chronological age but also to thank the man who has done […] Read more »