The November 15 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission included a rather innocuous Request for Determination of Applicability for 26R Pine Island Road filed by Craig and Elaine Bovaird. The agenda item read, “Applicant proposes to rebuild a stone wall and plant two trees together with an After the Fact authorization to cut three trees […] Read more »
Sippican Woman’s Club is making plans for the winter holiday season and beyond. On Friday, December 2, members and guests will join for Holiday Luncheon at the Wamsutta Club followed by a guided tour of the holiday-decorated Rotch-Duff-Jones House in New Bedford. Nonclub members are welcome to join us. Luncheon is $30 and tour […] Read more »
Tri-Town Against Racism invited the public to the third in a series of “Community Conversations,” focusing November 14 on “The Importance of Representation in Literacy” during the 90-minute session at the Stroud Center on the Tabor Academy campus in Marion. Representation of diverse groups in school and public libraries became a hot topic in the […] Read more »
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals reviewed a plan on November 10 that would place a seven-building, 47,568 square-foot, self-storage facility on 14.93 acres on Cranberry Highway. Petitioner JPF Development’s technical consultant, Bill Madden of G.A.F. Engineering, said the applicant was seeking a special permit for the plan because the proposed use does […] Read more »
Lori Jean Westgate, 63, of Rochester, formerly of Wareham, passed away after a brief illness on Nov. 16, 2022, at Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River. She was the daughter of the late Abiel E. and Christine F. (Leavestrom) Westgate. She was born in Wareham and lived there most of her life before moving to […] Read more »
To the Editor, Mattapoisett has just concluded a vigorously contested election. My congratulations and thanks to all the local candidates and their supporters for both participating and conducting themselves in a manner that a republican democracy strives to achieve. I was fortunate to be a poll observer during the day of the election. […] Read more »
Due to inclement weather last weekend, the Mattapoisett Land Trust has rescheduled our stone wall building workshop to Sunday November 20. We hope you will still be able to join us. This upcoming Sunday from 10-11 am, we are meeting at the Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Foundation parking area on Angelica Avenue in Mattapoisett. […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Assessors joined the Select Board at the latter’s public meeting on Tuesday night to conduct joint interviews of three candidates for the opening on the Board of Assessors created by the loss of longtime member Catherine Gibbs. Gibbs passed away on September 28 at age 92. Peter Winters, […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club’s production of “Alice in Wonderland” is set to premiere on Thursday, November 17, at 7:00 pm, with additional performances November 18 and 19 at 7:00 pm and November 20at 2:00 pm at Old Rochester Regional High School. Due to an editing error, The Wanderer print […] Read more »
Beatrice Anna Marie (Zinselmeier) Escalante, 75, of New Bedford, formerly of Mattapoisett, died Monday, November 14, 2022 peacefully at St. Luke’s Hospital after a period of declining health. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, daughter of the late Albert and Beatrice (Kayser) Zinselmeier, she lived in Mattapoisett and New Bedford for most of her life. […] Read more »