The following students have been named to the Dean’s List at the University of New Hampshire for the Fall 2022 semester. Samuel Harris of Marion earning Honors Alexandra Old of Marion earning Highest Honors Lauren Pina of Marion earning High Honors John Meehan of Mattapoisett earning High Honors Emily DellaCioppa of Mattapoisett earning Honors Steven […] Read more »
Join the Mattapoisett Land Trust for a chance to shake off those winter blues and center yourself in the present. We are lucky to have Carly Baumann a local professional with training and certifications in Yoga, Yoga Nidra and meditation, lead this experience for us all. Carly will lead participants in a practice of mindfulness […] Read more »
During the January 23 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, the owners of the Mattapoisett Boat Yard and Brandt Cove Marina, David and Ned Kaiser, finished providing details for two projects on the agenda. The first project heard was a Notice of Intent filing for the boatyard located on Ned’s Point Road. That […] Read more »
Mattapoisett harbor invoices for the upcoming 2023 season were mailed in November. The due date on these invoices is January 30. Harbor customers would have received their invoices online if an email address is on file. If not, hard copy bills were printed and mailed. This is a friendly reminder to pay your invoice(s) as […] Read more »
The next meeting of the Machacam Club is scheduled for Wednesday, February 1. We meet at the American Legion Eastman Post on Depot Street. Doors open at 5 pm for social time followed by dinner at 6 pm. Our speaker program begins at 6:45. Colby will be preparing a filling and delicious meal. New members […] Read more »
Hope B. (Farren) Finley, 95, of Mattapoisett died peacefully January 14, 2023 at home surrounded by her family. Hope was born in New Bedford, daughter of the late James and Alice (Viera) Farren. After her father was seriously injured while working on a project in his home workshop, she and her sister Grace (Nisbet) had […] Read more »
Thomas Bowler was voted an Order of Conditions to conduct maintenance repairs to his 165-foot existing timber dock at 17 Moorings Road. Meeting on January 11, the Marion Conservation Commission heard from Ben Foley of Foth, who represented Bowler with a presentation indicating plans to replace the “structural elements” supporting the residential, licensed […] Read more »
To the Editor: I was quite disappointed to see that the ORR Joint School Committee voted to make Good Friday a full school day for the 2023-2024 school year. ORR already tried to make Good Friday a school day back in 2014. Hundreds of residents publicly objected to the change at the time, […] Read more »
The Nolan Gibbons Memorial Fund (NGMF) has opened multiple scholarship and grant applications for talented young people. There are three primary opportunities: – Music Mastermind – 3-month virtual Artist Development Program worth $8,000 – Musical Theatre Mastermind – 3-month virtual Artist Development Program worth $8,000 – General Arts Grant to cover anything […] Read more »
Leveraged by Massachusetts’ Police Reform Act into what its personnel considers a crawl space between the rock of new budgetary constraints and the hard place of increasing demand for job-related services, the Marion Harbormaster Department has rolled out a proposal to create a new town Department of Natural Resources. If approved by the […] Read more »