While the FY24 Operating Budget and Water and Sewer Enterprise funds garnered relatively routine voter approval, projects recommended by the Community Preservation Committee drew the lion’s share of citizen commentary extending Marion’s Annual Town Meeting to nearly two hours. The spring-season meeting, held on Monday night at Sippican Elementary School, saw all 34 […] Read more »
Sunday May 21 is the annual Tour de Creme bike ride. Due to changes since 2019 when the ride last ran, the routes are different than they have been before. Please be advised to expect bike riders in the late morning and early afternoon on or crossing: Mattapoisett Neck Road, Brandt Island Road, Prospect Road […] Read more »
The Rochester Historical Society program on May 17 at 7:00, will feature Nettie Hopkins, Queen Bee of Rochester. Along with her husband Tom, she will discuss the many aspects of bee keeping, both economic and ecological. Netty has a passion for bees that she will be sharing with us. There will also be a honey-taste […] Read more »
Before Town Meeting began on May 8, the Mattapoisett Select Board held a brief meeting which included recasting a vote taken on April 20. The vote was for the Select Board’s support of Article 1 Elected Officials’ Compensation, contained therein, a $7,500 raise for the Highway Surveyor Garrett Bauer. It was later determined […] Read more »
Over a 10-year span, there was unrest in the American colonies before Americans fought the British and declared their independence in 1776. Rochester answered the call for rebellion well before many other area Massachusetts communities, according to town native and Tri-Town Veterans Service Officer Chris Gerrior. To celebrate this history, a group of […] Read more »
On Saturday, May 27 from noon-1:30 pm, come hear from local author Andrew Noone, author of Bathsheba Spooner: A Revolutionary Murder Conspiracy. The book details the most sensational crime of the Revolution. The title character, when five months pregnant, was hanged alongside her three British and American accomplices. Spooner, John Adams’ second cousin, was the […] Read more »
The national nonprofit organization, Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) will donate a home to Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rebecca Mann on Saturday, May 13. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mann was severely injured while serving in Afghanistan. The event will be held at the home at 10 am, check-in at 9:30 am. The public is welcome […] Read more »
Ann M (Perkins) Briggs, 92, of Mattapoisett died December 16, 2022 peacefully in her daughter’s home. She was the loving wife of the late Peter P Briggs. Born in New Bedford, devoted daughter of the late Edwin L Perkins and Clara L (Tinkham), Ann lived most of her life in Mattapoisett. Ann’s […] Read more »
Thomas J. Medeiros, 83, of Rochester, passed away May 8, 2023, at home. He was the husband of Barbara G. (Robbins) Medeiros and the son of the late Joseph and Elsie (Corey) Medeiros. He was born in Dartmouth and lived in Rochester for many years. He graduated from Dartmouth High School and Amherst College. […] Read more »
Peter “P.J.” Oleson Jr., 35, of Mattapoisett, died unexpectedly on Thursday, May 4, 2023. Born in Boston, son of Peter and Beth (Dunn) Oleson, he was raised in Sudbury and lived in Mattapoisett most of his life. Growing up in Sudbury is where P.J.’s love of fishing and hockey began. He moved the […] Read more »