The Marion Art Center will run a new session of Yoga at the MAC in June with instructor Deb Fraine. Classes will meet Monday mornings the first three weeks in June in the MAC’s Patsy Francis Gallery (upstairs). Deb has been a local yoga instructor since 2015 and an Occupational Therapist since 1987. Enjoy […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center will offer another Tap Dancing Workshop for adults (ages 15+ also welcome) with MAC Dance Academy’s program leader Teah Keogh on Saturday, May 27 from 11:00 am-12:00 pm. A three-week tap class will be offered on Tuesdays in June: June 13, 20, and 27, from 6-7 pm each day. The cost […] Read more »
Let’s turn up our senses. We’ll use them to explore woods, wetlands and waterfront up-close on a Family Sensory Walk with Mattapoisett Land Trust at the Munn Preserve. The walk is open to all ages and abilities, so bring the whole family down on Saturday June 3 at 10:00 am. Along the half-mile trail […] Read more »
The best way to tell if the unwanted Grackles are invading your backyard is to check on flocks of blackbirds and starlings already there making a nuisance of themselves. The tallest with the longest tails among them will turn out to be Grackles, with their purple, shiny heads in sharp contrast with bronze, […] Read more »
Attending the May 10 Marion School Committee meeting remotely from Camp Burgess in Sandwich where she was with a Grade 6 field trip, Sippican Elementary School Principal Marla Sirois reported the kids were “having a fantastic time,” noting the noise in the background of her call. May brought that time of year when […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center will host a June Pride Workshop for Teens and Tweens on Saturday, June 10 from 12:00-2:00 pm in the MAC Studio. The MAC’s All Things Art program director and artist Kate Frazer Rego will lead the course. The cost to register is $35 for MAC members and $40 for nonmembers. Join […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce the winners of two $2,500 scholarships for Mattapoisett residents who are graduating from a local high school this year. The winners are Corinne Robert and Isabella Bianca Russo. Corinne Robert will be graduating from ORR High School. She plans to matriculate as part […] Read more »
It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates Joseph Reardon of Mattapoisett, Aaron Bates of Mattapoisett and Lilian Frank of Mattapoisett on being named to the winter 2023 President’s List. The winter terms run from January to May. Luke Mullen of Mattapoisett has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s […] Read more »
Mike Huguenin, president of the Mattapoisett Land Trust, came before the Mattapoisett Select Board on May 23 to discuss and receive the support of the board for two unrelated initiatives. The first was to discuss and approve conservation restrictions primarily for property recently acquired by the town and by other entities such as […] Read more »
My grandmother was a gentle lady, but every time her cat had kittens, she picked out the one that looked like it might be the best mouser (how she knew that was beyond me), placed the rest in a burlap bag with a large rock and threw the bag into the pond, which was […] Read more »