The Marion Scholarship and Education Committee will need another meeting to kick off its campaign for the 2023-24 academic year after discussions addressing fundraising ideas and rubrics changes were put on hold during a brief, June 28 Zoom meeting. According to Chairperson Sandy Smith, the three recipients of the committee’s scholarship award are […] Read more »
After finding the picture shown here at the museum, I asked last winter if anyone knew anything about the steamship, Assawompsett. I soon received replies from several people (thank you) and am finally getting around to sharing. The Assawompsett was actually a side-wheeler steamer and while it did ply Rochester waters, its story is […] Read more »
Paper collectibles, from world postage stamps, postcards and ephemera to historic photos, will be featured in a benefit sale July 15 in Mattapoisett. Sale to be held from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at the Mattapoisett Friends Meeting Hall, 103 Marion Road, Route 6. The sale will include items from the collections of the late […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Community Tennis Association, MCTA, which serves the towns of Mattapoisett, Fairhaven, Marion, Rochester, and Wareham is seeking adult men and women as new members to play in their summer tennis drop-in league. We currently have about 20 active participants and about 40 members in total. The drop-in begins at 8 am on Mondays, […] Read more »
Emily Field, Mattapoisett’s public health nurse, reported to the Board of Health the status of a plan to regionalize some public health services and associated staff known as the South Coast Public Health Collaborative. During the June 28 meeting of the board, Field expressed the need for greater focus on mental-health services and […] Read more »
The Wood Turtle is a very low-profile, crawling creature that spends most of its time near the waters of local rivers and streams. It also travels through forests and across grasslands but rarely winds up more than several hundred meters from flowing water. It prefers to use a shallow, sandy bottom to move from […] Read more »
Music from Land’s End Wareham, a group of internationally acclaimed musicians, will present a concert on Saturday, July 29 at 7:30 pm at St. Gabriel’s Church, 124 Front St., Marion. The program, “Melodious Noise,” will include baroque and modern pieces by Franz Tunder, Johann Bernhard Bach, Johann Christoph Bach, G.F. Handel, and Sebastian Gottschick. […] Read more »
Mattapoisett has a new Town Band director, Jayson E. Newell, a music teacher for 17 years. Newell has worked in Wareham, Barnstable and Fall River school districts, has been a member of seven bands and groups performing traditional band pieces as well as with a jazz ensemble. Newell said there are 44 Town Band […] Read more »
One of the main concerns of the Marion Planning Board has been the town’s increasing senior population and inside of that segment, many who are challenged to economically sustain residency in their hometown. So it was without hesitation that the board voted during its public meeting on Monday night at the Police Station […] Read more »
Let me make this perfectly clear, I have nothing against Mickey Mouse. Everyone likes Mickey, who has always appeared to be a fine character, even though his boss is cheap and didn’t pay very well. Disney once sent me a bill for 36 cents, saying they had overpaid me for an illustration I […] Read more »