Summer Yoga on the lawn – Every Thursday 9:30-10:30. Extended to the end of August. Elke Pierre will be leading summer yoga classes on our shady lawns Thursday morning all summer long. Professor Bugman Hide-a-Bug program August 5 at 11 am – What do insects need from their shelters? Can you design and build […] Read more »
Drop by the Mattapoisett Free Public Library at 7 Barstow Street on Wednesday, August 16 between 7:00 pm and 7:30 pm and meet local artist Bernard Klim, whose Nature’s Cakewalk exhibit is on display at the library from August 1 thru 31. Chat with him and enjoy his work on display. Read more »
Rochester’s Zoning Board of Appeals on July 27 shot down Building Commissioner Paul Boucher’s Cease and Desist order against the operation of a transportation company at 15 County Road. In response to an appeal of that order filed by homeowner Scot Machos, the ZBA overturned what Boucher said he issued after responding to […] Read more »
Years ago, people who suffered traumatic events were encouraged to bury it from their memories. According to J.W. “Terry” Freiberg, a psychiatric doctor, as well as plane crash survivors Mark Godfrey, 61, and Andy Godfrey, 58, modern psychology says burying these memories only contributes to post-traumatic stress disorder. “It’s like a volcano […] Read more »
The Rochester Historical Museum at 355 County Road is bursting at the seams with a large and varied collection of treasures that will be on sale both inside and outside of the Museum on Sat., August 5 from 9:00-3:00 and Sunday, August 6 from 10:00-2:00. The sale is rain or shine (fingers crossed.) We have […] Read more »
The Eighth Annual Turning Point Golf Tournament, originally scheduled for August 6 has been rescheduled to April 28, 2024. Unforeseen course renovation delays at the Bay Pointe Club in Buzzards Bay created the need for postponement. “We are thankful for everyone who came forward to participate”, commented Turning Point Executive Director Shirley Santos, “and look […] Read more »
Holden King of Rochester and Sarah Sollauer also of Rochester have made the Dean’s List at Wentworth Institute of Technology for the Spring 2023 semester. Read more »
The July 27 public meeting of the Marion Board of Health saw an involved discussion about denitrification technology in new septic installations but not in reference to the public hearing listed on the meeting agenda. A public hearing for a variance request at 25 West Avenue was continued to August 24 (4:15 pm) […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Library will host author Bex Mui on Tuesday, August 15 at 6:00 pm to talk about her recently published book. In House of Our Queer: Healing, Reframing and Reclaiming Your Spiritual Practice, organizer and author, Bex Mui M.Ed. takes readers on a winding path through her spiritual journey. Raised Catholic—with Buddhist influences from […] Read more »
Greetings from Plumb Library. Welcome to BookRemarks, a monthly feature focusing on all things library related. Remember audiobooks? Those novels that came on old-school cassette tapes that morphed into CDs and MP3 discs, and then turned into self-contained digital players. They have continued to evolve into online and app-based services and are still a […] Read more »