Everyone has a story of when they met or saw a celebrity. Maybe you got an autograph at a ballgame or stood in line behind a celebrity at the bank or had one wave at you at a stop light as I did with Dave Cowens of the Boston Celtics. Milton Berle, the […] Read more »
A backyard will get 50 feet deeper after the Marion Conservation Commission voted after an August 23 public hearing to issue a Negative Box 3 Determination of Applicability to Deer Run Lot 5 LLC, for land clearing for a residential house lot at 5 Deer Run. Project representative Matt Leone of Schneider, Davignon […] Read more »
From the Rochester Historical Society, a big thank you to all those who supported our August activities. That includes everyone who contributed to the success of our yard sale by donating, pricing, selling, setting up or taking away leftover items. Another thank you to the workers and attendees at our first ever Mini-Fair. As […] Read more »
Daniela Gil Veras of Marion, Allison Paim of Marion and Maya Dube of Mattapoisett were named to the 2023 Spring Semester Dean’s List at Simmons University in Boston. To qualify for Dean’s List status, undergraduate students must obtain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, based on 12 or more credit hours of work […] Read more »
One of the first things Connor Gaudet realized when he was selected as the new curator for the Mattapoisett Museum was the voluminous quantity of ephemera in the collection. For decades as folks in the area cleaned out closets and attics, possibly upon the passing of a loved one, old materials held on […] Read more »
There had been a great deal of speculation regarding what was below the surface of the Mattapoisett Harbor waters, just what was supporting Long Wharf. Comments on the materials that might have been used decades ago ran the gamut from poor-quality dirt from construction sites to sunken boats, cement, rocks and more. Documentation from […] Read more »
Recently, the Mattapoisett Museum and the Mattapoisett Land Trust joined together to hold a showing of the silent movie, “Down to the Sea in Ships.” This reminded me of one of my grandmother’s stories. My grandmother, Marion Frazer Hartley, came to Rochester to teach school after graduating from Bridgewater Normal School. She eventually married Jim […] Read more »
Beautiful sailing on Tuesday night for the Ensign finale. Odyssey won both races to take the night however with 2 seconds Black Ice kept its hold on first place for the August Series. Uncle Fester took third for the night with a third and fourth place. Wednesday PHRF Series, Class A – No Quarter […] Read more »
There is “no wiggle room” for the 13 acres of Rochester land – known as Red Brick Farm East – for the town to explore water usage or other options. The land in question can become a well site for neighboring Mattapoisett to explore for its own water use, per a regional agreement, […] Read more »
Greetings from Plumb Library. Welcome to BookRemarks, a monthly feature focusing on all things library related. Have you ever thought “I’d really like to do something to help out the Library” but didn’t know what the next step would be? Let me introduce you to the Friends of Plumb Library. The Friends of […] Read more »