Looking around from the middle of cold, windy farmland only a couple of football fields away from Mattapoisett’s borders to neighboring Fairhaven and Acushnet, a layman would never guess he was standing on top of a regional water resource. On Monday morning, Buzzards Bay Coalition Vice President Brendan Annett visited the land to the […] Read more »
The Rochester Historical Society will be hosting a Holiday Organ Sing at 2:00 on December 10 at the historical museum 355 County Road. We will have music and refreshments to celebrate the upcoming holiday. There is no charge (though donations to our organ fund are always greatly appreciated) but we ask everyone to bring an […] Read more »
Marion Planning Board Chairman Tucker Burr polled his membership on Monday night, asking each to put into few words, if possible, why the town needs a short-term-rental bylaw and what that would accomplish. The same invitation would be extended to concerned attendees who live in usually coastal neighborhoods that they believe are being infiltrated […] Read more »
The Fourth Annual Mattapoisett Woman’s Club’s Greens Sale will be held on Saturday, December 2 at the Old Fire Station on Route 6 at Barstow Street, from 9:00 am until we’re sold out or 1:00 pm, whichever comes first. Please note, last year everything was gone by 10:30 am. This year’s offerings include handmade […] Read more »
To the Editor What a great ten days for the Town of Mattapoisett. At the November 6th Town Meeting we brought closure to matters surrounding Tinkham Forest – following twenty years of discussion, debate and votes dealing with the preservation of the Forest and access to the Forest. Town meeting also approved significant funds […] Read more »
Chairman John Rockwell reported Tuesday night that the Marion Pathway Committee has submitted its “100% plan” to the state on the Marion Shared Use Path that is intended to connect pieces of the South Coast Bikeway emanating from the Mattapoisett line and continuing to Point Road. Rockwell said detail work will be required […] Read more »
Avoid the post-Thanksgiving blues by joining four fantastic local mystery authors for Mystery Making on Saturday, November 25 at 2 pm. For this interactive presentation, Maureen Boyle, Sharon Healy-Yang, Stephen Rogers and Sharon Ward will brainstorm on their feet to create a brand new mystery, using suggestions from the audience. Come be part of the […] Read more »
MCAS testing and what to do with the information was on the table when the Rochester School Committee met on November 2. “We’re back at a place where MCAS data is starting to become more meaningful,” said Old Rochester Regional Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson, qualifying the remark by noting that MCAS provides […] Read more »
Years ago, when I would visit with my in-laws, after the initial pleasantries, my mother-in-law would bring out a shoebox full of paper and say, “Edward, do I owe anyone any money?” In the box were dozens of undecipherable pieces of paper, many of which were marked, “This is Not a Bill,” even though they […] Read more »
Jim Parker, whose folk art watercolors are on display at the Mattapoisett Library during the month of November, will be providing instruction on how to paint a watercolor of the historic SouthCoast on Sunday, November 26. Parker has painted hundreds of paintings, and his goals and motivations for his folk art paintings are to recreate […] Read more »