Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday delayed signing the draft decision to allow Blue Wave Solar and BWC Snows Pond LLC to build a solar-energy array at 0 Cushman Road after the applicant’s representatives raised concerns about one of the decision’s conditions. BWC Snows Pond LLC Managing Director of Solar Operations Aaron Simms, appearing on […] Read more »
A woman stopped me in the post office the other day to tell me how much she liked my last column. I politely said thank you, though I had no idea what she was talking about. I could not for the life of me remember what I had written only a few days before. […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Republican Party welcomes all to join us on Thursday, March 21 from 6 to 8:00 pm for our monthly scheduled meeting. Be a part of the discussion on local initiatives, support of candidates in future elections and share ideas with like-minded neighbors. This month’s guest speaker is Sheriff Joseph D. McDonald, Jr. […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Recreation is pleased to announce late Spring program sign ups are now open online. We have Youth and Adult pickleball starting in late April along with running club for grades K-6. Summer planning is well underway, and we plan to have online registration open for our Seahorse Explorers program for Mattapoisett Town residents only […] Read more »
On Sunday March 24 from 1:30 to 3:00 pm in the downstairs public meeting room of the Mattapoisett Free Public Library, the Mattapoisett Democratic Town Committee will host its third in a series of speaker’s forums on Affordable Housing, Property Taxes and Ideas for Easing the Tax Burden for Mattapoisett Residents. Joining the conversation […] Read more »
Upper Cape Tech welcomes area high school students and their parents/guardians to attend the annual UCT College Fair on Thursday, March 14 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Over 60 colleges, technical schools and military representatives will be available to meet with interested students about post-secondary opportunities and admissions requirements. Counselors will be present to […] Read more »
Marie C. (Walker) Haymaker, 75, of Mattapoisett, passed away peacefully Thursday, March 14, 2024. She was the loving wife of George M. Haymaker. Born in Brookline, daughter of the late Edgar and Evelyn (Agostini) Walker, she lived in Everett and Mattapoisett most of her life. Marie enjoyed going to the beach, partying with her friends […] Read more »
In his Water Treatment Plant update during Tuesday’s monthly meeting of the Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission, Tata & Howard engineer Jon Gregory summarized the past couple of months of final review regarding the main elements of a construction project that later this year will replace a long-standing, water-filtration system with new, state-of-the-art […] Read more »
An unsuccessful appeal of a book by Rochester resident Sandra Bock was heard by the Rochester School Committee at its February 28 public meeting. Referencing Policy IJR regarding Reconsideration of Instructional Resources, Old Rochester Regional Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson explained that the book “It Feels Good to be Yourself” by Teresa Thorn […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Lions Club is pleased to announce the Peter B. Hodges Memorial Scholarship application window is open. Four $2,500 scholarships will be awarded to residents of Mattapoisett, Marion, or Rochester and/or a home-schooled student and/or a school choice student attending Old Rochester Regional High School who has been accepted to pursue education beyond a […] Read more »