Mattapoisett Yacht Club Results

June 11 & 12 results             Both nights featured beautiful conditions and tight racing.             Tuesday Ensign series – Odyssey won the night, winning the first race and placing second in the second race. Brou Ha Ha took second place for the night with a 4th and 1st. Black Ice placed third with 2-3rd place […] Read more »

Richard I. and Helen A. Arthur Scholarship

Sippican Lands Trust is pleased to announce the 2024 recipient of the Richard I. and Helen A. Arthur Scholarship. Due to the rising costs of higher education, our scholarship committee has raised this award to $2,000. This award is given to a high school senior or a student in their first or second year of […] Read more »

Lighthouse Could Lose License

            Lighthouse Liquors was considered noncompliant after a deadline passed and no representative from the retailer appeared at the June 20 public meeting of the Marion Board of Health to explain delinquent payments of fines stemming from the illegal sale of a tobacco product to a minor.             Dr. Ed Hoffer, board chairman presiding over […] Read more »

Do You Feel Safe at Home?

Domestic violence has been a plague throughout human history, but only in recent decades has it come to the forefront of medical and legal concerns.             Domestic violence, or “intimate partner violence,” is a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner. Abuse […] Read more »