Brief Planning Board Meeting

The April 7 meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board became a very brief meeting when the three members in attendance moved to table major discussions. The members believed given the topics that were intended to be discussed, a fuller board needed to be in attendance.             Tabled until the next meeting scheduled for May 5 […] Read more »

Is There Calcium in My Coronary Arteries?

For many decades, doctors have used the traditional coronary disease “risk factors” to predict an individual’s risk of developing heart attacks or other major coronary events. These include smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, and elevated cholesterol.             These factors can be plugged into various formulas to predict the likelihood of a coronary event occurring in […] Read more »

Hello from Plumb Library

Welcome to April. Mark your calendars, we have some great things happening at the Library this month.             The New Bedford Whaling Museum will be here at 12:30 pm on Saturday, April 12, to present “A Day in the Life of the Lagoda and a Whaling Voyage.” Docents from the Museum will talk about 18th […] Read more »

April Vacation at the Mattapoisett Library

Attention teens, are you looking for something to do this April vacation? Visit the Mattapoisett Library at 7 Barstow Street.             Celebrate school vacation week with WildKat Hoops on Tuesday, April 22, at 1:00 pm. Participants will learn basic hula hooping moves while increasing hand-eye coordination, strength, balance, and agility. No prior hooping experience is […] Read more »

Washburn Could Get Parkour Course

Marion’s Open Space Acquisition Commission met on April 3 to go over a few action items, including a Point Road Bike Path update, proposed parkour course, and a survey.             Chair John Rockwell said an inspection of the bike path area is forthcoming with the commission saying the selection for the Point Road Bike Path […] Read more »

Springtime

            Spring comes in increments – each little note building up to a symphony. We bystanders are delighted by the show and feel ourselves come alive in this most resplendent of seasons. Birdsong and tiny flowers envelop us, brooks gush, buds swell, drawing us into this magnificent and mysterious rebirth.             Are you ready? Then […] Read more »

Three Wins for Bulldogs

The Old Rochester Regional High School boys tennis team edged Fairhaven High School on April 1, taking a 3-2 at Hastings Middle School in ORR’s first match of the season. Subhav Parajuli was named the player of the match. The Bulldogs took their 1-0 record to Cohasset on Wednesday (results were not available at press […] Read more »

From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society

            In our museum exhibit, we have quite a few toys and games. It’s amazing how so many of them share similar beginnings and how far in the past they were first played. While some of the early colonial toys and games can be traced back to the influence of Native Americans, many others have […] Read more »

Rochester Memorial Day Boat and Kayak Race

The Rochester Fire Department will again sponsor the Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race.             The Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race on the Mattapoisett River will take place on Monday, May 26, starting at 8:30 am at Grandma Hartley’s Reservoir, Snipatuit Road, in Rochester and finishing at the Mattapoisett Herring Weir at River Road and Route […] Read more »

MS4 Vote Pushed to 2026

The Marion Planning Board met on Monday and immediately jumped into a Pre-Submission Conference. The conference/presentation was for Sippican Holdings, LLC on 13 Barnabas Road. Work is now proposed for the Richard Arthur Building or “Building 3.”             Justin Downey appeared as representative and explained that, instead of the originally proposed 49,000 square-foot area of […] Read more »