To the Editor;             Elizabeth Taber will light the way in Marion!             As we usher in the New Year, we make note of two important events in the Southcoast.  Lighting the Way, a project centered at the New Bedford Whaling Museum and the brainchild of Marion’s Christina Bascom, is honoring over fifty women through past history who […] Read more »

To the Editor;             In response to Ms. DeSousa’s recent letter to the editor on December 16, 2019:             SRPEDD is honored to work in partnership with residents, business owners, and officials in Fairhaven, Mattapoisett, Marion, and Wareham as we examine alternatives for the future of Route 6. The Route 6 Corridor Study was first initiated by […] Read more »

To the Editor,             Residents, business owners and public officials should learn about and comment on the SRPEDD Route 6 study (Fairhaven to Wareham) currently in the public hearing phase. On Dec 11, 2019, SRPEDD presented four alternative strategies for developing this important, historic and scenic road so it meets the region’s needs decades into the […] Read more »

Dear Editor,             Appreciation goes out to the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals for their decision on Thursday, November 21, 2019 to deny the application to construct a solar panel array in a rural residential area off Bowman Road. There were numerous factors that had to be considered in their decision and I feel that the […] Read more »

To the Editor:             In a November 21 Wanderer story about Tabor Academy’s petition to the ZBA for field lights, the reporter quoted me saying something negative about Tabor headmaster John Quirk. I never made those comments.  I never would make those comments.  They were made by another attendee sitting next to me.             The reporter was sitting a […] Read more »

To the Editor;             Two of your Selectmen attended the ZBA meeting last Thursday evening at which Tabor was seeking approval for lights on their playing field along Spring St. Due to the open meeting rules, I have not discussed the ZBA meeting with either of my fellow Selectmen, so what I express here is my […] Read more »

To the Editor;             Thank you Mattapoisett. I would like to thank and congratulate all of the two hundred and fourteen voters who voted “no” on the town meeting “floor” to defeat Article One: Adult use marijuana establishments. Thank you again for a very good job!!  Extremely well done.              Thankfully,  George Randall, Mattapoisett Read more »

To the Editor:             I am writing to urge the residents of Mattapoisett vote NO at the special town meeting November 4th on the proposed marijuana zoning bylaw amendments.             Although the Planning Board voted 3-1 to approve the amendment at the open hearing on October 7th, the one absent member had voted in opposition at the […] Read more »

To the Editor:             “A stitch in time saves nine” this is so very true! -very short notice?             A special town meeting has been called for November 4th for a proposed By-law change on recreational marijuana.  This By-law passed at our Annual Town Meeting in May.  The call to duty is out. If you love your drug free […] Read more »

To the Editor:             Tabor Academy is reportedly on the verge (next month) of tearing down one of Marion’s most impressive and important historic homes after deliberately letting it run down since purchasing it in 2008. 192 Front Street was designed by one of America’s foremost architects and Marion summer resident, H.H. Richardson in 1881 for […] Read more »