To the Editor: Many, many thanks to the Town Merchants and dedicated volunteers for the Town’s festive and plentiful Holiday Bazaars held at St. Anthony’s Church, the Congregational Church, and the Mattapoisett Historical Society. Each provided a festive atmosphere for greeting old friends and making new ones. In addition, a special thanks to the Paine […] Read more »

To the Editor: In Dennis Lane’s November 16 letter to the editor, he raised the claim that the Marion Board of Health has in the past sought “to isolate [tobacco] products preferred by minorities and the LGBTQ community….” As a member of the LGBTQ community who works on town-level tobacco control policy and is a […] Read more »

To the Editor: On behalf of the grateful senior citizens of Mattapoisett, I would like to thank all of the students and faculty members who made the Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday such a success. This is the first one I have ever missed. I am ill with bronchial pneumonia. Jacqueline Coucci, Director of the Mattapoisett […] Read more »

To the Editor: The Mattapoisett Woman’s Club is proud to report that the bells have begun ringing in honor of veterans! The 1st Annual Bells of Remembrance took place at various churches throughout the Southcoast. The bells rang for one full minute on November 11 at 11:00 am in a moving tribute to our veterans. […] Read more »

Dear Editor: First, let me thank you for consistently covering the Marion Board of Health’s (BOH) proposal to expand tobacco regulations, including the banning of flavored products like menthol cigarettes to adults while, at the same time, leaving non-menthol/non-flavored cigarettes for sale. The adult public needs to know that their rights are in jeopardy and […] Read more »

To the Editor: The Mattapoisett Police Department would like to thank the business owners and members of the public who so generously donated to the Mattapoisett Police Halloween Fund. This long-standing tradition could not take place without the cooperation, participation and generosity of our community members. The Halloween Parade has evolved over the past 70 […] Read more »

I would like to thank the local cultural councils of Mattapoisett, Rochester and Marion for their generous support in bringing the Bay Colony Shakespeare Company to the Old Rochester Regional High School on October 17. Two shows were performed, back to back, of Macbeth, in the high school auditorium. The first show was for Freshmen […] Read more »

To the Editor; The next public outreach forum on Marion’s new Master Plan will be held on Saturday, October 14, at 9:00 am in the Sippican School multi-purpose room. Marionites will have an opportunity to learn and ask questions about this vision for our town. Three years in the making, the Master Plan is the […] Read more »

Over 40 Massachusetts towns are in the process of converting their streetlights to LEDs (energy-sipping light-emitting diodes), and Marion aims to join the list. Our state offers grants to help towns convert old fixtures, which will save us over $18,000 per year in electricity and maintenance costs. In only about 4.3 years, these savings will […] Read more »

To the Editor: As President of the Friends of the Mattapoisett Council on Aging, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who contributed plantings to the Plant Sale held this month on the Library lawn. The success of the sale is the result of many hours preparing and nurturing the plants […] Read more »