Mattapoisett Select Board member Jodi Bauer, left, and Mattapoisett Tree Committee Chairperson Sandy Hering check up on the Kousa Dogwood tree that Old Hammondtown Elementary School received from the state after Old Hammondtown student Emma Lowe won the statewide 2023 Fifth Grade Tree Poster Contest. This year’s first-place winner for Mattapoisett was produced by Cabot Van Keuren, and the second-place poster was done by Hadlee Weeden. Photos by Mick Colageo
