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Renewing Toys and Dreams976 viewsCommunity volunteer Betsy Duncan poses with Hyde Gillette amidst her latest batch of reconditioned toys at Saint Gabriel’s Parish Hall in Marion. Ms. Duncan credits Mr. Gillette and her parents with inspiring her to start the Marion Toy Project which she’s run for the past 16 years. The annual program will mark its final year this holiday season as Ms. Duncan and her volunteers plan to retire. (Photo by Nancy MacKenzie).     (57 votes)
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040705-4975 viewsMyra Hart (right) of Mattapoisett poses with a copy of The Wanderer alongside a member of the Vienna Boys Choir after attending a Sunday performance recently while touring Germany, Switzerland and Austria. (Photo courtesy of Myra Hart). 4/7/50 edition     (38 votes)
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Library Blues Benefit615 viewsDavid Gries (left) and Library Director Judy Wallace (right) perform during the Third Annual Library Night benefit held at the Kinsale Inn in Mattapoisett on Monday, January 22. In addition to great music, the event featured the Inn’s shepherd’s pie, corned beef, beer, wine, and ale. An estimated 168 tickets were sold for the event which raised over $2,000 for the Library’s Building Fund. (Photo by Nancy MacKenzie).     (19 votes)
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East Over Opening747 viewsSteve Sloan, the Southeast Regional Director of the Trustees of Reservations (center, pointing) leads a tour of the newly-opened East Over Farm in Rochester during the recent Grand Opening Celebration. The 75-acre conservation area is now open for public use with walking trails that abut historic stone walls encasing some of the most scenic fields, woods, and ponds in the tri-town area. The Grand Opening drew over 200 participants who came to celebrate the event. (Photo by Nancy MacKenzie).     (24 votes)
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Flying the Town's Flag884 views(L. to R.) Mattapoisett artist Peter Martin, Mattapoisett Lions Club President Lance Calise, and Arthur Blackburn, Chairman of the Lions Club Flag Project, pose with the Mattapoisett town flag designed by Mr. Martin. The flag hangs in the Hall of Flags at the State House depicting the history and spirit of the Mattapoisett community. The Mattapoisett Lions Club will be selling flags at Harbor Days and throughout the year for $35 to benefit Lions Club charities and commemorating the Town’s 150th anniversary.     (34 votes)
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Waterfall Wanderer1113 viewsToya Doran Gabeler, who grew up in Mattapoisett and still comes home every summer to her family’s cottage at Angelica Point, poses here with a copy of The Wanderer during a trip to Puerto Iguazu, Argentina last February. Here she is seen standing at Iguazu Falls, a UNESCO world heritage site where there are over 300 waterfalls!     (39 votes)
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03-15-011069 views“In Dublin’s fair city / Where the girls are so pretty / I first set my eyes on / Sweet Molly Malone.” Five-year-old Troina Cuddy of Mattapoisett meets “Molly Malone” herself on a recent trip to Ireland’s capital city, and here she poses in front of a monument to the legendary lass with a copy of her favorite reading material. 3/15/01 edition     (39 votes)
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Nutcracker in New Bedford1145 viewsSasha Nochimow of Marion will portray “Clara” in the New Bedford Ballet’s production of the Mini Nutcracker to be staged in the Alves Theater, 430 County Street in New Bedford, on Saturday, December 10 at 7:00 and 8:00 pm; Sunday, December 11 at 2:00 and 3:00 pm; Friday, December 16 at 7:00 and 8:00 pm; and Sunday, December 18 at 2:00 and 3:00 pm. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children, seniors and students. All proceeds will benefit the New Bedford Ballet Foundation. (Photo courtesy of Lucy Iannotti).     (44 votes)
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Shipyard Park, Mattapoisett1079 viewsShipyard Park, Mattapoisett     (64 votes)
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Getting A Kick Out of Soccer872 viewsAn instructor shows a player how to properly handle the ball during a recent Soccer Academy training session held at the Mariner Soccer Club in Fairhaven. The next week-long training series starts on Monday, August 14 and there will be a walk-up registration day on August 18 for any player aged 7-14 who wishes to experience a day of the academy training. For more information, please call or e-mail Ray M. Cabral at 508-728-1377 or rcabral@umassd.edu. (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza).     (30 votes)
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Chilly Christmas Dip682 viewsJust some of the 60 estimated participants who braved the chilly weather to take the plunge into the water off the Mattapoisett Town Beach for a Christmas day swim to benefit the local Helping Hands and Hooves organization on the morning of December 25. One of the horses from the local Seahorse Farms where the non-profit organization is based even got into the act. (Photo courtesy of Debbi Dyson).     (20 votes)
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Rochester Rings in New Year604 viewsNew Year’s Eve came early as the Rochester Council on Aging (COA) hosted their First Annual New Year’s Eve Party at the Rochester Senior Center on Friday, December 29. The revelers who attended the party were treated to everything one would expect in a New Year’s celebration. The occaision included music, bubbling drinks, streamers, party hats and a balloon drop and, there was even a master of ceremonies answering to the name Dick Clark! (Photo by Robert Chiarito).     (20 votes)
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