Mattapoisett – what’s not to love! We have farmlands, woodlands, swamps, a harbor, beaches, a bike path and pastures. Route 6 is dotted with businesses whose products and services we want and need. We have good schools and wonderful teachers. Lovely churches with large congregations welcome all. North Street is a scenic by-way. Our village [...] Read more »

The ocean match race between two classic yachts— Belle Aventure and Spirit of Bermuda— was broken this week when Belle’s captain Dave Thompson notified the Marion Bermuda Race organizers that they would not be able to race in the 645-mile crossing to Bermuda on June 14th. Spirit, the big blue Bermuda sloop had anticipated the [...] Read more »

The Marion Art Center’s Art in Bloom opens tonight at 6pm, and organizers and volunteers gathered Friday afternoon to prepare the exhibit. Works by Mary Jane McCoy and Arthur Kvarnstrom will be paired with interpretative floral arrangements by members of the Marion Garden Discussion Group. Bobby Fuller and Karilon Grainger assembled an arrangement for a [...] Read more »

Eighty-four students, thirty-seven performances, six acts, and two teachers add up to one great night of entertainment. The talents showed through at Sippican School’s “Sippican’s Got Talent” this evening. There was dancing, there was singing, magic and even stand up comedy, they had it all. Photos by Paul Lopes Read more »

Water bills are due next week in Marion and at the end of the month in Mattapoisett. A little blue slip of paper included in the mailing notifies residents of a water restriction in effect from June 15 through September 15. “This is a conservation restriction,” says Rob Zora, Superintendent of the Department of Public [...] Read more »

The Joseph H. Plumb Library in Rochester kicked off their summer reading program entitled “Dig Into Reading” last Friday evening, where “Mad Scientist” Laser Leigh presented a group of K-6 graders from the Tri-Town area with several scientific experiments and an informative, yet fun, lecture on the wide scientific world. The presentations included segments on [...] Read more »

•Editors note: This story has been serialized into six parts which will appear weekly in The Wanderer and at wanderer.com •Click Here to Read Part One By Rudd Wyman Part II In 1938, like everyone on Point Connett, the Warren family had to rebuild. Bob and Grace Warren had twins, Jack and Jill, who became [...] Read more »

As a culminating activity, Old Rochester Regional High School students in Intro to TV Production, Video Journalism and Bulldog TV, traveled to Boston to view a live broadcast of the noon news at WBZ-TV, a CBS affiliate. Kari Solomon led the group on a tour of the facility. Students were able to view the live [...] Read more »

Marion came out in full force to show appreciation for Judy Kleven, Head Librarian of the Elizabeth Taber Library, who retired on Friday after 27 years of service. Hundreds of people came to thank Kleven during the day, but an even larger crowd came around 3:00 pm for cake and punch. The library was festooned [...] Read more »

Editors note: This story has been serialized into six parts which will appear weekly in The Wanderer  By Rudd Wyman Part I Most folk call me Rudd. From 1994 to 2004, I wrote monthly tales for the Richmond Rooster, a small-town paper New Hampshire paper. For a few of these essays, I borrowed, examined, and [...] Read more »