The Mattapoisett Public Library celebrated National Take Your Child to the Library Day this Saturday, February 1, with an entire day filled with special activities for children. All day long, a steady stream of kids enjoyed activities such as a library scavenger hunt, playing chess, watching the movie “Up,” and face painting. Photos by Jean […] Read more »
“My dad was a great storyteller,” said Daniel Tucker who, when he was a boy, would sail with his father and brothers and listen to his dad retell the wild tales from the days when he was captain of the Coral, one of the last Fairhaven coasters – when Captain Claude S. Tucker would sail […] Read more »
Punxsutawney Phil had done it again. When her emerged from his burrow this morning Phil predicted six more weeks of winter, so there’s no hope for an early spring. Let’s all hope that Phil is wrong! Read more »
Did you realize that Valentine’s Day falls on a Friday this year? So, if you want to avoid making emergency Valentine’s Day plans and scurrying to find a babysitter at the last minute, the time to make those reservations for a romantic evening is now. Relay for Life of Tri-Town Team “Sole Survivors” is hosting […] Read more »
Principal Michael Devoll gave Old Rochester Regional High School students a “shot in the arm” of school spirit on Friday the 31st, pretty overdue for a school with a varsity basketball team currently in first place, a number of losing streaks in sports that finally came to an end, and an undefeated debate team, among […] Read more »
Due to the recent snow storm, the Mattapoisett Bike Path Committee could not hold their regular meeting. But I had an opportunity to catch-up with Chairman Bonne DeSousa, who shared the current status of the project. It wasn’t long into our conversation when it became very clear just how difficult a process it is to […] Read more »
From the moment they paraded into the Center School gymnasium, the five internationally renowned members of the Latin American educational music group, Manguito, captivated the young audience with the rhythmic thundering of their drums and other implements of mass percussion. The exuberant, but very attentive, audience savored a taste of Latin American culture on January […] Read more »
For those who work on small community newspapers in little hamlets, villages, and towns, where scouting for tasty bits of text to share with the readership grinds to a halt after Christmas, I feel your pain. There isn’t a reporter out there whose desire to share something interesting isn’t presently thwarted by humanity in hibernation. […] Read more »
Coyotes have recently been spotted in some of the less-rural parts of Tri-Town – too close for comfort for some residents – prompting a rise in coyote-related calls to local law enforcement. A Marion Police press release states that numerous sightings and encounters with coyotes have been reported in Marion Center and on Converse Road, […] Read more »
Every time she goes to Nepal, she takes a piece of the South Coast with her. Actually, make that many pieces of the South Coast. In reality, it is more like eleven body-sized duffle bags filled with hundreds of donated fleece jackets and caps from South Coast residents. So naturally, when Sally Hunsdorfer returns home […] Read more »
