Financial Interest

To the Editor;             On April 20, 2023, The Mattapoisett Select Board met with the Town’s Finance Committee to review, among many items, an Article on the Warrant for Town Meeting on May 8, 2023 addressing elected officers’ compensation. One of those Elected Officers who has requested a raise in their yearly salary from $80,000 […] Read more »

Mattapoisett Selectboard

To the Editor;             I am writing in response to William Nussbaum’s letter, which was published in the April 13th edition of The Wanderer on behalf of the Mattapoisett Selectboard. First off, we welcome you to Mattapoisett, it is a great Town and we know you will enjoy living here.             I know you have […] Read more »

Values

Dear Editor,             I would like to talk about values. Values serve as a guide for human behavior and here are some examples of Values. Honesty, the quality of being honest. Integrity, the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness Kindness, the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate Generosity, the […] Read more »

Nip Bottles

To the Editor             The annual Mattapoisett town meeting approaches and this gathering will afford us all an opportunity to remedy the serious litter problem and public nuisance that has long accompanied the sale of nips. A warrant article will ask voters to ban the sale of these miniature liquor bottles which, as we all […] Read more »

An Open Letter

An Open Letter to Jordan C. Collyer, Jodi Lynn Bauer and R. Tyler Macallister:             I am communicating with you using an open letter because none of you has responded to the letter I mailed to you on March 13 or even acknowledged receiving it. Nor have you or anyone at Town Hall acting on […] Read more »

Racial Bullying

Dear Editor,             I have lived in this nice little town of Mattapoisett for a little over 24 years. Recently I was very disappointed in hearing about certain issues that are going on in our schools, and what this is doing to certain students.             First Issue being racial bullying in our schools.             Second […] Read more »

The Poet X

To the Editor:             The Poet X is a book that contains a sexually charged poem about masturbation, and it is being taught inside an 8th grade English class at ORR Junior High School. The kids in class are only 13-14. What on earth is going on??             The same book also contains a passage […] Read more »

Response

To the Editor:             I write in response to Gina Despres’ letter that appeared in the March 9th edition of The Wanderer. Ms. Despres has clearly articulated the controversy currently existing in the schools and libraries of the three towns and I applaud her for her effort. I would neither add nor subtract any of […] Read more »

Homophobia/transphobia

To the Editor;             After 25 years of enjoying being a year round resident of Mattapoisett, I am saddened at the arrival of the racist, homophobic “wave” that has recently washed ashore in our community. It is no coincidence that the list of books that some town residents are proposing to eliminate from the jr/sr […] Read more »

School Committees

Dear Editor,             As I reviewed meeting minutes of our various school committees over the past few months, I discovered something troubling: our school committees do not like to answer questions.             I noticed that over the course of the last couple of years that each school committee had gone through the process of accepting […] Read more »