Library Books

To the Editor;             Recently, regional news reports have chronicled actual behaviors now occurring within local school districts that point to racism: pure and simple. And the removal (banning) of select literary classics from school library shelves that has come to be reveals to me—a retired high school English teacher—that there are people in our […] Read more »

Mattapoisett Harbormaster

Dear Editor:             I am writing to express my gratitude to the Mattapoisett community as I prepare to leave my post as Harbormaster.             During the past three years, I’ve met so many wonderful people that listing each of their names to thank them personally would likely fill a page of this newspaper. Please know […] Read more »

Marion bylaw C. 230-1.3

Dear Editor:             It is difficult to venture out for a walk, a bike ride, or put a canoe in the water without seeing the blight and pollution caused by ubiquitous nip bottles that degrade Marion’s streets, parks, streams, bays, beaches, fields, and properties.             I believe the phrase “…including the conservation of natural resources […] Read more »

School Committee

To the Editor,             We have an election coming up on May 16th to elect Mattapoisett residents to important town positions. (Rochester and Marion also have elections coming up) Unfortunately, not many people vote in the municipal elections and so I say to everyone, mark your calendars!  Vote on May 16th!             In part, because […] Read more »

Planning Board

To the Editor,             I’m writing in response to the February 6, 2023 Planning Board meeting and to the subsequent article in the Wanderer’s February 9 Issue. I would like to set the record straight regarding the Planning Board’s concern with the proximity to Route 6 of the new houses being built on Chapel Road. […] Read more »

Title-5 Changes

To the Editor;             The Tri-Town is an amazing geographic area; ‘It’s Nicer’ – ‘It’s Special’ – ‘It’s God’s Country.’ Sailing, surfing, swimming, paddling, walking thru the forest, sitting by a stream or simply birdwatching we find joy in own backyards. Heads up: we’re in danger of losing it all if we don’t prevent further […] Read more »

Reflecting

To the Editor;             In the January 30 Letters to the Editor page (A16) of the Wall Street Journal, under the heading “Covid, the Spanish Flu and Return of History,” appears the following paragraphs:             “We deal with the immediate in this country. Little time is spent in reflection, or of understanding the past. That […] Read more »

Joint School Committee

To the Editor:             After hearing Joe Pires speak at the end of the Joint School Committee meeting on 1/19 and reading his statement in the Facebook group, Tri-Town Buzz on 1/24, I feel compelled to respond.             My name is Alison Noyce, I am a founding member and the president of Tri-Town against Racism […] Read more »

Nitrogen Issues

Dear Editor:             The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is proposing a set of rules that would require homeowners on the SouthCoast, Cape Cod, and the islands to replace their septic systems with the latest nitrogen-filtering technology to reduce nitrogen-rich wastewater runoff that stimulates algae growth harmful to plants and animals in local waters. Before […] Read more »

Good Friday

To the Editor:             I was quite disappointed to see that the ORR Joint School Committee voted to make Good Friday a full school day for the 2023-2024 school year.             ORR already tried to make Good Friday a school day back in 2014. Hundreds of residents publicly objected to the change at the time, […] Read more »