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S.C.O.P.E.212 viewsFor students at Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, S.C.O.P.E. (Supplemental Courses Offering Personal Enrichment) is a week-long enrichment program for 7th-grade students. Last week, students built cardboard boats and raced in an annual regatta at the Mattapoisett YMCA. Photo submitted by Kathy Gauvin
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Mattapoisett Lions Club212 viewsA team of volunteers from the Mattapoisett Lions Club — including Paul Stubbs, Jeremy Caswell, Bruce Rocha, Jeffrey Swift, Ron Ellis and Fred Avery — installed a metal ramp at a home for a neighbor with mobility issues. Photo courtesy of Paul Stubbs
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Tri-Town Against Racism211 viewsThe Tri-Town Against Racism held their annual Black History Month Creative Expressions Contest on February 7 in the Mattapoisett Library. The event is in its sixth year, with the 2026 event seeing around 30 grade school students from the area submit their artwork. The winners are Noah Santos, Kenna Thompson, Jacoby Santos, Alex Amaral, and honorable mention, Mathew Crain. The exhibition is open throughout Black History Month in the library. Photo by Marilou Newell
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Bird Island Lighthouse211 viewsThe image shows the Bird Island Lighthouse and nesting tern species flying around, with Assistant Harbormaster Peter O'Brien adjusting the American flag. Taken while on Bird Island for part of the Marion Natural History Museum's summer program, led by Elizabeth Leidhold. I was a counselor at the summer program, and the Marion Harbormaster was kind enough to take our group out to the island to educate the students about the conservation efforts underway there. Photo by Allyson Alford
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Great Community Picnic211 viewsThe annual Great Community Picnic was held at Munro Preserve on Thursday, August 6. the fundraiser is held by the Mattapoisett Museum and Land Trust and saw around 150 patrons come eat together; and to compete in who had the best table decoration/dressing theme. Photo by Zakary Sarkarati. August 13, 2026 edition
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Boston Post Cane210 viewsRoy Wilson "Will" Wingate is Marion's eldest resident, and he was honored last week with the Boston Post Cane in celebration of his 101st birthday.
A Boston Post Cane is a gold-headed ebony cane periodically offered to the eldest citizen of a New England town. The now-defunct Boston Post newspaper began the tradition in 1909. The canes belong to the town, but they are passed from one eldest resident to the next.
Wingate's daughter was in attendance along with his 100-year-old wife Ann.
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ORRJH in The Netherlands210 viewsA group of ORRJHS students recently traveled to The Netherlands, Germany, and Poland for an experiential learning trip. Pictured here: the group in Volendam, Holland, with eighth grader Wayne Dauphine in the center holding a spring (April) issue of the Wanderer. Photo courtesy Nichole Charbonneau
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Marion's Independence Day Parade210 viewsResidents lined Spring, Mill, Front and Main streets on Saturday morning to enjoy Marion's Independence Day Parade. The lineup featured community veterans of foreign wars, town officials, volunteer organizations such as The Friends of Jack and Friends of the Marion Council on Aging, the Scouts of America, several floats celebrating the nation's 250th birthday, police and fire trucks from Marion and surrounding towns, Photos by Mick Colageo
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25th anniversary of 9/11210 viewsThe Rochester Police and Fire Departments commemorated the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on Friday, September 11, with the dedication of a new 9/11 Memorial at the Rochester Firefighters Memorial. Photo by Ann Marie Dunn
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Mattapoisett209 viewsMattapoisett Harbor. Photo by Jennifer Shepley
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Tabor Academy Commencement Ceremony209 viewsChloe Fox of Mashpee and Vince White of Tarrytown, New York, gave the senior addresses as co-heads of school, as Tabor Academy held its 2026 Commencement Ceremony on May 22. The Madrigal Singers led the attendees in Tabor’s Alma Mater. Teresa Adams of Mattapoisett was the second graduate of the class to receive her diploma. Photos by Mick Colageo
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Pine Island Road209 viewsPine Island Road. Photo by Ruth Griffin
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