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New Health Nurse Hits Ground Running

            In her first Public Nurse Report to the Board of Health at its September 15 Zoom meeting, Lori Desmarais said there have been no new COVID-19 cases in Marion. There have been 18 overall.             Of lingering concern is Marion’s personal protective equipment (PPE) supply, which has been challenged ever since the town reported being misled […] Read more »

Less Is More When It Comes to Variance Requests

            In their public meeting held September 10, the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals quickly concluded its business and minutes from their previous meetings in order to address a complicating zoning issue on New Bedford Road. The appeal in question pertained to a request for multiple variances for approval of a lot with reduced frontage, reduction […] Read more »

Anti-Racism Resolution Adopted; New Subcommittee Will Address Policy

            As students were in the final week of summer vacation, the Old Rochester Regional School Committee voted to adopt an Anti-Racism Resolution and create an Anti-Racism Subcommittee during its September 9 Zoom meeting. With Mattapoisett School Committee’s unanimous votes on Monday night, all the ORR district school committees have adopted the resolution and the subcommittee. […] Read more »

Old Business Seeks, Sometimes Finds, Conclusion

            Though the members of the Rochester Conservation Commission had little new business come before them during their September 15 meeting, they addressed several outstanding requests relating to projects that have been continued from meetings earlier in the year.             Stephen Meltzer of Edgewood Development Company, LLC addressed the commission with the hope of receiving an Extension […] Read more »

Anonymous Complaints Leave Town’s Hands Tied

            In what could go down as the shortest Board of Selectmen public meeting in the history of the town, Mattapoisett’s selectmen met for just about five minutes on September 15 to discuss a complaint their office had received.             Well, discuss may be a stretch; the board actually didn’t discuss the complaint or the alleged infraction […] Read more »

Enforcement Order Yields Results

            After issuing an Enforcement Order to property owned by Christine Gibbons, 37 Water Street, for use of chemicals in a wetlands resource area, plans are being developed to remediate the damage. During the September 14 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, abutters Jeff Jordan and Chris Ketchel expressed their concerns regarding the type of remediation […] Read more »

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Events Calendar

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Forest Bathing with the MNHM

September 26 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Rochester Historical Society

September 26 @ 9:00 am

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Events

Mattapoisett Lions Club Electronics & Household Appliance Recycling

The Mattapoisett Lions Club, Inc, is sponsoring an Electronics and Household Appliance Recycling Event on Saturday, October 17. It will be held n[...] Read more »

Youth Orchestra Auditions Open

The Southeastern Massachusetts Youth Orchestra program, established in 2008 under the auspices of the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, will be digital [...] Read more »

Welcome to the Graveyard! Cemeteries of Mattapoisett

On Thursday, October 8 at 6:30 pm, the Mattapoisett Museum will host a fascinating online presentation by the Gravestone Girls about New Eng[...] Read more »

Stephano Screening at the Mattapoisett Library

The Mattapoisett Free Public Library and ORCTV invite you to a joint local broadcast and online streaming event featuring a screening of “Stepha[...] Read more »

Nature Journal with the NMHM

Nature journaling is the practice of taking your careful observations of nature and expressing them by drawing and/or writing in your own individual s[...] Read more »

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Opinion

To the Editor;             I write to Th[...] Read more »

Postal Services

To the Editor:             As a longtime[...] Read more »

School Plans

To the Editor;             I am writing [...] Read more »

Ask for Ethanol-Free Gasoline

To the Editor;             Ask for Ethan[...] Read more »

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Sports

ORR, SCC Push Fall Sports Back

            The Massachusetts Interschol[...] Read more »

Old Colony Pushes Fall Sports Deep into Winter

            In a time when there is stil[...] Read more »

Old Rochester Youth Baseball

Old Rochester Youth Baseball is excited to announce, we have opened registration for 2020 Fall Baseb[...] Read more »

ORR, Old Colony Hopeful for Fall Sports

            As the 2020-21 school year a[...] Read more »

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Features

Grandpa Joe Was a Charlatan

            Willy Wonka’s Grandpa Joe seems like a good man at first glance, but let’s not be too generous with our seal of approval. He[...] Read more »

Retired Bogs Have Future in Focus

            The plan to restore the 57 acres of retired cranberry bogs off of Acushnet Road in Mattapoisett to something approaching their p[...] Read more »

Discrimination Case Dismissed against Town of Mattapoisett

            The Town of Mattapoisett received notification recently that a case that had been wending its way through the United States Land[...] Read more »

Be An Engaged Health Care Consumer

            As more senior citizens begin a Medicare journey necessitated by the ravishes of aging and illness, educating seniors on how to [...] Read more »

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Happenings

Mattapoisett Road Race

Thank you to all the individuals and runners who made the 2020 Virtual Road Race such a success. This year’s recipients of the Mattapoisett Road Rac[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Women’s Club Daffodils

Walking through Mattapoisett last April, numerous displays of daffodils were seen for the first time. Many people commented on how great they looked, [...] Read more »

Rochester Senior Center

More information can be found at www.facebook.com/rochestercouncilonaging A limited supply of high dose flu vaccine is available to seniors age 65 and[...] Read more »

Blue Book to Skip a Year

The League of Women Voters SouthCoast (Previously League of Women Voters Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester) has made the decision to skip a year of [...] Read more »

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Schools

Academic Achievements

Bernave M. Twyman of Mattapoisett, and Lily S. Youngberg also of Mattapoisett have be[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

MCPHS University is pleased to announce the students who have been named to the Dean’s List fo[...] Read more »

Tabor Academy’s 2020 Head of School

Jack LeBrun of Mattapoisett worked tirelessly as Tabor Academy’s 2020 Head of School and received [...] Read more »

Tabor Academy Reopens with Focus on Safety

            With the start of the school[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Roger Williams University is proud to announce that Megan Feeney, of Mattapoisett, graduated with a [...] Read more »

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Obituaries

Russell C. Gleason

Russell C. Gleason, 85, of Mattapoisett, Norwood, and formerly of Wakefield, died after a brief illness on September 17, 2020. Russ was married for 59[...] Read more »

Donald Packard Farwell

Donald Packard Farwell, 97, of Buzzards Bay, formerly of Mattapoisett, died suddenly Sunday, September 13, 2020 at Tobey Hospital following a period o[...] Read more »

Dorothy Salgado

Dorothy Salgado, age 89, of Mattapoisett, MA passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at New Bedford Jewish Convalescent Home in New Be[...] Read more »

Jean Lenar (Campbell) Lemaire

Jean Lenar (Campbell) Lemaire, 90 of New Bedford passed away peacefully at The Oaks Skilled Nursing Facility on September 11, 2020.    [...] Read more »

Walter A. Pierce, Jr.

Walter A. Pierce, Jr. 72, of West Wareham died peacefully on Friday, September 11, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospital, New Bedford with his wife and daught[...] Read more »

Hazel (Stanfield) Conlon

Hazel (Stanfield) Conlon, 77, formerly Worcester and Mattapoisett, passed away on Friday, September 11, 2020.   She was predeceased by her l[...] Read more »

Lynnea Beth (Johnson) Walker

Lynnea Beth (Johnson) Walker, 65, of Rochester, MA gained access to the secrets of the universe upon her passing unexpectedly on September 10, 2020. S[...] Read more »

Kenneth J. Coelho

Kenneth J. Coelho, 50, of Westport passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He was the husband of Beth A. [...] Read more »

David Lawrence Bramley

David Lawrence Bramley, 72, of Marion formerly of Woburn, passed away on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020 at Rhode Island Hospital. He was the husband o[...] Read more »

Maureen A. (Jackson) Hedges

Maureen A. (Jackson) Hedges, 71, of Fairhaven passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family at home, Saturday, September 5, 2020.  &nbs[...] Read more »

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