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House Project Sparks Wetland Debate

            Robert Malm’s Notice of Intent for the construction of a three-bedroom, single-family home on Aucoot Road was met with fierce opposition during the April 12 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission via Zoom.             The dispute centered around condition of the 6.3 acres of land.             After the proposal was summarized for the commission […] Read more »

FY22 Schools Budgets Discussed

            Coming before the Mattapoisett Finance Committee on April 7 were Old Rochester Regional School District Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations Howie Barber and Superintendent Mike Nelson to discuss the FY22 budgets that have been unanimously approved by the school committees.             Barber spoke expansively on the details of the budget and the bottom […] Read more »

DeCosta Addresses Community

            Mattapoisett Selectman John DeCosta, speaking from prepared notes, addressed the residents of Mattapoisett before the Board of Selectmen’s April 13 meeting got underway. DeCosta told the public that he recently received a cancer diagnosis but believes he is fully capable of carrying out the duties of selectman.             “I ask for your thoughts and […] Read more »

Solar Bylaw Withdrawn from Warrant

            It may not be a true eleventh-hour revelation, but pretty close, as the Mattapoisett Planning Board voted on April 5 to withdraw a new Solar Bylaw Article from the Annual Town Meeting Warrant after learning that legal edits are needed.             For over a year, the board and its members, especially Janice Robbins, have […] Read more »

BOH Readies to Regulate Tattoo Parlors

            With Marion set to host the town’s first body art and tattoo establishment, the Marion Board of Health on April 6 set its sights on May to hold a public hearing to adopt a set of body art establishment regulations.             Marion’s regulations will be based primarily on the state’s own set of model […] Read more »

Developments Pose Record Impact

            The elephant in the kitchen proved too big not to talk about when the Marion Planning Board met via Zoom on April 5.             In a public hearing opened to entertain applicant Matt Zuker’s request for a zoning reclassification of 30 acres of land on Bournhurst Road and Wareham Street (Route 6) from single-family […] Read more »

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Discover Vernal Pools with the MLT

April 17 @ 1:00 pm
Sun 18

Rabies Clinic

April 18 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tue 20

4-H Dog Safety

April 20 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tue 20

Mattapoisett Library’s Puppet Show on ZOOM

April 20 @ 11:30 am

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Events

Mattapoisett Land Trust

The Mattapoisett Land Trust Education Committee has new and updated family activities such as story walks and scavenger hunts ready and waiting for yo[...] Read more »

The Trail Tale

The Plumb Library and Rochester Land Trust are collaborating to offer a free spring activity for families. The Trail Tale at the George and Catherine [...] Read more »

April Programs at Plumb Library

Reserve a craft takeaway bag of ingredients you will need to make a seed bomb for Earth Day! Instructions will be included, but participants should wa[...] Read more »

ORCTV Annual Meeting

Old Rochester Community TV will hold its annual meeting via Zoom at 5:00 pm on Thursday, May 20. The annual meeting will include the election of offi[...] Read more »

Birds: The Epic Adventures of a Massachusetts Bird Photographer

Wednesday, April 21, from 6:30 pm–7:30 pm, the Mattapoisett Free Public Library, in conjunction with the Fairhaven Nasketucket Bird Club, will [...] Read more »

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Opinion

Residents of Costal Mattapoisett

To the Editor and Residents of Costal Mattapoisett,         [...] Read more »

Marion Democratic Town Committee

To the Editor;             The Marion De[...] Read more »

Thank You

A great big thank you to all.             I p[...] Read more »

Friends of Old Rochester Music

To the Editor;             Music and arts hav[...] Read more »

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Sports

Old Colony Golfers Ahead of Their Time

            If you take a quick glance at the[...] Read more »

Humbling Opener for ORR

            Old Rochester Regional High Schoo[...] Read more »

Fall II in Full Swing

            Old Colony Regional Vocational-Te[...] Read more »

Leap of Faith Has ORR Junior Back on Track

            Soccer has been such a big part o[...] Read more »

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Features

Updated Information for Proposed Marine Facility in Marion

            This past September, the Town held a meeting to review a proposed new Marine Facility to be located at Island Wharf. Based on the dis[...] Read more »

Outdoor Classroom Exceeds Imagination

            Little could Joanne Smith and Kirsten Jimenez realize in January 2020 just how significant their little idea would be to the children[...] Read more »

April Is Donate Life Month

            Samuel Evan Ellis could not have known when he got a tattoo on his hand that the words he had chosen for his body art would become pr[...] Read more »

Marion Projects Receive Federal, State Aid

            The Town of Marion hopes it is turning a fiscal corner after Representative William Straus presented its delegates with a $250,000 ch[...] Read more »

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Happenings

New Programs for Adults and Teens at the MAC

The Marion Art Center is pleased to present new programs for adults and teens. Plein Air Sketching begins May 19, and Midsummer Stages begins June 28.[...] Read more »

Rochester Senior Center

The Rochester Council on Aging Board Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 14, at 9:00 am. This meeting will be held at the Rochester Town Ha[...] Read more »

From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society

Like many parts of Massachusetts, Rochester has quite a few areas of second-growth woods. Wood lots from the heyday of sawmills (once there were 57 mi[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Boy Scouts Troop 53

Mattapoisett Boy Scouts Troop 53 is looking for donations of the following materials for Care Packages for Mattapoisett seniors: facemasks, hand lotio[...] Read more »

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Schools

Academic Achievements

Jack LeBrun of Mattapoisett was named to the Dean’s List at Lehigh University in the Fall 202[...] Read more »

ORRJH Students of the Month

Silas D. Coellner, principal of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, announces the following S[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Woman’s Club Offers Scholarships

Mattapoisett Woman’s Club is pleased to offer two $2,000 scholarship awards to Mattapoisett reside[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Alexa Mcleod of Marion, Jake Yeomans of Marion, and Julia Cabral of Mattapoisett have been named to [...] Read more »

Marion Scholarship and Education Committee

Through the generosity of Marion residents, the Marion Scholarship and Education Committee is offeri[...] Read more »

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Obituaries

Michael R. Bowers

            Michael R. Bowers, 55, a lifelong resident of Fairhaven, passed away unexpectedly M[...] Read more »

Manny Del Lima, Jr.

Manny Del Lima, Jr., 78, of Rochester, passed away unexpectedly at home on Thursday, April 1st, 2021.         [...] Read more »

Patrick S. O’Neale

Patrick S. O’Neale, 62, of Fairhaven, passed away Friday, April 2, 2021 at home surrounded by his loving family following a long battle with pancrea[...] Read more »

Charles J. Vosseler

Charles J. Vosseler, 83, of Mattapoisett passed away Thursday April 1, 2021 at home after a long illness.        &n[...] Read more »

Karen M. (Goulart) Canastra

Karen M. (Goulart) Canastra, 57, of Fairhaven died March 29, 2021 of ovarian cancer at home surrounded by her loving family.     &[...] Read more »

Jocelyne M. Tapper

Jocelyne M. Tapper, 83. Jocelyne used to say that she “opened and closed” a great many eyes in her career as both a maternity nurse and a [...] Read more »

Donald J. DuBois

Donald J. DuBois, 86, of Rochester, formerly of Newton, died Sunday, March 28, 2021 peacefully at his home surrounded by family and friends. He was th[...] Read more »

Richard Lewis Prouty

Richard Lewis Prouty died peacefully on March 24, 2021 following a brief illness lovingly surrounded by his family and his wife, Kim.   &nbs[...] Read more »

Dale C. Dakin

Dale C. Dakin, 80, of Rochester passed away Tuesday March 16, 2021 after a brief illness. He was the husband of Barbara A. (Bishop) Dakin; they had be[...] Read more »

Donald R. LaBrode

Donald R. LaBrode, 66, of Acushnet passed away at home on March 14, 2021 surrounded by his loving family.        &n[...] Read more »

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