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Hybrid-Y Reaches Dead End

            Marion’s resolution to the failed proposal to replace the traditional hammerhead shape as an approved dead end for town roads with a “Hybrid-Y” shape has come in the form of two options: a larger hammerhead or a cul-de-sac.             The hammerhead had been a hot topic in town ever since Fieldstone Lane residents failed […] Read more »

End of Year Transfers Approved

End of Fiscal Year 2022 saw Mattapoisett’s Finance Committee funding a variety of underfunded needs. Coming before the committee on September 22, Town Administrator Mike Lorenco reviewed the requested amounts line by line and department by department. There were no real surprises and all transfers were approved. The total money voted for transfer during the […] Read more »

Flynn, Spirlet Take on More with ZBA

            The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals began its September 22 meeting with membership moves.             The board chose to promote alternate member Donald Spirlet to full member and picked Michelle Upton to become a new alternate member.             Both recommendations must now be submitted to the Select Board for its approval. If approved by […] Read more »

Sobering Reminder of Ongoing Mission

            Old Rochester School Committee member Frances Kearns, speaking for the Equity Subcommittee at the committee’s September 7 public meeting, spoke of its July meeting in which the membership discussed plans for the 2022-23 school year.             Kearns noted that the creation of the subcommittee (originally known as the Anti-Racism Subcommittee) was the result of […] Read more »

RMS Solar Draws Criticism

            The Rochester Planning Board started its September 27 public meeting by briefly reviewing the draft decisions for the Arch at the Meadows project and the Buzzards Bay Coalition’s Marion Road Scenic Highway permit application.             Board Chairman Arnold Johnson quickly concluded that both plans were ready for Town Counsel Blair Bailey to review before […] Read more »

Benson Brook Solar Coming into View

            The long-standing solar project at Benson Brook landfill is finally achieving a timeline, reported member Alanna Nelson at Monday night’s Marion Energy Management Committee meeting.             Nelson said that the Eversource connection is complete, and the connection to the grid has been approved.             Committee members agreed that while revenue is now projected at […] Read more »

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Upcoming Events

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    October 8 @ 8:30 am - 12:00 pm

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    October 8 @ 9:00 am

  3. Mattapoisett Friends Yard Sale

    October 8 @ 9:00 am

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    October 8 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

  5. JH Plumb Memorial Library

    October 8 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

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Events

Quaker Sale Specialty

The Quaker Meeting yard sale on Saturday, October 8, will have a special table featuring stamps, covers, postcards, photographs, ephemera and artwork.[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Museum Upcoming Events

October 1, 11 am-3 pm, Pop-Up Shop Museum Open House, free admission. Small craft fair on the lawn of the museum.       [...] Read more »

RLT Annual Meeting

The Rochester Land Trust (RLT) will hold its Annual Meeting on October 8 at 1 pm at Church’s Field on Mattapoisett Road in Rochester. This family fr[...] Read more »

Affinity Maritime Lodge

The Tri-Town area is rich with maritime history. Do you have a relative that sailed on the Mayflower or perhaps a whaling ship? Did you or a relative [...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Library October Travel Talk

Joy Marzolf of the Joys of Nature will return to the library on Sunday, October 9 at 2:00 pm for a Purrington Lecture Series presentation featuring th[...] Read more »

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Opinion

Climate Change

To The Editor:             The problem is rea[...] Read more »

To the Mattapoisett Community

To the Mattapoisett community and its supportive neighbors,       &nbs[...] Read more »

Reverse 911

To the Editor;             I wanted to regist[...] Read more »

A Senior Citizens Thank You for Random Acts of Kindness.

To the Editor;             A Senior Citizens [...] Read more »

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Sports

Cougars Dominate Bristol Aggie

            The Old Colony Regional Vocationa[...] Read more »

MATTREC Tri-Town Basketball Registration

Mattapoisett Recreation Basketball registration is open. We are thrilled to be offering Tri-Town Bas[...] Read more »

Old Rochester Field Hockey

Each season, our program prides itself in demonstrating positive impacts on our community. In past y[...] Read more »

Patnaude Paces Old Colony Runners

Senior Jacob Patnaude led the Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School cross-country tea[...] Read more »

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Features

State Honors Boatyard Foursome

            As the thick, black plume rose over the Mattapoisett Boatyard on August 19, no one watching could know the heroism taking place as fo[...] Read more »

Getting the Last Word

If you are younger than the traditional retirement age of 65, the notion of an obituary might be strange, morbidly strange. But if you are 70 years of age and beyond end-of-life stuff like wills and t[...] Read more »

Peter Michael Martin ‘Close to Home’

Local Mattapoisett artist Peter Michael Martin has been exploring and expressing his artistic capabilities for a long time. Yet he never ceases to bring forth fresh perspectives on well-known themes o[...] Read more »

Fresnel’s Lens Still Sheds Light

At the beginning of the 18th century, the basic design of lighthouse beacons was perfected by the French inventor Augustine Fresnel.             [...] Read more »

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Happenings

Mattapoisett Community Preservation Committee

The Mattapoisett Community Preservation Committee will be accepting project-funding applications for inclusion in the Spring 2023 Annual Town Meeting [...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Library Artist Series Exhibit

As part of the Mattapoisett Free Public Library Artist Series, South Dartmouth artist Amy Thurber, who takes inspiration from nature, will be exhibiti[...] Read more »

Buttonwood Park: An “Olmsted” Park

Come to the Mattapoisett Free Public Library on Sunday, October 16 from 1:30–2:30 to hear Friends of Buttonwood Park President Richard Leary give a [...] Read more »

Rochester Historical Commission

A few years ago, the Rochester Historical Commission purchased a print at a Marion auction. The print is of the summer residence of the late Charles H[...] Read more »

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Schools

Academic Achievements

Daniela Gil Veras of Marion, Allison Paim of Marion, Felicia Aguiar of Mattapoisett, Lilah Gendreau [...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Ashleigh Wilson, of Mattapoisett received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Writing and Rhetoric during t[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

The University of Rhode Island celebrated more than 4,000 of its newest alumni during the University[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

Tufts University recently announced the dean’s list for the Spring 2022 semester. Among studen[...] Read more »

Academic Achievements

The following local residents were named to Clark University’s Spring 2022 Dean’s List: [...] Read more »

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Obituaries

Constance Keavy Martin

Constance Keavy Martin, of Mattapoisett, widow of William B. Keavy and Richard A. Martin, passed away on Friday September 30, 2022 at home. She was 84[...] Read more »

Ernest A. Deneault

Ernest A. Deneault, 80, of Ft. Lauderdale died September 30, 2022 at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis.         &nb[...] Read more »

Joseph A. Kobak, Jr.

Joseph A. Kobak, Jr., 91, of Mattapoisett, died peacefully on Monday, September 26, 2022. He was the husband of Mary Lou (Horne) Kobak.   &n[...] Read more »

Kathleen E. Hoye

Kathleen E. Hoye DMD 1968 – 2022             Kathy departed our world all too soon after [...] Read more »

Colby Rose Dowling

Colby Rose Dowling, 26, passed away on September 21, 2022, in Taunton, MA.             Colby wa[...] Read more »

Lois C. (Phillips) Straffin, 81, of Rochester, passed away peacefully at home with her family at her side on September 22, 2022.  Survivors inclu[...] Read more »

Thomas N. Tilden

After almost 10 years, Thomas N. Tilden peacefully joined his beloved wife Linda on September 20, 2022. Their love story was one for the ages, with a [...] Read more »

Allan “Zeke” Snell Hartley

Allan “Zeke” Snell Hartley, 83, of Rochester, died Thursday, September 15, 2022 at Alden Court Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Fairhaven. &[...] Read more »

John T. Lowney, Jr

John T. Lowney, Jr, 65, of Mattapoisett died unexpectedly from a brief illness September 12, 2022 at Tobey Hospital. Born in New Bedford, son of the l[...] Read more »

Norma Irene (Harrison) Charbonneau

Norma Irene (Harrison) Charbonneau left this world on September 10th after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was born in 1930 in Acushnet, MA, to [...] Read more »

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