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McDermott, Thompson Swap Seats

Tuesday night’s brief Rochester Conservation Commission meeting featured an unexpected twist as the commissioners approved full member Kevin Thompson’s request to be dropped down to an associate member. The commission then voted to promote recently installed associate member Carl H. McDermott III to full membership. Chairman Chris Gerrior added that McDermott’s promotion will now need […] Read more »

School Committee Starts September Strong

The September 14 meeting of the Marion School Committee kicked off a few minutes behind schedule, as members of the committee went on a tour of Sippican Elementary School, meeting some of the new staff and checking out the setup for the recently started school year. Once everyone had settled in, the meeting was […] Read more »

ConCom’s Limitations Felt by Abutter

Brian and Beth Keane received a Negative Box 2 Determination of Applicability for their plan to raze an existing house and garage and construct a new home with an attached garage, driveway, retaining walls, landscaping and utilities 8 Pie Alley, but the decision made by the Marion Conservation Commission on September 14 was made […] Read more »

Final SEC Grant No Slam Dunk

The plan to finance construction of Marion’s new Marine Center at Island Wharf was predicated on two $1,000,000 grants from the state’s Seaport Economic Council, which first granted Marion $300,000 before adding the first of the aforementioned $1,000,000 grants. “I don’t have high hopes for the final installment,” said Harbormaster Isaac Perry, who said […] Read more »

Town Dogging Delinquent Pet Owners

Dog owners are on notice. Your time to own an unregistered pet without being fined is up. On Monday night, the Rochester Select Board signed the town’s Annual Dog Enforcement Warrant, notifying all dog owners in town their canine must be licensed. The warrant authorizes Animal Control Officer Anne Estabrook to catch […] Read more »

Solar Array Receives Special Permit

The September 15 meeting of the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals found Chairman Susan Akin and members Tony Tranfaglia, Mike Ward, Bill Cantor and Colby Rottler able to easily approve a Special Permit to Dennis Mahoney and Sons for the construction of a 0.5-megawatt solar array. The project is planned for 3 Tinkham Hill […] Read more »

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Events

Celebrate the 150th year of the MNHM

Celebrate the 150th year of the Marion Natural History Museum on October 21 at 7pm, the event is free. [...] Read more »

Boating Skills & Seamanship Course

The US Coast Guard Auxiliary’s Flotilla 65 will be starting its 12-week Boating Skills & Seamanship Course (BS&S) on Monday, September 2[...] Read more »

Machacam Club

The next meeting of the 2022/2023 Machacam Club season has been scheduled for Wednesday, October 5. We meet at the American Leg[...] Read more »

Learn New Photo Skills at the MAC

The Marion Art Center welcomes photographer John Wiliszowski, who will give an educational lecture, Photography’s Path to Digital Expression, on Sat[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Library Celebrates Climate Prep Week

The Mattapoisett Free Public Library is celebrating Climate Preparedness Week from [...] 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

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A Senior Citizens Thank You for Random Acts of Kindness.

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Sports

Patnaude Paces Old Colony Runners

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

Mattapoisett Yacht Club August Results

The series racing wrapped up for the year with very tight scores for the Ensign Fleet and Class B Cr[...] Read more »

ORR Athletic Hall of Fame

The Old Rochester Regional Athletic Hall of Fame is happy to announce that we are finally moving our[...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Yacht Club

Tuesday Night’s Ensign Class can’t catch a break as strong winds once again cancelled racing. Oh[...] Read more »

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Features

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 »

Upper Cape Students Build Canopy

The sound of nails being hammered and the smell of freshly sawn wood permeated the air on September 16, as students from Upper Cape C[...] Read more »

Mobilizing for Regional Response

On Tuesday, a group of some 25 first responders from Fairhaven and Mattapoisett along with representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard,[...] Read more »

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Happenings

Audition for a Holiday Classic

The Marion Art Center (the MAC) Theater announces open auditions for the upcoming production of the holiday classic A Christmas Carol, adapted for rad[...] Read more »

The Halloween Cover Contest

Are you ready for some spooktacular fun? Dust off the cobwebs and sharpen those scary pencils! Your best Halloween artwork could be on the cover of Th[...] Read more »

From the Files of the Rochester Historical Society

Once the early settlers of the New England colonies got past the first years of subsistence farming, they were ready to acquire items not easily found[...] Read more »

Calling Stamp Collectors

Are there any stamp collectors in the Mattapoisett area interested in attending one of New England’s largest annual stamp exhibitions next month[...] Read more »

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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

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 »

Susan Delia (LeBlanc) Bindas

Susan Delia (LeBlanc) Bindas, 73, passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2022 in St. Luke’s Hospital after a period of declining health. She was the wi[...] Read more »

Frederico R. Medina, Jr.

On Monday, September 5, 2022, Frederico R. Medina, Jr., of Marion, Massachusetts passed away peacefully at the age of 91. He was pre-deceased by his w[...] Read more »

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