The Nasketucket Bird Club will be hosting a program about “Shorebird Migration and Conservation.” Brad Winn will talk about how the rapidly evolving tracking technology is helping us understand the habitat needs of individual long-distance migrant shorebirds. The conservation community is gaining new insight into hemispheric sites of importance and uncovering regional threats for shorebirds, […] Read more »
Each winter, Tabor Academy puts on its largest annual production: a musical. Dancers, singers, actors, and students who are looking to try something new all gather to put together an amazing production. Currently, the cast is in rehearsals working all winter long to learn and perfect the songs, dances, and lines. This year’s musical is […] Read more »
About a dozen tiny athletes joined Tabor Academy student volunteers on January 10 for the opening day of the Young Athletes program, part of the Special Olympics. Tabor educator, Tim Cleary, along with Tabor senior, Molly Bent, believed they could bring this rewarding and important program to the community through Tabor. Cleary contacted Meg Hoffman, […] Read more »
Everyone is welcome to participate in activities and services at the Mattapoisett Council on Aging, 17 Barstow Street. Most activities are “drop in.” For any questions and/or to register for trips and special events, call 508-758-4110. Mondays: 8:45 am Tai Chi (free); 10:00 am Qi Gong meditative healing (free); 10:00 am Knitting; 12:00 pm Strength […] Read more »
It’s pretty easy to recognize and appreciate the talented athletes and scholars at Tabor Academy. Students often watch games in the athletic center or out on the fields, and having classes together demonstrates academic abilities. What is not always as obvious, however, is the incredible artistic talent that also resides at Tabor. Not everyone has […] Read more »
Somewhere back in the forgotten history of codes and regulations is a decision that placed agricultural operations under the governance of the Uniform State Plumbing Code. As odd as that may sound, that is the case and it was discussed on January 5 at the meeting of the Mattapoisett Agricultural Commission. Some farmers have felt […] Read more »
John Edward McCauley, Jr. of Marion died unexpectedly on January 10, 2016 following a lengthy illness. He was 69. He was born on June 9, 1946 in Bronx, New York, son of the late John E. and Helen T. (Fitzgerald) McCauley, where he was a proud graduate of Saint Helena’s High School. John earned his […] Read more »
Three new people have been appointed to the Rochester Personnel Board since the resignation of that board’s three members just after the 2015 Annual Town Meeting, when voters rejected an article crafted by the board that would have altered the Town’s Employee Compensation Plan. On January 4, the Rochester Board of Selectmen met with two […] Read more »
If you listen carefully you will hear the sounds of celebration from Fiddlers’ Green – the sound of Margaret Chubbuck Duff joining her late husband Peter, who predeceased her in 2008. Maggie left this world for her next great adventure on Boxing Day 2015. Following two strokes in 2008, Maggie (and consequently her family and […] Read more »
Join the Buzzards Bay Coalition for a winter hiking adventure along cranberry bogs and through the forest at The Bogs in Mattapoisett on Saturday, January 16 at 1:00 pm. Participants should meet at The Bogs entrance at 138 Acushnet Road in Mattapoisett. The walk is free and will run about an hour and a half. […] Read more »