The Mattapoisett River Valley Water Supply Protection Advisory Committee and the Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission barely had to switch out personnel to hold back-to-back meetings in the same Zoom video-conferencing window on April 14. The committee and commission, which are both related to a four-town partnership of Fairhaven, Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester, met […] Read more »
As other clubs and organizations have done, Sippican Woman’s club has responded to COVID 19 quarantine and canceled their Annual Meeting at the Kittansett Club on April 24. The “Oar Project” has been postponed until the summer of 2021. Members are determined that this is just a “pause” and the Sippican Woman’s Club will resume […] Read more »
For high school spring athletes looking to continue their playing careers in college, junior year is crucial. As much as senior season is important because it’s the final year playing with high school friends, junior season is when spring athletes draw the attention of college coaches. Then, over the summer, those athletes can further the […] Read more »
Marion (Old Rochester) is one of the oldest towns in the United States, and the Sippican Historical Society maintains an extensive collection of documentation on its historic buildings. In 1998, the Sippican Historical Society commissioned an architectural survey of Marion’s historic homes and buildings. Over 100 were cataloged and photographed. SHS will feature one building […] Read more »
Joan Marie (Gendron) Harding of Mashpee died April 14 at a Sandwich long-term care facility after a long illness. She was 82 years old. Born to Florence and Charles Gendron of New Bedford, she was raised with her 11 siblings on a farm in Acushnet. She was a 1955 graduate of New Bedford High School. […] Read more »
Speaking before the Rochester Planning Board on Tuesday night, Eric Las itemized his way through a substantial list of show-and-tell tweaks to the Braley Hill North Solar project, all of this via video conferencing. Whereas Las had presented before in-person and thoroughly engaged the Planning Board’s requests, his presentation will not guarantee an opening for […] Read more »
I can remember when I was a kid, running up the down escalator in a department store at the local mall. It seemed like a good idea at the time but, judging by all the yelling, my mother and the store manager were not on board. Years later, some entrepreneur gets a patent, calls it […] Read more »
The Elks of Wareham / New Bedford Lodge No. 1548 sponsors the Elks Student of the Month and Student of the Year Awards for students enrolled in local area high schools. The criteria used in nominating a student includes a student who excels in scholarship, citizenship, performing arts, fine arts, hobbies, athletics, church, school and […] Read more »
Before he presented on behalf of Edgewood Development Company, LLC, environmental engineer Brisco Lang of Pare Corporation told the Rochester Conservation Commission, “You guys have a lot of guts for pulling this off. It’s gone a lot more smoothly than I would have expected.” Lang was referring to the holding of a remote access public […] Read more »
The Buzzards Bay Coalition has been again identified as one of the nation’s top conservation organizations. The Land Trust Accreditation Commission affirmed the Coalition’s strong commitment to the public trust and conservation excellence by renewing its land trust accreditation, culminating a yearlong review of the organization’s practices. Of the more than 1,300 land trusts in […] Read more »