New Year’s is typically a time of celebration, the denouement to a frenetic, all-consuming holiday season. The calendar marks the inevitable ends and the new beginnings, and this transition gives license for one last hurrah. And after the hangovers comes the introspection followed by a clichéd manifesto of self-improvement and conquest. The movers […] Read more »
Girls who play hockey are among life’s elite problem solvers. If they’re from southeastern Massachusetts, they grew up skating on boys’ teams and clomping that extra 150 feet off the ice to a dressing room far removed from the epicenter of camaraderie, that sacred place where a team becomes a team. Adjusting […] Read more »
As 2020 wraps up (thankfully), the Rochester Historical Society is once again sending out a plea for people to tell us about some aspect of this decidedly unusual and fraught year. You could send a picture, a cartoon, a paragraph, a few sentences, or a story that sums up or tells about some event […] Read more »
David T. Gingras, 56, of Mattapoisett passed away peacefully at home on December 30, 2020. A lifelong resident of Mattapoisett, he was the son of the late Robert A. and Elizabeth M. (Beehan) Gingras. He was a graduate of Bishop Stang High School. He enjoyed music, beekeeping, boating, aviation, and history. His quick wit and […] Read more »
With a short meeting agenda, the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen met on December 23, primarily to hold an executive session. As a result, the public portion of the proceedings was only long enough to include the following meaningful bits. Town Administrator Mike Lorenco advised the selectmen that the Finance Committee would soon begin […] Read more »
To the Editor: Let’s move beyond scapegoating and solve Marion’s sewer issues. Marion’s sewer rates are ridiculously high. And, unfortunately, it’s not because the town treats its sewage to a better standard than anyone else. In fact, the opposite has been true. The last statewide survey of town sewer rates in 2017 found […] Read more »
Nolan Gibbons was a young man whose love of all things musical manifested itself at a very young age. His mother, Sheila, and father, Warren, dedicated themselves to giving their son all the opportunities possible for a musically gifted child. To that end, Sheila would spend many hours taking Nolan to and from rehearsals […] Read more »
Jack Martins of Mattapoisett has been named to the Plymouth State University President’s List for the Fall 2020 semester. To be named to the President’s List, a student must achieve a grade point average of 3.7 or better for the Fall 2020 semester and must have attempted at least 12 credit hours during the semester. […] Read more »