V.A.S.E, the Sippican Elementary School parent-teacher organization, works every year to ensure that students experience enrichment activities beyond their classroom work. Through their efforts, Sippican Elementary students in past years have, among other options, attended live theater, heard speakers discuss bullying, and developed varied skills, such as fiber arts, knitting, and yoga, from […] Read more »
Twin requests for special permits to build single-family waterfront homes on adjoining lots on Mattapoisett Neck became the subject of a contentious debate before the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals voted to award both permits during its March 18 meeting. At the recommendation of long-time Town Planner Andy Bobola, Cases 1464 and 1465 […] Read more »
Soccer has been such a big part of Jen Williams’ life for so long that it’s no wonder deep into this blinking-yellow, inside-out and upside-down academic year of everything in calculated, cautious steps that the 17-year-old junior from Rochester got her head mixed up with her heart and wound up at the Fall II […] Read more »
Join your faith community for Holy Week 2021. With inspiring words, glorious music, and beloved scripture, we’ll share a most important season in the life of the church. Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday on March 28 as we honor Jesus’ entry into the city of Jerusalem amid waving palms. Holy Week culminates with […] Read more »
Marion Facilities Manager Shaun Cormier has those two football-size pieces that are missing from the Main Street facing upper facade on the Town Hall Annex building, but they are not going back up. “We’re going to try and duplicate that…. Unfortunately, they’re too far gone. There’s only so far you can go with […] Read more »
The Rochester Senior Center will be offering most regularly scheduled programs starting in April. Coffee & Conversation is offered on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9:00 am –11:00 am. Scrabble is scheduled on Tuesdays from 9:00 am – 11:00 am. Stepping & Stretching will be held on Mondays and Thursdays from 2:00 pm – 3:00 […] Read more »
A great big thank you to all. I personally want to say thank you, “Town of Mattapoisett,” for such a great sending off for my 35 years of service to this wonderful community, and the parade was just fabulous! It has been a great run and I simply have no regrets. I […] Read more »
Rochester Town Administrator Suzanne Szyndlar has learned in a meeting with representatives of the Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development District (SRPEDD) that the town’s legwork in accessing state aid via grant funding may get shorter. Reporting to the Board of Selectmen during its March 22 meeting, Szyndlar explained during her Town Administrator’s […] Read more »
The annual census forms for the Town of Mattapoisett were mailed out in January. If you have not returned your form yet, please do so as soon as possible. Failure to respond to the census may cause you to be made an inactive voter. Please note that the annual town census is separate from the […] Read more »
Marion has received its delayed shipment of second doses of COVID-19 vaccine for its age 75+ residents who received their first dose through the town’s COVID-19 inoculation clinic back in February. On March 2, the Marion Board of Health learned that it would have to reschedule its COVID-19 vaccine clinic slated for that […] Read more »