In a public hearing on June 24, Jorge Rodriguez came before the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals seeking a special permit for an addition for a conversion to a multi-family house at 12 Mayflower Lane. Rodriguez also sought two variances; the first for relief from the town’s requirement for the size of the […] Read more »
The Speaker Series of the Sippican Historical Society presents Maxwell King on Thursday, July 8, at 7:00 pm via Zoom, presenting: “The Good Neighbor: The life and work of Fred Rogers – A focus on the qualities that made Mister Rogers successful as an educator and a trusted exemplar of society’s best values.” Maxwell […] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s Special Town Election is scheduled for Tuesday, July 27, at Old Hammondtown School, 20 Shaw Street. The polls will be open from 8:00 am – 8:00 pm. Those wishing to obtain an absentee ballot may do so by submitting a request in writing to the Town Clerk, Catherine Heuberger, P.O. Box 89, Mattapoisett. The […] Read more »
The ruby-throated hummingbirds are already high profile in our gardens, flitting from flower to flower and then hovering in mid-flight before moving on to pollinate another blossom. Their favorite food plants are bright red to match their ruby-colored throat, including the red trumpet vine, red buckeye, morning glory, cardinal flower, and jewelweed. In […] Read more »
The Marion Marine Resources Commission spent over two hours on Monday night at the Marion Police Station pouring through final revisions of aquaculture regulations that have not been changed in a quarter century. The goal was to put a wrap on the process and vote to approve for recommendation to the Select Board, […] Read more »
Kicking off our Summer Reading Program at Mattapoisett Library will be a participatory outdoor concert for the whole family. Davis Bates and Roger Tinknell, two award-winning musicians and storytellers. will be hosting a concert, “Tails and Tales,” on Tuesday, July 6, at 6:30 pm. Come down to the library to celebrate nature, reading, animals, and […] Read more »
David L. Keighley of Mattapoisett passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 as a result of complications that developed following a double lung transplant in October 2019. Born in 1954 in New Bedford and raised on Spring Street in Fairhaven a short block away from St. […] Read more »
Elizabeth Taber Library’s new children’s librarian, Heather Ripley, made it over from one neighboring town to another on June 14, just in time for a very busy summer. For four years the assistant children’s librarian at Mattapoisett Public Library, Ripley’s first activity at Taber Library was the Tales and Tails summer reading program […] Read more »
As the Mattapoisett Finance Committee met to approve end-of-year reserve fund transfers, capping off a year that found this town and the entire global community struggling to pay for and plan for pandemic-related expenses, the news was not all bad. Reserve fund monies can be counted on to cover these unbudgeted and or unanticipated […] Read more »
Charlotte Cole and Elle Gendreau of Mattapoisett been named to the Spring 2021 Dean’s List at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island. Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits per semester and earn a GPA of 3.4 or higher are placed on the Dean’s List that semester. College of Charleston congratulates more […] Read more »