Plans for a Village-Style Smart Growth District in Marion were discussed by the Marion Planning Board during its public meeting on Monday night at the Police Station. While the primary purposes of the plan drafted by the Bylaw Codification Committee (a subcommittee of the Planning Board) include furthering the goals and policies of the […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center (the MAC) is calling for entries for its first gallery show of the 2023 season, the Winter Members’ Show. The show runs January 6 – February 10, 2023, with an opening reception scheduled on Saturday, January 14 from 3:00-5:00 pm. All MAC members are invited to enter up to two […] Read more »
The next meeting of the Machacam Club is scheduled for Wednesday, December 7. We meet at the American Legion Eastman Post on Depot Street. Doors open at 5 pm for social time followed by dinner at 6 pm. Our speaker program begins at 6:45. We will be preparing for a filling and delicious meal. New […] Read more »
Kaitlyn C. Dextraze, 30 of Acushnet, passed away after a lengthy illness, Thursday, November 24, 2022 in RI Hospital. She was the loving daughter of David J. and Joan P. (O’Brien) Dextraze. Born in New Bedford, Katie was a resident of Acushnet. She was a graduate of Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School, […] Read more »
November 20 shone bright and clear but with a stiff breeze that reminded anyone outside that winter is indeed on the way. That did not dissuade about 20 hearty souls from attending a stone wall-building workshop hosted by the Mattapoisett Land Trust. The workshop was led by MLT’s Peter Davies at the Oliver Wendell Holmes […] Read more »
Andrew Fisher, 655 County Road, West Wareham, was granted a variance he doesn’t really want. Fisher’s case came up before the Rochester Board of Health during its November 16 public meeting, at which Health Director Karen Walega told the board that Fisher had bought the house and encountered an issue with a well under […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center (the MAC) Theater announces open auditions for the 2023 production of The Importance of Being Earnest; A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. This Oscar Wilde classic features protagonists that maintain fictitious personas to escape their social obligations. Wilde’s hilarious farce satirizes the hypocrisy of social order and the carelessness with which […] Read more »
This year the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club will again offer the Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decisions program, which is America’s largest discussion group on world and domestic affairs. It will meet on Wednesdays from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm for eight consecutive weeks beginning on January 18, 2023 and ending on March 8, 2023. The […] Read more »
Joseph Souza, 95, of Mattapoisett died Saturday, November 26, 2022 at Brandon Woods of Dartmouth after a brief illness. He was the husband of Hermina (Canastra) Souza, with whom he shared 74 years of marriage. Born in New Bedford, son of the late Fannie Souza, he lived in Mattapoisett for most of his life. […] Read more »
Michelle Cusolito has been bringing the undersea world into focus for children with the 2018 publication of her first book, “Flying Deep” (2018, Charlesbridge) a trip into the ocean aboard the submersible ALVIN. This true story earned the scientist and author the 2019 National Science Teachers Association recognition in the category of “outstanding science trade […] Read more »