The Mattapoisett Museum at 5 Church Street is pleased to announce its Annual Meeting on Thursday, April 25 at 6:00 pm. After a short business meeting, Curator Connor E. Gaudet will regale the audience with the history of the iconic bark, Wanderer, since it was shipwrecked on the rocks of Cuttyhunk Island. This presentation […] Read more »
The Rochester Women’s Club is hosting its annual Earth Day celebration this year with our town-wide street cleanup on Saturday April 20 from 9 -1 pm. The Women’s Club is located at 37 Marion Road. Join us rain or shine for this family-friendly event. This year we have two starting points in town. […] Read more »
The Marion Social Club, 44 Pumping Station Road, Marion, is hosting a “Taste of Italy” dinner on April 21. We will be serving Antipasto, Lasagna, Chicken Alfredo & Chicken Parmigiana. Doors will open at noon for socializing, serving will be at 1 pm. Tickets are $15.00 each and can be purchased by calling Betsy Youngson […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional School District needs to find a replacement for Sippican Elementary School Principal Marla Brown, who has cited health challenges with her decision to step away, and a new vice principal, as Peter Crisafulli plans to relocate after the school year for family reasons. In speaking to the Marion School […] Read more »
No one likes to go to the doctor. Usually it is wait, wait, and wait some more past your appointed time. If you made the doctor wait that long, he’d send you a bill for the time he had to wait for you. Usually stopping by the office just for bloodwork without seeing the […] Read more »
July 4 will be here before we know it and so will the 52nd running of the Mattapoisett Road Race, “4 on the 4th ” Begun in 1971 by Bob and Doris Gardner, 15 runners raced from Point Connett to Shipyard Park. Since then, the route has changed a few times, and now, over 1000 […] Read more »
At the end of Monday night’s Mattapoisett Conservation Commission meeting, the commissioners heard from Chairman Michael King, who said that the Select Board was conferring with Christine Hatch of the University of Massachusetts in an effort to learn if soil testing is warranted at The Bogs owned by the Buzzards Bay Coalition. The commission […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional High School softball team defeated Wareham, 13-6, on April 6, making their record to start the season 2-0. Tara Goldman and Alex Fiano were named the players of the game. The Bulldogs’ next game will be against Fairhaven on Thursday, April 11, at West Bridgewater. Girls Lacrosse ORR beat Falmouth, […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson has announced that the ORR School District and Massachusetts Superintendency Union #55, working in collaboration with the Southcoast Public Health Collaborative (SCPHC), recently hosted keynote speaker Katie Greer for a series of internet-safety talks. Throughout the school day on March 25, Greer gave a presentation to […] Read more »
Award-winning Providence poets Karen Donovan and Catherine Imbriglio will read from their poetry on Saturday, April 20 at 2 pm, at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library at 7 Barstow Street. Karen Donovan’s latest collection of poems, Monad+Monadnock, was published by Wet Cement Press. Her book Planet Parable (Etruscan Press) appears in the innovative multiauthor […] Read more »