September is coming and so are two events at the Society’s museum at 355 County Rd. The first is our monthly meeting on September 18 at 7:00. David Schafer of the Sons of the American Revolution will speak on the research that it takes to locate the graves of Revolutionary War Patriots in order to […] Read more »
Johanna Vergoni was a student at Sippican Elementary School in the late 1980s, which were formative times for the school, its community-based support systems and students who many years later would become key volunteers. “I can remember VASE … and I can remember MOP, Marion Occupational Program, where we had members from the community […] Read more »
Coming before the Mattapoisett Select Board on August 27 was Greg Russell of VHB, the engineering firm hired to help the town navigate the hundreds of steps needed to climb in order to secure TIP funding (Transportation Improvement grant monies) for its village roads redevelopment project. On this night, Russell addressed the current […] Read more »
On Friday, August 30, the Marion Concert Band will close its 2024 season with a concert in the style of the Boston Pops Orchestra. The program, which includes a tuba soloist and selections by Boston Pops arranger Leroy Anderson and former Pops conductor John Williams, is as follows: Montmartre March – H. Wood Barber of […] Read more »
The State Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, September 3. Mattapoisett voters will cast their ballots at Old Hammondtown School which is located at 20 Shaw Street. Please be aware that at the request of school administration and local public safety officials, we are using the gymnasium instead of the cafetorium for polling. As […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Library, located at 7 Barstow Street, has a few activities to keep you busy this month. Throughout September, the library is celebrating Library Card Sign-Up Month with a raffle for children, teens, and adults. To enter, patrons must register for a new library card or present their library card, digitally or physically, […] Read more »
Robert A. Brown, 86, of Mattapoisett, MA, passed away peacefully on August 19, 2024, after a short illness. Bob spent his childhood between Indianapolis, Indiana, where he was born and Massachusetts, attending grade school in Mattapoisett and high school in Fairhaven. When his family settled for good in Indianapolis, he spent summers by himself in […] Read more »
It’s official. Cameron Durant, previously the Human Resources director for the Town of Fairhaven, will become Rochester’s new town administrator on September 9. He will be introduced to the public at the Select Board meeting on that date. “Municipal government is my passion,” said Durant during the interview with the Select Board that led […] Read more »
Garden artists and clothmakers drew many onlookers on August 22 at the Rochester Council on Aging. The Friends of the Rochester Senior Center held their annual Art Show, and the theme of the night was “Garden Party,” a festive take on different art pieces that lined the tables of the Senior Center. Artists […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional School District and Massachusetts Superintendency Union #55 are pleased to announce that the district hosted the Summer Acceleration Academy opportunity supported by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) last week. The program, which ran from August 12 to 16 at the Old Rochester Regional High School, provided eligible […] Read more »