This coming Sunday, we will once again offer riders the chance to sample the frozen wares from our creamery sponsors while enjoying the SouthCoast’s charming countryside by bicycle. Not just a bike ride, The Tour de Crème is 3 pedal powered tours of Southcoast Creameries and a seaside party brought to you by the Mattapoisett […] Read more »
Sippican Lands Trust is pleased to announce the 2025 recipient of the Richard I. and Helen A. Arthur Scholarship. This award is given to a high school senior or a student in their first or second year of college who is a Marion resident, with a preference towards students interested in the environment, conservation, or […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission met on Wednesday, May 14 for a continued hearing on the Oren Robinson Revocable Trust 2017’s property at 16 Spinnaker Lane for the Notice of Intent for the reconstruction of a single-family dwelling. Though this was main on the docket, a representative was not present, and a further continuance request was […] Read more »
The Parade will be on Friday, July 4, beginning at 9:00 am sharp. The Parade will form beginning at 8:00 am in the ball field behind the Marion Town House and adjacent to the Sippican School. Parade organizers will be on-site to check participants in and to line up the parade. Trophies will be awarded […] Read more »
The May 15 meeting of the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals included a Special Permit Application filed by Mike and Elizabeth King for property located at 84 North Street. The agenda item reads, “Case #1563: Petition of Micheal and Elizabeth King, Wyandotte Farm… request to seek a special permit for a Farm to Fork Stand […] Read more »
Penny Unwise and Pound Foolish President Trump announced on the day of his inauguration that he was withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization, a process that takes a year under a joint resolution of Congress passed in 1948. The stated reason was the WHO’s failure to quickly sound the alarm about COVID-19. […] Read more »
On Sunday, June 1, Mattapoisett Friends Meeting will have a small celebration for a wedding that took place 117 years ago. Florence Martocci of Mattapoisett has donated her grandparents’ Quaker wedding certificate to the meeting. Joseph Lilburne Hiller and Florence Louise Crowell were married in the meeting house May 28, 1908. After a 10:00 […] Read more »
Robert Haley, President of the Mattapoisett Lions Club, one of 49,000 Lions Clubs around the world, is pleased to announce that Emerson Gonet and Bailey Pelland, both seniors at Old Rochester Regional High School, are recipients of the Mattapoisett Lions Club’s Peter B. Hodges Memorial Scholarship Award. Each student was awarded $2,000 towards their school […] Read more »
Spark your imagination and create custom metal jewelry with Karenna Maraj, Saturdays in June at 10:30 am. All tools and materials are included. This series is supported by grant funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Spaces are limited, call the library to register. […] Read more »
Daniel P. Vigeant, 50, of Marion, passed away surrounded by his family after an unexpected cardiac event on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Born in New Bedford, he was raised in Mattapoisett before moving to Marion. Dan was a movie fan and loved watching Jaws and Back to the Future. He was the life of every […] Read more »