Arts in the Park is the Marion Art Center’s signature outdoor market held annually on the Saturday after Independence Day. It will be July 5 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Arts in the Park takes place in Bicentennial Park, across the street from the MAC, at the corner of Main & Spring streets in […] Read more »
The Marion Social Club, a charitable service club made up of your neighbors, is pleased to announce the award of three scholarships to the following high school graduates: ORR Senior Matthew Hunt was awarded the William H. Claflin, Jr. Scholarship for $2,500.00. ORR Senior Ella Bartholomew and Bishop Stang High School Senior Dale […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health met on Thursday, June 5. The meeting began with an update on mosquito control, saying residents could request yard spraying as well as the company checking standing water for larvae and doing subsequent needed treatment of such if deemed necessary. Chair John B. Howard then moved on to a discussion […] Read more »
RFK Jr, our anti-science Secretary of Health and Human Services, has declared that new vaccines should be developed without using mRNA technology and has cast doubt on the safety of mRNA. What do we know about this technology? mRNA occurs normally in our bodies. It carries instructions from our DNA out to […] Read more »
School’s out and you know what that means. The annual Summer Reading Program has kicked off at the Library. This year’s theme is “Level Up at Your Library.” and we have a calendar full of things to keep kids, teens, and adults reading and entertained. The 2025 program runs from June 11 to August 2, […] Read more »
The Lamb of God Christian Church of Mattapoisett will be holding monthly alternate Bible Study/GriefShare group meetings each month at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library, lower meeting room. Month of June: June 18, Wednesday, 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm (GriefShare) for those that have lost a loved one. For more information call 508-998-6990, or […] Read more »
Mattapoisett YC held its first week of racing on June 3 & 4. The Ensign Fleet was very competitive as usual with a three-way tie for first place. Brou ha ha won the first-place tie breaker with a win in the second race. Black Ice, which won the first race, came in third in the […] Read more »
The June 9 agenda for the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission looked fairly tame. However, the commissioners were soon deep into a variety of wetland related issues from unpermitted clearing, to after-the-fact filings. In the category of after-the-fact filings was the Notice of Intent (NOI) filing by Robert Beauregard, 2 Jowick Street. In this continued […] Read more »
If you are anything like my dad, you will say Father’s Day is a “Hallmark” holiday, designed to sell cards. Hallmark was founded as the Norfolk Post Card Company in 1907, and the first Father’s Day was celebrated in the United States in 1910, so unfortunately, I can’t rule him out totally just yet. […] Read more »
Captain James Cook’s legendary ship, the HMS Endeavor, was confirmed to be located at the bottom of Newport Harbor in Rhode Island this past week. Underwater exploration of the harbor has been conducted since the early 90s, with the Australian National Maritime Museum having performed underwater archeological analysis for over 25 years. Though it was […] Read more »