Since the May Town Meeting when a home rule petition for the expansion of the Select Board from 3 to 5 members passed by a majority, many in the community have been holding their breath. Would the Select Board pass the petition on to the legislature for acceptance? Questions arose as to whether or not […] Read more »
Our popular seasonal event is back for summer: Art in Bloom sees our community choose an artwork and create a floral bouquet inspired by it. See creative floral arrangements inspired by works in our show featuring works by Peter C. Stone, currently on display in the MAC galleries. All are invited to participate by […] Read more »
A familiar feature of the Marion skyline, the Wickenden Chapel steeple will be undergoing repairs this summer. On June 16, the steeple will be carefully dismantled and removed from the top of the chapel by Ashmont Iron Works. It will be transferred off-site to repair structural members and connection points that have weakened naturally over […] Read more »
In a short but well-attended meeting Tuesday, Rochester’s Conservation Commission approved an Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation confirming the bordering vegetated wetlands boundaries at a new address on Walnut Plain Road for an application from Walnut Plain Road Solar LLC. Concerned abutters filled the meeting room as project representative Andrew Gorman explained […] Read more »
The picture with this article is of the Town Hall entrance with the plaque sourced by the Historical Commission. It bears the year that this version of Rochester Town Hall was built after earlier buildings were outgrown. The town has been governed by residents beginning several years after the Proprietors purchased the land on […] Read more »
With less than a month until the 4th of July, it’s time to lace up your sneakers and start training for the Mattapoisett Road Race, “4 on the 4th”. When this tradition was started in 1971 by Bob and Doris Gardner, 15 runners raced from Point Connett to Shipyard Park. Over the years, the route […] Read more »
The MAC Theater Presents the Tennessee Williams classic, The Glass Menagerie, directed by Donn Tyler. Performances are held at the MAC’s Anne Braitmayer Webb Theater, located at 80 Pleasant St. Marion. The cast includes: Oliver Asker, Tim Moynihan, Cher Sauter, Eva Watts-Pine, Assistant Director/Costume Designer: Bethany Lamoureux, Stage Manager: Michele Letourneau, Technical Director: Steve […] Read more »
Coming before the Mattapoisett Planning Board as a walk-in to the regular meeting on June 2 was Mike King, who has been attempting to receive the needed permissions to re-open a farmstand on North Street where locally grown vegetables, meat and poultry have been sold. As King noted, the night before his Special Permit […] Read more »
Most schools in the Tri-Town are out and graduations have wrapped up. The weather is getting warmer, and window rattlers have been installed. Spring rains are still here (seemingly nailing every weekend with calculated precision), but Memorial Day weekend heralds in the unofficial beginning of the summer season. Festivals and celebrations have already begun […] Read more »
Peter “Taki” Konstantopoulos, 85 of New Bedford and Mattapoisett, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 6, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. He was the beloved husband of the late Pepe Xifaras Konstantopoulos, with whom he shared 55 wonderful years of marriage. Born in Athens, Greece, Peter was the son of the late Athanasios […] Read more »