Since its inception in 2017, the Buzzards Bay Musicfest Swing Band has delighted audiences with jazz from different eras, genres, styles and origins. The commonality is the energetic and experienced approach of the instrumentalists as they interpret the truly American art form that is not only historically significant but deeply rooted in the souls of […] Read more »
Leah Przybyszewski of Mattapoisett has graduated from American International College (AIC) with a Master of Science in Nursing in Nursing. Benjamin Giumetti, son of Shannon and Don Giumetti of Mattapoisett, has earned Dean’s List honors again at Providence College for the Spring 2025 semester. Ben is an Honors Finance major in the Ryan School […] Read more »
NolanFest 2025 was held Saturday, June 28 at Silvershell Beach in Marion. The event commemorates the nearly five years since the passing of Nolan Gibbons on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, just after his 15th birthday. Nolan attended Old Rochester Regional High School and had been an at the time. He had, the year before, been […] Read more »
Rochester’s Park Commission focused its meeting Monday on spending the remainder of its funds for FY25 before the new fiscal year, FY26, starts on July 1. The commission approved spending $4,999 to replace 150 feet of fencing at Gifford Park with a durable vinyl one. Next, the board granted another $2,980.12 to start fertilizing […] Read more »
Summer is in full-swing here at the Library. Check out these cool upcoming teen programs. Teen Book Swap. This drop-in event will be held from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Thursday, July 3. Clean off your shelves, bring your books to the Library, trade them with other book lovers, and go home with some […] Read more »
The Rev. Robert Malm, Interim Rector at St. Peter’s On-the-Canal, Buzzards Bay, will conduct services at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, next to the Town Beach, in Mattapoisett on Sunday, July 6. The 8:00 am and 10:00 am services use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, and all are welcome to attend. Read more »
Tuesday night Ensign racers had some company on the starting line tonight as the ORR Bulldog sailing team joined them on the racecourse. The Ensign battle for first place for the June Series between Brou Ha Ha and Odyssey was complicated by Black Ice winning both of the nights’ races. Odyssey placing second in both […] Read more »
Suzanne McCarter Tifft, known to family and friends as Sue or “Nanny,” died peacefully at home in Marion, Massachusetts, on June 24, 2025, surrounded by her loving sons and daughter-in-law. She was 93. Born in New York City on January 18, 1932, Sue was the daughter of Thomas Nesbitt McCarter Jr. and Suzanne Pierson […] Read more »
Margaret Diane (Peggy) Montgomery passed away on June 26, 2025 at home in Tarrytown, New York at the age of 87. Peggy spent her early childhood in Western Massachusetts and Vermont, after which she lived primarily in Mattapoisett and Fairhaven, MA. Valedictorian of the class of 1955 in Fairhaven, she went on to attend […] Read more »
Linda Joy (Miller) Pierce, 71, formerly of Wareham, passed away on June 30, 2025, at Bourne Manor Extended Care Facility, Bourne. She was the daughter of the late Donald and Gretel M. (Swanberg) Miller. She was born in Brockton and lived in Wareham and Mashpee for many years. She graduated from Wareham High School. […] Read more »