Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Principal Lynn Dessert are proud to announce that Sippican Elementary School students pulled off a stellar Sippican Science Fair on Wednesday, March 26. Enrichment Teacher Chelsey Lawrence organized Sippican’s 2025 Science Fair, which included work from 60 participants who entered about 40 projects. “We had an amazing Science […] Read more »
The Rochester Finance Committee started and ended its meeting Monday with presentations of the FY26 school budgets that will be decided on at the May 19 Annual Town Meeting. The request for Rochester’s portion of the FY26 Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School budget will be $1,844,044. Superintendent Aaron Polansky shared via a written […] Read more »
The Marion Marine Resource Commission (MRC) met on Wednesday, March 19 and following the correction of a formatting error on the minutes from their last meeting, February 24, the commission began discussions on harbor management, capital projects, and the FY26 budget. The group began by talking about the citizens’ petition to remove the […] Read more »
Visit the Mattapoisett Library at 7 Barstow Street this month. The Teen Advisory Board (TAB) meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 1, at 6:00 pm has been postponed. However, interested teens can contact Amanda Lawrence at alawrence@sailsinc.org for information on future meetings. TAB is intended for students between 12 and 18 who seek a leadership […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Conservation Commission met on March 24 with an agenda that was straightforward. Three Requests for Certificates of Compliance were swiftly dispatched, two were approved for Patrick and Jean Breault, 6 Old Mattapoisett Neck Road, and another for James Stowe, 5 Seamarsh Way. A Request for an Amended Order of Conditions was […] Read more »
Most of us have (or will have) experienced an acute lower back pain. Sometimes the cause is obvious – you unloaded six bags of loam from the trunk of your car – while other times “I just bent over to pick up a pencil.” Our back muscles extend over a long distance and stretching them […] Read more »
This Earth Day, the residents of Mattapoisett are coming together for a community-wide cleanup that promises to create a lasting impact on the beauty and health of our town. Organized by the Mattapoisett Sustainability Committee, local volunteers, and supported by town officials, everyone is invited to roll up their sleeves and make a difference. The […] Read more »
Everyone knows that libraries are full of books and movies and magazines and audiobooks, but did you know there’s a lot more that we offer to our users? The Library has computers with color printers, as well as an open wi-fi network and wireless printing available to anyone. We also have copy and FAX […] Read more »
The Marion Finance Committee met Wednesday, March 19 for further talks on the FY26 budget as well as trying to nail down the budgets of local schools; them being ORR and Sippican School. Following the approval of the minutes of previous meetings, March 5 and March 12, the committee introduced Superintendent Mike Nelson and Assistant […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board met on Monday for a special meeting to continue discussions on the FY26 Draft Budget and the Draft Town Meeting Warrant. The Select Board and town administrator seek to have the Draft Town Meeting Warrant finalized as soon as possible, so they began with discussions on the contained articles. […] Read more »