Kim Ray, President of The Mattapoisett Lions Club, one of 50,000 Lion’s Clubs around the world, is pleased to announce that Leah Hollenbeck a senior at Old Colony Regional Technical High School and Caitlyn Lund, a senior at Old Rochester Regional High School, are the recipients of the 2026 Mattapoisett Lion’s Club Peter Hodges Memorial […] Read more »
This week in Revolutionary War history, let’s check up on what was going on 250 years ago in New England and the northern Thirteen Colonies. Last week, the American rebels face increased anxieties over rumors there are over ten-thousand Hessian mercenaries inbound to assist the British. While Washington calls on New York’s residents to […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission met on Wednesday, May 13 for a long list of Public Hearings as well as a vote on the Washburn Park parcel swap approved at the Special Town Meeting in March. Before getting into the meeting, Chair Matt Shultz announced this would be Administrative Assistant Emma Sylvia’s last meeting. […] Read more »
Nancy K. Griswold, 87, of Mattapoisett passed peacefully on May 22, 2026. Born on September 12, 1938, to Katherine and Ralph Hill, she grew up in Walpole and graduated from Walpole High School. Nancy earned her bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College and master’s degree from Lesley University. A gifted educator, she enjoyed a long career […] Read more »
The fifth Annual Ken Souza Memorial Scholarship is being awarded to two ORRHS graduating seniors, Ian Hartwig and Christopher Huffman. The award, given each year to the outstanding senior video production student in the ORCTV/ORRHS School to Career Path video production program, is named to honor ORCTV’s first board president Ken Souza. The two students […] Read more »
The Nasketucket Bird Club Meeting will meet Wednesday, May 27 at 6:00 pm at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church, 27 Church Street with Guest Speaker Troy Blodgett speaking about Nature’s Secret Recipe for Tropical Bird Diversity. For his presentation, Troy will take us on a virtual tour of three avian hotspots in the tropical Americas to […] Read more »
The New England Rodeo opened their second season at the Rochester Country Fairgrounds Saturday evening. Up to 20 professional bull riders competed in the professional rodeo, with some managing to stay on for eight seconds. Other events included barrel racing, and vaulting demonstrations with horses. The event started at 5:00 pm and carried into […] Read more »
The Monday meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board found the elected members wondering what they could have done differently leading up to the Spring Town Meeting to secure the voters’ confidence for cottage-style developments. They tried to convince voters such housing was a viable option for Mattapoisett’s demand for more housing. The article failed. Chair Tom Tucker said […] Read more »
Caroline Houdelette once again passed challenging tests at second singles with a pair of straight-sets victories (6-3, 7-5 against Bourne’s Ainsley Hopwood on May 15 and 6-1, 6-4 against Wareham’s Lon Tran on Monday), as the Old Rochester Regional High School girls tennis team won another pair of 5-0 sweeps. Neva Matos remained invincible at […] Read more »
Our Red, White and Blue Bake Sale will be held on May 30 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Rochester Land Trust Pony Pasture on Mattapoisett Road. That is an important thing to note. It is a Rochester Historical event to help us defray winter and spring costs, but it won’t be at […] Read more »