An Hour with Eleanor, written and performed by Cynthia Krause, will take place at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church on Saturday, September 26 at 4:00 pm. “I was a little controversial,” so says Eleanor Roosevelt in her opening greeting in An Hour with Eleanor. This one-woman play was the winner of the 2022–23 Marion Art […] Read more »
Stay cool this week at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library, located at 7 Barstow St. Looking to spruce up your plant collection? Need to pass on some of your propagated plants? Join us for a Plant Swap on August 22 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Bring any healthy, pest-free plants to trade. Plants […] Read more »
There was one more reason to celebrate summer reading at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library on Saturday, August 8. It came with a scoop of ice cream. Children who participated in the library’s 2026 Kids’ Summer Reading Program gathered with their families for an end-of-summer ice cream social, enjoying a sweet treat after […] Read more »
It happens every year, around the time when the “dog days” of summer set in. You’ve been absolutely smitten with your garden — watching each new flower come into blossom, admiring those close-to-perfect, beautifully manicured, colorful vistas. And then, almost imperceptibly, everything seems to droop and fade. As the keeper of the garden, you […] Read more »
To the Editor: An incident in the girls’ bathroom in Rochester has been the backdrop of heightened anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and has fueled an effort to deny the rights of gender nonconforming children. The “concerned” father of a 9-year-old girl and his supporters have made claims — both formally with the U.S. Department of Education and […] Read more »
On Saturday, August 15, at 2:00 pm, the Mattapoisett Museum will host a free concert by the New Bedford Harbor Sea Chanty Chorus. The chorus, associated with the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey, will present songs from the sea, about whaling, privateers, Hawaii, rum-running and many more. Be prepared to sing along. The Museum is located at 5 […] Read more »
When we envision a company of militia fighting in the Revolution, I think we usually picture the well-known three white marchers with the flag, the drum and the bugle. However, the Revolutionary War was also fought by men of color and Native Americans. Early in the war, the Native American tribes chose sides, with most […] Read more »
At the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission meeting on Monday, August 10, one new public hearing was followed by many that had been continued at previous meetings. Chair Michael King began by noting three of the five originally scheduled hearings had been canceled, thus moving to discuss the new Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation […] Read more »
On Sunday, August 16, Rev. William Lock, assisting rector at St. Stephen’s Church in Providence, will conduct services at 8:00 am and 10:00 am using the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. Historic St. Philip’s Church is located at 34 Water St., next to the Town Beach, in Mattapoisett. All are welcome. Read more »
To celebrate the alumni of ORR, the ORR Bulldog Pride Alumni Association (BPAA), for the fourth consecutive year, will organize alumni events around the annual Homecoming game. The parallel events will be held on Friday, October 9, and Saturday, October 10. The events are open to all ORRJHS and ORRHS alumni and friends of […] Read more »