Every vegetable gardener envisions the perfect tomato, but how many have actually realized their dream this year? Our tomato crop has been somewhat disappointing. It’s not that we don’t have any; it’s just that their usual largesse never quite materialized. And while the weather would seem to have been perfect for these heat-loving plants, […] Read more »
The school year is almost here. Start planning your after-school activities with some of our weekly library programs. Each Wednesday, from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, teens in grades 6–12 can join us in the Student Lounge for snacks, crafts and chill time. Teens and tweens in grades 4–12 can also join us every Friday […] Read more »
Rehearsals for the SCS December 2026 concert, “A Festival of Carols,” will begin on Monday, September 14, at 7:00 pm, at Wickenden Chapel, 86 Spring St., Marion. Doors open at 6:30 pm, and singers are asked to come early to register and pick up their music envelopes. If you are unsure about being able […] Read more »
Regardless of what we think of them, the plants keep rising — through broken earth, through poisoned rain, reaching always toward the sun. In this fragile planetary moment, they offer us another way of being alive: quiet, ancient, and fiercely green. They are not scenery. Not decoration. Not machines built to serve us. They breathe […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission approved plans for MassDOT Cape Main Rail and Transit railroad tracks and a pig farm at its meeting on Tuesday, September 1. In response to a request for a Determination of Applicability to conservation bylaws for MassDOT’s proposal to remove vegetation within the wetlands buffer zone around its third track near […] Read more »
This week in Revolutionary War history, let’s check up on what was going on 250 years ago in the early United States. Last week, the Battle of Long Island took place at Brooklyn Heights, where superior British strategy paired with highly effective tactics led to a devastating defeat and retreat for the Continental Army. As […] Read more »
Take a look at our September schedule at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library, located at 7 Barstow Street. You are invited to the very first meeting of the Fantasy Book Club at MFPL on September 9 at 6:00 pm. The first meeting will be dedicated to choosing which fantasy books this group will read […] Read more »
In continuing efforts to prevent the reintroduction of raccoon-variant rabies to Cape Cod, ORV baits will be distributed in Rochester, Mattapoisett and Marion. Because there have been no raccoon-variant rabies cases on Cape Cod, the treatment zone was reduced, and those baits were allotted to include a portion of Mattapoisett for the first time during […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board convened on Tuesday, September 1, at 6:00 pm at the police station. The meeting opened with updates on the town’s 175th anniversary celebrations from Kellie Crete, a member of the anniversary’s planning committee. In early 2027, they will kick off with a winter fest, followed by a 175th birthday […] Read more »
There was a time when people would write letters. Not so much anymore. Today they might send an email or a text message, but a nice handwritten letter, possibly written with a fountain pen and in cursive, is passé. (It is probably a good thing since my handwriting has seriously deteriorated. If I do say […] Read more »