Each Wednesday from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, teens in 6 to 12 can join us in the Student Lounge for snacks, crafts and chill time. Teens and tweens in grades 4 to 12 can also join us every Friday for T(w)een Friyays in the Student Lounge from 3:00 pm to 5:00pm to play games, […] Read more »
Frances Louise (Hiller) Healey, 82, of San Rafael, CA died at home Sunday, September 27 in the care of hospice and her husband Michael. Fran was born April 7, 1944 at Mass. General in Boston, third daughter of Eldredge and Margaret (Crane) Hiller, and raised in Marion until the family moved to Scarsdale, New […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Conservation Commission plans to open the public hearing on the proposed Mahoney’s Lane project Wednesday, October 28, at 6:30 pm in the Old Rochester Regional High School auditorium. Whether residents will be able to participate by Zoom remains unresolved. At its September 28 meeting, the commission discussed how to accommodate the […] Read more »
Mattapoisett has named five Community Liaisons to broaden community input into the town’s Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) 2.0 program, which focuses on strengthening resilience to climate change and addressing social and environmental vulnerabilities. The liaisons are Linda Deveau, Jessica DeCicco, Curtis Mendes, Lauren Rosa and Alison Van Keuren. They will serve on the […] Read more »
Football: The Old Rochester Regional High School football team played at Dartmouth (1-2) on September 25 and won 13-12. Junior Benji Baptiste was a player of the game with 36 carries for 204 yards and two touchdowns, including a 43-yard run, as senior kicker Nolin Vieira was also named a player of the game, making […] Read more »
The Marion Natural History Museum Fall Nature Drawing & Journaling in New England event has been rescheduled to October 10 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am. Join us for nature drawing and journaling the fall in New England. You can bring any media, but we will focus on graphite and colored pencils. Tricia Cassady […] Read more »
We hope to see a good turnout on Sunday, October 4, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Rochester Historical Society Museum, 355 County Road in Rochester. We are having a Cranberry Bake Sale and Raffles as we begin the Sunday openings of our latest exhibit, “Rochester and the Revolution.” In addition to […] Read more »
On Tuesday afternoons, the lawn at Washburn Park fills with tents, tables of fresh produce and baked goods, live music and, increasingly, familiar faces. Now in its second season, the Washburn Trust Farmers Market was created with three purposes: to help support maintenance of the Charles R. Washburn Trust property; give local farmers […] Read more »
Morgan Browning of Mattapoisett was recently awarded a Love of Learning Award worth $1,000 from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Browning is one of 155 recipients to receive the award. Read more »
Looking for some storytimes? Family Storytime, for kids ages 2 and up and their families, happens on Thursday mornings in October at 10:30. Baby Storytime, for ages 0-2 and their families, happens on Friday mornings in October at 10:30. October is Fire Prevention Month, so the Children’s Department has invited Fire Captain Andy Murray […] Read more »