St. Philip’s Episcopal Church located next to the Town Beach in Mattapoisett concludes its summer only season of visiting clergy with services at 8:00 am and 10:00 am on August 31. Each service uses the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. The Rev. Jeffrey Paull Cave, retired from the Diocese of Atlanta, Georgia and now […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Free Public Library, 7 Barstow Street, celebrates Library Card Sign-up Month all September long with an exciting raffle for adults and children. To earn a ticket, library users must present their library card or their barcode on the SAILS app at checkout. Staff will draw the winners from each pool of raffle tickets […] Read more »
On Monday night, August 25, Rochester’s Boy Scout Troop 31 gathered at Grange Hall with their families to celebrate and conduct an Eagle Court of Honor Ceremony. Four boys were rising the ranks to become Eagle Scouts: Logan, Noah, Quinn, and Reece. The boys had achieved their medals over the last few months, […] Read more »
Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday approved a modification of the Site Plan Review and Special Permit for a large-scale solar photovoltaic array at Rochester Memorial School which will allow construction to happen during the school year. The plan in question is to construct a canopy-mounted 250KW AC solar array system over a portion of […] Read more »
To the Editor; Everyone at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library would like to thank all of you who participated in the Children’s Department’s 2025 Summer Reading Program. This was a very busy summer for us in the Children’s Department. Across all of our story times, community reader events, activities, crafts, Camp Seahorse visits, […] Read more »
Please join the Mattapoisett Museum, 5 Church Street, on September 4, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm for its Annual Meeting. After a brief business meeting, noted historian and author, and member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag, Linda Coombs, will speak on the subject of historical erasure – the systematic reduction or elimination of the presence […] Read more »
The MAC has a fantastic fall music lineup, including the hugely popular Unplugged series, with 3 dates left for 2025. Join us upstairs in the MAC’s Patsy Francis Gallery for an evening of unplugged music featuring Nina Ott and Chris Lopes on Friday, October 3. Don’t miss Unplugged on November 21 with Jack Coleman and […] Read more »
Susan Braley Drake, 84, of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts and Largo, Florida, passed away peacefully on July 10, 2025, following a courageous and tumultuous battle with heart disease. Born on July 27, 1940, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Susan was the daughter of Helen F. Patasin (Braley) and Warren G. Pierce. She was a proud graduate of […] Read more »
Jean (Lawrence) LaPointe 76, July 13, 1949 – August 21, 2025 It is with great love and sadness the family of Jean (Lawrence) LaPointe announces her peaceful passing at home in Rochester, Massachusetts. Surrounded by her family, Jean left this world in the same loving spirit with which she lived her life. Jean […] Read more »
Jo-Anne M. (Sites) Lombardo, age 70, of East Providence, Rhode Island, formerly of Brockton, East Taunton, Boston, Northbridge, and Nashua, NH, passed away at the Evergreen Nursing Health Center of East Providence. The daughter of the late Roger F. and Rosemarie F. (Sullivan) Sites, she was a 1973 graduate of Brockton High School. She […] Read more »